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You make a good point. I would be very interested to see the beginnings of the Dharma initiative or a short movie trying to back the show with some actual science (think BBC with national geographic). I am, however, left wondering, is there really an audience left for such a thing? “Relieved” was a word that got thrown around a lot when the show ended and now 2 years later, are we really ready to give another go at this goddamn island and all of it’s secret?
I can only speak for myself here, but I don’t think I would be able to tolerate anyone fiddling with the fabric an mythology of LOST but Cuse, Lindelof and Co. If they are not directly involved, I don’t wanna hear about it. For six seasons they have work on LOST, when the show came to a conclusion, they got to do different things and I wonder when they will be ready to give another go at it. I hope it happens one day, that they’ll have an uncontrollable urge to write more LOST-type-things. But not now, let’s give it time. I imagine how much cooler it would be to wait ten years and then out of the blue hearing about that show again.
I can wait… I don’t want anyone to just “cash-in”. I want something to happen because the creative team behind LOST felt it was the right thing to do and not just have some execs decide that it’s time to dust up that old show for some quick money.
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I’ll let you in on a little secret, as a kid, when I watched the Smurfs, I always rooted for Gargamel… evil till the end.
I just want to put a little disclaimer before my post: I love OUaT, I would not be here if I didn’t and I apologize in advances if some of the language seems a bit crude.
I’m not sur that OUaT is as positive for the image of strong women as everyone else seem to think.
First off, the show does a lot of slut shamming. They often paint sexually active women that are not married in a negative light. The only two example that comes to mind right now are Emma who had a child out of wedlock was a thief and to look at it from another angle, Ruby use to be very out there with her outfit and her attitude but since she has become more important in the second season they have covered her up… A LOT. Another point that has bothered me or a little while about the place of women on this show is that they are all looking for their “happy ending” and somehow, the only way to achieve that goal, is to find a men, settle down, get married and start poppin’ babies.
I don’t want to go too much in depth on the topic, but the only reason these women are being oh! so strong on the show are extremely conservatives ones (protecting my child, finding my husband, running from the men who wants to kill me, seeking revenge for my long lost lover). It seems like a women cannot be heroic just for the sake of being a hero, they always need a justification that is “christian friendly”.
literature and movies often likes to portray male murderers or serial killer in a very clinical matter. This approach almost makes them seem fun and entertaining. I can only speak personally here, but I have watched many movies and read many books where you are completely on the side of the bad guy, I did not want him to get caught or have to suffer the consequences of his actions. An example that a lot of people can relate to was the show HOUSE. The main character, Dr. Gregory House, was a dangerous sociopath who could have left a patient to die or pit people against each other for his own entertainment, without getting too much into why he is the way he is… And we buy it! we love him! we always want him to weasel out of whatever situation he has just put himself in. That sort of writing does not happen a lot for female characters, usually when a women does something morally reprehensible, it is an act of passion or if they dare go the sociopath route, they will go in lengths about her past and how she got to be that way and OUaT is no exception.
In conclusion, does OUaT have a prominently female cast? sure! Are these women portrayed in a positive light? I guess. Is Once Upon a Time helping and furthering the cause of women? Not really, under those shining armors and impressive swords, it would appear that all the OUaT women want to do is go back in the kitchen and give birth to future princes and princesses.
