(01-10-2018, 05:33 AM)irukandji Wrote:Any topic makes a viable discussion. I was only saying TV shows are aimed at entertaining viewers in order to promote advertising revenue, not life lessons. Episodes might have been introduced with parables, but they weren’t intended as the moral of a story viewers would take to heart.(01-10-2018, 05:05 AM)Robyn Wrote: At the end of the day it’s a fictional show about fictional characters living fictional lives that provides interesting and enjoyable debates, but not lessons in life.But if this is the case, then why have discussions about such things as Adalind's redemption? Redemption is not a fictional concept. It is a lesson in life.
The show’s intent wasn’t to establish a real life correlation between Adalind seeking redemption and having a better life or her unplanned pregnancy leading to a happy relationship. In the same way, anything Nick and the others did that contradicted expected police behavior wasn’t intended to deride law enforcement. It was simply what they were written to do in stories about a Grimm battling dangerous Wesen.
(01-10-2018, 09:44 AM)Hell Rell Wrote: We need a Chidi. This would be a great thing to delve into on The Good Place.Oh, yea, The Good Place is about how one lives their life determines their afterlife. I hadn’t even thought about that. And I love the show! Are there any forums for the show?
(01-10-2018, 09:44 AM)Hell Rell Wrote: I feel the same way as you. I was trying to judge the characters based on their universe. Corrupt doesn't equal unlikable to me. I don't care where they align as long as they're internally consistent and entertaining, in that order. There isn't any reason for me to deny when they do horrible things because I like it when they do a lot of the time. Besides, I wouldn't be living up to my name if I were against characters doing bad things, as long as they make sense.Early on I considered Nick a cop who was a Grimm and thought his behavior questionable. But as I began to realize that the show was presenting him as a Grimm who was a cop, I better understood what first appeared to be the character’s disrespect for police conduct. Nick wasn’t trying to be a by the book cop when dealing with dangerous Wesen.
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