I guess the two lead guys on Grimm aren’t bad looking but one looks like a poor man’s Brandon Routh who is a poor man’s Christopher Reeve. The other looks like a Dr. Dre/ Craig Mack hybrid. Even with those descriptions, we need to get these men’s shirts off to be sure.
Grimm takes place in a world where the Brothers Grimm fairy tales exist. Our star of the show, Nick Burckhardt, is descended from a long line of “Grimms”; hunters who keep the fairy tale baddies in their place. The first tale dealt with Little Red Riding Hood and the second story dealt with the Three Little Bears. Stop me when this starts to sound like Supernatural. You know, the show about “hunters” keeping demons and urban legends at bay. The leads on Grimm don’t have to pretend to be cops like The Winchesters because they are cops. Don’t color me hostile to Grimm because it is so similar to Supernatural. No, I’m upset because I already know that this show is going to be canceled by NBC.
Here is a list of NBC’s science fiction or sci-fi adjacent failures:
Bionic Woman
The Event
Heroes
Knight Rider
Journeyman
Persons Unknown
Surface
Earth 2 (thrown in for good measure and spite)
I think Grimm would do better on a cable network or could have filled in the void after Supernatural had its final season. NBC just doesn’t support its science fiction shows enough to make them last or gain a loyal following. The ratings already have this show as being predicted to be canceled. Will my giving up and not watch now hurt the show or just save me from being hurt by yet another brutal cancellation? I’d also like to point out that is sad that I’ve started out with cancellation fears instead of focusing on the story. It’s a reaction to having this happen over and over again.
What about the story? Well, it’s decent enough. With the exception of the casting of Sasha Roiz, I think there were some casting missteps that will leave people feeling ambiguous about the show. I like that they base their research on the creatures from the Grimm stories and ancient folklore. The bald-headed hunter aunt is pretty badass. Too bad she is dead, I would have liked to see her kick ass in her prime. Perhaps we will get flashbacks of some of her missions… that is if the show lasts long enough.
After two shows in there is not really much to say about this show except that if you like Supernatural that you’d enjoy Grimm and to not get too attached.
I wouldn’t compare it to Supernatural, though I do see the parallels. It’s a bit light for me. For me, I see it as an adult take on fairy tales.
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I would have liked to see his aunt tutor him in the ways of Grimm too and have a more dramatic death or even be taken by her illness at a more pivotal moment.
Overall, I like it. I have been watching it passively though. I guess I’ve been expecting a cancellation as well.
I was thinking it was too similar to “Once Upon a Time” in the fairy tale sense, which also came out the same week. I like both of them, but I do know they will be cancelling it too. I hope they do more with the aunt in flashbacks, and I’m glad they’re keeping the Big Bad Wolf character around. He’s a great addition to the show.
umm grimm is awful. supernatural is awesome and much more…i cant believe im even saying this…relevant. grimm wishes it were as good as the poor mans spn and it did get renewed, so there is definitely something wrong with the world.
I’ve grown to like Grimm. In the second part of the first season the show came into it’s own. The second season is extremely solid. The show’s mythology holds its own. Now that I like it though it’s cancel bait. ;-D
Grimm is better, overall. I am just into the second half of the first season and things are picking up. The stories are simple but well made. I like all the main characters. In Supernatural the whole brotherly love/hate relationship got quite tiresome. Also, once the apocalypse came and went the show was dead. I don’t know why it carried on. Same with Fringe, the story died because they lost the focus on Peter. Hopefully, Grimm will continue to allow the main story to develop in its own time.