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Buffista Movies 4: Straight to Video  

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Lyra Jane - Jun 29, 2005 4:44:41 am PDT #4840 of 10002
Up with the sun

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz is the Oz book with the most clear political symbolism:

I've heard that Baum didn't have any symbolism in mind, and that critics read it into the book significantly later. (In 1964, to be exact.) Unfortunately, we can't exactly ask Baum any more.


Jim - Jun 29, 2005 4:45:10 am PDT #4841 of 10002
Ficht nicht mit Der Raketemensch!

Well, C of E congregations vary from basically full-blown catholic (my village church had parts of the liturgy in Latin well into the '70s) to happy-clappy evangelicals who would fit in at a White House breakfast. But 99% of people who put C of E down on forms are basically agnostic and just do christenings and weddings because church is where you do such things in the English countryside.


Polter-Cow - Jun 29, 2005 4:45:32 am PDT #4842 of 10002
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

Unfortunately, we can't exactly ask Baum any more.

We could if we RESURRECTED HIM AS ZOMBIE BAUM.


Lyra Jane - Jun 29, 2005 4:46:37 am PDT #4843 of 10002
Up with the sun

We could if we RESURRECTED HIM AS ZOMBIE BAUM.

You go right to work on that, P-C. Just don't blame me if HE EATS YOUR BRAINS.


Polter-Cow - Jun 29, 2005 4:49:24 am PDT #4844 of 10002
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

I, for one, welcome my zombie master.


Jim - Jun 29, 2005 4:49:35 am PDT #4845 of 10002
Ficht nicht mit Der Raketemensch!

sigh

Zombies don't eat brains, unless instructed to by their zombie master. Lot of peopl get that wrong.


Frankenbuddha - Jun 29, 2005 4:55:31 am PDT #4846 of 10002
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"

I, for one, welcome my zombie master.

Bart: Dad, you killed Zombie Polter-Cow!

Homer: Polter-Cow was a zombie?


tommyrot - Jun 29, 2005 5:24:04 am PDT #4847 of 10002
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

So WotW has been getting pretty good reviews, except for the review in Salon ( Stephanie Zacharek hated it): [link]

Does Stephanie Zacharek have a bug up her butt? Or does she have some Spielberg-related childhood trauma? Or is she right?


Jim - Jun 29, 2005 5:27:18 am PDT #4848 of 10002
Ficht nicht mit Der Raketemensch!

She doesn't like the current trend for very gloomy self-consciously serious blockbusters (see her Batman review).


Polter-Cow - Jun 29, 2005 5:32:11 am PDT #4849 of 10002
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

Yeah, I fucking hate it when blockbusters actually try to be good movies too.