Episode 172: Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return

Tag[]

"On this episode we discuss Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return: The Quickening."

Official Show Notes[]

"There's just something about a terrible kids' movie that brings out the best (?) in us, so we dive headfirst into the CGI flop Legends of OZ: Dorothy's Return. Meanwhile, Stuart gives important advice to our kidnapped listeners, Dan inadvertently pitches the new hit movie Uncatchable, and Bizzarro Elliott makes an appearance."

Movie Summary[]

Premise[]

“Now, we had a big debate over whether or not we should watch this because I had trouble believing it was released in movie theaters, but apparently it was.”
—Elliott @08:58

Story[]

Soon after her return to Kansas, Dorothy Gale finds herself whisked back to Oz to save her friends Scarecrow, Lion,Tin Man and Glinda from the Jester–the younger brother of the Wicked Witch of the West. The Jester is using his late sister's broomstick as a magic wand and is destroying Oz one yellow brick at a time. With new companions, Dorothy sets out to rescue old friends and restore order.

The cast is at Foodfight! levels of impressiveness. @10:15

Final Judgments[]

First and last third bad-bad middle third he kinda liked (Dan) @54:38
Bad-bad but not as bad as he expected (Stuart) @54:55
Not as bad as he expected (Elliott) @55:32

Episode Highlights[]

Tangents[]

Zombies @00:50
Radio Zork @01:20
Kidnapped Listener Tips @02:25, 17:00, 21:20
Parkour @04:40
- Family Circus @05:35
Bikini Carwashes @08:35
Actors Who Elliott Has Seen on the Stage @09:15
The children of fantasy and sci-fi authors @13:38
- The Baums, the Herberts and the Tolkiens, but not the Hemingways
Tyler Perry's Head of the Family @17:20
Wicket: The Ewok Musical AKA Yub! @20:55
Zoobooks @21:57
Dan, the Difficult Cinema Customer @32:29
The Martin Shortiverse @33:40

Movie Pitches[]

Uncatchable: There's a bad guy, the baddest guy in all the world. He's been categorized as "uncatchable." My name is Mick Goren, I'm the leader of the Catchables. @03:40, 06:05

The Dark Knotts

Starring Don Knotts and Keith Ledger. @18:55

“I'm not the villain you need!”
—Stuart @19:10

Quotes[]

“Goddamn it, Elliott! All our credibility is out the window now!”
—Dan @05:45

“Why would you harm-aduke?!”
—Stuart as Marmaduke pleading for his life @07:27

“I've had a little to drink tonight, guys.”
—Stuart @19:24

Listener Mail[]

Mailbag Song[]

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Letters[]

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Recommendations[]

Logan's Run (1976) by Michael Anderson (Elliott) @1:30:21
Sorcerer (1977) by William Friedkin (Stuart) @1:24:25
Wild (2014) by Jean-Marc Vallée (Dan) @1:26:40