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Sunday, April 30, 2017

Cartoon Sunday: JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Recap With Stardust Crusaders Music References

{As of 2020, videos with the following music references have recently been updated. This blog was previously published in 2017.}

How's it going lurkers? If you read yesterday's Song Saturday blog, it was mostly about The Bangles' "Walk Like An Egyptian." 

In that same blog, I mentioned that the Pop-Rock band's song was used as the ending theme song for its 2nd season, JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders.

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.

Cartoon Sunday: JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Phantom Blood & Battle Tendency Music References (2017)

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)

Saturday, April 29, 2017

Song Saturday: The Bangles' Walk Like An Egyptian

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)

Saturday, April 22, 2017

Song Saturday: Remembering Prince

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's 20/20 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.

Prince Rogers Nelson

The Definitive Ranking Of Prince’s Many Aliases

LA Times: The many names of Prince

The Grio: Prince’s many names (even more than you thought)

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)

Thursday, April 20, 2017

Are There Really Social Media Sites For Anime Fans?

 
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!

Cartoon Sunday: Anna H's Horror Anime Reviews (2014) 

Cartoon Sunday: Hell Girl (Anime) Pilot (2014)

Cartoon Sunday: Death Note's Pilot (2014)

Cartoon Sunday: Kuroshitsuji (Black Butler) "His Butler, Able" (2014)

Cartoon Sunday: Ghost Hunt (2014)

Cartoon Sunday: Bleach's Pilot (2014)

Cartoon Sunday: Hellsing Ultimate OVA 1 (2014)

Cartoon Sunday: Devil May Cry (Anime) (2015)

Cartoon Sunday: Shojo Anime That Need Re-Dubs (2015)

Cartoon Sunday: Tokyo Majin (2015)

Cartoon Sunday: Black Blood Brothers (2015)

Cartoon Sunday: Tokyo Ghoul Trailer (2015)

Cartoon Sunday: Blue Exorcist Bloopers (2015)

Cartoon Sunday: Parasyte -The Maxim- (2016)

Cartoon Sunday: WatchMojo's Top 10 Horror Based Anime (2016)

Cartoon Sunday: xxxHolic (2016) 

Cartoon Sunday: JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Phantom Blood Review (2016)

Cartoon Sunday: Tokyo Ghoul (2016)

Cartoon Sunday: Shigeru Okada's Saka Men (2016)

What Are Shinigami In Japanese Folklores? (2016)

Cartoon Sunday: Goth Chicks In Animation (2017)

Cartoon Sunday: JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Phantom Blood & Battle Tendency Music References (2017)

Cartoon Sunday: Tactics (2017)

Cartoon Sunday: Watch Mojo's Anime Villains Countdown (2017)

Saturday, April 15, 2017

Early Cartoon Sunday: Charlie Murphy Tribute

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.

Billboard: Charlie Murphy Made His Own Name Thanks to Epic Prince & Rick James Stories on 'Chappelle's Show'

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.

The Boondocks: Ed & Gin Rummy Discuss The Stupidity Of Cell Phone Technology (2007)

Sunday, April 9, 2017

Cartoon Sunday: Watch Mojo's Anime Villains Countdown

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)

Sunday, April 2, 2017

What Are My Thoughts About Grimm's Series Finale?

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.

‘Grimm’ Series Finale: Creators On That Killer Twist, The Jump In Time & Leaving “Options Open” For More

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?

Were Sleepy Hollow Fans Screwed Over? Anna H's Thoughts (2016)

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, Buffy normally 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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