tweetynshadow Alice in wonderland is my most favorite thing!!! I lived this series!!! And really sad it only had one season!!! I wanted some much more!!! But I loved everything about it.

Couch Potato12345 I barely ever bother writing reviews but this show is so appallingly bad, I just had to - to offer fair warning to other viewers. First, let's start with the acting - or the lack thereof. The only exception, being Naveen Andrews - everyone else is laughably amateurish. Both female leads - Alice and the Red Queen - are yawn-inducing one-dimensional and fail abominably to pull off strong characters; Sophie Lowe's depiction of Alice's feisty spirit is about as convincing as the Red Queen's collagen-pumped lips being passed of as au naturale. (Seriously - what is up with that?). While I was intrigued by the initial setting of Alice being cooped in an Asylum, they simply didn't take that theme far enough - having her shed any nuance of bitterness / angst aside to suddenly become the silly and awkwardly coquettish girl within minutes of meeting Cyrus (seriously... is that really the best name for a genie from Agrabah...) I get that it's a love story, but they could've taken their time with it ala Snow and Charming from OUAT. Where OUAT at least started strong with credible actors and clever back-stories for so many beloved fairytale characters - its spin off fails to deliver any of these traits. Even the costumes seem to lack OUAT's classy flair and clearly its budget - the Red Queen's red-on-red-on-red (yes I know she's the RED Queen but there are other shades beside tacky-chili-pepper-red) dresses pale in comparison to Regina's boldly dramatic Evil Queen gowns. (Admittedly the first dress we see Alice in when she meets Cyrus is pretty albeit predictable. Would've been way cooler to see remnants of her traumatic experience in the Asylum in the real world, as part of her wardrobe even in Wonderland). And it's all such a shame - there's so many layers and potential about the story and its characters - I'm really quite taken aback by how underwhelming this turned out to be. All in all - I've seen better productions on YouTube.

Kala Kirkland Alright first off, I understand that this is from the creators from Once Upon a Time on Sundays. BUT why within the first episode they used the exact same set when the king fellow went to wonderland with the rabbit COME ON BE Original, use something else.. That was my first question, as it progressed on to the second episode, WHY and WHY was Jafar and the Genni in here? They are not from wonderland, at all! Next lets not forget their poor choice in ACTORS, the Red Queen... the actress is terrible, her lips are just, I don't even know, she is not suited for the part, and just.. I have to leave it there. Their plot line, just makes no sense SO FAR, sense there is not Hatter? This is wonderland! It should have the Hatter within the first episode! Now, the whole Genni and Jafar just DO NO GO at all with a wonderland theme.

fullheadofsteam Not only is this (admittedly) spin-off series cleverly written, plus a cast that doesn't look Hollywood mannequin-esque, but is wonderful to listen to and look at, and it manages, as few old-school networks do, to make more quality-driven T.V. as is now being delivered on cable channels! Thank goodness that a mainstream, non-cable network has the proverbial balls to air such an engaging new series!!!! The lead, Alice, is refreshingly cast and portrayed by a skilled actress who, physiologically, does NOT (thankfully) look like just another robotic or plastic model, This series has major promise in terms of quality, client writing and performance, which leads me to believe based on extensive experience with decades of mainline 3-network TV. that this series might not survive!