Neal McDonough, one of the stars of the Sci Fi’s Tin Man, revealed that there are talks to bring the mini back as a series. The 2007 ‘miniseries event’ got Sci Fi mondo ratings – it’s still their most-watched show ever – but praise for it has been few and and far between. (On the other hand, it does seem to have a minor following on Livejournal.)
Now, I had Tin Man sitting on my DVR for months, and I finally watched it back in August. The series presented itself as a Wizard of Oz reboot, but the underlying premise was a bit more than that. Alas, you don’t really find that out – the thing that throws everything in perspective, which is that this is Oz generations after Dorothy – until the third hour. Which is, quite frankly, long after someone with a less developed trainwreck syndrome than Genevieve Valentine or I probably should have stopped watching. Maybe the ratings just prove that our collective trainwreck syndrome is stronger than I thought. (Just like American Idol!)
Could the mini’s few interesting concepts (there are a few others, though they pale to crap like ‘The O.Z.’ and cleavage monkeys) make a successful series? I don’t really know. But I can’t help but hope we don’t find out.
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5 responses so far ↓
1 Paula // Feb 20, 2009 at 7:19 am
I didn’t mind Tin Man as a pleasant, and not-too-taxin, way to pass some time. And it’s lightyears better than their normal movies.
But a series? Nope. There’s just not enough there.
2 izikavazo // Feb 20, 2009 at 10:54 am
I love Zooey Deschanel, but I really didn’t enjoy Tin Man. It really made me sad how badly it was written.
3 JadesFire55 // Feb 20, 2009 at 12:22 pm
I’m with Paula; it wasn’t the best thing evar, but I enjoyed it.
I think a series could work if it focused on just the Tin Man himself. His was really the only character I cared about, aside from the scarecrow.
4 jawajames // Feb 20, 2009 at 12:31 pm
it was enjoyable as a mini-series with a set story. i’m not sure how a regular series would work. if they set it after the mini-series, i suppose they could have Dorothy return to the O.Z. and help run it, and have the Tin Man solve crimes or help fend off a war…
Tin Man — way better than Taken or The Triangle.
5 Paula // Feb 22, 2009 at 1:27 pm
MegaSnake. Now there’s the pinnacle of SciFi original programming.
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