• Uriel238 [all pronouns]@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    6 months ago

    I believe that it’s a team of four people, each with strengths and weaknesses who are on a common journey and have teamed up against the elements and a vengeful antagonist while on a journey to meet a common consultant.

    I can’t speak for Scarecrow and Lion, but in the book the tin man absolutely had prior business with the WWW that didn’t end well.

    All four of the travelers had a problem with no clear answer and were going to ask the Wizard who might have some sound advice. So it’s a road trip for folks with a common destination

    Also the flying monkeys were their own people and geased to obey the amulet, which WWW possessed.

    Also, the solution really was the friends they made along the way. If I were Dorothy, I’d rather be there than Kansas.

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      6 months ago

      In the books she does stay in Oz and obtains magical keys and shit. The movie ended up being an “Adventure’s over, girls, go back home where you’re safe and sound” propaganda during the time that some people thought women were no longer needed in the workforce.

      Honestly pretty insulting to flip the narrative like they did.

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          Oh wow 1939, yeah. It’s still a pretty stark contrast to the original story, though, so I think if I remove the part about end of WWII then it should be fine.

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      6 months ago

      Not to mention that Dorothy is a little girl; not a woman! (Unless you abide by the Game of Thrones lore.) And the lion is not a man, so…