Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-5205908-20150206194003/@comment-1916997-20150207165653

Eskaver wrote: I do think that Disney promotion is playing a role in what is being shown on Once, but it's not definite yet. Some have realized that the re-releases of some Disney films and current ones correlate to what we see on once. Diamond edition releases: Peter Pan (2013) with Neverland arc 2013, Little Mermaid (2013) with Ariel Once debut 2013, Sleeping Beauty (2014) with Maleficent as a QoD in Season 4b 2014-15, 101 Dalmatians (2015) and Cruella as QoD 2014-15, and next is Aladdin (2015). Well placed marketing, I guess. If we somehow fail to go to Camelot or something else and get Jafar, again, or some form of Aladdin, then it'll be settled.

I think Frozen was a good marketing and ratings plan, but didn't really help and pushed the core characters aside. I am certain, not definite though, that Maleficent was planned for Season 4a, which would explain why Will has been around for uselessness' sake. Perhaps, A&E get permission to use characters when Disney decides to rerelease movies. They stated that Maleficent won't reflect the recent movie. They already kept to character and had her staff orbless (which she didn't get until after Regina traded her the dark curse. I'm ok with the new outfit, though I love the other one a lot more. Characters can have multiple outfits. But Cruella is certainly Disney image with Once backstory. They claimed they use the iconic image to tell the audience who it is. But sadly, I haven't seen any pics with her changing. She better not be from the Enchanted Forest or else I think it must be magic, lol. I think your taking coincidences as marketing ploys, and I don't think that's what it is. Peter Pan mythos was originally going to be on Season 1, but they had a rights issue, which was not resolved until Season 2, which is why Hook was first seen in Season 2, and then they had to put all the pieces together to why we are going to Neverland, which took the rest of Season 2. The Little Mermaid was also something they had wanted to do for a while, but they were waiting for the right time to add her to the show, plot wise. As for Sleeping Beauty, we have been getting bits and pieces of her story since the second episode of Season 1, and we just now have the actress of Maleficent avalible to film as her other show has ended. 101 Dalmatians, is again, waiting for the right time to fit it into the plot, we had Pongo since the Pilot, and they have said in interviews they want to do Cruella, so it just happened they thought it worked best now. I do think we will get Aladdin next season at some point, but not because it fits with Disney's release schedule, but because the Aladdin story is long overdue. Frozen was a bit of striking while the iron was hot, but they were still able to incorporate some of the traditional Snow Queen story, which I liked. In conclusion, Disney's marketing department does not control everything that falls under the Disney umbrella.