The Wizard of Oz is my favorite movie. I respect Return to Oz's cult following, but my allegiance will always be to the original. Return to Oz is a (more faithful ) adaptation of the sequel books, not a sequel to the movie, so I view them as separate adaptations either way.
Anyway, Return to Oz. Fairuza Balk is a great little Dorothy. I love Tik-Tok. He looks like a steampunk reimagining of Rudolph's Sam the Snowman. The animatronics and puppets are so 1980's, which is a lot of fun. The Nome King is definitely the weak point for me visually and narratively; I wish Mombi was the sole villain. Also I remember the Wheelers being nightmare fodder, but it was a wild decision to just show their human faces all the time. The metal masks are way scarier and cooler.
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