Comments | rheasilvia: Once Upon a Time in Wonderland

rheasilvia

Once Upon a Time in Wonderland

Apr 07, 2014 00:10

Well, I watched it! I thought it had a lot of potential in the beginning, even though it was flawed from the start. At its best, though, it was fun and bright and crazy in an endearingly crackficcy way. Plus I loved many of the characters, and even some of the ones that didn't initially interest me grew on me.

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wyldreamer April 6 2014, 23:21:57 UTC

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rheasilvia April 6 2014, 23:55:06 UTC

You are absolutely right that Alice's Victorian England can't be considered the actual historical Victorian England - in fact, I'm sure this was never intended to be even vaguely historically accurate. It isn't as though the asylum in the first ep wasn't ahistorical enough to be a big clue. :-) I'm really just nitpicking there... I think I was too grumpy at the time of the wedding to be able to stay in my "this is an alternate universe" headspace. *g ( ... )

amnisias April 7 2014, 10:31:08 UTC

I've never really got beyond the pilot. It's not that I conciously decided to not watch, it just always drifted to the bottom of the pile of things I actually really wanted to see, and at some point I forgot to d/l new eps. I didn't majorly dislike the pilot, but it didn't grab me, either. I liked the idea, and the sets were georgeous, but I agree with you the whole Alice-Cyrus thing didn't really work for me. For starters, I prefer stories about how people fall for each other, just having the assertion that those two do, indeed, love each other, don't mean that I as a viewer automatically root for them. The Knight was a really fun character, though.

rheasilvia April 7 2014, 11:00:13 UTC

Yeah, I definitely understand a low motivation to watch the show... it definitely has fun and cute points, and some of the characters are interesting, but in terms of plot, there's simply never a real hook to draw viewers in and keep them interested. (With the exception of one single moment, that is, which unfortunately was not built on in all the ways it could have been.)

just having the assertion that those two do, indeed, love each other, don't mean that I as a viewer automatically root for them. Exactly. The show later tried to deliver more backstory to make up for this, but it never worked at all. By contrast, Will and the Red Queen worked far better, simply because here there was an actual development, a threat, emotional stakes and something for the audience to root for. Even the backstory was more interesting, probably because this couple had bite and wasn't so awfully bland ( ... )