the funny thing is, Legends of Oz: Dorothy's return is based off of a book by L Frank Baums great grandson, as terrible as the movie itself can be, its actually a decent condensation of the book Dorothy of Oz
@@jadebel7006 i mean, ironically return to oz not doing well commercially but basically having a cult following today mirrors the 39 film It wasnt a critical or commercial success either
One of my favorite pieces of Oz media is a short film called Heartless: the Story of the Tin Man. It's just a really phenomenal little film. The aesthetics and the pacing are both great. They opt to give the Tin Man an almost Steam Punk or Diesel Punk esque design, but it works; sets it apart from any other version. I remember sort of "discovering" it as I did deep dives on Wikipedia articles learning about Oz stuff, so I felt a special connection to it, especially because learning about the Tin Man's book backstory after only knowing the MGM film was pretty mind-blowing.
Very good review of oz adaptions. But you missed one - Journey back to oz, which was an animated musical sequel of the mgm 1939 film. It had Liza Minnelli voice Dorothy who is Judy garlands daughter. It’s a film that is quite hard to find but I enjoyed watching it when I was younger
YEP! The Rankin and Bass Oz tv Series From The Ealy 60's There was an Anthology show in the 60's when ABC Lost Disney To NBC! Called " Were Off To See The Wizard" That Show Serialized Fims MGM Had MAGIC SWORD And Capt Sinbad! the Show Had Animated bumpers Shirly temple Play House Adaptation of Marvelous Land Of Qz! PIRATE LAND Amusement Park IN Florida Produce A Faithful Of Marvelous Land Of Oz! Though It Was A Zero Budget In The Early 80's TOHO Produced A Faithful Adaption The American Dub featured Loren Green As The Wizard And Alieen Quin (ANNIE) As Dorthy In The 90's There Was A Movie Serise Featuring The Children Of The Original Characters! I Have The Film Where They Meet Son Goku/ Son Wukong The Trickster Monkey King From The Saiyuki ( JOURNY TO THE WEST) There Was A Amazon Cgi Tv Serise And A Boomerang Tv Series There Was Also A Dark No Budget Cgi Film Called The steam Engineers Of Oz! Featuring A Dystopian Steam Punk Oz Where The Woodsmen Has Become A Tyrant It Features William Shatner As The Wizard! There Is A Comic Book Serise " THE OZ SQUAD!" Dark But Lots Of Book Faithful Cannon ! The Frist issue had tik tok coming to our world Gose Nutz! Onto Going On A Killing Spree! It Is Reveled That tik Toks Morality Spring Was Overcome By Our Worlds Morality In Oz Morality Is Black And White! But In Our World Morality Is A Million Hue Techno Colored Mess! There Was Also The Lil Oz Squad! Which Is More Wholesome And Kid Friendly
OZ-cellent review! By the way, Baum's "first love" was the theater, so he was delighted when "The Wizard of Oz" quickly got a successful stage adaptation (although a number of things were changed). This led to him wanting to write a stage sequel, which informed the second Oz book "The Marvelous Land of Oz", and is why it doesn't have much in common with the first, except for the Scarecrow and Tin Woodsman (because Fred Stone and David C Montgomery who played them were the stand-out stars of the first play). Also it's the main reason for General Jinjur and her all-female army, who would have been a chorus line. And for the Tip/Ozma thing, because of the principal boy tradition (also seen in Peter Pan).
The Tin Man was always meant to be just a TV movie, I think you got it confused with 2017's "Emerald City" which is missing on your list. It aired 10 episodes on NBC in the US before it was canceled. It was a dark drama, a little slow, but I enjoyed it. That being said, The Tin Man is definitely worth finishing. Nice re-imagining.
Both versions are pretty good, Emerald City was trying to adopt the darker tones Once took with its fairy tale adaptations which made it stand out to me but Tin Man had good casting specifically for Tin Man and DG (I mean, Damien Darhk(?) and Bones' sister? Good choices for the characters they were playing
You may want to seek out the Disneyland Fourth Anniversary Show, if you haven’t already. It features the Mouseketeers pitching a film to Walt called the Rainbow Road to Oz, to star the Mouseketeers plus Moochie. The show has three production numbers from the planned movie, which was abandoned shortly thereafter.
The Wizard of Oz: Beyond the Yellow Brick Road on the DS deserves a shout out, its a highly underrated little RPG with a banger soundtrack and the Oz characters look surprisingly good in the anime art style. I wish it could of gotten a sequel or a port on switch.
There’s a reason why after book 6 the Oz books get boring it’s because book 6 was supposed to be the last book in the Oz franchise but fans wanted more Oz they were like the Harry Potter for there time so L Frank Baum Wrote more
I'd love a reimagining of Neverending Story, at least with adult Bastion (although Free Willy 2 and 3 as well as Neverending are some of my top movies from my childhood, can never remember the guys actual name) as a cameo or legacy actor to voice like Falkor or something lol. It's never really been asked for, but I'm pretty sure I keep hearing rumors whispered about such a remake coming sometime in the future. And as closed-ended as it was Dark Crystal always felt like it needed more and the Netflix prequel series didn't do it as much as aid have hoped for me.
I had no idea so many spin-offs and sequels/prequels existed. Though I remember watching one that you didn't mention here and after a quick search based on the one vivid memory I had of it, it is 1972's animated "Journey Back to Oz". The "Oz Wiki" says it was last aired in 1984, though this is impossible as I was born in 1993 and I saw it on TV, not on video. If you haven't seen it, then that's another for you to enjoy or hate haha!
Weirdly enough, the Muppets version is considered one of the most bookish adaptations of the story, which is funny how you find it so boring. I mean, no Muppets movie is truly boring other than the rebooted duology
Loved this video. I've been wanting a proper Oz adaptation of the oz books similar to how lord of the rings, but it won't be 3 movies. I appreciate you giving Return to Oz the love it deserves I always preferred Return to Oz over the wonderful wizard of oz but that's just the love of slightly dark movies there. Keep up the great work
You completely skipped over the first sequel attempt to The Wizard Of Oz. Journey Back to Oz. It was a box office bomb but did have a good second life on tv.
You neglected a few, such as JOURNEY BACK TO OZ (with Liza Minnelli doing Dorothy and sounding very much like her mom) or the odd bargain basement 1969 kiddie flick THE WONDERFUL LAND OF OZ (with so many thrills, you’ll be ozified! ). There was even an OZ TV shoe on the 60s. And there was/is a short animated film called RETURN TO OZ (from the 60s or early 70s), where a wind blows the melted witch back together! Not too long back there was a series called EMERALD CITY--very different, but interesting. I wish it had lasted longer.
Great video. I too used to watch Return of Oz all the time. The animation of the Nome King and HORRIFYING Wheelers traumatised me in the best way. I wonder if that's why I find Daleks less scary? I would love to know more about this world. Do like a miniseries where every book is covered. But there is alot going on so I expect an episode per book would be too constricted
So damn happy to see some love for The Wiz. Personally it's my favorite one even with its shortcomings, to me it's almost like an arthouse version of Wizard of Oz, it's not fast-paced or colorful like you'd expect an Oz project (or better, an Oz project that is just aping the 1939 film instead of trying to be its own thing) and I have to be in the right mood to watch it, but when I do, it's always kind of an emotional roller coaster. If I were to do an Oz project, I'd try to hit a mood more akin to _The Wiz_ than the 1939 film, while of course trying to do my own thing. Also, I don't get scared by horror films... and those freaky red dancing doll things in the subway from _The Wiz_ are one of the scariest things I've ever seen in a movie. That liminal space subway, the way those bloody things become huge, growl and shake, it's seriously a "Who hurt you?" level of nightmarish imagery, forget monkeys with wings or men with wheeled feet and hands. I'd try to fight them no matter how strange they are, but if I was stuck in that subway with those gates trapping me and those two hellish puppets were coming up to get me, I would just be overtaken by the dread, collapse and just cry waiting for the end as I hear those things get closer and closer. Well done, The Wiz. Well done.
At least the Muppet version has more scenes from the book. some of those scenes are ONLY in that version like the field mice, the green glasses, the different forms of the Wizard, the silver shoes and The Wicked Witch’s cap and “ MAGIC EYE “.
the funny thing is, Legends of Oz: Dorothy's return is based off of a book by L Frank Baums great grandson, as terrible as the movie itself can be, its actually a decent condensation of the book Dorothy of Oz and i will always love return to oz
When I was a kid I remember watching The Marvelous Land of Oz. It was a musical adaptation of the second Oz book. It came out in 1981 when I was 10. I recently looked it up and it's on TH-cam. Pretty faithful adaptation featuring Tip.
I Think Your Thinking Of The 60's Pirate Land Flim From Crown Pictures That Did Santa Clause And The Ice cream Bunny! They Were Distbuted To Kid Matinees And Public Schools!
Have you seen Lost in Oz? It was Prime tv show that I never finished but from what i remember it follows dorothy's daughter trying to get back home form a really futuristic oz and it has time travel or something idk. There was also one i can not remember the name of but there was like a little flying monkey and a princess or something
6:28 slight correction. The first technical robot in fiction (iirc) was the Steam Man of the Prairies by author Edward S.Ellis. From what I remember, Baum was strongly influenced by that book when making the character TickTock. Great video all the same 👍
I remember the TV series Off to See the Wizard from MGM Television. It was an anthology series similar to The Wonderful World of Disney but only ran one season.
If I’m remembering correctly Tin Man was only ever meant to be a limited series. So the story gets wrapped up by the end. I haven’t seen it since it came out though so might be misremembering
You're right, it was never advertised as anything more than a miniseries, like Dinotopia, Rose Red (or anything made for TV audiences based from Stephen King) or Wrinkle in Time (although no one really cared for that one apparently lol)
I haven't seen the movies in years, but I've been going through reading the books. I think I'm on The Patchwork Girl of Oz. I had no idea that there were characters from more of the books showing up in Return to Oz. Now I have to go back and watch it again. And WOW, I went and saw Oz the Great and Powerful on my birthday as well, because my birthday is also March 8th.
Agree about Return to Oz. We used to rent it from the video store every week until my Mum begged the store to sell it to her. Some random Return to Oz trivia: Walter Murch’s daughter (Beatrice) dubbed the voice for Ozma in the final cut of the film. Another 1985 classic starring a Back to the Future alumnus is Clue. It was a good year for great movies!
Return to Oz was very underrated. When I first watched it, I wasn't sure what to expect. It was literally cheap on Apple's website, and almost forgotten. But I genuinely loved it. The darker approach to Oz was so great. Gave it a distinctly different feel to the original Judy Garland film. Very enjoyable characters across the board too. 👍
As someone who grew up reading the books, and always loved Polychrome, I feel horribly sad that I never realized she was in Return to OZ. Now I'm going to have to give it another watch.
Wow well done. I only knew about the first movie, Return to Oz and Oz the great and Powerful. I’ve got a few other things I would like to see now. Great work on your rating list. I really hope Wicked is fantastic as a movie.
Impressive list, though I also wanted to recommend a video game set in the world of Oz. "Emerald City Confidential" a neo noir game that takes place in Oz some time after the book series and focuses on a detective named Petra as she tries to solve a missing person case for none other than Dorothy Gale. She meets many familiar faces of Oz, but many of them have changed after a war with the Phanfasms!
you left a lot out. Dorothy and the Wizard of Oz Journey Back to Oz The Wizard of Oz Animation July 1, 1982 World Famous Fairy Tale Series Guardians of Oz The Steam Engines of Oz The Oz Kids Emerald City The Shirley Temple Show titled “The Land of Oz” Under the rainbow "Muppet Babies" By the Book (TV Episode 1985) "All That" Wizard of Coz The Dana Carvey Show #7 The Rainbow Road to Oz The WonderGrove Wizard of Oz Dee & Friends in Oz Lost in Oz The Wizard of Oz (1933) The Wizard of Oz (1985) The Tales of the Wizard of Oz Fantastic journey to oz Journey to oz The Wonderful Land of Oz (1969) "Rugrats" No Place Like Home Futurama Anthology of Interest II Buttons in Ows Adventures in the Emerald City Strawberry Shortcake: Berry Brick Road
If you really like stage plays there is a stageplay called "The Woodsman" which is based off of the tin man book in the wizard of Oz series. It is seriously SO good! There's no talking it's raw emotion through music, acting and there's brilliant puppeteer work I highly recommend giving it a watch!(The whole thing is on TH-cam the video to avoid copyright is The woodman Boardway)
I saw the MGM movie on its second re-release in 1955, when I was 5. I only remember the cyclone. Literally the very first book I read was my mother's copy of Ozma of Oz, which had the original John Neill illustrations. I went on to read the first book and a number of the sequels, and went on to also love the MGM movie, but like you, I find Return to Oz so great because it is so faithful to the Baum's concept. Also love how creatively they skirt the issue of blending the MGM's concept of it being a dream with the books' concept of it being real, with the Oz characters having a presence of sorts in Kansas, rather than the Kansas people having an Oz presence (it this makes any sense). One of the things about the Baum's concept was most if not all of the time, there is a child protagonist, one ~ 10 or so, not even Judy Garland's portrayal of Dorothy as a 14 yo. Many versions seem to miss this point. The Wiz is also faithful to the book but with Diana Carroll as a c. 25ish yo. Oz, the Great & Powerful makes it an adult story, with some adult subplots. ---- I think it was book 6 where Dorothy takes her aunt and uncle to Oz to live, to avoid the financial problems they are having in Kansas and I understand that Baum had gotten tired of writing these, so this was to be the final book. The idea was that Dorothy could no longer relay her adventures to Baum, who had set himself up as the Royal Historian of Oz. But children besieged him with letters begging for more. Then one girl questioned why Dorothy couldn't communicate with the outside world via the new technology of the wireless telegraph, so Baum gritted his teeth and picked up his pen again.
Yes, I think Oz, the Great & Powerful fails by having James Franco as the Wizard - he is 100% the opposite of the bumbling fraudulent Frank Morgan type. Also, I can't accept that Oz is up to date, and in fact apparently imported, treadle-type sewing machines c. mid-1800's, but they don't know of gunpowder, which has been around in the real world for over 1,000 years. (Disney should have shown people hand-sewing.) And I also agree you, too CGI. It seems like they often showed hordes of cookie-cutter characters, under the premise that more is better. And the cyclone scene really tepid.
The Wizard of Oz (1939) may have been my first foray into the world and characters and still holds a place in my heart but Return to Oz will always be my personal favourite. 😁😊 Brilliant video as always, Confused Adipose. 😉👍🏻
Another interesting Oz sequel/retelling is the Dorothy Must Die series by Danielle Page. Basically imagines that Dorothy stays in Oz after the first book and becomes an evil dictator and now the surviving Witches sans Glinda have to stop her with the help of a new girl from modern-day Kansas. The world building is pretty neat and they adapt a wide berth of the LFB book canon for the series.
Especially if you look at the wizard's arc and try to connect it to the classic movie, it doesn't really work, but taken on its own it's a decent maybe even pretty good movie.
@BlairBart-gu7fn many people seem to think otherwise from comments I've seen and heard. Not saying they're right just saying the comments compare the movies and seem to think Oz the great and powerful was intended as a prequel not it's own stand alone thing with plans for it's own sequels.
A few missed: Dorothy and the Wizard of Oz (cartoon on Boomerang with a bunch of seasons), Lost in Oz (Amazon Prime series), VeggieTales: The Wonderful Wizard of Ha's, and the Dorothy Must Die book series.
Sorry if it's been mentioned already - your quote about "you can show a child the most horrible thing" is from Don Bluth, who made The Land Before Time and The Secret of NIMH!
Warner Brothers owns MGM’s catalog which includes both Tom and Jerry and the 1938 film, and is one of the few adaptations that includes the ruby slippers since they own the rights.
This list of all the Oz adaptations you used for this video seems to have omitted Journey Back to Oz, the 1972 animation with the voice of Liza Minelli and extensive use of the library music cue that became the theme to News at Ten, and the Barry Mahon cheapo production The Wonderful Land of Oz (and presumably scores of other adaptations/sequels that I'm unaware of). Not a complaint, it just means there's more to you to enjoy, to various extents.
You need to watch the 1982 anime version with Aileen Quinn (of Annie fame) as Dorothy. Boppy songs, lush visuals, two good witches (not one) and a scary witch (who’s not green). It’s the version that got me hooked as a kid.
Dont know if you'll bring this one up, but my favorite is Ripened Tingle's Balloon Trip of Love. It's a really weird Legend of Zelda spinoff on the DS with a fan translation.
In San Antonio, Texas, circa 1975, the local theatre troupe did an English-language, Mexican version called " El Magico de Mexico," complete with the Wicked Witch (la Bruja) and the Piñata Man! And, "Yes. It was a musical!" 😂
Interesting fact: Though Tik-Tok is described as a "mechanical man," the word "robot" first came into use in the January 2, 1921 Czech play, "R.U.R." and stands for "Rossumovi Univerzální Roboti" (Rossum's Universal Robot in English).
And the wildly weird Emerald City smack dab in the middle of the MGM Grand Casino complete with audio animatronics and a moving round magic theater (again in the middle of the casino).
What a brilliant video ! I must admit that a few of the to shows I have never seen but still so interesting. One Episode of. TV show that was Oz themed that sticks in my brain is the 80s show Fame ( or kids from Fame ) It was a USA show but was massive on BBC .The whole episode was a direct riff from the Wizard of Oz movie , even including the songs. Worth a look on the TH-cam if you get a chance.
You missed quite a few, perhaps most notably the animated Journey Back to Oz with Liza Minelli (Judy Garland's daughter), and Shirley Temple's The Land of Oz (which partially told the story of Return to Oz in a very different way).
Have u read the Wonderful Doctor of Oz? It’s such a laugh & fun read! Also the stuff w Dorothy’s character was so sweet & I think will mean a lot to certain readers
I agree, I got it last year for Christmas and I enjoyed it a lot . I liked how they used dr who villains as part of Oz, like cyberman , the use of the scarecrows from family of blood, and also the use of the Land of fiction
So The Wonderful Wizard of Oz for the 80's adaptation is a anime series done by the Japanese studio Panmedia and aired on TV Tokyo back in the day, hope that helps.
Shawn Astin and his companion play Muckadoos in "The Witches of OZ", little known OZ characters that were added in for comic relief purposes. Because "Return to OZ" is in closer approximation to the OZ novels, this means that if this was about the Journey to OZ they would've use the witch of the west's appearance from the green hard-cover novel's illustration instead of using the sour-apple green skin like from the original movie musical, however though they brought back the ruby slippers as an indicator that "Return To OZ" was meant to be the sequel to the movie musical. I find the Wicked witch of the west in "The Witches Of OZ" to be a combination of 4 of her variations: 1. She is a little weird like the one in the old original "The Marvelous Land of OZ" novel. 2. There is some depth of humanity in her like the Theodora character from "OZ the Great and Powerful" before that movie's existence . 3. She retains a grasp of longing like the one from the stage variations of "Wicked". 4. I had mentioned earlier about how she looks like the illustration from "The Wonderful Wizard of OZ". .. There is a reason and a meaning behind why everything in Disney's "Return to OZ" is dark and gritty and a bit pale and somewhat off-color from its usual rainbow-esque self is because, well__ the reason part of it is not hard to figure out but, the meaning behind it represents the process of Dorothy's mind to choose whether she holds on to her childhood sense of self or she abandons all her hopes and dreams and grow up to be more of a shell of the person we know(This is the similar sort of test that Alice goes through in Tim Burton's "Through the Looking Glass"{Despite the differing situations for the two characters from completely differing counties and existence in time}, but in stead of Alice's mind turning grey, her power in belief is reflected in Terrance Hightop and in the Red Queen of Hearts' breaking the Wonderland Timeline).
You should check out The Dreamer of OZ, it’s the telling of L. Frank Baum as he is being inspired to write the original book. It shows him looking at is wife and picturing Glinda, while looking at his mother-in-law and picturing the Wicked Witch of the West.
Using the icon for The Wiz Live (the NBC TV Musical) and then talking about The Wiz 2024 without talking about The Wiz Live (which was brilliant) saddens me. The Wiz Live would be A tier for me, with some great casting choices.
You missed one: Journey Back to Oz from 1972. Mostly this one was made (though never publicly admitted) as a tribute to Judy Garland after her death in 1969. It even starred one of her daughters as Dorothy (voice only, the film was animated. But the cast was star-studded for the time. Liza Minnelli as Dorothy Gale Mickey Rooney as the Scarecrow Danny Thomas as the Tin Woodman Milton Berle as the Cowardly Lion Paul Lynde as Jack Pumpkinhead Herschel Bernardi as Charelsworth Pinto "Woodenhead" Stallion III Ethel Merman as Mombi, the Wicked Witch Don Messick as Toto Risë Stevens as Glinda the Good Witch Margaret Hamilton as Aunt Em Paul Ford as Uncle Henry Jack E. Leonard as the Signpost Larry Storch as Amos, Aunt Em and Uncle Henry's farmworker Dallas McKennon as Omby Amby Mel Blanc as Mombi's crow Even one of the animators became famous later: Jim Davis, creator of Garfield. You forgot to mention (or maybe didn't know?) that the book Wicked was actually the first of a tetralogy which also included Son of a Witch, A Lion Among Men, and Out of Oz. I rather doubt anyone will want to make a musical of the middle two, but possibly the third, if only to finish the story. Even an Ozophile like me (yes, I've read ALL the book, even the execrable A Barnstormer in Oz) has probably missed some of the media versions of the story. But I keep trying. I may be 67 years old at this point (and unable to remember if I saw the 1939 movie or read the original book first), but I keep looking for new takes on the story. So keep up the good work, Adipose! You're at the other end of your life to mine, so you have plenty of time to find things that even I haven't found yet. BTW, I'm also a Whovian (but the Wizard in the film wicked is Jeff Goldblum, not one of the Doctors), so I know what you're talking about there, too!
Hey C,ADs! Nice vid :) I'm not sure if you are aware but, there was a HBO series, that ran for 1 season, called Emerald City. I thought it was pretty cool and was disappointed that it didn't go for another season. If you can get it then it's well worth a watch... it has that kingpin guy as Oz. Also, there is a puppet animation, from Russia or Poland? Which is also pretty cool, if you can find it? Anyhoo.... happy travels! Pete Edit..... oh, it seems that a bunch of Bods have already mentioned Emerald City and how displeased they are that it never got picked up for a second season....
The Oz Series you mentioned is indeed an Anime. It is part of a series wich was made from famous childrens books like Heidi or Anne of Green Gables. Hayao Mijazaky himself was part of the production of these series.
It was not included on the list, but my favorite adaptation is ABC's Once Upon A Time. It is more a Wicked Witch, played by Rebecca Madar, adaptation, but Oz, Dorothy, the Wizard, Glinda, and the other witches do get their fair share of screen time in the Oz season of the show (season 3?). Highly recommended!
No mention of the children's cartoon series "Tales of the Wizard of Oz", which was a Canadian production first produced in 1961 by a company that would eventually become Rankin/Bass - the stop motion animation company responsible for a lot of holiday fare in the 60s and 70s in North America. Though short in terms of running length, (episodes were about five minutes each), they were highly entertaining and could be quite hilarious.
you gained a fan and going to watch wicked because i believe this is a project baum himself had planned but didn't get to do so his family is happy somebody else pulled off FOUR books i believe
are you familiar with the show Once Upon A Time? it blends various fairy tales and includes an Oz arc in season 3. the Wicked Witch goes on to be a major character for the rest of the series. she's green but surprisingly they didn't name her Elphaba, her name is Zelena. Dorothy is only in a few episodes. despite the show using silver slippers like in the book, there is an episode called Ruby Slippers where Dorothy has a romance with a character named Ruby. teh scarecrow, lion, and tin man all appear at different points in the series
My favorite adaptation is an old vinyl that has Hanna Barbera's Snagglepuss retelling the story of the Wizard of Oz. It's so camp! A must listen for any friend of Dorothy.
As a fellow Oz Enthusiast and collector of Badfilm, you need to watch Steam Engines of Oz produced by Arcane Films. It is the WEIRDEST Oz Spinoff I have ever seen. Not often you get a Locasta drop in an Oz spinoff after all, and I find it worth it for that and the "sexy" Ron Perlman lion. And if you are into Oz-adjacent work, I highly recommend the Life and Adventures of Santa Claus.
Tin Man is worth finishing. The ending was nice. Also in the mid to late 60's there was a cartoon version of The Wizard Of Oz. I enjoyed it as a kid. I think it was made by Jay Ward & Bill Scott, but I'm not 100% sure about that. It was made for laughs, the Wizard sounded like WC Fields, the scare was called Socrates, and tin man was called Rusty. There's a Hollywood legend that WC Fields was asked to play the wizard before production of the 1939 movie, but according the whichever version you read, he either turned it down because he hated the books or he wanted too much money.
The fact that Dorothy’s return made more money at the box office than return to Oz genuinely makes me mad.
the funny thing is, Legends of Oz: Dorothy's return is based off of a book by L Frank Baums great grandson, as terrible as the movie itself can be, its actually a decent condensation of the book Dorothy of Oz
It was like 50 yrs later, ticket prices had more than tripled since the mgm classic so like yh, obvs
@@jadebel7006 i mean, ironically return to oz not doing well commercially but basically having a cult following today mirrors the 39 film
It wasnt a critical or commercial success either
Look into the production of this movie. It was part of a financial scam.
@@KasumiKenshirou i am more than aware of that XD
Return to Oz is criminally underrated imo
Lion of oz is 100% the second best adaption behind the mgm classic we all know
It gave me nightmares
The tragedy of living in another version's shadow...😞
(just ask all fairytale princesses being compared their Disney counterparts👀)
as an OZ fan, I am loving the increase of media surrounding its massive history. Couldn't be happier...
Me too! It’s refreshing for sure.
Same but it's a pity the buzz is bcoz of a movie that will suck
@ It was actually very good imo and the ratings are great as well!
One of my favorite pieces of Oz media is a short film called Heartless: the Story of the Tin Man. It's just a really phenomenal little film. The aesthetics and the pacing are both great. They opt to give the Tin Man an almost Steam Punk or Diesel Punk esque design, but it works; sets it apart from any other version. I remember sort of "discovering" it as I did deep dives on Wikipedia articles learning about Oz stuff, so I felt a special connection to it, especially because learning about the Tin Man's book backstory after only knowing the MGM film was pretty mind-blowing.
Very good review of oz adaptions. But you missed one - Journey back to oz, which was an animated musical sequel of the mgm 1939 film. It had Liza Minnelli voice Dorothy who is Judy garlands daughter. It’s a film that is quite hard to find but I enjoyed watching it when I was younger
It's free on public domain internet database
YEP! The Rankin and Bass Oz tv Series From The Ealy 60's
There was an Anthology show in the 60's when ABC Lost Disney To NBC! Called " Were Off To See The Wizard" That Show Serialized Fims MGM Had MAGIC SWORD And Capt Sinbad! the Show Had Animated bumpers
Shirly temple Play House Adaptation of Marvelous Land Of Qz!
PIRATE LAND Amusement Park IN Florida Produce A Faithful Of Marvelous Land Of Oz! Though It Was A Zero Budget
In The Early 80's TOHO Produced A Faithful Adaption The American Dub featured Loren Green As The Wizard And Alieen Quin (ANNIE) As Dorthy
In The 90's There Was A Movie Serise Featuring The Children Of The Original Characters! I Have The Film Where They Meet Son Goku/ Son Wukong The Trickster Monkey King From The Saiyuki ( JOURNY TO THE WEST)
There Was A Amazon Cgi Tv Serise And A Boomerang Tv Series
There Was Also A Dark No Budget Cgi Film Called The steam Engineers Of Oz! Featuring A Dystopian Steam Punk Oz Where The Woodsmen Has Become A Tyrant It Features William Shatner As The Wizard!
There Is A Comic Book Serise " THE OZ SQUAD!" Dark But Lots Of Book Faithful Cannon ! The Frist issue had tik tok coming to our world Gose Nutz! Onto Going On A Killing Spree! It Is Reveled That tik Toks Morality Spring Was Overcome By Our Worlds Morality In Oz Morality Is Black And White! But In Our World Morality Is A Million Hue Techno Colored Mess!
There Was Also The Lil Oz Squad! Which Is More Wholesome And Kid Friendly
There Was Also An Anime Called " SPACE OZ!" I Saw It In The Anime Magazine ANIMAGE! I Think It Came Out In The Early 2000's!
@@horrorstew3577 and also on a website called TH-cam
OZ-cellent review!
By the way, Baum's "first love" was the theater, so he was delighted when "The Wizard of Oz" quickly got a successful stage adaptation (although a number of things were changed). This led to him wanting to write a stage sequel, which informed the second Oz book "The Marvelous Land of Oz", and is why it doesn't have much in common with the first, except for the Scarecrow and Tin Woodsman (because Fred Stone and David C Montgomery who played them were the stand-out stars of the first play). Also it's the main reason for General Jinjur and her all-female army, who would have been a chorus line. And for the Tip/Ozma thing, because of the principal boy tradition (also seen in Peter Pan).
The Tin Man was always meant to be just a TV movie, I think you got it confused with 2017's "Emerald City" which is missing on your list.
It aired 10 episodes on NBC in the US before it was canceled. It was a dark drama, a little slow, but I enjoyed it.
That being said, The Tin Man is definitely worth finishing. Nice re-imagining.
Loved emerald City. Have it on DVD. Watched it 3 or 4 times
Tin man was just okay
Both versions are pretty good, Emerald City was trying to adopt the darker tones Once took with its fairy tale adaptations which made it stand out to me but Tin Man had good casting specifically for Tin Man and DG (I mean, Damien Darhk(?) and Bones' sister? Good choices for the characters they were playing
You may want to seek out the Disneyland Fourth Anniversary Show, if you haven’t already. It features the Mouseketeers pitching a film to Walt called the Rainbow Road to Oz, to star the Mouseketeers plus Moochie. The show has three production numbers from the planned movie, which was abandoned shortly thereafter.
The Wizard of Oz: Beyond the Yellow Brick Road on the DS deserves a shout out, its a highly underrated little RPG with a banger soundtrack and the Oz characters look surprisingly good in the anime art style. I wish it could of gotten a sequel or a port on switch.
There’s a reason why after book 6 the Oz books get boring it’s because book 6 was supposed to be the last book in the Oz franchise but fans wanted more Oz they were like the Harry Potter for there time so L Frank Baum Wrote more
Apparently Frank Baum got sick of writing them but people keeps asking him to write more.
@ did you also learn that from the Oz Vlog?
@@MaxxManzi there was a video on the Later books I watched Once
@@timelordvictorious oh I learn about it from the Oz vlog
Awesome vid
So agree about Return to Oz - It's a childhood classic! You are so right about it in the same basket as Neverending Story, Labyrinth, Dark Crystal etc
I'd love a reimagining of Neverending Story, at least with adult Bastion (although Free Willy 2 and 3 as well as Neverending are some of my top movies from my childhood, can never remember the guys actual name) as a cameo or legacy actor to voice like Falkor or something lol. It's never really been asked for, but I'm pretty sure I keep hearing rumors whispered about such a remake coming sometime in the future. And as closed-ended as it was Dark Crystal always felt like it needed more and the Netflix prequel series didn't do it as much as aid have hoped for me.
@nickynegron3515 i totally agree! Neverending Story is crying out for a sequel, but in the tone of the first movie
I had no idea so many spin-offs and sequels/prequels existed. Though I remember watching one that you didn't mention here and after a quick search based on the one vivid memory I had of it, it is 1972's animated "Journey Back to Oz". The "Oz Wiki" says it was last aired in 1984, though this is impossible as I was born in 1993 and I saw it on TV, not on video. If you haven't seen it, then that's another for you to enjoy or hate haha!
Weirdly enough, the Muppets version is considered one of the most bookish adaptations of the story, which is funny how you find it so boring. I mean, no Muppets movie is truly boring other than the rebooted duology
There's actually one more adaptation - an animated series called Lost in Oz. It is a little sci-fi and odd but my son loves it!
Loved this video. I've been wanting a proper Oz adaptation of the oz books similar to how lord of the rings, but it won't be 3 movies. I appreciate you giving Return to Oz the love it deserves I always preferred Return to Oz over the wonderful wizard of oz but that's just the love of slightly dark movies there. Keep up the great work
I would definitely recommend finishing Tin Man. It was only ever supposed to be a three episode miniseries. It is one of my favorites!😊
You completely skipped over the first sequel attempt to The Wizard Of Oz. Journey Back to Oz. It was a box office bomb but did have a good second life on tv.
Judy Garlands daughter, Liza Minnelli, played Dorothy in that movie. She did a great job.
IMO the ending spoiled the Judy Garland movie by making it all a dream. Oz. Is. A. Real. Place.
I wouldn't say it spoiled the movie but they definitely shouldn't have done it
Oz related pun here>>> Sit back, and lets begin our journey down the yellow brick road..its so simple it hurts
Thank you for existing pal. That was a nice video. Btw I met Margaret Hamilton in New York when I was a kid.
You neglected a few, such as JOURNEY BACK TO OZ (with Liza Minnelli doing Dorothy and sounding very much like her mom) or the odd bargain basement 1969 kiddie flick THE WONDERFUL LAND OF OZ (with so many thrills, you’ll be ozified! ). There was even an OZ TV shoe on the 60s. And there was/is a short animated film called RETURN TO OZ (from the 60s or early 70s), where a wind blows the melted witch back together! Not too long back there was a series called EMERALD CITY--very different, but interesting. I wish it had lasted longer.
Came here to mention the 60s series! It reran in the 80s and I adored it as a wee lad
@@robbrowatzke2852the 60s TV show reran in the 80s? I wish I had seen it. I’ve been trying to track it down for ages.
Great video. I too used to watch Return of Oz all the time. The animation of the Nome King and HORRIFYING Wheelers traumatised me in the best way. I wonder if that's why I find Daleks less scary?
I would love to know more about this world. Do like a miniseries where every book is covered. But there is alot going on so I expect an episode per book would be too constricted
Tinman is worth a rewatch. Very short. Only intended as a miniseries. Never cancelled. Meant to be only a few episodes.
So damn happy to see some love for The Wiz.
Personally it's my favorite one even with its shortcomings, to me it's almost like an arthouse version of Wizard of Oz, it's not fast-paced or colorful like you'd expect an Oz project (or better, an Oz project that is just aping the 1939 film instead of trying to be its own thing) and I have to be in the right mood to watch it, but when I do, it's always kind of an emotional roller coaster. If I were to do an Oz project, I'd try to hit a mood more akin to _The Wiz_ than the 1939 film, while of course trying to do my own thing.
Also, I don't get scared by horror films... and those freaky red dancing doll things in the subway from _The Wiz_ are one of the scariest things I've ever seen in a movie. That liminal space subway, the way those bloody things become huge, growl and shake, it's seriously a "Who hurt you?" level of nightmarish imagery, forget monkeys with wings or men with wheeled feet and hands. I'd try to fight them no matter how strange they are, but if I was stuck in that subway with those gates trapping me and those two hellish puppets were coming up to get me, I would just be overtaken by the dread, collapse and just cry waiting for the end as I hear those things get closer and closer.
Well done, The Wiz. Well done.
as for why toto it was finally told by baum "because toto doesn't have always a lot to say"
There’s a film called Ozland (I think it’s an Aussie indie). You might get a kick out of it
Cannot wait for Wicked the movie this weekend! 🍿
At least the Muppet version has more scenes from the book. some of those scenes are ONLY in that version like the field mice, the green glasses, the different forms of the Wizard, the silver shoes and The Wicked Witch’s cap and “ MAGIC EYE “.
the funny thing is, Legends of Oz: Dorothy's return is based off of a book by L Frank Baums great grandson, as terrible as the movie itself can be, its actually a decent condensation of the book Dorothy of Oz
and i will always love return to oz
When I was a kid I remember watching The Marvelous Land of Oz. It was a musical adaptation of the second Oz book. It came out in 1981 when I was 10. I recently looked it up and it's on TH-cam. Pretty faithful adaptation featuring Tip.
I Think Your Thinking Of The 60's Pirate Land Flim From Crown Pictures That Did Santa Clause And The Ice cream Bunny! They Were Distbuted To Kid Matinees And Public Schools!
it can Be Found on Amazon Tubi And TH-cam And There is A RiffTrax Version
I'm shocked you missed Journey Back to Oz with Liza.
This is absolutely amazing keep up the great work can’t wait to see more 🔥!
Tin Man was a miniseries, it was never intended to go for longer.
Have you seen Lost in Oz? It was Prime tv show that I never finished but from what i remember it follows dorothy's daughter trying to get back home form a really futuristic oz and it has time travel or something idk. There was also one i can not remember the name of but there was like a little flying monkey and a princess or something
6:28 slight correction. The first technical robot in fiction (iirc) was the Steam Man of the Prairies by author Edward S.Ellis.
From what I remember, Baum was strongly influenced by that book when making the character TickTock. Great video all the same 👍
I remember the TV series Off to See the Wizard from MGM Television. It was an anthology series similar to The Wonderful World of Disney but only ran one season.
If I’m remembering correctly Tin Man was only ever meant to be a limited series. So the story gets wrapped up by the end. I haven’t seen it since it came out though so might be misremembering
You're right, it was never advertised as anything more than a miniseries, like Dinotopia, Rose Red (or anything made for TV audiences based from Stephen King) or Wrinkle in Time (although no one really cared for that one apparently lol)
You forgot JOURNEY BACK TO OZ with Liza Minnelli, Margaret Hamilton, Ethel Merman and Paul Lynde
I haven't seen the movies in years, but I've been going through reading the books. I think I'm on The Patchwork Girl of Oz. I had no idea that there were characters from more of the books showing up in Return to Oz. Now I have to go back and watch it again.
And WOW, I went and saw Oz the Great and Powerful on my birthday as well, because my birthday is also March 8th.
Agree about Return to Oz. We used to rent it from the video store every week until my Mum begged the store to sell it to her. Some random Return to Oz trivia: Walter Murch’s daughter (Beatrice) dubbed the voice for Ozma in the final cut of the film.
Another 1985 classic starring a Back to the Future alumnus is Clue. It was a good year for great movies!
Return to Oz was very underrated. When I first watched it, I wasn't sure what to expect. It was literally cheap on Apple's website, and almost forgotten.
But I genuinely loved it. The darker approach to Oz was so great. Gave it a distinctly different feel to the original Judy Garland film. Very enjoyable characters across the board too. 👍
As someone who grew up reading the books, and always loved Polychrome, I feel horribly sad that I never realized she was in Return to OZ. Now I'm going to have to give it another watch.
This was exactly the kind of vid I was looking for
Thank you so much for this i never expected non doctor who content!!!!
Wow well done. I only knew about the first movie, Return to Oz and Oz the great and Powerful. I’ve got a few other things I would like to see now. Great work on your rating list. I really hope Wicked is fantastic as a movie.
Impressive list, though I also wanted to recommend a video game set in the world of Oz. "Emerald City Confidential" a neo noir game that takes place in Oz some time after the book series and focuses on a detective named Petra as she tries to solve a missing person case for none other than Dorothy Gale. She meets many familiar faces of Oz, but many of them have changed after a war with the Phanfasms!
you left a lot out.
Dorothy and the Wizard of Oz
Journey Back to Oz
The Wizard of Oz Animation July 1, 1982
World Famous Fairy Tale Series
Guardians of Oz
The Steam Engines of Oz
The Oz Kids
Emerald City
The Shirley Temple Show titled “The Land of Oz”
Under the rainbow
"Muppet Babies" By the Book (TV Episode 1985)
"All That" Wizard of Coz
The Dana Carvey Show #7
The Rainbow Road to Oz
The WonderGrove Wizard of Oz
Dee & Friends in Oz
Lost in Oz
The Wizard of Oz (1933)
The Wizard of Oz (1985)
The Tales of the Wizard of Oz
Fantastic journey to oz
Journey to oz
The Wonderful Land of Oz (1969)
"Rugrats" No Place Like Home
Futurama Anthology of Interest II
Buttons in Ows
Adventures in the Emerald City
Strawberry Shortcake: Berry Brick Road
If you really like stage plays there is a stageplay called "The Woodsman" which is based off of the tin man book in the wizard of Oz series. It is seriously SO good! There's no talking it's raw emotion through music, acting and there's brilliant puppeteer work I highly recommend giving it a watch!(The whole thing is on TH-cam the video to avoid copyright is The woodman Boardway)
I saw the MGM movie on its second re-release in 1955, when I was 5. I only remember the cyclone. Literally the very first book I read was my mother's copy of Ozma of Oz, which had the original John Neill illustrations. I went on to read the first book and a number of the sequels, and went on to also love the MGM movie, but like you, I find Return to Oz so great because it is so faithful to the Baum's concept. Also love how creatively they skirt the issue of blending the MGM's concept of it being a dream with the books' concept of it being real, with the Oz characters having a presence of sorts in Kansas, rather than the Kansas people having an Oz presence (it this makes any sense).
One of the things about the Baum's concept was most if not all of the time, there is a child protagonist, one ~ 10 or so, not even Judy Garland's portrayal of Dorothy as a 14 yo. Many versions seem to miss this point. The Wiz is also faithful to the book but with Diana Carroll as a c. 25ish yo. Oz, the Great & Powerful makes it an adult story, with some adult subplots.
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I think it was book 6 where Dorothy takes her aunt and uncle to Oz to live, to avoid the financial problems they are having in Kansas and I understand that Baum had gotten tired of writing these, so this was to be the final book. The idea was that Dorothy could no longer relay her adventures to Baum, who had set himself up as the Royal Historian of Oz.
But children besieged him with letters begging for more. Then one girl questioned why Dorothy couldn't communicate with the outside world via the new technology of the wireless telegraph, so Baum gritted his teeth and picked up his pen again.
Never had heard of The Witches of Oz. Found it for free on TH-cam. Only got part way thru it but may not go any further.
Yes, I think Oz, the Great & Powerful fails by having James Franco as the Wizard - he is 100% the opposite of the bumbling fraudulent Frank Morgan type. Also, I can't accept that Oz is up to date, and in fact apparently imported, treadle-type sewing machines c. mid-1800's, but they don't know of gunpowder, which has been around in the real world for over 1,000 years. (Disney should have shown people hand-sewing.)
And I also agree you, too CGI. It seems like they often showed hordes of cookie-cutter characters, under the premise that more is better. And the cyclone scene really tepid.
The Wizard of Oz (1939) may have been my first foray into the world and characters and still holds a place in my heart but Return to Oz will always be my personal favourite. 😁😊 Brilliant video as always, Confused Adipose. 😉👍🏻
Another interesting Oz sequel/retelling is the Dorothy Must Die series by Danielle Page. Basically imagines that Dorothy stays in Oz after the first book and becomes an evil dictator and now the surviving Witches sans Glinda have to stop her with the help of a new girl from modern-day Kansas. The world building is pretty neat and they adapt a wide berth of the LFB book canon for the series.
Tinman ! Richard Dreyfus as the Wizard was BRILLIANT!
Guys, get over it. Oz the Great and Powerful was NOT that bad.
Especially if you look at the wizard's arc and try to connect it to the classic movie, it doesn't really work, but taken on its own it's a decent maybe even pretty good movie.
@GrimmShadowsII no. Because Oz the Great and Powerful doesn't follow the classic film. It's associated with the book.
@BlairBart-gu7fn many people seem to think otherwise from comments I've seen and heard. Not saying they're right just saying the comments compare the movies and seem to think Oz the great and powerful was intended as a prequel not it's own stand alone thing with plans for it's own sequels.
@GrimmShadowsII well, it WAS a prequel. But it wasnt a CANON prequel. Like Wicked the musical is Canon to the MGM film.
A few missed: Dorothy and the Wizard of Oz (cartoon on Boomerang with a bunch of seasons), Lost in Oz (Amazon Prime series), VeggieTales: The Wonderful Wizard of Ha's, and the Dorothy Must Die book series.
Sorry if it's been mentioned already - your quote about "you can show a child the most horrible thing" is from Don Bluth, who made The Land Before Time and The Secret of NIMH!
Return to Oz scared the feck out of me as a kid. I bet it'd do the same if I rewatched it 😂
Warner Brothers owns MGM’s catalog which includes both Tom and Jerry and the 1938 film, and is one of the few adaptations that includes the ruby slippers since they own the rights.
This list of all the Oz adaptations you used for this video seems to have omitted Journey Back to Oz, the 1972 animation with the voice of Liza Minelli and extensive use of the library music cue that became the theme to News at Ten, and the Barry Mahon cheapo production The Wonderful Land of Oz (and presumably scores of other adaptations/sequels that I'm unaware of). Not a complaint, it just means there's more to you to enjoy, to various extents.
You need to watch the 1982 anime version with Aileen Quinn (of Annie fame) as Dorothy. Boppy songs, lush visuals, two good witches (not one) and a scary witch (who’s not green). It’s the version that got me hooked as a kid.
Dont know if you'll bring this one up, but my favorite is Ripened Tingle's Balloon Trip of Love. It's a really weird Legend of Zelda spinoff on the DS with a fan translation.
In San Antonio, Texas, circa 1975, the local theatre troupe did an English-language, Mexican version called " El Magico de Mexico," complete with the Wicked Witch (la Bruja) and the Piñata Man! And, "Yes. It was a musical!" 😂
Ya know, with all the hard work they put into RtO, it's a damn shame it's not regarded higher...😞
The story of how Dorothy's Return was made is way more interesting than the film itself.
Return to Oz is the most terrifying film I’ve ever seen up to and including The Exorcist.
Interesting fact: Though Tik-Tok is described as a "mechanical man," the word "robot" first came into use in the January 2, 1921 Czech play, "R.U.R." and stands for "Rossumovi Univerzální Roboti" (Rossum's Universal Robot in English).
And the wildly weird Emerald City smack dab in the middle of the MGM Grand Casino complete with audio animatronics and a moving round magic theater (again in the middle of the casino).
What a brilliant video ! I must admit that a few of the to shows I have never seen but still so interesting. One Episode of. TV show that was Oz themed that sticks in my brain is the 80s show Fame ( or kids from Fame ) It was a USA show but was massive on BBC .The whole episode was a direct riff from the Wizard of Oz movie , even including the songs. Worth a look on the TH-cam if you get a chance.
You missed quite a few, perhaps most notably the animated Journey Back to Oz with Liza Minelli (Judy Garland's daughter), and Shirley Temple's The Land of Oz (which partially told the story of Return to Oz in a very different way).
Have u read the Wonderful Doctor of Oz? It’s such a laugh & fun read! Also the stuff w Dorothy’s character was so sweet & I think will mean a lot to certain readers
I agree, I got it last year for Christmas and I enjoyed it a lot . I liked how they used dr who villains as part of Oz, like cyberman , the use of the scarecrows from family of blood, and also the use of the Land of fiction
@ the flying ogrons were so funny lolol
@dxctr_master I also liked missy naming them airgrons lol idk why I found the name funny
There was a 1964 made for tv cartoon called "Return to Oz"
Return to Oz is in my top three favorite movies all time. In my opinion, it's a perfect movie. And don't even get me started on the practical effects!
So The Wonderful Wizard of Oz for the 80's adaptation is a anime series done by the Japanese studio Panmedia and aired on TV Tokyo back in the day, hope that helps.
Shawn Astin and his companion play Muckadoos in "The Witches of OZ", little known OZ characters that were added in for comic relief purposes.
Because "Return to OZ" is in closer approximation to the OZ novels, this means that if this was about the Journey to OZ they would've use the witch of the west's appearance from the green hard-cover novel's illustration instead of using the sour-apple green skin like from the original movie musical, however though they brought back the ruby slippers as an indicator that "Return To OZ" was meant to be the sequel to the movie musical.
I find the Wicked witch of the west in "The Witches Of OZ" to be a combination of 4 of her variations:
1. She is a little weird like the one in the old original "The Marvelous Land of OZ" novel.
2. There is some depth of humanity in her like the Theodora character from "OZ the Great and Powerful" before that movie's existence .
3. She retains a grasp of longing like the one from the stage variations of "Wicked".
4. I had mentioned earlier about how she looks like the illustration from "The Wonderful Wizard of OZ".
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There is a reason and a meaning behind why everything in Disney's "Return to OZ" is dark and gritty and a bit pale and somewhat off-color from its usual rainbow-esque self is because, well__ the reason part of it is not hard to figure out but, the meaning behind it represents the process of Dorothy's mind to choose whether she holds on to her childhood sense of self or she abandons all her hopes and dreams and grow up to be more of a shell of the person we know(This is the similar sort of test that Alice goes through in Tim Burton's "Through the Looking Glass"{Despite the differing situations for the two characters from completely differing counties and existence in time}, but in stead of Alice's mind turning grey, her power in belief is reflected in Terrance Hightop and in the Red Queen of Hearts' breaking the Wonderland Timeline).
Great video. Much more enjoyable than watching you speculate on Doctor Who gossip.
I agree with you, 'Return to Oz' is fantastic.
sitting here saying return to oz is a masterpiece but saying the muppets adaptation was boring / bad is INSANEEEEE
You should check out The Dreamer of OZ, it’s the telling of L. Frank Baum as he is being inspired to write the original book. It shows him looking at is wife and picturing Glinda, while looking at his mother-in-law and picturing the Wicked Witch of the West.
You should try watching the video before you comment.
Using the icon for The Wiz Live (the NBC TV Musical) and then talking about The Wiz 2024 without talking about The Wiz Live (which was brilliant) saddens me. The Wiz Live would be A tier for me, with some great casting choices.
You missed one: Journey Back to Oz from 1972. Mostly this one was made (though never publicly admitted) as a tribute to Judy Garland after her death in 1969. It even starred one of her daughters as Dorothy (voice only, the film was animated. But the cast was star-studded for the time.
Liza Minnelli as Dorothy Gale
Mickey Rooney as the Scarecrow
Danny Thomas as the Tin Woodman
Milton Berle as the Cowardly Lion
Paul Lynde as Jack Pumpkinhead
Herschel Bernardi as Charelsworth Pinto "Woodenhead" Stallion III
Ethel Merman as Mombi, the Wicked Witch
Don Messick as Toto
Risë Stevens as Glinda the Good Witch
Margaret Hamilton as Aunt Em
Paul Ford as Uncle Henry
Jack E. Leonard as the Signpost
Larry Storch as Amos, Aunt Em and Uncle Henry's farmworker
Dallas McKennon as Omby Amby
Mel Blanc as Mombi's crow
Even one of the animators became famous later: Jim Davis, creator of Garfield.
You forgot to mention (or maybe didn't know?) that the book Wicked was actually the first of a tetralogy which also included Son of a Witch, A Lion Among Men, and Out of Oz. I rather doubt anyone will want to make a musical of the middle two, but possibly the third, if only to finish the story.
Even an Ozophile like me (yes, I've read ALL the book, even the execrable A Barnstormer in Oz) has probably missed some of the media versions of the story. But I keep trying. I may be 67 years old at this point (and unable to remember if I saw the 1939 movie or read the original book first), but I keep looking for new takes on the story. So keep up the good work, Adipose! You're at the other end of your life to mine, so you have plenty of time to find things that even I haven't found yet. BTW, I'm also a Whovian (but the Wizard in the film wicked is Jeff Goldblum, not one of the Doctors), so I know what you're talking about there, too!
Pufnstuf It’s a wizard of oz fantasy 21:05
I have an animation cell from a piece of wizard of OZ media called the OZ kids.
Hey C,ADs!
Nice vid :)
I'm not sure if you are aware but, there was a HBO series, that ran for 1 season, called Emerald City. I thought it was pretty cool and was disappointed that it didn't go for another season. If you can get it then it's well worth a watch... it has that kingpin guy as Oz.
Also, there is a puppet animation, from Russia or Poland? Which is also pretty cool, if you can find it?
Anyhoo.... happy travels!
Pete
Edit..... oh, it seems that a bunch of Bods have already mentioned Emerald City and how displeased they are that it never got picked up for a second season....
does he not look like the scarecrow??
Theres a few films missing such as journey back to oz, steam engines of oz, and the animated return to oz special. Really liked the video though.
The Oz Series you mentioned is indeed an Anime. It is part of a series wich was made from famous childrens books like Heidi or Anne of Green Gables. Hayao Mijazaky himself was part of the production of these series.
It was not included on the list, but my favorite adaptation is ABC's Once Upon A Time. It is more a Wicked Witch, played by Rebecca Madar, adaptation, but Oz, Dorothy, the Wizard, Glinda, and the other witches do get their fair share of screen time in the Oz season of the show (season 3?). Highly recommended!
It is season 3 of Once Upon A Time, called "Not Easy Being Green".
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/It%27s_Not_Easy_Being_Green_(Once_Upon_a_Time)
@@LovesDisneyBeast84 She is in the entire show past that point, besides most of season 4.
This maid a nice change are you going to do the occasional dive dive into your passion’s on the channel?
I love Return to Oz, I love the darker side of Oz
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[Seinfeld credits music plays as Dorothy looks at the camera]
No mention of the children's cartoon series "Tales of the Wizard of Oz", which was a Canadian production first produced in 1961 by a company that would eventually become Rankin/Bass - the stop motion animation company responsible for a lot of holiday fare in the 60s and 70s in North America. Though short in terms of running length, (episodes were about five minutes each), they were highly entertaining and could be quite hilarious.
you gained a fan and going to watch wicked because i believe this is a project baum himself had planned but didn't get to do so his family is happy somebody else pulled off FOUR books i believe
are you familiar with the show Once Upon A Time? it blends various fairy tales and includes an Oz arc in season 3. the Wicked Witch goes on to be a major character for the rest of the series. she's green but surprisingly they didn't name her Elphaba, her name is Zelena. Dorothy is only in a few episodes. despite the show using silver slippers like in the book, there is an episode called Ruby Slippers where Dorothy has a romance with a character named Ruby. teh scarecrow, lion, and tin man all appear at different points in the series
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The most interesting thing about Legends of Oz is its production, which was a huge financial scam.
there is ZERO CGI in Return to OZ
My favorite adaptation is an old vinyl that has Hanna Barbera's Snagglepuss retelling the story of the Wizard of Oz. It's so camp! A must listen for any friend of Dorothy.
1:45 "so Ga'linda ear as I rank the Wizard of Oz peripheral material"
As a fellow Oz Enthusiast and collector of Badfilm, you need to watch Steam Engines of Oz produced by Arcane Films. It is the WEIRDEST Oz Spinoff I have ever seen. Not often you get a Locasta drop in an Oz spinoff after all, and I find it worth it for that and the "sexy" Ron Perlman lion.
And if you are into Oz-adjacent work, I highly recommend the Life and Adventures of Santa Claus.
I haven't watched this yet. Hoping i won't be disappointed by a lack of reference to the special Oz episode from Kids From Fame.
I may be in the minority here, but I love the Witches of Oz. I actually own a copy that I still watch from time to time. ❤
Tin Man is worth finishing. The ending was nice. Also in the mid to late 60's there was a cartoon version of The Wizard Of Oz. I enjoyed it as a kid. I think it was made by Jay Ward & Bill Scott, but I'm not 100% sure about that. It was made for laughs, the Wizard sounded like WC Fields, the scare was called Socrates, and tin man was called Rusty. There's a Hollywood legend that WC Fields was asked to play the wizard before production of the 1939 movie, but according the whichever version you read, he either turned it down because he hated the books or he wanted too much money.
Rankn And Bass!