Tin Man

[Toonami Tom]

Did anyone watch the Scifi channel mini series Tin Man? It was very good, IMO. Tin Man is a new version of the Wizard of OZ, only this time things are more modern and action packed. The Scifi channel showed the last part of the mini series last night, but they are going to have reruns and the whole series can be watched on their website.

If you're looking for something fun to watch, I highly reccomend it.

http://www.scifi.com

[Raph's Girl]

Originally Posted by Thundercleese

The Scifi channel showed the last part of the mini series last night, but they are going to have reruns and the whole series can be watched on their website.

If you're looking for something fun to watch, I highly reccomend it.

http://www.scifi.com

It was a good series. A bit slow to start but a good series all the same. However. All the ads for it lied. It's not really an imagining of The Wizard of Oz because

Spoiler:

several of the lead characters are DESCENDED from Dorothy Gale. Particularly the Queen and her 2 daughters, DG*named after Dorothy* and Azkadelia. Time flows differently between our demension and the demension of Oz as it's been 500 years since the events in Wizard of Oz even tho for us it's only been 80.

Some of my fave characters in the series was Raw the cowardly Wolverine (yea he was supposed to be a Wolverine) with psychic and healing powers. I also liked Cain, the Tin Man (a cop).

I didn't like Toto. Yes he was needed to help DG along with remembering who she was and how to use her powers, I just didn't like him. *shrugs*

[Toonami Tom]

Spoiler:

I noticed that too, that they hinted at this pretty much being a sequel to the old Wizard of Oz movie (as revealed in part 3 of the mini series).

Yeah, Toto was kind of weird in this series.

I thought it was funny when Glitch said that all of this was his fault because he built the machine, and instead of Raw telling him it wasn't, he simply said "Yeah."

[Jo Dawn]

Not sure what I felt about it. I thought it was good for what it was, but they makers' comments about the original Wizard of Oz surely put it on the bad side of me before I watched it. No need to badmouth such a classic.

Alan Cumming is always good... though I didnt like the Tin Man. Granted, it was a whole different character, but what always attracted me to the original character was completely opposite in this one.

[Brodie]

This was a really badly acted miniseries...and I had my hopes up because of the last really good mini Scifi did (Lost Room), as well as the actors in this.

Cumming was great, but the rest were...blah.

[VaughnMichael]

Originally Posted by Jo Dawn

Not sure what I felt about it. I thought it was good for what it was, but they makers' comments about the original Wizard of Oz surely put it on the bad side of me before I watched it. No need to badmouth such a classic.

Alan Cumming is always good... though I didnt like the Tin Man. Granted, it was a whole different character, but what always attracted me to the original character was completely opposite in this one.

Did they bad mouth the books or the first movie...if it was the movie then I'd more than likely take their side..while it's fun and all it doesn't even come close to being half as good as Return to Oz.

[Jo Dawn]

The first movie. And Return to Oz?? Eh, they dont show that 20 times a year, nor is it the most watched movie ever like the original is.

First movie's a timeless classic. Ya don't mess with that.

[VaughnMichael]

Originally Posted by Jo Dawn

The first movie. And Return to Oz?? Eh, they dont show that 20 times a year, nor is it the most watched movie ever like the original is.

First movie's a timeless classic. Ya don't mess with that.

I rather they would show return to oz 20 times a year hell I'd rather them show it at all once a year.
It's one of the best live action movies Disney ever made.
It's leaps and bounds better than the old oz movie is...hell I'll take the black and white silent film oz movies any day over that pull of crap that is the wizard of oz.
And quite frankly they screwed with a timeless classic by making that first film.
But hey I don't mind if the entire world thinks differntly about it than I do...the old oz film is fine for what it is a musical but it's not my idea of a perfect oz film.
Hell I'd like to make a tv series based off the books but I'd be in it all jus to get my fave book the Patchwork Girl made into a movie .