Why watch Once Upon a Time?
I have been trying to convince my friends to watch Once Upon A Time as I really enjoy it and don't have anyone else to talk about it with except Lou. In one of my attempts, I was texting back and forth with my friend Sarah in an effort to convince her to watch it. There are a couple things that her preventing her from doing so: she is a very busy person and she doesn't really like fantasy shows/movies. To be specific, she really dislikes 80's fantasy movies. I mean to the point where they seriously freak her out. Examples of movies that really disturb her are: The Neverending Story, Willow, the TV version of Alice in Wonderland, and Legend to name a few. The problem I'm having is that I absolutely love all of those movies so it's hard for me to explain if this show is anything like them or might freak her out. My initial reaction is that there is nothing disturbing at all about Once Upon a Time.
She asked me how much the show is like those 80's movies. I said that's hard to quantify. I venture to say it's really not like those movies but there is a fantasy aspect. Though that is only half of the show (as the rest is based in the real world) and it's not particularly freaky or scary. I mean it may be more attuned to the original fairy tales (instead of the sanitized disney versions). There are a lot of familiar characters but with a twist to fit the show. It's kind of like they took all these familiar disney and other fairy tale characters, put them all in a room and had to figure out what they are dong there and how they know each other. It's kind of like what they did with Shrek; it's a shared world. I guess you need to really like fairy tales but not be extremely attached to the disney versions.
It's such a great show so I really hope that she decides to watch it. To accompany it, I also listen to a really awesome podcast. You can listen to it on itunes at http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/once-upon-a-time-podcast/id480653028 or just go to http://www.onceuponatimepodcast.com. They also have a blog, forum, twitter account @ouatpodcast and are really genuine people who love their fans.
She asked me how much the show is like those 80's movies. I said that's hard to quantify. I venture to say it's really not like those movies but there is a fantasy aspect. Though that is only half of the show (as the rest is based in the real world) and it's not particularly freaky or scary. I mean it may be more attuned to the original fairy tales (instead of the sanitized disney versions). There are a lot of familiar characters but with a twist to fit the show. It's kind of like they took all these familiar disney and other fairy tale characters, put them all in a room and had to figure out what they are dong there and how they know each other. It's kind of like what they did with Shrek; it's a shared world. I guess you need to really like fairy tales but not be extremely attached to the disney versions.
It's such a great show so I really hope that she decides to watch it. To accompany it, I also listen to a really awesome podcast. You can listen to it on itunes at http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/once-upon-a-time-podcast/id480653028 or just go to http://www.onceuponatimepodcast.com. They also have a blog, forum, twitter account @ouatpodcast and are really genuine people who love their fans.