Once Upon a Time
Nov. 10th, 2011 12:39 amI figured I'd behave like a Grown Up Person and NOT stay up till 4AM in order to do the TVD meme Day 5. But I can totally have a Once Upon a Time entry, and it will still count as Me Being a Grown Up, because, unlike an entry about my favorite TVD episode, it won't take over three hours to write.
Before I get started, just a little off-topic announcement: I still have many days available in the Meme of Doom, so if you want me to write something for you, don't be shy (even if you've already given me a prompt).
Once Upon a Time
I started watching this show, because, hey, since when am I able to resist a good fairy tale? Then I read somewhere that Emma Caulfield was supposed to appear in one of the episodes (she hasn't yet :(((), so I decided that I would be watching at least until that. 1x03 made me decide that Emma Caulfield or not, I'm watching it, period.
True, I'm a bit bored by the "main" plot with Henry, but fairy tale/real life parallels are so great I don't mind a moderate amount of boredom. Rumpelstiltskin just rocks (my favorite character from the very first episode, when he was crawling all over a prison cell and behaving like a madman), Snow White is a love child of Robin Hood and Ninja Turtles (probably all of them; she is so awesome that only two parents might not be enough to cope with that much awesomeness), and Prince Charminghas leather pants is very charming indeed. At first I was afraid that the show going to be too close to the original fairy tale plots for it to make sense (I can read a storybook myself, can't I?), but no worries here; the writers actually re-interpreting. The show is a bit black-and-white when it comes to morals, but then we've only had three episodes, and it's a fairy tale-based show anyway, so perhaps this clear division is just a part of a convention that is going to be played out very well.
Generally speaking, if you're looking for sth new to watch, I can really recommend Once Upon a Time. And if you're already watching it - how do you like it?
Before I get started, just a little off-topic announcement: I still have many days available in the Meme of Doom, so if you want me to write something for you, don't be shy (even if you've already given me a prompt).
Once Upon a Time
I started watching this show, because, hey, since when am I able to resist a good fairy tale? Then I read somewhere that Emma Caulfield was supposed to appear in one of the episodes (she hasn't yet :(((), so I decided that I would be watching at least until that. 1x03 made me decide that Emma Caulfield or not, I'm watching it, period.
True, I'm a bit bored by the "main" plot with Henry, but fairy tale/real life parallels are so great I don't mind a moderate amount of boredom. Rumpelstiltskin just rocks (my favorite character from the very first episode, when he was crawling all over a prison cell and behaving like a madman), Snow White is a love child of Robin Hood and Ninja Turtles (probably all of them; she is so awesome that only two parents might not be enough to cope with that much awesomeness), and Prince Charming
Generally speaking, if you're looking for sth new to watch, I can really recommend Once Upon a Time. And if you're already watching it - how do you like it?
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Date: 2011-11-10 12:09 am (UTC)Urocza bajka dla wszystkich, którzy chcieli by choć na trochę powrócić do chwil pięknego dzieciństwa, bajkowego świata, a zarazem nie utopić się w słodyczy i połączyć to z codziennością i odrobiną intrygi :) Ogląda mi się go naprawdę przyjemnie. Jest zdecydowanie czymś innym wśród masy powtarzających te same schematy seriali, które zalewają ramówkę. Brakowało czegoś takiego w tv, serial ma naprawdę wielki potencjał. Zobaczymy jak będzie dalej.
Co do Henry'ego jest moim number one wśród wszelkich młodych bohaterów, jest uroczy! Na miejscu Emmy od razu bym go przygarnęła bez wahania xD
A Rumpelstiltskin jest mrrr!^^
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Date: 2011-11-10 04:53 am (UTC)Plus I'm having so much fun identifying different fairy tale characters. Do you know who the sherrif is supposed to be? I'm sort a stumped with him.
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Date: 2011-11-10 05:38 am (UTC)I really don't get it.
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Date: 2011-11-10 06:52 am (UTC)Zgadzam sie, ze Once Upon a Time jest wyjatkowo przyjemne, tak po prosty w formie czystej rozrywki. Moje wewnetrzne dziecko wyje ;)
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Date: 2011-11-10 06:57 am (UTC)(And I loled so hard when I saw him! Uncle John, always a dick XD)
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Date: 2011-11-10 07:21 am (UTC)As for the Doctor...I don't know. Fairy tale villains tend to be female (a fact I find both troubling and interesting), and I rather doubt he's Bluebeard. Blond and clean-shaven and all.
But maybe he's not a villain at all? Though it's not likely he's a hero.
(BTW, I absolutely LOVE that icon.)
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Date: 2011-11-10 10:02 am (UTC)Thanks :D.
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Date: 2011-11-12 01:11 am (UTC)BUT I HONESTLY CAN'T EVEN WITH EMMA CAULFIELD BEING ON IT. I JUST CANNOT. I only just found out about that actually. So I'm still on a high.
And then they told me Emilie de Ravin was going to be Belle. And just..
♥
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Date: 2011-11-12 01:17 am (UTC)I'm a bit confused about Emma Caulfield part, because yesterday I wanted to check who she was going to play, and her name was gone from the list where I found it before :(. So I have a weird impression the news might turn out to be fake. I do not approve.
It's true about Emilie de Ravin, though, so there is something to be happy about.