Zooey Deschanel, Alan Cumming, Neal McDonough, Kathleen Robertson, Richard Dreyfuss
I'll be straight with you. The only reason that I'm talking about Tin Man is so that I can get this criticism out of the way and start on my new obsession, Alice - Syfy's other interesting twist on a fairy tale.Unfortunately, Tin Man wasn't quite so lucky as Alice. Alice had a slightly less confusing plot line, better actors, and was shorter - always an advantage. Tin Man seemed to drag on forever - it was a 3 part miniseries that felt more like a 5 part one or longer. I can't remember how many times it's lead, DG (Deschanel) got captured, released, and escaped. I don't honestly remember what happened to her Tin Man, her Scarecrow, her Lion, and - well, I guess there was a Toto. I'm not actually sure about that either.
Her Scarecrow is a man named Glitch (Cumming) who can't remember anything...he has a Glitch. I remembered liking Glitch and the Tin Man, Wyatt Cain (McDonough; sorry if I have these wrong, it's been awhile since I watched this), and Azkadellia (Robertson), who is the evildoer. And she's an evil sorceress. And she wants power. And shew - spoiler alert! - is DG's sister. Glitch is likable because, if for no other reason, he's helpless and we feel sorry for him. Poor Cain has been forced to watch a hologram of his family being murdered. Azkadellia is a megalomaniac, and we all love watching those types of characters.
Who is DG? A girl from a small town who lives with relatives and is going nowhere and who is played pretty badly by Zooey Deschanel. While I think that Zooey may have a better voice than her sister Emily (of Bones), Emily definitely has more acting talent. And I'm sorry, but until I see it again, this is about all I have to offer on the subject of Tin Man. It's an odd twist on The Wizard of Oz. It contains the same characters or types of characters, a tornado, Oz, and... yeah. That's all I have to say.
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