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If you’ve been following my blog for a while, you know that I love to fairytale adaptations. A lot. Like if you’re adapting a fairytale – and making it diverse! – I’m there. I’ll be shoving money into your hands eagerly for your work.<\/p>\n
I really, really love fairytale adaptations.<\/p>\n
So when there are adaptations for the big screen? For the small screen? You can bet I’m excited. Especially for the small screen. More chances of it being at least a little bit diverse.<\/p>\n
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I remember being so excited when Once Upon A Time<\/em> started. I slowly grew disillusioned with the show – sometime in season 3, I ragequit because my favourite character was killed off with little to no resolution to his story – but that does not mean the wonder and awe and magic of the fairytales diminished any.<\/p>\n There have been a few other shows that have been adaptations of fairytales. Some have been mini-series, and some were cancelled too soon, and all of them were wonderful and magical, and very, very aesthetically pleasing.<\/p>\n There are definitely more shows I could mention – The 10th Kingdom<\/em> is pretty fun, though it probably could be updated, I guess? – but these are some of my favourites, and ones I like to rewatch often.<\/p>\n Do you like watching fairytale adaptations? Which fairytales do you think should be adapted more?<\/p>\n If you’ve been following my blog for a while, you know that I love to fairytale adaptations. A lot. Like if you’re adapting a fairytale – and making it diverse! – I’m there. I’ll be shoving money into your hands eagerly for your work. I really, really love fairytale adaptations. So when there are adaptations for the big screen? For the small screen? You can bet I’m excited. Especially for the small screen. More chances of it being at least a little bit diverse. I remember being so excited when Once Upon A Time started. I slowly grew disillusioned with the show – sometime in season 3, I ragequit because my favourite character was killed off with little to no resolution to his story – but that does not mean the wonder and awe and magic of the fairytales diminished any. There have been a few other shows that have been adaptations of fairytales. Some have been mini-series, and some were cancelled too soon, and all of them were wonderful and magical, and very, very aesthetically pleasing. I may prefer fanfiction to where the canon took Once Upon A Time, but the spin-off one season of Once Upon A Time In Wonderland was actually really good, with a very talented cast, and sure, sometimes the CGI was a little wonky, but overall? Would watch again. One of the best things about it is that I don’t need to watch the main show to enjoy it! Another Wonderland adaptation is SyFy’s Alice. Honestly, I rewatch this two-parter at least once every year. It is a little bit less magic and a little more science-fictiony in ways, and Alice is a lot more jaded and mistrustful, but it is so amazing. I love Andrew Lee Potts as Hatter so much. “Does this look like a kid’s story to you?”* Iconic. *This quote was delivered so well, and this scene is so perfect. I want to make a bookmark for this but I don’t know if there’s a market for this show. Another adaptation done a few times is The Wizard Of Oz. I’m still waiting on a Wicked TV show – music and all, please and thank you – but besides that, SyFy has done a magic meets science-fiction type show that is just a few episodes long. Tin Man was probably the first time I saw Zooey Deschanel in something, and she plays Dorothy so well. There are a few twists and turns in this story that I won’t spoil, but safe to say, it’s a little darker and a little more grim and a lot of fun. Emerald City is more recent, but it was cancelled after one season. I’m still finishing this show up – I’ve got two more episodes – and I love it so much. It’s got a few twists I didn’t see coming, and a little more diversity than a lot of other shows. I’m still upset it’s been cancelled, because apparently there were some storylines left unfinished. There are definitely more shows I could mention – The 10th Kingdom is pretty fun, though it probably could be updated, I guess? – but these are some of my favourites, and ones I like to rewatch often. Do you like watching fairytale adaptations? 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*This quote was delivered so well, and this scene is so perfect. I want to make a bookmark for this but I don’t know if there’s a market for this show.<\/h5>\n
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