Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25926288-20180428005811/@comment-5899967-20180503110537

RandomGirl1995 wrote: Chameleon-Guy wrote: This season really gives me the emotions and feels of seasons 1-3 but with unique plots and characters, I've enjoyed most episodes and I'm really sad people are snobbing it because of the lack of the old cast. It's not deserved. I know I can't speak for everyone, but I don't think resistance to change was the problem. I myself was excited about the soft reboot, even if some of the actors weren't coming back. The biggest problem was the pacing. Everything was just so freaking slow! Especially the beginning of S7---and combined with lazy scripts and some bad casting, it was a little hard to watch. The only reason things are getting better now is because a) the cancellation of the show has forced them to cram all the story elements together, giving it a faster pace, and b) all the actors have finally settled into their roles a bit, ensuring better performances and letting the new people shine. Had the show been renewed for an eight season, it would have bombed due to a too-slow plot, since they would've continued drawing out the story without hooking people in. So yeah, people aren't snubbing it because of the new faces. They're upset that the pace was too slow.

I disagree, we have seen the issues with previous seasons where things were going too fast, the plot was crammed into 11 episodes short arcs. Pacing wasn't really a problem this time, it wasn't too slow, if anything, there was too much going on, but in a good way I think, we have had lots of villain arcs, Lady Tremaine, Drizella, Dr. Facilier, Hansel and Gothel as the overall big bad, lots of short arcs that are entwined, it's pretty cool honestly. The only bad actresses in my opinion are Dania and Gabrielle, the others are cool. I don't really see pacing issues, the curse doesn't break - yes, but a lot of people are awake since episode 4-6, and it seems like the plot is moving fast, everyone is figuring out something is wrong. My biggest gripes are Cinderella's character and the poor use of Tiana, who is great but underused, as I said. Oh, and the lack of male characters.