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If you liked Lost, I really recommend this show. I understand that it is produced by the same people, and it shows, it has the same sense of deep mystery and the same structure per episode, focusing on a character and showing elements from the past and the present in two parallel narratives. After the pilot, essentially an introduction to the show, there have been two episodes: last week's focused on the Evil Queen and today's focused on Snow White and Prince Charming. Fun stuff.
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Saw the first two and plan to watch the third On Demand. Enjoyed them overall, even though the disney influence was obvious. Kinda fun trying to guess who all the characters are in fairy tale lore. (Wonder who the cop is? )
Overall, it doesn't look like a Fables rip-off at all, and I'm happy about that. Note: While there are some creators from Lost onboard, the major forces are either absent or minor consultants. No J.J. Abrams or carlton Cuse, and Damon Lindeloff has only made minor uncredited contribs.
It's got some good quality so far, and I hope it continues improving. Looks like there's already been a full season pick-up of 22 eps.
Anybody seen "Grimm"?
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I watched the first two episodes of Grimm this weekend, and it was better than I expected. Haven't checked this one out yet.
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quote:Originally posted by LASHbrain: This reminds me, I need to check out GRIMM (which I suspect may be more of the Fables-homage/ripoff than OUAT is).
No time like the present... *goes to HULU*
Actually, Grimm is NOTHING like 'Fables'... makes me think more than a little of 'Supernatural' if anything. Any way, I had fully expected to Hate 'Once Upon a Time after reading about how ABC had obtained rights to 'Fables', put together a pilot and a couple episode scripts and then shelved it (maintaining the exclusive rights so no one else could produce it) and then created their own 'original' show based on fairy tale characters in the real world. I expected that it would be a complete rip-off of 'Fables' that would have had the heart and soul sucked out of it by the minions of The Mouse.... But it isn't. It is a good show in it's own right and no more similar to 'Fables' than 'Fables' was to 'The Charmings'. I look forward to each new episode.
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My wife really likes Grimm, I could take or leave it. It seems to be set up for a disposable, "Monster/Villain of the week" kind of deal, which is fine, but not too interesting for me.
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quote:Originally posted by Dave Hackett: My wife really likes Grimm, I could take or leave it. It seems to be set up for a disposable, "Monster/Villain of the week" kind of deal, which is fine, but not too interesting for me.
Like I said, it reminds me a lot of the early 'Supernatural'... Hunters, monsters, victems, Oh My!
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Excuse me but can you please direct me to the La Brea Tar Pits in Los Angeles?
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I like BOTH of those new shows actually!
I never saw even one episode of Lost, believe it or not, so I cannot compare Once Upon A Time to that ..... but I like it so far. As far as Grimm goes, well it's just a damn good show!
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I caught up on Grimm a few days ago. It's definitely a good show. My main complaint about it is that the lead actors seem to lack any charisma. Hopefully, that will change with time.
Meanwhile, I thought Once Upon a Time's third ep was really terrific! I love how this show "fills in the blanks" in the classic fairy tales, and the stuff with Snow surviving as a thief was really nice. I also like how, in the present day, Snow's 'kiss' revives Prince Charming. Good, entertaining show!
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Just watched the first three episodes, and can definitely say I enjoyed it!
The strong Lost influence shows, but it succeeds where so many of the Lost wannabees have failed.
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Haven't seen Once Upon a Time yet (the ads in the comics are intriguing, though!), but it's Tivo'd for the girls, so I might be able to steal the TV some night and see it.
Grimm, I've seen online, and I really like it. As already mentioned, the actors are deadly dull, but I love that the main dude has already begun unofficially working with one of the 'monsters.' I like line-blurring.
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This has really been a banner year for new network sci-fi/supernatural shows. Terra Nova, Once Upon a Time, and Grimm have all exceeded my expectations, and the two that sounded most promising to me, The River and Alcatraz, are still yet to premiere.
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