Tin Man

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AIRED ON 12/4/2007

Tin Man

Season 1 : Episode 3

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S 1 :  Ep 3 Aired 12/4/07
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Show Summary

In this bizarre, post-modern version of L. Frank Baum's novel 'The Wonderful Wizard of Oz' and the classic movie based on the book, 'The Wizard of Oz', Zooey Deschanel stars as DG, the main character who finds herself trapped in a place called the O.Z. or the Outer Zone. There she searches for her parents and is joined in her travels by Glitch, a man who has had half of his brain taken away because of something he knew, Raw, a member of a species called the "viewers" who read emotions and heal, and Cain - a "Tin Man" (which was the name of the police force in the O.Z. before the witch, Azkadellia took over, taken from their sheriff's tin badges) who seeks revenge for the damage done to his heart. The show was nominated for several Emmys, including Outstanding Art Direction For A Miniseries, Or Movie, Outstanding Costumes For A Miniseries, Movie Or A Special(Night One), Outstanding Hairstyling For A Miniseries Or A Movie, Outstanding Makeup For A Miniseries Or A Movie (non-prosthetic), Outstanding Miniseries, Outstanding Single-camera Picture Editing For A Miniseries Or A Movie(Part One), Outstanding Sound Editing For A Miniseries, Movie Or A Special(Part One), Outstanding Sound Mixing For A Miniseries Or A Movie(Part One) and Outstanding Special Visual Effects For A Miniseries, Movie Or A Special(Part One).moreless

Cast & Crew

Zooey Deschanel

Zooey Deschanel

DG
Alan Cumming

Alan Cumming

Glitch
Richard Dreyfuss

Richard Dreyfuss

The Mystic Man
Raoul Trujillo

Raoul Trujillo

Raw
Kathleen Robertson

Kathleen Robertson

Azkadellia
Callum Keith Rennie

Callum Keith Rennie

Zero
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  • Dorothy & friends battle the evil Empress and her minions to save the O.Z. from her evil plan to destroy it.

    4.0
    By Helostwin, Apr 21, 2010
    When I first started watching this I thought "This has to get better." It didn't, until the final hour which was pretty good. The story starts out in Kansas where a 15 year old (who looks 30) girl D.J. works in a greasy-spoon diner and rides a Honda. Her parents are weird--you find out why later. Meanwhile in the Outer Zone (where? it's never clear) the evil Empress sends her storm troopers to Earth via tornado to kidnap her. In the O.Z.(Oz,get it?)she meets Glitch, a court advisor to the previous Queen who had half his brain surgically removed, the "Tin Man" an ex-cop who didn't want to serve the evil regime and a cowardly man-beast. They discover that DJ is actually the daughter of the former Queen and a man from Earth and the Evil Empress is her older sister. The people here are all either FROM Earth ("the other side") or decended from Earth people who were carried there in storms.THey meet Toto, her former tutor who is a shape-shifter and a spy for the Empress. They go to Central City and meet the wizard who has been turned into a drug addicted fortune teller by Inch, the storm trooper who destroyed the Tin Mans family. They are betrayed and captured but escape. DJ finds out her sisters body is posessed by the spirit of an ancient witch. She meets her father who takes her to the mausoleum of her grandmother -- the original Dorothy. The Tin Man finds his son who is now grown up and leads the Resistance. They attack the Empresses palace, prevent her from using grandmother Dorothy's green Emerald to destroy the O.Z. and get the witch to leave the sisters body. And they all lived happily ever after. Not nearly as good as I anticipated, but not nearly as awful as it started out to be. I enjoyed it, but I wouldn't watch it again if ANYTHING else better was on.moreless

  • I really like that this is not a "remake." Tin Man is a bizzare continuation of a classic story... which was bizzare on a less dark level in of itself.

    9.5
    By Nickey_Cole, Jan 06, 2010
    I am a fan of Zooey, but have to admit that she's not the reason I watched this. Although she did help make it really work for me. I didn't like the idea of this show at first and didn't watch it until a friend handed me his DVDs and said "you're crazy so I know you'll like this too." How can you resist that? Once again our main female character is pulled into the world of Oz without having previous knowledge of its exsitance. Then she starts to realize that not only did she know of it before, but she is actually from there. Oz has changed a great deal and is in danger of perminetly becoming a place she doesn't want her homeland to be. So she gathers a bunch of misfits to help solve the mysteries of the current events and figure out her blocked memories. I loved looking for the allusions to the classic take and seeing how they altered or included them in the story. There is cheesy element in the story, but it works enough that it doesn't bother you too much. There was potental to make this story much darker, but they still kept it a family friendly show, as family friendly as SciFi can be.moreless

  • Very imaginative interpretation of a classic.

    7.0
    By sandbur, Aug 04, 2009
    And one that was not offensive, which is a common complaint on remakes. Too bad it took CTV (via its daughter network SPACE) two years of letting the series collect dust in its vaults before it finally aired in Canada.



    I thought it was well cast and both the setting and the characterizations were all relatively easy to invest in, with one exception. And unfortunately, I found that exception to be the lead role of "DG", less than admirably portrayed by Zooey Deschanel.



    She obviously showed up to set because there she is on film, but she most decidedly left her spirit at home.



    The good news is that every other key role was done on an "A game" level, particularly "Cain" (Neal McDonough) and "Glitch" (Alan Cumming). Kathleen Roberston was quite convincing as well as the good-sister-gone-bad, while Callum Keith Rennie (Due South) was barely recognizable to me! Had I not seen the credits I would never have known it was him. Great make up and costuming on this series as well...



    All in all, an entertaining romp and a good bit of escapism. And thats what it set out to be, so: mission accomplished.moreless

  • My personal view is that Tin Man fails in its central character of DG and in its musical score. Sadly, Tin Man could have been great viewing

    8.0
    By strgte, Mar 27, 2009
    The musical score for Tin Man is very distracting; can I hear a revamped "Stargate" theme? Or have I watched too many re runs of stargate. Kathleen Robertson (Azdadellia) and Neal McDonough (Cain) are well cast and do a great job. Raoul Trujillo (Raw) and Alan Cumming (Glitch) play there rolls wonderfully, which brings me to the central character. What happened here? Zooey Deschanel is supposed to be a young girl; I think not. Zooey lacks any form of acting skills required for this leading character. Zooey is completely unconvincing and most annoying, her voice grinds me. I was so looking forward to this show – shame the lead was so badly cast.moreless

  • Not a bad re-imagining of the Wizard of Oz. I personally don't care for remakes but after Battlestar Gallactica I at least have hope of a decent effort in this genera.moreless

    8.0
    By danharr, Jan 26, 2009
    Not a bad re-imagining of the Wizard of Oz. I personally don't care for remakes but after Battlestar Gallactica I at least have hope of a decent effort in this genera. The addition of highly advance A.I. and the truly dark magic involved was handled well. Another surprise Zooey Deschanel fitted nicely as Dorthy's daughter with no memory of her magical heritage. The Tin Man reinvented as a martial arts master and military genius with a zipper on his skull to boot was pure gold. I liked the mini-series but didn't feel it was series material and I'm glad they left us with a good stand alone story.moreless
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