A Land Without Magic

[seraya7]

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(I should point out I wrote most of this right after watching, hence the slightly hyper reactions to things)

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[seshathawk]

7. I am torn about Maleficient. On the one hand, blech, more Disney characters. On the other, it's an interesting take on her design. (I didn't know who she was until that shot of her from the low angle looking at Charming, and I noticed the horns and went, "OHHHHHHH.") Back to the first hand: why would you take what is one of the best Disney villain designs of all time and turn her into a not-scary sexy blond with a low neckline? BAH. I mean, Marc Davis! She's so classic! The only Disney villain I would argue for design-wise over her is Hook; when you look at his designs and really watch how he moves, it's clear that he was Frank Thomas' masterpiece

[seshathawk]

11. In that vein, I think I've told you before that I have trouble considering this show a "serious show" because to me it's not serious. Serious shows do not have talking grasshoppers. Fables (sorry to keep referring to it) is a good example of taking something that people interpret as being meant for kids and making it really for adults. It's still funny and sometimes kind of silly or ridiculous, but it's for grownups only. OUAT does not do that. It might be the somewhat sub-par special effects and occasionally ridiculous costuming, but often I get the impression that they are trying to please two audiences: a grown-up audience and a younger (maybe teenage?) audience. I've noticed that the show is really particular about not spelling out sex and they are really light on the swearing. Sometimes I feel like people aren't acting like adults because they're not supposed to appeal only to adults. This is one of many reasons why I had trouble wrapping my brain around August as Pinocchio, I think: not just that it was stupid, but that he