Thread: NonRussian films (work in progress)

I don't watch many TV series these days and when I do, I tend to end up watching them after they have aired... at my own pace. I had heard a lot of buzz about the new "Once Upon a Time" (by some of the people who wrote Lost yet I never saw a single episode of that one). I finally got to watch the pilot of Once Upon and enjoyed it very much so I watched some additional episodes. I must say it is a great change of pace from the usual medical / crime / law shows that are on. One of the more interesting things are the names for many characters are often coordinated with their fairy-tale counterpart.

For example:

• Mary Margaret Blanchard (Snow White): Blanchard derives from the French word for white (blanc or blanche).
• Regina Mills (Evil Queen): Regina is a Late Latin feminine name meaning "Queen". Mills refers to the Greek word "Milo" meaning "apple" in modern Greek, which is in reference to the Queen poisoning Snow White with an apple.
• Mr. Gold (Rumpelstiltskin): Rumpelstiltskin spun straw into gold in his story.
• Ruby (Red Riding Hood): A ruby is a pink to blood-red colored gemstone.
• Ashley Boyd (Cinderella): Cinders precede ashes in the burning process. Boyd derives from the Gaelic word "buidhe" meaning yellow-haired.
• Mr. Glass (Mirror): Because another word for mirror is glass or looking glass. Also, his newspaper is called The Mirror.
• Archie Hopper (Jiminy Cricket): Crickets often hop to get around. Also, crickets are sometimes called hoppers.

They also weave the fairy-tale story with modern-day and the fairy-tales are not the "Disney" ones that I grew up with. Rumpelstiltskin is amazingly played by Robert Carlyle.

If you can watch Hulu... you can watch the videos online:

Once Upon a Time" (2011) - Episode list


Here is the trailer

Another new show is a comedy called 2 Broke Girls and I caught about half an episode a few weeks back and finally got around to watching the pilot. The type of humor the show has is a real hit or miss with people, you are either gonna love it or hate it and it is also on the "raunchy" side.

"This comedy—which has made many TV critics Top 10 lists—is a taste test really. If raunchy and stereotypes aren't your thing, you will run away from it."

The reason I am posting the clip that I am (couldn't find the full clip of it online so I uploaded one and it's a little bit longer so you could see a little bit more) is that the RUSSIANs are in this clip (at least you are not portrayed as Russian spies this time!) AND our ever popular "the" that we talk about here many times is also included. Finally, listen to the accents they have everyone use... Mr. Lee, Oleg the NY girls...

Watch Pilot Clip

Originally Posted by rockzmom

I had heard a lot of buzz about the new "Once Upon a Time" (by some of the people who wrote Lost yet I never saw a single episode of that one). I finally got to watch the pilot of Once Upon and enjoyed it very much so I watched some additional episodes.

Thanks for posting that. It sounds interesting, and I am definitely going to give it a try.

Originally Posted by rockzmom

Another new show is a comedy called 2 Broke Girls and I caught about half an episode a few weeks back and finally got around to watching the pilot. The type of humor the show has is a real hit or miss with people, you are either gonna love it or hate it and it is also on the "raunchy" side.

I watched the first two episodes soon after they were originally aired, and I neither liked nor hated it . I guess it is just not my cup of tea. Maybe it would have grown up on me if I had continued watching it, as it happened with some other shows...

First time I've seen a video tribute to the year in movies! There are clips from 166 films, with 6 different songs in this sort of mashup. To see the complete list of clips and songs, click here

Edit: CoffeeCup... I just noticed that one of the songs used is by Yeah Yeah Yeahs, the same group you posted about int he Music thread!!! I actually like all the songs the guy used in this clip! Best of both worlds for me