Hannibal: Season Two (StudioCanal) - Sept. 1st, 2014

[Natty]

Originally Posted by Steedeel

Surely it was bad ratings? The viewing figures have been especially poor this year I understand.

They could have worked around the SOTL issues.

I think that was also a factor, but from what I read it was mostly the rights issue.

[FastAndFluid]

Originally Posted by levcore

I really struggled to get into this, managed about 4-5 episodes of the first season, was not impressed to be honest.

Me too. I'd go further and say given all the hype and high scores on imdb etc I was really disappointed at how extremely average it all was. Made it to the end of the first season but had no interest in continuing on to Season 2.

[Buzz201]

Originally Posted by Natty

I think that was also a factor, but from what I read it was mostly the rights issue.

I doubt it, they've tried dealing with MGM before and been told "no". And Bryan Fuller re-planned it out either at the beginning or the end of the second season, so he'll have probably planned for the eventuality that they couldn't use SOTL.

[Natty]

Originally Posted by Buzz201

I doubt it, they've tried dealing with MGM before and been told "no". And Bryan Fuller re-planned it out either at the beginning or the end of the second season, so he'll have probably planned for the eventuality that they couldn't use SOTL.

You're probably right. This is what I read: http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/liv...-at-nbc-804239

[Ste7en]

Originally Posted by Spiderwalk

Damn!... they've cancelled Hannibal, just as it was getting really creative. I really hope Netflix or Amazon can pick it up, IMO it's one of the best shows on TV.

I've loved season 1 and season 2 but season 3 episode 1 really left me cold.

As said on another forum, it was like a 50 minute M&S advert

[Spiderwalk]

Originally Posted by Ste7en

I've loved season 1 and season 2 but season 3 episode 1 really left me cold.

As said on another forum, it was like a 50 minute M&S advert

I can see where your coming from, the first three episodes of season 3 have a very visual style of storytelling. The minimal dialog has probably turned off a lot viewers, but I'm really enjoying the new direction they're taking the show in. The scene last week with Will and the fireflies was truly breathtaking.

I can easily anticipate that when Hannibal gets caught, it will return to more of a procedural kind of format regarding the hunt for the Tooth Fairy, but I guess some viewers won't stick around to see it through.

With all the dreck clogging up network television at the moment, Hannibal is a shining light that should be rewarded, and certainly not cut down in it's prime.

[theusher]

Here's what Fuller said about Season 4:

“My idea for Season 4 was perhaps one of the coolest yet,” he tells TVLine. “So I would love to do it in some capacity.”

Fuller declined to provide too many specifics about the direction of a possible fourth season, except to say, “It would have explored the Hannibal-Will Graham relationship in a much deeper fashion than the series ever has before.”

http://tvline.com/2015/06/22/hanniba...-cancellation/

So I don't think it had anything to do with the SOTL rights.

[Dean learner]

Given that Gaumont actually make the series (NBC just had the US broadcast rights), I'll be shocked if this is the last we'll see it Fuller's version of the characters. Perhaps not a full season, but a mini-series of even a lower budget film.

Fuller knew he might not get the rights to Clarice Starling early on which is why Miriam Lass was introduced.

[nametag]

Not sure it's worth starting a thread for season 3 but wondering if anyone had any photos of that complete series set released in the UK? Assuming it's just a slipcase with 3 individuals inside but just wanted to check.

[MasterCrayola]

Originally Posted by nametag

Not sure it's worth starting a thread for season 3 but wondering if anyone had any photos of that complete series set released in the UK? Assuming it's just a slipcase with 3 individuals inside but just wanted to check.

Got the Season 1-3 set today. Comes in a glossy slipbox with the 3 individual cases inside

[Fat Phil]

If people have region free capability, i'd strongly advise importing the Lionsgate Season 2 release from the USA.

I originally bought Seasons 1 & 3 from the USA (for the Producer's Cuts and complete special features) but opted for the UK Studio Canal Season 2 release because, content wise, it was much the same as Lionsgate's. But.....

After watching it, I noticed the Studio Canal release features some really poor encoding resulting in frequent, irritating posterisation in dark areas of the screen. The banding is more obvious in some episodes than others but it's a pervasive issue - the finale is rife with it for example.

So, I imported the Lionsgate release to check it out and whaddya know? All gone. The issue isn't present. The funny thing is, SC uses the space on four discs and still ballses up the encoding, but Lionsgate uses just three discs and gets it looking far better.

Depends on your sensitivity to posterisation. Some people will notice it straight away - especially because it can sometimes make dark areas appear to 'flash'. Others might watch the episodes a dozen times and not notice anything wrong. But it's definitely there. And it definitely shouldn't be

[ravenus]

^Also I think the UK releases don't have the producer's cut with more gore which was considered to be too much even for cable TV.

[Fat Phil]

Originally Posted by ravenus

^Also I think the UK releases don't have the producer's cut with more gore which was considered to be too much even for cable TV.

That's certainly more true of Season's 1 & 3. The UK release of S2 features none of the digital censorship (blurring, darkening areas of the screen etc) that they did for the TV Broadcast versions, hence why I bought it initially. But yeah, all three of Studio Canal's releases suck for various reasons - be it the lack of gorier Producer's Cuts, missing special features or shite encoding, so it's best to avoid all of them and import.

[Eibon]

If I'm not mistaken, the producer cuts are all on the German discs and the set would be a better than the Uk in terms of episode integrity. However there are only German subs so can anyone with the German set advise if that's a big stumbling block? I am presuming there is a fair bit of foreign language used throughout, particularly in the Italian settings, that would be unsubtitled?

[drush9999]

I remember picking up the US Lionsgate set of Seasons 1-3 for like 25 quid from WOWHD back in 2017.