07-23-2013, 11:10 AM
(This post was last modified: 07-25-2013, 11:33 AM by GrimmForum.)
Next year, I'll have to make it to Comic-Con .
What are all your thoughts about this video?
Edit: Moved to Spoiler Category
07-23-2013, 11:10 AM
(This post was last modified: 07-25-2013, 11:33 AM by GrimmForum.)
Next year, I'll have to make it to Comic-Con . What are all your thoughts about this video? Edit: Moved to Spoiler Category
07-23-2013, 12:21 PM
44 minutes!?
I'm not going to watch it. Someone want to write a synopsis?
07-24-2013, 04:13 PM
(This post was last modified: 07-25-2013, 01:38 PM by GrimmForum.)
Watched through the video. It was great, but I didn't realize that there were going to be so many spoilers, so I'm moving this thread to the Spoiler Category.
What I thought was great about the panel was how well everyone in the cast seemed to be getting along. The crew was saying that everyone was surprised how "low maintenance" the cast was, which they say doesn't happen on most hollywood shows. @Lou - This is a follow up to your post here. At the panel, at one point, they were talking about new Wesen they're going to have in Season 3, and it looks like we'll be having mermaids. Other wesen we'll be seeing are: Gator in the sewer, faith healer. And a revisit with the Bauerschwein. No Sharknado. @ Gretel - In the video, you should skip to 33:50, because in the Q&A, an Austrian fan asked about the translation of the wesen name. She's asking about some of the things you've brought up in the past, including why they chose "blood bath" instead of "big bad wolf". Some other things that I thought were interesting: - Sasha Roiz, Silas Weir, and Bitsie Tulloch got loudest applause - Nick goes to the "dark side" - bit of a monster ⁃ Bitsie says "We Love Portland" ⁃ Living outside of LA helps - Three of them live in the same building ⁃ Most of crew is Portland Based - Guest Cast is mostly from Portland, supports local businesses ⁃ Season 3 - Lots of Action ⁃ Will we see scenes beyond Portland? ⁃ Got to stay tuned for that one ⁃ Season 3 is a bad one for Wu - major problems ⁃ Volcanalis was not a Wesen ⁃ Maybe a second key in season 3, hopefully soon. - Maybe a new Grimm towards the end of the third season - About the Grimm Comics - They don't fit in with the show, they have their own life and own reality, but one of the great things in the comics, they're like 200 million dollar movies. It's a different kind of imagination. - There's a family in Portland that's related to the Brothers Grimm. - Audience Questions @ 24:20 Question to Sasha Roiz: "Why does Captain Renard wear a wedding ring on his ring finger?" David Greenwalt - It's not a Wedding Ring, it's a Royal Ring Bitsie Tulloch - No It's Not, he does wear a wedding ring and a royal ring David Giuntoli - OK Bitsie will you get away from the mic, get away from the mic lol
07-24-2013, 07:30 PM
More Videos from Comic-Con!
07-24-2013, 10:37 PM
(07-24-2013, 04:13 PM)GrimmForum Wrote: What I thought was great about the panel was how well everyone in the cast seemed to be getting along. The crew was saying that everyone was surprised how "low maintenance" the cast was, which they say doesn't happen on most hollywood shows.This is a very interesting comment, and I really hope they didn't jinx themselves with it. Here's a funny anecdote. Steven Yeun, the actor who plays Glenn on the Walking Dead, said something similar during the filming of season 1 of that show. He told Andrew Lincoln (Rick) that he was surprised at how there was no "drama" on the set. Lincoln responded that that's very rare. And ironically, The Walking Dead had more drama in the next two seasons than pretty much any show I've ever heard of, with two showrunners getting canned and numerous actors leaving the show, based on what I imagine was anger over the firing of the first showrunner. Given how all the main stars on Grimm are actors/actresses that are having their breakout roles with this show, I'm not surprised everyone is low maintenance. However, let's see what happens if this show gets to season 5 or 6. People change. Anyways, I hope Grimm ends up with better results than Walking Dead, though, all TWD's drama hasn't hurt the ratings for that one.
07-25-2013, 12:16 AM
(07-24-2013, 04:13 PM)GrimmForum Wrote: @ Gretel - In the video, you should skip to 33:50, because in the Q&A, an Austrian fan asked about the translation of the wesen name. She's asking about some of the things you've brought up in the past, including why they chose "blood bath" instead of "big bad wold". Thanks for the summary! Unfortunately I'm not able to watch this video, obviously they blocked it for Europe Could you please quote this part for me (if it's not too long) That would be awesome!
07-25-2013, 11:35 AM
(07-25-2013, 12:16 AM)Gretel Hanselsister Wrote:(07-24-2013, 04:13 PM)GrimmForum Wrote: @ Gretel - In the video, you should skip to 33:50, because in the Q&A, an Austrian fan asked about the translation of the wesen name. She's asking about some of the things you've brought up in the past, including why they chose "blood bath" instead of "big bad wold". @Gretel - I think this video will work for you.
07-25-2013, 10:45 PM
(This post was last modified: 07-25-2013, 11:10 PM by HellJacket.)
One thing I was a bit surprised at from the video is how little lead time the executive producers receive for writing scripts for the show. However, upon further consideration this makes sense (well, logical sense, the reality is that broadcast channels should probably secretly renew shows a month earlier than they do now). Here's the following timelline.
First or Second Week of May - Broadcast Stations officially renew shows (which means producers can start getting a paycheck for writing new scripts Middle of July - The cast returns for filming At best, the producers and writing staff have about an entire month to prepare a script for shooting (someone looking at the timeline above may notice it's probably about two months between filming and being renewed, but I'm also taking into account the necessary time for the director to scout locations and get his shooting schedule in order). That actually explains why even really good shows can have such terrible episodes. If you are working on a script and at the very end you realize it sucks/won't work, there just isn't enough time to correct it. Later in the season, this is probably less of a problem, because you can write scripts in parallel. However, when the first two episodes are arc heavy, you can't really do that. I guess that's one reason why cable does serial shows a lot better than broadcast television (e.g., AMC, HBO, etc.). The Walking Dead, for example, has about 4 months of lead time where the writers put together scripts for the entire season before shooting commences. P.S. I was really disappointed to find out Sean Hayes wasn't part of the Comic-Con panel. He has a new show premiering this year, which is probably why he wasn't at this event. I just hope he continues to play a part in producing the show, since I have a strong feeling he's one of the key people responsible for the continuing Grimm humor that fans have come to love about the show. Edit- I just notice that Sean Hayes only produced two episodes after January 1st this year. I guess he gave up his producing duties after NBC decided to move forward with his new show. That sucks.
07-25-2013, 11:49 PM
Thank you, GrimmForum, you are the best!
Wu wants to have a first name and a second costume. They spoke about Farley Kolt, and I think they used past tense - I doubt we'll hear from him again. There are a lot of Grimm fairy tales they haven't used yet, not only "a sausage and a donkey go to town" - my impression is that they won't use fairy tales anymore and go further in the Indiana Jones direction - it's a pity. For a long time now I was thinking that they use dictionaries to make Grimm-German words - though it's a bit of a shock to find this confirmed. They have Roiz to speak french and Tulloch to speak spanish but not even a consultant for german. That can't be too expensive, is it? They. Just. Don't. Care. I wanted to think that they were a bit careless with german words when they first startet the show, how could they know how successful it will be and that it will be shown in Europe, too. Later on the words got better (Wesen, Woge, Fuchsteufelwild) but now I'm not that sure anymore. Did I get this right, they don't know what a Schnietmacher is, too? I want my illusions back! In season 3, they let Renard speak russian. This could be a hint for a european episode. They really needed this austrian fan to translate unbezahlbar (priceless) - no comment. They need a word for unicorn, Gretel volonteers . It's Einhorn.
07-26-2013, 08:29 AM
(07-25-2013, 11:49 PM)Gretel Hanselsister Wrote: There are a lot of Grimm fairy tales they haven't used yet, not only "a sausage and a donkey go to town" - my impression is that they won't use fairy tales anymore and go further in the Indiana Jones direction - it's a pity.I don't think this is quite what they meant. My impression was that they wanted fairy tales that casual fans had heard of or were aware of. Does a Grimm fairy tale episode count if only the writers and hardcore fans know the original story? Therefore, I imagine they will stick to fairy tales, just not as often as the first season. Based on the "sausage and donkey" comment, another problem is simply that there is no way to directly translate many of the stories into an entertaining Grimm episode. In that case, it's easier for the writers to just go Indiana Jones. Personally, I wouldn't mind them reusing some of the older fairy tales. I didn't really care much for the Rapunzel or Cinderella episodes, and feel those stories have a lot more potential. |
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