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YES!!!! FINALLY @LanaParrilla #preview #ouat pic.twitter.com/pauBT0kXOV
— opus (@opustwelve) October 22, 2014
[adrotate group="5"]Man, if Chernabog really does ever appear on the show, I can already imagine the characters remarking about his name.
Emma: “Not so fast….Churned Butter?”
I love Once Upon a Time because of the amazing people who work on the show. I’m talking about the talented Mark Isham and his beautiful music that continues to wow me from season to season and Eduardo Castro’s fairytale wardrobe and of course the writers. All of the writers bring a little something extra to each episode.
If there’s one thing I have yet to hear any complaints about, it’s Mark Isham’s score. It’s beautiful and deserves any praise it can get. I love how he has specific leitmotifs for each character, and they are easily identifiable. Many iconic Once Upon A Time moments wouldn’t be the same without Isham’s music cues.
Day 58: hanging with dear sweet Henry @Jared_Gilmore on set!! #101Smiles #UglyDucklings pic.twitter.com/BL2DvlXeS2
— Jennifer Morrison (@jenmorrisonlive) October 22, 2014
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I love Once Upon A Tme because it is so female empowering. These women are not the stereotypical damsels in distress, as Eddy Kitsis has put it. Women like Snow and Emma can fight very well enough on their own. Even when you have Snow and Charming fighting together at the same time, they are fighting as an equal team. I love Bandit Snow, and I love bails-bonds butt-kicking Emma. When we’re first introduced to Emma, we see her getting the upper hand on a sleazy guy. Not to mention you have females in the roles of power. Regina has been both the Evil Queen and the mayor of Storybrooke, Emma has been the sheriff of Storybrooke, and Snow has been both a Queen and is now the new mayor of Storybrooke.
I love Once Upon A Time because I was intrigued from the beginning with the concept of a crossover fairy tale show, especially since they’re allowed to use Disney names and concepts. I’m a huge Disney fan, and I’ve seen this done before in a different manner via the Kingdom Hearts franchise.
Honestly, I feel like Colin does his best work when he’s given darker, morally dubious material to work with. That’s when he seems to be revelling in playing the character IMO, so I wish they’d give him more of that. That’s not to say that the character should be a baddie for forever, but addressing his dark side, (which thankfully they seem to be doing again a bit after having largely ignored it for for a whole season), would allow for some actual internal struggle for him and make a proper character growth arc possible and likely make him interesting to me again.
You make for some interesting points. I do actually like that the feud between Rumple and Hook is back on track. They’re not trying to kill each other, but old habits die hard, so they are still trying to get the upper-hand over one another. Personally I think Hook’s current arc this Season will be to explore his inner struggle, while paying the price of his mistakes along the way. Hook does genuinely want to become a better person and he is slowly learning, but of course he has a ways to go.
What I commonly hear from Hook detractors is that while Rumple and Regina have committed so many sins (more so than Hook, and on a larger scale), they can sympathize with them more because they feel that they have faced the consequences for their actions more so than Hook. That’s not to say Rumple and Regina haven’t had actions rug swept, either. I mean I still find it hard to swallow that Belle brushed aside the revelation that Rumple killed his own wife so easily, nor did Belle give Rumple crap about abusing people with his inner darkness when she was being Lacey once she got her memories back.
I guess I should ask this thread what they would like to see of Hook in the future to genuinely buy any redemption arc, if it is even possible? Phee suggested a few vague ideas, but I’m intrigued to see others elaborate. To not start a riot, please don’t simply suggest “Hook can only redeem himself by giving up his life” as an option. I’ve seen it suggested countless of times when the death spoiler of doom was upon us last Winter, and I would rather we don’t revisit that as to not push any buttons. This is something to seriously ponder. Can Hook be redeemed and how far would it take?
I briefly interrupt this discussion to inform everyone here of a very important thread to look over. Please give any personal feedback if you can:
https://oncepodcast.com/forums/topic/criticism-and-praise-lets-work-on-this-together/
I briefly interrupt this discussion to inform everyone here of a very important thread to look over. Please give any personal feedback if you can:
https://oncepodcast.com/forums/topic/criticism-and-praise-lets-work-on-this-together/
