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Tin Man
Topic Started: Nov 23 2007, 10:12 PM (276 Views)
TheObserver

Not sure what to think.

Part of me wants to watch to see just how different it is even though it clearly shows it in the commercials but then I don't want to waste my time.
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I actually want to see how the mini series will turn out, so it has me tuning in.
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I'm watching too. But, I'm unclear on something. Is this a new story or the old story modernized?
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The only thing I can find is that it's being described as a "re-imagining".
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Purple Marauder
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Whatever the hell that means... :lol:
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TheObserver

There's something that you can click to compare the original and the new (which I'm abot to look at).
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This is from the AP:

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LOS ANGELES (AP) — No dancing down the yellow brick road for Zooey Deschanel, star of Sci Fi Channel's new Emerald City adaptation, "Tin Man." And no warbling "Over the Rainbow" a la Judy Garland, either.

"It's postmodern, more like Indiana Jones than a fairy tale," said Deschanel, whose Dorothy — the role immortalized by Garland in "The Wizard of Oz" — is a disaffected, motorcycle-riding waitress called DG.

Based on L. Frank Baum's novel "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz," which inspired the 1939 film classic, Sci Fi's six-hour "Tin Man" is not a musical but a brooding, special effects-driven fantasy.

"The book was written in 1900 and its story still lives," said Robert Halmi Sr., one the executive producers.

"It's a coming-of-age story," Deschanel said of the miniseries airing Dec. 2 through Dec. 4.

"Here's DG acting out in a teenage way before she gets swept up by the storm," the actress said of her character's ride to the alternate universe of the O.Z., or Outer Zone, on the tail of a Kansas tornado. "Then she's forced to grow up a little bit and find out how brave she is and how smart she is. On this journey, she becomes an adult."

Along the way DG meets creatures and crises that never crossed Garland's path.

Still, fans of the 1939 film will recognize the classic scarecrow in zipper-headed Glitch (Alan Cumming), the cowardly lion in the wolverine-human psychic, Raw (Raoul Trujillo), and Dorothy's little dog in the shape-shifter, Toto (Blu Mankuma).

There's a wizard of sorts in Richard Dreyfuss' vapor-sniffing Mystic Man.

There's also a yellow brick road, although — in keeping with the O.Z.'s shadowy, retro-futuristic look — it barely glimmers.

And the title character, ex-cop Wyatt Cain (Neal McDonough), called a tin man for his tin badge, is a far more embittered type than Jack Haley's metal man was in the movie musical.

Yes, Halmi said, "Tin Man" is a "bit darker. To make a classic understood by young people today you have to talk an entirely different language."

That language includes a wickedly witchy twist on family ties that "Oz" creator Baum never conjured.

And the evil sorceress Azkadellia (Kathleen Robertson) gets far more screen time than her predecessor, Margaret Hamilton's cackling Wicked Witch of the West, did in the Garland film.

"It's a very daunting prospect when you're asked to play one of the most iconic film villainesses in history," Robertson said. "As opposed to playing Azkadellia archetypal and loud, I played her internal and psychological. She's narcissistic. She has every personality disorder that you can figure."

Although "Tin Man" is loaded with computer-generated creatures and settings, "most of the sets in Azkadellia's world were real," Robertson said.

"I didn't do a lot of green screen," she said of acting in front of plain backgrounds that are digitally completed in post-production. "I didn't have to imagine what her world was like."

Robertson also snagged the most glamorous wardrobe in "Tin Man," a clutch of sharply cut gowns with sinuous curves. Her necklines plunge to reveal chest tattoos that morph into flying Mobats, or monkey bats, which do Azkadellia's bidding.

"You can't be in those costumes and speak casually," Robertson said. "Something our director, Nick Willing, told us was that in the massive, epic world of `Tin Man,' you can't be quiet and small. There has to be ferocity or you'll disappear.

"So I deepened my voice a little. My performance was slightly stylized and elevated. Whereas Zooey's character is the opposite. She's the one character in the piece where you think, `Oh, that could be me.'"

It was this normal aura that clinched Deschanel's casting as DG. "I couldn't find anybody else who's so innocent, with eyes so wide open," Halmi said.

Wide-eyed or no, Deschanel didn't want to reprise Garland's pigtailed Dorothy in "Tin Man."

"That was such an incredible performance that there's no need to repeat it," she said. "I wanted to make this role my own."
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Kraul

I'm interested in it. I'll probably miss it like everything else on television, but if I can, I'll try to watch it.

It's just a shame that it's not really dark. I love really dark re-imaginings of classic books/movies.
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I watched the first part earlier tonight (Sunday night). The second part is suppose to come on Monday night and I assume the third part will be coming on Tuesday night. I work both nights and already record on those nights, so it looks like I'm going to miss the final 2 parts of this 3 part series. I liked the first part too. I'm going to have to check Sci-Fi network and see if they'll be replaying the series in its entirety all at once.

Edited: I just checked. Sci-Fi will be showing all three parts next Sunday (December, 9) from 5 p.m. to 11 p.m. I'll definitely be watching it. :)
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Kame

I haven't gotten the chance to see an episode yet, but I will try my best to check out that marathon on Sunday. The Wizard of Oz was one of my favorite movies a kid, so I'm sure that I’ll find it to be enjoyable.
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Actually, it has very little to do with the Wizard of Oz. Other than the basic plot, it's almost a completely different movie, I think.
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Dang, I forgot it was on last night :lol:
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Kraul

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Dec 3 2007, 08:34 AM
Dang, I forgot it was on last night :lol:

Ditto. :busy:

I knew I would. I had even saw promos hyping it up the night before and I think yesterday morning, but I managed to completely forget about it come last evening.
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TheObserver

I tried taping it but then my box screwed it up, making parts freeze up so I couldn't watch all of it cause it was pissing me off. :-/

From what I saw it wasn't to bad otherwise.

I'll probably just watch them all back to back.
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Kraul

Yeah, they'll inevitably air them all as a marathon. Probably enough times for everyone to not only see it in full but also grow extremely tired of hearing about it/seeing it.
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That's only if you watch Sci-Fi regularly though. I think this is the first time I've watched the Sci-Fi network since I stopped watching ECW. Now, when the hell did I watch my last ECW show. :P

I know they'll be airing all three parts this coming Sunday from 5 to 11. I don't know if I can sit in front of the tv for 6 hours straight, but I'll have a tape in my VCR just in case.
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They will also replay part one tonight before part 2. And, they repeat each part 3 times in a row...if you want to tape it....
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Like I said earlier, I'll be working tonight (and tomorrow night) and I record things on Monday and Tuesday night, so I'll just wait until the Sunday repeat to catch all three together. I've already seen part 1 (twice), but I'll probably watch it again. The first part was good, I thought. The only turn off was the many, many, many commercials. But that much is to be expected, I guess.
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I taped part one...I watch Chuck and Raw tonight, so I'll tape part 2 when it starts at 11 or midnight or whatever and then I'll probably just tape part 3 the next night and watch it all when I can. That way I can fast forward through the commercials. :grin:
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Kraul

I'm sure some people will probably put it on the internet, commercial-free, also when it's all aired.
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