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Though its a made for TV mini-series (and of questionable quality in some ways), I love the re-imagined Fairy Tale themes throughout. Plus Scott Cohen's wolf is darn sexy. It's very fun, with lots of laughs, plus... there's a singing ring, who doesn't love a singing ring?
This was a surprise fandom for me. We saw the (medicore and problematic) live action film and were intrigued by the premise. My husband looked up the cartoon on Netflix. We watched the entire thing over the course of abou 4 days. We love it for the premise, the characters, the writing and the concepts. Plus, how can you not feel for Ang?
I decided to lump all the Disney together. We (mostly) grew up with these films, and they were some of the first fairy tale stories that we were exposed to.
I remember watching these as a child at my grandmother's house. They were always more true to the original story then the Disney versions. They were more complex, and the stories a little out of the ordinary.
The Fountain is full of mind-f**kery, but the central themes are classic. Parallel story-lines show the perseverance of love through eternity. The film is also visually stunning, and has just a pinch of history to satisfy my geekery.
Another classic! Who didn't want to be sucked away via one of their books to a land where you were the hero? The creativity in the creatures here was also impressive for it's time, and now.
This show has a lot of promise, with only two episodes, I'm already engaged in teh story, and hooked just to see which characters show up and how they manifest. Not going to lie, Rumplestiltskin as omniscient bad guy? Genius.
This is my husbands favorite movie of all time. We even swiped a few lines for our wedding ceremony (yup, from that scene). We've dressed as Wesley and Buttercup for halloween, and it truly is the greatest love story ever told, with some kick ass comedy thrown in. So many amazing one liners from this, no?
This is another one that is fairly new to me. We ended up watching it rather incidentally at a friends and Iw as blown away by the world created. Though easily my favorite part was Robert De Niro's character. Too perfect.
This one is very similar to Shelley Duvall's Faerie Tale Theater. It tells fairy tales both new and familiar while being honest and true to the archetypes instilled in them. Plus the puppetry is of course gorgeous.