Pop Culture Podcast
Popspotting #187: “Once Upon a Horror Story” (Jan. 3, 2011)
In November, we gave our first impressions of several new fantasy shows, including ABC’s fairytale drama “Once Upon a Time.” We liked it, but didn’t love it… but many of our listeners urged us to give it more time. We’re happy to say that we stuck with the series, and now, we’re pretty smitten. We update our review as we await the next new episode this Sunday.
Then, we discuss the season finale of “American Horror Story” on FX. The last time we checked in on the Harmons and the Murder House, we were looking forward to how the show would wrap up its deliciously dark first year. Did the last chapter, cut down from two hours to 90 minutes, bring a satisfying close as well as set the stage for season two?
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Good thoughts! You’re right, there are some cool small Lost shoutouts, but I’m glad it doesn’t require having seen Lost to enjoy Once Upon a Time. However, I think a lot of podcasters are approaching Once Upon a Time too much with a Lost box.
By the way, if you’d like a podcast about this great TV show, may I recommend my Once Upon a Time podcast?
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Great thoughts on both Once Upon a Time and American Horror Story.
Though I wasn’t able to keep up with your two previous AHS podcasts, I did manage to finish off the season before this week’s show. Like yourselves I was definitely caught up in the last few episodes of the season. One of the things I liked about the show was that after a while it wasn’t really about the horror aspect and more about the people and characters in the house and their interactions. I’m also excited to see what the creators have in store for next season. I read that EW article you mentioned, and I just love the fact that they’re going to make every season different and revolve around a different location and theme, and with potentially some of the same cast members. I think it’s a really refreshing take to have for a show and definitely look forward to what they have in store for next season.
On the Once Upon a Time front, I did have one point of contention with you guys saying the show is taking too many elements from LOST. Isn’t LOST inherently in the show’s DNA since the characters don’t know that they’re fairy tale characters? Maybe I misinterpreted what you guys said, but as far as the flashbacks and characters “waking up” go, seeing what happens when they realize their origins and memories and how that is dealt with was going to have to come up eventually. In any case I think the show is great and definitely got sucked in after the first couple of episodes.