Monday, February 18, 2013

Once Upon a Time: Manhattan Review!



     Oh my gosh! What an episode! Big revelations galore! Bae turned out to be who I guessed he was. Who else was thinking the same thing? Oh probably about all of us right? lol! Well, last review I was also thinking he could be Greg Mendell because you know how this show loves to twist us around. Cora with a new (and better) hairdo! She looks good in this world's style! Watch out Regina she's taking your place! NOT! No one can take Queenie's place can they? Our three Wheel of Fortune contestants play for the prize! A brand new (well actually really old) dagger! Who will win? My bets on Regina! :D Pre-Ogre wars Rumpy and why oh WHY did he have to do THAT do himself?!! "The seer made me do it!" Oh Rumpy! Oh, and a nose grabbing Bae-by! Hating the speculation that Bae may not be Rumpy's son (please don't let that be true!). Mendell says, "My cell phone gonna bring all the paps to the yard and magiic? Well, we have to charge!" We're one big dysfunctional family all in one small NYC apartment. Rumpy: "Let's get rid of the runt!" Wow! Let's dig in!

FAIRY TALE LAND PAST

                                               Awwwww. Look a the weedle Bae-by!

     We're back with Pre-Dark One Rumpy and his wife Milah. Wow, this is the nicest they've ever been to each other. Maybe just maybe Milah really did love Rumples once upon a time. Rumpy is going to fight in the ogre wars and he's sooo happy and so is Milah. That war is gonna be all roses and daisies and when he comes back they'll start their family. Don't you just want to smile forever? Well, Rumpy gets a wake up call when he arrives at the camp in his nice soldier uniform. He looks gooood! Okay, enough of that. Sarge wants Rumps to look after a big crate or something.warning to be wary of the beast inside. Oh we get it. You should have never dealt with this beast Rumpy! He finds out this beast is just a little girl with one wacked out stitch over her face. Man, she looks like she just left a Within Temptation video! She has eyes in her hands! That junk is way too much Illuminati for me! She claims she wants some water. Just give her the water and get out of there Rumpy! The little goth tells him Milah is already pregnant. My mom and yes I did too had a feeling that Rumpy wasn't the father right there for some reason. I soo hope that's not true but with this show you never know and with how Milah can be. Ugh.
     Anyway, Rumps knows he's going to be a father but the seer also tells him he will leave Bae fatherless. So Rumpy jumps to the conclusion that means he's going to die in battle. So later he intentionally breaks his own leg with a mallet so he won't have to go to war! Oh my! Why did it have to be like this? Well, if you look at it in a certain way you gotta have some guts to take a mallet to the leg even if it's of your own doing! He sure loves his boy! *twitches* Also  doesn't Rumpy as the Dark One use magic to heal his limp? He doesn't use magic when he's Mr. Gold to get rid of the limp. Maybe that's his way of trying to change. Sort of a reminder of what he's done. He thinks he did it for Bae. Oh well. Milah is shocked that he would go to such a length to get out of the war. Of course our Rumpy says a seer made him do it but Milah is already wanting to get away from him. She gives him the Bae-by and we have one of the most adorable moments in the whole series. Little Bae-by grabbing his father's nose! Who else said awwww? Later a Dark One Rumpy faces the seer girl again who has grown up now. He takes her power because he thinks it will help in his search for Bae and the seer tells him the "young boy will be your undoing." Of course back then Rumpy simply says he'll have to kill him. To quote an old tv show called Magnum P.I. I know what you're thinking. This has GOT to be Henry right? Well, what if Bae does go back to Storybrooke with them? What will happen when he crosses the borderline? We don't know that yet. Will he simply forget who he is or will magic turn him back into little Bae like Rumps wanted to do to him? If the latter happens then there will be two young boys right? I love this show. It gives you answers while posing more questions! :D

STORYBROOKE


    We finally have all three of our villains together on the screen and boy do they look goood! Cora is looking more like her daughter now with the fancy power suit and pretty hair. What's up with his girl?! Me thinks she wants to be her daughter. Maybe this is where all that vanity stuff comes in from the original Snow While tale. Cora wants to be the fairest of them all! Watch out Regina! Speaking of Regina she sure is playing the good or should that be bad little daughter to a "t". Almost too good to be true to me. She only cares about Henry though so wherever the tables turn when it involves Henry is where she'll go eventually in my opinion.


 Then there's Hook with his little I want revenge on Rumpy pouting. I don't blame Cora knocking him out after him stating the oh so obvious point that what Regina and Cora find in Belle's library is a map to the dagger. You need to have another reason to be here Hook! Oh and Greg Mendell please stop trying to make this town into a new article for your Freaky Links website (actor Ethan Embry from the series Freaky Links plays Mendell. Cool show, you should look it up).

MANHATTAN


     Now for the best part of the whole episode! Gold takes his first step onto Manhattan soil to find his Bae! What most fans of this guy have been waiting much too long to see and it is finally here! Let's do a little dance, make a little love, and get down tonight! Later Emma is so lucky to guess the right buzzard button to an apartment is Bae because it only had an address number and not his name! Okay, it really could have been vacant like Rumpy said but not on this show! She's right of course because when she makes a dumb ploy to open the door he must have recognized her voice because he skips out. Emma is on his heels, tackles  him and...well beans and potatoes! It's Neal Casidy!!! Let's jump for joy! Well, a little jump. I still don't like the actor playing Bae. Kind of want Rumpy to change him back to a 14 year old .Sometimes this guy's voice is so gravelly that it's hard to understand what he's saying. Oh well. Gotta except it now. Emma is angry ant thinks he knew she was the chosen one back when they were together. Neal wants to talk somewhere more private. While Emma is singing It's a Small World After All with Neal, Rumps and Henry are doing the hot dog thing. Don't they make the cutest little grandfather and grandson ever?! Henry encourages Rumpy to be more optimistic about meeting Bae. Back in a bar with Emma and Neal/Bae their conversation isn't going as well. Neal tells her that August Booth told him to stay away from her. We get a flashback to please all the fans who were wondering what was in the box Booth showed Bae. It was the typewriter with the words "I know you're Baelfire" Everyone who guessed that pat yourselves on the back! Good job! Emma is still hurt, angry and a little selfish when she claims nothing good came out of their relationship! Of course it did! HENRY!

     Emma tells Rumps that she didn't catch up with his son. Even a talk with Snow couldn't change her mind.. Big mistake! Doesn't really matter because when the trio search Neal/Bae's apartment Emma lets the cat out of the bag by holding a dream catcher too long. Henry is told to go to the bathroom because there's gonna be a match in this room tonight! In this corner a former bails bondswoman and the chosen one Emma and in this corner a really peed off, non-magical, old, lame guy! Yeah, Emma's sooo afraid! No need to fear because this is interupted when Bae busts through the door to a shocked and hurt Rumpy's surprise! Bae couldn't let Rumpy hurt Emma because he knows what his father does to people who don't live up to their deals. Suddenly Henry's out of the bathroom asking mom what is going on and now we have a fairy tale Jerry Springer! Let's watch this train wreak! Ooo boy! Forget about everybody else. Now it's all about Henry finding out Daddy wasn't a hunky fireman but really a guy who sounds like he's smoked a whole barrel of cigarettes in one second. Oh hello Henry! Daddy didn't put out fires. He probably started some by carelessly tossing his millionth cig. Your father is the son of The Dark One and your mother reminds you of your stepmother! Oh Henry how could you say that! I think he was trying to dish out a little pain there as well! Rumpy has his three minute talk with Bae which basically ends with Bae going talk to hand because the ears ain't listening. Bae has a little tale with his new found son Henry out on the fire escape because those other two in the apartment suck now and we're the cool ones right Bae and Harry? Rumps looks at the two of them with the strangest expression on his face. Don't be thinking about doing away with your grandson Rumpy! If you want to go back to your magical mafia ways go home and stuff Mendell in a trunk!

U.S promo:

    Why do we have to wait AGAIN for two more weeks before the next Once? What is it this time? Oh, it's the Oscars. Ugh. If someone from Once was there it would make up for the wait a little I guess. I'd rather watch Once though. Those people always pick the dullest movies to award! I want to see some real quality action from a real movie star on a tv show (Robert Carlyle)! Hook better not kill him! Actually I think Henry will be doing the honors by the end of it all. Tootles!

Monday, February 11, 2013

Once Upon a Time: Tiny Review!

   

    Okay, this review will be a little different in length wise at least. Well, I hope so. I'm not going to go through every detail. Don't have much time to do that today. Doesn't mean I didn't enjoy it because I most certainly did. I do believe it was a good one to have after so many weeks of nothing. L

     We're back from the hiatus and what we get are giants, evil twin brothers, a Jack who's actually a girl (oh my gosh how novelty!), shawl worries, oh a whole bunch of worries in general, Cora nowhere to be seen, a seemingly evil Regina again (WHY?!), and a frightened Belle which is already becoming too annoying for my taste. :( Let's try not to be stepped on as we travel through another episode of Once Upon a Time.

FAIRYTALE LAND PAST


    We are back with Anton the giant from the episode Tallahassee played by Jorge Garcia. This episode is appropriately named Tiny because that's what Anton actually is to his family of brothers. He's the tinniest giant. Awww. Poor him. Not only that he gets bullied because of it. So this is Once's attempt at showing what bullying a person could cause. For Anton it's climbing down the beanstalk and making friends with the enemies: the humans. Of course to two he meets just happens to be some the worst examples he could have met. He meets David/Charming's evil twin brother James and surprise, surprise...Jack! Jackeline that is. She claims she's killed a Jabberwokky from Wonderland I presume so that means she's Alice right? That would be sad if she is knowing how she turns out in this episode. Then again it would also explain why Jefferson/Mad Hatter and his daughter are alone. Yes, I'm already speculating that if she was Alice then she is probably the mother of Jefferson's daughter. If this is true we might be seeing more of possible Jackeline "Alice" or Alice Jackeline in the foreseeable future or would that be past? Confusing. Well, anyway. These two take advantage of poor Anton by using his trusting nature to find out about the supply of beans and treasure in his kingdom. Of course they follow Anton home and kill all his brothers including the leader Arlo but Arlo gets the last laugh so to speak because he kills Jack with the same poison sword that she just stabbed him with. Evil James could really care less because he's just killed all the other giants with his army and leaves Jack to her death. What a sweet boyfriend you have Jack! Guess it's true. No honor among thieves! The only giant left alive is Anton of course who Emma meets later on down the road after Jack is nothing but bones but that poison sword hasn't lost any of it's power to intimidate if you remember.

STORYBROOKE


     Now back in Storybrooke, Snow and David/Charming, with the help of an ever wise cracking Hook discover that Cora has brought along another passenger on Hook's ship. Anton was shrunk to human size and now has to deal with coming face to face with a guy who looks exactly like the one who killed his family. A little fighting on board until Snow awesomeness cuts that out. Sometime later Hook and Regina (who has suddenly become evil again...well maybe. I'm not so sure about this) talk about how Anton wanted to kill David. This gives our Regina a little idea.


    While Anton is sitting alone on a rock somewhere Regina approaches him and gives him a bit of mushroom from Wonderland. Same kind of mushroom that Jack gave him to make him small in the past. Anton should know better right? Well, this makes him big and of course it's STORYBROOKE SMASHING TIME! Oh yeah! Snow and Charming try to talk him out of this. Charming explains to him that he isn't who Anton thinks he is. That was his evil twin. Now this show does sound like a soap opera! My evil twin did it! They even tell him that they're Emma's parents but since Emma is out of town on the road with Mr. Gold and Henry to find Bae, Anton thinks it's best just to sit on David for good measure. Snow saves the day again by pushing David out of the way. The mushroom wares off of Anton and now there's a big hole in town with a little guy hanging on a pipe. Of course it's time to prove that Charming is a good guy and he rescues Anton and everything is alright again. (side note) There was one bit while they were running from giant Anton where Leroy (Grumpy) talks about how confusing David/James/Charming is at the moment! Funny scene! Anyone else agree with Grumpy about the complicating names on this show! lol!

BELLE BEING DRUGGED

     Wow. I did not like this moment between Ruby and Belle. I can understand that Belle doesn't know who she is and she's seen some strange stuff but every person she talks to it ends up in a hectic, crappy mess. Can't she just have a normal conversation for once. Also, why is Regina's nurse who held Belle captive drugging her so much?! I'm sure Regina and/or Cora have a hand in that. Also, later Greg Mendel talks to her and they both confirm they saw magic so this calms Belle and now someone can have a conversation with her but why Mendel. They better not place these two together. Ugh!

GREG MENDEL

     Speaking of this guy, there is a possibility he could be Bae right? Next time's episode could be another twist to this show. The guy Emma meets in Manhattan may be Cassidy but that doesn't really mean he's Bae. As much as I like the possibility that Henry could be Rumples' grandson I really don't like the actor who plays Neal Cassidy. This Greg Mendel guy has a more expressive face to me and having him be Bae could work as well in my opinion. Whichever way it goes I wouldn't really mind.

REGINA

     Okay, on the subject of Regina. Is it just me or is Regina giving out a slight Snape vibe? By Snape vibe I mean a double agent vibe. I know she gave Anton that mushroom so he could kill David but that could somehow be explained down the road I'm sure and it would be more interesting to me if Regina was playing them than having two evil queens and a pirate as our enemies this season. One evil queen is enough. Come on, one of those gals have got to be on the good side.

GOLD/EMMA/HENRY


     Now, last but most certainly not least is the best thing about this whole episode. The journey to find Bae finally begins in this episode but we don't get too far. Still, it's very revealing and interesting to watch Rumples start out like he's going to be in control of this situation and then the situation takes him for a loop. By the time the three are at the airport things have turned completely around. Emma and Henry are used to the outside world but Gold is completely out of his element and freaking out.


    He even has some snide remarks to Henry he's so afraid. Handing over Bae's shawl for a few seconds at the metal detector frightens the heck out of him. It's interesting how Emma is able to calm him claiming she won't let him lose his memories. It's really a strange moment. We don't really know what is going on with Gold. Even though it appears he remembers who he is once the shawl is back on him something clearly is wrong. Not until he shuts himself in a bathroom stall do we see just how angry this man is with everything around him. Let's see here. Belle isn't Belle right now, he's out is a strange world, has no idea how Bae will react if and when he meets him, and now he discovers he's lost his magic. Well, he finds that last bit out after a paper towel dispenser takes a well deserve beating. Don't you hate those towel dispensers! Later while on the plane (a plane on a show with LOST writers, yeah we get it) Emma notices Rumpy's bandaged hand and we are left with a seemingly defeated Rumples looking every so much like the lost little spinner he once was.


     Wow! Next times scenes look too good to be true. This is what I've been waiting for for a long time! The moment when Bae is finally revealed or at least we hope so. Most fans think he's going to be Neal Cassidy. We have to wait and see. I've also seen some cute pictures for next time. Might post them here for anyone who doesn't care to be a little spoiled. I think we're all going to see what happened to Rumples during the Ogre wars. Maybe we'll see what caused the limp. Also, the red haired lady with the stitches across her face. I have bad feeling this is Ariel the little Mermaid. Now that would be an interesting twist. Maybe I'm wrong. We'll see but for now...tootles! :)

Canadian Manhattan promo:


SPOILER PICTURES for Manhattan:

http://www.tv.com/shows/once-upon-a-time-2011/manhattan-2626567/photos/image-2/#1