Hiiiii

[zippytheavenger.livejournal.com]

Hello, all. Recent join, first time post. It is awesome that this community exists and I look forward to much geeking out in the future. There's a review/ramble/long sequence of questions on the first episode over at my personal journal. What thoughts and speculations do you all have?

Modern takes on Fairy Tales

[dj-rocca.livejournal.com]

Mods, please delete if you feel this is TOO off topic but I feel its fitting)

This is slightly off topic but given our love of this show, even in it's newborn glory, retelling Fairy Tales is nothing new to the industry.

Besides Once Upon A Time, what is your favorite modern take on fairy tales?

Mine is hands down, The 10th Kingdom. An NBC mini series that was so amazingly done that to this day I can quote it. I own it on VHS 3 times over (because as people my age know, VHS tapes could and would be eaten by the machine) and twice on DVD because I lost a disk. But I also own the book AND soundtrack.

Opening: http://youtu.be/RcKgcF-FU9M
(this is an award winning opening, literally)
Trailer One: http://youtu.be/pQMBTWayAlE (about 1:50 is the quote I will be forever thinking of during this show)
Trailer Two: http://youtu.be/aRmZbwxorcc (this is the one I grew up with)

The runner up is Rammstein's "Sonne". I was so stunned by this video, the story it told and the song itself (I kinda know German but it's that hard to figure out. It's about the Sun.)

It tells the ADULT tale of a gold addicted Snow White and the dwarves (the band) sheer adoration and love of her. The from 2:19 on is my favorite part of the whole video. I bought the video and three versions of the song on iTunes because I love it that much.

And naturally Sondhiem "Into the Woods" which you can find on Netflix if you're on it.

What about you guys?

A Discussion fot the Pilot

[lucyskyx.livejournal.com]

There is a discussion post up for episode 1 here. If anyone wants to discuss the pilot:

OUAT Discussion