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[ninahdevi]

E online has started a poll for the show "save it or sink it"

Right now its about 15% save, 75% sink. What a bunch of Grumpys!

Edited by ninahdevi, Oct 24, 2011 @ 8:46 AM.

[cutecouple]

The Futon Critic has a nice interview with the OUAT cast. It was funny how Ginnifer Goodwin and Jennifer Morrison, real life friends, get confused with each other in public.

[mustbekarma]

I thought this thread wouldn't be complete without a link to the official web site.

[PreviouslyOnTV]

Right now its about 15% save, 75% sink. What a bunch of Grumpys!

I love how every single comment on the poll is positive yet is somehow is still at 66% negative. Shenanigans.

[RolloTomassi]

I thought this thread wouldn't be complete without a link to the official web site.

I LOL'd at Ginnifer Goodwin's bio being featured as the Actor's Bio for Sheriff Graham.

[Serenachan]

I love how every single comment on the poll is positive yet is somehow is still at 66% negative. Shenanigans.

My same thought. Some bored hater with a spambot, I think.

[Tableau]

There's a new promo for next week's episode on ABC's site.

[mustbekarma]

There's some casting news about Snow White's father. I think he's going to be awesome.

[Tableau]

Well Think Hero didn't seem to like the pilot too much. They seemed to have thought it was too black and white.

[Tableau]

A cute picture from Twitter of the cast dressed up as the Harry Potter trio for Halloween.

Ginnifer Goodwin is Harry, Josh Dallas is Ron and Jennifer Morrison is a blonde Hermione.

[stealinghome]

There are a few more pictures of the trio on the facebook page for the show.

[Tableau]

Interview with Megan Ory who plays Little Red Ridding Hood/Ruby.

[Skittl1321]

Interview with Megan Ory who plays Little Red Ridding Hood/Ruby.

She must have missed the part where the Evil Queen stabbed and killed her own father:
"Ory says. “It’s fun and an escape and there’s nothing dark. No one’s being murdered or sliced apart. It’s just a fun show to be a part of every night.”

[shaggydog]

And cut out his heart !

[Aliasscape]

This seems to be a well done fansite though it's likely going to be full of spoilers: http://once-storybrooke.net/

Also you can vote for it as your favorite new drama for the People's Choice Awards when the site feels like cooperating: http://www.peoplesch...ote/votenow.jsp

This youtube appears to belong to ABC and has a few featurettes and cast interviews: http://www.youtube.c...8...der&list=UL

They also apparently had a short comic con panel and a separate media interview you can find poking around on youtube which is probably old news but only after seeing the show have I know been scouring the internet for every interview and behind the scenes look I can find.

Edit: I think Megan was trying to say that this is not yet another CSI type show or any of the things it spawned. But yeah, kinda bad wording after the second episode.

Edited by Aliasscape, Nov 11, 2011 @ 6:09 PM.

[Tableau]

This youtube appears to belong to ABC and has a few featurettes and cast interviews: http://www.youtube.c...8...der&list=UL

That's Andreas's channel, not ABC's. They just take the raw stuff that is released to the press for promotion and temporarily posts it for all to see and use. They're usually the ones to post all the promo pictures released, even the ones not used. Really great resource but most of the time you have to be friended by Andreas to have full access.

http://andreas-ri.livejournal.com/
http://repimg.tumblr.com/

Edited by Tableau, Nov 11, 2011 @ 6:36 PM.

[Aliasscape]

That makes sense. It seemed very much like promo press so I was trying to figure out who it belonged to.

[djsunyc]

Here's the comic-con panel from this past summer...

http://www.youtube.c...ch?v=ukkmhQ5fAY
http://www.youtube.c...h?v=vX_1wj_M2SQ

[Tableau]

The Entertainment Weekly article talking to creators Adam Horowitz and Edward Kitsis. Interestingly, they had originally pitched the show eight years ago but were rejected.

Some behind-the-scenes footage mostly showing off the green screen effects.

TV Guide's Ask Matt:

Question: Before I dive into my actual question, I wanted to hit upon a show of which I'm probably the last holdout fan: Better Off Ted. I've been pretty patient but it looks as though Season 2 isn't going to become available on DVD. I see from amazon.com that I can watch the final two unaired episodes online for free, but I want to own the entire series. Writing letters and e-mails seems to be in vain, and I'm not sure what else I can do. It doesn't help that DVDs are on the decline overall.

My usual m.o. is to watch at least two episodes of a new show that I think I'll be interested in. The thought being: A ho-hum pilot deserves a second chance to impress me. If I'm still on the fence, I'll give it a third or fourth chance. By then, I have to decide if I want to cram the series onto my DVR each week. This season two new shows debuted with a similar basis in fairy tales: Once Upon a Time and Grimm. Both were advertised as ambitious, so I was sure the first few episodes of each would be impressive. But afterwards, these big-concept shows tend to fall off both in visual impression and plot interest. So how surprised am I now that I find myself continuing to be anxious to see the next new episode ... of both shows! I like Once so far because of its high concept. It's based on children's stories, but it doesn't pander. It's not condescending, although I do have to accept the idea that storybook characters are living in 21st-century America. Coming from former Lost writers, I think they are slowly revealing the essence of the characters. Giving a third dimension to them has been fascinating to watch. (Snow White was a thief? Prince Charming has a real name?)

I also enjoy Grimm so far because it's dark and brooding. In fact, I find myself genuinely frightened when Detective Burkhardt is about to be attacked by who-knows-what. Yet it has a slight levity in some situations indicating that it doesn't take itself too seriously. It's almost like The X-Files and the first season of The 4400, where a new "case" is profiled each week. It's a strange and wonderful twist on a procedural crime drama. I also like the fact that it takes place in currently hip Portland, Oregon. What are your thoughts on these two shows? — Thomas

Matt Roush: On Better Off Ted, you're probably right that the digital option may have pre-empted a release of the second season on disc — indicating that the studio didn't see a profitable upside — but who knows that a complete set of both seasons won't someday be issued for cult collectors. Stranger things have happened. I know I'd want one.

To your more current question, I'm more impressed by Once Upon a Time than I am with Grimm, and I was initially a skeptic regarding both. The episode with Snow White's backstory, played off against the contemporary storyline of John Doe/Prince Charming's identity, was what won me over with Once. The revisionist backstories in the fairy-tale world are by far my favorite element of the show, and I am pleasantly surprised by how well it has caught on. Grimm I'm still on the fence about. I'm not invested yet in the elaborate mythology or, more crucially, the main characters, but I do think the various demons of legend have been cleverly portrayed, and I can't get enough of Silas Weir Mitchell as Monroe, the reformed creature dragged reluctantly into each case. The show's humor is its greatest strength, like when Monroe muttered to Nick in the middle of one perilous situation, "This is so the part of the horror movie where the sidekick gets it." But when you liken it to The X-Files, all I can think is: Why wouldn't you rather be watching Fringe?

Josh Dallas on the online radio show The VRO.

Edited by Tableau, Nov 22, 2011 @ 12:25 AM.

[Aliasscape]

Thanks for the Josh Dallas interview, that was a nice radio show. I love what big fans the hosts are. Oh and the behind the scenes footage seems to start to have spoilers around the 3 minute mark. I'm watching and then I'm like wait I haven't ever seen that scene!

[Tableau]

They don't show much. I'd put it at mildly spoilery at most. Everything else is from episode 1 and 2.

I initially thought it was a scene from episode 4 until I realized the dialogue was different.

[ElectricBoogalo]

When I was getting my nails done a few weeks ago, I saw a short one page interview with Jennifer Morrison on the last page of People (or US Weekly?). She mentioned that she normally swears a lot, but because they have a kid on the set, they're trying not to swear as much so they have a swear jar that they have to put money into which I thought was cute.

[blue green]

Has anyone found an online source for episode transcripts?

[Tableau]

The pilot script for Once Upon a Time is currently available to download here.

[blue green]

Thanks Tableau - not sure if I don't remember the pilot well or if this is slightly different from the ep that aired. Another excuse for a re-watch (always welcome!).

[Tableau]

It's the shooting pilot script. They're usually slightly different from what the final product is after the director, actors, and editors have had their say. For example, Emma's name is Anna and Mary Margaret is a nun.

[blue green]

That's interesting! I'm going to have to give it a read. I saw a kinda cute dopey and grumpy scene in the transcript that I'm not sure was in the pilot, where they are hanging up a unicorn mobile in the castle nursery.

[Kourttknee]

Someone on another forum I post on is doing them. They only have the first two episodes up right now, though.

Link

[blue green]

Thanks Kourttknee - this is such a transcript-worthy show, I'm thrilled someone's doing that.

[buebug]

Just in time for the after Christmas sales.

Once Upon A Time Book


Looks like it will be a collection of the classics as opposed to the OUAT versions.