ilovemychickens OP t1_j1xq63p wrote on December 28, 2022 at 4:14 AM

Reply to comment by stuminus3 in In Return to Oz (1985) the nightmare fueled sequel to the Wizard of Oz, why do so many of the characters look completely different from the first film? by ilovemychickens

I mean, all of the characters changed from recognizable humans with prosthetics, to very stiff looking puppets almost. Cowardly lion changed from a guy dressed like a lion, to an actual lion. I'm not mad at it, they're just extremely different design choices and I wondered if there was a reason besides the obvious

IMTrick t1_j1y161p wrote on December 28, 2022 at 5:59 AM

As someone who read all the Oz books as a kid (but hasn't seen Return to Oz), what you're describing sounds... well, a lot more like the illustrations from the books than what was in the MGM movie.

My guess would be that Return to Oz is simply an adaptation of another of the Oz books, and not a sequel to the movie we're familiar with.