[scifinoir2] SciFi Channel Miniseries Tin Man To Premiere in December

2007-07-24 Thread KeithBJohnson
For some reason I'm really looking forward to this miniseries. I'm just a casual fan of the Wizard of Oz film. I'll watch it with a group of people to laugh at the head trip it is. The poppies scene alone inspires much conversation, and I won't repeat some jokes i've heard about the group

Re: [scifinoir2] SciFi Channel Miniseries Tin Man To Premiere in December

2007-07-24 Thread Astromancer
Somehow I just had a flashback of an old SNL skit featuring Ron Howard...'Opie's Back!' [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: For some reason I'm really looking forward to this miniseries. I'm just a casual fan of the Wizard of Oz film. I'll watch it with a group of people to laugh at the head trip it

Re: [scifinoir2] SciFi Channel Miniseries Tin Man To Premiere in December

2007-07-24 Thread Martin
As long as he brings Barney Fife along... (Thanks for the chuckle. You'll *never* know how much I needed it at the minute...) Astromancer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Somehow I just had a flashback of an old SNL skit featuring Ron Howard...'Opie's Back!' [EMAIL

Re: [scifinoir2] SciFi Channel Miniseries Tin Man To Premiere in December

2007-07-24 Thread Martin
Keith, in this vein, there's a comic book series out there called Oz Squad. It's kinda hard to get hold of (I had the entire run until my apartment burned down back in '95, and I've only since been able to score two issues of it. It's kind of a modern twist on the story, with the Scarecrow's

Re: [scifinoir2] SciFi Channel Miniseries Tin Man To Premiere in December

2007-07-24 Thread KeithBJohnson
Thanks for the recommendation. I read the book Return to Oz (think that was the title) years ago and enjoyed it. This sounds like fun too. I'm a bit surprised more people haven't deconstructed/reimagined Oz in literary works. Man-oh-man, that wintertime reading list keeps growing! I had