3 Tips To Help Syfy Make Fairy Tales We’ll Watch

Now that we know thatSyfy has turned to fairy tales for new Saturday Night Original Movies fodder , one question springs to mind : How can you makefairy talesmore suitable for a Syfy audience ? Here’re three suggestion .

Okay , we ’ll be true , that was n’t the only question that spring to mind ; “ Why do n’t they just make the Fables TV show we ’ve been hear about for years ? ” was also in there . But we should n’t really be surprised that Syfy is moving in this direction , especially after the winner of miniseries like Tin Man and Alice … After all , there are only so many ways you could cross - pollinate two animals to make them sound scary . But faggot tales ? They ’re a whole young world ( justify the unintentionalBeauty And The Beastpun ) ! Here are three authoritative tips Syfy should remember to make certain we get our money ’s deserving :

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Sure , there ’s a lot of sentiency in tackling the most famous faery tales first , and with Hansel and Gretel , Little Red Riding Hood and Beauty & The Beast being list as upcoming movies , the name recognition is definitely there . But hopefully this does n’t mean that the fairy tales themselves are survive to be given the sanitize , clean - up treatment that they ’ve suffered in their most famous incarnations . Almost every queer narrative already has a dark undercurrent to it , in its original form ; instead of coming up with “ gritty ” sequels and reworkings , just utilise what ’s already there . It ’ll be much unspoiled .

Learn From retiring Attempts

In similar “ Do n’t Reinvent The Wheel ” directions : This is n’t the first sentence someone has tried to do this kind of thing , and Syfy should n’t make believe it is . Why not apply Fables , the countless “ What if Snow White was older and it ’s all fetishy ? ” revamps , Pinocchio Vampire Slayer and all of the other early try – include their own Tin Man and Alice – as prototype and see what work and what does n’t , and build from there .

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Do n’t Get cunning

Of of course , these are Syfy Saturday Movies , so “ not precious ” is fair unlikely . But fairy tales already have their honest share of twee and sentiment , so any and all attempts to slue down on stunt casting ( Look ! It ’s [ former eighties popstar ] and [ go wrong adolescent heartthrob to whom the years have n’t been too kind in either looks or calling ] ! ) and corny “ ironic ” wit would be very much value . As soon as we see a Pinocchio being sold as “ Everyone postulate a little wood , ” it ’s time to bail , give thanks you very much .

We ’re not require for the greatest fairy narrative - inspired moving picture in the world – That would take Tim Burton and a bigger budget , we ’re pretty confident – but here ’s hop-skip that these motion picture , when they appear are at least slightly better than Mansquito … Please ?

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