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TV Guide sez:

 

 

Handsome Prince Galavant (Joshua Sasse) is on a quest for revenge against the king (Psych's Timothy Omundson) who stole his one true love (Mallory Jansen) in this fairy-tale musical. Dan Fogelman will write and executive-produce with Oscar-winning composer Alan Menken writing the music. Vinnie Jones, Karen David and Luke Youngblood will also star.

 

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I. LOVE. THIS.

 

OK, yeah, I've basically signed up for anything with even a little bit of singing in recent memory from Pushing Daisies to Glee to Smash to Nashville. And I have been burned on all counts. But they've also brought me so much joy. I am in. I am in. I am in. I hope they found a good lyricist for Menken. I love that man but with the wrong lyricist everything goes to hell and all you've got is pretty scoring and I doubt he'll do much scoring for the show. And yes, I'm totally talking about Tangled. 

 

First, it's got Lassie from Psych. Second, it seems like Princess Bride meets Spamalot. Third, why do you need a third thing?

 

Yes, I am not sold on whether everyone in the cast can sing. Yes, I am wary of whether they really have a plot. Yes, it seems a little too goofy, like the Psych musical stretched out to an entire series without the wit of Spamalot backing it up. But as we've reviewed, I'm basically going to support anything musical so here we go. 

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Supposedly, this is going to replace Once Upon a Time during that show's winter hiatus.  If that's the case (and if ABC promotes the hell out of it this summer and fall), it just might be the hit of the holiday season.  Bonus points if we somehow get Regina, Emma, Rumpel, or Hook to show up for an episode -- they'd all be saying "WTF kind of curse is this?"

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Supposedly, this is going to replace Once Upon a Time during that show's winter hiatus.  If that's the case (and if ABC promotes the hell out of it this summer and fall), it just might be the hit of the holiday season.  Bonus points if we somehow get Regina, Emma, Rumpel, or Hook to show up for an episode -- they'd all be saying "WTF kind of curse is this?"

I hate OUAT for many, many reasons but in particular for the absolutely heinous acting so I vote no.

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I wouldn't put it past the OUAT writers. That's one of my other big problems with the show. You don't own everything. Frankenstein, Oz, really? I mean, I know they just did that Great and Powerful Oz movie but come on. It's really starting to come off like bad fanfiction. I swear, they're just itching to throw in Marvel and Star Wars. 

 

To bring it back to Galavant, I hope they're more focused than OUAT. There's a lot of material to mine with just a vague medieval theme. Keep it fun and light, especially if you don't really know how to write drama and complex plots. It'll just seem convoluted. The best case scenario would be if they had a set plan and were able to get in and out in maybe 2 or 3 seasons but I haven't heard anything about this being a miniseries or anything like that.

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Trailer here and a 5 minute series of clips from the pilot here. The latter surprised me with

how uhh 'adult' certain scenes got. And with music! "More than a touch of nymphomania" was not a lyric I was expecting.

The moment I saw the stereotypical "guy in the stocks who sings while bobbing his head" I was QUADRUPLY in! (I was already DOUBLY and TRIPLY in on previous occasions).

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This is the first time this season I've gotten really excited about a new show. Goofy humour? Crazy, tongue-in-cheek songs?  Princess Bride meets The Holy Grail? Psych cast? I was marking my calendar already... and then I looked at the list of guest stars... and then I saw GILES! Please, please tv gods, let it be a singing part. *Happily humming "I've got a Theory"*

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