Sean Akizuki's Fantasy Critic

It's NO SURRISE that Snow Woke truly TANKED. The off-screen drama between Rachel Zegler and Gal Gadot isn't surprising either. Unfortunately, Rachel's SJW attitude had already wrecked things. Now, it's time to review one of my favorite TV shows as a child -- Faerie Tale Theatre . The stories have modifications from the OG sources. Some OG stories are just too brutal and deserve to be changed. Of course, we couldn't have the Wicked Queen dance on red-hot shoes now, right? One could remember Vanessa Redgrave (left) and Elizabeth McGovern (right) as the Wicked Queen and Snow White. If I'm not wrong, Vanessa was actually 47 years old -- maybe more age-appropriate than Gal who's only 39 years old. However, people married rather young back then. Even today, Elizabeth as an OLD WOMAN still looks better than Rachel. But the point is Rachel's attitude that didn't help with the film TANKING! Here's a middle-aged Vanessa -- still looking good! I don't w...

In light of Shelley Duval's demise a few days ago -- I decided to do a random review of an episode of Faerie Tale Theatre. Most of the episodes were usually focused on stories dominated by white people. However, the original story was written by Hans Christian Andersen -- a white man. The cast and crew were forced to use whatever they could. Sure, the late Makoto Iwamatsu (who played the wizard Akiro in Conan the Barbarian and Conan the Destroyer ) as a gardener -- similar to how Cary Hiroyuki-Tagawa played Shang Tsung (a Chinese character) in Mortal Kombat . It's not that awkward until the rest of the cast is shown.  Mick Jagger of the Rolling Stones played the Chinese Emperor. I wonder why Makoto never played the emperor and the role was given to Mick. The kitchen maid was played by Barbara Hershey. The late Keye Luke (Lù Xīqí) played the Imperial Physician -- an American actor who could've played the Emperor. However, most of the cast was still played by non-Asians. I wo...

I haven't decided what to write on and I decided to dig in some old treasures in my childhood. I remembered back when TV-5 was still ABC-5 and there was the 1980s show (but it was during the 1990s when I saw it) called Faerie Tale Theatre . The narrator was Shelly Duval (who played Olive Oyl in the Popeye movie with the late Robin Williams as Popeye). This was probably among those simpler times. Various stories were adapted and edited with a twist. I remembered watching them on Sunday evening (and later, it was rescheduled so I was no longer able to watch more of them) which was all part of my childhood. So, what TV episodes do I remember? If my memory serves me right then the following are the ones I've seen: Aladdin Beauty and the Beast Cinderella Jack and the Beanstalk Little Red Riding Hood Pinocchio Puss in Boots  Rip Van Winkle Rumpelstiltskin Sleeping Beauty The Boy Who Left Home to Find Out About the Shivers The Emperor's New Clothes The Frog Prince The Little Merma...