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[Branduil]

This is the worst thing I've ever seen.

 

[PHOENIXZERO]

This looks like it's a tier or three below garbage.

 

[Mechazawa]

Yup, that's a Tarsem Singh thing.

 

[Zaventem]

wow no joke i laughed at how awful this trailer was. Even the music is uninspired.

 

[neshcom]

You know a show is good when it premieres on Friday. Just skip the pretense of giving it a timeslot and stick it directly into the toilet.

 

[Akainu]

Wasn't the book a bit darker than the film anyway?

I remember hearing that you can't die in oz even if you were shredded to pieces.

I think the tin man actually meets his still alive head.

 

[SpaceWolf]

"There's a darkness here"
"Only you can stop it!"

Honestly, can people even get excited for this kind of dialogue anymore?

 

[The Silver]

After seeing Scarecrow I was hoping the Lion was just gonna be a really hairy guy

 

[SpaceWolf]

After seeing Scarecrow I was hoping the Lion was just gonna be a really hairy guy

Too fantastic.

A buff naked man. With a beard.

 

[Psychoward]

Lol

 

[TheOddOne]

IIRC this show was cancelled at one point, but got retooled because NBC could not let it go.

 

[Psychoward]

"There's a darkness here"
"Only you can stop it!"

Honestly, can people even get excited for this kind of dialogue anymore?

Can't forget the "it turns out I was just looking for you" or whatever bit


Or the clearly spliced together dialog at some points


I just don't understand

 

[berzeli]

I'm going to repost what I said in the cancellations thread:

Look, the world may seem like a gloomy place these days so it is nice when there comes something so radiant as to just make everything else go away.
The trailer for NBC's, totally necessary, gritty reboot of Wizard of Oz is here. Gaze upon Emerald City and rejoice.

I have no words.

I'm not joking when I'm saying that the highlight of my day (possibly week) is that trailer. I have been smiling for the last twenty minutes or so. It is glorious.

The acting is so terrible. "I want magic." "Did you kill my sister?" "Are you a good witch or a bad witch?"
The writing is clunky as fuck (see above)
The effects work is ... okay-ish. But some of that shit just looks bad.
That fucking goofy looking motherfucker which is the Lion. Just look at this cat:

Just fucking look at him:

(also look at his equally goofy rubber sword)

This is the trash that I live for.

 

[Stasis]

This isn't CW?

Either way my gf will prolly love it. Smart and wonderful woman but her tv choices...

That said, I'll give it a shot too =P

 

[Santiako]

I'm going to repost what I said in the cancellations thread:

That rubber sword ayyy lmao

 

[Lord Frieza]

I'm going to repost what I said in the cancellations thread:

Jesus Christ at that sword haha. I cannot believe that made it through.

 

[santi_yo]

Which video game is this?

 

[Discotheque]

Which video game is this?

Medieval Total War. Now on Windows 98 PCs worldwide.

 

[SpaceWolf]

Which video game is this?

Battle for Middle Earth 2, I think? Could be the expansion pack.

 

[A Serious Man]

This has got to be one of the most ill-conceived things I've seen in awhile.

 

[GuitarAtomik]

Oh so this is finally happening? They've been trying to get this off the ground for years iirc.

 

[Altairre]

I usually try to give these things the benefit of the doubt but this looks like shit.

 

[El Topo]

Reminds me of their Dracula series, which was a wretched, miserable heap of rubbish.

The Dracula series was okay. A lot of stupidity (*cough* wireless energy vs. oil *cough*), but some entertaining ideas and scenes here and there.

 

[ryseing]

Wicked did the sexy scarecrow thing first y'all.

The Dracula series was okay. A lot of stupidity (*cough* wireless energy vs. oil *cough*), but some entertaining ideas and scenes here and there.

Yeah, JRM made that show worth watching. Far more entertaining than it had any right to be.

 

[TrutaS]

What Game of Thrones would look like with actual magic, a fake Jake Gyllenhaal, drones and a much lower budget

 

[SpaceWolf]

Wicked did the sexy scarecrow thing first y'all.

In Wicked, the character was a sexy guy who got turned into a Scarecrow, not the other way around.

While we're on the subject, I need me some sexy Tik Tok.

 

[Eidan]

The Scarecrow is just a Hemsworth with tar and some hay haphazardly thrown on him.

 

[PHOENIXZERO]

This isn't CW?

Either way my gf will prolly love it. Smart and wonderful woman but her tv choices...

That said, I'll give it a shot too =P

The CW has shows with better VFX, writing and even acting than this.

In Wicked, the character was a sexy guy who got turned into a Scarecrow, not the other way around.

While we're on the subject, I need me some sexy Tik Tok.

I saw it last year for the first time probably since I was a kid only to learn Dorothy was a young Fairuza Balk. Then found out I had the illustrated book for the movie as a kid as well when my mother gave it to me, completely forgot about it. Still a creepy damn movie.

 

[CassidyIzABeast]

I give it 4 episodes

 

[Tom_Cody]

Oh lord.

 

[Ashodin]

lol yo the wicked witch is a hottie for no reason

 

[Jackpot]

Mike and Jay saw this coming
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QFnwZ06urYg&t=5m13s

 

[SpaceWolf]

I saw it last year for the first time probably since I was a kid only to learn Dorothy was a young Fairuza Balk. Then found out I had the illustrated book for the movie as a kid as well when my mother gave it to me, completely forgot about it. Still a creepy damn movie.

Vaguely fun story: After meeting my brother's girlfriend for the first time a few months ago, we managed to bond by exchanging stories regarding how traumatized we were by that creepy scene with the witch who stole peoples faces.

Shit was terrifying.

 

[neorej]

This weird as fuck

 

[OnPoint]

This is the perfect example of a show trying too hard.

Next, lets get a gritty interpretation of Winnie the Pooh please...

Eeyore is already half way there.

 

[cLOUDo]

This is NBC so
cancel after 3 episodes?

 

[sparkzero]

Barcelonas Park Güell is in Oz? Makes sense, it's so magical!

 

[kingkitty]

Dorothy ran over the witch with a car, lmao.

 

[neorej]

Dorothy ran over the witch with a car, lmao.

At first, I thought she ran over Superman.

 

[methane47]

That... is ... not halley berry right?

 

[The Technomancer]

stopit stopit stopit stopit stopit stopit stopit stopit stopit stopit stopit stopit stopit stopit stopit stopit stopit stopit stopit stopit stopit stopit stopit stopit stopit stopit stopit stopit stopit

 

[Transistor]

Wow, holy shit, this looks soooooo bad

 

[Alavard]

There are hints of something good in places, but man, they're surrounded by crap.

 

[Ricker]

Not bad...kinda looks like a MTV show,like the Chronicles of Shannara,that turned out pretty well actually...

Hope its good.

 

[witchedwiz]

the trailer was... peculiar..
not GOOD by any means, but it's not BAD enough to be bad..
I'll watch it for a bit, as usual I give a chance to every show..
but if it doesn't deliver in 5 eps, the show is done :X

it seems a juvenile "wannabe"-dark taking on the original oz story..
oh well, we'll see

 

[Busty]

Friday night slot?

Dat confidence.






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D'Onofrio is better than this.

 

[Prompto]

That looks so bad that I kinda want to watch it now.

Also remember when people were actually excited about Tarsem Singh and what he would do in the future?

 

[ChubbyHuggs]

What the hell is even going on? The scarecrow is just something sexy guy tarred and hayed on a crucifix.

 

[gabbo]

It'll last one season, and D'Onofrio must owe someone at NBC money from his L&O: CI days to have done this.

 

[Retro]

The Dracula series was okay. A lot of stupidity (*cough* wireless energy vs. oil *cough*), but some entertaining ideas and scenes here and there.

I mean, I could list all of the things that are straight up objectively wrong, but all I really need to say is "Van Helsing resurrects Dracula so they can both get revenge on the secret soceity who killed their loved ones, utilizing a bad American accent and alternative energy by day and a fucking Katana in 1800's London by night" and we're pretty much there. The rest of the absurdity in the show is just debris spinning around a ridiculous tornado that both sucks and blows in equal amounts.