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So I caught the first episode and I really am hoping it gets better.  I like the whole premise of the slayer/cop though. 

It was OK.  Don't know if I'll keep watching it with Fringe coming back though.  I've seen worse pilots.

Yeah, it wasn't as terrible as I'd expected from the premise.  Though I don't think it can go anywhere interesting and would have made a better mini-serires than a full-fledged show maybe they'll be able to wrap it up before it's cancelled.   :awesome_for_real:

It wasn't terrible but it seemed like it was just Buffy remade with different characters.

Transplanted into a generic cop show and without the snappy dialog and self aware humor.  And I didn't even like Buffy all that much.

My wife and I never missed an episode of Buffy and loved every minute of it. I tried rewatching it not to long ago and the only thing I came away with was that people should have spent a lot more time listening to Zander because he was the only one who seemed to have an ounce of common sense. It was not a show that aged well.

Came in to the season hearing about two fairy tale based shows coming out. Grimm was supposed to be the dark serious one and Once upon a Time being the light family one.

I can't really put my finger on all of the issues, but if that pilot was supposed to get me hooked, it failed miserably. Oddly though, Once upon a Time kind of intrigued me. It's cheezy, but at least interesting. Grimm though - no real tension in it, stupid looking "Buffy" monsters, generic crime of the week plot. If I want this, I'll go back to Lost Girl and at least have eye candy thrown in.

If Buffy was so great, more non-geeks would have watched it.   Just sayin'.

Not that this argument will save Grimm from being cancelled in a few weeks, either.

I was sort of interested in this show, but I kept thinking how many Grimm's Fairy Tale monsters are there, anyway?

It is on Friday, and that's kind of a dry day television wise.  Oh, and it's sitting on our DVR.  Hopefully we'll get to it.

The monsters aren't one off characters, they are more like monster races.

Which still begs the same question.  I'd asked it just to see how many we'd come up with.  At least Buffy/ Angel had a much wider mythos to pull from since they started with the base that all demons and super natural beings were real; not just one particular set of 170 stories. Not to mention many of them involve only anthropomorphized animals or aren't popular enough to spark recognition these days.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grimms%27_Fairy_Tales

I think there's more than enough monsters really, even if they are going to be lesser known ones.  Besides, as much as I'd like it to turn into a bad ass show, they have more than enough for the 2 seasons that it will likely last.

That's actually way to optimistic.  Given the time slot and mediocrity I won't get too attached to it, I don't think it will last the season.

http://insidetv.ew.com/2011/11/21/grimm-gets-full-season-pickup/

AH HA! At least one season outta this. I started watching it on hulu after a buddy was talking about it. I was pleasantly surprised.

Glad to be wrong.  I hope they move more in a overarching story path rather than monster of the week though.

I'm still watching this myself, it really hasn't been too bad.  It's kept my attention more than Buffy or Angel did. 

Do you remember "The Zeppo" episode? The one where Zander saves the world or something like that, and no one even realizes what that he's done it. I think they even end up ridiculing him for being a social misfit at the end. I liked that show.

As far as Grimm goes, I kinda like the Reformed Background Exposition Werewolf Guy.

I like this.  It's keeping me tuning in each week.

Never watched much Buffy.

I kind of enjoy this but so far I enjoy Once Upon a Time a little more to my great surprise. I like how it seems to be building a slow mythology. Grimm is fun too but I think the best part of the show is the werewolf sidekick. I also wonder how long they can keep his partner in the dark....

I'm in the same boat.. I started watching Once Upon a Time out of morbid curiosity, but once I saw Robert Carlyle as Rumple I was hooked. Which means I like the flashbacks a little more, save for Ginnifer Goodwin with short hair  :heart:

Good for watching with the significant other.  Not a bad show.

Monroe makes this show...

And the rodent guys are going to turn out to be like the Lone Gunmen from X-Files.  :awesome_for_real:

I really like the show, but I'm with you on that. I keep doing a countdown until I get to watch Monroe.

I dig this show, but I can not get past the fact the lead is just boring as hell. Everyone on the show has personality except the Grimm.

So, it's just like the first two seasons of Fringe?

He's way too much of a pretty boy. He just doesn't fit the role IMO.

He just brings nothing to the role. The character is too flat for this show. Everyone else, even his wife has some sorta defining point. Hank has swagger, the wife is a vet, Monroe is flat out awesome, the chief is the darkness waiting to happen, hell even the uniformed Asian officer is witty, and the Aunt was a complete badass. I like the show, but something has bugged me about it since the pilot and it hit me last night watching the Orge episode... holy shit is the main guy just borning me to tears.
I do like the fact there is an underlying theme that is not overshadowing the mainline of the episodes. I have fond memories of the X-Files doing that for the first seasons it came out... once established then start pushing it forward a bit more. 

He ought to be playing Superman, because he looks just like how Superman should look.

You know at first, I did mistake him for Brandon Routh.

This started over here.

It wasn't that good.

 :oh_i_see:

I felt the same, but give it three episodes. If it still doesn't have any appeal, then dump it. My suggestion... YMMV.

It's not good at all.  I baffled at what people see in it.

Its not reality tv and has no singing or dancing.  So its got bonus points for that alone.

Can't get the wife in to this one at all. She loves Ever After, however, if only for the weekly "Catch the Disney reference."

Last week the "Belle" character dressed like the cartoon.  This week Tron was the reference as one of the characters was playing Floyd's video game.

You mean Once Upon a Time? I watch that show, only for Robert Carlyle. Him playing Rumple is quiet entertaining.

Ah, yeah. For some reason I couldn't remember the name of the show.  It didn't matter enough to actually Google it.

 :Love_Letters:

Right, someone help me out here.

This show is about the most boring and undramatic police officer that's ever been on screen.

Seriously, you could take 'THE GRIMM' away and just do a show about the Wolf and I'd watch it and enjoy it more.

Does he EVER do anything ?

Exactly.

I have to admit that I'm only playing tourist in what is a fairly interesting bit of world-building while I wait for Dudley Do-Right to actually develop some character.  It would be easier if they hadn't so thoroughly foreshadowed that the girl-friend is doomed to either die, or turn against him in a big way.

--Dave

Wouldn't it be cool if the girlfriend turns out to be totally okay and completely supportive with Dudley Do-right being a "Grimm" and all that? The way she is being written now, seems to be the usual bad/lazy TV writing (if not sexist) portrayal of women as the total drag/weight on the protagonist.

Being a Grimm is supposedly a family based enterprise. I don't know how they can perpetuate themselves down the ages if their spouses don't support them. Maybe that's why Grimms are near extinction.

As much as my wife loves this show, I agree with a lot of what's said here.  The main dude's an idiot, like Batman with Down syndrome.  I'm sure they'll (eventually) let the GF in on the whole thing, and maybe then things can get more serious, but right now the show just seems like a REALLY long pilot.

I had the same thought in that Grimms have to procreate at some point so what the hell was the aunt thinking telling him to drop the ugly chick? I mean really... who better to be partners with than a vet; considering most of the shit Deputy Dunce encounters are beasties.

I still really only watch because of Monroe.

Yes.  Except he LOOKS like Clark Kent.

Fine, we'll just call him Bizzaro and be done with it.   :why_so_serious:

Took all season, but finally he looked like the lead character...

Glad this got renewed.

I know.  It's like all of a sudden Bizzaro just snapped and turned back into Superman for a few good scenes. 

Looks like I was right about the girlfriend, though.  She's either going to die or turn into a hexenbeast (which might be the same thing) and become next season's Big Bad.  Depending on how they handle it, Dudley Do-right might finally become interesting.

--Dave

Arise!

The new intro is blech, but the show seems to be staying true to form. Monday nights... hope it keeps the momentum.

Mid-season finale was on Friday.  I think the show is actually getting better now that they're dropping the curtain more and more.  Me thinks that if they want to keep this series going, they're going to drop the whole "undercover Grimm is a cop" thing and he'll go rogue like his mother.  After he kills his boss, of course  :awesome_for_real:

I have an odd feeling his boss, Sean, is going to turn out to not be the big bad the show originally had him painted out to be. Might be something like getting back at the family that shunned him.

The last screen of the finale was priceless:

To be continued...
Sorry.

 :drill:

Hmmm.  This new season is... enjoyable.

Didn't think that would happen.

If only they would not rape the German language on a constant basis. The senseless German names for all the Wesen really grates on me and is detrimental to my enjoyment of the series.

The depiction of a German bar in Mannheim made me laugh though.

I just wish Grimms lady was even remotely approaching the quality of Blutbads two women.

But she's not.  She's fine until you get to that face and realise a surgeon went fucking NUTSO on her.

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There was an interview I saw where they talked about all the Wesen names.  They said that they just kept saying stuff til they got the name to sound cool.  There is no rhyme or reason for the names they make up.

I know. Which is why it is so painful for me to listen too. Just few quick examples.

Blutbad = Blood bath
Fuchsbau = Foxhole
Häßlicher = ugly, yes, an adjective used as a noun (the "trolls" )

Why oh why would you not just use google to translate the fucking names. Pretty sure it sounds just as awesome to American ears. It also would be quicker.

Wife is getting extremely pissed off that I can guess the ending of any given episode of this five minutes in.

I have orders to SIT DOWN AND SHUT THE FUCK UP.

Little Girl Wesen was the most gratuitously obvious example.  2 minutes in.

Sounds like your wife found the nerd version of project runaway. Is this show any interesting now? Or is it still about a cop stumbling into the monster of the week?

It is, but somehow they manage to sneak in the over-arcing story into each episode.

I hope they don't kill off the Captain. He is my favourite character.

I doubt that will happen. He is the Walter Skinner of the show.

Yay, new episode tonight.

And as I suspected...

Sadly, I hope they don't push this running theme as the only hook in the show - I liked the episodes that stood on their own rather than all pieces of a whole.

So, yeah, he has super hearing now.  Yay Grimm super-powers  :why_so_serious:

Or he is being turned into a giant fly guy hehe.

Clearly, this new ability is related to an increased Midichkloreanz Gesetzt.  :why_so_serious:

It is probably just another part of maturing into a Grimm. Heightened senses... Just hope they keep the weekly challenges up because if he becomes unstoppable it will kill the show.

Don't forget aunt Grimm was like 90, dying of cancer, and still kicking crazy ass.

And his mom was crazy powerful too.  I think she could have kicked his ass if she'd wanted to.

TV show writers just came up with a better MMO than 15 years of industry experts. With bonus negative ping.

If you're going to take that stance, TV show writers also came up with better crime detection and investigation computers than 60 years of industry experts on CSI:Miami and Bones.

TV show writers aren't limited by pesky things like "reality."

RISE!

One week until Season 3 starts.

http://www.oregonlive.com/movies/index.ssf/2013/10/grimm_season_3.html