[ SECRET POST #2865 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2865 ⌋

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[Once Upon a Time]


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[Transformers: Prime]


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[Star Trek: The Next Generation]


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[Malcolm Tucker, The Thick of It]


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[Once Upon a Time]


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[Flight Rising]


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[Transformers: Prime]


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[Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.]
















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Comments

[kallanda_lee]

Haven't seen the new season, and I was sort of reluctant because of the Frozen thing. Did they handle it okay-ish?

[(Anonymous)]

Not OP, and I'm probably not your typical viewer, but I'm really enjoying the Frozen stuff. I'm kind of dreading getting to the end of this arc now and going back to more Regina drama - not that there isn't a little now, but it's been backburnered, which is nice (for me).

[(Anonymous)]

They are handling it much, much better than I expected. I'm enjoying this season more than last.

[(Anonymous)]

I've been watching OUAT since the beginning, and I was actually leery of the "Frozen" thing, too, since I think I'm about the only person on the planet who hasn't seen it.

That said? Where I once had no interest in seeing "Frozen", I have now been convinced. I like what the characters are adding to the story, and I'm looking forward to seeing where it goes.

[kallanda_lee]

I liked Frozen as a film - I just feared that putting it in OUAT would feel terribly forced.

[(Anonymous)]

Also not OP but a fan of OUAT and I have to say I was highly skeptical of Frozen this season but watching it I have to say its pretty okay. I am liking Elsa's scenes alot more then Anna's but overall its a interesting plot that they've developed.

[philstar22]

It has been handled well other than Elsa's costume. Elsa's costume is so awful and cheep looking and so spot on to the movie without being an interpretation like all the other Once costumes are.

[(Anonymous)]

Anna's clothes aren't that much better to me -- its so brightly colored and costume-y that I can't take it seriously as a everyday outfit.

[(Anonymous)]

I think ALL the costumes are pretty cheap looking. Some of the "bad guy" costumes have good design, but they all look like they were manufactured by a halloween costume company

[(Anonymous)]

Ugh, yes, and then everyone fawns over the costumer for making what he does.

The costume is expensive, apparently, but it doesn't make it look any less cheap!

[philstar22]

See I feel like most of the costumes have a mix of modern feel, historical feel, and sort of fantasy/fairy tale. Which is exactly perfect for Once. They don't reference anything specific, which I like.

[(Anonymous)]

I'm usually a big fan of Once's costumes, even if sometimes they don't look like clothes people would actually wear since it's supposed to be be fantasy show. However, I think Elsa's costume looks unbearably cheap. She's a freaking queen! Look at how Regina dresses. She always looks like the definition of fierce. Or even Snow in flash backs, her dresses might look soft and feminine but they look fit for royalty. I also think her aunt's costume looks cheap but at least it's prettier.

[philstar22]

These are pretty much my exact thoughts. I usually like the costumes, but Elsa's is awful.

[(Anonymous)]

I like Elsa's costume better than the Snow Queen's. The Snow Queen's outfit looks so cheap. Every time I look at it I can't stop thinking about how scratchy and uncomfortable it must be to wear.

[philstar22]

That one looks cheep too, but somehow I like it. It looks pretty to me. Not sure why.

[ozaline]

I was skeptical going in, and it's kinda weird that they treat the Frozen movie as 100% canon, with the only real twist that Elsa's parents were looking to de-magic her when they went out to sea, and died (or so it seems)...

But I'm really liking it Anna is a adorable in the flashbacks, and I'm shipping Elsa, and Emma too... there is this whole "non magic people," don't get us thing that the characters are bonding over... (Emma and Regina to an extent too, though Regina is still sore at Emma for screwing up her love life).

I was prepared to drop it if the Frozen stuff got too hokey, or if Regina backslid too much to being evil, and forcing herself on Robin or killing Marian... I like that she considered it, but is trying to overcome her dark impulses.

[(Anonymous)]

I've read that Disney is keeping a very tight rein on the Frozen stuff (I think they even sent someone to the set to oversee things) so they don't have a lot of leeway. That's why so much of it looks like it was lifted straight out of the movie.

[ozaline]

Not surprising it just feels a little out of place that every other fairy tale has had massive departures from the source material (not as much as in say Fables *cough*), but nothing is played straight, and everyone knows each other and impacted each others stories... and there's Frozen which plays out the whole movie's events exactly as shown in it's own separate country before joining in on this fun.

[(Anonymous)]

I guess I'll go against the consensus and say I'm this close to giving up on the show. They almost lost me after Neverland, but I'm almost finding Frozen worse. They claimed that it wasn't going to take over the show, but it pretty much has. Most of the other characters and stories have been neglected.

[(Anonymous)]

Most of the other characters and stories have been neglected.

You're not wrong, but I guess that's part of why I'm enjoying it, besides that I'm genuinely enjoying Elsa and Anna (and Kristoff!) I don't care about Regina and her Robin drama (I almost gagged when Robin confessed his love for Regina over his wife's frozen body) or her book drama. I have no interest in watching Rumple continue to lie to and manipulate his clueless trusting wife. Meghan Ory (Ruby/Red) sadly appears to have left the show completely, judging by how we haven't seen her once this season. And Ginnifer Godwin just had a baby, so I'm thinking that's why Snow hasn't had much to do. So I'm just enjoying watching Emma and Elsa and Anna's adventures. And while it might be sidelining the other characters, I think it's given Emma more focus, which I think was needed. *shrugs* Just my feelings on it though.

[(Anonymous)]

Fair enough. Emma is my least favorite character who gets more than enough focus as it is, in my opinion. I understand that she is *gag* the savior, but the show is at its best when they recognize it's an ensemble with a rich cast of major and minor characters that can be explored. Also, I was not a huge fan of Frozen to begin with, so I was probably never going to love what they did with it on the show even though I was willing to give it a chance.

[(Anonymous)]

the show is at its best when they recognize it's an ensemble with a rich cast of major and minor characters that can be explored.

I don't disagree with that but sadly I think that show was left behind in season two, maybe even season one. Of the core characters that the show seems to be interested in focusing on, I really only care about Emma and the Charmings. Not so much Regina and Rumple. But if you're not fond of Emma, I can definitely see why this arc wouldn't appeal to you.

[(Anonymous)]

I'm good with the story they're doing with it. I like the actresses they got.
But it does sort of stick out like a sore thumb that they're following it so closely to the movie when every other fairy tale has been it's own interpretation.

[i_paint_the_sky]

I think it's worked pretty well, since the casting is very well done and the storyline is focusing on some of the questions Frozen itself didn't answer (mainly concerning where Elsa got her magic from and how it was dealt with by her parents).