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I can, but only when it makes sense.

It made sense for Dune, where the story is too vast to tell in one movie of reasonable length. Lawrence of Arabia proved that it is possible, but also that it's not easy.

This was a stage production, which you watch in one sitting, with intermission, more than likely.

In this adaptation, that intermission will be longer than half an hour. Way longer.

I have no hope that it will turn out to be a good adaptation.

Because low effort horror producers are the first to need a "new" idea, and expired or public domain properties are the easiest way to get them.

It's not written by Baum, though.

Surely, you're not serious?

Faith-based has been another word for films with a religious emphasis for a long time now.

And pointing out that he's a Christian is par for the course on Christian websites, and relevant, since the film is religious, and readers may wonder why he's making one.

Not that it's been an obscure fact that he's Christian. He's ben very open about it.

I think that's fine. Many films/shows suffer from too much explanation, even getting whole prequels dedicated to explaining things that were background lore.

Leaving things unexplained allows us to wonder, to imagine what might have happened.

Just like the book, which does mention many past events, but they rarely go into detail about them.

It's a Christian site. What kind of spin would they put on that headline?

Nah, I was just quoting one of the most memorable lines from the movie.

It was fun, but definitely not a good movie.

Satanic! To the gulag.

But, but...

There was a firefight!

Not yet. But they're hard at work making it happen.

So, protestant?