Board Thread:Spoilers!/@comment-6175354-20170808003448/@comment-31937823-20170827222420

OUAT: The Darkness wrote: Calibaz wrote: TheRose123 wrote: Colin O'Donoghue actually said that the scripts for Season 7 were among the best he had read for the show so far. He didn't go into specifics though. Well, that's his opinion. I have mine. Maybe it'll change later on, but so far I haven't seen anything that's made me think S7 isn't a rehash of S1. The way I see it, this reboot can go one of two ways:

1. People fall in love with the show again. Just because the writers use some of the basic plot points that were used doesn't necessarily mean the reboot is going to stink. Look at Episode VII of Star Wars. There are a lot of similar plot points and devices: a droid having a valuable piece of information (R2D2 and BB8), a massive piece of technology that can kill A LOT of people (the Death Star and Star Killer Base), a desert planet (Tatooine and Jakku), and the enivable struggle between good and evil. A lot of people loved this new Star Wars despite its similarities with its predessors. This is what I personally believe will happen with Season 7 of Once Upon a Time. The writers will use some of the same plot devices, but they will do it in a way the will promote nostalgia among long time viewers, like me. A lot can change in seven years, so nostalgia will hook viewers and bring them back to watching that first season again, when there might have been less stress in their life or a deceased loved one was still alive.

2. The reboot can go badly, as everybody says it will because they can't imagine it going any other way, even though there have been several decent reboots of franchises, whether on TV or in the movies.

Exactly. Just because it isn't wholly original that doesn't mean that it can't be good.

Also, we have only seen a few minutes of footage and some BTS photos. The series could go in a wildly different direction than one might assume.