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Post by Eλευθερί on Nov 5, 2017 17:36:45 GMT
What do you think of the show? What do you like/dislike about it? What would you change?
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Post by hi224 on Nov 5, 2017 19:37:54 GMT
Yep and i really felt nearly every character was hard to watch.
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Post by Terrapin Station on Nov 5, 2017 19:44:03 GMT
I DVRed the whole thing and waited until it finished to start watching it. I gave it a few episodes, but I just couldn't get into it. It was overly serious, awkward and cheesy-feeling, with a sketchy, complex mythology that seemed arbitrary. The Wizard of Oz connections seemed kind of pointless and forced, too. I deleted the rest of the season without watching it. There were some nice visuals, and I liked the girl playing Dorothy (or whatever they changed her name to), but I was frustrated and very disappointed with it overall. I got the sense of it being a troubled production.
There was an Alice in Wonderland miniseries not too long ago that tried something similar, and that one was successful in my opinion.
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Post by Eλευθερί on Nov 5, 2017 23:35:43 GMT
I am working my way through it. I have very mixed feelings about it. On the one hand, it's clear that a lot of work and a lot of money went into making it. Some great actors, amazing design and costuming. I noticed that Tarsem Singh directed it.
But on the other, the story is so incredibly dark. And who is the intended audience? I have always thought of The Wizard of Oz as being a story fit even for young children. This production deals with very adult themes, that make it completely inappropriate for many children. It's one thing for a witch to be killed off-screen when a house falls on her (a witch you never see, mind you--just her legs and shoes); it's something else entirely for the audience to be shown a witch blowing herself away with a gunshot to the face. Then there's the violence of the soldiers. And the sexual activities of the Wizard's harem.
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Post by hi224 on Nov 5, 2017 23:39:34 GMT
I am working my way through it. I have very mixed feelings about it. On the one hand, it's clear that a lot of work and a lot of money went into making it. Some great actors, amazing design and costuming. I noticed that Tarsem Singh directed it. But on the other, the story is so incredibly dark. And who is the intended audience? I have always thought of The Wizard of Oz as being a story fit even for young children. This production deals with very adult themes, that make it completely inappropriate for many children. It's one thing for a witch to be killed off-screen when a house falls on her (a witch you never see, mind you--just her legs and shoes); it's something else entirely for the audience to be shown a witch blowing herself a way with a gunshot to the face. Then there's the violence of the soldiers. And the sexual activities of the Wizard's harem. that's part of the problem they are attempting to appeal to the GOT crowd as well. |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 7, 2017 0:10:09 GMT
I made a thread two months ago about it. I thought it was terrible. I watched the first episode and then deleted the rest.
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Post by leesilm on Nov 7, 2017 1:17:27 GMT
I really liked it, although the Jack story was a bit clunky in pacing and I didn't find Dorthy terribly likable, but I enjoyed the episodes the local station aired. They stopped, for some reason, right after Dorthy and Scarecrow/Lucas split up at the caravan wagon. I don't know why they didn't air the rest of the episodes. Might have to get the app for NBC so I can watch the rest.
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Post by bess1971s on Nov 8, 2017 20:14:28 GMT
I enjoyed the show but from day one I had a feeling it was going to be cancelled (high production values and the kiss of death slot on Friday night) so when it happened I was disappointed but not surprised.
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