01-25-2014, 12:32 AM
Rosalee and Monroe: How is it that a show about monsters manages to get down all the little relationship cues down so right? Character interactions are the best on this show. Also: doorbell rings unexpectedly? Must be Nick.
There was some movement on the Adalind/Royals/Resistance front too. The scalping storyline was nasty. In a good way. Since I watch Dracula right after this Grimm, one prepared me for the other, heh. It's going to be so great having Hannibal on in February after this show! And when I realized that the guy's scalp coat was oh-so-very "it puts the lotion on its skin", that actually made me laugh at how coincidental and Silence of the Lambs it was. (For those who aren't commercial watchers, NBC has been playing ads for Hannibal which starts up again on 28 February.)
Anyway, as a fan of more "old school" horror (as opposed to just senseless schlock-fest torture gorn like Saw and Hostel) I'm glad to see that Grimm is one of the shows bringing that back and making it gross and creepy again. Adalind's baby was the most horrifying thing I've seen in a while -- made even worse by the fact that, yes, babies really can press up against the skin like that. Not so extremely, but enough to uncomfortably remind anyone watching of Alien.
They've brought back a little more of the "Hank has varied interests" angle, which I liked. (I seem to remember him having an interest in antiques or artifacts way back in that Goldilocks-type episode.) It was cool seeing him recognize all those different languages. Little details ftw.
There was some movement on the Adalind/Royals/Resistance front too. The scalping storyline was nasty. In a good way. Since I watch Dracula right after this Grimm, one prepared me for the other, heh. It's going to be so great having Hannibal on in February after this show! And when I realized that the guy's scalp coat was oh-so-very "it puts the lotion on its skin", that actually made me laugh at how coincidental and Silence of the Lambs it was. (For those who aren't commercial watchers, NBC has been playing ads for Hannibal which starts up again on 28 February.)
Anyway, as a fan of more "old school" horror (as opposed to just senseless schlock-fest torture gorn like Saw and Hostel) I'm glad to see that Grimm is one of the shows bringing that back and making it gross and creepy again. Adalind's baby was the most horrifying thing I've seen in a while -- made even worse by the fact that, yes, babies really can press up against the skin like that. Not so extremely, but enough to uncomfortably remind anyone watching of Alien.
They've brought back a little more of the "Hank has varied interests" angle, which I liked. (I seem to remember him having an interest in antiques or artifacts way back in that Goldilocks-type episode.) It was cool seeing him recognize all those different languages. Little details ftw.
"I can feed the caterpillar, I can whisper through the chrysalis, but what hatches follows its own nature and is beyond me."
-- Hannibal (TV show)
-- Hannibal (TV show)