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[deleted] t1_ja5uev9 wrote

Reply to comment by claimingthemoorland in Red Dragon by Thomas Harris is a perfectly okay thriller with a gem of a sex scene of the darkest shade of violence. by claimingthemoorland

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claimingthemoorland OP t1_ja5v1s4 wrote

It's currently canceled with only three seasons. It's surprisingly gory for a network show though some of the dialogue is just hammy as all get out but then so is the source material. I'd watch it if I could rewatch it again for the first time.

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Dunstabzugshaubitze t1_ja6uvei wrote

Isn't that the show where they covered up a buttocks with blood and gore, because they feared the ratings board would not let that much nudity fly?

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claimingthemoorland OP t1_ja6v3zv wrote

I don't know about that specific example but the show certainly is gorey leaving little to the imagination, the make up work is fantastic.

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Dunstabzugshaubitze t1_ja6xd5s wrote

Might be a factoid, but I guess the show is worth it for Mads Mikkelsen alone, if one of my stupid streaming services ever offers it.

I am a big fan of the movies with Hopkins and tried to read the novel "Hannibal" but that did nothing for me. Would you say red dragon and silence are still worth trying?

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claimingthemoorland OP t1_ja8pr0n wrote

Mads Mikkelson does a great job worth the role. A more charming but sinister version of Hopkins for sure.

Ive only read Hannibal Rising and Red Dragon so far ad I'm reading in chronological order but I can't say I was particularly swayed one way or another about what I've seen so far.

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nyet-marionetka t1_ja843pv wrote

Does the book have all the erotic subtext between Hannibal and Graham that the show does (and that before I watched it I thought fanfiction authors totally made up)?

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claimingthemoorland OP t1_ja8qnxb wrote

Not one bit. The prime aspect of their relationship is of fear, from Graham's perspective and of intellectual curiosity and obsession (in a revenge kind of way) from Hannibal's. Every time Graham shows up to talk to the doctor, Levter continually brings up how Graham might have captured him.

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nyet-marionetka t1_ja99une wrote

I enjoy relationships based upon fear in my fiction. Maybe I’ll give it a try.

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