Wizard of Oz
Nov. 17th, 2008 03:21 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
zoetropeSo, in my recent foray into crack-land, I made a somewhat interesting discovery. That the pilot for Stargate: Atlantis is almost the exact plot of The Wizard of Oz. There are two main differences: that John takes (most of) his friends with him - although they are all virtual strangers, so I'm not sure this one counts anyway - and that John stays in Oz Pegasus at the end of the episode. Crucial, of course, for a TV series. I'm sure Dorothy would have stayed in Oz, if she'd had a 22 episode commitment.
Meanwhile, we have a run-in with the Wicked Witch, whom John inadvertently angers, and this culminates in he and his friends being held in the witch's castle, John having to defeat her in order to save the day. In this telling, I would say that the Wizard of Oz is arguably Atlantis itself, a mysterious and somewhat dangerous being. As well, Atlantis looks almost identical to the Emerald City in the original movie. Just... bluer.
Rodney is of course the Cowardly Lion. Ford, in an unkind reading, could be seen as the Scarecrow (especially in later episodes - prime/not prime being a good example). But who needs a heart? Teyla? The metaphor being her necklace/the ties to the loves of her past and family culminating in her and John finding an emotional connection?
Anyway, er, this amused me muchly. And that's all really!
Meanwhile, we have a run-in with the Wicked Witch, whom John inadvertently angers, and this culminates in he and his friends being held in the witch's castle, John having to defeat her in order to save the day. In this telling, I would say that the Wizard of Oz is arguably Atlantis itself, a mysterious and somewhat dangerous being. As well, Atlantis looks almost identical to the Emerald City in the original movie. Just... bluer.
Rodney is of course the Cowardly Lion. Ford, in an unkind reading, could be seen as the Scarecrow (especially in later episodes - prime/not prime being a good example). But who needs a heart? Teyla? The metaphor being her necklace/the ties to the loves of her past and family culminating in her and John finding an emotional connection?
Anyway, er, this amused me muchly. And that's all really!
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Date: 2008-11-17 08:39 pm (UTC)Well, in the other books of the Oz series, Dorothy does come back to Oz and she does become the Princess of Oz, so, uh, John is the Princess of
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Date: 2008-11-18 01:45 pm (UTC)I saw Wicked on Saturday.
I watched your vid yesterday.
I'm listening to "Written by the Victors" today and just got to the 'Surrender Dorothy' part.
*looks over shoulder* Do you ever feel like the universe is trying to tell you something?
Also, I hadn't noticed the parallels before, but that makes a weird kind of sense... :)
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Date: 2008-11-18 02:16 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-11-18 02:18 pm (UTC)Although it'll be completely your fault/inspiration, since it's your vid and your reading that's prodded me this way. ;-)
Will let you know if I do! :D
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Date: 2008-11-18 02:32 pm (UTC)no subject
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