December, 2007

I do not know why I decided to throw away .000000000000001% of my life but I watched ‘Tin Man’, the SciFi Channel’s re-invention of the classic ‘Wizard of Oz’. I also did not know that the writers for the channel must have gone on strike months ago judging by the storyline.

I would warn you about spoilers ahead but that is like warning someone you are about to give away the twist in ‘Curly Sue’. (She dies by the way. Sorry)

Dorothy is now ‘DG’, short for Dorothy Gale. The tin man was found inside armor, but doesn’t wear metal. The Lion is now telepathic and is named ‘Raw’ as in “rahhhhh!” The Scarecrow looks like a Goth version of Ducky from Pretty in Pink. The suckitude gets worse so hang in there.

DG, it turns out is the original Dorothy’s daughter brought up on Earth by robot parents designed to be nurturers or something like that. The evil witch is actually DG’s sister and runs the dimension. The tornadoes are actually portals from Earth to Oz. The plot actually gets worse.

Oh yah and they call it ‘The Oh-zee’.

Toto is some black dude who has the ability to shape-shift, but he is actually a tutor. No, I don’t mean someone of a certain rank of regal-ness, but rather her teacher. ‘Toto’ was the cute name DG called him when she was a child and lived in Oz. Take a wild guess what animal he turns into most often.

The Wizard is still around but he’s crazy and being played by Richard Dreyfuss.

Our heroine is the only one who knows the way to the super emerald which controls the world I guess or something dumb like that. The Wizard has the tin man on his side to make sure she saves the day, and the witch has Black Toto on her side making sure DG makes it to the crystal.

They do other cutesy things like calling the Yellow Brick Road the ‘brick route’ for example. Asking for this crap to not be on television is like asking for macaroni and no cheese. No pun intended. Ok, yes it was.

I guess SciFi was out of ideas for a new Dune sequel.

(Pictures from Scifi.com, Internet Movie Database)

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Time for another round of fun blog posts and stuff you can check out while waiting for the Missouri/Oklahoma game tonight. Or for the replay of the CNN/YouTube Republican debate.

~Polli from Polliwog’s Pond and fate delayed the Huey Lewis movement when Quiet Riot frontman Kevin Dubrow died this week. No way it was any kind of drug overdose.

~Rickey from Riding with Rickey shares a fun hobby of his while also showing people can take gaming a bit too far.

~Stushie ponders political endorsements in a funny op-ed cartoon.

~The Cult of Qelqoth has issues with a certain actor in holiday movies. How the hell do you say Qelqoth anyway?

~Johnny at 15 Minute Lunch noticed that bulk mail marketers are focusing more on a different body part.

~Drew from Traipse shows us how to make a ‘thing in a jar‘. I do not know why but that makes me think of the classic SNL ‘Dick in a Box‘ video.

Coming Monday: Some blog post about something. Or maybe it won’t post until Tuesday.

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