Thoughts about TV from the people who brought you TeeVee and who bring you The Incomparable.

Marketable Princesses, Assemble!

associatevidiot:

Last fall, ABC debuted Once Upon a Time, its umpteenth attempt to duplicate the success of Lost — this time, with fairy tales. Fans of Bill Willingham’s long-running comic book Fables quickly began grousing that the show was a cheap ripoff of a proposed, but scuttled, TV version of the comic. Willingham has since graciously doused those rumors, but I think his fans were half right.

Once actually is heavily inspired by a comic book — but not the one most people seem to think. And even more improbably, it may actually have a shot at being a structurally stronger show than Lost ever was.

Read More

  1. buy-steroids-uk-co reblogged this from teeveedotnet
  2. grlfruit reblogged this from associatevidiot and added:
    If I think about it, this is actually pretty accurate if you enjoy princesses and Avengers than Once Upon a time is for...
  3. seo-newcastle reblogged this from teeveedotnet
  4. isnarniainyournose reblogged this from associatevidiot
  5. copywriter-copywriting reblogged this from teeveedotnet
  6. adelialholmes3928 reblogged this from associatevidiot
  7. teeveedotnet reblogged this from associatevidiot
  8. associatevidiot posted this

by associatevidiot