04-09-2017, 05:32 PM
Gang,
I decided to break tis part of a thread out of the Boycott NBC thread, so not to derail it.
I have associated Grimm with Highlander more than once. I think in many ways the shows had similar trajectories. Slow starts, peaked in the middle, both overstayed their welcome, and both had finale seasons that denigrated the good work of the rest of the series, leaving many fans wishing the series ended sooner. And both apparently had some outside pressure to set up a very weak (in terms of acting ability) female lead for a spin-off.
The males leads also had similar trajectories, with Adrian having a slightingly more impressive resume coming into the series, and clearly a far stronger acting talent. Both stars indicated they wanted to move on to other things, long before the series ended.
The thread is below for your commentary:
I decided to break tis part of a thread out of the Boycott NBC thread, so not to derail it.
I have associated Grimm with Highlander more than once. I think in many ways the shows had similar trajectories. Slow starts, peaked in the middle, both overstayed their welcome, and both had finale seasons that denigrated the good work of the rest of the series, leaving many fans wishing the series ended sooner. And both apparently had some outside pressure to set up a very weak (in terms of acting ability) female lead for a spin-off.
The males leads also had similar trajectories, with Adrian having a slightingly more impressive resume coming into the series, and clearly a far stronger acting talent. Both stars indicated they wanted to move on to other things, long before the series ended.
The thread is below for your commentary:
(04-09-2017, 11:57 AM)Robyn Wrote:(04-09-2017, 11:13 AM)izzy Wrote: The creative team are seemingly interesting people: Perhaps, sort of where attention deficit disorder meets arrested adolescent development. Or, possibly, more interestingly, if that is not the case, what they felt reflected the viewership or society as a whole.Two excellent examples of topnotch writing, casting, and execution.
I am not sure I agree sacrificing characters’ life-changing development for the sake of WoW stories/cool action scenes isn’t sustainable long term. The Rockford Files pulled that off. They created rich character backdrops, that advanced very little during the series, and managed to maintain and move the characters along in minimal screentime yet within the framework of action story and sequence of the week. To me, that show remains one of the high bars in character development with minimal screen time devoted to it alone. Highlander was quite the opposite, a show that spent a great deal of screen time developing the characters and back stories and yet still had the cool action story of the week. Two different successful approaches.
Grimm on the other hand, dropped a cast of characters in your hand, that you learned little about (except Monroe and Rosalee and most of that development was tied to pulling a story along) for six seasons.
Alas, it is over. I suspect the way they ended the show, may have killed off any future interest in rebooting the series. IMO, the did a lot of damage to what was a fairly decent brand.
Jim Rockford wasn’t intended as a character who would constantly confront high level life-changing events. He was more of an ‘ordinary guy’ type whose work often led him into unordinary threats & intrigue. His goal was typically dealing with the problem at hand so he could get back to his ordinary life. Rockford didn’t see himself as a hero destined to save the world, at best, he was the occasional reluctant hero. James Garner made being a regular guy sexy.
Highlander was simply all-around good. The creative team & actors demonstrated that characters who don’t technically age, still grow and evolve from continual high level life-changing experiences, and the characters dealing with personal relationships sometimes working, but oftentimes compromised by the unchangeable situation that is their fate.
There was definitely opportunity for Highlander’s all-around-good achievement to happen with Grimm.
Oxford commas are so totally rad!.