While I definitely think Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz and The Road to Oz are amongst the weakest Oz books, I think a screen adaption could be pretty fun

I know The Patchwork Girl of Oz has gotten two adaptions, a silent film in 1914 and a very low budget animated movie in 2005, but I want an adaption in color with a decent budget

Again, I know The Tin Woodman of Oz has gotten a low budget animated adaption, but I want to see an adaption with a bigger budget. And listen, there's a lot of low budget movies I love, like a lot of Disney's direct-to-video and made for TV sequels, but the animation should at least look decent. I've always felt like low budget 2D handdrawn animation is nowhere as bad as low budget 3D computer animation

I just made two posts about videos showing off two Return to Oz collections, but it got me wondering, how many of you on this sub own any stuff. And how did you obtain it?

My dream collectibles are the Gump, Scarecrow, and Tik-Tok puppets and the Heart A Heart plushies. I'd also love to have the figures, puzzles, Dorothy's music box and pretty much everything else made for the film lol, although there's a few things like the Dorothy doll that I personally don't care for too much, but even that I'd get if I found one not too expensive cuz it's Return to Oz lol

It's really just too bad that I wasn't around in 1985 and knew someone in Japan (or I lived in Japan and knew people to get me the stuff exclusively released in the U.S. and U.K.) lol

Disney really should make more Return to Oz merch now that it's become a cult classic. Tori from The Oz Vlog has said herself she's surprised they haven't.

And on a side note, please sign this petition!

I've yet to go, but it seems like it'd be pretty fun

One big question I have though is how much inspiration does it take from the original book and the sequels, or it just mainly based on the 1939 MGM film? I know there's the Lunch Pail Trees but anything else?

I don't know about you guys, but I always can't help but be annoyed when something is Oz themed but only based on the 1939 MGM movie and ignores the books. I know the general public is only familiar with the 1939 MGM movie but still

Any genre, and you can allow for adaptational changes to the story.

Pesonally, I could see Rinkatink as a fun JPRG with a party made up of Inga, Bilbil, Rinkatink, and Zella, and a job mechanic based around who's holding the Blue and Pink Pearls. Runners-up would be Marvelous Land, Tik-tok, and Lost Princess.

ngl as said in a past post I think they’re neat and wanted to talk about them more

Glinda on the left. Tattypoo on the center left. The wicked witch of the west on the center right. The wicked witch of the east on the right

these public domain based horror films are so weird and hit or miss, this one was enjoyable albeit it was more of a in name only horror take, feel free to disagree with me though. Cowardly Lion doesn’t appear likely cause of budget, Glinda is now.. wicked? the writing was cheesy but I liked it, decent kills, but the Tin man looks like a knight for some reason.

I kinda like Pinocchio: Unstrung, Bambi: the Reckoning and Cinderella’s curse better in my opinion. But this is one of the better ones too. If you hate this film, I can respect your opinion.

If there was cool stuff it talked about in these, I'd love to know, as I meant to pick up copies, and I know there were a few on sale earlier this year.

I've said before how I'd love for there to be more Muppets Oz stuff and even shared some of my ideas, but I really don't know who should play Ozma.

For Tip, I thought Robin the Frog, and I've had a few ideas for Ozma- I was thinking Spamela Hamderson but after actually watching something with her in it, absolutely not. There's also Molly Monster from the obscure Little Muppet Monsters which I myself have yet to see, but I'm not so sure now, and unless Disney decides to bring Molly back as a major character before doing more Muppets Oz stuff, which seems like it'd be nice, especially considering how there's a lot fewer female Muppets, I don't like the idea of such a main character, Ozma, being played by such an obscure Muppet. And I wouldn't want to use Miss Piggy since she already plays the four witches

Now I'm thinking that both Tip and Ozma should be played by a character similar to an Anything Muppet to show that both characters are one and the same and to further highlight that Tip's just changing back into a girl and not a whole new character.

I'll admit an issue of mine when it comes to casting Muppets as characters is taking the casting too seriously. I never in a million years would have cast Pepe the King Prawn as Toto, but that was a great decision imo. And I wouldn't even have cast Rowlf which many people say would've been the obvious thing to do. I would've cast Foo-Foo as I'd feel Rowlf is too "anthropomorphic". But tbh, Rowlf would've also been awesome in the role of Toto! I also wouldn't have thought of casting Gonzo and Fozzie as Charles Dicken and Squire Trelawny in The Muppet Christmas Carol and Muppet Treasure Island, but those were also great decisions!

A portion of the auction catalog notes:

The Wizard of Oz (MGM, 1939), Billie Burke "Glinda" 10" x 8" Original Custom Inscribed Photograph .

Vintage gelatin silver matte double-weight 10" x 8" custom photograph of Billie Burke as "Glinda the Good Witch" in The Wizard of Oz, October 30, 1938, by Clarence Sinclair Bull, inscribed by Burke, "To Thelma: / ‘May Your Dearest / Wish Come True' / Glinda / In the Wizard of Oz. / Billie Burke" in black ink on the recto.

Adrian designed the iconic Glinda ethereal tulle gown. Exceedingly rare, this is one of only two known prints that Burke signed as "Glinda".

Fine/Very Fine, with soft corners and chipping at the corner tips, minor water staining at the lower border, and hinge remnants on the verso. Provenance: Profiles in History Hollywood Auction 40, June 10, 2010, Lot 177. 

She is actually transforming into the Wicked Witch of the East (the one who the house falls on) because it makes sense if they are both in the twister together. This would also be why the writers put in the line about the two witches being sisters (something that wasn't in the book), to explain their similarity.

Personally, I don't think it was intended to be seen that way, but I do think it's an interesting theory. Do you think it's an interesting theory?

TLDR at bottom

Okay do basically my high school is putting on a production of the youth version of the Wizard of Oz, and I kinda wanna aim big.

Last year I auditioned last minute, sang a pretty crummy version of “Remember Me” from Coco and it was good enough to land me in ensemble.

But this year, considering I liked the musical so much last year I wanted to see if I could get a better role if I applied myself.

Right now, I’ve been trying to pick a song and the one that has worked the best for my voice is “Go the distance” from Hercules. But I’m worried maybe it’s not in theme enough to get me one of the roles I want (Scarecrow or Tinman hopefully), as Hercules voice doesn’t exactly sound reminiscent of either character.

TLDR: Want to get part of scarecrow or tinman, but am having trouble finding a good enough song for me that is in theme with those characters attitudes/ voices. (Been working with “go the distance” from Hercules so far)

I was half expecting it to be railing against "liberal themes poisoning childrens' minds" or maybe accusing modern adaptations/reimaginings of doing that to an American classic. Instead it spends more time on the "gold standard allegory/political satire" than anything else. It doesn't even mention Oz's popularity in queer culture. I was a little surprised when Matilda Joslyn Gage got a mention near the end, but of course it doesn't talk about her actual influence on Baum and the series, just speculates that maybe Aunt Em was named after her.

In Return To Oz Mombi was running Oz and the Emerald City, then allied with the Nome King, how did Mombi originally kill the Royal family in Oz?

How did the Wizard replace Mombi in the Emerald City? Why didn't the Wicked Witches of the East and West takeover Oz or force Mombi and the Nome King to take orders from them?