Yeah, Once Upon A Time is okay. It's getting better. I watched the first episode and was so unimpressed I didn't bother continuing... but then queenklu kept mentioning it, and then my bff/soulmate was watching it and finding it likeable enough, so I figured I'd give it another chance (I mean, pilots are always kind of crap, aren't they). And... yeah. It gets better. On the whole it's a bit hokey and the writing and acting are sometimes questionable, but we're starting to get some interesting pieces of this world's interpretation of the fairy tales, and some of the characters are getting interesting backstory... things are all just generally getting fleshed out in a way that is an improvement. And Rumplestiltskin (Robert Carlyle) is FAMAZING, definitely best character in the show, I kind of adore him. (And as Mr. Gold I, uh, find him kind of hot, actually. @_@)
Re the leukemia story... yeah, I didn't actually cry, but I got very worried. I may just have a tinier soul than some people, idk... or... some people responded very personally to the story due to their experiences with the disease. I have family members who have died of cancer, but they lived some distance away from me and I didn't see them often, didn't have to sit and watch them waste away every day. I've never known anyone with leukemia. ...Also I was somewhat distracted by flaws in the writing. ^_^;; The writer's portrayal of the disease and Steve's difficulties dealing with it and Danny's difficulties dealing with it are very detailed and realistic... more than likely they're writing from experience.
Idk... it's very long, it's a long distressing haul, but... well, sheafrotherdon already spoiled that it has a happy ending. And for all that it's full of sadness and sickness and pain, it's full of love and caring and tenderness, too.
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Re: Not much cop, this 'caring' lark, 2/2
Date: 2011-11-18 09:03 pm (UTC)Re the leukemia story... yeah, I didn't actually cry, but I got very worried. I may just have a tinier soul than some people, idk... or... some people responded very personally to the story due to their experiences with the disease. I have family members who have died of cancer, but they lived some distance away from me and I didn't see them often, didn't have to sit and watch them waste away every day. I've never known anyone with leukemia. ...Also I was somewhat distracted by flaws in the writing. ^_^;; The writer's portrayal of the disease and Steve's difficulties dealing with it and Danny's difficulties dealing with it are very detailed and realistic... more than likely they're writing from experience.
Idk... it's very long, it's a long distressing haul, but... well,
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