Once Upon A Time

I know we're getting an episode to explain WHY Regina is the way she is...so I'm excited for that. I've felt the moments of humanity we've seen in the Evil Queen has made her interesting but they are so far and in between...

There are no female dwarves....so god only knows that lays the eggs...

I agree the past two episodes have kicked things back into gear. I love Ruby! I loved last week when she took off the cloak and just got all badass on everyone. They need to make her a series regular!

I'm wondering if Jiminey (forgot his rw counterpart's name) will hypnotize Mary Margret to see what she remembers. That would be a good twist.

I also want Red to be a series regular. I'm hopeful because they've been building her up the last few episodes.

Really?
They are using the Alice in Wonderland characters and they must have copyright stuff to contend with. Whoever makes this must have strong links to Disney given the amount of Disney characters and stories are used.
Oh well. If they can't use him they should come up with some other male characters to use.

Ahhh Ok that makes sense. Shame.
Well Disney had that Robin Hood cartoon back in the 70's.

In fact knowing Disney makes this opens up a lot of doors. Pretty much any Disney character is fair game although I can see some liberties being taken with the anthropomorphised animals.
Plus you can bet we are going to see the likes of Sleeping Beauty, Rapunzel and the Little Mermaid sooner or later.

Sleeping Beauty has already been referenced. The Evil Queen mentioned having borrowed a sleeping spell from Maleficent when she stole the curse that she used on the world/town. I don't think Maleficent has a real world counterpart though due to the Evil Queen killing her for the curse.

The Gingerbread Witch is also dead. That leaves the Sea Hag as another possible witch appearance. Though I'm wondering if Regina killed off all the other sorceresses before performing the curse. She doesn't like competition and she did off the Gingerbread Witch and Maleficent.

Originally posted by Blackcyclops Ummm what legal issues? Robin Hood is a public domain character like Snow White or Goldilocks.

Apparently not:

http://insidepulse.com/2011/12/06/once-upon-a-time-spoilers-is-the-sheriff-robin-hood/

Originally posted by marhawkman That link doesn't really say why... And besides, Robin Hood stories have been around since the 13th century... how could anyone claim copyright?

Exactly ...and Robin Hood films, TV shows and comics have been done by every which studio and company. Didnt Robin Hood appear in Fables? And they purposively obly use public donain characters.

I think that's a good thing. If they played it too fairytaley then people would get bored. This way we KNOW they end up together so there isn't that whole cliche will-they-or-won't-they with Charming and Snow. But the journey is drawn out. I will admit though that they REALLY need to get some more main characters and stop bashing us over the head with Snow/Charming/Mary/David.

I really wonder who killed Kathryn and why. To cut out her heart and bury it is something really really dark. And then to frame MM.....well that bit's a bit more obvious. The obvious candidate is Regina but I don't see her doing the deed herself. I think the doctor is involved. We don't know his fairytale counterpart and he has the skills to remove someones heart (albiet anyone does really but story-wise it would make sense).

Edit: Out of curiosity I did a quick internet search for fairytale/disney doctors (it's irritating how many Doctor Who pages come up). Not notable ones but there are a few....

Three Army Surgeons (Grimm Fairytale)- Three surgeons who cut out body organs to impress an innkeeper.
Doctor Knowall  (Grimm Fairytale)- A man who revered a doctor so made himself look like one and ended up solving a robbery for a nobleman.
Doctor Facillier (Disney - Princess and the Frog) - A witch doctor and a smooth talking all-round bad guy.

The best guess is he could be Doctor Facilier.


Edited by Gremlin - 22-Mar-2012 at 12:03am

But those hearts were still alive. Graham's heart was still beating when Regina pulled it out of her box, wasn't it?

Somehow I'd think Emma and Ruby would notice if the heart she found were still beating.

The show has only just started here in Denmark. We have seen 4 episodes so far, and I kinda like it. Sounds like it's only going to get better. Looking forward to that.

This was an awesome episode. Finally another character who knows the fairytale world is real and what's more Emma is on the verge of believing too. Tha Mad Hatter story was great and really sad. The magical hat opens up the possibilty for so many more worlds. All those different doors with all those worlds is a great idea and should give lots of storylines in the future.
I hope we see more of the Mad Hatter in the future. Plus the Queen of Hearts....who is she? She kind of dresses like Lady Gaga......I wonder if that's her real-world counterpact.

This series has kicked it up a notch now we are getting to the end of the season. Plus with a renewal pretty much in the bag I hope the writers are planning for future seasons now. Certainly the possibility of "other worlds" opens up a lot of different threats from different realities.

I wonder if we will see any Disney Pixar creations like Toy Story, Finding Nemo, The Incredibles, Monsters inc and Up. Some of them may be hard to do but a few easter eggs would be cool. I predict a Little Mermaid episode coming up which would be easy to incorporate Nemo into.

Edit: After reading some online reviews I went back and looked at the scene with all the doors. And lo-an-behold there is a very Wizard-of-Oz looking door with green drapes and an O-Z symbol on it.
There is a red door and kind of has an oriental feel to it....Mulan?
Some have said they can spot a Narnia style door but I don't really see one. I wonder if the writers made all the various doors with worlds in mind of just made random styls and then they will fudge it later. There is a bright pink door, a bright blue one and one with arabic writing on (Alladin?)>


Edited by Gremlin - 26-Mar-2012 at 12:46pm