How dare you take my ability to tell you you were wrong. The nerve. Now what am I gonna do?

Great video!!!

Don't feel bad. I always referred to him the same way.

yes all of them were written several decades before the original film it was made long after Baums death

Hey man, no worries on a tiny mistake in yet another fantastic video, to be honest I only caught it consciously once. Once again you made a ton of great and interesting points about yet another underappreciated classic I've always loved (Like for you, I always held Return in the sort of regard which I had seen amongst adults for Wizard as I was growing up). On a much different note, I'm sorry but I just finished watching the Netflix series "Midnight Mass" (by Mike Flanagan of Doctor Sleep and Gerald's Game fame) and I have to ask if you've seen it yet. It's 7 parts (and hours) long and starts as a bit of a slow burn, but I went in to it almost totally blind (only knowing it's nature as a horror) and I'm now convinced it is a future classic. As a long time fan I'd love to hear your thoughts on it in a video if you can find the time for it, but either way my true point was that I really can't recommend a watch enough if you haven't caught it yet, what with your current schedule.

Agreed. The PNB nutcracker is dark,but my favorite

When I was a kid I was scared of just about everything. I still sought out scary entertainment. I kept my Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark book in my closet. I loved it but it scared the piss out of me. I’m sick of people thinking kids don’t deserve good entertainment because they’re young.

Kids love dark and scary stuff. I think there's quite a distinction between something that might spook the little 'uns and something that is inappropriate.

There's a quote floating around that I've seen time and time again, but can never remember from who. To paraphrase: Kids don't need scary stories to tell them monsters are real. Kids need scary stories to tell them the monsters can be fought.

I loved dark and macabre stuff as a kid. In fact the first horror film I saw was dog soliders. Followed by resident evil, and jaws the same year twenty years ago. I was 5

I'm gonna take a stab and say you were born in the mid 80s?

I find that as long as there are charming like able characters and a happy ending kids can take more than we give them credit for.

And still not long enough hahaha. Love this guys reviews!

I always thought that was really dumb since it's later, but she's younger... I get your point but you're expecting the character you've already seen in a super famous movie...

@@anonamatron yeah but that was old Hollywood being unwilling to give a child a leading role. 50 years later you can do better. Would another 16 year old girl pretending to be 8 be the better choice?

⁠@@robertyeah2259this is old, but I’m pretty sure they simply aged up the character. Sure, Judy had her chest binded down, but the studio always hid her figure and tried to keep it understated. I never got the impression her acting was attempting to act like an 8-10 year old. Younger, sure, but not that young. The studio promised Judy the role. But they also said, don’t get your hopes up, kid because we want Shirley temple. Fox didn’t want to hand over Shirley and Shirley simply didn’t have the voice they were looking for. Can you image Shirley singing somewhere over the rainbow? In a cutesy and aw sort of way? Not in that grand way Judy managed to do it at only 17? That’s why she got it. It’s funny how everyone’s being critical on the fact Judy made the character mainstream famous, yet fairuza is literally doing an impression of Judy’s cadence/voice. She’s baked into pop culture and I don’t think it was a ‘dumb move’ for her to be Dorothy. We shouldn’t even be super excited about child stars even existing with how it tracks, I have no issue for older girls doing gruelling lead parts.

Yes, please come back!

I second this, I've only found this channel yesterday and seriously like this guy's content.

I've binged this guy's videos for years, sad that he stopped. Anybody know what happened?

@@dawncracker6250 I think the real world happened but he is on Twitch some.

​​@@dawncracker6250he's working on a college degree. He is still writing scripts for videos, he's just primarily focusing on school. Good for him.

Same

Nah. Sorry movie reviewers are reviewing a movie based on the movie. Not on the book it might be tied to, not on a video game, not on a comic book, but what was put on film.....There is no universe where film reviewers should be required to have an attachment or deep knowledge of source material.....IF your meant to do homework to enjoy a film, you've failed as a filmmaker, your shit at your job and should be fired.

@@lutherheggs451 PFF. Wow. You don't need to do homework to enjoy a film but you DO need to do it to offer valid criticism. This is why people go to school for this stuff. If you're comparing a movie to another movie it's not at all tied to, as if it was a direct follow up rather than return to subject, your criticism is invalid. Film critics are professionals and should act as such. You want to be an internet chump REVIEWER, that's on you. You want the proper job title of critic, you put in the work. 'This doesn't taste like an apple!' isn't valid criticism of a peach.

Siskel and Ebert were morons. I never heard those guys open their mouth to say anything mildly decent about a movie, and I don't mean praise only. It's very easy to be a critic when you are a TV celebrity and don't need any theoretical background to back your ideas up.

@@lutherheggs451 Then video game movies have all been falsely judged. They are always judged against the base material, as were most movies based on books, like LotR and Harry Potter. Many people STILL have no clue the Oz movies were based on books whatsoever.

This is how to do an adaptation. Not exactly like the source but really close.

Because its common sense. You should NEVER try making a film where your following the book beat for beat. Some things are not able to be filmed, some thing are not even in the realm of affordable to be filmed, some thing may be good written but would be garbage in a film. Its an ADAPTATION, they ADAPT a book into a film.

@@lutherheggs451 Yeah, with the exception of Sin City, that was nearly panel for panel from the comics. But still very much agreed, I can't put it to words because everything just contradicts. You have to take from the source but not be exactly like the source. You have to tell the same story but not tell the same story. You have to give people something new but not something different, something different but not new and different. You have to go 'If they were making a movie what would they do?" without losing focus on what you want to do. Modernize it without losing the old. It's something some just can't get right.

Arg that was my FAV PC game, and no one appreciated the madness of those games!!!!

@@dwilson9546 I still have my case book that came with the game. American McGee is working on the Alice: Asylum game though.

American McGee worked on an Oz game which was eventually cancelled, so I have no doubt that you are correct.

Not to mention, as a machine he'd be bereft of emotion(at least that's the implication of being a machine), which, speaking as a combat vet, I can relate to...

its ticktock

@@Sate12 so it is

He says a couple times thank goodness that he isn’t. He does not want to be.

Exactly, at least kids don't get "offended" watching things

I get your point, although jacks not a few das old from what I could interpret he was created before Ozma was imprisoned so in theory before the destruction of oz which going by how old and dusty everything looks was a very long time indeed

@Deusdaecon Reviews that's one part that often confused me and really gets messed up when you try to figure out the timeline and continuity. Rambling and theorizing incoming, it's not that serious so feel free to ignore. From Jack's words Mombi was already present in the Emerald City when he was given life then tossed into the tower. Or at least that is what he seems to imply or infer (can't remember which to use). Meaning Ozma was in the Emerald City as well. But the problem arises when you take into account that the Wizard (who originally gave Ozma to Mombi to hide, I know it's been retconned but i like it better when he did it) then the Scarecrow were acting as rulers in the place of the missing royal family. So where in Oz was Ozma and where does the birth of Jack fall? Meshing this info together Ozma had been missing before Dorothy first arrived via the tornado (books and both movies confirms this). So that leaves a few possibilities: Ozma was just a kid who made Jack a long time ago to scare Mombi who may have lived in the EC. Mombi tests the powder of life on him them locks him up before everything gets turned to stone (except him and Tick Tock somehow). A possibility but we know that's likely not the case. Another possibility is a bit convoluted but given the events of the movie is a but more likely. Ozma had been captured by the nomes and put in mombi's care as per the book events with Tip and before the events of WoO. He tells her he'll reward her with 30 pretty heads and the EC once it's weak enough without a ruler or he's strong enough if she keeps Ozma hidden. But then Oz pinhead comes and convinces everyone he's great and powerful, even the Nome king falls for it So he waits. So the EC hadn't been conquered and ozmaisn't behind the mirror yet just elsewhere during Dorothy's first visit. Why isn't she behind the mirrors yet? Same reason the powder of life is rare. Magic takes time. Mombi isn't one of the stronger witches and she doesn't have a magic item like shoes, wand, a belt, or house so it's gonna take time or she hasn't decided exactly how to imprison her. But then Dorothy returns home dropping the slippers into the Nome king's lap. Now he has the power and he puts his plan into action. Conquering oz doesn't take a single day. First all of the humans were turned to stone leaving the animals and inhumans active. They try to fight off the nomes...somehow. But then they later get petrified. Scarecrow sees it's all gone FUBAR puts Tick Tock in the storage then has the key sent to Dorothy before he's captured. Now the nomes take their dismantling the emerald city and getting mombi her head collection. Once it's all done Mombi and Ozma return to the destroyed city. A day or so before Mombi's finally able to cast ozma into the mirror Ozma makes Jack. Mombi tries the powder on him and locks him up. Ozma gives Jack the run down on being his mom and how he came to be before Mombi finally works her magic putting her in the mirror. Leaving Jack perhaps a few weeks to a month old by the time Dorothy returns.

and yes, everyone clapped afterwards lol. ((Sorry, I had to roast my own story cause it does sound kinda...self-applauding lol))

How old of a kid were you?

Thank you Tipper Gore for buying into scare tactics. I agree, as an 11 yo I accidentally rented alien, thinking it was something else. My penny-pinching parents said, "you rent it, you watch it." It may have taken 15 years, but eventually i could eat cottage cheese again! Children are resilient!!

Not to mention a father trying to kill his son, because he thinks God told him too, that does make you a bit suspicious of your parents. I had brothers Grimm's stories in two volumes as a child, I vividly remember one story about a mother (or stepmother) decapitating her son with a heavy chest's lid, cooking him in a stew than serving to his father. Apparently later addictions didn't had it as people in one of my book groups on face, were surprised. Same for the one about a girl with silver hands.

We need more dark and intense kids movies as long as they have good characters and happy endings.

Maguire is a hack. He makes things edgy for edges sake. Such trash.

Bless ya , your in love

I also have a special place in my hart for sf series and movies for kids from Australia and New Zealand like "Children of the Dog" Star" or "Boy from Andromeda" I called it kid's Predator actually.

okay that's easy to answer, hellraiser 2022 wasn't a remake it was a reboot it also wasn't bad, im still currently working on the review but thats the basic overview, as you say you don't use other social media so you might not be aware that I do a lot of stuff on twitch currently, thats where I can say I am for the time being.

@@deusdeaconReviews ok and thank you for your reply to my message

thanks for watching I really appreciate it, I'm sorry you went through such a tough time hope things are improving for you.

Look up the King Louie who was known as "The Sun King". Kings wearing opulent or flamboyant finery had nothing to do with sexuality and more about status and wealth. But then again, I don't expect that much of a historical or nuanced take, from someone with pronouns in their bio....

Ditto!

You're very welcome!