The Storybrooke Daily Mirror: OUaT in the Media, Cons and Other Real Life Encounters

[Writing Wrongs]

I didn't know Lana had gotten married.

[RadioGirl27]

Lana is the highlight of the show? Really? I can tell you 3 regular actors who are better than her and other 2 who are, at least, at her level.

[Serena]

Sadly, people think spouting below average "sassiness" and wearing sexy outfits means Best Character Ever.

[l star]

Or perhaps like me, that reviewer thinks Lana is a good actor who makes a character that can be both a lot of fun and infuriatingly ridiculous continuously watchable and dynamic. I'll go now before the speeding train of Regina hate and disdain for all who consider themselves fans headed through here hits me.

Edited September 29, 2014 by l star

[stealinghome]

I think Parrilla is very good as Regina (though she was better in S1 than she is now), but imo it's clear Robert Carlyle is absolutely head and shoulders above the rest of the cast. (When he wants to be, at least.)

[FurryFury]

Yeah, I think Parrilla has a lot of screen presence, which is, for some characters, more important than actual three-dimensional portrayal of their emotions. She was great as a full-on villain in s1, and the real root of the problem that is Regina now is the writing. Even Meryl Streep wouldn't make this whiny hypocrite of a character worthy of rooting for (at least for me).

[MaiLuna]

The official twitter posted this picture last night:

 

 

I don't know if it's even worth laughing to.

[FurryFury]

Someone, quickly use Photoshop and swap "book" for "show"!

[KingOfHearts]

 

The official twitter posted this picture last night:

https://twitter.com/OnceABC/status/516423309211086848

 

Don't forget this little "gem". The actual tweet should be the tagline of the show.

 

 

"This book is why I'm suffering!"

It sounds like Regina ran out of people to blame, so she started turning to inanimate objects now.

Edited September 29, 2014 by KingOfHearts

[FurryFury]

Some time ago, there was a show on ABCFamily called "Twisted". I didn't watch it, but apparently, there was a certain character that was really, really beloved by the writers, and they were constantly trying to make the viewers like her and feel sorry for her (sounds familiar?) to the point of showing Twitter hashtags #PoorJo in the corner of the screen during the show. I really, really wouldn't be surprised to see something like that for Regina if ABC practised hashtagging. Hmm, and now I wonder what would the other hashtags be...

[Crimson Belle]

 

Hmm, and now I wonder what would the other hashtags be...

 

 

#It'salways Snow's Fault

#Villainsarereallythegoodonesyouknow

#It'sallfunandgamesuntilsomebodylosesaheart

#Massmurderisn'tevil;reactingtoitis

#Westillthinkwe'recleverandsmarterthanyou,eventhoughwe'recompletelypredictable

Edited September 29, 2014 by Crimson Belle

[Serena]

My favourite tweet from the Once twitter last night was "Is Regina right?" (or similar) because at that point I felt they were baiting me and I couldn't help but reply, "Almost never". 

[mustbekarma]

I hope this counts as a media mention. The lovely Cindy McClellan has a full recap up of  "A Tale of Two Sisters."

[RadioGirl27]

Or perhaps like me, that reviewer thinks Lana is a good actor who makes a character that can be both a lot of fun and infuriatingly ridiculous continuously watchable and dynamic. I'll go now before the speeding train of Regina hate and disdain for all who consider themselves fans headed through here hits me.

I'm not saying she is a bad actress (the only truly bad are Emilie de Ravin and Jared Gilmore), but I don't think she is that good either. Carlyle is way better than the rest, and I think that O'Donoghue, Morrison and Goodwin are really good. But Parrilla and Dallas, even if they have good moment, are not as good as the rest. Not bad, but not as good. But this is just my opinion.

Edited September 29, 2014 by RadioGirl27

[TheGreenKnight]

Personally, I don't see Carlyle as that much better than Parrilla. I think both of them and Morrison are on the same level. Everyone else is a step down for me, but not too bad. Ravin, Gilmore, and Raymond-James are the worst actors of the series for me.

[Crimson Belle]

If Parilla is supposed to be playing her character to make us sympathetic, then she's worse than Gilmore.

[stealinghome]

Replying on the Regina thread.

[daxx]

Just watched the clip show from Sunday on Hulu. Oh, my Gosh, are we really watching the Regina show? The clip show certainly felt like it...

It was beyond ridiculous.

[Mari]

It was beyond ridiculous.

I feel the same way.  I watched it before I watched Sunday's episode, and found myself dreading season 4.  Usually, the characters and themes they feature in the clip shows are what they're planning on focusing on in the coming episodes.

 

It was Regina!  Regina!  Regina!  Oh, we have some other characters.  Regina!  Regina!  Regina!  Oh, and Emma causes a lot of problems.  Sometimes there's a pirate.  Regina!  Regina!  Belle can see into people's hearts and see who they truly are.  Regina!

 

It was so disassociated from what I've actually seen on the screen that I've started wondering if one of us--A,E, or me, is delusional.  I'm truly hoping it isn't me. 

[FormerMod-a1]

Copied from the Fandom thread...

 

Once Upon A Time Returns To Its Throne Of Bad Decision-Making

[Serena]

Lord. Between this and the tv.com reviews, I don't know what's worse. Does anyone have any recs for actual decently written OUAT recaps? I know Nerdy Girl Notes is one. Cindy also has a new website. Anything else? 

[Shanna Marie]

Tor.com's recaps/reviews are pretty good. Here's this week's:

 

http://www.tor.com/blogs/2014/10/show-ice-cream-is-not-evil-once-upon-a-time-white-out

[stealinghome]

I like Nerdy Girl Notes particularly.

 

I think Once is one of those shows that you either "get" or you don't--my question is, if it's THAT bad, why wasting a time doing recaps, etc of it?

[retrograde]

I think the iO9 review is well written and funny. It's just written for a different audience -- namely, people who hate-watch the show. Which is cool, I have hate-watched many shows, and loved reading recaps from reviewers who were doing the same. Smash, for instance, inspired some fantastic hate-recapping.

Edited October 8, 2014 by retrograde

[Mathius]

Lord. Between this and the tv.com reviews, I don't know what's worse. Does anyone have any recs for actual decently written OUAT recaps? I know Nerdy Girl Notes is one. Cindy also has a new website. Anything else? 

 

Ugh, the TV.com reviews.  I used to enjoy them, but then they got more and more Regina and Swan Queen biased. In what version of the show is "only Regina held responsible for her crimes because she's a woman"?

Edited October 8, 2014 by Mathius

[Serena]

Ugh, the TV.com reviews.  I used to enjoy them, but then they got more and more Regina and Swan Queen biased. In what version of the show is "only Regina held responsible for her crimes because she's a woman"?

My favourite gem from those recaps was when she was lamenting that two "criminals" like Emma and Neal were considered Henry's parents instead of a "single working mother" like Regina. Like literally, she said Regina was a better mother because Emma and Neal were criminals who went to prison. That broke my WTF-meter. When your insult to Neal is so over-the-top that it makes even me, who likes to call him Douchefire, want to defend him, you know you've lost all perspective.

Edited October 8, 2014 by Serena

[Mathius]

Seriously. In both the EF and Storybrooke, Regina is 10x the criminal Emma and Neal ever were.

[Lieutenant]

I've always like Nerd HQ's reviews...here's the one for White Out.

[Serena]

Ginny will be on Kelly&Michael on Oct 24. Reminder, Jen will be there tomorrow.

[Souris]

Interview with Lana. I'm not going to subject myself to watching since it's focused on Regina, so I don't know if the vids are spoilery.

 

Since JMo is filming today, I wonder if she'll have to take a red-eye tonight? Ugh. I hope she'll get out of filming early enough to actually sleep a bit in NYC tonight.

Edited October 9, 2014 by Souris

[Curio]

Interview with Lana. I'm not going to subject myself to watching since it's focused on Regina, so I don't know if the vids are spoilery.

 

None of her videos are spoilery, just some talk about how everyone's excited about Frozen. And apparently Robin Hood is in love with Regina, even though he's "married," but Regina loves how Robin is honorable and sticks to his code.

[YaddaYadda]

but Regina loves how Robin is honorable and sticks to his code.

 

Really?  Run Marian, RUN!

[Rumsy4]

but Regina loves how Robin is honorable and sticks to his code.

 

She didn't seem to love it when he "made his choice" clear in 4.01. She would have loved it if he had decided to continue their relationship, and not get back with his wife.

[Souris]

Deleted scene from White Out of Henry and Rumple. Actually a nice scene I wish had been in the ep. Not sure what I would have wanted them to cut, though. The Snowing subplot was lame, but I wouldn't want them to cut something else with Ginny.

Edited October 9, 2014 by Souris

[Rumsy4]

Deleted scene from White Out of Henry and Rumple. Actually a nice scene I wish had been in the ep. Not sure what I would have wanted them to cut, though. The Snowing subplot was lame, but I wouldn't want them to cut something else with Ginny.

 

Thanks! Taking this to the episode thread. 

Edited October 9, 2014 by Rumsy4

[Serena]

JMO wrote on Instagram that she's doing GMA, in addition to Kelly and Michael and NYCC tomorrow.

[MaiLuna]

Video of the NYCC panel:

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X0gaQ5t6Z1Q

[Camera One]

What was with the cheer when the words "Robin and Marion" were uttered aloud.  I'm trying to avoid spoilers, so I had to stop and start, LOL. I only found out one thing I didn't want to find out.  All I wanted were some nice Adam and Eddy quotes to get me fired up to go the gym and I got that!

[myril]

Something for people maybe a little interested in the tech side of the show. A recent interview with visual effects supervisor Andrew Orloff from Zoic Studios:

'Once Upon a Time' effects are part of a legacy for Orloff, Zoic Studios

[Camera One]

Interview with Elizabeth Mitchell.  It contains some spoilers and teasers, so I didn't actually read the whole thing.  But it's certainly interesting!  How lucky (for us) that "Revolution" got cancelled just in time.  

http://insidetv.ew.com/2014/10/13/once-upon-time-elizabeth-mitchell-snow-queen-spoilers/

[MaiLuna]

It seems Emma's sass is popular since "Hey Dairy Queen" and "Captain Hand" were trending WW on Twitter tonight.

[l star]

I had forgotten how charming Elizabeth Mitchell is! The whole answer to the ice castle question was adorable. As was her calling freezing Hans a public service. I also liked her answer about villains not thinking of themselves as villains. For an interview with a lot of questions asking for spoilers and very few spoilers given, that was surprisingly interesting.

[Writing Wrongs]

I love that she was walking around barefoot. I had to go back and watch it again.

[Aliasscape]

It seems Emma's sass is popular since "Hey Dairy Queen" and "Captain Hand" were trending WW on Twitter tonight.

Ha, I hadn't realized Hey Dairy Queen trended. But the official Dairy Queen twitter did. They retweeted that the Once twitter's quote of it.

[Camera One]

So someone doesn't like "Frozen" (New York Observer Review)...

What ‘Once Upon a Time’ Gets Wrong With Its ‘Frozen’ Addition

http://observer.com/2014/10/what-once-upon-a-time-gets-wrong-with-its-frozen-addition/#ixzz3G4CYbWgP

Edited October 14, 2014 by Camera One

[Aliasscape]

So someone doesn't like "Frozen" (New York Observer Review)...

What ‘Once Upon a Time’ Gets Wrong With Its ‘Frozen’ Addition

http://observer.com/2014/10/what-once-upon-a-time-gets-wrong-with-its-frozen-addition/#ixzz3G4CYbWgP

Anyone who likes Belle makes me discount their opinion altogether. The same way I discount Belle's opinion.  Also, ha, they think if it's done because  the show's ratings needed a boost is even worse than the thought that Adam and Eddy ran out of ideas. I would find the latter more disturbing, because a) shows with low ratings get cancelled, trying to raise them isn't that bad a thing b) the majority of the public does not know any of the fairy tales Disney hasn't done and they won't care. And you can't really delve into Hans Christian Anderson for things to make DARKER. Have they not realized all the depressing death he wrote? 

 

Meanwhile, turns out Dairy Queen did more than retweet, they must've been following the OUAT tag, or at least William Shatner.

https://twitter.com/DairyQueen/status/521712432440684544

 

@WilliamShatner a BLIZZARD Treat is a delicious distraction to anyone, even the Snow Queen! :)

 

 

[retrograde]

Well, the Observer is not exactly renowned for its TV coverage and that was written by an intern, so... I wouldn't get too worked up about it.

[Camera One]

Interview with Scott Michael Foster (Kristoff).  Most of it is him describing what happened in Episode 3.

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/once-a-time-frozen-guys-740055

Edited October 14, 2014 by Camera One

[retrograde]

This IGN interview with Georgina Haig (not spoilery) has a cute anecdote:

 

Question: Have you tried going to lunch around here in costume? [Editor's Note: Haig was in the full Elsa costume during our conversation with her]

Haig: I know, I wouldn’t dare! When we film in Steveston, we’re in an actual town and often there are people that come to watch or just townsfolk. One time I was standing in the street doing a scene and this little girl was going to the dentist and she looked so upset. Obviously kids don’t particularly like going to the dentist. She looked up and I was just sort of staring at her because I was like maybe if I wave, she’ll feel better. She got my eye and I was like, “Hi!” and she was just [mimes gasping “Elsa!”]

 

[Souris]

I am still not sure whether this sort of thing goes in the Media thread, but Colin and JMo at a Whitecaps game. I am disproportionally amused by the fact that she's giving him bunny ears.

 

And from JMo's Twitter. FYI, the guy on the far right in this pic is Georgina Haig's husband, Josh Mapleston.

Edited October 26, 2014 by Souris