drama59
In a time of magic (as so began another great series "Merlin") this was a wonderful series cut way too short. (One can only hope they come back on "Once Upon A Time). With an amazing cast, Sophie Lowe as "Alice" and Peter Gadiot as "The Genie" are a wonderful couple. The story revolves around Alice and her adventures in Wonderland. The real world thinks that she is crazy but of course she is not. She journeys into Wonderland to find her love and adventures ensue. The voice of John Lithgow as the White Rabbit is perfect. Michael Socha is a great Knave of a Hearts. Emma Rigby is brilliant as the Red Queen. Naveen Andrews is the PERFECT Jafar. What I really LOVE about this show and "Once Upon A Time" is that it give adults a fairytale to love. If you don't want to grow up...then try this one. Go back to the time of childhood and enjoy falling in love with love. I will miss this dearly. I cannot believe that they canceled this show. Great writing, great scenery, great cast.........what more do you need??? The one big plus is that if you had to end this amazing show they did it perfectly. Bravo to the writers. I guess next time we may be finding ourselves in OZ as a series.
adamo100
I will never get that hour back. What a terrible looking show. Did they hire a film school class to shoot this project? The green screen work was very obvious and looked horrible. There were times where the cast looked like they were floating down a path and not walking. I watched this show with my son who is a high school senior and in his words "I play video games with "better renderings than that". The look of the show totally took away from the story. ABC I don't know what you are thinking here but this is really terrible. Next time hire some real producers and camera crews to make your show look good.By the way Jafar in wonderland? Really?!? Back to the drawing board on this one guys.
songbirdn
I can't help but feel slightly disappointed with Once Upon a Time in Wonderland. I have only seen the first two episodes, and maybe there will be hope for the rest of the season, but right now I'm not too pleased.The thing about this show is that it's actually pretty good as far as the actors go, and visually it's nice. I like the fact that everything in Wonderland looks pretty unreal, as if you've jumped into a hallucination. Sophie Lowe as Alice was a perfect choice, and her genie is very attractive. The writing is interesting, and I think it's awesome that they were able to weave in the parent show as well. So if everything else is fabulous, what could be wrong with the show? Well, in my opinion, it makes too much sense. I know, that sounds weird, but think about it...Lewis Carrol's Wonderland is supposed to be a world occupied by insane, head-strong, eccentric, and often obnoxious characters. There is no madness in this story, and the characters are all quite logical and perfectly sane. It's just NOT Wonderland. I don't think that movies/shows inspired by or based on books have to be carbon copies of the source material. That just wouldn't be realistic, of course, and I have no problem with a sequel/spin-off, just like I had no problem with Tim Burton's film. In fact, I loved his adaptation, because he captured the real essence of Wonderland, not the squeaky- clean Disney cartoon of the 1950s. And all the characters were a bit mad and rude. But this version of Wonderland isn't really Wonderland. Again, I'm no stickler, but is it too much to ask that Wonderland is a world of madness? That's the most basic element of book, and the fact that this ABC version hasn't showcased that at all is a bit annoying.
