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juliedawn · 2011-10-24, 06:26 PM

Did anyone watch this last night?
I really had no idea what to expect, but I was completely drawn into it and thought it was extremely well done. And the visuals (of Fairy-tale-land) were absolutely gorgeous.

I knew it had hooked me when I was wishing just as hard as the little boy for what happened in the last shot, and had a tear in my eye when it did (yeah I'm a total suck lol).

I'll definitely keep watching, and hope they're able to keep the wonder alive so I don't end up disappointed.

BGY11 · 2011-10-24, 06:59 PM

I've been anticipating this since seeing trailers for it a few months back. I was quite impressed with the pilot as well. I definitely agree with you that the shots of Fairytale land were awesome, and I think they handled the back-and-forth between Fairytale land and the real world very well.

Can't wait until next Sunday.

gbamber · 2011-10-24, 10:35 PM

I can't see it lasting more than 4 episodes.

wprager · 2011-10-24, 11:27 PM

Get rid of Tinkerbell, Jiminy Cricket and anything not from a Grimm Fairytale (come to think of it, that includes Gepetto and Pinocchio) and it may last a bit longer.

Tikker · 2011-10-25, 11:36 AM

I found it visually really hard to watch

the CGI portions really looked poor to me, and distracted from Zoey

gbamber · 2011-10-25, 02:39 PM

Its first episode rating:

FOX: World Series Game 4, Cardinals-Rangers (13.99 million, 8.4/13)
ABC: "Once Upon a Time" premiere (12.8 million, 7.4/11)
NBC: "Sunday Night Football" - Saints-Colts (11.3 million, 7.1/11)
CBS: "The Amazing Race" (9.9 million, 6.1/9)

Inzane · 2012-05-14, 03:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by wprager

Get rid of Tinkerbell,

What Tinkerbell? There was no Tinkerbell all season as far as I could tell. ?

wprager · 2012-05-15, 09:18 PM

When the Blue Fairy ("bubbled" I call her) first appeared some thought she was Tinkerbell, because the closed captions said something "Tknling bells".

My full comment was:

Quote:

Get rid of Tinkerbell, Jiminy Cricket and anything not from a Grimm Fairytale (come to think of it, that includes Gepetto and Pinocchio) and it may last a bit longer.

Interesting how Pinocchio turned out to be one of the better characters there. But I can still do without the fairy and the cricket, and Gepetto server no real purpose, really.

2011-10-24, 06:26 PM	#1
juliedawn Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Toronto, ON Posts: 160	Once Upon a Time Did anyone watch this last night? I really had no idea what to expect, but I was completely drawn into it and thought it was extremely well done. And the visuals (of Fairy-tale-land) were absolutely gorgeous. I knew it had hooked me when I was wishing just as hard as the little boy for what happened in the last shot, and had a tear in my eye when it did (yeah I'm a total suck lol). I'll definitely keep watching, and hope they're able to keep the wonder alive so I don't end up disappointed.

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2011-10-24, 06:59 PM	#2
BGY11 Veteran Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Calgary AB Posts: 3,168	I've been anticipating this since seeing trailers for it a few months back. I was quite impressed with the pilot as well. I definitely agree with you that the shots of Fairytale land were awesome, and I think they handled the back-and-forth between Fairytale land and the real world very well. Can't wait until next Sunday.

2011-10-24, 10:35 PM	#3
gbamber Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 413	I can't see it lasting more than 4 episodes.

2011-10-24, 11:27 PM	#4
wprager Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Kanata, ON, Rogers Digital, 8300-HD Posts: 1,415	Get rid of Tinkerbell, Jiminy Cricket and anything not from a Grimm Fairytale (come to think of it, that includes Gepetto and Pinocchio) and it may last a bit longer.

2011-10-25, 11:36 AM	#5
Tikker Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: SaskTel Posts: 895	I found it visually really hard to watch the CGI portions really looked poor to me, and distracted from Zoey

2011-10-25, 02:39 PM	#6
gbamber Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 413	Its first episode rating: FOX: World Series Game 4, Cardinals-Rangers (13.99 million, 8.4/13) ABC: "Once Upon a Time" premiere (12.8 million, 7.4/11) NBC: "Sunday Night Football" - Saints-Colts (11.3 million, 7.1/11) CBS: "The Amazing Race" (9.9 million, 6.1/9)