Reading, Listening, Watching

[purplecat]

Reading: Just finished After the Dinosaurs, moving on to Ninefox Gambit.

Listening: Still mostly Doctor Who podcasts, particularly now Radio Free Skaro have started their advent calendar.

Watching: Grimm mostly, though we did show the Teenager the first episodes of Blakes' 7

Comments

[purplecat]

Yes, the one set in Portland. We're at the start of season 2. I thought the pilot/first episode took itself a bit too seriously but its lightened up since and I like the idea of the world they've got set up. But it doesn't necessarily surprise me that it gets a bit odd as it goes on, some of the set up doesn't seem to me to be sustainable in the long term.

[a_cubed]

Actually, the basic set up holds up very well. There's a minimal amount of ret-conning the initial concept. They never really explain the physical changes and perception filter as any other than magical, although they do show DNA analysis of Woged Wesen hair follicles as showing non-human characteristics.
The two issues I have with the plotline later on just things I think don't quite work through too well. One is the classic problem of setting something as global as Grimms/Wesen in a relatively minor place like Portland, but then wanting one's show to have global impact. The other is just a character development that I think really doesn't work for me.
I'll stop being cryptic now and wait until you've seen that far, if you do keep going. I do like it, and the initial threads of ongoing plot do play out quite nicely.