tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4271373189216022547.post9197013889535737240..comments2023-11-21T12:51:59.908-08:00Comments on Murderboarding Inc.: When Life Gives You Gators, Make Gatorade Grimm S3E07 Cold BloodedAnna Hammetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10095633218958433882noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4271373189216022547.post-47500217167295949032014-01-16T10:11:07.786-08:002014-01-16T10:11:07.786-08:00Yeah, but Adalind is a lying liar who lies, so we ...Yeah, but Adalind is a lying liar who lies, so we take her with a grain (or a bag) of salt... still, she has to have been doing SOME kind of legal work to be out of the country and seemingly independent for this long. I say seemingly because of recent reveals about the family paying for her hotel suite, and in general it's unclear how much independence she has at all. Enough to be bargaining with Stefania!<br /><br />Denisof I'm kinda of two minds about: yes, he's supercreepy here, but the first thing I saw him on was Angel (and then I caught the Buffy eps he was in) and there's a part of me that still sees the young, too-cleancut rogue demon hunter who rides a motorcycle and doesn't know how to deal with saddlesores from it, and trips over his own two feet. Or crossbow. So, y'know. Creepy! But leavened with badly-suppressed memories of hilarious slapstick. (I do advise you to go watch his work on Angel if you haven't seen it; it's very good.)Anna Hammetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10095633218958433882noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4271373189216022547.post-43823421267187440012014-01-16T10:06:06.514-08:002014-01-16T10:06:06.514-08:00...I am not even going to try and figure out kinsh......I am not even going to try and figure out kinship charts in layperson speak today (too much to do, new-glasses headache) but I'll keep this in mind and see if we can a) figure out the full relationship and b) not contort our sentences so badly we confuse anyone ELSE.<br /><br />Agree so hard. I think Denisof's playing it the way he's been directed to - I've SEEN him play enough range that I'm sure he could ooze smarm just as much as Frain did. But they seem to be aiming for a contrast, and if we're lucky it's one that'll get more nuanced as we get more Viktor. Assuming we get more Viktor. I have to wonder how many scenes are ending up on the floor either in drafts or in editing.<br /><br />(Sadly, Frain showing up again will depend on his shooting schedule/contracts. I know he's got Sleepy Hollow now, I don't know how big a commitment that is but I do know it's across the damn country from Portland/LA/wherever they were shooting his scenes. And I don't want him to be out of work! I would love him to pop up and prove Meisner's incompetence/betrayal, though.)<br /><br />I'm quite certain you're right. He really has the regal quality down cold.Anna Hammetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10095633218958433882noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4271373189216022547.post-20572246545460623552014-01-16T09:59:55.908-08:002014-01-16T09:59:55.908-08:00How very Peter Pan of them. And no, he really hasn...How very Peter Pan of them. And no, he really hasn't.<br /><br />Nick, if he bothered to think about it, would trust Renard to work with him as long as their goals coincided. And that he should therefore figure out what his Captain's goals ARE, and... but as you say. Not the brightest bulb. Very bad at political maneuvering. I mean, I don't need EVERY character to be adept at that kind of manipulation, but I'd appreciate some nod in the direction of trying to learn and recognizing what he doesn't know. You know? ;)<br /><br />That could be, re: Stark and Hank's knowledge. The extent to which they're glossing things that should be at least line-referenced and spelling out in creaking detail things we can be expected to assume at this point is awfully annoying, this season. <br /><br />I thought Meisner was closer to 6', IMDb suggests 5'10", though as we all know that's a guideline more than the truth. It's always tricky telling heights, moreso in scenes with Sasha in, because he's so huge they use all their tricks to ensure that a) everyone's in frame and b) any looming he does is in keeping with the emotional resonance of the scene.<br /><br />Segregated from the main plotline(s) or segregated from the rest of the world? Either way, this is true, and after we'd had them teased and hyped for so long I was hoping for much, much more.Anna Hammetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10095633218958433882noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4271373189216022547.post-53079306596417565042013-12-18T08:01:42.242-08:002013-12-18T08:01:42.242-08:00Capacity, darn it, not capasity...
Really, I had ...Capacity, darn it, not capasity...<br /><br />Really, I had never seen Denisof before, but wow, he is supercreepy...<br /><br />And I am really going to shut up after this, but I have to say that I love the title of your post for this episode, makes me chuckle every time. :)Justine Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13080619935561422449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4271373189216022547.post-5388546521416474242013-12-18T00:29:57.791-08:002013-12-18T00:29:57.791-08:00Adalind was doing "some legal work for this v...Adalind was doing "some legal work for this very nice family in Vienna", as she told Juliette in Season 2. Does that count as "legal capasity"? But I do not even want to know what else cousin Victor is implying here, ewww... Justine Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13080619935561422449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4271373189216022547.post-3991151338477783072013-12-17T19:24:57.355-08:002013-12-17T19:24:57.355-08:00Iirc, Viktor mentions that he and Eric are cousins...Iirc, Viktor mentions that he and Eric are cousins "on my mother's side."<br /><br />I rather miss Eric, because you guys' commentary on him is hilarious, and because Frain played him as delightfully, charmingly creepy. Denisof seems to have taken "creepy/gross," cranked it to eleven, and rolled with it as coldly as possible. Not that that's bad, but I like my bad guys to ooze charm. Which is to say, I mostly miss Eric because Frain. (Naturally, I am with you guys in hoping that he pops up again, somehow. Flashbacks? Through Meisner incompetence? Somehow.)<br /><br />Re: "...we're so accustomed to associating Renard with elegance by now that the quality transfers." I am convinced that you can put Roiz (as Renard) into any clothing and make him do absolutely anything, and it will come off as majestic and elegant. Quasar360https://www.blogger.com/profile/11050132469472501351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4271373189216022547.post-65903337736820691222013-12-17T14:27:28.880-08:002013-12-17T14:27:28.880-08:00... I'm trying not to say things like "He...... I'm trying not to say things like "He's so ickle that's adorable," especially from the great height of 5' even or so, but he is terribly adorable and I want to hug Sebastien and pet him and teach him the ways of the spy. Or something.<br /><br />As for Meisner, so he did! Sebastien say, that is, we covered that back when Meisner was just a name, in our traditional cranky give us more data detail. http://murderboarding.blogspot.com/2013/03/where-they-know-your-name-grimm-s2e16.html <br /><br />Our main problem with Meisner at this point continues to be that, for someone they were so wary and concerned about by reputation, he isn't doing a good job of living up to it. If he's playing Renard for time and trust so he can backstab him, he's doing a poor job of it. If he's trying to keep Renard alive to secure his allegiance, he's doing a poor job of it. If he's trying to get Renard killed and make it look like an accident or the work of the Verrat, he's doing a poor job of that! Not that it takes much skill to mess up someone's plans by embedding yourself and then being a complete incompetent, so maybe that's the idea? He's just not what we expected from "Nobody really trusts Meisner / We need Meisner, at least until we don't." Wait. Maybe that's why nobody trusts him. Because he's an idiot.Kitty Chandlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05524808952260453841noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4271373189216022547.post-79125271058406774832013-12-15T03:06:52.988-08:002013-12-15T03:06:52.988-08:00I tend to believe that Nick didn't hear the se...I tend to believe that Nick didn't hear the sewer croc coming due to all the massive ticking of all the clocks. Then again, Nick has never been the brightest bulb.<br /><br />I guess its not wrong for Sean to say that he has a Grimm. When it comes down to it, Nick probably trusts his captain more than other shady people he will be introduced to... and that he knows that Sean has the power and influence to keep him alive longer. Till he figures out where his loyalties should lie, Nick would probably go along with whatever Sean has planned...<br /><br />I thought Hank knew that Monroe was the one who helped Nick kill Stark? It was revealed when Nick first showed Hank the weapons cabinet and saw the elephant gun. The flashback was probably for the viewers to recall how difficult it was to kill those big nasty ogres...ya know..make Nick look like a pint-sized badass.<br /><br />I find the fight scene with the sewer crocs too dark and abit too fast. Maybe because they were using a stunt double or something. I had to turn up the brightness of my computer screen and rewatch the scene to process the moves.<br /><br />In the background, Sebastien and Meisner are about the same height, I wonder if that could be a rough gauge for how how Sebastien is since Renard and Meisner did stand side by side in the previous episode.<br /><br />I find the resistance rather segregated. They bore me. Chips03https://www.blogger.com/profile/01625913828048417612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4271373189216022547.post-43112698387265472102013-12-14T23:16:24.036-08:002013-12-14T23:16:24.036-08:00"Also, Christian Lagadec is 5'8,Renard wa..."Also, Christian Lagadec is 5'8,Renard was drinking Perrier (sparkling water), and Sebastien said in a previous episode ("Nameless") that he didn't like Meisner AT ALL, and that he was a loose cannon/wild card who was just looking out for himself. :)"<br /><br />...that should have read, "<br />Also, Christian Lagadec is 5'8, Renard was drinking Perrier (sparkling water), and Sebastien said in a previous episode ("Nameless") that he didn't like Meisner AT ALL, and that he (Meisner) was a loose cannon/wild card who was just looking out for himself. :)"<br /><br />Jaysus. That'll learn me to post while tired.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4271373189216022547.post-64754816977525356782013-12-14T23:14:01.657-08:002013-12-14T23:14:01.657-08:00"Nick, one of these days you two need to have..."Nick, one of these days you two need to have a sleepover and paint each other's nails and you need to give your partner epic storytime."<br /><br />HA!<br /><br />Also, Christian Lagadec is 5'8,Renard was drinking Perrier (sparkling water), and Sebastien said in a previous episode ("Nameless") that he didn't like Meisner AT ALL, and that he was a loose cannon/wild card who was just looking out for himself. :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com