Title: Todd MacFarlanes Wizard of Oz
Post by: johnnystress on 23 August, 2007, 01:26:32 PM
Post by: johnnystress on 23 August, 2007, 01:26:32 PM
"There will be no Munchkins skipping among the daisies, and the Yellow Brick Road will be updated with the latest computer technology in the Warner Brothers remake of one of the most popular films of all time.
The film studio has joined forces with a comic book artist and a writer better known for his work in the thriller genre to produce a revisionist version of the Wizard of Oz, the 1939 classic that turned Judy Garland into a teenage superstar."
wh..what are the munchkins doing to Dorothy?
"He told Variety magazine that he wants to give the film a dark edginess, with Dorothy "much closer to the Ripley from Alien than a helpless singing girl".
The film studio has joined forces with a comic book artist and a writer better known for his work in the thriller genre to produce a revisionist version of the Wizard of Oz, the 1939 classic that turned Judy Garland into a teenage superstar."
wh..what are the munchkins doing to Dorothy?
"He told Variety magazine that he wants to give the film a dark edginess, with Dorothy "much closer to the Ripley from Alien than a helpless singing girl".
Link: LINK
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Post by: johnnystress on 23 August, 2007, 01:51:20 PM
Post by: johnnystress on 23 August, 2007, 01:51:20 PM
Looking at the quality of the toys on the site McFarlanes crowd could really do 2000ad characters justice.
I want all the horror ones
I want all the horror ones
Link: Spawn toys
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Post by: Goaty on 23 August, 2007, 01:52:51 PM
Post by: Goaty on 23 August, 2007, 01:52:51 PM
Sounds good! :)
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Post by: Rio De Fideldo on 23 August, 2007, 01:54:28 PM
Post by: Rio De Fideldo on 23 August, 2007, 01:54:28 PM
I want all the horror ones
Start with that Bon Jovi set. Brrr two necked guitars.
Start with that Bon Jovi set. Brrr two necked guitars.
Title: Re: Todd MacFarlanes Wizard of Oz....
Post by: Satanist on 23 August, 2007, 02:00:38 PM
Post by: Satanist on 23 August, 2007, 02:00:38 PM
I've got a few of the Clive Barker ones. Cant be arsed to search the site but theres one with a fat bloke lying on a gurney. With realistic pubes!!!
My wife hates them with a passion!
My wife hates them with a passion!
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Post by: johnnystress on 23 August, 2007, 02:08:44 PM
Post by: johnnystress on 23 August, 2007, 02:08:44 PM
Can't imagine why...
Title: Re: Todd MacFarlanes Wizard of Oz....
Post by: Satanist on 23 August, 2007, 02:26:35 PM
Post by: Satanist on 23 August, 2007, 02:26:35 PM
Thats the chappy. With each figure you got a mini story written by Barker about the character.
They were all set in the first city of Pangaea which is like Rome but with more monsters.
They were all set in the first city of Pangaea which is like Rome but with more monsters.
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Post by: Woolly on 23 August, 2007, 05:27:01 PM
Post by: Woolly on 23 August, 2007, 05:27:01 PM
Personally, i prefer SOTA TOYS to McFarlane figures..
Link: Check this beauty!
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Post by: Adrian Bamforth on 23 August, 2007, 09:21:06 PM
Post by: Adrian Bamforth on 23 August, 2007, 09:21:06 PM
I listened to the first Wizard Of Oz book online recently - it's free to hear along with every other book over 100 years old, just follow the link below.
I never cared much for the film just found it quite unpleasant, and thankfully the original story doesn't really have the same 'what we're searching for is all within' sentimental message and the characters aren't content to be fobbed off with 'you already have it within' balony. the story also carries on after the wizard episode as they meet people qith ejector heads.
Return To Oz apparently far closer to the Oz book, it was a shame it was ignored for not being the film.
ADE
I never cared much for the film just found it quite unpleasant, and thankfully the original story doesn't really have the same 'what we're searching for is all within' sentimental message and the characters aren't content to be fobbed off with 'you already have it within' balony. the story also carries on after the wizard episode as they meet people qith ejector heads.
Return To Oz apparently far closer to the Oz book, it was a shame it was ignored for not being the film.
ADE
Link: Gutenburg free out-of-copyright audio books
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Post by: Albion on 23 August, 2007, 09:40:52 PM
Post by: Albion on 23 August, 2007, 09:40:52 PM
I read the first one recently as it was free to download and I was curious to see what it was like.
It was actually OK and I was quite surprised when the Scarecrow was ripping crows heads of!
It was actually OK and I was quite surprised when the Scarecrow was ripping crows heads of!
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Post by: Pete Wells on 23 August, 2007, 09:42:34 PM
Post by: Pete Wells on 23 August, 2007, 09:42:34 PM
Spooky. My lovely Michelle is doing The Wizard of Oz with her special needs school kids next term and I've been volunteered to produce sensory story versions and multimedia versions of the tale. As a result, we watched the film at the weekend. We've gone to my bro's house 'down south' for a few days this week and we went to see 'Wicked' in the West End (it was fookin' great!) and then this thread turns up.
I wonder if I'm finally losing me marbles...
I wonder if I'm finally losing me marbles...
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Post by: Tweak72 on 24 August, 2007, 09:28:02 AM
Post by: Tweak72 on 24 August, 2007, 09:28:02 AM
IMO Todd McFarlane can stuff it up his @rse. He is a "Merchant Banker" and responsible for ballâ?? sing up a series that should be finished, complete and on my book shelf right at this moment.
All he has done is had the oh so "original" idea of taking a popular fairy story and adding S&M to the mix (like that hasnâ??t been done before eh? Ann Rice?) So that he gets the nerd virgin and trying to be "alternative" fan base to part with their cash.
And Spawn is shite as well!!
*Kicks over soap box in disgust"
All he has done is had the oh so "original" idea of taking a popular fairy story and adding S&M to the mix (like that hasnâ??t been done before eh? Ann Rice?) So that he gets the nerd virgin and trying to be "alternative" fan base to part with their cash.
And Spawn is shite as well!!
*Kicks over soap box in disgust"
Link: How Todd ruined EVERY THING!
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Post by: Tweak72 on 24 August, 2007, 09:44:54 AM
Post by: Tweak72 on 24 August, 2007, 09:44:54 AM
the H. P. LOVECRAFT stuff look brilliant
Title: Re: Todd MacFarlanes Wizard of Oz....
Post by: Dark Jimbo on 24 August, 2007, 11:00:10 AM
Post by: Dark Jimbo on 24 August, 2007, 11:00:10 AM
I liked the fact that in the book Dorothy went home to get her family and they all went to live in Oz, abandoning reality for the dream world, rather than the 'dreams are a bad thing, stick to what you know' message of the film.
Return to Oz is utterly brilliant.
Return to Oz is utterly brilliant.
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Post by: Noisybast on 24 August, 2007, 11:48:13 AM
Post by: Noisybast on 24 August, 2007, 11:48:13 AM
"...in the book Dorothy went home to get her family and they all went to live in Oz"
Well, there's another book I needn't bother reading, then... ;)
Well, there's another book I needn't bother reading, then... ;)
Title: Re: Todd MacFarlanes Wizard of Oz....
Post by: The Adventurer on 24 August, 2007, 11:50:40 AM
Post by: The Adventurer on 24 August, 2007, 11:50:40 AM
Return to Oz was terrible and directly responsible for the number of "dark" takes on the Wizard of Oz in the modern age. For that reason alone I despise it. The Judy Garland musical adaption isn't very good either.
The Wizard of Oz is the apex of Mother Drokking WHIMSY. Not Gothic drokking HORROR. MacFarlane's figures and this movie pitch are an abomination unto the source material. There is nothing dark about the Wizard of Oz or it's subsequent sequels.
THIS is the Wizard of Oz (The Wizard of Oz one-shot, from Image)
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The Wizard of Oz is the apex of Mother Drokking WHIMSY. Not Gothic drokking HORROR. MacFarlane's figures and this movie pitch are an abomination unto the source material. There is nothing dark about the Wizard of Oz or it's subsequent sequels.
THIS is the Wizard of Oz (The Wizard of Oz one-shot, from Image)
By the (http://profile.imageshack.us/user/the)
Title: Re: Todd MacFarlanes Wizard of Oz....
Post by: johnnystress on 24 August, 2007, 11:56:22 AM
Post by: johnnystress on 24 August, 2007, 11:56:22 AM
Just think of it as "Wizard of Oz-EXTREME!"
Title: Re: Todd MacFarlanes Wizard of Oz....
Post by: The Adventurer on 24 August, 2007, 12:10:17 PM
Post by: The Adventurer on 24 August, 2007, 12:10:17 PM
I will be honest though, this made for tv sci-fi/fantasy take on Oz, Tin Man has got me interested. Less because it looks like Oz, and more because it looks like ZORK.
It's going to be rubbish, but it could be fun. At least it's not going to be bondage/torture fantasy.
It's going to be rubbish, but it could be fun. At least it's not going to be bondage/torture fantasy.