Sunday, November 13, 2011

Grimm - Pilot, S01E01

An interesting concept - the decendants of the Brothers Grimm are able to see things that the rest of us can't. They recognize the...we'll call them demons for lack of a better word. Turns out the Big Bad Wolf is a species of men with animalistic tendencies and an obsession with red hoodies.

I liked the pilot. It was scary at points. Very scary in fact. A good combination of the scary with the campy. Because Grimm fairy tales coming to life is nothing if not a little campy. I really like the idea of our hero, Nick (David Giuntoli) teaming up with a wolf, Eddie (Silas Weir Mitchell). Sure, these are the monsters which haunt our nightmares, but perhaps they are not so given over to the side of them that gives us the willies.

As to where it is going...well, I've only watched the first two episodes at this point, although 4 have aired, and it did get a full seasons pick up, which is always a good thing...so going somewhere it must be.
First episode, Little Red Riding Hood. Second, Goldilocks and the Three Bears. And there are a lot more Grimm fairy tales to go through, though not all are as famous or well known as these. So the question is whether they will continue to follow a theme of one story per episode, or will a larger plot take over. And will that larger plot have anything to do with the fairy tales as we know them?