Friday, January 29, 2010

SyFy Mini series

Lady Hatter---Today I went to the doctor's office and the nice Dr. man told me i had an ulcer in my mouth lame right who knows how THAT got THERE...anyways this is about SyFy mini series exclusively, Tin Man and Alice...the first is a new look at the Wizard of Oz and might I just say it is even better than the original which is biased because truthfully I hated the original but that's not important what is important is the merits of the mini series. It begins with a girl called DG in much the same way the original tornado+farm house= OZ which isn't called Oz as one word it's actually called the O Z like say O and the Z. She carries on about the O Z and meets Glitch (Scarecrow) Raw(Cowardly Lion) and Kain (Tin Man) in her adventures she learns that she is actually from the O Z and was moved to our world to protect her from her sister who killed her when she was young (long story but she's not a ghost FYI) so as she learns this she learns her true identity and that of her parents (mom=Gilda the Good Witch) who were the ruling monarchs until her sister Azkadellia took over (it's a mouth full innit but she's the Wicked Witch of the West) but carrying on she has to defeat her sister and find an Emerald which is hidden in a very complex way by her mother who wanted to keep it from her sister so she wouldn't have the power. I'm not going to tell you the end since that would spoil it but trust me it's awesome.
Moving on to Alice where the Last Nugget will take it from here

If you enjoy, a bit of randomness, a slightly sappy but enjoyable plot, imaginary worlds and a good adaption, then Alice is the miniseries for you. The plot is pretty much the lovely Caterina Scorsone (who also played a brief role in an episode of Castle) aka Alice falls in to Wonderland chasing after a slightly stiff, white rabbit and some goonies that just kidnapped her boyfriend. After running about for some time, trying to find her boyfriend, Alice finally finds Hatter (Andrew Lee Potts, which those of us with a geekier disposition know from Primeval) and then the sexual tension begins (oh goody). Hatter agrees to help her, dragging her to some of his friends (one of which is Tim Curry, he he) They discover that the ring that her boyfriend gave her earlier on is in fact the Stone of Wonderland, a major playing piece in the war with the queen and a fight ensues, and Hatter and Alice run away to the woods were they meet up with an estranged knight, Charlie, that helps them escape the queens henchman. Naturally,Alice, still trying to rescue her sweetheart runs off and gets captured by mad march (their adaption of the march hare) and finds out that Jack, her beau, is in fact Jack Heart the queens rebellious son. He hints to her that her long lost father is being held by the queen. Alice escapes thanks to Charlie and Hatter and even after Hatter asks her to give up the ghost and just go home, she insists upon trying to find her father. He grudgingly agrees to help her and asks his informants in the city to help her. when he shows up to give her the good news they have a touching moment and a near kiss, interrupted by Jack who turns out to be an informant for the Resistance, lead by Caterpillar. when Jack takes Alice to meet with her father, her dad doesn't recognize her, having been brainwashed by the queen. the queens goonies capture them and Hatter and Charlie find that Alice has been taken and try to rescue her. This goes awry when Charlie flees the scene and Hatter gets caught as well. I'll leave it there just so i don't ruin the surprise for anyone, but it really is worth checking out.

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