The Steam Engines of Oz

The Steam Engines of Oz (2018) is the final movie of my binge section before I watch Wicked: Part 1 (2024) later this month and it was horrendous.

Positives for The Steam Engines of Oz (2018): THERE ARE NONE!!!!!

Negatives for The Steam Engines of Oz (2018): The animation in this movie looks absolutely atrocious and it is among some of the worst-looking animation I've seen in either movies or television. The story is a mess and it doesn't feel like it's going anything with the characters. The voice acting is horrendous and no one is even trying at all. And finally, the movie doesn't come close to being "So bad, it's good!", it's just plain boring.

Overall, The Steam Engines of Oz (2018) is the worst of the Wizard of Oz movies that I've seen during my binge section and it is one of the worst animated movies of all time.

It's 100 years after The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. Victoria Wright works endlessly to keep the steam engines under Emerald City working. The Witch of the North, Locasta, with her flying monkeys warns Victoria that Tin Man who now runs Emerald City is pushing the world to war as the city keeps expanding its destructive influence. Victoria helps Oscar 'Oz' Diggs escape who turns out to be the Wizard's brother. They meet Magnus, the son of the cowardly lion. They're joined by munchkins.

The animation is low grade CG. The story is a generally flat road movie. The most interesting part is the world construction itself. It's fascinating to see Oz 100 years later. The Tin Man story is intriguing. This does need a better road trip. The quest needs a different starting point. It should start with a munchkin losing its home due to Tin Man's Emerald City and the munchkin would head off to the city. The group would arrive at the city like traveling to the Heart of Darkness. This world is a wonderful world to play in. It just needs some better writing and more grown up CGI.

Watching this abomination with my daughter tonight and it made me feel so angry. I can't believe that this came out only a couple of years ago because it looked worse than toy story one, which came out more than 20 years ago. Unbelievably boring plot and terrible script and dialogue. This is not so much a movie as it is a torture device. Ron Perlman being involved is the icing on the cake, he'll clearly lend his voice for anything, this was probably the worst thing I've ever watched.

Even the worst zombie movie I was forced to watch had more life in it. Brain dead and simply a waste of time. There are not enough words to express how bad this dribble is.

I watched all O'Reilly's animations and its like he go from better to worse, and I mean MUCH worse. Pixies was not bad looking easy pass for DTV title, than was Howard Lovecraft two movies... well... I think its like fan-made, also very obscure material so I was like ooookay. But now THIS. Its OZ for god sake! Can you even try? Why bother with Shatner and Perlman, when my eyes actually bleed from animation. And visuals concept... why Tin Man looks like gorilla? And why... WHY some lions like furries, and some - not. Do the Brave Lion have sex with humans? And yes backgrounds... like in Howard Lovecraft its just desert. I know 3D models cost money, but... its like 2018 now, not 2004. Setting was interesting, though. Idiea of stempunk in Oz is good.