tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18996311.post113207402463345762..comments2024-03-26T15:10:55.199-05:00Comments on The Royal Blog of Oz: A new film version of "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz?"Jayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03766446206846532440noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18996311.post-1145115997104974712006-04-15T10:46:00.000-05:002006-04-15T10:46:00.000-05:00That is a good idea, Mike, but the problem is is t...That is a good idea, Mike, but the problem is is that Uncle Henry did not take loans from the bank until the cyclone carried away the first house. His health broke down later and he needed a trip for his health (and also had to hire some help for the farm). Then the crop that was going to get them out of debt failed. Aunt Em tells Dorothy that she may go to live in Oz, if it's real, and Ozma allows Aunt Em & Uncle Henry to come to Oz as well.Jayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03766446206846532440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18996311.post-1133485748045090232005-12-01T19:09:00.000-06:002005-12-01T19:09:00.000-06:00I think one way to establish, via drama, that thes...I think one way to establish, via drama, that these people are important to each other would be to borrow from "Emerald City of Oz," and have the bank threatening to foreclose on the farm. Don't Henry and Em discuss having to send Dorothy to live elsewhere when that happens? She could be hiding behind the door overhearing them talk to "the Man from the Big City" . . . thus we set up an anxiety in Dorothy that she will be homeless even before the twister takes her to Oz (where she will make her speech to Scarecrow about there being no place like home -- adds another level of meaning to it). <BR/><BR/>Then, when she returns to Kansas at the end of the movie, and she knows that Oz is *not* a dream (shame forever on MGM!!!), she can have a hope that the family can "relocate," thus setting the stage for a sequel...<BR/><BR/>Which raises the question: Would a new Oz film "franchise" treat "Land of Oz" and "Ozma" as two separate films? I don't know about you, but I really liked Disney's "Return to Oz," even if it made some changes to the texts. <BR/><BR/>Just some thoughts on making that first chapter more dramatic --<BR/><BR/>Mike PoteetBibliomikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05495122713297989501noreply@blogger.com