Toonami premiered
the 1 hour season finale of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, 2 weeks ago. The
finale did NOT disappoint. There were so many twists.
Watching JoJo's
Bizarre Adventure's season finale felt like I was watching a
Supernatural Soap Opera with namesake characters of legendary musicians.
This can especially be said about Lisa Lisa secretly being Joseph Joestar's biological mother. Cue the dramatic music!
Dramatic Music
As campy and uproarious as this Supernatural Action Anime can be, the
last scenes of Battle Tendency were violent as well as intense.
Sometimes there were times, when I was close to falling off my bed from laughter, after
watching certain scenes.
For example, there was a
scene of Kars strumming Lisa-Lisa's legs like he was playing a guitar
right before stabbing her in front of her long lost son, Joseph!
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Battle Tendency "Kars Simulates A Guitar Solo With Lisa Lisa's Legs" (2013)
That scene was definitely a WTF?! Moment. Because Kars was close to
killing Lisa Lisa, Joseph had to rescue mummy.
While continuing his
battle with Kars, Joseph theorized how he could possibly destroy Kars
with the planet.
Eventually, Joseph defeated Kars by
using Super Aja, which caused an eruption. That same eruption knocked
Kars off the planet Earth, sending him into space.
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Battle Tendency "Kars Is Launched Into Space" (2013)
After Kars was sent into space, everyone automatically assumed Joseph
was dead and held a funeral for him. I believe the funeral was the BEST
scene of Battle Tendency's finale.
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Battle Tendency "The Funeral Scene" (2013)
The funeral scene had me in STITCHES!
Without Hirohiko Araki (the Mangaka
of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure) saying so, we the fans can tell that he favored
his replacement protagonist, Joseph Joestar over Jonathan.
Joseph
has a lot more personality than the original protagonist, Jonathan
Joestar. Jonathan was too obsessed with becoming a "gentleman" and
defeating his adopted brother, Dio Brando. Dio is supposed to be in the
2nd season, Stardust Crusaders.
Every time I watch
MTV Classic and a classic music video from the late Ronnie James Dio plays on the network, I start snickering; Whenever I hear the late vocalist and his name, I NOW think
about the supervillain of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, Dio Brando.
Dio
Brando's depravity is off the charts. In the
next season, there are more villains, who are this supervillain's flunkies.
In fact, the next season and list of characters for Stardust Crusaders are much longer than both Phantom Blood and Battle Tendency combined, from what I can
see.
During the last 2 minutes or so of Battle
Tendency, there was a time skip to the 1980's. By that time, Joseph
became an old man complaining about how much he hates Japanese people,
while listening to a tape on a Sony Walkman.
For all those who didn't already know, Sony Walkmans were portable audiotape players made in Japan.
As
I was saying, the end of Battle Tendency showed a 67-year-old Joseph
Joestar.
Then, it segues into a scene with his grandson, Jotaro Kujo, which shortly segues into the beginning of the next season, Stardust Crusaders.
We
COULD have a few more months, until Adult Swim's Toonami block premieres
Stardust Crusaders.
Let's all hope that Stardust Crusaders premieres on Toonami with "Walk Like An
Egyptian" playing as the ending theme song, after Attack On Titan ends.
Before I forget, here is the following link to
the previous blog about characters' names from Phantom Blood and Battle
Tendency, in case you missed it, 2 months ago.
Since
I already mentioned 3 Stardust Crusaders namesakes, here is the list of the
next set of namesake characters of talented musicians and music references for today's Cartoon Sunday.
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders Music References (2020)
How's it going lurkers? Aside from a few complainers last Song Saturday, I am really glad that more of you enjoyed all the songs
written and co-written by Prince and learned something new.
Here
it is 1 year later and I am STILL reeling over the fact, that Prince
wrote "Manic Monday," which he eventually gave to The Bangles.
After
re-listening to the lyrics for "Manic Monday," I began to realize that it
DOES sound like a Prince song. There is no need to worry. This is NOT
another Prince Tribute blog.
Because some felt the need to COMPLAIN about the latest Prince Tribute blog from last Saturday, they will probably
complain again today mostly for the sake of complaining and because this
song won't necessarily be from their favorite genre of music.
To ease the minds of some, I will try sharing some new Rock Music, next Saturday.
Speaking
of The Bangles, they used to be 1 of my favorite Pop-Rock bands
growing up in the 1980's. They are famous for songs such as "Manic
Monday" and "Walk Like An Egyptian."
Could you imagine if "Walk Like An
Egyptian" released today?
Considering how
"politically correct" everybody and everything must be in this era of
crybabies, people would probably be outraged around social media and
have a heart attack over the song being "racist" and "politically
incorrect."
I loved "Walk Like An Egyptian" growing
up. During the mid to late
'80s, the music video was in heavy rotation on MTV. Over 30 years later, the song is still being played on traditional radio
stations.
The song and music video for "Walk Like An Egyptian" were so popular, that many people did
the silly so-called, "Egyptian" dance moves. NOBODY COMPLAINED about it either! We simply had
fun.
It's such a shame that we can't go back to a time
like the '80s. More people learned how to enjoy and appreciate
entertainment as oppose to being hypersensitive and wanting to be a
political activist, that browbeats everyone with political correctness.
Amazingly,
The Bangles' song, "Walk Like An Egyptian" is still very popular today
and in Japan. In fact, this song is so popular it was used as the ending
theme for JoJo's Bizarre Adventure's 2nd season, Stardust Crusaders.
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders Ending Theme Song (2014)
After discovering that JoJo's Bizarre Adventure used "Walk Like An
Egyptian" as the 2nd season's ending theme song, I was stunned. Then
again, it makes sense. Given my hectic schedule on AND offline, I have yet to watch Stardust Crusaders.
Hopefully after Adult
Swim's Toonami block finishes premiering Attack On Titan, we the viewers will have a
chance to watch Stardust Crusaders.
I am especially curious to know, if
Viz Media gained the rights to use "Walk Like An Egyptian" as the ending
theme song for the English Dub of Part 3: Stardust Crusaders.
Since
the 2nd season of this Seinen Supernatural Action Anime takes place during
the late 1980's, contains '80s pop-culture music references, and has 9
Egyptian gods as characters, "Walk Like An Egyptian" seems appropriate
for the ending theme song.
Even though I have yet to
watch the 2nd season, JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders, I
watched another music reference video about the next set of characters.
Tomorrow I will have a preview of the next set of characters for
Stardust Crusaders.
Judging by the looks of this
next season, it has more characters than both Phantom Blood and Battle
Tendency combined. Anyway, here is The Bangles' music video for the song, "Walk
Like An Egyptian."
The Bangles "Walk Like An Egyptian" Different Light (1986)
How's it going lurkers? Looks like Prince and his friend, Charlie Murphy will have to roll their corpses over to make room for Cuba
Gooding Sr. Yesterday Cuba Gooding Sr, who was the lead singer of The Main Ingredient and father of Cuba Gooding Jr, died at the age of 72.
Now,
our so-called "Purpleness" and Cuba Gooding Sr. share April 21st as the
day they both died. Here it is 1 year and 1 day later, since the death
of Prince.
Can you BELIEVE it has been an entire
year, already? I can't. This could be because of the media's incessant
coverage about Prince's death, since last April 21st.
Surprisingly, MTV Classic
actually did a Prince Video Tribute Block yesterday. Also,
fans from all over the world came to America, in order to visit
Prince's Paisley Park in tribute to him.
Even though 2016 had an
outrageous death toll, Prince still remains in the media because he is
ANOTHER dead music icon.
Because YouTube stripped
and muted ALL his music videos, I more recently had to update my last
Prince tribute blog.
What was the point of muting Prince's music videos?
If
YouTube did NOT want anyone watching his music videos because of sudden
copyright issues with Warner Bros, it would've been more logical to
remove them.
Since the music videos I shared in my
last Prince Tribute blog were muted, I went to another media player site
and linked them in that same Song Saturday Tribute blog.
Speaking
of last year, I watched ABC's20/20 Special about Prince and
discovered that he wrote a plethora of songs specifically for himself, which other singers eventually covered.
Meanwhile,
some songs were written for other singers. That was unless those
singers wanted Prince to co-write their lyrics with them. However, some
of the songs he wrote were under pseudonyms.
To give
some examples, Prince went under the pseudonyms "Jamie Starr" and "The
Starr Company," when he wrote for other singers during 1981-1984.
When
writing songs for Sheena Easton and Kenny Rogers, he used "Joey Coco."
Not only "Joey Coco," but also "Alexander Nevermind" for Sheena Easton's
song "Sugar Walls."
In addition, Prince wrote
"Manic Monday" under the pseudonym, "Christopher."
I recently learned
that "Christopher" originally wrote "Manic Monday" for Vanity's
replacement, Apollonia and her trio Apollonia 6 in 1984. Thank
God Apollonia 6 never used "Manic Monday."
I heard their demo of the
song and it SUCKS. Listening to Apollonia 6's demo of "Manic Monday"
felt like I was listening to 3 abused kittens being punished to sing.
That's probably why Prince held onto the song for 2 years.
Luckily,
"Manic Monday" became The Bangles' song, 2 years later. Rumor has it
that SOMEBODY from the Pop-Rock band had to sleep with Prince most
specifically, The Bangles' rhythm guitarist, Susanna Hoffs, in order to
acquire the song.
Tevin Campbell debuted with "Round
and Round," which was another song written by Prince. I don't believe "The Purple One"
used a pseudonym for that song, since he was featured in the music video
and already did the background vocals.
There have been so many
songs "The Purple One" wrote, throughout the decades, that I could be
here forever listing them. Rather than doing so, here are a few sources
you can read about Prince and his many pseudonyms for songs he wrote and
co-wrote.
Everybody
should keep in mind, this is another Prince Tribute blog. This is NOT
an excuse for some (typically narrow-minded, Baby Boomer men) to be rude
and nitpicky about something not being "THEIR genre(s) of music" much
like the obnoxious Baby Boomers from Blogster. They are the
main reason why some of my subscribers and I actually left. Anyway, here are some
of the songs Prince wrote and co-wrote for today's Song Saturday.
1) Chaka Khan [Prince Cover] "I Feel For You" (1979); Chaka Khan (1984)
2) Alicia Keys "How Come U Don't Call Me Anymore?" (1982) [Prince Cover] "How Come You Don’t Call Me" Songs In A Minor (2002)
3) Stevie Nicks [Prince] "Stand Back" The Wild Heart (1983)
4) Prince {"Jamie Starr and The Starr Company"} Morris Day And The Time "Jungle Love" Ice Cream Castle (1983)
5) Prince {"Christopher"} The Bangles "Manic Monday" Different Light (1984); (1986)
6) Prince And The Family [Prince & The Revolution] "Nothing Compares 2 U" (1984)
7) Sinead O’Connor [Prince Cover] "Nothing Compares 2 U" I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got (1989)
8) Madonna [Featuring Prince] "Love Song" Like A Prayer (1989)
How's it going lurkers? Since last month, I have been meaning to share this news with everyone.
As you already know, Adult Swim's forum was abruptly shut down literally 2 days before Christmas and without warning posters and their own volunteers about it. Shortly after its shut down, I joined Anime League. Like I already said earlier this year, Anime League is a breath of fresh air compared to Adult Swim's hateful community.
To
expand on the topic of Anime fans and online communities, are you a
fellow Anime fan on social media sites like Facebook, who does NOT want
your news feed clogged with selfies, spam ads, SHIT posts, divisive news, memes,
and topics about politics and religion, sharents, NEEDY and ATTENTION-seeking status updates, etc?
Imagine if there was a social media site like Facebook except for Anime fans. Well, it turns out you are in luck!
In fact, last month I joined the
social media site, World of Anime. Anime fans should definitely check it
out.
This Anime-centric social media site could possibly be the social
media site you have been dreaming about for years. World of Anime is a
pleasant social media site for Anime fans BUILT by an Anime fan.
Much
like the forum, Anime League, World of Anime is a very welcoming
community. Sometimes I feel badly about not having enough time to
socialize with more people on this Anime-centric social media site.
Whenever I have the time, I do talk to some friends on World of Anime, including its site owner, Meeko.
In addition to creating his very own social media site for Anime fans, Meeko
created his own video gaming site, Raccoon's Cave for gamers.
I
recently informed the social media website owner on World of Anime,
that I would be publishing this blog about his site.
It somewhat feels as if Meeko and I are similar to each other.
He understands the struggle
of building his own website, generating traffic to it, and having pride
in what he built for social interaction and for public exposure.
Even
though there will always be trolls on the Internet roaming around and
terrorizing people within communities, Meeko places an emphasis on
kindness.
This is something I wish forums like Adult Swim would've
emphasized before shutting down rather than promoting, condoning, and
enabling misogyny, misanthropy, cyberstalking, revenge porn, social
division, etc.
This is yours truly speaking from personal experience after ENDURING the preceding from Adult Swim's hateful community.
World of Anime seriously feels like an
inviting online community with real fans.
Sure, there are probably
some Anime gatekeepers and zealots around the social media site, but I have yet
to encounter any of them.
Much like Facebook, World of Anime also has an IM chat feature, a forum page, blog, private messaging, and many
other features.
Speaking of the private messaging,
if you send out mass private messages, everyone you send that message to
CAN respond back to you in the form of a thread. It is like posting on a
public message board.
Mass PM'ing is a lot like having a forum's thread
contained inside of an e-mail inbox message; It is an e-mail party
line.
Depending on your preference and what you
choose to send to other friends, this can be a double-edged sword. Because it CAN cause he said, she said flame wars and community divsion, you may want to be more cautious about telling something in confidence to somebody and GOSSIPING to certain posters.
So, would you be interested in joining an
Anime-centric social media website such as World of Anime?
You may want to
consider liberating yourself from most of today's extremely toxic, divisive, and
polarizing content found on a plethora of other social media sites.
Because
I am a Supernatural, Horror, and Anime fan, who features Anime in my
Cartoon Sunday blogs, it would not hurt to re-share and revisit these
previous blogs with fellow fans.
It does NOT have to be Cartoon Sunday, in order to enjoy a Cartoon Sunday blog with Anime videos and links to them.
Anyway, here are previously published Cartoon Sunday blogs with Supernatural and Horror Anime in the links below!
How's it going lukers? Since tomorrow is Easter, I thought I would
share this Cartoon Sunday blog 1 day in advance. JoJo's Bizarre
Adventure's season finale is TONIGHT at midnight on Adult Swim's
Toonami block.
Tokyo Ghoul is postponed because
Toonami wanted to rush JoJo's Bizarre Adventure and replace it with the
2nd season of Attack On Titan.
Supposedly, after Attack On Titan ends,
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure will return to Toonami with its 2nd season,
Stardust Crusaders.
Honestly, I thought Attack On
Titan ended 2 years ago. I really do hope JoJo's Bizarre Adventure:
Stardust Crusaders premieres on Toonami, after Viz Media finishes dubbing it.
While
Toonami tards nitpick, whine, and fixate on every show's ratings,
viewers like yours truly just happen to be enjoying other Seinen Action Anime
such as JoJo's Bizarre Adventure and Tokyo Ghoul. The preceding are NOT the
stereotypical Toonami Anime.
I was originally going
to make today's blog about the JoJo's Bizarre Adventure franchise. That
was until I learned about the death of Charlie Murphy, last Wednesday.
Charlie Murphy's death was shocking and sad. I will never
forget meeting him inside my original dorm's lobby at Carthage College 12
1/2 years ago.
Before Charlie and
the cast of Chappelle Show did their stand-up comedy routines, I had the chance to meet the comedian!
The
cast of Chappelle Show was doing their comedy tour in tribute to Rick James. Luckily, they visited us at Carthage College that year.
This
event happened during the time, when my family was forced to attend and
partake in my uncle's wedding, while my grandfather was terminally ill.
On
September 10, 2004, I had just moved back into the dorms for the fall
term at Carthage College; My uncle's wedding was the same day as Dave Chappelle's Comedy Tour in tribute to the late Rick James.
At the time, I was broke and my cell
phone was shut off. Therefore, I HAD to use my previous
dorm's pay phone in the lobby. (Yes, pay phones STILL existed during 2004
but they were fastly becoming obsolete.) Luckily, their skits were performed at my college and were free for us Carthage students.
As I was
talking to my youngest aunt via pay phone, Charlie Murphy jogged passed
me, shouting, "Hey! How's it going?" He made me do a double take. I was "star struck."
You may be wondering WHY I'm
explaining this to you. For those who did NOT already know, Charlie Murphy
voiced the character, Ed Wuncler III on Adult Swim's Black Animated Sitcom, The Boondocks.
The character, Ed Wuncler III was an affluent, white, Iraqi war vet and a domestic gangster with the so-called "blackcent."
The Boondocks: Ed Wuncler III Explains About His War Experience In Iraq (2005)
Samuel L. Jackson voiced Ed Wuncler III's war vet friend, Gin Rummy.
The Boondocks "The Absence Of Evidence Is Not The Evidence Of Absence!" Scene (2005)
Wearing that "W" medallion, Ed Wuncler III could be viewed as the spoof of a young President George W. Bush combined with the
characteristics of the rapper, Eminem. "Ed" somewhat reminded me of a
white version of the rapper, 50 Cent because he wore medallions.
For years, I
always assumed the "W" stood for Wuncler and war.
Some
of my favorite scenes from The Boondocks usually consisted of Ed and
Gin Rummy committing crimes together.
Not that I condone and glorify the
criminal lifestyle, but watching it in a Black Animated Sitcom meant
for sociological and political satire is hilarious.
In
tribute to the late Charlie Murphy, here are scenes of he and Samuel L.
Jackson voicing their characters, Ed Wuncler III and Gin Rummy.
In the
episode, "Thank You for Not Snitching," Ed and Gin discuss the stupidity
of cell phone technology, while invading people's homes. Click on the bold link below.
How's it going lurkers? Recently, I learned that Toonami is
replacing JoJo's Bizarre Adventure with Attack On Titan on April 22nd.
Next Saturday night, Toonami will air the final 2 episodes of JoJo's
Bizarre Adventure Season 1. This means Tokyo Ghoul will be preempted.
As
soon as Attack On Titan's 2nd season ends, I really hope Toonami
returns to premiering JoJo's Bizarre Adventure's 2nd season, Stardust
Crusaders.
I must admit that I am automatically
biased to watch JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders. It gives
me a reason to listen to The Bangles' "Walk Like An Egyptian" as the Anime's ending theme song. Talk about '80s nostalgia.
Speaking
of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, Dio Brando made Watch Mojo's Top Anime
Villains. Apparently, Watch Mojo loves doing Top Anime Villains countdowns.
There are at least 4 of these countdowns made about Anime villains. Some countdowns are repeats for each type of villain.
So
far, Dio Brando from the JoJo's Bizarre Adventure franchise made Watch
Mojo's Top Anime Villains at least twice.
Meanwhile, characters such as
Lord Orichimaru from Naruto, Light Yagami from Death Note, and other
Shonen Anime characters made the Top Anime Villains countdowns several
times or more.
Judging by the looks of it, Watch Mojo tends
to favor Death Note's Light Yagami as a major villain.
Even though Light
was a villain, Dio Brando should've made the countdowns just as much,
if not MORE than him.
Dio is as deplorable of a
character as Light was because Dio was evil from the very beginning of
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure. Light on the other hand, became evil AFTER
obtaining notebooks from Shinigami.
Light Yagami
originally had good intentions in the beginning but gradually developed a
serious God Complex and let the power of executing criminals overtake
him.
After watching these 4 Watch Mojo Top Anime Villains countdowns for
today's Cartoon Sunday, you be the judge.
1) Watch Mojo: Top 10 Anime Villains (2013)
2) Watch Mojo: Top 10 Smartest Anime Villains (2015)
3) Watch Mojo: Top 10 Sexiest Male Anime Viilains (2016)
4) Watch Mojo: Top 10 Sexiest Female Anime Villains (2017)
How's it going lurkers? Looks like us "Grimmsters" (Grimm fans) will no longer be saying,
"Thank Grimm it's Friday!" At least the creators did NOT screw over
their fans like we assumed.
The episode from 2 Fridays ago left me shocked and livid.
Grimm: "Three Against One" (2017)
A lot of Grimmsters were pissed and felt cheated. Killing the entire
cast of any type of TV series is an easy way to infuriate and repulse
fans from wanting to watch the rest of the series.
Do you remember last
year, when I published my blog about the new writers killing Abigail Mills
on Sleepy Hollow?
I
stopped watching Sleepy Hollow after the show became too focused on
Abbie's sister, more irrelevant characters, and OBVIOUSLY after the
writers killed Abbie.
It would not surprise me, if
more Sleepy Hollow fans quit watching the show after last year's shitty
Season 3 finale. Speaking of Sleepy Hollow, I did NOT bother watching
its series finale 2 nights ago because its 3rd season was like someone's
shitty fan fiction turned into a TV show.
Now that
Grimm is over, I am down another Friday night show, which leaves me with
only Hawaii Five-0. So far, I have lost at least 3 primetime shows
within the last year.
Grimm was a primetime TV show that I consistently
watched, since its premiere 6 years ago. I have
watched a nice portion of primetime shows, which were Horror and
Supernatural shows throughout these last 7-8 years, if they weren't
Comedy, Dramedy, or Action.
I watched Grimm throughout the last 6 years
because it was 1 of very few primetime shows WITH originality. Throughout
these last 6 years, critics compared Grimm to Once Upon A Time. Both
shows had to deal with fairy tales. However, Grimm was different. The
creators of this Supernatural Police Procedural Drama were inspired by
Grimms' Fairy Tales, international folklores, occult themes, and other
sources.
Grimm has been criticized for its cheesiness but there are very few shows with much of any originality today.
How many viewers today can say there are primetime shows with some level of originality?
When I ask this, I don't mean another reboot, remake, or another reality show.
Who
has ever watched a primetime TV series based on international folklores
(especially Germanic folklores), used various foreign terms for
creatures, and incorporated them, along with occult themes into a Police
Procedural Drama?
All those features made Grimm
engaging to watch and made viewers invest time into watching the show. I
don't recall much less believe that a primetime show like this has ever
been done. In a way, I was automatically biased when it came to watching
Grimm.
When I learned that a former MTV Reality
TV Show cast member from Road Rules: South Pacific was casted as the star
(David Giuntoli) of the show Grimm, my interests were piqued. Watching a
former Road Rules cast member, who is originally from my county of WI
(Milwaukee to be more exact) and is 1 year older than me, made me invest
in watching Grimm.
It felt weird yet somewhat
exciting seeing David casted as THE STAR of a primetime show. Also, I
was excited for him as a former Road Rules viewer and really wanted to
see how he could pull off such a bizarre primetime show. He has done
very well.
While watching the final 2 episodes, I
was angry that 2 of Grimm's major characters (Detective Hank Griffin and
Sergeant Drew Wu) were killed at the precinct. I was almost tempted NOT
to watch the final episode.
With the direction the writing was heading, I had no idea if David Giuntoli's character
(Detective Nick Burkhardt) would live at the end. I started having
flashbacks to both Buffy: The Vampire Slayer and Angel.
When
Buffy: The Vampire Slayer and Angel had apocalyptic arcs, Buffynormally died and/or other significant characters from both primetime
shows were ALWAYS killed BECAUSE the shows were ending. Thankfully, this
wasn't the case for Grimm.
After watching Hank and
Wu be killed, I somewhat lost hope as a Grimmster. The last 30 minutes
of Grimm made me apathetic because all the characters except Nick, his son
Kelly, and soon to be step-daughter, Diana were the only surviving characters.
Suddenly, we the viewers were surprised
within the last 10-15 minutes of Grimm's finale. We learned that the
"skull guy," Zerstörer (meaning "Destroyer" in German) had a catch. He
could heal and revive all Nick's friends, if Nick would give him back
the missing piece of his staff.
The missing piece of
the staff was usually referred to as "The Magic Stick" (Get your minds
out the gutter!), that Nick and Monroe found during their trip to
Germany in the 5th season.
Nick was willing to give up that stick. Because
he was desperate and vulnerable enough to give the stick to Zerstörer,
Nick ended up fighting the vagrant runaway and fellow Grimm(Theresa
"Trubel" Rubel), who he took in about giving away the stick.
Nick gave
Trubel a nasty beat down and wandered away with the stick to give to
Zerstörer.
Before giving the missing piece of the
staff to Zerstörer, the ghosts of Nick's mother (Kelly Kessler
Burkhardt) and aunt (Marie Kessler) intervened.
Both gave Nick a pep talk
about being a Grimm and warned him NOT to give the stick to Zerstörer.
Within the last few minutes, Nick, Trubel, Aunt Marie, and his mother Kelly defeated and killed Zerstörer.
Grimm: "Family Affair" Scene (2017)
The portal to "The Other Place" reappeared and sucked Nick back through to the other side, only to be returned to the present.
Grimm: Nick Returns To The Present (2017)
Nick's friends were alive the ENTIRE time on the other side of the
portal.
During the last 2 minutes of the show, another man narrates what
Grimmsters just watched. We learn that it is Nick and Adalind's son,
Kelly.
Grimm: Final Scene (2017)
The final scene happened to be 20 years later. We finally learned that
Trubel was Nick's 3rd cousin on his mother's side of the family and, that
Monroe and Rosalee had TRIPLETS like Adalind and Captain Renard's
daughter, Diana prophesied.
The ending for Grimm was
definitely an interesting and satisfying twist. I am so GLAD the show
did not end with another tragic ending like Buffy: The Vampire Slayer
and Angel did, 13 years or so ago.
Even though they
are completely different Supernatural Horror Shows from Grimm, I
honestly dreaded a bittersweet and tragic ending like Buffy and Angel. I
am sure fellow Grimmsters are overjoyed with a happy cliffhanger.
Overall,
I feel that Grimm's last 2-3 seasons could've been MUCH better. The
writers wasted too much time politicizing the show and focusing on
Captain Renard, Adalind, Juliette/Eve, Monroe and Rosalee's
relationship, and making insignificant characters seem relevant.
As
a viewer, I would've LOVED to have seen more international folklores be
explored. During the previous season, there was an episode about the
Inugami from Japanese folklore.
Because Shinigami (the Japanese equivalent
of The Grim Reaper) are very popular lately in Japanese entertainment,
it would've been awesome to have Nick either fighting against, OR
collaborating with a Japanese Grim Reaper.
It most
definitely would've been better to have discovered more about Hank and
Wu as characters, especially Wu.
Wu got the shortest end of the stick so
to say out of the entire cast of Grimm and he was the SERGEANT of the
show.
Something tells me that with Grimm's cliffhanger ending, there
will probably be a remake, reboot, or spinoff show in the near future.
Regardless, I am so GLAD that Grimm's series finale wasn't an absolute Shit Sandwich. Anyway, what are your thoughts?
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