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courtneysmovieblog · 1 month

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"Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire" or Why Critics Need to Shut Up and Just Let Us Have Fun

At one point in Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire, Winston (Ernie Hudson) asks Ray (Dan Aykroyd) why he's still bothering with Ghostbusters instead of enjoying his golden years. Ray replies that this is exactly how he wants to be spending his golden years: by doing the thing he loves.

I really think that this was Aykroyd's response to all the critics that trash him for being too old to do Ghostbusters or The Blues Brothers. Blues and the supernatural are the things he's passionate about...and what better way to spend what time you have left by doing what you love?

Yeah, maybe the studios are milking the Ghostbusters series for all its worth by coasting on nostalgia. Did we need a Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire? Probably not, just like he didn't need a Ghostbusters: Afterlife. But I loved Ghostbusters: Afterlife, and I loved Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire too!

The Spengler family (Carrie Coon, Finn Wolfhard, and Mckenna Grace) and former teacher/sort-of-stepfather Gary (Paul Rudd) are now living in New York as full-time Ghostbusters, who have now expanded their operations, thanks to Ray, Winston, and Janine (Annie Potts). Unfortunately, former foe Walter Peck (William Atherton) is now the mayor, and is ready for any excuse to end them, including child labor laws. So Phoebe and the kids are forced to the sidelines while the adults take over...

Until when Ray's newest customer (Kumail Nanjiani) pawns a mysterious family relic to the store, setting off a chain of supernatural events. Once again, the Ghostbusters must rally to save the world.

The writers deserve some credit for doing something a little more original with the plot this time. This one gets a little dark: people literally freeze to death, and even Phoebe toys with the idea of the afterlife when she connects with spirit of a teenage girl (Emily Alyn Lind) . But don't worry, we still have plenty of laughs with the return of Slimer and Peter Venkman (Bill Murray).

Critics have not been kind to this movie. But maybe it's time to remind ourselves one crucial thing about the original Ghostbusters: it was a fun movie. That's all it was ever supposed to be, nothing more or less. And yet everyone from the critics to the fans critics and turned it into some kind of Holy Grail, setting up impossibly high standards that none of the sequels or reboots could ever hope to meet.

Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire might not be perfect, but like all the other films, it's fun. And even if it's getting old, there's nothing wrong with enjoying something that still gives you joy. So screw the critics and just go have a good time. Especially if it might be the last one.

8 out of 10

#ghostbusters frozen empire #review #dan aykroyd

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gallwithapall · 1 year

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Ray calling the giant marshmallow man "tubby soft squeeze" in the Ghostbusters video game gives me so much dopamine...thank you Dan aykroyd for that wonderful line

#ghostbusters #ghostbusters 2 #Ghostbusters the game #the ghostbusters #ghostbuster #ghost busters #ray my beloved #ray stanz x reader #dr raymond stantz #ray stantz #dan my beloved #dan aykroyd #ghostbusters ii #harold ramis #egon spengler #egon my beloved #dr egon spengler #egon honey

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malcolm-reeds-pineapple · 11 months

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Images of Dan Aykroyd that prove he is an absolute dreamboat

Thank you for coming to my TedTalk

#dan aykroyd #ghostbusters #sorry guys #screaming into the void here #this is the latest brain rot #i am eating dirt he’s so fucking cute #like I want to be married to him #love when he’s middle aged like get a look at the warlock

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dollarbin · 10 days

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Sandy Saturday's #13:

Pass of Arms

I'll bet there are already far more words written about T. Swift's new record than in all of the Mahabharata (that's the Hindu holy book that contains the Bhagavad Gita; it's around 13,000 pages long).

The opposite can be said for Pass of Arms, a 1971 half hour film that contains two stand alone Sandy Denny songs. The film does not have a Wikipedia page and is not available in any form anywhere as near as I can tell: it exists but you literally cannot watch it.

Having a Wikipedia page is a pretty low bar. Without knowing, I bet there are extensive ones dedicated to Chewbacca's family tree and Joe Biden's dog. I'm right on both counts of course: I just looked.

But google to your hearts content: the internet confirms that the short film existed, that it claimed to be "award winning", and that a guy who worked marginally on the 80's buddy flick Spies Like Us, in which I seem to remember that Dan Aykroyd and Chevy Chase save the world from nuclear destruction while failing to make us laugh, directed it; and that's it.

Happily, we can still hear the songs at least, something I've never done with any real focus until this moment. Let's start with Here in Silence.

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Okay, I'm digging it so far. I picture a knight in his pensive non-warrior boy clothes looking longingly at his maiden, fall grass billowing between them in slow motion; but then that scene gives way to that same knight, now in full armor, gearing up for gnarly battle and then we realize this is actually a film about the Children's Crusade, or maybe it's all a chunky metaphor and it's actually about angsty and hirsute teens in jolly old 70's England: they're looking to stick to the man, or bloke I guess - this is England - and, well, maybe there's a reason no one other than me is angry they can't watch this film anymore because this song, which Denny clearly did not write, kinda sucks. Sandy sounds glorious, as always, but I'd rather hear her sing The Wheels On The Bus.

Have some faith though, people. We've got the marginally more famous Man of Iron track left to consider. I've definitely heard this one before, but I can remember nothing about it other than the fact that it's really long and moody with strings. Here goes!

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Yeah, those are strings alright. Today the students at my tiny high school were all bent out of shape - it's Spring and everyone's either breaking up, thinking about it or striving to create similar drama in their life asap, so I led a full school game of musical chairs on the basketball court and declared in advance that I would win at all costs. I did not win but I shoved a bunch of giant teen boys aside in the effort and everyone laughed at their weird teacher and got into it.

We're a pretty cool school so one of our tenth graders, who's already a semi-professional cellist, played whatever came into his head for each round, which sure beat dancing around the chairs while T. sang 65 new songs about her loser boyfriends or whatever. My student's cello sounded, some of the time, a bit like the vibe that starts the track, only better. Then for the next round he'd play Mozart at triple speed.

But now there's a whole mess of fifes involved and this thing is starting to sound silly. Bring in Sandy Denny soon, please.

Oh thank the sensitive medieval Jesus who probably repeatedly appears to the lead character in this film swathed in psychedelic splendor: here's Sandy, and she's brought a whole pack of Cinderella's helpful birds with her to twitter about, somewhat helpfully.

But these lyrics are unbearable. When I was in seventh grade I committed the cardinal sin of writing an earnest original poem about "the roller coaster of life" and then turned it in to my earnest, no clue teacher who of course then read it to the whole class while on the verge of tears - someone had finally attempted something, anything, of marginal note in his earnest but lousy class - which turned my pimply face red, then white, then putrescent purple with shame as the other 13 year olds around me murmured then moved on to mirth and then on to all out rage: never would I be forgiven for writing sensitive poetry in earnest. Jeff Stimpfig, the school's stock character bully, declared me both gay (it was 1989; "gay" equaled uncool and homophobia equaled cool; what a dumb world...) and soon to be dead through his potent fists. Anyway, my seventh grade poem was surely terrible. But it contained far fewer cliches than this claptrap.

Was this end you chose Sir Knight?

Was this why you were born so bright?

The wolves will chew your bones tonight...

Sandy clearly needed a sizeable offered payday to have ever uttered these words; Trevor Lucas, or perhaps Stephen Stills, surely talked her into the whole gig. The guitar is nice though... I wonder if Sandy plays it. Sounds like her...

But good grief, now we've got a stomach churning drum thing going on. I'm starting to think this whole film may have been a Stephen Stills vanity project: it probably centers on Stills's broriffic relationship with Joe Freakin' Lala; they're on a quest to no longer suck and it's going nowhere fast as their stuck in a room of lemons, all of them worth sucking, and buxom ladies who admire them for no discernible reason whatsoever; and then, at the end of the film / this terrible song, aliens in sunglasses descend and take Steve and Joe to their leader for an extraterrestrial blues jam complete with wolves and low production value fake wind. Clearly, they didn't have Neil Young's budget for fake wind: he's got a huge budget when it comes to producing fake wind.

I'm guessing that Sandy's estate is responsible for insuring this film can no longer be seen by anyone. Indeed, The Dollar Bin itself may soon be hacked so as to eliminated this entire post one conniving letter at a time in their nefarious quest to separate Denny from any observable connection to the film Pass of A....

#Youtube #sandy denny #sandy saturdays #stephen stills sucks #joe freakin' lala #I demand to see Pass of Arms

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amalthea9 · 11 months

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Here are some pictures of Dan Aykroyd that made me think of you (I could envision imagining Ray wearing those clothes)

EEEEEW!!! oh my lord he is so handsome 😭💖😍 and yes! Ray would absolutely wear those clothes! I especially love that first outfit! Thank you for sharing these with me dear!

#dan akroyd #ray stantz #good god he is so handsome

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chipeanuts · 10 months

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43 years ago today the Blues Brothers movie was released! Time flies! And thinking about this I just can’t thank Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi enough for creating Jake and Elwood characters and all that came of it… the band and the movies mean so much to me. I first saw the movie almost 5 years ago and since then it has always had a special place in my heart.

I remember dancing to rubber biscuit in my bedroom and trying to do Elwoods goody dance! I remember asking my dad to put the briefcases full of blues out loud during long car trips! When I’m having a rough time the movie scenes and the songs never fail to cheer me up!

What I’m saying is that the Blues Brothers is a wonderful movie who can be comedic and heartwarming at the same time!! It’s a love letter to blues music!! To brotherhood!! They taught me that family isn’t always blood and the band are their own family!! They taught me that music is a powerful force that can inspire and unite people in ways you never thought possible!!!! Everybody needs somebody to love!!!!! The mission from god never ends!! Happy birthday to the Blues Brothers!! ❤️

#do you even know what this movie means to me #do you even get it #they’re everything. everything #the blues brothers #i got carried away but who cares WE LOVE THE BLUES BROTHERS IN THIS HOUSE ❤️❤️❤️#chiptalks #forgot my own tag for a moment oops

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psychokinetic-ectoplasm · 2 months

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The cast of Frozen Empire was interviewed on CBS Mornings, and this exchange (starting around 6:20) had me cracking up:

Ernie Hudson: I'm just so honored and thankful to [...] get a chance to work with THE SEXIEST MAN IN THE UNIVERSE!

Paul Rudd: Dan Aykroyd!

Dan: That's being transferred today! He's giving that to me now, and I'm gonna take that mantle and move on with it.

Interviewer: Own it, Mr. Aykroyd!

Dan: Yeah, 260 pounds of heft!

Paul: Sexy heft.

Dan: Yes, you bet.

#Dan's the sexiest man in the universe in MY book #but I'm rather biased #I am LIVING for all of this new content #dan aykroyd #bill murray #ernie hudson #annie potts #paul rudd #mckenna grace #ghostbuster frozen empire #ghostbusters

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alanshee-keeper-of-realms · 6 months

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Oh my God, other companies better be taking notes. This, this is how you revive a franchise completely original idea looks cool as hell (pun fully intended) and suddenly we are not just dealing with spiritual but physical threats hell yeah!

And the OG being more integrated this time is oh my god yes missed ya Bill Murray and Dan Aykroyd,

It had me jumping out of my seat when I saw ecto-1 take off down the street screaming there's our baby!

This is how you do it thank you Sony thank you now I have even more faith in you with the whole announcement of The Legend of Zelda movie because if you can do this to Ghostbusters, oh my God I can't wait to see what you do with The Legend of Zelda.

#I am still freaking out and I have watched this trailer 5 or 6 times #this is what we want #ghostbusters #ghostbusters frozen empire #the legend of zelda #sony #*still stimming hours later*#Youtube

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phantomoftheparadise0002 · 2 years

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What movie or character of his Dan's drew you to him?

Ghostbusters; ray stantz.

It was november/december 2019. It's was GB on tv. I've never saw the movie so i decided to watch it. And ofcourse peter,bill and ray,dan we're my faves. First i was into bill murray then a month later i got into aykroyd. That's when i started being a fan of him,having a mayor crush of him. Now a few years later. I have a collection of ray stantz figurines, beldar conehead as well. A handfull of shirts with dan/ray on. A bottle of crystal head vodka. Dvd's such as blues brothers,GB,my stepmom is an alien,...

Still looking for doctor detroit,neighbors on dvd.

Fave dan movies:

Doctor detroit

Neighbors

My stepmother is an alien

Nothing but trouble

I've also watched painful movies of him 😬 such as 'spies like us' and 'caddychack 2'.

Fave characters of him are:

Vic

Elwood

Clifford

Steven

Roman

Zallinski

Seen a few of dans interviews on youtube.

Here on tumblr i have a dan blog made to post dan photo's on. My main blog is where i've put memes on. I don't want to make fun of dan, not at all. I have respect for all the talent he has and all the wonderful things he have made/done. He still has a big fandom here on tumblr. I've met some people on here cause of him.

Dan is 70 now. There is no way i'm going to meet him somewhere in life. Because i don't life in the states and i don't travel. I wish i could have meet him at some point so i could say him how much i'm thankful for. I also made drawings of him. He is hard to draw tho.

Here are some pictures of him:

Thank you for sending me this ask ❤️

#dan aykroyd #long post

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monstermaster13 · 1 year

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An Aykroyd Simp’s Wish Come True.

Nathan to Were-Aykroyd TF.

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Every fan has an origin story and each origin story has a result that tells you it all, Nathan was a huge Dan Aykroyd fan and he wasn’t afraid to admit he was a simp, it started in 2020 and now he was a full-blown simp for Dan in general thanks to his friends on Discord egging him on, but that was about to become so much more. He couldn’t help but dream about Dan sometimes, to the point he dreamed about turning into him and it felt real…even though they were just dreams, at least he thought they were just dreams. But one night he had a dream/vision that he didn’t know he’d have, basically the vision had him thinking about Dan and talking about him to his friends, but the dream took on a twist when he started to morph and transform, this had happened ever since he got transformed into the Were-Aykroyd he is today and he loved it, he tried to hide it, his love 0f 80’s horror added to this.

At first he thought it would be horrifying to be like that, but eventually he warmed up to it and he couldn’t help but think about it, naturally he always seemed to get jealous of others whenever they got transformed…’Aaaw come on, why do they get to morph and not me? I’m the main Were-Aykroyd here and I feel like these people aren’t all worthy of it.’ He was just naturally petty like that, and that's alright. He had his dark moments, yes but he never intended to come across as a villain, it’s just he was the kind of person some people would avoid, and if you think this is going to be one of those anime tf stories with some random oc being turned into one of those bishounen types or a Jojo character or one of those random ones that are a garbled mashup of pop culture references that don’t make sense, this is one that has elements of horror and humor to it. Late in April 2022, the Aykroyd dreams came back to him and made him want more of it, his inner Were-Aykroyd was starting to get worried, he hadn’t been around in a while.

The night of May 6th proved to be more impactful than he thought…he had been having another dream about the Were-Aykroyd side to him, but in said dream he was being viewed as insane for believing in the Aykroyd-verse lore. ‘Look, I told you i’m not insane. There is indeed an in-depth and fascinating lore behind all of Dan Aykroyd’s movies that nobody knows of and it’s all real. I have done a Quinton Reviews style analysis on all of Dan’s filmography and have come to the conclusion that Doctor Detroit and Loose Cannons belong in the same universe.’ ‘You must be insane if you analyzed those movies.’ ‘And what’s wrong with analyzing them?’ ‘They’re both terrible.’ ‘What did you say?’ ‘I said Doctor Detroit and Loose Cannons are terrible movies.’ Without warning, he knocked the person who said that onto the ground with seemingly inhuman strength.

“Wow..how on earth did you do that?”

“You mean knocking someone down with inhuman strength like that?”

‘Yes…wait a minute, aren’t you?’ ‘The Were-Aykroyd? Uhhh…how do you know that?’ He nervously blushed as he tried to remain calm but he panicked, causing his right hand to enlarge and the skin on it to mature as hairs grew on it, his brownish Were-Aykroyd hairs. ‘No, not now…not now.’ He moaned as his stomach gurgled, making a dash for it, he made his way out as quickly as possible before hiding behind the nearest display stand.

“Excuse me for a second…”

This part always was one he could tell was bound to happen, this always happened and when it did, he always awoke to find himself transforming. A couple of minutes later after the dream ended, he woke up to a rather familiar sensation, his stomach gurgled a couple of times. ‘Here we go, it’s been a while.’ ‘Why yes..it certainly has.’ He looked over into the mirror, and he noticed he was already seeing Dan Aykroyd in place of his reflection. ‘Dan. I thought you…’ ‘That I wasn’t contacting you after a while? I’d never leave you, i’m the one true friend you have, unlike some of your previous friends who turned on you and left you.’

“That’s true..”

Nathan raised his eyebrow, this did sound suspicious but he wouldn’t doubt his twin even for a minute. ‘Yeah, i have been getting visions of you a lot recently.’ ‘Which you should be.’ He had been having a bit of an odd year so far, with all the body-snatching and alien attacks within the same area and serial killer incidents our Were-Aykroyd friend was going to be there to help him. 'I could use a break from the crime in this city to be honest, too many murderers stealing human bodies.' 'Yeah, can't they pick their own bodies instead of just picking those of their allies.' 'Some of them kill their own team mates.' Nathan was glad to see his twin and spirit animal again. ‘Do you miss turning into me?’ ‘Oh Dan, you most certainly know I do.’ ‘How would you like to give it another go?’

“You don’t need to ask me.”

“Alright, relax and just listen to me.”

Nathan concentrated and he listened to Dan’s voice, Dan began to condition him and made him feel calmer and as he did, he thought of all those good transformations and forgot about the previous episodes involving the doppelgangers lots of transformation horror and detail involve skin-shedding like reptiles, yet too much melodrama about how they hate being human like Julian for example…'I don't get why Julian hates his human form so much, I mean shouldn't he like being human as opposed to being reptile-like?'.

“Yeah, I don't get how Rachel doesn't immediately recognize him in his transformed state."

‘Yeah I don't get that as well, I hate melodramatic shapeshifters, annoying as all hell.’ ‘But luckily you’re not like them and you like the type that’s more like me, right?’ ‘Of course.’ 'I know you initially resisted and attempted to hide your transformation, but then again you had no reason to.' 'Not many people can understand my powers, I cannot understand them either.'

Nathan concentrated a few more times and as he did, he felt warming sensations spreading across his body as skin matured and lost imperfections, looking at his chest he could feel it broadening and growing as brownish hairs developed on it. In addition to this, the hairs grew on his stomach which broadened a bit as his hands enlarged. He examined his body for a bit, taking it all in as he knew now this was natural. The were-aykroyd was always going to be there for him and he was very proud of this fact, he felt a couple of sensations as his back slowly broadened and his shoulders followed suit and he shot up to the height of 6’1.

His feet enlarged as two of the toes on both of them fused at the knuckle and developed the traits of being webbed as his rear plumped up, he always did simp over this bit…it had been established before he was bisexual and his were-aykroyd side was the same way, but of course he had a particular taste. His neckline altered as his hair darkened, his forehead grew a little bit higher up as his eyebrows thickened, arching a little while one of his eyes turned greenish and the other remained brown, his nose broadened and developed a cleft in the middle as his features became more Aykroydian and plumped up as his voice altered to sound exactly like how he looked…which was to say…like he was Dan Aykroyd, which he sort of was, but he also was himself. He looked over and saw a list of plans ‘Nathan’ had set up, a couple of spells for altering characters in different universes. ‘Perfect.’

His transformation reached completion as he was in his Were-aykroyd form once more and he was glad to be back in business. He began to copy the plans for the spells and then summoned his siblings who were of course Dan Aykroyd characters. ‘Got a new set of plans set up.’

“What are we waiting for? Let’s do it.”

“Absolutely.”

He printed out the plans and got everything that was needed for the spell and he recited it, unleashing a dark blast of supernatural energy that transcended the realm he was in and entering the dimension of the tv show Herodale College, which was an Animal House style comedy about superheroes and villains, he knew of the heroes that he wanted to transform, he admired shapeshifters so he got Mr Mimicry, the team's resident morphing expert who was also an alien to morph into a Were-Aykroyd, the shapeshifter thought it would be easy to morph back to normal but he got stuck in Were-Aykroyd form, which was then followed by Hero House in general being transformed.

The Were-Aykroyd known as Dan smirked as he watched the dark energy wave spread to several other universes, before landing at the Marvel universe. ‘Not yet…but soon.’ ‘Do you have interest in going after them sometime?’ ‘Oh, definitely. After all, were-aykroyds do love heroic figures like law-enforcement and superheroes.’ ‘That’s true, you could recruit some of them.’ And thus with that Dan finished the spell and began warming up another one, this one would be a teleportation spell to bring the Avengers form the MCU over into his half of the universe.

Later on he fully organized for a few Were-Aykroyds to be sent into the MCU as part of his next plan, he would send out some of them to keep the SHIELD agents busy while he worked on his plans to do with the Avengers, he knew exactly what to do with them, and unlike a certain titan he didn’t need the Infinity Gauntlet for it, and thus the year of the Aykroydian invasion was once again kicking off in full force.

Sometimes you don’t need a complex story to tell a good tale of how your character became how they are, sometimes all you need is brainpower, not when you naturally have been developing your own original story for years. And that’s really what anyone could ask for, or even wish for.

#Dan Aykroyd #Aykroyd-verse #celebrity tf

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adamwatchesmovies · 1 year

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Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return (2013)

While I didn't enjoy this film, that doesn't mean you won't. No matter what I say, the people involved in this project did it: they actually made a movie. That's something to be applauded. With that established...

I can't think of anyone who would enjoy Legends of Oz: Dorothy’s Return. Adults will probably forgive the visuals - they're ok, but nothing spectacular. They won’t be able to look past the annoying characters and will instead wish they were just watching the original Judy Garland flick instead. Small children will do the same thanks to the lackluster songs and forgettable plot. If they haven’t seen the 1939 classic, this picture doesn’t stand on its own, making it an unofficial and pointless sequel.

In the Land of Oz, the Scarecrow (voiced by Dan Aykroyd), the Tin Woodman (Kelsey Grammer) and the Cowardly Lion (Jim Belushi) call their friend Dorothy Gale (Lea Michele) for help. An evil Jester (Martin Short) has stolen the Wicked Witch of the West's broomstick and is using its magic to destroy the Emerald City. With the help of some new friends, Dorothy must take down this new threat.

In all of these Oz sequels, Dorothy befriends a new group of crazy creatures while the original crew is sidelined. Why this happens over and over, I don't know. Fans would much rather see the four best friends reunited than meet a new crew, particularly when they aren't interesting. Dorothy's Return offers a lackluster replacement trio. First, Wiser (Oliver Platt), a flightless owl that’s constantly gorging and has this annoying tendency to finish other people’s sentences. Next is China Princess (Megan Hilty), who adds little to the plot. Finally, there's Marshal Mallow (Hugh Dancy), who provides some neat visuals but is otherwise unremarkable. They all participate in songs (the film is a musical) that are so forgettable you couldn't remember two lines in a row if a gun was pointed at your head. They’re not even bad; just bland.

It’s taking a superhuman effort to muster up memories of Legends of Oz: Dorothy’s Return and tell you why you shouldn’t watch it. The plot is so dull and uninspired it’s impossible to stay invested. You simply sit and wait for the plot to end. It isn’t offensive, but it begs the question: Why? Who was asking for this film? I can understand wanting to revive the Oz franchise, but just like 1985’s Return to Oz, this picture reminds you of the original while never matching its appeal. Actually, that comparison is unfair. Dorothy's Return WISHES it was even a 10th of Return to Oz. Nothing here manages to dredge this children’s story from the haze that forms the instant you hear that first musical number. At least it’s harmless in the sense that, even if are subjected to it, there’s nothing about this picture that’ll haunt you later on. It’s completely forgettable. (On DVD, May 11, 2018)

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