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Tin Man (Two-Disc Collector's Edition)
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| Part No: | B0010X744G |
| Manufacturer: | Rhi Entertainment |
| MFG Part: | GEPD80855D |
| Customer Rating: | 4.0 / 5.0 |
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Studio: Genius Products Inc Release Date: 09/16/2008 Run time: 264 minutes
| Tin man gets gold | 2010-09-10 | 5 / 5 |
| | Being able to sit down & watch the movie in its entirety is like watching a different movie. Most enjoyable! |
| Good SciFi for TV | 2010-08-31 | 4 / 5 |
| | The Tin Man Two Disc Collector's Edition was exactly what I expected and what I wanted. I saw the first episode when it was out on the SciFi channel, however I didn't get to see the last two episodes. I am glad I finally had the chance to see it. For me (I like things like Star Trek, and The Matrix) it was a really entertaining...still...it was a TV type show - I think they could have done a bit more to make it big screen material - that is why I dinged it a star on my review. |
| Great series | 2010-08-27 | 5 / 5 |
| | This was a great adaptation of a classic. My wife and I loved the sci-fi twist. Zoey is awesome. This is a well written, well acted, recreation of a great movie. |
| Good but far from great | 2010-07-30 | 3 / 5 |
| I agree with the other reviewer who said this falls short of the original intent to make this an adult version of the classic children's movie. The acting is sub-par all the way through, except maybe Richard Dreifuss' Mystic, and the comical Glitch. The others are carboard characters with no complexity at all. The production is surprizingly good for a TV series, but the attempt to fuse the different genres is pretty cheesy. We have heroic quest fantasy a la Lord Of The Rings, a fairy tale (Alice in Wonderland), distopian science fiction story (Brave New World), post-apocalyptic action-adventure (Waterworld, Mad Max). Many scenes and characters are out of place, like the entire "Resistance" army. They cannot resist anything at all - the witch and her army are too powerful. The witch's army and Gestapo-like secret police is pretty redundant as well - isn't a witch supposed to have magic to do all that for her? The WW2 machines especially seemed ridiculous. Also the whole Dune scene in front of the Witches Castle (which itself is like the Dark Tower in Two Towers) seemed highly unoriginal.
That said, I still like the way the plot gradually unfolds to reveal more about the heroine and the villain, and the way they are intimately connected. And there are some interesting scenes involving magic, such as the demon-like dark witch possessing Askadelia, and her eventual exorcism at the end.
On the whole this is a highly derrivative, un-original work, albeit a very entertaining one. |
| Well Worth Watching | 2010-07-29 | 4 / 5 |
| "Tin Man", a 3 part mini-series that aired on the Sci-Fi channel in 2007, is a re-imagining of the Wizard of Oz. But unlike the classic 1939 movie, which despite its overtones of evil, was basically a bright and cheerful place, "Tin Man" is much darker and apocalyptic (and in a sense, truer to the novel by L. Frank Baum.)
The story follows D.G., a young woman in Kansas who lives at home on a farm, working as a waitress in a local diner, and yearning for a more exciting life, one where she better fits in. Without giving anything away, she is transported to the O.Z. (the Outer Zone) and meets up with updated versions of the tin man, cowardly lion, and scarecrow, who help her on her quests. However, while giving the occasional nod to the 1939 film, the story and characters in "Tin Man" are basically brand new, and are entertaining and imaginative.
For a miniseries, the special effects are quite good and very realistic. The actors are, by and large, talented and fit well into their characters, especially Alan Cumming as Glitch (the scarecrow), and Neal McDonough as the Tin Man. I had some problems with Zooey Deschanel's portrayal of DG, though. While Ms Deschanel is extremely talented, I felt that the scope of her character's emotions was too limited and too bland, when greater passion and amazement would have been more appropriate.
While I enjoyed the story as a whole, I also thought some of the dialog was a bit too stilted and/or trite at times, and that there were several holes in the plot that could have been better explained. Again, without trying to give anything away, the evil witch has her purpose, but it's never really clear why she wants to do it, especially as the likely impact would be the end of the world. The first two episodes were better in this regard, while the third (and final episode) felt a bit rushed. I also would have liked a slightly longer and more conclusive ending after DG and company defeat the witch.
Taken as a whole, though, this is a good miniseries. It runs to about 4 ½ hours of actual viewing time, and is well worth watching. I liked how they turned the story of the Wizard of Oz inside out, along with the superior productions values, and how well the actors fit their roles.
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