Chuck is back tonight! Followed by Grimm
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Posted on: 2011-10-28 11:32 in Comic and Hero-Villain Culture
I really want to be excited by Chuck being back, but my enthusiasm is almost nonexistent knowing Morgan has the intersect, and that he may end up with it for the bulk of the season. It makes me glad this is the last season.
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Darn. I was hoping it'd be a detective show starring the ever-lovin' blue-eyed Thing.
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Originally Posted by Father Xmas
Followed by Grimm, NBC's storybook meets reality police drama.
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Hmmm...odd seeing Chuck being the Morgan.
Sarah would've looked better in a corset and without the garter belt. But they've maintained the tradition of finding some method of getting her into her skimpies. 
It's kinda sad knowing that this is the last season of Chuck. 
Okay, I did not recognize Mark Hamill at first. He's gotten fat.
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He's also old too. Dude's 60 years old this year. He's not Trickster anymore...
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Originally Posted by Inazuma
Okay, I did not recognize Mark Hamill at first. He's gotten fat.
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Well I was very misinformed about Grimm. It's more Buffy-like than a simple police drama with a twist.
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I'll give Grimm a shot. Looks interesting enough. Though the guy from Caprica is kinda tainting my view of it a bit.
Chuck is not the Morgan. Being knocked out as he was Morgan proved quite nicely that he is still the Morgan.
I'm quite pleased with Grimm so far.
Don't count your weasels before they pop dink!
Bookending the episode of Grimm with the two versions of Sweet Dreams, opening with the Eurythmics version and ending with the much creepier Marilyn Manson version was a nice touch.
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I'll have to catch Grimm the next day or whenever I can on the interwebs, I am not gonna miss my Winchester men.
Cancel the kitchen scraps for widows and lepers, no more merciful beheadings and call off christmas!
I have to say I really liked Grimm. Close enough to be familiar, but a nice modern twist. It was neat how they gave a modern city a storybook feel.
@Mental Maden @Maden Mental
"....you are now tackle free for life."-ShoNuff
Saw and watched Grimm - dug it.
For those that missed it here it is on Hulu
Depending on how long Grimm lasts I may watch it eventually, afterall I'm going to need something to fill the void left when SUpernatural comes to a close..though I don't see one of the big three keeping a Buffyesque show on the air for as long as I would like.
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Yeah I will watch Grimm the next day or whenever I can after friday, but when Supernatural comes to an end I plan on watching Grimm then.
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Originally Posted by Matthew_Orlock
Depending on how long Grimm lasts I may watch it eventually, afterall I'm going to need something to fill the void left when SUpernatural comes to a close..though I don't see one of the big three keeping a Buffyesque show on the air for as long as I would like.
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Cancel the kitchen scraps for widows and lepers, no more merciful beheadings and call off christmas!
It appears that Grimm is also being played on Syfy. I saw in my on-screen guide that they are playing it on Tuesday @ 6pm Central. I don't know if that's going to be a constant thing or it's just a one-off, but it is there.
I actually dug Grimm more than i did Chuck. I found myself facepalming a bit watching it. Yea, im grumpy, but i don't like Morgan with the intersect, and stripping away the lion's share of their resources before they really got a chance to use them just annoys me. Reminds me when they brought in that big storehouse that Chuck's dad had under the cabin, and then blew it up without using anything in it.
With any luck, Dekker will shape up to be a decent villain for the group. 'Cause Volkoff and his daughter were horrible villains last season.
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I liked Volkoff (or Time Lord Timmy as he is known in my household) but couldn't take his daughter seriously.
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Originally Posted by Veritech
'Cause Volkoff and his daughter were horrible villains last season.
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This is a song about a super hero named Tony. Its called Tony's theme.
Jagged Reged: 23/01/04
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I kind of agree here. This seems to be the theme to Chuck and it's unfortunate. I was glad they finally moved forward with Sarah, now they are going right back to him having insecurities with her because he can't buy her her dream house. Hey Chuck, here's a hint. She's into you. She liked you as a nerd. She liked you as a super spy. She likes you now. We get it, she was out of your league. You've won her over. And now the show is doing the same thing with him in general. Strip him of his powers, money, etc. Make him insecure again, cause Chuck can't be happy and confident. People won't like that!|
Originally Posted by Veritech
I found myself facepalming a bit watching it. Yea, im grumpy, but i don't like Morgan with the intersect, and stripping away the lion's share of their resources before they really got a chance to use them just annoys me. Reminds me when they brought in that big storehouse that Chuck's dad had under the cabin, and then blew it up without using anything in it.
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Hint: yes we will.
@Mental Maden @Maden Mental
"....you are now tackle free for life."-ShoNuff
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Yeah, I'm a bit annoyed that they stripped him of the intersect again. that's what, 3 times? 2 in the last season alone. Then they say the glasses can't be repaired, but what about dad's laptop, or all the research or the fact that Chuck apparently has insane computer knowledge and his sister understood everything in the intersect, the two can't put a new power cell in the glasses and make them go again?|
Originally Posted by MentalMaden
I kind of agree here. This seems to be the theme to Chuck and it's unfortunate. I was glad they finally moved forward with Sarah, now they are going right back to him having insecurities with her because he can't buy her her dream house. Hey Chuck, here's a hint. She's into you. She liked you as a nerd. She liked you as a super spy. She likes you now. We get it, she was out of your league. You've won her over. And now the show is doing the same thing with him in general. Strip him of his powers, money, etc. Make him insecure again, cause Chuck can't be happy and confident. People won't like that!
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I love Chuck, it's my favorite show on TV right now, but so far not impressed with how Season 4 ended and S5 is beginning. I liked season 4 well enough, Volkoff was cool, the daughter thing wasn't great but not horrible...
I keep hoping it'll go for another season, but not unless the writers get back to how it used to be. Making Morgan the intersect, just doesn't work.
"Where does he get those wonderful toys?" - The Joker
Well, they've advertised it as the Final Season and sticking it on the Friday night slot says that it's done.
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Originally Posted by MentalMaden
Hint: yes we will.
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Moonlighting: Big hit and fans wanted to see David and Maddie get together. Until they got together and the ratings tanked.
X-Files: Mulder and Scully get together, ratings tank.
Lois and Clark: Get married? Sorry, last season.
Northern Exposure: Joel and Maggie
Get Smart: Max and 99
Now admittedly most of these cases were due to the writing becoming so terrible in that final season but that's not how the networks are going to see it. For the executives correlation does equal causation. Create a happy couple and lose the relationship tension and the show will fail.
But in some ways they have a point. The couple getting together and their lives becoming better pretty much equals the "Happy Ending". The key word there being ending. And the shows after that point just wind up feeling like filler and money grubbing.
Don't count your weasels before they pop dink!
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I'm not asking for kittens and rainbows, just for Chuck to move on past his nerdie insecurities and be the spy he can be. There is still plenty of room for drama and good stories. It's all I'm saying.
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Originally Posted by Mandu
It's certainly understandable that the networks wouldn't listen to this.
Moonlighting: Big hit and fans wanted to see David and Maddie get together. Until they got together and the ratings tanked. X-Files: Mulder and Scully get together, ratings tank. Lois and Clark: Get married? Sorry, last season. Northern Exposure: Joel and Maggie Get Smart: Max and 99 Now admittedly most of these cases were due to the writing becoming so terrible in that final season but that's not how the networks are going to see it. For the executives correlation does equal causation. Create a happy couple and lose the relationship tension and the show will fail. But in some ways they have a point. The couple getting together and their lives becoming better pretty much equals the "Happy Ending". The key word there being ending. And the shows after that point just wind up feeling like filler and money grubbing. |
@Mental Maden @Maden Mental
"....you are now tackle free for life."-ShoNuff
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Yeah but pretty much all of those could be said that once the characters got together, the writers sucked at creating new challenges for the characters to face as a couple, without reverting back to the whole "ohh she\he may not love me or wants to leave me or I'm jealous of that new person in their lives" thing. |
Originally Posted by Mandu
It's certainly understandable that the networks wouldn't listen to this.
Moonlighting: Big hit and fans wanted to see David and Maddie get together. Until they got together and the ratings tanked. X-Files: Mulder and Scully get together, ratings tank. Lois and Clark: Get married? Sorry, last season. Northern Exposure: Joel and Maggie Get Smart: Max and 99 Now admittedly most of these cases were due to the writing becoming so terrible in that final season but that's not how the networks are going to see it. For the executives correlation does equal causation. Create a happy couple and lose the relationship tension and the show will fail. But in some ways they have a point. The couple getting together and their lives becoming better pretty much equals the "Happy Ending". The key word there being ending. And the shows after that point just wind up feeling like filler and money grubbing. |
When writers learn how to write a couple getting together and keep them together, while still making new stories that work for a couple, then shows will stop having ratings fall after the coupling.
Jim and Pam from the office. They got married like 2-3 seasons ago, the show is still going because the writers can write them as a married couple, not just the drama of courting.
"Where does he get those wonderful toys?" - The Joker
It's Friday!
Chuck is back at 8p EDT.
Followed by Grimm, NBC's storybook meets reality police drama. Sounds like either a serious take on Special Unit 2 or Jim Butcher's Special Investigations unit in his Dresden novels. I'm going to check it out but it's NBC on a Friday night so ... not expecting it to last. Plus it's opposite of both Fringe and Supernatural. (Yes, let's divide the SciFi/Horror fans even more so everyone fails! Except for Supernatural, CW is happy with any amount of viewership.)
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