Watching other shows through Supernatural-colored glasses: Hannibal

[caranfindel]

A couple of weeks ago, Hannibal featured a killer who seemed, at the beginning, to be non-human. It turned out to be a human using a mechanized animal-style jaw to kill people in an animalistic way.

But watching the non-human-style killings made me think how fantastic Supernatural could be if it were done by the people who are doing Hannibal. On the network that's showing Hannibal. In Hannibal's time slot. With Hannibal's budget. The gorgeous, cinematic style. The pacing. The writing. The gore, guys. You can't even imagine the gore they'd be allowed to show - no stupid spray of arterial blood every time someone gets killed. The dream sequences. Supernatural would be so beautiful, it makes me want to cry.

And they keep teasing me by featuring noteworthy SPN guest stars:



Kacey Rohl, who played Marin in The Born Again Identity...



Plays hapless Abigail Hobbs...



Demore Barnes, who played archangel Raphael...



Plays creepy Tobias Budge...



and Katharine Isabelle, who played Ava...



plays creepy and probably hapless Margo Verger.





Ironically, a lot of Hannibal fans complain that it would be so much better on cable. And yeah, it would. But a word to the Fannibals... just count your blessings that your favorite show isn't on the CW!

Anyone else a fan?

Comments

[balder12.livejournal.com]

I adore Hannibal! It's the show I look forward to most each week.

I actually think that a lot of early SPN was remarkably beautiful for its budget, which was probably mostly thanks to the late Kim Manners. Interesting question about the gore--is NBC really that much more liberal in its standards than the CW? They're both networks (in the loosest possible sense when it comes to the CW, but still), and I can think of a handful of moments when SPN went for relatively extreme gore--the cold open of "My Bloody Valentine" sticks out to me. I think it's more an audience issue. My sense is that SPN is a lot more invested in appealing to young girls than Hannibal is.

I'd love to have seen what SPN would have looked like as, say, an FX show. If nothing else, I think it would have benefited immensely (and still would) from cable's 13 episode season orders.

[caranfindel.livejournal.com]

I've read that SPN isn't allowed to show certain things. Something about human deaths vs monster deaths. I don't know if it's the audience (I doubt it, the most desirable audience is young men and that's who they'd aim for), the time slot (Hannibal airs an hour later), different network standards, or what.