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Post by thespecialone on Nov 6, 2011 9:42:54 GMT -5
I just started watching this tv series and its amazing. Its about fairy tales characters who are under a curse that puts them on "our" present world.
Im not sure if anyone knows a comic series called "Fables" but it seems to me that the creators of the tv series may have stolen some ideas from it...
Anyway the series is really fun to watch and its amazing how the characters play in our world.
A little spoiler...Red Riding Hood is a punk/goth girl with some red tones on her hair living with her grandma... ;D
Has anyone watched it?
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Post by King Shocker the Monumentous on Nov 6, 2011 9:48:36 GMT -5
I've seen it. And the creators readily admit that they may have "read a few issues" of Fables.
I've also been watching Grimm, but I think I prefer Once Upon a Time. It's more serialized, whereas Grimm is still pretty much freak-of-the-week (not shocking considering it's from the creators of Buffy).
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Post by NSR: Brotha on Nov 6, 2011 10:39:06 GMT -5
My wife and I love Once Upon a Time and its Lost roots.
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Post by MacReady on Nov 6, 2011 15:41:43 GMT -5
Love it so far, really enjoying it, hopefully it keeps getting better.
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Post by The Silent Flute (joepetree) on Nov 7, 2011 13:36:17 GMT -5
I've Watched A Few Episodes Its a pretty good show but its no Dexter or The Walking Dead
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Post by MacReady on Nov 7, 2011 14:13:52 GMT -5
I've Watched A Few Episodes Its a pretty good show but its no Dexter or The Walking Dead Because it isn't TRYING to be..... What a random comparison.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 7, 2011 15:30:20 GMT -5
ABC was originally working on a Fables TV show. Here's what Wikipedia lists: "On December 8, 2008 it was announced that ABC had picked up the rights to develop a pilot of Fables for the 2009-2010 television season. Six Degrees creators and executive producers Stu Zicherman and Raven Metzner were writing the script for the hourlong drama, again set up at Warner Brothers Television, while David Semel had come onboard to direct.
There has been no news since concerning a series based directly on Willingham's series. Instead, ABC has announced a new series called Once Upon a Time, which features fairy tale characters such as Snow White and Prince Charming exiled in the "real world". The show's creators, Edward Kitsis and Adam Horowitz, stated that they "read a couple issues" of Fables but believe that while the two concepts are "in the same playground," they are "telling a different story."
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Post by King Shocker the Monumentous on Nov 7, 2011 17:00:03 GMT -5
I've Watched A Few Episodes Its a pretty good show but its no Dexter or The Walking Dead Because it isn't TRYING to be..... What a random comparison. Exactly. The only show currently on TV that could even be compared, as previously mentioned, is Grimm...but even then the only common thread is "fairy tales are real." Beyond that, no similarities.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 4, 2012 6:43:21 GMT -5
Just started watching this a few days ago......5 episodes in and must admit it has been presented pretty well so far.
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Post by LtD73 on Sept 4, 2012 7:13:58 GMT -5
I watched a trailer when I started seeing adverts for it on TV, didn't like the trailer so I didn't end up watching, I know of the Lost easter eggs though like flight 815 and the apollo bars
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Post by punksnotdead on Sept 4, 2012 9:01:22 GMT -5
Yeah, this show quickly became part of my Sunday night ritual last fall after I got hooked by the trailers leading to the premier. With this, Dexter, and Walking Dead, Sunday was easily my "TV Night." Lana Parrilla as Regina/Evil Queen is a homerun, she literally makes me want to stab her at pretty much all times. The Red/Ruby reveal episode, Eion Bailey discovering his past and the reveal of who he turns out to be, the Mad Hatter tie in, and the weird power struggle between Gold, Regina and Emma, there are just so many things I completely love about this show.
Needless to say, I grabbed the first season on DVD last Tuesday and I'm going to try and re-watch it before the end of the month when Season 2 starts. I'm hoping Sheriff Graham makes a return at some point since that story with him and Emma was just getting good before it was cut prematurely short. Not sure how they would get around it, but he started to take on the "Bigby" type character exceptionally well imo. Really excited for this to be back soon.
As far as Fables, ABC bought the rights from NBC and I personally believe fully intended on making a full blown adaption. However, I think they saw the script and decided to develop something that was more translatable to television. Which, as a fan of both the show and the book, I completely agree with the decision. I would have loved to see them play out the war between the Adversary and Fabletown, but it's such an elaborate story and the Farm scenes would have been over the top and Snow and her cross breed cubs, Flycatcher being a weirdo, and Boy Blue's past, and it's just too much. I would have LOVED to see how the puppet army vs Fabletown showdown in the street played out in live action. We still get plenty of Fables elements though and I do think Once Upon a Time has carved its own path now.
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Post by emmaobrien1 on Sept 5, 2012 7:56:35 GMT -5
I wasn't sure about it at first, but it turned into a fantastic little show. I can't wait to see where it goes next.
One of the things I love most is the flashbacks. A lot of those share the same shooting locations as The 10th Kingdom (Which I'm a huge fan of) so it makes it extra special to me.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 5, 2012 17:24:09 GMT -5
This is one of my favorite shows on television. I love watching the real world of Storybrooke link with the fairy tale characters. It blends really well and I love the cast specificially Lana Parilla as Regina Mills aka The Queen and Robert Carlyle as Mr. Gold aka Rumpelstiltsken. Jennifer Morrison and Ginnifir Goodwin do well in their respective roles. I love the Ruby aka Red Riding Hood character in this as well. If anybody has seen Trick R' Treat, the Red storyline has a nice twist to it that I first saw in that. I thought the August situation was well done. I liked how they approached that. It is fun to watch and I like the characters in both worlds. I had been initially interested from the trailers. Sunday nights were great because it was Once Upon A Time and then Desperate Housewives. I don't have Showtime, so I watch Dexter the next day online.
I like that Mulan and Aurora will have roles in Season 2. I am looking forward to more Maleficent. I want to see the clash between her and Regina continue. There's going to be some interesting things carrying over into Season 2. If anybody has seen the teaser trailer for Season 2, it appears that Captain Hook is going to be a chief villain. We didn't see his face, but somebody in Storybrooke is obviously him. I am very interested to see who Dr. Whale turns out to be in the fairy tale world (most likely Monstro).
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Post by Deleted on Sept 5, 2012 17:28:01 GMT -5
I've Watched A Few Episodes Its a pretty good show but its no Dexter or The Walking Dead All three shows are really good, though I didn't particularly like Season 6 of Dexter. I do think that Season 4 and Season 2 are two of the best seasons of television I've ever seen. I like Season 1 and the only person that liked Season 5 because it changed things up. Season 3 and 6 are weak. The Walking Dead is very good, but I liked Breaking Bad better personally. I think Season 3 of Walking Dead will be really good though with the Governor and Michonne being in it.
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Post by King Shocker the Monumentous on Sept 5, 2012 19:58:56 GMT -5
I like that Mulan and Aurora will have roles in Season 2. I am looking forward to more Maleficent. I want to see the clash between her and Regina continue. There's going to be some interesting things carrying over into Season 2. If anybody has seen the teaser trailer for Season 2, it appears that Captain Hook is going to be a chief villain. We didn't see his face, but somebody in Storybrooke is obviously him. I am very interested to see who Dr. Whale turns out to be in the fairy tale world (most likely Monstro). And lest we forget...Jorge Garcia as the Giant.
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Post by punksnotdead on Sept 6, 2012 10:06:11 GMT -5
This is one of my favorite shows on television. I love watching the real world of Storybrooke link with the fairy tale characters. It blends really well and I love the cast specificially Lana Parilla as Regina Mills aka The Queen and Robert Carlyle as Mr. Gold aka Rumpelstiltsken. Jennifer Morrison and Ginnifir Goodwin do well in their respective roles. I love the Ruby aka Red Riding Hood character in this as well. If anybody has seen Trick R' Treat, the Red storyline has a nice twist to it that I first saw in that. I thought the August situation was well done. I liked how they approached that. It is fun to watch and I like the characters in both worlds. I had been initially interested from the trailers. Sunday nights were great because it was Once Upon A Time and then Desperate Housewives. I don't have Showtime, so I watch Dexter the next day online. I like that Mulan and Aurora will have roles in Season 2. I am looking forward to more Maleficent. I want to see the clash between her and Regina continue. There's going to be some interesting things carrying over into Season 2. If anybody has seen the teaser trailer for Season 2, it appears that Captain Hook is going to be a chief villain. We didn't see his face, but somebody in Storybrooke is obviously him. I am very interested to see who Dr. Whale turns out to be in the fairy tale world (most likely Monstro).Dr. Whale has to be Monstro. While some of the names are a little more camouflaged, I think Dr. Whale falls into the Mr. Gold, Archie Hopper, Ruby category. Admittedly, I think the Whale/Monstro thing would be the most obvious of the group, but I still think it seems the most likely.
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Post by King Shocker the Monumentous on Sept 7, 2012 11:37:08 GMT -5
Logged onto Facebook to find this on my timeline: I guess fairy tale characters must really hate cancer.
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Post by alexgg on Sept 7, 2012 11:47:23 GMT -5
My mum watched them, but I didn't really get into it so didn't watch.
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Post by ellisd on Sept 7, 2012 23:47:03 GMT -5
I love this show. My wife and I just picked up the season 1 dvd, can't wait for season 2 to start.
Mr. Gold is my favorite character. It would be a good show without him, but he makes it a great show.
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Post by JC Motors on Sept 10, 2012 11:15:58 GMT -5
I have seen this show a few times to say I like it. I don't know what day it airs though
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