Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25926288-20150414035156/@comment-1916997-20150903185650

Rainarooo wrote: Bgwinstonfc30 wrote: The weird thing about Oz is that so many of the supporting characters aren't human. Sure, they're humanoid, but theres the Tin-Man, the Scarecrow, the Cowardly Lion, Jack Pumpkinhead, Tik-Tok, etc. And while their stories could be changed to fit with OUAT, the appreance of the character needs to stay recognizable as that character....so CGI might come into play. And then it gets weird. The effects they used for characters in the Judy Garland movie were good for that time period, but now they would look weird on TV....especially the cowardly lion. With a lot of other fantasy/fairytale/legend stuff, the main characters are some form of human that could be played by and actor without altering them with CGI too much I think. That's just my opinion. I agree with this. For me, OUAT is best when altering non-human characters to be "more" human. Take the crocodile as an example. I was actually shocked back then when they presented the White Rabbit in Wonderland as a real talking rabbit. I kind of expected a human with a rabbit-like "personality" (maybe somebody swift with big teeth or his name is Mr. *something* Rabbit). However, given that Wonderland is like the wierdest world so far, I accepted that.

I honestly don't want a CGI lion, tinman, and scarecrow in the show. I'm okay with CGI dragons because they do not really interact with the other characters in their dragon forms. However, I will really roll my eyes if I see Emma talking to a CGI Tinman. I think you need a mix on a show like this. Some characters need to stay how they were in the story (The White Rabbit is a anthopmofic rabbit, The Catipillar is an anthopmofic catipillar, Pinnocio is a wooden puppet, etc.), some can be human (The March Hare is a good example from the comic, I can't think of any on the show right now), and some can just be nicknames for humans (Rumple is called The Crocodile by Hook, Elizabeth is known as Lizard, etc.). That being said, I do think the Scarecrow, the Tin Man, and the Cowardly Lion should actually be those things, however only the Lion needs to be CGI, the other two can just be actors in makeup, with maybe a bit of CGI effects, if needed.