What: Wizard of Oz to be adapted into TV medical drama - Polidicks

[url]http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-23629839[/url] [quote]US broadcaster CBS is to develop a medical drama, based on the classic fantasy film, The Wizard of Oz. American magazine Entertainment Weekly reported that the series, called Dorothy, will be set in New York City. It is described as being "inspired by the characters and themes immortalized in The Wizard of Oz".[/quote]

is is it really that necessary to have a recognisable brand name that it comes to this

It could be interesting. Much bigger chance that it will be garbage though.

I don't get it. Is this supposed to be something like Sydney White and The Seven Dorks?

Scrubs already did it [img]http://imgkk.com/i/5kez.jpg[/img] [url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Way_Home[/url]

After the original cases of no heart, no brain, and no courage what are they going to cover?

[QUOTE=smurfy;41791717]Scrubs already did it [img]http://imgkk.com/i/5kez.jpg[/img] [url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Way_Home[/url][/QUOTE] Fun fact: Zach Braff directed this episode and it was also the 100th. It's a great episode, you guys should watch it if you haven't already. [editline]10th August 2013[/editline] [QUOTE=Groat;41791726]After the original cases of no heart, no brain, and no courage what are they going to cover?[/QUOTE] There were a lot of Oz books.

"Doctor Dorothy! Calling Doctor Dorothy!" "Dorothy here, what's the problem nurse?" "We've received an inpatient with critical heart failure" "Ok. What are the palputation rates/blood pressure levels?" "Zero" "Wait, so you mean he's dead?" "No. He just... has no heart" -Dramatic pause, tense music- "Hahaha, fuck off nurse"

5 Bucks says the Tin Man is a robot/cyborg.

[QUOTE=DJ999;41792019]5 Bucks says the Tin Man is a robot/cyborg.[/QUOTE] AKA After hours nursing staff.. Some of them can be rather be rather hollow and lack empathy.

[QUOTE]It is described as being "inspired by the characters and themes immortalized in The Wizard of Oz".[/QUOTE] In other words, "We had no original idea for making interesting characters and stories, so we just skimmed that shit off TWoZ and called it an adaptation." For fuck's sake, I did this when I was like eight and daydreamed about cartoons I liked. Then I realized it was retarded and pointless, and that original characters are infinitely more fun (and somewhat harder but still worth it) to make stories around. You have to make stories around characters and/or settings, not plonk down someone else's characters and themes into unrelated shit. That's not writing in any standard sense, it's fan-fiction, just as bad as the kind that involves homosexual pairings of characters that make no sense.

American TV is so restrictive these days. Everything have to be medical/police/family drama, reality TV, or sports (with a few exceptions ofc). Mostly because the suits would only invest in safe bets and trends. The only non-restrictive medium is cartoons but their only allowed audience are children unless they are on Adult Swim.

[QUOTE=Mastermind of42;41792855]American TV is so restrictive these days. Everything have to be medical/police/family drama, reality TV, or sports (with a few exceptions ofc). Mostly because the suits would only invest in safe bets and trends. The only non-restrictive medium is cartoons but their only allowed audience are children unless they are on Adult Swim.[/QUOTE] And even then, adult swim has to share a channel with a kids' channel, and only gets to take over late at night. Also, I love how suits refuse to take any risks with new ideas and franchises, when doing so is what made the tried-and-true shit popular to begin with. It's like logical reasoning is some alien concept to them or something.

I guess it could be like what House was to Sherlock Holmes? I'd say thats hat directly inspired it.