I'm actually glad the fandom is increasing, I am. I love the series and hope people get into it and I can have fun and thoughtful discussions with them about the canon (except about Hannibal Rising).
The thing I, and I get the feeling maybe other people here, have issue with is the amount of character assassination that is going to occur because fandom is fandom and the people who like to reduce fascinating characters like Will and Lector down to one dimensional buttsex buddies always seem to be the loudest of the new members when a fandom first gets big. I know this will die down, but I can't blame people for having a kneejerk DO NOT WANT reaction.
i can understand that argument, i really can. but most people i've seen being hostile towards the fandom are the types of people who act like anyone who discovers the series through the tv show doesn't deserve to be here (as the other anon is).
i have quite a few friends who got an interest sparked in the fandom through the show and are now reading all the books, but a good portion of them is afraid to participate because of how much vitriol the old guard has towards new fans just because a few people are in it because they think hugh dancy is hot.
PFFT hipster my ass. it was never a secret cool kids' club either. it just wasn't considered pretty enough.
the movie and book was always good enough and is still good enough. i don't need a new show with younger pretty actors to keep me interested. too bad you dumbasses didn't show as much interest before.
and you may or may not be of the goldfish-shiny-syndrome variety but there are plenty who are and i can hate them and their superficial interest all i fucking want. so fuck you and the butthurt high horse you rode in on.
waaaah, people don't deserve to like this thing if they don't like it in the same way I do!
why is one adaptation (the movies) fine to make but a tv series isn't? should red dragon not have been made because manhunter was enough? or would the show be fine as long as the actors weren't pretty (to which i add: edward norton is damn pretty, and i've never seen mads mikkelsen considered widely attractive before this)?
you're the one on the butthurt high horse, here. you don't decide who deserves to be a fan and who doesn't. and guess what, despite the existence of the tv show, the books and movies are still there. go read/watch them if the existence of a new thing hurts you so much. i can understand the argument of not wanting a certain group of people in the fandom, but just judging anyone who got into it through the tv show at all? is fucking stupid, just like all the people who whine about the integrity of the original games whenever a new version of pokemon comes out.
there are plenty of reasons why someone may not have discovered the books and movies until now. the only reason i did was because i had parents that let me watch r rated movies at a young age. even then, the movies and books were at their peak popularity when i was in ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, and i'm in my mid-20s. so take the "i'm superior because i liked it before it was cool/pretty" stick out of your ass, please.
Edward Norton and Hugh Dancy are both attractive. Yes, Hugh Dancy is appealing to the 'scruffy hipster nerd culture' that's really in with the demographic now, but I actually really like his take on the character, because his personality is completely off-putting despite his good looks.
And I think Mad Mikkelsen has about as much physical appeal as Cucumbersnatch, which is none at all. He's not even a younger take on the character, because Brian Cox was roughly that age when he played Hannibal. Anthony Hopkins is just the default mental image for Lecter for most people, so most assume he's older when he's not really.
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Re: HANNIBAL
(Anonymous) 2013-04-10 12:50 am (UTC)(link)ps i'm watching this show and talking about it and i read the books over a decade ago so not everyone who likes the show is a shiny syndrome asshole
i for one am excited that there are so many new fans to share fandom with, even if hannibal is no longer some secret cool kids' club
da
(Anonymous) 2013-04-10 02:09 am (UTC)(link)The thing I, and I get the feeling maybe other people here, have issue with is the amount of character assassination that is going to occur because fandom is fandom and the people who like to reduce fascinating characters like Will and Lector down to one dimensional buttsex buddies always seem to be the loudest of the new members when a fandom first gets big. I know this will die down, but I can't blame people for having a kneejerk DO NOT WANT reaction.
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(Anonymous) 2013-04-10 02:25 am (UTC)(link)Re: da
(Anonymous) 2013-04-10 04:17 am (UTC)(link)i have quite a few friends who got an interest sparked in the fandom through the show and are now reading all the books, but a good portion of them is afraid to participate because of how much vitriol the old guard has towards new fans just because a few people are in it because they think hugh dancy is hot.
Re: da
(Anonymous) 2013-04-10 01:12 pm (UTC)(link)Re: HANNIBAL
(Anonymous) 2013-04-10 03:05 am (UTC)(link)the movie and book was always good enough and is still good enough. i don't need a new show with younger pretty actors to keep me interested. too bad you dumbasses didn't show as much interest before.
and you may or may not be of the goldfish-shiny-syndrome variety but there are plenty who are and i can hate them and their superficial interest all i fucking want. so fuck you and the butthurt high horse you rode in on.
Re: HANNIBAL
(Anonymous) 2013-04-10 04:13 am (UTC)(link)why is one adaptation (the movies) fine to make but a tv series isn't? should red dragon not have been made because manhunter was enough? or would the show be fine as long as the actors weren't pretty (to which i add: edward norton is damn pretty, and i've never seen mads mikkelsen considered widely attractive before this)?
you're the one on the butthurt high horse, here. you don't decide who deserves to be a fan and who doesn't. and guess what, despite the existence of the tv show, the books and movies are still there. go read/watch them if the existence of a new thing hurts you so much. i can understand the argument of not wanting a certain group of people in the fandom, but just judging anyone who got into it through the tv show at all? is fucking stupid, just like all the people who whine about the integrity of the original games whenever a new version of pokemon comes out.
there are plenty of reasons why someone may not have discovered the books and movies until now. the only reason i did was because i had parents that let me watch r rated movies at a young age. even then, the movies and books were at their peak popularity when i was in ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, and i'm in my mid-20s. so take the "i'm superior because i liked it before it was cool/pretty" stick out of your ass, please.
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(Anonymous) 2013-04-10 04:50 am (UTC)(link)And I think Mad Mikkelsen has about as much physical appeal as Cucumbersnatch, which is none at all. He's not even a younger take on the character, because Brian Cox was roughly that age when he played Hannibal. Anthony Hopkins is just the default mental image for Lecter for most people, so most assume he's older when he's not really.