Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25926288-20171008010933/@comment-25926288-20171022031930

ChocolatEyes613 wrote: Eskaver wrote:

I don't think the idea behind the reboot was strong enough. I also don't think the actors and actresses are strong enough to carry the show. I completely agree.... Don't get me wrong. I disagree with the complaints that certain actors and actresses are terrible or they were casted terribly or "I don't like Cinderella to have angst" lol-worthy stuff. Just that while I like the show and analyze their interesting choices here and there, I think acting has been their crutch to wash away writing issues.

"Who could ever love me?" Robert Carlyle said that line, which wasn't really worth it in 4 when Rumple went cartoon villain, trying world domination and such. But, geez, his acting made me feel bad for Rumple. That shows his fortitude as an actor.

Others do that as well, but even the best actors can't completely surpass mediocre writing all the time. I go more in depth in my little grade reports on how I think the writers lean.

But that choice is just a portion of the factors of the decrease (part is the natural decline, part is that Once is pretty old now, part is etc, etc, etc) as if they added Oprah and the Rock and Leonardo diCaprio and Meryl Streep, I think this show would still bomb. Higher initial ratings, yes, but it would drop without a doubt.