So finally glad you got to this phase of the show. I’ll be blunt when I first heard about this I was pissed I hated it so so much I figured the show runners were sellouts that it was lazy mooching off an existing recent franchise. But in the end it is one of the most enjoyable arcs the show had done in a long time. I knew Georgina Haig from the show Fringe, a phenomenal show definitely something you should check out at some point highly reccomend, and she really embodied the essence of Elsa the anxiety/ worry yet stoic assuredness of a ruler and Elizabeth Lail really captured the charm and quirkiness of Anna this was actually her first mainstream media job so she came into this really raw. I didn’t get much of the actor who played Kristoff but he did nail the smartass dialogue down. Yeah Emma really started to slip here she did torpedo Regina’s happiness and feels like she did nothing wrong. Keep up the reactions Shan hope you’re doing well.
A Tale of Two Sisters- Where do I begin? Oh... I am so excited to see you get into season four!!! I absolutely love these overall Frozen storylines done in Once Upon a Time style! I love Elsa, Anna, and Kristoff, and a lot of it has to do with the casting for them. And of course I love Sven too. :) He's so cute! Phenomenal! I'm excited to watch the rest of this amazing season with you as you watch it for the first time. All of season four is amazing, just like all of the rest of the seasons you've seen so far. First... I have so many favorite moments in this episode, but of course I will start with the end moment between Emma and Killian... since they are my absolutely favorite True Love couple in the show. I love that Killian comes up to Emma in the woods to comfort her, and the kiss they share once Emma asks him to be patient... beautiful. Killian is of course understanding, and I love his lines when he states, "I've all the time in the world. Unless of course... another monster appears and kills me." So sweet and just... that's the Killian we know and love. And the Netflix line with Hook not knowing what Netflix is... hilarious and so cute too. :) I also love the earlier moment between them just before they get interrupted by Grumpy's cry of danger, as Killian tries to encourage Emma that she ought to try to have a life between the crises that arise, or she'll miss out on having a life. And of course Grumpy has to ruin the moment by screaming they've been attacked. He's definitely become the town crier. It's hilarious in the moment, but unfortunately, the town crier is all Grumpy has become at this point and that really isn't fair to his character that I loved in seasons one and two. Also... I really think he should have owned up to what he did instead of conveniently leaving out that Elsa had only defended herself when he and Sleepy had almost killed her with their truck. Next... Emma and Killian seek out Elsa, or the person who left the trail of ice behind upon learning that someone with icy magic has attacked Grumpy and Sleepy, only to then come face to face with a giant snow monster. It knocks them both to the ground upon feeling threatened and I love that Emma immediately dives over Killian when her gun goes off to protect him from the gunshot and the Snow Beast's rage. I'm not sure if this was intentional to have Jennifer dive over Colin in this scene, or not. But I like to imagine that it was. I like seeing her act protective of him. :) And as for the snow monster, or like Olaf calls him in Frozen... Marshmallow... I honestly felt skeptical upon seeing him brought into Once Upon a Time, but upon seeing how everything came about by the end of this episode including its resolve, the snow monster makes sense and the effects for him, as well as for Grandpabbie were actually pretty good. They were pretty good all things considered. We know from Frozen that Elsa created that snow monster when she became scared and felt the need to push Anna and Kristoff away. And now that she's come to Storybrooke... a strange town where she doesn't know anyone, doesn't know where Anna is, or how she came to be there... of course Elsa is frightened. And she sees two people chasing after her, so she simply creates magic that could protect her, in the form of this snow monster like before. Overall... I like the idea. I also love the beginning scene with Elsa and Anna in Arendelle, as Elsa brings Anna up to the attic to show her sister their mother's wedding dress, so that Anna can wear it for her own to Kristoff. They're both so cute. The actresses chosen to play Elsa and Anna (Georgina Haig and Elizabeth Lail) are perfect and they're both beautiful. And Scott Michael Foster who plays Kristoff is perfect as well. I love them as these characters. I honestly feel that these three characters are easily some of the best casted characters, given how much their three actors really channel who they are in Frozen. And they even look exactly like their characters. Fantastic! I also love the moment when Kristoff first comes on screen as Elsa comes looking for him in the barn and we see Sven there too. I really love the banter between Kristoff and Elsa, and how he stalls Elsa for Anna, but does so very clumsily. He's so cute. :) And then this scene continues as they reach the harbor, and watch as the ship with Anna on it sails away towards what is revealed to be Misthaven, otherwise more commonly known as the Enchanted Forest. By the way... I believe this Frozen storyline within the past takes place about two years after the end of the movie, because it's shown that it takes place five years after Elsa's and Anna's parents' deaths seen in the very beginning of the episode, which in the movie it's said that most of the movie's storyline takes place three years after their deaths. I hope this makes sense to you. I absolutely love that the Frozen characters' storyline within Once Upon a Time takes place after the events seen within the movie, and that it's not once again another retelling of the movie like most other fairytales are. The creators must have known that we as fans wouldn't have appreciated seeing just another retelling of a fairytale, especially since we have just seen it in Frozen about six months earlier. So I really love and appreciate this continuation of their story. And you're right... the second Frozen movie came out long after this season is over and so the story we get here in Once Upon a Time for these characters is completely different.
Been a while since I've watched this season and now I'm super distracted by the fact that Kristoff is played by Nathaniel from Crazy Ex-Girlfriend (a show that the actor who voiced Hans in the original Frozen was also in).
This Season was full of combinations of so much Emotional stuff, & funny stuff, stuffed with soo much great Drama too. & Captain & Swan 💗⚓💗🎭🦄🦄 Too bad Gold is up to no good as usual. 🍄🎩🍄✨💗🌎💗🌙🌙✨
Now... I'm not really a fan of seeing Regina slowly begin to turn back into the Evil Queen again, even if it is an interesting surprise to see Sidney return to the show in spite of me not really caring much for his character at all. Don't get me wrong... I absolutely love the Evil Queen, but after how hard Regina has worked to change and to become a good woman who has earned her happy ending with Robin... it is sad for me to see her slowly reverting back into her old ways like Emma, Snow, Charming, and Henry all fear she will. But she has also shown she plans to take a different approach to helping her find her happy ending. By finding the person who wrote the storybook, which I absolutely love, and am definitely intrigued by. After Regina learns who Marian is and why she wanted to kill her initially, I believe that Regina realizes and understands why Marian can only see her as a monster. And because she does, I feel it's why she is able to actually save Marian from being killed by the snow monster in the end. And I like this moment when Regina states to her, "Welcome to Storybrooke, Marian." I do feel so bad for Regina, and I also feel so bad for Robin too because he's torn between the woman he loves now, and his vow to love Marian until death. Even if she had already been dead for years. Like for you, this storyline definitely reminds me of season one's storyline of David being caught between his love for Mary Margaret, and his need to honor what he falsely remembers to be his love for Kathryn... another storyline I didn't much care for the idea of because of the whole love triangle debacle, but I appreciate the parallel nonetheless. And I can appreciate Robin's code of honor. I absolutely love the moment between Belle and Gold, as Gold uses his power to change their clothes to Belle's golden gown and his long blue suit coat with gold trim, as they dance to the music that is the love theme for Disney's, Beauty and the Beast. So beautiful and so romantic. It's perfect!! :) Unfortunately, Gold discovers a round box inside the mansion that we later see contains a magical wizard's hat, which he uses his dagger to summon from the box. The dagger which he had promised his son never to use again now that he's gotten his revenge against Zelena. We even saw Rumple switch the daggers back so that Belle would no longer be carrying the fake one, but as we see in this ending, Gold has taken it for himself once again. Will he ever change? In regards to the hat... it is meant to be the Sorcerer's hat, worn by Mickey Mouse who played the Sorcerer's Apprentice in one of the dance sequences within Disney's Fantasia from 1940. Just like you thought. And if you listen closely to the slow music playing within the background while Gold is starring down at the hat and box, it's the music from this sequence in Fantasia playing out. It's wonderful! I love the end scene between Emma and Regina, when Emma comes to Regina's office to apologize and in order to assure her that Regina will find her happiness because as the Savior, it's her duty to return everyone's happy endings, including Regina's too. And in case you didn't recognize it, this scene is also another nod to Frozen, as it shows Emma standing in the light, while Regina is sitting on the floor crying in the dark. In Frozen, this is the exact scene played out between Anna and Elsa, when Anna comes to ask her sister if she wants to build a snowman at the end of the song, "Do You Want to Build a Snowman", just after their parents died. Elsa is sitting on the floor in the dark crying upon learning about her parents' death, while Anna is outside of the door where there's light. I really like this moment, and the nod to Frozen. :) And lastly... I really love the overall opening scene between Anna's and Elsa's parents just before they die in the shipwrecked, as we know they did in Frozen as well. I love the set up for all that's to come within this arc, and the mystery that is brought about through Anna's mother, who is seen writing a message to their daughters about something she feels they have to know in case they don't survive. And then she places the message inside a bottle and casts it into the ocean, with enough faith that it will eventually find its way to their daughters. It's so sad seeing the parents die in the die while they hold onto one another, but what a great opening! Overall... I really enjoy this episode so much! I like that Anna is on a mission to find out the truth behind why their parents really left home on the mission when they were killed, and I love that Elsa has wound up in Storybrooke in the present day thanks to the urn she was once contained in being pulled through the time portal Emma and Killian passed through to return home from the past. An urn that was once in Rumplestiltskin's possession. There's so much goodness to come. Thank you again, so much!!! I can't wait for more!! Until your next reaction... Sincerely, Heidi
I am amused when people think sellouts of the crew because the decided to do _Frozen,_ whether it was because it was so soon after or for any other reason. It's not like Disney doesn't own ABC (the network the series aired on) and hasn't been using Disney characters and plotlines thus far.
Less obviously and directly though. It was subtler and they were just as likely to use the original fairy tale or go a completely new direction with things. When they do this season it is literally a sequel to the Disney movie that JUST came out. And they do it on purpose to hype both the movie and the show. That is kinda sell out behavior. We're just lucky we got a good arch out of it. I suspect the writers were told(by either the network and or producers) to do frozen and to adhere closely to the movie, but luckily cared anough about what they were creating to do it justice.
@@xkindredxsoulsxxx4195 Actually, the writers wanted to write a _Frozen_ story, they weren't told to. When they pitched the idea to do so, the stipulation that characters not wear anything but what they wore in the movie. Its a good thing they did it when they did as _Frozen_ got to that point of fame where people were easily sick of it. I agree with the business end of what your saying, but it doesn't change my amusment at those who criticize it for Disney using characters they had a right to during the movie's height of fame.
I really enjoyed this season, both the Frozen arc and the Author plotline as well.
I think it's so funny that this show is now on disney+ but they mentioned Netflix in there lol
The guy who plays Kristoff is also Nathanial in Crazy Ex Girlfriend, which is such a hilarious show!
The hat is the one Mickey wears in the Sorcerer's Apprentice segment of Fantasia
The story of Anna and Elsa finally 😍
So finally glad you got to this phase of the show. I’ll be blunt when I first heard about this I was pissed I hated it so so much I figured the show runners were sellouts that it was lazy mooching off an existing recent franchise. But in the end it is one of the most enjoyable arcs the show had done in a long time. I knew Georgina Haig from the show Fringe, a phenomenal show definitely something you should check out at some point highly reccomend, and she really embodied the essence of Elsa the anxiety/ worry yet stoic assuredness of a ruler and Elizabeth Lail really captured the charm and quirkiness of Anna this was actually her first mainstream media job so she came into this really raw. I didn’t get much of the actor who played Kristoff but he did nail the smartass dialogue down. Yeah Emma really started to slip here she did torpedo Regina’s happiness and feels like she did nothing wrong. Keep up the reactions Shan hope you’re doing well.
Im glad to see your reactions after a long time.....I cant wait to see the rest
A Tale of Two Sisters- Where do I begin? Oh... I am so excited to see you get into season four!!! I absolutely love these overall Frozen storylines done in Once Upon a Time style! I love Elsa, Anna, and Kristoff, and a lot of it has to do with the casting for them. And of course I love Sven too. :) He's so cute! Phenomenal! I'm excited to watch the rest of this amazing season with you as you watch it for the first time. All of season four is amazing, just like all of the rest of the seasons you've seen so far.
First... I have so many favorite moments in this episode, but of course I will start with the end moment between Emma and Killian... since they are my absolutely favorite True Love couple in the show. I love that Killian comes up to Emma in the woods to comfort her, and the kiss they share once Emma asks him to be patient... beautiful. Killian is of course understanding, and I love his lines when he states, "I've all the time in the world. Unless of course... another monster appears and kills me." So sweet and just... that's the Killian we know and love. And the Netflix line with Hook not knowing what Netflix is... hilarious and so cute too. :)
I also love the earlier moment between them just before they get interrupted by Grumpy's cry of danger, as Killian tries to encourage Emma that she ought to try to have a life between the crises that arise, or she'll miss out on having a life.
And of course Grumpy has to ruin the moment by screaming they've been attacked. He's definitely become the town crier. It's hilarious in the moment, but unfortunately, the town crier is all Grumpy has become at this point and that really isn't fair to his character that I loved in seasons one and two. Also... I really think he should have owned up to what he did instead of conveniently leaving out that Elsa had only defended herself when he and Sleepy had almost killed her with their truck.
Next... Emma and Killian seek out Elsa, or the person who left the trail of ice behind upon learning that someone with icy magic has attacked Grumpy and Sleepy, only to then come face to face with a giant snow monster. It knocks them both to the ground upon feeling threatened and I love that Emma immediately dives over Killian when her gun goes off to protect him from the gunshot and the Snow Beast's rage. I'm not sure if this was intentional to have Jennifer dive over Colin in this scene, or not. But I like to imagine that it was. I like seeing her act protective of him. :)
And as for the snow monster, or like Olaf calls him in Frozen... Marshmallow... I honestly felt skeptical upon seeing him brought into Once Upon a Time, but upon seeing how everything came about by the end of this episode including its resolve, the snow monster makes sense and the effects for him, as well as for Grandpabbie were actually pretty good. They were pretty good all things considered. We know from Frozen that Elsa created that snow monster when she became scared and felt the need to push Anna and Kristoff away. And now that she's come to Storybrooke... a strange town where she doesn't know anyone, doesn't know where Anna is, or how she came to be there... of course Elsa is frightened. And she sees two people chasing after her, so she simply creates magic that could protect her, in the form of this snow monster like before. Overall... I like the idea.
I also love the beginning scene with Elsa and Anna in Arendelle, as Elsa brings Anna up to the attic to show her sister their mother's wedding dress, so that Anna can wear it for her own to Kristoff. They're both so cute.
The actresses chosen to play Elsa and Anna (Georgina Haig and Elizabeth Lail) are perfect and they're both beautiful. And Scott Michael Foster who plays Kristoff is perfect as well. I love them as these characters. I honestly feel that these three characters are easily some of the best casted characters, given how much their three actors really channel who they are in Frozen. And they even look exactly like their characters. Fantastic!
I also love the moment when Kristoff first comes on screen as Elsa comes looking for him in the barn and we see Sven there too. I really love the banter between Kristoff and Elsa, and how he stalls Elsa for Anna, but does so very clumsily. He's so cute. :) And then this scene continues as they reach the harbor, and watch as the ship with Anna on it sails away towards what is revealed to be Misthaven, otherwise more commonly known as the Enchanted Forest.
By the way... I believe this Frozen storyline within the past takes place about two years after the end of the movie, because it's shown that it takes place five years after Elsa's and Anna's parents' deaths seen in the very beginning of the episode, which in the movie it's said that most of the movie's storyline takes place three years after their deaths. I hope this makes sense to you. I absolutely love that the Frozen characters' storyline within Once Upon a Time takes place after the events seen within the movie, and that it's not once again another retelling of the movie like most other fairytales are. The creators must have known that we as fans wouldn't have appreciated seeing just another retelling of a fairytale, especially since we have just seen it in Frozen about six months earlier. So I really love and appreciate this continuation of their story. And you're right... the second Frozen movie came out long after this season is over and so the story we get here in Once Upon a Time for these characters is completely different.
Been a while since I've watched this season and now I'm super distracted by the fact that Kristoff is played by Nathaniel from Crazy Ex-Girlfriend (a show that the actor who voiced Hans in the original Frozen was also in).
This Season was full of combinations of so much Emotional stuff, & funny stuff, stuffed with soo much great Drama too.
& Captain & Swan 💗⚓💗🎭🦄🦄
Too bad Gold is up to no good as usual. 🍄🎩🍄✨💗🌎💗🌙🌙✨
Now... I'm not really a fan of seeing Regina slowly begin to turn back into the Evil Queen again, even if it is an interesting surprise to see Sidney return to the show in spite of me not really caring much for his character at all. Don't get me wrong... I absolutely love the Evil Queen, but after how hard Regina has worked to change and to become a good woman who has earned her happy ending with Robin... it is sad for me to see her slowly reverting back into her old ways like Emma, Snow, Charming, and Henry all fear she will. But she has also shown she plans to take a different approach to helping her find her happy ending. By finding the person who wrote the storybook, which I absolutely love, and am definitely intrigued by.
After Regina learns who Marian is and why she wanted to kill her initially, I believe that Regina realizes and understands why Marian can only see her as a monster. And because she does, I feel it's why she is able to actually save Marian from being killed by the snow monster in the end. And I like this moment when Regina states to her, "Welcome to Storybrooke, Marian."
I do feel so bad for Regina, and I also feel so bad for Robin too because he's torn between the woman he loves now, and his vow to love Marian until death. Even if she had already been dead for years. Like for you, this storyline definitely reminds me of season one's storyline of David being caught between his love for Mary Margaret, and his need to honor what he falsely remembers to be his love for Kathryn... another storyline I didn't much care for the idea of because of the whole love triangle debacle, but I appreciate the parallel nonetheless. And I can appreciate Robin's code of honor.
I absolutely love the moment between Belle and Gold, as Gold uses his power to change their clothes to Belle's golden gown and his long blue suit coat with gold trim, as they dance to the music that is the love theme for Disney's, Beauty and the Beast. So beautiful and so romantic. It's perfect!! :)
Unfortunately, Gold discovers a round box inside the mansion that we later see contains a magical wizard's hat, which he uses his dagger to summon from the box. The dagger which he had promised his son never to use again now that he's gotten his revenge against Zelena. We even saw Rumple switch the daggers back so that Belle would no longer be carrying the fake one, but as we see in this ending, Gold has taken it for himself once again. Will he ever change?
In regards to the hat... it is meant to be the Sorcerer's hat, worn by Mickey Mouse who played the Sorcerer's Apprentice in one of the dance sequences within Disney's Fantasia from 1940. Just like you thought. And if you listen closely to the slow music playing within the background while Gold is starring down at the hat and box, it's the music from this sequence in Fantasia playing out. It's wonderful!
I love the end scene between Emma and Regina, when Emma comes to Regina's office to apologize and in order to assure her that Regina will find her happiness because as the Savior, it's her duty to return everyone's happy endings, including Regina's too. And in case you didn't recognize it, this scene is also another nod to Frozen, as it shows Emma standing in the light, while Regina is sitting on the floor crying in the dark. In Frozen, this is the exact scene played out between Anna and Elsa, when Anna comes to ask her sister if she wants to build a snowman at the end of the song, "Do You Want to Build a Snowman", just after their parents died. Elsa is sitting on the floor in the dark crying upon learning about her parents' death, while Anna is outside of the door where there's light. I really like this moment, and the nod to Frozen. :)
And lastly... I really love the overall opening scene between Anna's and Elsa's parents just before they die in the shipwrecked, as we know they did in Frozen as well. I love the set up for all that's to come within this arc, and the mystery that is brought about through Anna's mother, who is seen writing a message to their daughters about something she feels they have to know in case they don't survive. And then she places the message inside a bottle and casts it into the ocean, with enough faith that it will eventually find its way to their daughters. It's so sad seeing the parents die in the die while they hold onto one another, but what a great opening!
Overall... I really enjoy this episode so much! I like that Anna is on a mission to find out the truth behind why their parents really left home on the mission when they were killed, and I love that Elsa has wound up in Storybrooke in the present day thanks to the urn she was once contained in being pulled through the time portal Emma and Killian passed through to return home from the past. An urn that was once in Rumplestiltskin's possession. There's so much goodness to come. Thank you again, so much!!! I can't wait for more!! Until your next reaction...
Sincerely,
Heidi
Zootopia is my favorite Disney movie.
I am amused when people think sellouts of the crew because the decided to do _Frozen,_ whether it was because it was so soon after or for any other reason. It's not like Disney doesn't own ABC (the network the series aired on) and hasn't been using Disney characters and plotlines thus far.
Less obviously and directly though. It was subtler and they were just as likely to use the original fairy tale or go a completely new direction with things. When they do this season it is literally a sequel to the Disney movie that JUST came out. And they do it on purpose to hype both the movie and the show. That is kinda sell out behavior. We're just lucky we got a good arch out of it. I suspect the writers were told(by either the network and or producers) to do frozen and to adhere closely to the movie, but luckily cared anough about what they were creating to do it justice.
@@xkindredxsoulsxxx4195 Actually, the writers wanted to write a _Frozen_ story, they weren't told to. When they pitched the idea to do so, the stipulation that characters not wear anything but what they wore in the movie.
Its a good thing they did it when they did as _Frozen_ got to that point of fame where people were easily sick of it.
I agree with the business end of what your saying, but it doesn't change my amusment at those who criticize it for Disney using characters they had a right to during the movie's height of fame.
Elsa is like hot and stuff