Idiot Box Ep 7: NBC's Grimm vs. ABC's Once Upon a Time - Which Fairy Tale Show are you Watching?

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In SideReel's new TV commentary webseries, Idiot Box, TV addicts Sungmi and Kyle duke out which new fairy tale series this season is the best: ABC's soapy drama Once Upon a Time starring Jennifer Morrison and Ginnifer Goodwin, or NBC's crime series, Grimm starring David Giuntoli and Russell Hornsby. Which fairy tale series has keep you tuned in so far this TV season? See what Sungmi and Kyle have to say and weigh in in the comments!

Transcript:
Sungmi: Welcome to Idiot Box. I'm Sungmi Choi.

Kyle: I'm Kyle McNally.

Kyle: We're discussing, uh, the two new network shows that involve fairy tales. Um, one of which is Grimm, it's on NBC. It features, you know, a police detective who sort of encounteres a magical world in Portland, Oregon, and the other is Once Upon a Time on ABC. It follows Snow White being brought to the real world and having no recollection of her fairy tale life.

Sungmi: Which is your pick?

Kyle: No, which is your pick? I wanna hear from you first.

Sungmi: Okay, well my pick, you're gonna know which it is - it's Once Upon a Time, the soap-ier, obviously. I just think it's more interesting right now. Grimm just hasn't caught me yet, whereas Once Upon a Time has already got me sucked in.

Kyle: But you admit to watching both.

Sungmi: I admit to watching both, I mean, let's be honest, both are not perfect shows.

Kyle: Right, I agree. completely agree. I think Once Upon a Time lacks, sort of, a drive. I don't... I feel like I already know what's going to happen, like, they're not going to have amnesia anymore, and then the show's over for me. I mean, and, the fact that they're sort of tying the show so closely to the source material means that they really are like locking themselves into the story plot...

Sungmi: I don't know, I still feel like anything could happen, I still feel like something else could happen. I feel like there's room for that...

Kyle: No, but you can't. I mean, Snow White can't end up with anyone but Prince Charming, like you know...

Sungmi: It's a reinvention...

Kyle: The queen is going to die in some horrific way probably...

Sungmi: The thing is I feel like it's gotten me invested in the relationships and the characters, where as Grimm right now, I just can't care about anybody.

Kyle: Yeah, but Grimm has the room to grow. It really has... it started, I would say, maybe not as strong as it needed to...

Sungmi: Is the lead gonna get smarter? Is the sidekick gonna get funnier?

Kyle: Well hopefully!

Sungmi: That's where I want the growth to happen.

Kyle: Well, I mean, and those things can happen. I would say that the show has the potential to really grow an audience and sort of a following because it's not locked into fairy tales. It's basically...

Sungmi: I see what you're saying, I just don't care about this guy yet...

Kyle: it's basically inspired by fairy tales instead of being beholden to them.

Sungmi: I just feel like the main character, he just doesn't seem like bright enough. He has this entire trailer of stuff and he's like...

Kyle: I know but like, he's.. it's genetic, it's genetic. He's a Grimm by genes, so like, the smartest people can't always be, like, the heroes. He screws up a little.

Sungmi: He is, he is real handsome. He's real handsome. I give you that.

Kyle: Right, so maybe there's...

Sungmi: He is nice to look at.

Kyle: Maybe the Grimms didn't go off, you know, wits. You know...

Sungmi: Maybe that's why they have those...

Kyle: Survival of the fittest? No, survival of the prettiest. But, I mean, I still that he that he really has, sort of like, a strong... I don't know, there's something about him and his journey with the audience...

Sungmi: I think what you like about it is the long shots of him looking thoughtful. That's what you like about him...

Kyle: Oh yeah? Oh yeah, we're going to go back to this now?

Sungmi: I think that's what you like. And that's fine, that's fair. I like those shots too.

Kyle: I mean, I can say the same thing for Once Upon a Time. You just wanna see Prince Charming in a coma.

Sungmi: He's out of the coma now, for the record.

Kyle: Yeah, like stumbling around. Um, I mean, I think I just find that Grimm has a potential to grow in a way that Once Upon a Time is locked in.

Sungmi: You know, I hope it lives up to this potential, but for now I'm just not seeing it. Um, let us know which you're tuning into. We're curious because obviously, I'm right and Kyle's wrong as always! But let us know in the comments below and on Facebook and catch up on SideReel!

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[alyssalee690]

Once Upon a Time all the way! I got addicted from the beginning, and now it's just getting better! All the characters are getting more layered, interesting, and complex.

[salmadodin]

once upon a time for sure!

grimm has not got me interested yet!

[dDanceWithU]

I prefer Grimm but of course i love once upon a time too ! 

[jasonito23]

I thought I would like Once Upon a Time better, but now I like Grimm better. Grimm gets better on every episode. Grimm is growing because the protagonist is growing into his Grimm being.

[Lifeisshort214]

@bmyltoft Agreed! I wish I knew whose bright idea that was. killing off Graham, so I send some angry fan mail. It looks like they are giving us a replacement mysterious good looking guy to be the replacement romance interest for Emma, but we shall see. I think it would have been cool to have the Huntsman become a central component of the show, but I'll try to give the new guy a shot.

[GreenTreeFrog]

Grimm! Grimm! I watch Once Upon a Time, too, though. I'm glad they're not directly competing for ratings on the same night/time, unlike Grimm and Supernatural.

[wsqdokqwokdpwkdqwpqk]

@jkeilhauer always have happy endings? those sound like lame shows then. i dont recommend breaking bad for u then!

[jkeilhauer]

How can you call a show predictable because "you already know what´s gonna happen". It´s silly. You ALWAYS know that our favorite shows will have happy endings, long term couplings are determined in the first episode at times, it´s the journey that gets you there that you should enjoy. As of this moment I personally lean towards OUAT - I like the characters way better and the story is actually taking some interesting turns. Grimm on the other hand is just "not bad", i agree with Sungmi.

[tonyagregor]

i like them both but i think grim is better

[VioletChocolateShark]

I like both

[bmyltoft]

Once upon a time would have been better if they hadnt killed off the good looking guy. :(