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You all said all the things about the poster, i just have to add that im surprise no tag #savehook or something along those lines, the tag for next arc is actually the show name. Of course they still may do one closer, but i think the tag ussually appears on the posters which in this case doesnt.
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In the red apple’s defense….it is more so a connection to Snow White than it is to the Evil Queen, and considering Once Upon A Time started from Snow White’s story about her daughter and family….the infamous apple represents every fairy tale as a whole I guess. Is it unoriginal or lazy….yes, but ever since they’ve started the half season mess in Season 3 where they jump from world to world…it’s kind of difficult to choose only one poster as the overall Season Poster (Unless it’s dealing with money, hence how Season 4 was Elsa & the Frozen Apple.) Imagine Season 3 poster without the apple, many would be complaining because they used Neverland instead of Oz as the cover, or vice versa.
And when you look back on it…it all kind of started with apple. Failure of the apple’s sleeping curse led to the dark curse, and Henry going under the same apple’s curse led to the breaking of the Dark Curse. And as I said…Adam and Eddy aren’t the best on posters anymore….Hades sitting on his throne or even a pomegranate with underworld flames and whatnot would probably be a bit too spoilery for them, and the creative/marketing team of OUAT aren’t that bright enough when it comes to new marketing/advertisement ideas, to think of the better ideas you all have come up with.
However I will admit…flames alone surrounding Hook’s face probably could have been enough for this half season poster, because I’m 100% positive Emma’s Dark Swan poster is good enough and dark enough to cover both season arcs. I just think that use of the apple may just be some type of tradition now for Adam and Eddy, as they constantly remind us that to them, Snow White is where every fairy tale began.
At this point in the game, it’s safe to say they’re just trying to put something out quick and easy that the audience already knows about, and anyone who knows anything about Fairy Tales will know of the infamous apple. There is only one other item that probably could have replaced the magic apple which is tied to the central core cast Snow White, Emma Swan, Regina Mills, etc…and that would have been Henry’s storybook, which probably could have worked ten times better but again, would be too difficult the OUAT Creative team to create something brand new than the route they’ve been using since Season 3.
For the overall DVD Cover, I’m placing my money on Dark Swan with Black Apple and Underworld Flames surrounding the edges with the cast photos at the top or bottom. And the face that will appear on the side of the DVD this time will probably be Hook.
"If you go as far as you can see...you will then see enough to go even further." - Finn Balor
In the red apple’s defense….it is more so a connection to Snow White than it is to the Evil Queen, and considering Once Upon A Time started from Snow White’s story about her daughter and family….the infamous apple represents every fairy tale as a whole I guess. Is it unoriginal or lazy….yes, but ever since they’ve started the half season mess in Season 3 where they jump from world to world…it’s kind of difficult to choose only one poster as the overall Season Poster (Unless it’s dealing with money, hence how Season 4 was Elsa & the Frozen Apple.) Imagine Season 3 poster without the apple, many would be complaining because they used Neverland instead of Oz as the cover, or vice versa.
And when you look back on it…it all kind of started with apple. Failure of the apple’s sleeping curse led to the dark curse, and Henry going under the same apple’s curse led to the breaking of the Dark Curse. And as I said…Adam and Eddy aren’t the best on posters anymore….Hades sitting on his throne or even a pomegranate with underworld flames and whatnot would probably be a bit too spoilery for them, and the creative/marketing team of OUAT aren’t that bright enough when it comes to new marketing/advertisement ideas, to think of the better ideas you all have come up with.
However I will admit…flames alone surrounding Hook’s face probably could have been enough for this half season poster, because I’m 100% positive Emma’s Dark Swan poster is good enough and dark enough to cover both season arcs. I just think that use of the apple may just be some type of tradition now for Adam and Eddy, as they constantly remind us that to them, Snow White is where every fairy tale began.
At this point in the game, it’s safe to say they’re just trying to put something out quick and easy that the audience already knows about, and anyone who knows anything about Fairy Tales will know of the infamous apple. There is only one other item that probably could have replaced the magic apple which is tied to the central core cast Snow White, Emma Swan, Regina Mills, etc…and that would have been Henry’s storybook, which probably could have worked ten times better but again, would be too difficult the OUAT Creative team to create something brand new than the route they’ve been using since Season 3.
For the overall DVD Cover, I’m placing my money on Dark Swan with Black Apple and Underworld Flames surrounding the edges with the cast photos at the top or bottom. And the face that will appear on the side of the DVD this time will probably be Hook.Actually Adam said several time on twitter that they have nothing to do with posters, promotion, social networks and promos for the show, that is ABc work, not them so i doubtr they have much to say on this, they are the show runners but ABC owns OUAT, so this has nothing to do with Adam and Eddy connecting the show essence, is mostly ABC creative team for OUAt being lazy and like @Nevermore said they think Hook sells, so lets put hook to create buzz and i must say the poster really created buzz.
"I offended you with my opinion? Ha, you should hear the ones I keep to myself".
This show really has become Once Upon a Hook now. It should’ve been EMMA who sacrificed herself and really became the Savior by taking in the dark magic and going to the Underworld. In a narrative sense and in a character-driven sense, her dying would’ve been better to motivate everyone else to go and get her back, because unlike Hook, everyone loves and is pesonally connected to Emma. She is the glue that holds everyone in SB together. It would be 1000x greater if Emma really were the central character and the one who features on the poster for S5b. The first half of S5 was supposed to be about Emma, but instead it became all about Hook. Now it seems as if the second half will be all about him too.
"That’s how you know you’ve really got a home. When you leave it, there’s this feeling that you can’t shake. You just miss it." Neal Cassidy
This show really has become Once Upon a Hook now. It should’ve been EMMA who sacrificed herself and really become the Savior by taking in the dark magic and going to the Underworld. In a narrative sense and in a character driven sense, her dying would’ve been better to motivate everyone else to go and get her back, because unlike Hook, everyone loves and is petsonally connected to Emma. She is the glue that holds everyone in SB together. It would be 1000x greater if Emma really were the central character and the one who features on the poster for S5b. The first half of S5 was supposed to be about Emma, but instead it became all about Hook. Now it seems as if the second half will be all about him too.
This!!! THIS!!!! ALL OF THIS!
It would have come full circle! I truly do believe, that this was what supposed to happen but somewhere in the middle of 5A, Someone changed the season arc! We know there were plenty of changes, Regina getting conned out of her Savior Plot, Emma truly being the evil Dark Swan like the end of 5×01 teased, Snowing actually being useful in an effort to save their daughter, somebody in either the writing room or at ABC Studios changed 5A from the Arc it should have been! Basically everyone got screwed over just to give Hook some form of importance and usefulness besides being the sideline love interest.
"If you go as far as you can see...you will then see enough to go even further." - Finn Balor
Correct me if I’m wrong, but weren’t the Frozen Apple and Black Apple posters from contests run by OUaT’s social media? As in, they’re fan-made?
Correct me if I’m wrong, but weren’t the Frozen Apple and Black Apple posters from contests run by OUaT’s social media? As in, they’re fan-made?
Nope. In fact, fans tend to make better posters.
Correct me if I’m wrong, but weren’t the Frozen Apple and Black Apple posters from contests run by OUaT’s social media? As in, they’re fan-made?
Nope. In fact, fans tend to make better posters.
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🙂"If you go as far as you can see...you will then see enough to go even further." - Finn Balor
I don’t know why the show doesn’t just hold a fan completion to design a poster for the season and then pick the best one? At least then we’d get a decent poster of higher quality.
All magic comes with a price!
Keeper of FelixAnd while we’re are at it, let’s cut out the middle man and have a fan competition for the show’s writing. At this point OUAT’S plot has more holes than a Stuart Little crack fic, so why not just turn the whole thing over to the fans?At worst, we simply won’t notice the difference. And it could actually be an improvement.
ABC could be raking in mad money for exploiting the fandom’s unpaid labor, fans CAN HAS ALL TEH SIHPS, and Kistowitz can actually start putting together a professionally written and well-thought out S6.
Wins all around.
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