I remember seeing "Return to Oz" when I was little... and had nightmares about the things with long arms and wheels on the end of them. yeah that is all I remember.
J.J. On 12/7/07, Jim Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > -----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 > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Check out the new features and enhancements in the latest product release - download the "What's New PDF" now http://download.macromedia.com/pub/labs/coldfusion/cf8_beta_whatsnew_052907.pdf Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:247929 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
