5B is a go! This was Once Upon A Times 100th episode so they really stepped up their game for it!
We left off 5a with our Heroes (and Dark One Rumple) heading off to the Underworld to save Hook. Now Hook, bless his soul (pun intended) was in the episode for all of five seconds. But never fear, Hook fans. This whole arc is about saving him, we will be seeing a lot more of him.
The episode started with one of our cameos of the 100th. Neal Cassidy. Former boyfriend of Emma, father of Henry, general cinnamon roll. I’m a huge Neal fan (though I know that I’m in the minority) so it was great to see him again. I don’t buy that he has no unfinished business (since he never got to say goodbye to Henry) but I’m just glad he’s in a better place where he’s happy.
The cameos of previous characters in this episode was awesome. The fact that the Underworld is Storybrooke with a red tint whilst visually is a little unimaginative, I like where they’re going with that. Especially since with these cameos, we see Underworld characters in the places we usually see our regulars. The Blind Witch running Granny’s, Cora being the mayor, James being Sheriff and Pan running Mr. Golds shop was pretty great to see. Not sure how much of these characters we’ll actually see after this episode, but I have a feeling that they’ll be back.
The flashbacks were Regina centric and it was her birthday and of course the only thing she wanted was Snow White to be dead. The flashbacks were a little unnecessary really. The only thing they did do was cover some timeline aspects (as in Cora taking Henry to Wonderland) so that’s always nice to have a bit more of a cohenrent timeline in this show.
Since it was a Regina centric and both Cora and Henry were in the Underworld, it made for some sad scenes. Not sure why Henry needed to be summoned and why he could hear and interact but when they tried with Hook, he was clearly a mess. I’m assuming that’ll be explained.
The Henry SR and Regina scenes in the Underworld were very touching. I was so mad at Cora for trying to send him into a fiery pit. It was nice to see Henry (junior) meeting his namesake! I’m glad Henry (senior) got to resolve his unfinished business with Regina and move on. I do wonder if he went to the same place where Neal is or if everyone has their own personal happy place? That would be interesting to find out.
So Regina saw Henry move on and now she believes that everyone in the Underworld can be saved and move on. Regina is Underworld Saviour?! I think that’s where they’re going with this. Although, I have to agree with Rumple that it’s an asinine task. But we shall see.
And, last but not least, I couldn’t do a review without mentioning our new villain! They didn’t actually say his name but I think it’s very clear and obvious (even without spoilers) that he is Hades! I’m happy with the casting! He was sassy, suave and ruthless in a similar vain to the Disney Hades. And also in a similar vain of the Disney version, that CGI blue hair. I’m sorry, but that was my least favourite thing all episode. It looks awful. Thankfully it was only used for about a minute. I’m hoping they don’t use it too much because it seriously just looks bad. Very curious about the different coloured rivers that he has. Also, wondering if that lady cleaning for him was anyone significant or if she is just his slave. We will find out in time.
Decent 100th episode! Flashbacks were mostly unnecessary and it was very Regina heavy. Lots of great cameos and lots of questions raised
I would give the episode 8/10!
Happy 100th Oncers!!!
Wednesday, 9 March 2016
Thursday, 14 January 2016
Am I Too Old for Young Adult Fiction?
Young Adult (YA) Fiction is immensely popular in this day and age with the success of books such as The Hunger Games etc. YA fiction, if you look it up, is usually aimed at people aged 10-15.
I am 22 and far past this age bracket. And yet, YA is still great to me.
Is this a bad thing?
There are so many YA books out there and some of them are not well written (looking at you Twilight!) But I've just finished the second book in a YA series and am onto the third. It's a very interesting story. I would say anyone older than 15 would also enjoy it. The words are not complex, but the story and the characters are. It is quite dark too.
Basically what I'm saying here is, maybe I am too old for YA. Or maybe I'm just not it's target audience. But that's okay, because I still enjoy it!
Reading is a hobby and a pleasure! Enjoy reading whatever you want! :)
I am 22 and far past this age bracket. And yet, YA is still great to me.
Is this a bad thing?
There are so many YA books out there and some of them are not well written (looking at you Twilight!) But I've just finished the second book in a YA series and am onto the third. It's a very interesting story. I would say anyone older than 15 would also enjoy it. The words are not complex, but the story and the characters are. It is quite dark too.
Basically what I'm saying here is, maybe I am too old for YA. Or maybe I'm just not it's target audience. But that's okay, because I still enjoy it!
Reading is a hobby and a pleasure! Enjoy reading whatever you want! :)
Saturday, 14 November 2015
Once Upon A Time 5x07 Nimue Review
Sorry for the late review again! I've had rehearsals this week!
This week we saw a Merlin centric which was interesting. Good to see some more of his back story. Other than the mistake in the time stamp (confirmed by Adam on Twitter that it was supposed to be 500 not 200), I think this episode was pretty good. I've always been intrigued by the Dark One and the origins so I'm glad to see them building more and more on that each season.
Now, I don't know about you guys but back in the episode where Merlin said the woman he loved was taken by the Dark One, I guessed that she was going to be the Dark One (I actually think it's pretty cool that the first Dark One was a woman). So since we're on the topic of Nimue (and the episode title is her name too), I did think her and Merlin were pretty cute together (that's the shipper in me talking!). I thought she was gonna be weird when she was talking about revenge but then she just wanted some flowers to grow. So it seemed like she was nice. I knew she was going to drink out of the Grail and that would turn her into the Dark One. I don't know if we were supposed to be surprised by any of that at all and if we were, then I think they did a pretty bad job of that. But I loved her transformation into the Dark One. I'm not sure how killing one person makes you dark though. Like this guy literally killed her whole village and set it on fire. How is killing him so awful? It's a life for a thousand lives. I don't really get where they're going with the whole killing people makes you bad thing. Especially because Snow and Charming have killed people (Charming killed a guy like a few episodes ago for crying out loud!) and they're still the main Heroes of this show. It feels like they're trying to make it very black and white with this is good and this is bad, but they're failing because there's always going to be grey areas. But anyway, Nimue as the Dark One was so cool (I'm kinda intrigued on how she died but I don't think we'll find that out). I loved that Emma has the ability to call on any previous Dark One, that's so interesting to me. And Nimue trying to convince her to kill Merlin and Emma, the wonderful back lash! Jennifer Morrison did an awesome job at that scene. Emma shouting down Nimue and choosing not to kill Merlin was so great. Also, I'm confused as to why Emma isn't green or sparkly. I thought at first it was because she hasn't killed anybody (because Nimue only turned green after she killed the Vortican guy) but then Rumple was green and sparkly straight away so that doesn't make sense either. I wonder if there is an actual explanation (other than it taking way too long to do the make up maybe haha).
There were a couple of things I'm a bit meh about this episode. Firstly Zelena. Although I have to say her lines this episode were hilarious and she is kinda growing on me. Her betraying everyone. Not even remotely surprised by it. But I was hoping she was at least trying to be good for the baby. And Snow. I am so angry at Snow. I love Snow, I really do and I think she's great and a badass but why are they making her seem so stupid? This woman stole your baby not that long ago (timeline wise) why would you trust her at all?! I mean there was literally a scene where Snow was talking about keeping an eye on Zelena like 5 minutes ago within the episode and she still falls for it. I'm so annoyed that the writers are making her look dumb. But then again. It is the same woman who trusted Zelena in the first place. But anyway, I think Zelena and Arthur might make a good team. Maybe that's a new ship waiting to happen?! It was also cool to see Zelena using Merlin's magic. Merlin's magic seems very strong. He created Excalibur and then the Dark One dagger in the first place. It is interesting that he's potentially the most powerful person we've had on the show and yet, he got his powers from the Holy Grail. He didn't seem too bothered about his friend dying beside him at the beginning of the episode though and just carried onto drink. Top notch friend there! It was interesting that I seemed to get a God vibe off him (even though him and his friend did mention Gods too) but there seemed to be some sort of implication there.
But now Zelena used one of his spells on Excalibur so that Arthur could control Merlin. I'm not entirely sure why Merlin has that spell in his book in the first place. Unless it's just the same spell as the one he used to make the Dagger. But it is worrying that Merlin is under the control of our creepy guy of the season. I do have to wonder where he is in the present time. I hope he isn't dead (I don't think he will be).
Other than that, not much more to say about this episode. Pretty decent although I can't believe it's episode seven already! This season is pretty slow but there's still been a lot of cool things that have happened. I really liked the Dark One Convention in Emma's basement haha. I'm also intrigued to see what happens now that she's made Excalibur whole again and I'm still waiting on some answers from what else happened in Camelot, where Merlin is etc. So still a lot to look forward to this season!
And don't forget that this Sunday (if you're in the US) two episodes are airing back to back! (I'm assuming UK Netflix will upload them both on Wednesday but we'll see how that works)
This week we saw a Merlin centric which was interesting. Good to see some more of his back story. Other than the mistake in the time stamp (confirmed by Adam on Twitter that it was supposed to be 500 not 200), I think this episode was pretty good. I've always been intrigued by the Dark One and the origins so I'm glad to see them building more and more on that each season.
Now, I don't know about you guys but back in the episode where Merlin said the woman he loved was taken by the Dark One, I guessed that she was going to be the Dark One (I actually think it's pretty cool that the first Dark One was a woman). So since we're on the topic of Nimue (and the episode title is her name too), I did think her and Merlin were pretty cute together (that's the shipper in me talking!). I thought she was gonna be weird when she was talking about revenge but then she just wanted some flowers to grow. So it seemed like she was nice. I knew she was going to drink out of the Grail and that would turn her into the Dark One. I don't know if we were supposed to be surprised by any of that at all and if we were, then I think they did a pretty bad job of that. But I loved her transformation into the Dark One. I'm not sure how killing one person makes you dark though. Like this guy literally killed her whole village and set it on fire. How is killing him so awful? It's a life for a thousand lives. I don't really get where they're going with the whole killing people makes you bad thing. Especially because Snow and Charming have killed people (Charming killed a guy like a few episodes ago for crying out loud!) and they're still the main Heroes of this show. It feels like they're trying to make it very black and white with this is good and this is bad, but they're failing because there's always going to be grey areas. But anyway, Nimue as the Dark One was so cool (I'm kinda intrigued on how she died but I don't think we'll find that out). I loved that Emma has the ability to call on any previous Dark One, that's so interesting to me. And Nimue trying to convince her to kill Merlin and Emma, the wonderful back lash! Jennifer Morrison did an awesome job at that scene. Emma shouting down Nimue and choosing not to kill Merlin was so great. Also, I'm confused as to why Emma isn't green or sparkly. I thought at first it was because she hasn't killed anybody (because Nimue only turned green after she killed the Vortican guy) but then Rumple was green and sparkly straight away so that doesn't make sense either. I wonder if there is an actual explanation (other than it taking way too long to do the make up maybe haha).
There were a couple of things I'm a bit meh about this episode. Firstly Zelena. Although I have to say her lines this episode were hilarious and she is kinda growing on me. Her betraying everyone. Not even remotely surprised by it. But I was hoping she was at least trying to be good for the baby. And Snow. I am so angry at Snow. I love Snow, I really do and I think she's great and a badass but why are they making her seem so stupid? This woman stole your baby not that long ago (timeline wise) why would you trust her at all?! I mean there was literally a scene where Snow was talking about keeping an eye on Zelena like 5 minutes ago within the episode and she still falls for it. I'm so annoyed that the writers are making her look dumb. But then again. It is the same woman who trusted Zelena in the first place. But anyway, I think Zelena and Arthur might make a good team. Maybe that's a new ship waiting to happen?! It was also cool to see Zelena using Merlin's magic. Merlin's magic seems very strong. He created Excalibur and then the Dark One dagger in the first place. It is interesting that he's potentially the most powerful person we've had on the show and yet, he got his powers from the Holy Grail. He didn't seem too bothered about his friend dying beside him at the beginning of the episode though and just carried onto drink. Top notch friend there! It was interesting that I seemed to get a God vibe off him (even though him and his friend did mention Gods too) but there seemed to be some sort of implication there.
But now Zelena used one of his spells on Excalibur so that Arthur could control Merlin. I'm not entirely sure why Merlin has that spell in his book in the first place. Unless it's just the same spell as the one he used to make the Dagger. But it is worrying that Merlin is under the control of our creepy guy of the season. I do have to wonder where he is in the present time. I hope he isn't dead (I don't think he will be).
Other than that, not much more to say about this episode. Pretty decent although I can't believe it's episode seven already! This season is pretty slow but there's still been a lot of cool things that have happened. I really liked the Dark One Convention in Emma's basement haha. I'm also intrigued to see what happens now that she's made Excalibur whole again and I'm still waiting on some answers from what else happened in Camelot, where Merlin is etc. So still a lot to look forward to this season!
And don't forget that this Sunday (if you're in the US) two episodes are airing back to back! (I'm assuming UK Netflix will upload them both on Wednesday but we'll see how that works)
Wednesday, 4 November 2015
Once Upon A Time 5x06 The Bear and the Bow Review
I know I missed a week of reviewing, but I was super busy last week with uni stuff which is why I didn't post anything. So quick thing about last week: I loved all the Neal mentions, Emma caring so much about Henry even as the Dark One and Emma using magic to get Merlin out of his tree. I disliked Emma taking Violet's heart (obviously) and I felt so bad for Henry.
Onto this week's episode though. I personally felt it was a weaker episode than last week, but still pretty decent. Merida is not exactly top of my Disney Princess list anyway, so her presence in the show is a bit meh for me personally (although I do think the actress is great). Also, are the writers just assuming that their whole audience has seen Brave? Because it certainly feels like they're throwing on things that people who haven't seen the movie would not understand. (The bear thing for a start and also the witches house). But maybe that's just me being pedantic.
Anyway, I really liked Belle this episode. She's usually a little in the background for a regular so it was nice to see her doing stuff again! I love her line 'I'm glad you noticed' when Merlin said she was clever. It is true that the people of Storybrooke take Belle for granted a little. I'm a bit annoyed that Merida attacked her in Camelot. Why does Belle need to be hit every season? But no, she was great. I'm glad she stood up for herself and walked away from Rumple. I'm also glad she's not immediately saying that she loves him and going straight back to him. Yes, she hugged him and had some cute lines towards him, but I feel like she is justified in not being Rumple's biggest fan and I'm glad she's acting that way.
Another person I enjoyed this episode, strangely enough was Zelena. Now, I'm sure I've made my opinion on Zelena clear, but I'm not her biggest fan (and I'm so angry that she brought up killing Neal and Emma didn't even react) but I thought she was pretty funny in this episode. Rebecca Mader is great and although I don't like the character, she had some witty lines and I'm actually glad she didn't immediately team up with Emma since that would be the obvious thing for her to do. Feeding her green food though was genuinely hilarious; I'll give Regina that one.
I'm really happy that everyone in Storybrooke has found out about Arthur being shady. They dragged it out five episodes, so it's good that they know now. I laughed at the 'Merlin's voicemail' line. Another point to Regina. Merlin is a strange one too. I like him at the moment but I'm wary. His magic is the strongest we've ever seen by the looks of things. His explanation of how he appeared to Emma as a child was weak though.
It was nice to see Henry, albeit very briefly, this episode and how him being the Author still grants him 'power' (I use that term loosely) despite him breaking the pen. I'm glad he hasn't given up on Emma. She needs him now more than ever.
Which brings me to my last point of Emma. I do love her as the Dark One (I know there's been a bit of a debate about that in the fandom, but I do actually enjoy the whole Dark Swan thing). I am genuinely curious what she did to Merlin considering he seems to be very powerful. Although a Dark One did trap him in the tree so I do have to wonder if his magic and the Dark One magic are equally matched. As much as I'm not really a fan of Merida, glad that Emma didn't kill her (although I'm not sure the writers would be allowed to kill her off to be honest).
Overall this episode was pretty decent. The CGI on the bear wasn't completely terrible (I'm used to not great CGI on this show though) which was nice. Interesting things, questions raised, but a bit too much Merida for me. I would really like the focus to be on our main cast of characters and not all the new ones but still, excited to see more Dark Swan next week!
Onto this week's episode though. I personally felt it was a weaker episode than last week, but still pretty decent. Merida is not exactly top of my Disney Princess list anyway, so her presence in the show is a bit meh for me personally (although I do think the actress is great). Also, are the writers just assuming that their whole audience has seen Brave? Because it certainly feels like they're throwing on things that people who haven't seen the movie would not understand. (The bear thing for a start and also the witches house). But maybe that's just me being pedantic.
Anyway, I really liked Belle this episode. She's usually a little in the background for a regular so it was nice to see her doing stuff again! I love her line 'I'm glad you noticed' when Merlin said she was clever. It is true that the people of Storybrooke take Belle for granted a little. I'm a bit annoyed that Merida attacked her in Camelot. Why does Belle need to be hit every season? But no, she was great. I'm glad she stood up for herself and walked away from Rumple. I'm also glad she's not immediately saying that she loves him and going straight back to him. Yes, she hugged him and had some cute lines towards him, but I feel like she is justified in not being Rumple's biggest fan and I'm glad she's acting that way.
Another person I enjoyed this episode, strangely enough was Zelena. Now, I'm sure I've made my opinion on Zelena clear, but I'm not her biggest fan (and I'm so angry that she brought up killing Neal and Emma didn't even react) but I thought she was pretty funny in this episode. Rebecca Mader is great and although I don't like the character, she had some witty lines and I'm actually glad she didn't immediately team up with Emma since that would be the obvious thing for her to do. Feeding her green food though was genuinely hilarious; I'll give Regina that one.
I'm really happy that everyone in Storybrooke has found out about Arthur being shady. They dragged it out five episodes, so it's good that they know now. I laughed at the 'Merlin's voicemail' line. Another point to Regina. Merlin is a strange one too. I like him at the moment but I'm wary. His magic is the strongest we've ever seen by the looks of things. His explanation of how he appeared to Emma as a child was weak though.
It was nice to see Henry, albeit very briefly, this episode and how him being the Author still grants him 'power' (I use that term loosely) despite him breaking the pen. I'm glad he hasn't given up on Emma. She needs him now more than ever.
Which brings me to my last point of Emma. I do love her as the Dark One (I know there's been a bit of a debate about that in the fandom, but I do actually enjoy the whole Dark Swan thing). I am genuinely curious what she did to Merlin considering he seems to be very powerful. Although a Dark One did trap him in the tree so I do have to wonder if his magic and the Dark One magic are equally matched. As much as I'm not really a fan of Merida, glad that Emma didn't kill her (although I'm not sure the writers would be allowed to kill her off to be honest).
Overall this episode was pretty decent. The CGI on the bear wasn't completely terrible (I'm used to not great CGI on this show though) which was nice. Interesting things, questions raised, but a bit too much Merida for me. I would really like the focus to be on our main cast of characters and not all the new ones but still, excited to see more Dark Swan next week!
Saturday, 24 October 2015
Once Upon A Time 5x04 'The Broken Kingdom' Review
So I was a bit late in watching the episode this week as I was super busy but I still managed to avoid spoilers! The only thing I saw was the word sand which was so vague that I didn't think much of it (of course, I know now that there was much more to it.) This episode was a strange one as this season seems to be going but it was definitely another interesting one.
Firstly can I just say that the casting department are seriously amazing. Young Arthur and Guinevere were legit doubles of their adult selves and super cute.
Talking of Arthur... An Arthur centric. Obviously I'm not a big fan of his after the last couple of episodes but this episode really made me dislike him even more. I get that he wants to fix his kingdom and be a great King, but his obsession with finding the dagger went too far. Guinevere was even sick of him!
I quite like Guinevere actually which I didn't think I would but obviously the way she is now is due to the sand (I'll get back to that later). I thought her and Lancelot were really cute together and him saying he will always love her was so cute. I'm a shipper at heart so that was a nice shippy moment for me!
A couple of things I don't quite understand. The vault of the Dark One appears to be in Camelot now? Or at least very close. Has it moved since we last saw it? It does look like a different location. Also, I don't understand why before it had to be opened with a key and caused someone to trade a life for a life (I'm still upset over Neal okay) but now they just use a code to open it? Is there an explanation for that? Is it because they were awakening the Dark One before and now the Dark One is already awake so it doesn't affect them? I'm going to assume that's the case since it probably won't be explained. And one last thing that I didn't quite get. A door portal in the vault of the Dark One? Seriously? I mean I know it was only to a tiny location but it seems strange to me that Rumple would not think of finding someone who could create a door portal to a Land Without Magic if he knew that they existed. But hopping between worlds seems rather too easy these days considering poor Rumple had to wait a few hundred years to get Regina to cast the curse.
Some things I did like (because I do feel like I am being a tad negative here); mentioning things from previous seasons. The gauntlet coming back and how Rumple got that in his possession was nice to see. Also the fact that Snow recognised the place they went to hide the dagger as the same place she had her nightmare about Emma was pretty cool as well. Snow in general was great this episode. It was weirdly nice to see Snowing having a row for once (yay, they're a normal couple!) and then making up and being a badass team. David was being annoying at first but I'm glad he came to his senses.
But talking about Snowing, that brings me nicely to the whole magic sand situation (I know it has an actual name but I like to refer to it as magic sand to make life easier). So Guinevere stayed with Arthur because he used it on her (this seasons creeper award goes to...) and Lancelot's face when she kissed Arthur just broke my heart (I do have to wonder how you break the effects of this sand). The kingdom of Camelot was repaired because of it. Snowing were under the influence in Camelot because of Guinevere. Does that mean they're still under the influence now they're in Storybrooke? Or does the memory loss cancel it out? Lots of questions there! They were being super creepy immediately after the sand was used on them though.
And lastly the ending of the episode. I'm not sure about Emma using Rumple to be 'brave' (haha very funny. Totally not corny there guys.) Surely just using Merida would work, no? Why does it have to be Rumple? And is Rumple in her head telling her this cause that's super meta if he is.
I'm sure I probably missed a few things (like Emma being overprotective of Henry having a crush even as the Dark One! Those Swan Believer feels hitting me hard) but I enjoyed this episode more than I thought I would for it being an Arthur centric. I look forward to some answers about the sand and seeing what else happened in Camelot.
Firstly can I just say that the casting department are seriously amazing. Young Arthur and Guinevere were legit doubles of their adult selves and super cute.
Talking of Arthur... An Arthur centric. Obviously I'm not a big fan of his after the last couple of episodes but this episode really made me dislike him even more. I get that he wants to fix his kingdom and be a great King, but his obsession with finding the dagger went too far. Guinevere was even sick of him!
I quite like Guinevere actually which I didn't think I would but obviously the way she is now is due to the sand (I'll get back to that later). I thought her and Lancelot were really cute together and him saying he will always love her was so cute. I'm a shipper at heart so that was a nice shippy moment for me!
A couple of things I don't quite understand. The vault of the Dark One appears to be in Camelot now? Or at least very close. Has it moved since we last saw it? It does look like a different location. Also, I don't understand why before it had to be opened with a key and caused someone to trade a life for a life (I'm still upset over Neal okay) but now they just use a code to open it? Is there an explanation for that? Is it because they were awakening the Dark One before and now the Dark One is already awake so it doesn't affect them? I'm going to assume that's the case since it probably won't be explained. And one last thing that I didn't quite get. A door portal in the vault of the Dark One? Seriously? I mean I know it was only to a tiny location but it seems strange to me that Rumple would not think of finding someone who could create a door portal to a Land Without Magic if he knew that they existed. But hopping between worlds seems rather too easy these days considering poor Rumple had to wait a few hundred years to get Regina to cast the curse.
Some things I did like (because I do feel like I am being a tad negative here); mentioning things from previous seasons. The gauntlet coming back and how Rumple got that in his possession was nice to see. Also the fact that Snow recognised the place they went to hide the dagger as the same place she had her nightmare about Emma was pretty cool as well. Snow in general was great this episode. It was weirdly nice to see Snowing having a row for once (yay, they're a normal couple!) and then making up and being a badass team. David was being annoying at first but I'm glad he came to his senses.
But talking about Snowing, that brings me nicely to the whole magic sand situation (I know it has an actual name but I like to refer to it as magic sand to make life easier). So Guinevere stayed with Arthur because he used it on her (this seasons creeper award goes to...) and Lancelot's face when she kissed Arthur just broke my heart (I do have to wonder how you break the effects of this sand). The kingdom of Camelot was repaired because of it. Snowing were under the influence in Camelot because of Guinevere. Does that mean they're still under the influence now they're in Storybrooke? Or does the memory loss cancel it out? Lots of questions there! They were being super creepy immediately after the sand was used on them though.
And lastly the ending of the episode. I'm not sure about Emma using Rumple to be 'brave' (haha very funny. Totally not corny there guys.) Surely just using Merida would work, no? Why does it have to be Rumple? And is Rumple in her head telling her this cause that's super meta if he is.
I'm sure I probably missed a few things (like Emma being overprotective of Henry having a crush even as the Dark One! Those Swan Believer feels hitting me hard) but I enjoyed this episode more than I thought I would for it being an Arthur centric. I look forward to some answers about the sand and seeing what else happened in Camelot.
Wednesday, 14 October 2015
Once Upon A Time 5x03 'Siege Perilous' Review
So this week I decided to test myself by waiting until the episode aired on UK Netflix to see if I could avoid spoilers. Surprisingly, I actually found out very little about the episode so it was a nice surprise! Of course, if you haven't seen the episode: spoilers ahead!!
Personally for me I think this was the best epsidoe of the season so far! I'm a huge Charming fan and I don't think we get enough of him outside of Snow (as much as I love her and love them together!) So it was really nice to see him having another episode for himself.
There was a lot of interesting stuff in this episode, so there's a lot to talk about! They won't be in the order of the episode I'm afraid, just the order I remember them in haha.
Firstly: Arthur. I want from being skeptical to liking him to absolutely hating him in the space of this episode! I was a little suspicious of him from the previous 2 episodes but I hadn't seen enough and then in this episode, he just did so many despicable things that I just really dislike him now (I think the actor is great though and he's a very interesting character. I don't think we're supposed to like him at this point). Especially when Lancelot (!!!!) showed up to tell Snow that Arthur is a villain. I don't know how Lancelot is alive and I hope they'll have a good explanation for that but I'm super excited to see more of Arthur. That poor Gilf guy (I believe that's his name) at the end there though!
Okay moving on from that, I just quickly wanted to mention Zelena. Now, I hate Zelena (as I believe we are supposed to) and I really dislike this baby plot (the fact that Robin himself has said twice now that it is not what he wanted makes me very uncomfortable) but I actually felt kind of sorry for her?!? And Regina was there talking about how many second chances Zelena has had and how she can't paint herself as the victim. I think that's a little unfair coming from Regina; I'm pretty sure she's on her second second second second second chance at this point (this is not trying to be hateful towards Regina; I'm just stating that she has had many second chances to get things right). Zelena is under the impression that the baby will be the only person to truly love her and that's just kind of sad. As much as I do not want her to be a mother, I do feel kinda bad for her. Which is something I never thought I'd say!
Third thing I also would like to mention is the shipping. Now I personally only ship one canon ship at this moment in time and that is Snowing but I'm taking my shipper goggles off to briefly mention Captain Swan and Outlaw Queen. Outlaw Queen is a quick thing since there wasn't too much of them in this episode. I feel like Robin should be able to tell her that he is happy that he is having a baby just not happy it's with Zelena. It's not that hard to comprehend but I do understand that it is indeed complicated. I also personally don't like the idea of Regina raising Zelena's baby buti also want Robin to be involved in the child's life so it gets a little confusing there too. Also just because I personally don't ship them doesn't mean I can't see the appeal. I'm not hating on any ship here, I'm just giving my opinion as objectively as I can.
Moving onto Captain Swan. Now I also don't ship them but if I did, I think I would be a little upset right now. Hook is there saying he doesn't love Emma. I know it is because she is the Dark One and he just can't deal with it. I get it completely. I just think it's a little harsh to go from loving someone to not loving them (although of course it can be argued that he does still love her, just not as the Dark One). So I hope you Captain Swan shippers out there aren't too disheartened by that whole thing. She also did kinda trick him too and keeps playing games. I'm super happy she woke up Rumple! I didn't think he'd be woken up this early in the deasobm season. Poor Belle not knowing where he is though. I do have to wonder if turning him into a hero will work. I'm intrigued at how a Dark One can make someone good so I'm interested to see how that will turn out.
Just coming back to Charming again since it was his ccentric. I thought he was awesome and productive going after the Toadstool. And he looked so adorable holding baby Neal! I don't think Arthur actually wanted him at the Round Table since he lied to him, but even so, I was very proud of him for getting the most prestigious seat! Charming is full of self-doubt and we saw that in this episode (he even mentioned it himself himself in Camelot and Storybrooke) so it's always great to see him achieve something great.
I think that's all for this episode. Definitely the best of this season so far in my opinion! Definitely looking forward to see what direction they take this in!
Personally for me I think this was the best epsidoe of the season so far! I'm a huge Charming fan and I don't think we get enough of him outside of Snow (as much as I love her and love them together!) So it was really nice to see him having another episode for himself.
There was a lot of interesting stuff in this episode, so there's a lot to talk about! They won't be in the order of the episode I'm afraid, just the order I remember them in haha.
Firstly: Arthur. I want from being skeptical to liking him to absolutely hating him in the space of this episode! I was a little suspicious of him from the previous 2 episodes but I hadn't seen enough and then in this episode, he just did so many despicable things that I just really dislike him now (I think the actor is great though and he's a very interesting character. I don't think we're supposed to like him at this point). Especially when Lancelot (!!!!) showed up to tell Snow that Arthur is a villain. I don't know how Lancelot is alive and I hope they'll have a good explanation for that but I'm super excited to see more of Arthur. That poor Gilf guy (I believe that's his name) at the end there though!
Okay moving on from that, I just quickly wanted to mention Zelena. Now, I hate Zelena (as I believe we are supposed to) and I really dislike this baby plot (the fact that Robin himself has said twice now that it is not what he wanted makes me very uncomfortable) but I actually felt kind of sorry for her?!? And Regina was there talking about how many second chances Zelena has had and how she can't paint herself as the victim. I think that's a little unfair coming from Regina; I'm pretty sure she's on her second second second second second chance at this point (this is not trying to be hateful towards Regina; I'm just stating that she has had many second chances to get things right). Zelena is under the impression that the baby will be the only person to truly love her and that's just kind of sad. As much as I do not want her to be a mother, I do feel kinda bad for her. Which is something I never thought I'd say!
Third thing I also would like to mention is the shipping. Now I personally only ship one canon ship at this moment in time and that is Snowing but I'm taking my shipper goggles off to briefly mention Captain Swan and Outlaw Queen. Outlaw Queen is a quick thing since there wasn't too much of them in this episode. I feel like Robin should be able to tell her that he is happy that he is having a baby just not happy it's with Zelena. It's not that hard to comprehend but I do understand that it is indeed complicated. I also personally don't like the idea of Regina raising Zelena's baby buti also want Robin to be involved in the child's life so it gets a little confusing there too. Also just because I personally don't ship them doesn't mean I can't see the appeal. I'm not hating on any ship here, I'm just giving my opinion as objectively as I can.
Moving onto Captain Swan. Now I also don't ship them but if I did, I think I would be a little upset right now. Hook is there saying he doesn't love Emma. I know it is because she is the Dark One and he just can't deal with it. I get it completely. I just think it's a little harsh to go from loving someone to not loving them (although of course it can be argued that he does still love her, just not as the Dark One). So I hope you Captain Swan shippers out there aren't too disheartened by that whole thing. She also did kinda trick him too and keeps playing games. I'm super happy she woke up Rumple! I didn't think he'd be woken up this early in the deasobm season. Poor Belle not knowing where he is though. I do have to wonder if turning him into a hero will work. I'm intrigued at how a Dark One can make someone good so I'm interested to see how that will turn out.
Just coming back to Charming again since it was his ccentric. I thought he was awesome and productive going after the Toadstool. And he looked so adorable holding baby Neal! I don't think Arthur actually wanted him at the Round Table since he lied to him, but even so, I was very proud of him for getting the most prestigious seat! Charming is full of self-doubt and we saw that in this episode (he even mentioned it himself himself in Camelot and Storybrooke) so it's always great to see him achieve something great.
I think that's all for this episode. Definitely the best of this season so far in my opinion! Definitely looking forward to see what direction they take this in!
Monday, 5 October 2015
Once Upon A Time 5x02 "The Price" Review
Okay so the episode doesn't air in the UK until Netflix uploads it on Wednesday but as always I can't wait that long so SPOILERS AHEAD.
The Price:
Since this is a review, I will try my best to take my shipping goggles off and not be negative towards any of my anti ships so if you feel like I missed a part of the episode out, that might be why.
This episode was better than the season premiere in my opinion. Still a little slow for the beginning of a season. I just feel like not a lot has happened. I don't know if I'm just being overly critical, but that's just how I feel about this season so far.
That being said, I do love the Dark Swan. I think Jennifer Morrison does an ace job of being dark. Not sure who's house that is she stole and how there is a random cave thing going on in there but I'll go with it. I'm used to things being weird on this show at this point. I appreciate seeing that Dark One Rumple is inside Emma's head. I like learning new things about the Dark One and it does make me feel more sympathy for Rumple since he clearly had to go through this too and he was more easily manipulated or influenced than Emma. I'm curious to know why Emma erased their memories (other than plot convenience) so o guess that's one way to keep this whole memory loss thing mildly interesting (I'm sorry, but I can't get behind the repeated plot)
Anyway... I don't trust anyone from Camelot. First there was whatshisface who is now dead. But Arthur and Guinevere were acting shady as heck. Like legit the first thing she asks him in Storybrooke is where Excalibur is?! Priorities.
Anyway the main part of this episode revolved around Regina. Now, I'm not the biggest fan of Regina to be completely honest. I personally think her redemption was extremely rushed and I don't believe that people would forgive her so quickly after everything. I do believe in second chances in certain cases but Snow gave her so many chances in the Enchanted Forest and she broke them again and again so I don't see why she deserves another one. Therefore, I do not like the idea of her being the Saviour. If anyone was to be the Saviour, it should be Henry. I realise that he's the Author so that might rule him out but he is the purest out of everyone plus he has True Love with Emma (obviously not a romantic love, but Emma broke the curse with TLK on Henry.) So it would make sense.
That being said, I appreciate that Regina is trying. I don't like it, but since I watch the show and this is the direction they're taking it, at least she is trying. I liked that all of them (Regina, Snow, Charming and Leroy) defeating the Fury together. Snow is a cutie. Although for the woman who was so determined to have another baby, leaves baby Neal at practically every chance she gets, but let's not go there.
There was a worrying lack of Zelena in this episode. I'm also not a big fan of hers (although I think that's kinda the point where she's concerned). Me and my Twitter friend have a couple of theories floating around especially because when they got back from Camelot, she was covering her wrist so we couldn't tell if she was wearing her magic restricting bracelet. Will be interesting to learn if she's involved with anything (or she could just be in the asylum but you never know!)
I like Henry having a crush! So cute! He's so grown up (it actually makes me feel so old seeing pictures and whatnot of season one) although I'm mildly concerned that she also might be part of the shady Camelot crew and I would be upset to see Henry get hurt, but we shall see!
To summarize: these last two episodes whilst being a little bit of a slow start have still been pretty interesting and I am definitely excited to see more Dark One Emma!
The Price:
Since this is a review, I will try my best to take my shipping goggles off and not be negative towards any of my anti ships so if you feel like I missed a part of the episode out, that might be why.
This episode was better than the season premiere in my opinion. Still a little slow for the beginning of a season. I just feel like not a lot has happened. I don't know if I'm just being overly critical, but that's just how I feel about this season so far.
That being said, I do love the Dark Swan. I think Jennifer Morrison does an ace job of being dark. Not sure who's house that is she stole and how there is a random cave thing going on in there but I'll go with it. I'm used to things being weird on this show at this point. I appreciate seeing that Dark One Rumple is inside Emma's head. I like learning new things about the Dark One and it does make me feel more sympathy for Rumple since he clearly had to go through this too and he was more easily manipulated or influenced than Emma. I'm curious to know why Emma erased their memories (other than plot convenience) so o guess that's one way to keep this whole memory loss thing mildly interesting (I'm sorry, but I can't get behind the repeated plot)
Anyway... I don't trust anyone from Camelot. First there was whatshisface who is now dead. But Arthur and Guinevere were acting shady as heck. Like legit the first thing she asks him in Storybrooke is where Excalibur is?! Priorities.
Anyway the main part of this episode revolved around Regina. Now, I'm not the biggest fan of Regina to be completely honest. I personally think her redemption was extremely rushed and I don't believe that people would forgive her so quickly after everything. I do believe in second chances in certain cases but Snow gave her so many chances in the Enchanted Forest and she broke them again and again so I don't see why she deserves another one. Therefore, I do not like the idea of her being the Saviour. If anyone was to be the Saviour, it should be Henry. I realise that he's the Author so that might rule him out but he is the purest out of everyone plus he has True Love with Emma (obviously not a romantic love, but Emma broke the curse with TLK on Henry.) So it would make sense.
That being said, I appreciate that Regina is trying. I don't like it, but since I watch the show and this is the direction they're taking it, at least she is trying. I liked that all of them (Regina, Snow, Charming and Leroy) defeating the Fury together. Snow is a cutie. Although for the woman who was so determined to have another baby, leaves baby Neal at practically every chance she gets, but let's not go there.
There was a worrying lack of Zelena in this episode. I'm also not a big fan of hers (although I think that's kinda the point where she's concerned). Me and my Twitter friend have a couple of theories floating around especially because when they got back from Camelot, she was covering her wrist so we couldn't tell if she was wearing her magic restricting bracelet. Will be interesting to learn if she's involved with anything (or she could just be in the asylum but you never know!)
I like Henry having a crush! So cute! He's so grown up (it actually makes me feel so old seeing pictures and whatnot of season one) although I'm mildly concerned that she also might be part of the shady Camelot crew and I would be upset to see Henry get hurt, but we shall see!
To summarize: these last two episodes whilst being a little bit of a slow start have still been pretty interesting and I am definitely excited to see more Dark One Emma!
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