Fairy Tale stories seem to be all the rage these days on TV, with ABC premiering Once Upon a Time tonight and Grimm kicking off over on NBC this Friday. Here at Grizzly Bomb, we offer to keep you abreast of the goings on of these two very similar stories, offer our ever witty commentary, and complete coverage on what I like to call:
TV’S FAIRY TALE FALL BRAWL!!!
(Cue Boxing bell ding)
In one corner, we have ABC’s Once Upon a Time. The Sunday night slot isn’t too shabby for a new show, sandwiched between AFV and Desperate Housewives (which I understand are shows that people are still watching). The show is the new project of the makers of Lost, which gets my intrigue juices flowing. However, the seemingly cheesy storyline and the far-fetched premise make it seem out of touch with an inability to relate to the average human being. Could this show make it on clout and reputation alone?
On the other corner, we have NBC’s Grimm. Produced by the same people who worked on Buffy and Angel (not Joss Whedon), it clearly looks like the better show. The story focuses around Nick Burckhardt, a homicide detective who can see fairy tale characters. I have high hopes for this one, however, there are a few things working ominously against it.
- It may have trouble settling on an audience depending on how they play it. I don’t know many men that love fairy tales, and I don’t know many women that love gore. The smart thing to do, considering ABC has got the fluffy fairy tale thing covered, is to outright target a male audience. The trailers at first seemed to be focusing on creatures that are ugly and murderous, but lately they’ve been shots of dead princesses. They may be tempted to straddle that line, and it may end up working for them, but it also may not.
- The time slot sucks. Friday night is where prime time goes to die, with very few exceptions to this rule. Not to mention, it’s competing for air time with Fringe, which is going to be a tough competitor.
- NBC has put out some real stinkers lately. Their show cancellation count is already up to two, and it’s only October. Also, Grimm was already pushed back once. Not a good sign for movies, not a good sign for television.
Back to the brawl…
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It’s Ray’s earlier (perceived) successes with as a dad the give him to confidence to save Jonathan. And he that isn’t my interpretation, Ray actually screams “I’m a father now!” to convince Jonathan to drop down. And it works.
In the morning the coppers show up at George’s place, which means Ray and Jonathan must escape out the dumb-waiter. From here they find themselves on the street and accused of murder.
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