Well for the next five minutes anyway.
It's currently around 20:10 on 8/4/12 (Easter Sunday) and I've decided to sing the praises of the new abc Studios show "Once Upon a Time." Mainly because we've just got the second episode in the UK on Channel 5 and because it's the most ridiculous premise for a TV show I think I've ever heard. Imagine if the fairytale "Snow White" ended with Snow White marrying her Prince Charming and having a daughter called Emma. This angered the Wicked Queen so much that she trapped all the fairytale characters in a idyllic small town in modern day Massachusetts. Before the curse took effect Snow White and Prince Charming managed to transport their daughter into 1980's USA where apparently she had a son out of wedlock who was adopted by the Wicked Queen. The show starts with the son tracing his mother "Emma White" and bringing her to the idylic town to break the curse and rescue all the inhabitants.
In this show I'm being played by the little boy. His mother is played by Jennifer Morrison casting aspersions on why she left "House MD." Her mother Snow White has an air of proper actress Morena Baccarin (Firefly, V, Homeland) about her as does the Wicked Queen when she's not being Sela Ward who was also in House MD and now is in CSI:NY. With some of the people from "Firefly" and some of the people from "Lost" involved along with plenty of Sci-Fi style CGI it's guaranteed to churn your brain.
It's so good that I'm tempted to alter my herbal intake around it especially as it's followed by "Homeland" on Channel 4. It must be said the version of Homeland that's going on in my head is miles better then version on screen. In fact I think President Obama only thinks it's his favourite show because he's in the opening titles. That's not racist though because even the casting director wasn't sure if "David Harewood" was in "Survivors."
Anyway it's now around 22:25 and I'm off to the Black Lion so this may not end well.
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