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shadowkat1. Finished watching the series finale of Downton Abbey which aired last night. And it was quite charming, enjoyed it a great deal. Everyone's stories were wrapped up in a satisfying and thoughtful manner.
Actually, the final season has been amongst the best of the series to date, rivals the first in some respects, albeit doesn't quite have the same level of humor. What worked with Downton Abbey is it had one writer throughout. Not a team of writers, so the writing overall was more consistent, along with the tone. Also not quite that many episodes per season, which I think also adds to the quality.
Rather liked how they wrapped up both Lady Edith and Mr. Barrows stories, along with Mrs. Crowley, which for me was a definite highlight of the season. Less time was spent on the Bates, which also added to this season's charm, and far more time was spent on Lady Edith, Mr. Branson, Carson and others.
2. Once Upon a Time - has journeyed to Hades realm aka the Hell by way of Greek Mythology. (Okay is it just me or are there suddenly a lot devils on television of late? We have Damien on A&E, Lucifer on Fox, and now Hades with Once Upon a Time. I'm wondering if this is a reaction to our current political climate and He Who Shall Not Be Named running for President.)
Interesting that they've decided to go with Greek Mythology, although not surprising considering it's a) safer territory than Christian mythology, and b)it's in the public domain and Disney already did a animated film based on it -- and OUAT seems intent on subverting every Disney animated film created.
I think they even got the guy who voiced Hades in the animated version to play him here.
Greek mythology's take on the underworld is admittedly far more interesting than Christianity's take and a bit more imaginative. We have the three-headed hound of hell, the boat, the guides, etc.
Plus less gory and torturous.
Why are they in hell? Well, it's a long story, but they went to retrieve Captain Hook. The key characters went...including Henry, although why Emma and Regina chose to take their son with them to hell, I've no clue. Maybe because he refused to stay behind? At least the Charmings left their baby behind.
I liked the fact that they got the whole where's Neal question resolved right off the bat. He visits Emma, while she's unconscious, and advises her not to go to hell. That it is a really bad idea. And a lot harder to get out of, than she thinks. He can't help her -- he's not in Limbo or Hell, because he doesn't have any unfinished business, and he's happy where he is. He only came down to talk to her because he still cares a great deal for her, and loves her. (I still think they wasted that character, there was so much writing potential there. I think he was miscast and poorly handled. But whatever, at least, we got that moment. )
They've really reversed/redeemed the character of Regina. She's the exact opposite of who she once was. And they are doing a good job of showing that so much of that was a reaction to her devilish mother - who pays for her sins big time. Cora pops up. She's Mayor in Hell, but quickly reduced to miller's daughter after pissing off Hades - she costs him a soul.
Most of the episode focuses on Regina and her family issues. But David's nasty, and somewhat sexy, bad-boy twin, James pops up, which makes sense - considering he's dead and has unfinished business.
So too does Rumplestilskin's Dad, Peter Pan. This arc will give the writers the ability to bring back every villain they killed off in previous seasons.
I rather like the fact that the damsel is Hook. That was the big twist in the first part of the season, we were lead to believe that everyone, Hook included, was out to save Emma, when in reality, Emma was fine and trying to save Hook. Hook was the damsel. It's hilarious in a way, because Hook is not how one would view a damsel.
The series is rather cool in how it keeps putting the men in the damsel roles in these fairy tales, a nice little subversion of the genre.
Actually, the final season has been amongst the best of the series to date, rivals the first in some respects, albeit doesn't quite have the same level of humor. What worked with Downton Abbey is it had one writer throughout. Not a team of writers, so the writing overall was more consistent, along with the tone. Also not quite that many episodes per season, which I think also adds to the quality.
Rather liked how they wrapped up both Lady Edith and Mr. Barrows stories, along with Mrs. Crowley, which for me was a definite highlight of the season. Less time was spent on the Bates, which also added to this season's charm, and far more time was spent on Lady Edith, Mr. Branson, Carson and others.
2. Once Upon a Time - has journeyed to Hades realm aka the Hell by way of Greek Mythology. (Okay is it just me or are there suddenly a lot devils on television of late? We have Damien on A&E, Lucifer on Fox, and now Hades with Once Upon a Time. I'm wondering if this is a reaction to our current political climate and He Who Shall Not Be Named running for President.)
Interesting that they've decided to go with Greek Mythology, although not surprising considering it's a) safer territory than Christian mythology, and b)it's in the public domain and Disney already did a animated film based on it -- and OUAT seems intent on subverting every Disney animated film created.
I think they even got the guy who voiced Hades in the animated version to play him here.
Greek mythology's take on the underworld is admittedly far more interesting than Christianity's take and a bit more imaginative. We have the three-headed hound of hell, the boat, the guides, etc.
Plus less gory and torturous.
Why are they in hell? Well, it's a long story, but they went to retrieve Captain Hook. The key characters went...including Henry, although why Emma and Regina chose to take their son with them to hell, I've no clue. Maybe because he refused to stay behind? At least the Charmings left their baby behind.
I liked the fact that they got the whole where's Neal question resolved right off the bat. He visits Emma, while she's unconscious, and advises her not to go to hell. That it is a really bad idea. And a lot harder to get out of, than she thinks. He can't help her -- he's not in Limbo or Hell, because he doesn't have any unfinished business, and he's happy where he is. He only came down to talk to her because he still cares a great deal for her, and loves her. (I still think they wasted that character, there was so much writing potential there. I think he was miscast and poorly handled. But whatever, at least, we got that moment. )
They've really reversed/redeemed the character of Regina. She's the exact opposite of who she once was. And they are doing a good job of showing that so much of that was a reaction to her devilish mother - who pays for her sins big time. Cora pops up. She's Mayor in Hell, but quickly reduced to miller's daughter after pissing off Hades - she costs him a soul.
Most of the episode focuses on Regina and her family issues. But David's nasty, and somewhat sexy, bad-boy twin, James pops up, which makes sense - considering he's dead and has unfinished business.
So too does Rumplestilskin's Dad, Peter Pan. This arc will give the writers the ability to bring back every villain they killed off in previous seasons.
I rather like the fact that the damsel is Hook. That was the big twist in the first part of the season, we were lead to believe that everyone, Hook included, was out to save Emma, when in reality, Emma was fine and trying to save Hook. Hook was the damsel. It's hilarious in a way, because Hook is not how one would view a damsel.
The series is rather cool in how it keeps putting the men in the damsel roles in these fairy tales, a nice little subversion of the genre.