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(Slashdot)   "Warner Brothers to Turn All 15 Oz Books Into Movies." Books that weigh more than a pound are out of luck   (slashdot.org) divider line
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rocinante721
2007-08-23 3:05:56 PM  
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You're mine, prag!
 
Infamous Dr. X
2007-08-23 4:19:46 PM  
Clever, Subby.
 
oh and once I saw a blimp
2007-08-23 4:22:20 PM  
+1
 
darkhorse23 [OhFark]
2007-08-23 4:24:16 PM  
I'll bet there's very few of you farkers out there that had any idea that there WERE 15 books, much less read them all.

I have, and they rock.
 
Kanyon
2007-08-23 4:25:57 PM  
Infamous Dr. X: Clever, Subby.

Yep. +1
 
Poorlytoldjoke
2007-08-23 5:43:18 PM  
rocinante721 - Well played. I was about to come and post a Verne Schillinger picture. Bravo.
 
Counter_Intelligent
2007-08-23 5:43:19 PM  
I think Disney tried something like this, with disastrous financial results. Thanks a lot, MGM.
 
OtitisMEDIA
2007-08-23 5:46:24 PM  
darkhorse23: I'll bet there's very few of you farkers out there that had any idea that there WERE 15 books, much less read them all.

I have, and they rock.

Well, now, you're a super-special person then, aren't you. Good for you.
 
browser_snake
2007-08-23 5:48:52 PM  
Actually, those books were pretty darn heavy.
 
Captain Hollywood
2007-08-23 5:50:55 PM  
Am I supposed to...get something?

/feels left out
 
Tartan69
2007-08-23 5:54:24 PM  
"The Oz Books" on Wikipedia (pops)
 
galactus5000
2007-08-23 6:04:40 PM  
Wake me when we get to Jim Henson's Oz Babies.
 
Jimsus
2007-08-23 6:06:07 PM  
Bravo Subby! Great headline.

Captain Hollywood
Am I supposed to...get something?
/feels left out

15 Oz Books or 15oz books or 15 ounce books. There are 16 ounces in a pound, hence the 'more than a pound are out of luck'.
 
I hate Chevy
2007-08-23 6:07:57 PM  
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/available for comment?
 
FeedTheCollapse
2007-08-23 6:09:57 PM  
darkhorse23: I'll bet there's very few of you farkers out there that had any idea that there WERE 15 books, much less read them all.

I knew of like 3.

15? Is there really that much to cover?
 
Kid Mojo
2007-08-23 6:14:04 PM  
... and how many Broadway musicals?
 
ChrisPC
2007-08-23 6:14:25 PM  
*golf clap*
 
Sanctum
2007-08-23 6:14:27 PM  
Counter_Intelligent: I think Disney tried something like this, with disastrous financial results. Thanks a lot, MGM.

Disney made an unofficial sequel called "Return to Oz." There is some speculation that it was setup to fail by Michael Eisner in order for him to appear better than his predecessors.
 
Der Poopflinger
2007-08-23 6:15:21 PM  
they did that back in the 80's (well I dunno if it was all the books). It was OK as a kid to watch, now, dunno, uber-lame. Hopefully the Oz movies will be of the same quality as chronicles of narnia
 
Jedi_Templar
2007-08-23 6:18:13 PM  
Der Poopflinger: Hopefully the Oz movies will be of the same quality as chronicles of narnia

Shiatty?
 
Der Poopflinger
2007-08-23 6:36:21 PM  
Jedi_Templar: Der Poopflinger: Hopefully the Oz movies will be of the same quality as chronicles of narnia

Shiatty?

actually I found it to be not bad, 7/10 in my books
 
Leishu
2007-08-23 7:00:17 PM  
Errr... there were 14.

Oohhh... They took the rights to one of the crappy non-canon spinoffs, too.
 
Captain Hollywood
2007-08-23 7:09:35 PM  
Jimsus


15 Oz Books or 15oz books or 15 ounce books. There are 16 ounces in a pound, hence the 'more than a pound are out of luck'.

Hahhaha oh ok I get it now. I'm used to the metric system and seeing everything in mL and L.


/GungFu you made me laugh too
 
toddalmighty [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2007-08-23 7:56:47 PM  
15 movies, huh? That's awfully optimistic. Like people who apply the term "first annual" to anything.
 
Guntram Shatterhand
2007-08-23 8:12:24 PM  
Actually there were forty. Baum had a few other 'royal historians' take over for him. If this comes to pass, one can hope these are put back into print. They're pretty fun and cornball reads if you have an hour to spend.

As for the 15 ounces...

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Approves?
 
Zombie Hitler
2007-08-23 8:48:30 PM  
Poorlytoldjoke: rocinante721 - Well played. I was about to come and post a Verne Schillinger picture. Bravo.

Was leaning towards a picture of Keller, myself.
 
srhp29
2007-08-23 9:04:07 PM  
Not to nit pick but what about books that weight between 15 and 16 Oz?
 
Scrophulous Barking Duck
2007-08-23 9:20:45 PM  
I've actually read a bunch of the Oz books because my daughters liked the Oz books when they were small. Some are pretty good. Some not so much.

/preferred the Little House books
 
Confabulat [TotalFark]
2007-08-23 9:23:05 PM  
I only read a couple of them, but the whole sex change thing by our hero in the second book really threw me as a kid.
 
pushcart
2007-08-23 10:29:38 PM  
srhp29: Not to nit pick but what about books that weight between 15 and 16 Oz?

I wish we has metric oz because they only go up to about 10 and then turn into something else. Then I wouldn't confuse.
 
thisispete
2007-08-23 11:02:39 PM  
Meh, I didn't get it. But I grew up under the metric system. I'll leave you Americans to worry about how many hogsheads are in a furlong.
 
xbattlewax
2007-08-23 11:09:47 PM  
WOW that translates into approx. 30 hours of suck!

Everybody knows Hollywood will fark up a wet dream if given a chance.
 
aharown
2007-08-24 3:01:07 AM  
I read them when I was a kid. They were great stuff in second grade. I'm sure they wouldn't hold up to a second read 20 years later.
 
e lo
2007-08-24 11:09:33 AM  
Bring on Tik-Tok! He was my favorite character when I was a kid. Too bad the movies will be a pile of suck.
 
veale728
2007-08-24 12:00:44 PM  
OtitisMEDIA: Well, now, you're a super-special person then, aren't you. Good for you.

He's also a TFer. Even more special.
 
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