OOC ± Tin Man on Space

SO CANADA my canon will be airing on Space this weekend, staring tonight at 8pm and running Sunday and Monday. Typically not worth posting about, but the description of the series made me giggle a lot.

Although everyone has seen The Wizard of Oz – more than once, most likely – very few people have had the pleasure of seeing this three-part miniseries remake that originally aired on the U.S. Sci-Fi Channel. Steeped in elements of science fiction and fantasy*, the remake stars Zooey Deschanel as DG, a truculent teen** version of Dorothy, who is decidedly unhappy with life on the farm. Then comes a vicious tornado carrying her off into a surreal place called [the] OZ, which in this case stands for “Outer Zone.” The strange dimension is ruled by a short-tempered sorceress*** named Azkadellia, played by the fine Canadian actress Kathleen Robertson****, who is not above using mind control to keep her subjects in line*****. The supporting cast includes Alan Cumming as Glitch, a half-brained (literally) fop****** analogous to the scarecrow in the original story. And yes, there’s a yellow brick road, sort of*******.

* - and crack
** - Zooey was ~26 at the time of filming and canon fudges that she "looks" 20 so...split the difference and stop looking at Glitch like that
*** - best description EVER
**** - and by "fine" they mean "incredibly hot"
***** - I am actually not entirely sure where they get that from
****** - HEY NOW
******* - see: icon