I am loving my Grimm. It reminds me of the Friday evenings of yesteryear filled with the creepiness of X-Files. Just like the X-Files (The Truth Is Out There), Grimm opens with a quote, though in this show the quote changes each week to parallel the fairy tale. The opening scene sets up the mystery and then Burkhardt, a Grimm, & his partner, Griffin, solve the crime. It has an underlying mythology (like X) but also deals with weekly issues.
“It’s the death of dreams”…a quote from this week’s episode. The show is a little bit cheesy, a little bit campy, like X-Files, and it knows it, like X-Files. The special effects are better, but there have been a lot of developments in CGI over the years.
I love the mythology aspect–incorporating all the wonderful tales by the brothers Grimm into our society. Aren’t the archetypes still alive and well today? Sadly, yes. But that also means there are still protagonists out there too. And oh, the weapons the Grimms have are awesome! I hope they can stretch the hunt for Grimm for a long time. They take fun liberties with playing with the legend of the stories.
I also love that one of the Big Bad Wolves has befriended the enemy. Monroe’s hysterical. A vegetarian, yoga-doing clock repairing wolf. The three bears from Goldilocks were neat. The story focused on tradition and the efforts to balance that within the current society. The themes of family and tradition, heritage, are strong in every episode. At the core, it’s the tradition of the Grimms that makes the storyline.
It doesn’t hurt that Grimm is easy on the eyes.
I want to find a good edition of the Grimm stories, possibly one with some really great illustrations. If you know of one, let me know about it.
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