Phys101
Since: Apr, 2010
Jan 17th 2011 at 7:03:05 PM
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Was there a good reason to delete the Nostalgia Critic quote from the top? I'd prefer that it stay.
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emeriin
Since: Jan, 2001
Jan 18th 2011 at 3:58:12 AM
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Sorry, that was me. I figured it would be best to have a quote from the movie and let it speak for itself, but now that it's up again I'm fine with it.
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PumpkinLore
I spy with my little eye
Since: Aug, 2009
I spy with my little eye
Oct 24th 2010 at 5:31:44 PM
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The Executive Meddling trope. Can anyone explain what Executive Meddling is in this movie?
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Phys101
Since: Apr, 2010
Oct 25th 2010 at 9:56:25 PM
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I don't know the details, but Disney did something that almost stopped the film from being made. The producers had to go to George Lucas for help in completing the movie. This might have made the movie rather abbreviated in spots.
Deleted Plot Hole examples from the main page:
- Plot Hole: Dorothy arrives in a similar location to where she first was dropped in Oz - she finds the old house pretty soon. Yet when she finds the remains of the Yellow Brick Road, it seems to take her no time at all to reach the Emerald City. Except in her previous adventure, it took her days to follow the road all the way to the city. Some fans speculate this was the director twisting the "dream" conceit of the MGM film. If Oz is Dorothy's dream, then all the important places are near or far according to dream logic.
- It's never explained why the Nome King becomes more human as everybody who remembers Oz gets turned into an ornament, nor why he wants humanity ... or why he just didn't use the Ruby Slippers to do it.
- I don't agree that these are Plot Holes. The first one is only a Plot Hole with a couple of caveats: 1, that Dorothy really did arrive at the Emerald City faster than she did in the MGM movie and 2, that the MGM movie is 100% "canon" to this movie. As the example itself notes, while she does seem to arrive faster, it could be just that the movie skipped her journey since nothing eventful happened this time around. And as for 2, as the article notes numerous times, this isn't exactly a sequel to the MGM movie; it's more of an adaptation of the sequel books with elements of the MGM movie added back in (e.g. ruby vs. silver slippers).
- The second example isn't a Plot Hole at all. The Nome King turning more visually human (and thus, more recognizably into Dr. Worley) is a perfectly fine metaphor for Dorothy reaching the end of her nightmare and the villain showing his true colors. As a magical "side effect" of him coming into his power and Dorothy's friends being transformed it doesn't need any more explanation than — say — Mombi's ability to change heads or the Wicked Witch's weakness to water in the MGM film.
Edited by sotrain515