05-10-2015, 08:56 AM
(05-10-2015, 05:05 AM)Hexenadler Wrote:(05-10-2015, 04:01 AM)speakeasy Wrote: But, upon consideration, I have to admit that if a series like Grimm is going to have a life, it almost always must become darker by progression of experience. So layers of events add to its overall content; that is, more experiences, more historical darkness, like that. Otherwise, we end up with something like Wolf Lake, which was a great show, imo, but didn't make it to a second season. Still doesn't take the sting out of the Juliette storyline for me, though. And the Captain, don't get me started!
"Darker" doesn't always equal "better." Just because fatalistic-minded shows like THE WALKING DEAD and GAME OF THRONES are popular at the moment, doesn't mean you should ape their outlook of the world.
I'm of the opinion that some aspects of a character on a show, whether he/she is the lead or in a supporting role, should remain fundamentally incorruptible. Unfortunately, GRIMM is the kind of series where nobody ever seems to be in their right mind. Not a single episode seems to go by without at least one of the regular cast going loco for any number of reasons. Try to imagine a member of Captain Kirk's crew flipping out every week, and you get the idea. The cumulative effect makes the entire cast look like easily-triggered psychotic flakes, alienating the viewer in the process.
There are ways of going "dark" without compromising a character's integrity. But as it stands, I can't bring myself to trust any of the people on this show now, out of the fear any of them could turn into an asshole at a moment's notice.
Yes, but Buffy TVS, for example, had an ultimate grave threat to her world as a main feature of the series. Although there was a 'big bad' she and the Scoobies defeated the first couple of seasons, beginning with the third season it was The First that emerged as the real threat, an entity that was set on exterminating all Slayers and presumably establishing an order of evil over all humankind. The parallels with Grimm are many (an obscure but established large threat to the world of Grimm is embodied in the Royal families) and essentially normal people going crazy/evil (Angel, Faith and Willow, for example) was a recurring theme throughout the life of the series. Also, we lost Jennie Calendar, Kendra, Spike, Anya, Tara, and Joyce, for example, during the course of the show's running, so the loss of central characters is another similarity with Grimm.
Maybe I've got it wrong, but I feel Grimm is closer in spirit to BTVS than to Games of Thrones. (Huge GOT fan because I started reading the books when they were first published, but it stands alone in its grittiness, sexual content and sometimes deliberate perversions, and in its gratuitous violence for me. I remain loyal to the series because I admire the genius storyweaving skills of Martin; but I couldn't take that sort of writing from anybody else.) I regard The Walking Dead as falling into the horror genre, but don't think Grimm does. And the first two shows I think would be classified as adult, while Grimm is promoted as family entertainment (up to now ), same as Buffy.
Yada, yada, who am I kidding, the show's gone off track and I get the fair criticism of the way this season's scripts have been written.
"The only thing that will redeem mankind is cooperation." Bertrand Russell - printed on a beer mat in "Shaun of The Dead".