Board Thread:Off-Topic Fun/@comment-25926288-20160104014335/@comment-1916997-20160104174832

Eskaver wrote: CoolDudeAl wrote: I like both shows, but I don't think it is fair that you guys are trying to compare the two shows. A musical comedy and a fantasy drama are hardly compairable in any way. Besides the genre diferences, the scope of the projects are very different. Galavant's air time was equal to 4 of Once's episodes last year, and will be equal to 5 of Once's episodes this year. Once was 22 hours its first 3 seasons, got a 13 hour spin off, was 23 hours last season, and should be 23 hours this season as well. So, yeah, between the genres being different (comedy VS drama), and the project scope being different (4 to 5 hours VS 22 to 23 hours), it's really hard to make fair comparisons. Yeah, yeah we know. But it still doesn't change that they could add a couple more sets and stuff, like how they added the Dark Swan House, and I'm afraid we probably won't see it for a long while.That or Regina's house on a consistent basis (I mean I wonder why Robin is always in MM's loft? Babysitting?

Other than that, Once has fun a few times and it could learn to be a little clever with its writing, like how Merlin wouldn't explain how he showed up to Emma. It's little things like that that could ease the random plot inconsistencies. And things like Bo Peep having an Army......of two people (Really?). Just little things that can be touched up on aesthetically and a little more clever writing, even if it's hole-y as before. Yes, well we know a lot of the problems could be solved with two things: time and money. Time-wise, the show could probably look better, if the turn around time on the episodes wasn't so fast. They would be able to build more sets/find more physical locations to shoot in, as well as make the CGI sets and other CGI elements look better. Also with time, the actual episode air time. We've seen many important things in deleted scenes, that were simply cut for time, but are considered canon. However, it's just not the same when it's not seen by everyone in the show. Money-wise, alot of the things I mentioned in time-wise could be solved as well. With more money, they could simply hire more people to work on the CGI elements, etc., so even with limited time, the end product would be better. This would also take care of the extras, or lack thereof. With more money, you could pay to have more extras in all the scenes. So yeah, in conclusion, time and money would solve almost all of Once's problems.