The Witches of Oz

[polythenegirl]

Did anyone watch this? We recorded it from SyFy and finally got round to watching it this weekend.

I was really aprehensive about it as Wizard of Oz and Return to Oz are childhood favourites of mine, but I was actually really impressed by it!

Anyone else watch it? What did you think?

 

[deldaisy]

Haven't seen anything on TV... it was a raging success as a stage show here.

 

[polythenegirl]

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1592287/

Its that one so might not have got over to you yet

If/when it does I recommend watching though!

 

[deldaisy]

Can't wait. Thanks for the heads up.

 

[BatrickPatrick]

It's got two hobbits in it!

The plot summary reminds me of the Alice In Wonderland book Looking Glass Wars...Disappointing book

 

[chris.ph]

i watched it and enjoyed it+ i enjoyed the looking glass wars as well batrick

 

[SpideyGirl]

oooo not seen this and guess i've missed it now

 

[BatrickPatrick]

i watched it and enjoyed it+ i enjoyed the looking glass wars as well batrick

I enjoyed it, just not as much as I thought I would.

 

[Quatermass]

i watched it and enjoyed it+ i enjoyed the looking glass wars as well batrick

I enjoyed it, just not as much as I thought I would.

I enjoyed The Looking-Glass Wars. Not excellent, but entertaining to have a different version of Wonderland.

But didn't they pretty much do a sequel/revisioning of The Wizard of Oz called Tin Man? (EDIT: Ugh, I hate trying to put a Wiki URL link into this BBS! I had to remove it, as it didn't work!)

And that's leaving out Gregory Maguire's Wicked trilogy.

 

[Who's Wee Dug]

Don't have the syfy channel.

 

[BatrickPatrick]

i watched it and enjoyed it+ i enjoyed the looking glass wars as well batrick

I enjoyed it, just not as much as I thought I would.

I enjoyed The Looking-Glass Wars. Not excellent, but entertaining to have a different version of Wonderland.

But didn't they pretty much do a sequel/revisioning of The Wizard of Oz called Tin Man? (EDIT: Ugh, I hate trying to put a Wiki URL link into this BBS! I had to remove it, as it didn't work!)

And that's leaving out Gregory Maguire's Wicked trilogy.

I love the Wicked books, can't wait for the next one.

 

[Quatermass]

And that's leaving out Gregory Maguire's Wicked trilogy.

I love the Wicked books, can't wait for the next one.

Is there a fourth one on the way?

Oh, there is. Hmm. I just wasn't sure where the Wicked series could go after A Lion Among Men.

 

[BatrickPatrick]

And that's leaving out Gregory Maguire's Wicked trilogy.

I love the Wicked books, can't wait for the next one.

Is there a fourth one on the way?

Oh, there is. Hmm. I just wasn't sure where the Wicked series could go after A Lion Among Men.

I dunno, the fourth one's based around Glinda, and I thought the problem with A Lion Among Men was mostly the Lion's character, so maybe it'll be better?

 

[Quatermass]

And that's leaving out Gregory Maguire's Wicked trilogy.

I love the Wicked books, can't wait for the next one.

Is there a fourth one on the way?

Oh, there is. Hmm. I just wasn't sure where the Wicked series could go after A Lion Among Men.

I dunno, the fourth one's based around Glinda, and I thought the problem with A Lion Among Men was mostly the Lion's character, so maybe it'll be better?

I didn't say anything about its quality. In fact, I thought it an improvement over Son of a Witch (the storyline of Son of a Witch seemed less interesting than Wicked's). But it seemed to resolve quite a bit of the storyline.

 

[BatrickPatrick]

And that's leaving out Gregory Maguire's Wicked trilogy.

I love the Wicked books, can't wait for the next one.

Is there a fourth one on the way?

Oh, there is. Hmm. I just wasn't sure where the Wicked series could go after A Lion Among Men.

I dunno, the fourth one's based around Glinda, and I thought the problem with A Lion Among Men was mostly the Lion's character, so maybe it'll be better?

I didn't say anything about its quality. In fact, I thought it an improvement over Son of a Witch (the storyline of Son of a Witch seemed less interesting than Wicked's). But it seemed to resolve quite a bit of the storyline.

Yeah, but that doesn't mean I can't say anything about it's quality.

I preferred Son of a Witch, though it was hella depressing. I found Liir more interesting that Brrr(r? ) and given the ending of Son of a Witch I was hoping for more info on Elphaba's progeny, rather than starting on a new character.

 

[Quatermass]

Yeah, but that doesn't mean I can't say anything about it's quality.

I preferred Son of a Witch, though it was hella depressing. I found Liir more interesting that Brrr(r? ) and given the ending of Son of a Witch I was hoping for more info on Elphaba's progeny, rather than starting on a new character.

A fair point. But I found those characters equally interesting (not as interesting as Elphaba herself, though). It was the plotlines that felt different to me, and I found Brrr's misadventures surprisingly more intriguing and entertaining than Liir's adventures. And maybe it was because Son of a Witch was so depressing that I revolted against it a little, though that isn't always the case for me. A Lion Among Men at least reveals something interesting about Yackle.

But I thought you had misconstrued my own post as a comment on the quality rather than the fact that I felt there was nowhere else the story could go. That's all.