DJariya

By djariya at 2011-09-13

Synopsis:



Starring:
Jennifer Morrison (House)
Ginnifer Goodwin
Lana Parrilla
Robert Carlyle

Created by Adam Horowitz and Edward Kitsis (Lost)

Trailer:

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jjcool

Mmmmm, Lana Parrilla.
I'll be watching.

Timber

Hadn't heard a thing about this show but saw a commercial yesterday. Jennifer, Ginnifer, writers of Lost? I'm so in.

OldDude

This will either be novel and refreshingly different or the dumbest thing ever. I guess I'll have to watch a time or two.

Goldberg74

I might just pull out The 10th Kingdom and watch that instead.

Groucho

Is this the one about the two guys who solve fairytale crimes for some reason?

zoomgirl

I had read some time ago that this was supposed to be based on Bill Willingham's graphic novel "Fables". If it was based on Fables it really should have been on a cable channel as there is no way they would be able to get away with the stories from Fables. I'll be watching and see how it goes. I'm hoping that even if it is loosely based they will still be able to write a good story.

Cellar Door

I'm looking forward to watching. The premise appeals to me and I would watch Robert Carlyle in anything.

Evan Meadow

No its not based on Fables.

More like this:

Fables was brought to ABC's attention as a possible series (as well as NBC) but both companies realized since most of the storybook characters are already in the public domain why bother putting together a series where they'd have to pay Bill Willingham (Fables creator) rights to do a show based off of his material when they can do something cheaper by doing their own versions of the same characters.

And thus, Once Upon A Time and Grimm were born.

zoomgirl

Good to know, Fables would be much better for cable anyway. So we can get all the sex, death and debauchery :-) I'm looking forward to both shows.
Thanks!

JasonF

There's not really all that much sex or debauchery in Fables. I think it would work just fine on network TV. But like Evan said, there's little incentive for someone to pay Willingham for the IP. Too bad, because Willingham created a great story and deserves to profit from the concept.

As for Once, i'll be watching and hope it lives up to the promise of the cast, but I've heard the reviews are not good.

Geofferson

I'll likely check this out even though reviews of the early episodes were pretty much mixed.

whotony

Snow White looks a little rough.

Ravenous

I saw cuz of Carlyle and though he didnt come out that much I thought it was a cool show. In the previews for the season I swear I saw Gus Fring in there selling some chicken!

whotony

He was there, but he didnt have a chicken, looked like a newspaper.

Fist of Doom

Loved it. Great costume and makeup work.

dolphinboy

Yep, loved it too. You know you like a show when you don't want it to end and you already wish that it was next week.

This and Homeland look to be the only new additions to my tv schedule.

JasonF

Enjoyable first episode, though I didn't much care for the kid. I'll be back next week.

mortalplague

This is the show I was most excited to see when they announced the new fall line up and so far I am not disappointed

RoboDad

I thought it was fantastic. I had very high expectations, and it actually exceeded them. I was very pleasantly surprised. Lots of interesting story elements, and some good Lost-style questions already put out there.

About the only complaint I have is that Snow White doesn't look quite as good with short hair.

Patman

And her right ear stuck out like a satellite dish.

MrX

I enjoyed it as well.

Cellar Door

I liked it a lot. Jennifer Morrison has good on-screen charisma. I've missed her since her role on House was reduced/removed.

Now that the backstory is set up, I wonder how often we'll see the fairytale versions of the Storybrooke citizens. I imagine we'll get flashbacks on a regular basis.

Did they show where the book came from? If so, I missed it, but I was distracted a few times.

dolphinboy

Jennifer was often criticized in here as a bad actress, so I'm glad she's technically the "lead" of this show and in almost every review I've read she's getting glowing reviews. My unbiased opinion was that she was really good in the pilot.

I thought Cameron was the second best character on House and obviously Jennifer Morrison brought a lot to that part. I can't hold her responsible for HIMYM because that's just not a very good show anymore anyway.

Most of the criticisms I'm seeing are skepticism about how they could possibly stretch this out for more than one season, let alone have it run for many years. I actually thought about that during the show. Clearly, there are some similarities with Lost, but I do see how Lost had a lot more options in keeping the show going and this does seem more like a mini-series kind of story. But I'm tired of thinking about the future of a show and I'm just going to enjoy each week for what it is.

I wonder what Ginnifer's issue is with the pixie hair. I know it was in her contract that she be allowed to wear a wig for Big Love, so she could keep her short hair and I think the producers might want it different than Snow White's, so there's some contrast, but THAT short really isn't very flattering even for someone as beautiful as her.

I hope the ratings are strong for this. Maybe if they're not that great, just the lack of anything else really taking off will be a built in advantage. I really wish that I hadn't deleted it off my DVR, because I'd like to watch it again tomorrow.

LickTheABCs

I enjoyed this MUCH more than I thought I would.