[ SECRET POST #2650 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2650 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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Comments

[purpleseas]

Well, if you don't like it, you don't like it, and there's nothing you can do. But I have to wonder how far you got if you think it takes itself completely seriously, because there's a lot of dark humor there (even more so in season 2) and a real joy about horror and gore that can make even the most horrible things really fun to watch. I'd have to hear an example of "flimsy excuses" to understand what you mean, and if you're bothered by questionable policework, they're absolutely not trying to make a realistic procedural, so that sort of thing is always going to take a backseat to other story goals. They live in a heightened reality where serial killers actually have interesting motives, so a lot of things are going to be different. I watched about a minute and a half of the pilot when it first aired, went "psh, another angsty profiler, whatever" and turned the channel (it was actually the scene where Beverly interrupts Will's reconstruction and I LOVE THAT SCENE now). But then I kept reading people's raves and gave it another shot. I ended up really liking it the first time through and falling crazy in love by the third. So maybe something like that will happen for you if you ever want to try again? Or not, that's cool, but it has so, so much of those things you like and more.

[lilacsigil]

Yes, I didn't want to watch it to start with because the pilot was pretty but very much "angsty special profiler"...but after seeing some of the jokes and gifs, I gave it another try, and it was terrific. And really, really, darkly funny.

[purpleseas]

Yeah, there are so many same-y crime shows that overuse these tropes or just don't know what to do with them that it's easy to dismiss a character like that out of hand and forget that the right actors/writers/directors can make pretty much anything awesome again. I laugh so much at the cooking montages, Will's snark, Hannibal's terrible jokes, the science guys, etc.

[(Anonymous)]

The funny thing is Will Graham is in actuality, probably the base for "angsty profiler" in crime shows!

[purpleseas]

Haha, I think I've heard that before. I wonder how many people were instantly turned off without knowing that.