Starting tonight The Sci Fi Channel is broadcasting an ambitious six hour reworking of The Wizard of OZ called Tin Man. See if you can figure out who's who from the above pic. Read about it here: http://www.scifi.com/tinman/
How this adaptation will succeed we'll soon discover. Meanwhile you can read this review: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/30/arts/30tin.html?_r=1&oref=slogin
Well after watching six hours of this revisionist saga, I will say it was too long and dragged out. It was interesting to spot the references to the original and see how they were changed. The computer-generated graphics were very good and the acting was fine. But what was the point of making this miniseries? If anything it made you appreciate the book and movie version. You need to be a diehard OZ fan to slug through Tin Man. I was tempted several times to change the channel. My wife gave up after the first installment and thought it was a ripoff of Stephen King's Gunslinger series.
For those OZ purists, here's the best DVD edition of the 1939 classic. The bonus features are worth every penny: http://www.amazon.com/Wizard-Oz-Three-Disc-Collectors/dp/B000ADS64E/ref=pd_bbs_sr_3?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1196622440&sr=1-3
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