Originally Posted By DDMAN26 He's Jiminy Cricket. The character is referred to as Jiminy Cricket/Archie Hopper in the credits.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros It seems like they've finally laid out enough of the framework that the story can start to progress. It's interesting how they're changing the backstory of Snow White and Prince Charming, so she's more rugged. She still fits the 'friend of nature' role, but in a much different way than any other version I've seen before. I'm not sure how that all ties into their later story (which appeared to be the traditional one in the first episode), so it will be interesting to see how it progresses. It also seems worth noting that John Doe and Emma were both discovered abandoned on the side of the road. I suspect that was an intentional parallel. Minor spoiler alert: I believe that the bride-to-be/missing wife is Cinderella. At D23, the writers mentioned that she would be in the series fairly soon. They gave the episode number, which was either 3 or 4, and it seems like it was probably her. If so, it's another interesting twist on the backstory to have both of them going after the same prince.
Originally Posted By HokieSkipper ^^^^In Fables, Prince Charming married and cheated on basically every single one of the princesses. *Still wishes we had a Fables TV show*
Originally Posted By amazedncal2 Help please what recent series has "Cinderella" been on? I recognize her but can't place her. Thanks The show is taking so many twists and turns and we are already hooked. We DVR everything to avoid commercials. Our DIL who was at our house couldn't wait and watched it WITH COMMERCIALS in another room LOL!
Originally Posted By Autopia Deb "Mrs Charming" isn't Cinderella, previews show Cindy in next week's ep very pregnant in the modern world.
Originally Posted By DDMAN26 <<*Still wishes we had a Fables TV show*>> Yep, though it would have to be on cable. I'm not sure a network would have been able to handle Goldilock's "relationship" with the three bears.
Originally Posted By Witches of Morva ORWEN: The one thing I DON'T like about this new series is how the writers are re-writing the back stories of certain characters. The way they've turned Snow White into a very different sort of character from even what the Brother's Grimm intended bothers me. Maybe if they hadn't borrowed ideas from the fairy tales and just came up with a whole new set of characters that used to live in the past and were now transported to the future by an original sorceress that had nothing to do with any of the fairy tales we all know, it would have been better. At this point Snow White is so different from the original fairy tale that I don't even think of her as being Snow White anymore. She's just some other girl from a magical medieval time period who happens to be named Snow White.
Originally Posted By Witches of Morva ORDDU: Well, I just wanted to say that, in the Disney version of Snow White, the prince didn't have a name. In the Disney version of Cinderella the prince didn't have a name. Dave Smith--the official Disney archivist--was the one who officially Christened Cinderella's Prince as being 'Charming'. So that means Snow White's Prince is nameless. I'm not sure which fairy tale the 'original' Prince Charming comes from. But if this new series ever gets around to dealing with the story of Sleeping Beauty they'll refer to THAT prince as Phillip--just to keep things less confusing.
Originally Posted By Witches of Morva ORDDU: What I meant to say is that I HOPE they'll refer to Sleeping Beauty's prince as Phillip in order to keep things less confusing for us.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros I thought this week's episode was great! I was sad that we missed a week for the music awards show, but I tihnk they made up for it. I really liked what they did with the Jimminy Cricket backstory. The reason he's a cricket is kind of a stretch, but I really like the idea that he turned into a concience to make up for what he had done earlier in his life. I also thought that the Gepetto backstory was interesting, and both played into what we already know of them very well. The collapsed mine was also interesting. I can't help but make the connection between the old mine and the dwarves, but I'm not sure if that was intentional. I'm not sure if we saw real emotion out of Regina or not, but either way, she's really a character that I love to hate. It was great seeing Mr Hopper stand up to her. It's also strange seeing Emma work for Regina (somewhere in the heirarchy), but I like the potential it has. It will be particularly interesting to see what happens after the next 'council meeting'.
Originally Posted By Scutr I liked the Jiminy back-story, as well, and also made the dwarf/mine connection. I'm liking this show a whole lot more than I thought I would. But I still haven't got a clue who the sheriff is!
Originally Posted By lesmisfan i love this show! i like how they are twisting the different stories and characters of all the fairytales we know and love. i really enjoy the performance by the actor playing rumplestilskin, i do not know what the actors name is but he plays him so well!!!! I love how wit the wicked queen/mayor you not only hate her but there are times were you do see her human side and you can not help but feel sympathetic towards her.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros Haha, I was just going to comment on how I thought the portrayal of Rumplestiltskin was just really annoying. Different strokes, I guess. The story of Prince Charming's past was kind of interesting, but the arranged marriage seemed a little forced. It was interesting how they were able to tie it back into what we already learned about Snow White. I don't really know his actual origins, but I always associated King Midas with mythology more than fairy tales. His real-world counter part (what's his name?) had an interesting story too. As soon as I saw the windmill in the pawn shop, my first thought was "Nooooooo!" Hopefully everything isn't set in stone yet. And among the trinkets in the pawn shop, I'm pretty sure I saw Aladdin's lamp. I'm sure there were probably some other things hidden in there, but nothing that I could make out/recognize. The tea set seemed to be important, but I can't figure out why (I think Mrs Potts/Chip are only important in the Disney version of BATB). Still no idea who the sherriff is.
Originally Posted By skinnerbox S P O I L E R S P A C E It's already been leaked that one of the main characters is going to die before the end of the first season. It could be the sheriff, although I have some suspicions that it might be Henry, since his character seems stuck in the same old 'run away from evil mom' schtick now, and doesn't really drive the story anymore. His usefulness at introducing info to Emma seems to be running out of steam. And if something were to happen to him that was suspicious, that would motivate Emma to stay and solve the mystery. S P O I L E R S P A C E
Originally Posted By Scutr >> i really enjoy the performance by the actor playing rumplestilskin, i do not know what the actors name is but he plays him so well!!!!<< I agree, I think his portrayal's brilliant. The actor's name is Robert Carlyle. He was a regular in 'Stargate: Universe' and played a Bond villain in "The World Is Not Enough"
Originally Posted By Scutr Supposedly tonight's episode (the last until after the Holidays) gives some back-story on the Sheriff. Maybe we'll finally find out who he is.
