Clarice - CBS - US Pace (Spoilers)

Agent Coulson · 08-12-2020 7:18pm #1

Starts February 11th

First look at Clarice

“Clarice” is a deep dive into the untold personal story of FBI Agent Clarice Starling as she returns to the field in 1993, one year after the events of “The Silence of the Lambs.” Brilliant and vulnerable, Clarice’s bravery gives her an inner light that draws monsters and madmen to her. However, her complex psychological makeup that comes from a challenging childhood empowers her to begin to find her voice while working in a man’s world, as well as escape the family secrets that have haunted her throughout her life.

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Agent Coulson · 11-01-2021 4:07am

https://twitter.com/ClariceCBS/status/1348452088859254785?s=20

Agent Coulson · 11-01-2021 5:58am

Youtube trailer

Basq · 11-01-2021 10:03am

From Wikipedia:

Due to complicated rights issues of franchise characters between Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and Dino de Laurentiis Company, the series cannot feature or make reference to Hannibal Lecter.

G'luck! :eek:

CastorTroy · 11-01-2021 12:34pm

"The silence is over"? So she's hearing the lambs again? Or just whoever came up with that taking missed the point?

I'm assuming the scenes from Silence in that trailer are reshot, maybe as flashbacks.

ixoy · 11-01-2021 12:38pm

Due to the same complications, the excellent 'Hannibal' TV show couldn't feature Clarice.

Marcusm · 11-01-2021 3:04pm

ixoy wrote: »

Due to the same complications, the excellent 'Hannibal' TV show couldn't feature Clarice.

It was set well befofe her time in any event o it didn't need her.

ixoy · 11-01-2021 4:04pm

Marcusm wrote: »

It was set well befofe her time in any event o it didn't need her.

S4 would have planned as being the events of 'Silence of the Lambs' given they covered 'Red Dragon'.

Agent Coulson · 01-02-2021 9:49pm

First reviews are saying its very bland.

gmisk · 01-02-2021 11:09pm

Agent Coulson wrote: »

First reviews are saying its very bland.

Looks a bit mixed yeah but some positive ones including in Variety.
Looks worth watching
https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/clarice/s01

Agent Coulson · 12-02-2021 4:59am

Very average pilot episode for me.

Well it's set in 1993 so it's set about two years after the film.

Mad that they can't say the name Lecter due to copyright since Lecter is so important in creating Clarice and making her the investigator she is.

The accent is annoying.

I need some quid pro quo for my continued viewing like a better interesting script and not a paint by numbers one.

Everlong1 · 12-02-2021 5:57am

I WANT I WANT I WANT ! Who do I have to f*ck to be able to see this?

corkie · 12-02-2021 1:43pm

Agent Coulson wrote: »

Very average pilot episode for me.

Well it's set in 1993 so it's set about two years after the film.

The accent is annoying.

Hopefully the phase out the 'Jodie Foster ~ Clarice' accent/lisp in due course.

Edit 2: -

"There are some things about Clarice’s history that cannot be undone.

One is the character’s West Virginia dialect — something Dr. Lecter notes in Lambs that she’s “tried so desperately to shed.” Breeds said she had no idea what it meant when her audition script had the note “with a hint of Appalachia,” and her husband, actor Luke Mitchell, originally advised her to skip it and just do an American accent."

Looks like it is scripted, so stuck with it?

We known who she is and the background of SOTL, so doesn't need this reinforcement

Creators Alex Kurtzman(creator) Jenny Lumet(creator)

Bad Robot production

Edit 1: -

"CBS did find room in its soul for the gleefully irreverent Evil. And if you're not aiming to be transgressively weird with a Silence of the Lambs sequel — well, why bother? Clarice's other co-creator is Alex Kurtzman, a practiced IP hack known for Transformers, various Star Treks, a failed Mummy, and the worst Spider-Man. That's a lot of money made off other people's originality. Can't we institute some kind of limit on this stuff, like maybe a person can only work in four pre-existing universes per decade? His participation makes Clarice feel even more like a dastardly act of franchise capitalism. I'd believe you if you told me Kurtzman was planning a Buffalo Bill prequel series, or a throwback procedural where Clarice Starling's dad solves '60s crime."

Clarice doesn't have any brains worth chewing: Review
The Silence of the Lambs becomes another bland procedural.

Frank Grimes · 12-02-2021 9:06pm

I thought that was quite weak, more like a generic police procedural with references to Silence of the Lambs. I'll give it another couple of episodes to see if it improves but I'm not hopeful.

JP Liz V1 · 12-02-2021 9:12pm

I'm not keen on the lead actress

Everlong1 · 12-02-2021 9:45pm

Lads how are you all able to watch this ? I tried signing up to the CBS streaming service but it's only available to U.S. residents.

corkie · 12-02-2021 9:53pm

JP Liz V1 wrote: »

I'm not keen on the lead actress

Everlong1 wrote: »

Lads how are you all able to watch this ? I tried signing up to the CBS streaming service but it's only available to U.S. residents.

By non legitimate means, that can't be discussed on Boards.

CastorTroy · 12-02-2021 10:01pm

Watching now. The lead actress reminds me of Robin Tunney

Everlong1 · 13-02-2021 12:15am

corkie wrote: »

By non legitimate means, that can't be discussed on Boards.

Woe is poor old law abiding me. :mad: I'll just have to wait till it turns up on Netflix.

fritzelly · 13-02-2021 1:58am

Decent enough pilot (considering some of the atrocities coming out recently) but if its just gonna be murder of the week then no thanks - they are a dime a dozen at the mo

Not sure if the theme of the season is this headache company...?

CastorTroy · 13-02-2021 2:08am

Yeah the whole thing about Clarice being this great BAU agent after solving 1 case is going to be annoying. And the creepy serial killers have been done in Criminal Minds

Agent Coulson · 13-02-2021 2:11am

It’s basically another slick CBS crime show that fits into there family of cop, action, detective, court shows.

Mr E · 13-02-2021 1:24pm

I liked this actually. I did feel like Rebecca Breeds was doing a Jodie Foster impersonation, but I'm OK with that.

I thought it was stylish enough too. A cut above the usual procedurals.

Need a Username · 15-02-2021 12:58am

Everlong1 wrote: »

I WANT I WANT I WANT ! Who do I have to f*ck to be able to see this?

A US iTunes account

I just watched the first episode.

It was good. I’m not “hooked” yet but I want to see more.

Need a Username · 15-02-2021 12:59am

Agent Coulson wrote: »

Very average pilot episode for me.

Well it's set in 1993 so it's set about two years after the film.

Mad that they can't say the name Lecter due to copyright since Lecter is so important in creating Clarice and making her the investigator she is.

The accent is annoying.

I need some quid pro quo for my continued viewing like a better interesting script and not a paint by numbers one.

What is annoying about the accent?

Need a Username · 15-02-2021 1:12am

fritzelly wrote: »

Decent enough pilot (considering some of the atrocities coming out recently) but if its just gonna be murder of the week then no thanks - they are a dime a dozen at the mo

Not sure if the theme of the season is this headache company...?

The final few minutes did seem to be setting up the investigation into the pharmaceutical company as being the primary story arc but the purpose of the VICAP task force is catching violent crimes and serial killers.

Unless the company repeatedly hires killers to murder people that investigation is out of Clarice’s hands.

I’m interested in seeing more of Catherine go even more bat**** crazy.

Agent Coulson · 19-02-2021 4:59am

Ok episode 2 was better than the pilot and there is enough there for me to go back for episode 3 however she needs to drop the accent.

Wibbs · 19-02-2021 10:33am

Need a Username wrote: »

What is annoying about the accent?

It's really grating for being forced.

GerardKeating · 19-02-2021 11:14am

Agent Coulson wrote: »

It’s basically another slick CBS crime show that fits into there family of cop, action, detective, court shows.

You say that like you think it's a bad thing

fritzelly · 21-02-2021 4:51am

Episode 2 was definitely better - will keep watching, thought there was a touch of trying the stylistic approach of Hannibal in the episode

Skerries · 21-02-2021 5:11am

it's no Hannibal and it can't have a killer of the week plotline, we need an arc
but it has promise and I'll give the requisite number of episodes before scrapping it before it gets ****

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