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The Tin Man Thread.
12/02/07 | Kevin Davis

Posted on 12/02/2007 7:24:59 PM PST by KevinDavis

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To: WhyisaTexasgirlinPA

That reminds me the original name for Toto ad reference to a legal phrase, en toto.


41 posted on 12/04/2007 12:41:17 AM PST by Cvengr (Every believer is a grenade. Arrogance is the grenade pin. Pull the pin and fragment your life.)
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To: Liberty Valance

And now we know how the metal horse saved Tin Man and the nice sister turned evil.

I’m enjoying the show and will be back in front of the TV for part three.


42 posted on 12/04/2007 3:13:46 AM PST by PeteB570 (Guns, what real men want for Christmas)
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To: Cvengr

So far I haven’t been able to watch this. Sounds pretty PC — like the British new Robin Hood dreck. Besides I’m waiting for my Hare + Guu DVD set.


43 posted on 12/04/2007 3:41:11 AM PST by bvw
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To: PeteB570

Just caught up with you ... MNF was the priority yesterday. ready for part 3


44 posted on 12/04/2007 5:59:37 PM PST by NonValueAdded (Fred Dalton Thompson for President)
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To: NonValueAdded

Carville finds Begalia


45 posted on 12/04/2007 6:03:37 PM PST by NonValueAdded (Fred Dalton Thompson for President)
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To: NonValueAdded

Too bad mom didn’t know about one-time pads


46 posted on 12/04/2007 6:11:39 PM PST by NonValueAdded (Fred Dalton Thompson for President)
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To: NonValueAdded

Bread crumbs? How’d Hansel & Gretel get in there? Bad dog!!!


47 posted on 12/04/2007 6:12:42 PM PST by NonValueAdded (Fred Dalton Thompson for President)
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To: NonValueAdded

charlie mike, DG


48 posted on 12/04/2007 6:41:29 PM PST by NonValueAdded (Fred Dalton Thompson for President)
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To: NonValueAdded

so that’s what DG stands for


49 posted on 12/04/2007 7:05:53 PM PST by NonValueAdded (Fred Dalton Thompson for President)
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To: KevinDavis

TIVOing for later watching. Got BSG on HD DVD Season 1... priorities... priorities...


50 posted on 12/04/2007 7:07:26 PM PST by marajade (Yes, I'm a SW freak!)
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To: NonValueAdded

why am I thinking Roger Daltrey and a wookie?


51 posted on 12/04/2007 7:33:40 PM PST by NonValueAdded (Fred Dalton Thompson for President)
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To: NonValueAdded

Alia


52 posted on 12/04/2007 7:53:43 PM PST by NonValueAdded (Fred Dalton Thompson for President)
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To: NonValueAdded

Final note ... I’m reminded of Benson in Soap. “I ain’t gonna clean that up.”


53 posted on 12/04/2007 8:01:10 PM PST by NonValueAdded (Fred Dalton Thompson for President)
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To: All

Second day, much better, show makes a bit more sense. That said, I’d still rate it nothing better than a D+. Something tells me, the ending of this is going to be totally, totally lame...


54 posted on 12/04/2007 8:28:21 PM PST by Professional
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To: Professional
"Something tells me, the ending of this is going to be totally, totally lame..."

Something tells me I'll be watching Boston Legal.

yitbos

55 posted on 12/04/2007 9:50:49 PM PST by bruinbirdman ("Those who control language control minds.")
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To: KevinDavis
If you missed any of The Tinman, see it all from the beginning on Sunday starting at Five.

I thought it was good.

56 posted on 12/04/2007 10:01:19 PM PST by higgmeister (In the Shadow of The Big Chicken!)
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To: All
The parallels between the stories were interesting.

Here are the originals if anyone is interested.


"Why didn't you walk around the hole?" asked the Tin Woodman.

"I don't know enough," replied the Scarecrow cheerfully. "My head is stuffed with straw, you know, and that is why I am going to Oz to ask him for some brains."

"Oh, I see," said the Tin Woodman. "But, after all, brains are not the best things in the world."

"Have you any?" inquired the Scarecrow.

"No, my head is quite empty," answered the Woodman. "But once I had brains, and a heart also; so, having tried them both, I should much rather have a heart."

"And why is that?" asked the Scarecrow.

"I will tell you my story, and then you will know."

So, while they were walking through the forest, the Tin Woodman told the following story:

"I was born the son of a woodman who chopped down trees in the forest and sold the wood for a living. When I grew up, I too became a woodchopper, and after my father died I took care of my old mother as long as she lived. Then I made up my mind that instead of living alone I would marry, so that I might not become lonely.

"There was one of the Munchkin girls who was so beautiful that I soon grew to love her with all my heart. She, on her part, promised to marry me as soon as I could earn enough money to build a better house for her; so I set to work harder than ever. But the girl lived with an old woman who did not want her to marry anyone, for she was so lazy she wished the girl to remain with her and do the cooking and the housework. So the old woman went to the Wicked Witch of the East, and promised her two sheep and a cow if she would prevent the marriage. Thereupon the Wicked Witch enchanted my axe, and when I was chopping away at my best one day, for I was anxious to get the new house and my wife as soon as possible, the axe slipped all at once and cut off my left leg.

"This at first seemed a great misfortune, for I knew a one-legged man could not do very well as a wood-chopper. So I went to a tinsmith and had him make me a new leg out of tin. The leg worked very well, once I was used to it. But my action angered the Wicked Witch of the East, for she had promised the old woman I should not marry the pretty Munchkin girl. When I began chopping again, my axe slipped and cut off my right leg. Again I went to the tinsmith, and again he made me a leg out of tin. After this the enchanted axe cut off my arms, one after the other; but, nothing daunted, I had them replaced with tin ones. The Wicked Witch then made the axe slip and cut off my head, and at first I thought that was the end of me. But the tinsmith happened to come along, and he made me a new head out of tin.

"I thought I had beaten the Wicked Witch then, and I worked harder than ever; but I little knew how cruel my enemy could be. She thought of a new way to kill my love for the beautiful Munchkin maiden, and made my axe slip again, so that it cut right through my body, splitting me into two halves. Once more the tinsmith came to my help and made me a body of tin, fastening my tin arms and legs and head to it, by means of joints, so that I could move around as well as ever. But, alas! I had now no heart, so that I lost all my love for the Munchkin girl, and did not care whether I married her or not. I suppose she is still living with the old woman, waiting for me to come after her.

"My body shone so brightly in the sun that I felt very proud of it and it did not matter now if my axe slipped, for it could not cut me. There was only one danger—that my joints would rust; but I kept an oil-can in my cottage and took care to oil myself whenever I needed it. However, there came a day when I forgot to do this, and, being caught in a rainstorm, before I thought of the danger my joints had rusted, and I was left to stand in the woods until you came to help me. It was a terrible thing to undergo, but during the year I stood there I had time to think that the greatest loss I had known was the loss of my heart. While I was in love I was the happiest man on earth; but no one can love who has not a heart, and so I am resolved to ask Oz to give me one. If he does, I will go back to the Munchkin maiden and marry her."

Both Dorothy and the Scarecrow had been greatly interested in the story of the Tin Woodman, and now they knew why he was so anxious to get a new heart.

"All the same," said the Scarecrow, "I shall ask for brains instead of a heart; for a fool would not know what to do with a heart if he had one."

"I shall take the heart," returned the Tin Woodman; "for brains do not make one happy, and happiness is the best thing in the world."

57 posted on 12/04/2007 10:26:18 PM PST by higgmeister (In the Shadow of The Big Chicken!)
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To: higgmeister
I liked it also.

I think it wrapped up things just fine.

While not a great work of art - it was a pleasant way to spend three evenings.

58 posted on 12/05/2007 3:56:27 AM PST by PeteB570 (Guns, what real men want for Christmas)
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To: bruinbirdman

Sure enough, ending was pretty lame.


59 posted on 12/05/2007 7:48:21 PM PST by Professional
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To: HAL9000

“That part with hookers working the streets of Oz just ain’t right.”

Ya, and the “Lolli Pop Kids” are dealing a different kind of “Candy”....
(projecting here..I haven’t the time or inclination to watch)


60 posted on 12/05/2007 7:55:24 PM PST by G Larry (HILLARY CARE = DYING IN LINE!)
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