Wasn’t the original Oz a political allegory?
The Yellow Brick Road to the Emerald City had something to do with the gold standard for the greenback. “Following the Yellow Brick Road to the Emerald City” was a metaphor for supporting the gold standard. Or opposing it. Or something. :)
The Scarecrow represented the agricultural workers, who were “following the Yellow Brick Road” because apparently they didn’t know any better. The Tin Man was the industrialists, who apparently stood to unfairly benefit from either opposing or supporting the gold standard at others’ expense, ergo they “had no heart”. The Cowardly Lion was, I believe, the military. The Wicked Witch of the West was the seductive veins of gold in the West, with their corruptive influences at the prospect of easy wealth.
Oz itself, of course, was named after an ounce, in this case an ounce of gold.
Or something. :)
bat tats?
FR has a glitch where one has to click twice to make a reply. Gotta be the flying monkeys.
Otherwise, this is a great adaptation of Baum’s story. The flying monkeys here are a thinly veiled Homeland Security, the wizard gets waterboarded and the scarecrow’s been lobotomized.
Liars and misers and scares...oh my!
Tell me how far it goes before the brainless one screams out that all this is Bush’s fault.
I hardly ever watch the Sci-Fi channel, but I did watch this show.
It is not in the same league as the Judy Garland movie, but it is novel enough to endure. I expect it will go downhill over the next couple of days.
That part with hookers working the streets of Oz just ain’t right.
What did you think?
I was quite disappointed. The actress, main one, who normally is a pretty good one, seemed to not fit the part. Her acting in this just not very convincing.
Frankly, it is flat out pretty lame. Enough holes in the plot, to make swiss cheese.
Very poorly written, two thumbs down. But, I’ll watch the conclusion since I’m already this deep into it.
She is the Wicked Witch!
Who else thinks ole’ zipper head is her father?
TIVOing for later watching. Got BSG on HD DVD Season 1... priorities... priorities...
I thought it was good.
I enjoyed looking for parallels with the original. I did think that the acress who played DG didn't look innocent enough, and her features were too angular.
Unfortunately, I fell asleep halfway through the last episode, and got no resolution for my troubles. :) I assume that the evil witch was forced or tricked to exit the older sister, and then dispatched. I assume that DG was reunited with her sister and mother, and that the older sister didn't hold a grudge over DG letting go of her hand back at the beginning when the evil witch possessed the older sister. I’m guessing the DG's parents were reunited, and that DG found a romantic interest. (Perhaps Tin Man's son?) And they all lived happily ever after, etc.
Not even Zooey Deschanel could prevent me from getting bored trying to watch it.
that was a fun movie.