Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25926288-20151227154311/@comment-23932365-20151227161655

The whole premise of Once is that all the classic stories we know didn't exactly occur the way we thought they did. The Disney inserts don't twist the original stories, and as we've seen with Frozen and Brave, are simply fanfic-y sequels to their movies. This completely destroys what the show stands for.

I don't mind the Disney inserts as long as they don't overtake the storytelling. Marketing-wise, Disney makes sense from a business perspective. Using names and visuals from Disney are fine, but actually taking huge chunks from their movies to use on the show is sheer laziness. I've always admired this show for adapting elements from the source material, with a bit of Disney thrown into the mix. Now that they are outright developing Disney-esque storylines, it somewhat cheapens the "classicness" of the stories they present.

I wouldn't say the Disney inserts are ruining the show, but they are compromising the values of Once and seem to be a short-cut for the writers instead of thinking out original ideas based on the source material itself.