There is no place like home...

Now "that is the OZ I remember".

I have just finished watching the Syfy mini-series Tin Man from 2007. Very interesting storyline, with some unexpected surprises.
There are some minor drawbacks in the plot, often related to the ease with which characters are able to escape from danger. However, the like-ability of the characters saves these situations. They are easy to relate to, we get aqcuainted to people/creatures who are humane and make choices that we too would make in their positions.

Gerardo de Gerard's design of Azkadellia's fortress

The designers have done some fantastic work with this series, they have created many worlds to explore, such as:

Andreas Rocha's design for Milltown

• the dark evil-infested Tower of the sorceress Azkadellia
• Milltown reminescent of the typical American "hardworker's" village
• the cash-obsessed metropolitan area of Central City
• the beautiful and ancient lakeland, Finaqua
• the sinful nighttime circus of vagabonds, flesh and neon- the Realm of the Unwanted
• the sacred tomb of the Floating Caskets
• and the iconic Kansas farm

Phil McDarby's design for The Cave

these worlds can be journeyed through at your pleasure, dear travellers, by taking a stop at the surrealist artistic collaboration: Infinite Oz. This is a project by nine talented illustrators: (Philip Straub, Greg Petchkovsky, Martin Lisec, Andreas Rocha, Gerardo de Gerard, Geoffrey White, Raphael Lacoste, Phil Mc Darby, Rudolf Herczog)

Gerardo de Gerard's design for Finaqua

The costumes are made to match the differnt lifestyles the inhabitants are forced to live. I, for one, enjoyed the simplicity of the garments worn by the rebel vagabonds who live by a roadside in the third episode, we saw their leader in simple shirts, a red scarf, trousers, and brown leather boots- all of these distressed and worn out.

As one would expect, one of the most enjoyable characters was Azkadellia's, both with her acting and her wide array of costumes (in comparison to the other characters).
Her main costumes seems to be the gold armour corset, it is interesting that the chosen colour for the negative character is a warm gold instead of the cool silver, of course it represents riches, but without doubt is a reference to her being from the blood of the good-natured queen, Lavender Eyes.

Azkadelia