Little Crossover
I have only one question about this film: Why is the Jabberwocky in it? Frank Baum didn't write the poem of the Jabberwocky, Lewis did, in Alice of Wonderland. And did Lewis' work get properly credited?
shareIf you didn't catch it as well, Narnia is mentioned, as she wants to conquer all the magical worlds.
Michael
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And you know, if they'd put that whole "she wants all the worlds" into the story a little more, that actually could have been a really interesting plot point. However, just randomly having the jabborwocky in the Wizard of Oz was kind of distracting to the story, because then I just sat there wondering why they felt the need to do such a half-assed crossover.
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Yeah, that's how I felt about it. It might have been halfway interesting if the storyline revolved around the Witches trying to conquer all the magical worlds AND Earth, but as it is, having the Witch recite Jabberwocky was random and pointless.
"He's already attracted to her. Time and monotony will do the rest."
i also wondered about this, it could have been cool but its like the writer was just confusing his magical stories.
shareAlthough The Witches of Oz isn't produced by The Asylum, the mini-series' director Leigh Scott and it's producer/co-writer/actress/soundtrack composer Eliza Swenson both started their careers at The Asylum, making and/or starring in several films for that company (another Asylum veteran, Sarah Lieving, also cameos in The Witches of Oz as The Wicked Witch of the East).
In addition, I've seen an on-camera interview (I think it was included in the extras on the mini-series' Blu-ray) in which Leigh Scott says he originally pitched The Witches of Oz to The Asylum, but they said it was too elaborate and expensive a project for them to take on.
So although the mini-series was produced by another company, it still contains a hefty amount of Asylum DNA. Therefore, I like to think that The Witches of Oz - in which various warring inhabitants of a magical and supposedly fictitious realm breakthrough into our world to continue their conflict - is set in the same continuity or universe as The Asylum's Avengers Grimm (fairy tale princesses re-imagined as superpowered heroines and transported from their home dimension to present-day Los Angeles) and it's sequel Sinister Squad (which throws characters from Lewis Carroll's Wonderland novels into the mix).
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