Originally Posted By Autopia Deb <---- may be working on a small Yokeroo/Mawnk crush after posts 97 and 99 .
Originally Posted By Yookeroo "may be working on a small Yokeroo/Mawnk crush after posts 97 and 99 ." Apparently it's not only the revisionism that's wanton around here. Sorry, couldn't resist. Any excuse to use the work "wanton".
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt The poster for Oz The Great and Powerful has been released. <a href="http://i.huffpost.com/gen/673464/original.jpg" target="_blank">http://i.huffpost.com/gen/6734...inal.jpg</a>
Originally Posted By oc_dean On the subject of the film - That is really cool looking. I was hoping for Robert Downey Jr to play the wizard, so ... I hope James Franco can pull it off. On the subject of a land in Disneyland - I hope this does not get people on the band wagon .. and think - "Oh, I heard a rumor...." Because it's too difficult to create a land, that has absolutely no connection, or look similar to the 1939 MGM film .. because if it does, Warner Bros. (who own the film) will sue Disney so fast, they won't know what hit them.
Originally Posted By Jim in Merced CA <Because it's too difficult to create a land, that has absolutely no connection, or look similar to the 1939 MGM film> Says who? I'm guessing that the look of movie will be different than the 1939 MGM version.
Originally Posted By DBitz2 They showed some concept art for the movie at the last D23 Expo in 2011, at which time the movie had just started shooting in Michigan. I thought the art was very beautiful and impressive. Nothing like the revered MGM film.
Originally Posted By Jim in Merced CA And while the 1939 MGM version is certainly iconic in the history of cinema -- I also don"t feel that it has a "look" that cannot be improved upon. In fact, the scenes in Oz are quite dated architecturally and fashion-wise.
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt I would say that Tim Burton's Alice was big improvement over the Walt Disney version.
Originally Posted By crapshoot <<In fact, the scenes in Oz are quite dated architecturally and fashion-wise.>> You mean architecturally and fashion-wise dated like in the movie; Gone With the Wind?
Originally Posted By DlandDug Fashions come and go, even when dealing with period pieces (Gone With the Wind) or fantasy. Just look at stills from two movies about the same historical figure, Marie Antoinette. 1938: <a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_gKeMp7eusV8/TD-YuRZqgLI/AAAAAAAAAKs/yIDrYaCUiBU/s1600/norma+shearer.jpg" target="_blank">http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_gKeM...arer.jpg</a> 2006: <a href="http://favim.com/orig/201102/23/Favim.com-448.jpg" target="_blank">http://favim.com/orig/201102/2...-448.jpg</a> Superficially they look about the same, but then one starts to notice how very different the hair and makeup are. Even the clothes are cut differently. Here's a look at the same exact fantasy story, several years apart, and definitely "of their own time:" <a href="http://www.laurelandhardy.org/images/behindscenesbabesintoyland2.jpg" target="_blank">http://www.laurelandhardy.org/...and2.jpg</a> <a href="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2638/3895674402_2801bc45d5.jpg" target="_blank">http://farm3.static.flickr.com...45d5.jpg</a> That said, I am inclined to believe that unless a truly captivating and imaginative treatment is found, audiences will still flash automatically to this when they think "Wizard of Oz." <a href="http://www.deepglamour.net/.a/6a00e553bc52568834011278fb8ed528a4-800wi" target="_blank">http://www.deepglamour.net/.a/...a4-800wi</a>
Originally Posted By doombuggy "I'm guessing that the look of movie will be different than the 1939 MGM version." Return to OZ didn't have the "look" of the classic so yes it can and has been done already.
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt All they have to do is go to Baum's books for inspiration. I always thought that the Wizard of Oz was a brilliant film, but the wondeorus vision created in the books makes WofO look like an elaborate vaudaville stage play.
Originally Posted By Witches of Morva ORDDU: Just don't get to attached to any of the witches from Oz, Dr. Hans, dear. You already have enough witch to handle as it is--and YOUR witch is from Morva--not Oz....
