> -----Original Message----- > From: Shawna Hampton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, December 07, 2007 2:57 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: RE: So, what new shows are you missing most? > > Did anyone catch Tin Man on SciFi this last Sun - Tues nights? What did > you > think?
We've got it recorded (my wife is a "Wizard of Oz" NUT) but weren't really looking forward to it... kind of wincing in its direction now and again. ;^) > I was pleasantly surprised (and relieved) ... it was actually good. A > few > corny references to the original Judy Garland WoOz, but done in a > fairly > clever way. I'm glad... after (forgive the language) completely ass-raping "Earthsea" and "Dune" and several others I had little hope. But I guess even a broken clock is right twice a day, huh? Although at the same time I do wish people would stop "reinventing" things when the actual thing hasn't been done right yet. ;^) I would love to see a well-done theatrical implementation of "Oz". So many people equate it with the MGM movie and have no idea how truly freaky some of the original work is. They tried in "Return to Oz" (a great, but totally underappreciated movie) which was dark and subtly twisted and captured the world very well. I just don't know why they bother... it seems like it would cost just as much to do the actual story and be less risky on the whole. I mean they would instantly please the purists and anybody else that hated it would simply be informed that "we produced the story as the author intended". I guess it applies more to something like "Earthsea" than to "Oz" (where the movie really has completely overrun the book) but still. Sorry... I'm rambling. Jim Davis ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Enterprise web applications, build robust, secure scalable apps today - Try it now ColdFusion Today ColdFusion 8 beta - Build next generation apps Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:247909 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
