'The Goldbergs' is a new sitcom (six episodes in as I am writing this) that takes place in the 80's and centers around a rather high-strung family who shouts a lot, but you can tell through and through that they care about one another. It doesn't have the corny feel that many sitcoms that actually aired in the 80's did, but the father is not a Homer Simpson/Al Bundy/John Goodman in Roseanne-style idiot/pushover. He (Murray) is just hot-blooded in that 'because I care too much' kind of way. Screaming "Where have you been? I could have killed you!" means "I was very worried." He is definitely a good father who cares about his kids and his kids know that, so the show has a nice realistic vibe without being too edgy to be family-friendly.
The main character in this show is Adam, the youngest of the three Goldberg kids. What is innovative about this main character is that the creator of the show is also Adam Goldberg. This show is based on his real-life family. The main character is him when he was an adolescent in the 80's and they even show Adam's real-life home movies during the closing credits. That made me appreciate the show even more because the actors in this show nail their real-life counterparts. Patton Oswalt from 'Parks and Rec' provides the voice of an adult Adam narrating from the future.
Adam has his high-strung (like dad) older brother Barry, his sister Erica, his doting mother Beverly and his grandpa Albert, all of whom are very relatable, witty characters in a well-written show. Erica appears to be the voice of reason among the kids. Beverly the mom provides some relatable (yes, relatable) humor, embarassing her children who are trying to be their own people. (Yes, you can relate to that.) And Grandpa Albert (whose wife has died) dates a different woman every weekend. The only word of caution I would offer as far as this being a "family show" is that, in the first two episodes, Albert provided some off-color humor in the form of advice he gives to Adam about girls and something he says about his own date. Since then, I don't recall any of that kind of humor being in the show, his character has focused more on trying to be there for his grandkids. It was kind of like Howard Wolowitz in 'Big Bang Theory', where Howard provided a lot of off-color humor and now he's married, so not so much anymore. Yes, Grandpa Albert still dates a bunch of women, going to bars dressed in 70's clothes, but the jokes aren't like they were in the first two. There was a rather touching moment in one episode where Albert admits to his daughter that the reason he dates different women was because he is positive that no one can replace his deceased wife.
This show has additional apeal for those who grew up in the 80's. There are countless references to things we grew up with. One episode shows Barry begging his dad for some Reebok pumps. (Like I did. Well, my mom.) He thinks they can make him jump higher. (We all did.) And then he tries to slam dunk without the athletic skills to back up the shoes and does a hilarious face plant on the pavement. (I knew a kid.) I think the show is funny on its own merits without the 80's references, just because the characters are very relatable, but seeing references to Rubix cubes, Flashdance, neon being in fashion, doing research on microfiche and Lou Ferrigno's Hulk are icing on the cake for those who remember that stuff.
I took away a 'star' because of Albert's off-color humor in the first two episodes. but gave back half of that star for the Reebok pumps episode. I would rate 'The Goldberg's' 4.5 stars out of 5. It is on ABC Tuesdays at 9 and is more than worth keeping the TV on after 'Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.' which I'm sure you are already watching.
Friday, April 11, 2014
'RoboCop' (2014) REVIEW
'RoboCop is the remake to that 1987 movie that was SO violent that my mom wouldn't even let me watch the edited for TV version (when she was in the house, that is). Well, this one is PG-13. No blood spurts. No one gets melted by toxic waste only to go SPLAT when they are hit by an oncoming truck. I don't remember any actual blood being shown outside of scenes that take place in hospitals (in a medical context) when RoboCop is being built. I mention that, because, when I heard that they were remaking RoboCop as a PG-13, I thought to myself that it might be good if it was just as satirical as the first one, but just "PG-13" the violence. It succeeds and fails at the same time. Allow me to explain.
Just as the old one satirized 1980's corporate greed, the new RoboCop harps on a hot-button political issue, the use of drones in warfare. There is a company called Omni Corp that wants to extend their drone program to police the United States, but public opinion is not on their side, so they build RoboCop as a PR stunt, to show that robots can be used in American police work, but easing people into it, because he is part-human too. He's a gateway drug to the full-robot cops they want to produce.
Joel Kinneman plays Alex Murphy, a good cop who is trying to hunt down a traitor in the Detroit PD. This results in him getting a car bomb placed in his car and seriously injured (not killed like the original). Alex's wife (played by Abbie Cornish) agrees to volunteer him to be turned into a cyborg (later named RoboCop). I liked the fact that a lot of the story revolved around Alex's wife's reaction to what he was going through. Not only because the original film neglected this, but because it gave the film a lot of added heart. In the first movie, Alex doesn't remember his previous life when he becomes RoboCop, only to try to piece it together when he receives flashbacks (that involve his wife). In this version, he remembers his family, but when Omni Corp realizes that Alex's human emotion cuts down on his efficiency as a cop, they try to take that from him and make him act more robotic. They do the same thing backwards, but it adds to the conflict of the story, Alex being caught in the middle of this corrupt company's publicity stunt while trying to hunt down the corrupt cops that injured him.
Gary Oldman is great as the scientist who gets roped into creating RoboCop by Michael Keaton as the CEO of Omni Corp. (who should be in more movies). Samuel L. Jackson is awesome and steals the movie as...basically a black Bill O'Reilly...named Pat Novak who has his own TV show (The Novak Element...not the O'Reilly Factor) and is on Omni Corp's side, wanting robots policing the streets.
I mentioned that the violence is considerably less here (no more than a TV cop show), but there are scenes that show what remained of Alex Murphy after the explosion and...well, you may be grossed out to see a lung moving in a glass case attached to Murphy's head (and some weird trachea thing). Or the scientist sticking computer chips into Murphy's brain. It's "medical", but I thought it was excessive. And, the third act, takes a bunch of intriguing ideas that were introduced in the first two acts of the film and, well, doesn't play them out. And the film ends in the most anti-climactic way they could have possibly ended it, dropping the things that were interesting and including one plot twist that was not explained and made no sense whatsoever.
So, the new RoboCop is decent. The first scene is awesome and thought-provoking, lots of good acting...but you are going to walk out of the theatre wishing they had wrapped it up better. And that he had said "your move, creep!" They use all of his catch phrases except for that one. I give it 2.5 blood spurts out of 5.
Just as the old one satirized 1980's corporate greed, the new RoboCop harps on a hot-button political issue, the use of drones in warfare. There is a company called Omni Corp that wants to extend their drone program to police the United States, but public opinion is not on their side, so they build RoboCop as a PR stunt, to show that robots can be used in American police work, but easing people into it, because he is part-human too. He's a gateway drug to the full-robot cops they want to produce.
Joel Kinneman plays Alex Murphy, a good cop who is trying to hunt down a traitor in the Detroit PD. This results in him getting a car bomb placed in his car and seriously injured (not killed like the original). Alex's wife (played by Abbie Cornish) agrees to volunteer him to be turned into a cyborg (later named RoboCop). I liked the fact that a lot of the story revolved around Alex's wife's reaction to what he was going through. Not only because the original film neglected this, but because it gave the film a lot of added heart. In the first movie, Alex doesn't remember his previous life when he becomes RoboCop, only to try to piece it together when he receives flashbacks (that involve his wife). In this version, he remembers his family, but when Omni Corp realizes that Alex's human emotion cuts down on his efficiency as a cop, they try to take that from him and make him act more robotic. They do the same thing backwards, but it adds to the conflict of the story, Alex being caught in the middle of this corrupt company's publicity stunt while trying to hunt down the corrupt cops that injured him.
Gary Oldman is great as the scientist who gets roped into creating RoboCop by Michael Keaton as the CEO of Omni Corp. (who should be in more movies). Samuel L. Jackson is awesome and steals the movie as...basically a black Bill O'Reilly...named Pat Novak who has his own TV show (The Novak Element...not the O'Reilly Factor) and is on Omni Corp's side, wanting robots policing the streets.
I mentioned that the violence is considerably less here (no more than a TV cop show), but there are scenes that show what remained of Alex Murphy after the explosion and...well, you may be grossed out to see a lung moving in a glass case attached to Murphy's head (and some weird trachea thing). Or the scientist sticking computer chips into Murphy's brain. It's "medical", but I thought it was excessive. And, the third act, takes a bunch of intriguing ideas that were introduced in the first two acts of the film and, well, doesn't play them out. And the film ends in the most anti-climactic way they could have possibly ended it, dropping the things that were interesting and including one plot twist that was not explained and made no sense whatsoever.
So, the new RoboCop is decent. The first scene is awesome and thought-provoking, lots of good acting...but you are going to walk out of the theatre wishing they had wrapped it up better. And that he had said "your move, creep!" They use all of his catch phrases except for that one. I give it 2.5 blood spurts out of 5.
Tuesday, August 27, 2013
Ben Affleck as Batman
Before I heard that they were including Batman in a Man of Steel sequel, before I knew that they were calling it 'Batman vs. Superman'...before I knew who was cast as Batman...I was saying that the new Bruce Wayne (Batman) should be a more mature businessman type. I love me some Dark Knight, but the scene where Bruce Wayne falls asleep during board (bored?) meetings always bothered me. It was one aspect of his character that they got wrong, as good as the rest of it was. And then he bankrupts the company in the third movie. :-\ Anyway, that is the main thing I like about Ben Affleck playing Batman. I see him as the mature businessman type who can introduce some of the sci-fi elements that Nolan ignored in his version by being CEO of Wayne Tech (if he gets his own Batman series). We know he will be in the same universe as an alien from Krypton. Why not do a better darker verrsion of Mr. Freeze down the road the way the cartoon did? Or Clayface? I know he's not a sci-fi character, but I'd love to see a creepy version of the Ventriloquist in a Batman film.
Anyway, I think Ben Affleck's a good actor and I am glad they are bringing back the businessman part of his character. The other thing I keep seeing people write online is "I see him as Bruce Wayne, but not as Batman." Well, I saw him as Matt Murdock and, like Batman, all Daredevil had to do was wear a mask and growl while he fought, which he did convincingly, silly as that movie was. I would think Bruce Wayne would be the tougher side and some are coming around to admiting that Affleck would be a good Bruce Wayne...and I agree. I reserve judgement until I see a trailer.
Picking an actor that you don't care for to play an iconic hero is far less offenseive than changing the character or origin story in some disrespectful way (Han Solo shooting first, Alien Ninja Turtles) and there are many examples of actors who people didn't think would cut it as Batman characters and they ended up being great. (Michael Keaton and Heath Ledger)...so this doesn't deserve the outcry that it has gotten from fans online. In two years, Batman and Superman will be in the same live-action movie for the first time in Sujperman's 75 year plus history and that ain't nothin to sneeze at. :-)
Anyway, I think Ben Affleck's a good actor and I am glad they are bringing back the businessman part of his character. The other thing I keep seeing people write online is "I see him as Bruce Wayne, but not as Batman." Well, I saw him as Matt Murdock and, like Batman, all Daredevil had to do was wear a mask and growl while he fought, which he did convincingly, silly as that movie was. I would think Bruce Wayne would be the tougher side and some are coming around to admiting that Affleck would be a good Bruce Wayne...and I agree. I reserve judgement until I see a trailer.
Picking an actor that you don't care for to play an iconic hero is far less offenseive than changing the character or origin story in some disrespectful way (Han Solo shooting first, Alien Ninja Turtles) and there are many examples of actors who people didn't think would cut it as Batman characters and they ended up being great. (Michael Keaton and Heath Ledger)...so this doesn't deserve the outcry that it has gotten from fans online. In two years, Batman and Superman will be in the same live-action movie for the first time in Sujperman's 75 year plus history and that ain't nothin to sneeze at. :-)
'The Wolverine' review
Remember 'X-Men Origins: Wolverine'? No, me neither, not really...or at least not enough to keep me away from this way better Wolvie solo film, which is basically a samurai film (with mutants). Hugh Jackman returns for the sixth time playing Logan (counting his cameo in X-Men First Class) and he is phenomenal as always. The story centers around his famous ability to heal quickly and his slow aging, whether or not that is a blessing or a curse and the bad guy who is manipulating that 'doubt' in Wolverine's mind to steal said mutant power.
Remember at the end of X-Men 3: The Last Stand, how Logan killed Jean Grey because he had to? Well, this film also centers around the guilt that he feels for killing the woman he loved. Famke Jansen plays Jean Grey in a series of dream sequences that can either be interpreted as Logan feeling guilty or Jean talking to him from the grave. I prefer the former, but you can take it either way. Kind of like at the end of Les Miserables, when all the characters show up in Hugh Jackman's dream when he was old and you COULD take it that they are in the afterlife, or maybe the old man is just remembering the peeople he's known. Well, this is like that and the movie is about Logan dealing with his terrible choice.
Remember that SNIKT sound that Wolverine's claws makes when he is fighting? He'll run into a crowd full of bad guys and slash at them all PG-13 style and they will fall with no slash marks or blood shown? Well, there is alot of that here, but there are also scenes where WWII Japanese soldiers stab themselves (no blood shown) to "regain their honor" and scenes where Wolverine is bleeding, getting stitched up and/or has to get this weird thing out of his heart. Same level of action as the other X-Men films, but with those more intense/gory things added for historical accuracy and medical context (that shows Wolverine's healing ability or lack thereof), I would not recommend this for very young superhero movie fans.
Remember that cameo in X-Men First Class where Logan showed up randomly when Xavier was looking for mutants and it was funny except for the f-bomb that Logan dropped? Well, towards the end of this film, he drops another one. I was "rolling with" the other "words" he shouldn't have used because Wolverine is supposed to be a tough, no-nonsense character, but he uses the F-bomb, again, in a genre that appeals to younger fans and that was disappointing.
What I liked about this movie is the level of realism that they achieve for most of it. The acting is really good. It is basically like a samurai movie, lone warrior kind of thing, except for the light sci-fi element of Wolverine losing his healing factor and a few mutant characters. The opening scene is great and very intense, taking place in WWII as the atom bomb was being dropped on Nagasaki. There is a really good fight scene later on top of a train where Wolverine does some things that he can only do because he is a mutant, but it's nowhere as ridiculous as X-Men Origins (chopping helicopter blades in half and then slowly walking away from a fireball etc.). The story involves political corruption, the Japanese mob (yazuka) and "real world" stuff. That is, until the end, where it goes really over the top for the final fight scene that almost feels like it was plucked out of a crazier movie. Yes, I liked seeing Silver Samurai (a character I only knew from the video game Marvel vs. Capcom), but that whole fight scene did feel forced. And then, it goes back to realism until the closing credits.
Overall, if you are looking for a well-acted light sci-fi film that nods to lone warrior type films, either westerns or samurai films or if you liked the other X-men movies, give this one a try with the above reservations. And...stay a few minutes into the credits, for their is a teaser for the next X-Men film, one that I am even more excited about 'Days of Future Past', based on the famous Chris Claremont X-Men time travel storyline.
BOTTOM LINE: 3.5 out of 5 adamantium claws
Remember at the end of X-Men 3: The Last Stand, how Logan killed Jean Grey because he had to? Well, this film also centers around the guilt that he feels for killing the woman he loved. Famke Jansen plays Jean Grey in a series of dream sequences that can either be interpreted as Logan feeling guilty or Jean talking to him from the grave. I prefer the former, but you can take it either way. Kind of like at the end of Les Miserables, when all the characters show up in Hugh Jackman's dream when he was old and you COULD take it that they are in the afterlife, or maybe the old man is just remembering the peeople he's known. Well, this is like that and the movie is about Logan dealing with his terrible choice.
Remember that SNIKT sound that Wolverine's claws makes when he is fighting? He'll run into a crowd full of bad guys and slash at them all PG-13 style and they will fall with no slash marks or blood shown? Well, there is alot of that here, but there are also scenes where WWII Japanese soldiers stab themselves (no blood shown) to "regain their honor" and scenes where Wolverine is bleeding, getting stitched up and/or has to get this weird thing out of his heart. Same level of action as the other X-Men films, but with those more intense/gory things added for historical accuracy and medical context (that shows Wolverine's healing ability or lack thereof), I would not recommend this for very young superhero movie fans.
Remember that cameo in X-Men First Class where Logan showed up randomly when Xavier was looking for mutants and it was funny except for the f-bomb that Logan dropped? Well, towards the end of this film, he drops another one. I was "rolling with" the other "words" he shouldn't have used because Wolverine is supposed to be a tough, no-nonsense character, but he uses the F-bomb, again, in a genre that appeals to younger fans and that was disappointing.
What I liked about this movie is the level of realism that they achieve for most of it. The acting is really good. It is basically like a samurai movie, lone warrior kind of thing, except for the light sci-fi element of Wolverine losing his healing factor and a few mutant characters. The opening scene is great and very intense, taking place in WWII as the atom bomb was being dropped on Nagasaki. There is a really good fight scene later on top of a train where Wolverine does some things that he can only do because he is a mutant, but it's nowhere as ridiculous as X-Men Origins (chopping helicopter blades in half and then slowly walking away from a fireball etc.). The story involves political corruption, the Japanese mob (yazuka) and "real world" stuff. That is, until the end, where it goes really over the top for the final fight scene that almost feels like it was plucked out of a crazier movie. Yes, I liked seeing Silver Samurai (a character I only knew from the video game Marvel vs. Capcom), but that whole fight scene did feel forced. And then, it goes back to realism until the closing credits.
Overall, if you are looking for a well-acted light sci-fi film that nods to lone warrior type films, either westerns or samurai films or if you liked the other X-men movies, give this one a try with the above reservations. And...stay a few minutes into the credits, for their is a teaser for the next X-Men film, one that I am even more excited about 'Days of Future Past', based on the famous Chris Claremont X-Men time travel storyline.
BOTTOM LINE: 3.5 out of 5 adamantium claws
'Man of Steel' review
Every so often a movie comes along where I have to see it twice to decide if I liked it or not. In 2011, it was 'The Muppets'. This year, it was Man of Steel. The basic reason was that it was something that I loved growing up and the film was very different from what I expected. Part of my brain knew how well put together the movie was, but the angle knocked me off the fan platform. Green Lantern was a character I have always loved, but I knew that movie sucked halfway through. Same with Superman Returns, I actually did give it a second chance' but I knew it was bad the first time. The Dark Knight on the other hand, had me running out of the theatre looking for the line to go back in.
So, now that I have seen MOS twice, I can say that all of the things that I didn't expect worked really well. I like the fact that it was 'harder' science fiction than had been done with this character before (genetic pre-determination) and got into Krypton's history and what precisely was their downfall, forshadowing what Superman is supposed to be a 'shining example' from to the human race (besides helping people, which is nice). I liked how Lois Lane showed off her journalistic investigation skills more than had been shown previously and THAT was how she met Superman. She isn't just in the newsroom misspelling things ("How many P's in rapist?") and meeting Superman because she fell out of something high. I am looking forward to a similar take with April O'Neil in the new Ninja Turtle movie (instead of her just getting mugged near a sewer cover) and it worked here.
I disagree with the critics that the fight scenes were too long and did not include character beats. Yes, I am a Superman fan with ADD and therefore the target audience for this film, but the fight scenes did tell you things about the characters involved and there was enough character development that you care who is fighting and what for. The non-linear style of the first act will remind you of 'Batman Begins' (lots of flashbacks), but it is well-done. The scenes in 'Superman: the movie' of Clark running alongside a train and being gleeful that he has such cool powers have been replaced with scenes of a kid who is frightened that can't control his super hearing and his x-ray vision. Although he seems to have mastered his heat vision, which he uses while hiding in a closet to make sure that his teacher can't open the door knob. Pardon the theme here, but I related to a kid who can't concentrate in school and who gets yelled at and picked on as a result...and I liked watching him become a hero.
Basically, the movie is about Superman earning people's trust, an obstacle that he has to overcome in order to help the human race in the first place. It is like 'Star Trek' (the 2009 reboot) in that the Superman you remember is at the end of the movie and the rest of the story is about how he got that way.
My only complaints with the movie come from me comparing it to other films. My two favorite superhero movies have villians, the actors of which completely blew me away (Heath Ledger and Tom Hiddleston). So, this movie is losing a star simply because General Zod was no Joker or Loki. Still, a very good science fiction film and a good start to a new Superman franchise.
4/5 stars
So, now that I have seen MOS twice, I can say that all of the things that I didn't expect worked really well. I like the fact that it was 'harder' science fiction than had been done with this character before (genetic pre-determination) and got into Krypton's history and what precisely was their downfall, forshadowing what Superman is supposed to be a 'shining example' from to the human race (besides helping people, which is nice). I liked how Lois Lane showed off her journalistic investigation skills more than had been shown previously and THAT was how she met Superman. She isn't just in the newsroom misspelling things ("How many P's in rapist?") and meeting Superman because she fell out of something high. I am looking forward to a similar take with April O'Neil in the new Ninja Turtle movie (instead of her just getting mugged near a sewer cover) and it worked here.
I disagree with the critics that the fight scenes were too long and did not include character beats. Yes, I am a Superman fan with ADD and therefore the target audience for this film, but the fight scenes did tell you things about the characters involved and there was enough character development that you care who is fighting and what for. The non-linear style of the first act will remind you of 'Batman Begins' (lots of flashbacks), but it is well-done. The scenes in 'Superman: the movie' of Clark running alongside a train and being gleeful that he has such cool powers have been replaced with scenes of a kid who is frightened that can't control his super hearing and his x-ray vision. Although he seems to have mastered his heat vision, which he uses while hiding in a closet to make sure that his teacher can't open the door knob. Pardon the theme here, but I related to a kid who can't concentrate in school and who gets yelled at and picked on as a result...and I liked watching him become a hero.
Basically, the movie is about Superman earning people's trust, an obstacle that he has to overcome in order to help the human race in the first place. It is like 'Star Trek' (the 2009 reboot) in that the Superman you remember is at the end of the movie and the rest of the story is about how he got that way.
My only complaints with the movie come from me comparing it to other films. My two favorite superhero movies have villians, the actors of which completely blew me away (Heath Ledger and Tom Hiddleston). So, this movie is losing a star simply because General Zod was no Joker or Loki. Still, a very good science fiction film and a good start to a new Superman franchise.
4/5 stars
Tuesday, May 21, 2013
What I Would Do With Batman
Read any article on any of the comic book/movie websites and you will find many rumors about DC Comics/Warner Brothers wanting to produce a Justice League movie. There was even one rumor that suggested that they wanted to come out with a Justice League movie BEFORE coming out with solo movies for the individual characters, doing what Marvel did with the Avengers BACKWARDS.
Personally, I think that's a terrible idea. They need to come out with successful solo movies first. Now, since Nolan's Batman trilogy has been given a distinct ending (with rumors of a reboot) and Green Lantern flopped at the box office, all DC has is Superman IF 'Man of Steel' is successful (hopes are high with many good reviews based on preview screenings). There is no Flash or Wonder Woman movie. Do they give Martian Manhunter his own movie or stick him in cameos during the other films? Who do they include in the JL movie roster anyway (Aquaman? Hawkman? Cyborg?)
At any rate, I think they should reboot Batman BEFORE the JL movie and this is how I would do a new Batman trilogy if I were given the job.
1) OLDER WITH BAGGAGE. Internet rumors from the studios and fans alike agree that the origin story should not be redone, as it was done twice and perfectly in Batman Begins. My Batman movie would star a slightly older, more mature Bruce Wayne who is a respected businessman and not falling asleep during board meetings like Nolan's Batman. Basically, I would take bits and pieces from Nolan's trilogy and create a vague continuity. Most of Gotham's citizens think that Batman killed Harvey Dent, as Commissioner Gordon and Batman concocted a hoax (a year ago) so that the city would not lose faith in Harvey Dent. But he is not dead. Y'know, because he didn't fall that far to the ground in 'The Dark Knight' anyway. He being "rehabilitated" in Arkham and Commissioner Gordon worries about what reactions the citizens (and his superiors) will have when they find out the truth. They made the same deal that they did at the end of 'Dark Knight', but Harvey is not dead and is being held in Arkham as part of the cover-up (and for a big reveal at the end of the first movie...perhaps a post-credits scene).
2) SCI-FI ELEMENTS. I would keep my Batman trilogy almost as realistic as Nolan's...with a slight half-turn towards science fiction elements, so that we can see a better version of a character that was done horribly in the worst Batman movie ever (Batman and Robin)...Mister Freeze. Between the 1992 animated series and newer comic book stories I have read, this character can be done well, dramatically. A man who feels no emotion, trapped in a cryogenic suit trying to cure his wife, showing that he does have emotion. There should be a scene at the end where Mister Freeze, normally stoic, firing his freeze gun, gets emotional and flips out on Batman like Spock did at the end of the Star Trek reboot. His storyline has to do with emotion, so he should just be an evil Spock in a freezer suit. Since Bruce Wayne is older and a respected businessman, it makes sense that he would have a division of Wayne Enterprises called Wayne Tech and be hiring/dealing with scientists like he does in the comics and this would be a perfect way to introduce Mr. Freeze and other characters that are sci-fi slanted, but without making them campy like they have been done in the past.
3) THE VENTRILOQUIST AND SCARFACE. Maybe the studio is afraid of rebooting Batman and doesn't want to throw alot of money at this movie, or at least not too much. Not to worry, I would include one of my favorite villians from the 1992 animated series...the Ventriloquist, a man with dual personalities whose 'other side' is a criminal genius named Scarface, which he manifests through a wooden puppet. He is the head of the mob and the puppet is running the show, even calling the human behind him 'dummy'. This character could be done in a serious way, where he is clearly nuts and disturbing. He doesn't have to be played silly at all and he doesn't require any big budget effects like Mr. Freeze's freezing gun.
4) JOKER. The second movie in this trilogy should play off of the fact that the Joker never died at the end of Dark Knight. He is still in Arkham and is being treated by Dr. Harleen Quinzell (Harley Quinn), a criminal psychologist who falls in love with Joker, helps him to escape and goes on a country-wide crime spree, Bonnie and Clyde-style. I would like to see a story where Joker wants to be a filmmaker and is filming a documentary as he does this. Maybe he terrorizes the head of a movie studio and kills him when he won't fund his movie. Maybe Matt Hagen, the Clayface character (a scarred, washed-up actor who gets the ability to shape-shift) can be involved.
5) ROBIN. Now that Batman is older and trying to be more like his father, taking the family business more seriously and whatnot, maybe he wants to adopt an orphan. I imagined a scenario where Killer Croc (muscle bound half-man, half-crocodile) works at Haley's Circus and Batman first meets (pre-teen acrobat/archery enthusiast) Dick Grayson after he apprehends Croc during a knock-out, drag-out fight. Then, Dick's parents are killed by a man trying to extort money from the circus (Ventriloquist and Scarface? Croc?) and Dick Grayson goes to the orphanage, sneaking out of the orphanage at night, trying to find information on the guy who killed his parents. We only find out later that he was in cahoots with Batman. It is sort of unrealistic for child services to let an orphaned 10-year-old stay with a man who has the reputation for womanizing that Bruce Wayne does...so Bruce tries to adopt, they tell him 'no', but Batman and his young sidekick are still in cahoots (giving him tracking equipment etc.). Oh, and his name 'Robin' does not come from the red bird. Being an archery enthusiast, Dick first wants to call himself 'Hood', after Robin Hood. When Batman sees his first attempt at a costume and points out how dangerous it would be to fight crime with a cape AND a hood. He says "lose the hood. You're Robin." For most of the film, Dick Grayson is helping Batman acquire information and not putting him in harm's way, but that builds up to a great action scene at the end where Robin is firing arrows and ziplining across the Gotham skyline and taking out bad guys. Also, if two of these films take place 10 years apart, that would be great to explore the older versions of Robin (his Nightwing persona and his strained mentor relationship with Batman).
6) URBAN LEGEND. Remember those scenes at the beginning of Tim Burton's Batman movie where the criminals thought Batman really was a giant bat? Or those scenes in Batman Begins where he took out a bunch of Falcone's thugs without revealing himself until later, clinging to the shadows? Well, THIS Batman has maintained that. Some think he killed Harvey Dent. Some don't. But criminals are still afraid of him when he violently yanks their colleagues into the shadows of an alley with a batarang, a sturdy wire and a pulley on his glove. He still hangs upside down, throws gas pellets and then vanishes...ninja style!
7) TWO FACE. As I mentioned, Harvey Two-Face is still alive, but there is alot of drama as far as whether the citizens of Gotham should know that. "Well, the doctor's think he's rehabilitated. We can't keep him locked up if he is sane." "But then people will lose faith if they know the police commissioner lied to them." The Joker plays on this fear, clever as he always is, coupled with the fact that his new squeeze Harley Quinn was Harvey's doctor too, Joker is integral to Two-Face escaping from Arkham and being the villian of the third film.
Personally, I think that's a terrible idea. They need to come out with successful solo movies first. Now, since Nolan's Batman trilogy has been given a distinct ending (with rumors of a reboot) and Green Lantern flopped at the box office, all DC has is Superman IF 'Man of Steel' is successful (hopes are high with many good reviews based on preview screenings). There is no Flash or Wonder Woman movie. Do they give Martian Manhunter his own movie or stick him in cameos during the other films? Who do they include in the JL movie roster anyway (Aquaman? Hawkman? Cyborg?)
At any rate, I think they should reboot Batman BEFORE the JL movie and this is how I would do a new Batman trilogy if I were given the job.
1) OLDER WITH BAGGAGE. Internet rumors from the studios and fans alike agree that the origin story should not be redone, as it was done twice and perfectly in Batman Begins. My Batman movie would star a slightly older, more mature Bruce Wayne who is a respected businessman and not falling asleep during board meetings like Nolan's Batman. Basically, I would take bits and pieces from Nolan's trilogy and create a vague continuity. Most of Gotham's citizens think that Batman killed Harvey Dent, as Commissioner Gordon and Batman concocted a hoax (a year ago) so that the city would not lose faith in Harvey Dent. But he is not dead. Y'know, because he didn't fall that far to the ground in 'The Dark Knight' anyway. He being "rehabilitated" in Arkham and Commissioner Gordon worries about what reactions the citizens (and his superiors) will have when they find out the truth. They made the same deal that they did at the end of 'Dark Knight', but Harvey is not dead and is being held in Arkham as part of the cover-up (and for a big reveal at the end of the first movie...perhaps a post-credits scene).
2) SCI-FI ELEMENTS. I would keep my Batman trilogy almost as realistic as Nolan's...with a slight half-turn towards science fiction elements, so that we can see a better version of a character that was done horribly in the worst Batman movie ever (Batman and Robin)...Mister Freeze. Between the 1992 animated series and newer comic book stories I have read, this character can be done well, dramatically. A man who feels no emotion, trapped in a cryogenic suit trying to cure his wife, showing that he does have emotion. There should be a scene at the end where Mister Freeze, normally stoic, firing his freeze gun, gets emotional and flips out on Batman like Spock did at the end of the Star Trek reboot. His storyline has to do with emotion, so he should just be an evil Spock in a freezer suit. Since Bruce Wayne is older and a respected businessman, it makes sense that he would have a division of Wayne Enterprises called Wayne Tech and be hiring/dealing with scientists like he does in the comics and this would be a perfect way to introduce Mr. Freeze and other characters that are sci-fi slanted, but without making them campy like they have been done in the past.
3) THE VENTRILOQUIST AND SCARFACE. Maybe the studio is afraid of rebooting Batman and doesn't want to throw alot of money at this movie, or at least not too much. Not to worry, I would include one of my favorite villians from the 1992 animated series...the Ventriloquist, a man with dual personalities whose 'other side' is a criminal genius named Scarface, which he manifests through a wooden puppet. He is the head of the mob and the puppet is running the show, even calling the human behind him 'dummy'. This character could be done in a serious way, where he is clearly nuts and disturbing. He doesn't have to be played silly at all and he doesn't require any big budget effects like Mr. Freeze's freezing gun.
4) JOKER. The second movie in this trilogy should play off of the fact that the Joker never died at the end of Dark Knight. He is still in Arkham and is being treated by Dr. Harleen Quinzell (Harley Quinn), a criminal psychologist who falls in love with Joker, helps him to escape and goes on a country-wide crime spree, Bonnie and Clyde-style. I would like to see a story where Joker wants to be a filmmaker and is filming a documentary as he does this. Maybe he terrorizes the head of a movie studio and kills him when he won't fund his movie. Maybe Matt Hagen, the Clayface character (a scarred, washed-up actor who gets the ability to shape-shift) can be involved.
5) ROBIN. Now that Batman is older and trying to be more like his father, taking the family business more seriously and whatnot, maybe he wants to adopt an orphan. I imagined a scenario where Killer Croc (muscle bound half-man, half-crocodile) works at Haley's Circus and Batman first meets (pre-teen acrobat/archery enthusiast) Dick Grayson after he apprehends Croc during a knock-out, drag-out fight. Then, Dick's parents are killed by a man trying to extort money from the circus (Ventriloquist and Scarface? Croc?) and Dick Grayson goes to the orphanage, sneaking out of the orphanage at night, trying to find information on the guy who killed his parents. We only find out later that he was in cahoots with Batman. It is sort of unrealistic for child services to let an orphaned 10-year-old stay with a man who has the reputation for womanizing that Bruce Wayne does...so Bruce tries to adopt, they tell him 'no', but Batman and his young sidekick are still in cahoots (giving him tracking equipment etc.). Oh, and his name 'Robin' does not come from the red bird. Being an archery enthusiast, Dick first wants to call himself 'Hood', after Robin Hood. When Batman sees his first attempt at a costume and points out how dangerous it would be to fight crime with a cape AND a hood. He says "lose the hood. You're Robin." For most of the film, Dick Grayson is helping Batman acquire information and not putting him in harm's way, but that builds up to a great action scene at the end where Robin is firing arrows and ziplining across the Gotham skyline and taking out bad guys. Also, if two of these films take place 10 years apart, that would be great to explore the older versions of Robin (his Nightwing persona and his strained mentor relationship with Batman).
6) URBAN LEGEND. Remember those scenes at the beginning of Tim Burton's Batman movie where the criminals thought Batman really was a giant bat? Or those scenes in Batman Begins where he took out a bunch of Falcone's thugs without revealing himself until later, clinging to the shadows? Well, THIS Batman has maintained that. Some think he killed Harvey Dent. Some don't. But criminals are still afraid of him when he violently yanks their colleagues into the shadows of an alley with a batarang, a sturdy wire and a pulley on his glove. He still hangs upside down, throws gas pellets and then vanishes...ninja style!
7) TWO FACE. As I mentioned, Harvey Two-Face is still alive, but there is alot of drama as far as whether the citizens of Gotham should know that. "Well, the doctor's think he's rehabilitated. We can't keep him locked up if he is sane." "But then people will lose faith if they know the police commissioner lied to them." The Joker plays on this fear, clever as he always is, coupled with the fact that his new squeeze Harley Quinn was Harvey's doctor too, Joker is integral to Two-Face escaping from Arkham and being the villian of the third film.
Monday, April 15, 2013
If I directed a remake to 'The Wizard of Oz'...
First off, it is not a musical. #1 problem with the first movie solved.
Dorothy still lives on a farm in Kansas with her Uncle Henry and Aunt Em and loves her dog Toto, which she has had since before her parents died in a plane crash. The first scene of this version is the funeral of Dorothy's parents and Henry and Em taking her home. Dorothy in this version is kind of like Daria from the MTV (Beavis and Butt-Head spinoff) cartoon show. She is smart, quiet, sarcastic at times and a little morbid because of what happened to her parents. She hates the ditzy cheerleader girls at her school and drowns them out with punk rock on her headphones or by reading a book. Her favorite album is 'Dark Side of the Moon' by Pink Floyd, which provides much of the soundtrack for this film. Dorothy finds living on a farm boring and misses the city life that she had with her parents.
There is a tornado. Dorothy ends up in Oz. Her house lands on the Wicked Witch of the East. The Munchkins, instead of being colorfully-dressed singers and dancers with Oompa Loompa hair, are ghetto-dwelling warriors who have been fighting the witch's oppression in their city for decades. They are first skeptical of Dorothy ("Is she a good witch or a bad witch?"). They threaten her with spears and take her to Munchkin Town Hall for interrogation. At this point, the Wicked Witch of the West tries to take back her sister's ruby slippers and gets into a fireball-hurling (Dragonball/Street Fighter-style) battle sequence with Glenda, the good witch of the North. Glenda kills two of her flying monkey bodyguards and scares the Wicked Witch away. She gives the ruby slippers to Dorothy after convincing the cynical Munchkins that she is no threat to them and tells her about the Wizard of Oz, who is a runs a religious commune called the Emerald City. Like the original, the people that Dorothy meets in Oz are 'elseworlds' versions of people she met back home in Kansas.
Remember that myth about the actor who played one of the Munchkins hanging himself while on the set and people claim that you can see him in the background of the movie? Well, a reference is made to the Munchkin Prime Minister hanging himself and Dorothy sees him later in the film, somewhere between meeting the Tin Man and the Cowardly Lion.
Dorothy meets the Scarecrow and finds him annoying. She doesn't want him following her around. Then, the Scarecrow earns her trust by protecting her from the first attack by the flying monkeys and by comforting her after Toto falls off of a very high bridge (seemingly to his death) over a very polluted river. Dorothy tells him about the Wizard and lets the Scarecrow tag along so that he can get himself a brain.
Meanwhile, Toto climbs out of the polluted river and starts to mutate into a humanoid version of his former canine self. He looks around and sees some very scary woods with talking trees and creepy sounds. He is scared at first and is introduced to a woman who appears in a magical bubble similar to the one Glenda appeared in. This is the Good Witch of the South (who you never see in the original film).
She meets the Tin Man and Scarecrow convinces him to come along. Seeing the 'hung' dead body of the Munchkin Prime Minister is the first sign (to the audience) that they are in the creepy part of the woods that Toto ended up in. ("Werewolves and zombies and ghouls! oh my!") As they trek through the creepy woods, they meet the Cowardly Lion and mutated Toto shows up to protect Dorothy, barking and baring his claws. The Cowardly Lion goes down with one slap and starts crying like a girl as Toto, who can now speak, tries to convince Dorothy that he is Toto. Eventually, the Lion apologizes for his behavior and they let him join their trek.
They finally get to the Emerald City, which (they are told) is a place where people in Oz come for peace from the evil that consumes their land. Of course, this is largely because of the poppy (opium) fields on the outskirts of the city that they work/indulge in. They recieve an audience with the Wizard of Oz. They make their requests and the Wizard tells them that he will not help them until they bring him the broomstick of the Wicked Witch of the West. He convinces her that she has the power as long as she wears the ruby slippers. They leave, dejected, and as they are walking away from the Emerald City, flying monkeys attack again. They fire flaming arrows that light up the poppy fields outside of the city (the Emerald City's primary source of income...and peace), Dorothy inhales the smoke and drifts off to sleep as the Scarecrow is carried away.
Dorothy wakes up in a dungeon and is held captive by a witch (who claims to be a good witch) that refuses to release Dorothy until she proves herself worthy of the ruby slippers that she wears. She cannot take them off. The Good Witch of the South teaches Dorothy how to fight, using the ruby slippers to increase her speed.
The Scarecrow is tortured in the witch's castle by the Wicked Witch of the West and her monkeys by being torn apart and being stuffed again in a sloppy fashion. The Scarecrow eventually figures out how to escape, showing that he had a brain after all, but he is still trapped in a different part of the castle.
By the time that Dorothy emerges from the dungeon as a master swordsman, she realizes that the rest of her team has been training too, under the tutelage of the Good Witch of the South, who believed Dorothy to be the only one who could free Oz from both Wicked Witches (since she ended up with the slippers). Toto has been teaching the Lion how to fight. The Tin Man's tin body has been souped up into a Iron Man/Transformers-style battle robot that has missiles and machine guns and can transform into a vehicle. She also learns that Toto was the one who had led them into that poppy field so that the Good Witch could bring them here for training. He had been in on the plan ever since he had mutated in the river. The Good Witch had asked the Tin Man to lead the attack, but he shows his "heart" by saying that he doesn't know what he would do if he lost his new friends and would feel better just protecting them.
Then, the team rides the Tin Man's new rocket vehicle mode and speed through the scary woods to the witch's castle. The Tin Man kicks the doors open and starts spraying guards ("Ohh-eee-ohhh!") and flying monkeys all over the nearest castle wall with his weapons. Dorothy also kills her fair share of flying monkeys with her samurai sword as the Lion and Toto do likewise with their animal instincts and (newfound) courage. They rescue the Scarecrow. When the witch's castle goes into lockdown and mechanical gates are blocking their way, the (brainy?) Scarecrow rewires them so they can get out of the castle alive.
The witch is now flying above her castle on her broom stick. Dorothy asks Toto to throw her. He is hesitant, because they have known each other for so long. The Lion shouts "She's getting away' and tosses Dorothy at the flying witch. Dorothy hangs from the broomstick and throws off the witch's flight pattern. The broomstick crashes in the scary woods and the climactic sword fight begins. The Wicked Witch pops a blade out of her broomstick and battles Dorothy.
Dorothy and the Witch jump from one tree to another as they fight, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon-style. The fight ends with the witch falling into the water. As she emerges from the water (which we previously established was toxic), smoke pours from her face and she screams "I'm melting!" and she melts into a puddle of bubbly goo. By the time this happens, the Tin Man, Scarecrow, Lion and Toto reunite with her. They take the broomstick back to the Wizard.
The Wizard thanks them for their bravery, but asks them to come back in a week for their requests to be granted. Dorothy is angry. When she realized that there is a "man behind the curtain", she yanks him out and holds her sword to his neck, threatening him. He begs for his life and explains that he only wanted to bring peace to his land. Glenda appears and calms Dorothy down after pulling the sword out of her hand. Glenda explains that the Scarecrow used his brain to escape from the castle and that the Tin Man showed heart during the assault and that it took alot of courage for the Lion to do what he did. She explains that the slippers also have the power to bring her home. She clicks her heels together three times and says "there's no place like home."
The next thing Dorothy sees is men with gas masks standing over her. They pull her out of what remained of her Kansas home after the tornado. During the tornado, Dorothy's house had landed in another field and there was a terrible gas leak that she had been breathing in for hours and hours. Dorothy is taken to the hospital. It is explained to her aunt and uncle that she should be fine, but they would need to keep her overnight because she is still hallucinating.
Dorothy's new hallucinations flow into some trippy closing credits to the beat of 'Dark Side of the Moon' by Pink Floyd.
Dorothy still lives on a farm in Kansas with her Uncle Henry and Aunt Em and loves her dog Toto, which she has had since before her parents died in a plane crash. The first scene of this version is the funeral of Dorothy's parents and Henry and Em taking her home. Dorothy in this version is kind of like Daria from the MTV (Beavis and Butt-Head spinoff) cartoon show. She is smart, quiet, sarcastic at times and a little morbid because of what happened to her parents. She hates the ditzy cheerleader girls at her school and drowns them out with punk rock on her headphones or by reading a book. Her favorite album is 'Dark Side of the Moon' by Pink Floyd, which provides much of the soundtrack for this film. Dorothy finds living on a farm boring and misses the city life that she had with her parents.
There is a tornado. Dorothy ends up in Oz. Her house lands on the Wicked Witch of the East. The Munchkins, instead of being colorfully-dressed singers and dancers with Oompa Loompa hair, are ghetto-dwelling warriors who have been fighting the witch's oppression in their city for decades. They are first skeptical of Dorothy ("Is she a good witch or a bad witch?"). They threaten her with spears and take her to Munchkin Town Hall for interrogation. At this point, the Wicked Witch of the West tries to take back her sister's ruby slippers and gets into a fireball-hurling (Dragonball/Street Fighter-style) battle sequence with Glenda, the good witch of the North. Glenda kills two of her flying monkey bodyguards and scares the Wicked Witch away. She gives the ruby slippers to Dorothy after convincing the cynical Munchkins that she is no threat to them and tells her about the Wizard of Oz, who is a runs a religious commune called the Emerald City. Like the original, the people that Dorothy meets in Oz are 'elseworlds' versions of people she met back home in Kansas.
Remember that myth about the actor who played one of the Munchkins hanging himself while on the set and people claim that you can see him in the background of the movie? Well, a reference is made to the Munchkin Prime Minister hanging himself and Dorothy sees him later in the film, somewhere between meeting the Tin Man and the Cowardly Lion.
Dorothy meets the Scarecrow and finds him annoying. She doesn't want him following her around. Then, the Scarecrow earns her trust by protecting her from the first attack by the flying monkeys and by comforting her after Toto falls off of a very high bridge (seemingly to his death) over a very polluted river. Dorothy tells him about the Wizard and lets the Scarecrow tag along so that he can get himself a brain.
Meanwhile, Toto climbs out of the polluted river and starts to mutate into a humanoid version of his former canine self. He looks around and sees some very scary woods with talking trees and creepy sounds. He is scared at first and is introduced to a woman who appears in a magical bubble similar to the one Glenda appeared in. This is the Good Witch of the South (who you never see in the original film).
She meets the Tin Man and Scarecrow convinces him to come along. Seeing the 'hung' dead body of the Munchkin Prime Minister is the first sign (to the audience) that they are in the creepy part of the woods that Toto ended up in. ("Werewolves and zombies and ghouls! oh my!") As they trek through the creepy woods, they meet the Cowardly Lion and mutated Toto shows up to protect Dorothy, barking and baring his claws. The Cowardly Lion goes down with one slap and starts crying like a girl as Toto, who can now speak, tries to convince Dorothy that he is Toto. Eventually, the Lion apologizes for his behavior and they let him join their trek.
They finally get to the Emerald City, which (they are told) is a place where people in Oz come for peace from the evil that consumes their land. Of course, this is largely because of the poppy (opium) fields on the outskirts of the city that they work/indulge in. They recieve an audience with the Wizard of Oz. They make their requests and the Wizard tells them that he will not help them until they bring him the broomstick of the Wicked Witch of the West. He convinces her that she has the power as long as she wears the ruby slippers. They leave, dejected, and as they are walking away from the Emerald City, flying monkeys attack again. They fire flaming arrows that light up the poppy fields outside of the city (the Emerald City's primary source of income...and peace), Dorothy inhales the smoke and drifts off to sleep as the Scarecrow is carried away.
Dorothy wakes up in a dungeon and is held captive by a witch (who claims to be a good witch) that refuses to release Dorothy until she proves herself worthy of the ruby slippers that she wears. She cannot take them off. The Good Witch of the South teaches Dorothy how to fight, using the ruby slippers to increase her speed.
The Scarecrow is tortured in the witch's castle by the Wicked Witch of the West and her monkeys by being torn apart and being stuffed again in a sloppy fashion. The Scarecrow eventually figures out how to escape, showing that he had a brain after all, but he is still trapped in a different part of the castle.
By the time that Dorothy emerges from the dungeon as a master swordsman, she realizes that the rest of her team has been training too, under the tutelage of the Good Witch of the South, who believed Dorothy to be the only one who could free Oz from both Wicked Witches (since she ended up with the slippers). Toto has been teaching the Lion how to fight. The Tin Man's tin body has been souped up into a Iron Man/Transformers-style battle robot that has missiles and machine guns and can transform into a vehicle. She also learns that Toto was the one who had led them into that poppy field so that the Good Witch could bring them here for training. He had been in on the plan ever since he had mutated in the river. The Good Witch had asked the Tin Man to lead the attack, but he shows his "heart" by saying that he doesn't know what he would do if he lost his new friends and would feel better just protecting them.
Then, the team rides the Tin Man's new rocket vehicle mode and speed through the scary woods to the witch's castle. The Tin Man kicks the doors open and starts spraying guards ("Ohh-eee-ohhh!") and flying monkeys all over the nearest castle wall with his weapons. Dorothy also kills her fair share of flying monkeys with her samurai sword as the Lion and Toto do likewise with their animal instincts and (newfound) courage. They rescue the Scarecrow. When the witch's castle goes into lockdown and mechanical gates are blocking their way, the (brainy?) Scarecrow rewires them so they can get out of the castle alive.
The witch is now flying above her castle on her broom stick. Dorothy asks Toto to throw her. He is hesitant, because they have known each other for so long. The Lion shouts "She's getting away' and tosses Dorothy at the flying witch. Dorothy hangs from the broomstick and throws off the witch's flight pattern. The broomstick crashes in the scary woods and the climactic sword fight begins. The Wicked Witch pops a blade out of her broomstick and battles Dorothy.
Dorothy and the Witch jump from one tree to another as they fight, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon-style. The fight ends with the witch falling into the water. As she emerges from the water (which we previously established was toxic), smoke pours from her face and she screams "I'm melting!" and she melts into a puddle of bubbly goo. By the time this happens, the Tin Man, Scarecrow, Lion and Toto reunite with her. They take the broomstick back to the Wizard.
The Wizard thanks them for their bravery, but asks them to come back in a week for their requests to be granted. Dorothy is angry. When she realized that there is a "man behind the curtain", she yanks him out and holds her sword to his neck, threatening him. He begs for his life and explains that he only wanted to bring peace to his land. Glenda appears and calms Dorothy down after pulling the sword out of her hand. Glenda explains that the Scarecrow used his brain to escape from the castle and that the Tin Man showed heart during the assault and that it took alot of courage for the Lion to do what he did. She explains that the slippers also have the power to bring her home. She clicks her heels together three times and says "there's no place like home."
The next thing Dorothy sees is men with gas masks standing over her. They pull her out of what remained of her Kansas home after the tornado. During the tornado, Dorothy's house had landed in another field and there was a terrible gas leak that she had been breathing in for hours and hours. Dorothy is taken to the hospital. It is explained to her aunt and uncle that she should be fine, but they would need to keep her overnight because she is still hallucinating.
Dorothy's new hallucinations flow into some trippy closing credits to the beat of 'Dark Side of the Moon' by Pink Floyd.
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