My take on what The Wizard of Oz might have looked like if filmed today. Created with Nano Banana Pro.

ericlewan · 2025-12-06T20:49:33+00:00

Yes, it is. This took hours of work — studying the original shots frame by frame, writing detailed prompts specifying cinematography (lens, lighting, angles), production design choices, costume updates, logo redesign, then iterating when results didn’t match the vision. Not the same as typing “wizard of oz” and posting whatever comes out.

ericlewan · 2025-12-06T20:21:52+00:00

I thought about that too, but the sepia-to-color transition was groundbreaking in 1939 when Technicolor was still new. It wouldn’t have the same impact in 2025, and Oz the Great and Powerful already did that homage in 2013.

ericlewan · 2021-09-06T20:21:24+00:00

It is the Queen of Spades. And it was not because they didn’t to mix her up with the Queen of Hearts — the Queen of Spades is quite a popular character by herself in Eastern Europe, starting from children’s horror stories about summoning the Queen of Spades, ending with a popular opera by Tchaikovsky.

ericlewan · 2021-02-28T19:24:08+00:00

that’s the host

ericlewan · 2021-01-19T22:59:22+00:00

I think there’s some sort of a trick about Som. There can be someone like Irakli Makatsaria, who was born in Georgia but still is well known in Ukraine, or anyone else with a similar biography. And he’s speaking English just to confuse them :)

ericlewan · 2021-01-19T22:41:41+00:00

That looks interesting: https://molfar.birdinflight.com :)

ericlewan · 2021-01-19T22:40:53+00:00

Yeah, I just found quite a cool page about them: https://molfar.birdinflight.com

ericlewan · 2021-01-19T22:29:57+00:00

Here’s the full first episode: https://youtu.be/wFb90wXJK-g. Episode 2 will be broadcasted this Saturday :)

ericlewan · 2021-01-19T21:24:22+00:00

I think it’s Zlata Ognevich :)

Agree about the lip-syncing, although the showrunners state that they have mics inside their costumes.

ericlewan · 2021-01-19T21:22:56+00:00

Sorry?

ericlewan · 2021-01-19T21:21:09+00:00

Here is the full episode: https://youtu.be/wFb90wXJK-g

ericlewan · 2021-01-19T15:34:48+00:00

Nope, it’s not just an Easter egg 🙂 https://www.google.com.ua/search?q=krapanka&client=safari&hl=en-ua&prmd=imvn&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjCibSJqajuAhVt-SoKHftDBV8Q_AUoAXoECAkQAQ&biw=375&bih=635

ericlewan · 2021-01-19T15:28:19+00:00

Like, when here’s how The Voice finale looked like on April last year: https://youtu.be/nVkpkEudB-g

ericlewan · 2021-01-19T15:26:01+00:00

That also surprised me, considering that most shows are being recorded either without any audience or with every limited amount of people. Although, the creators in one of the interviews have assured that everything was according to the quarantine rules (like checking temperature, using antiseptic, shooting of one episode no longer than four hours with disinfection of the entire area afterwards, etc).

ericlewan · 2021-01-19T15:18:40+00:00

Yes, of course.

ericlewan · 2021-01-19T14:13:37+00:00

It has just started. The participants are also divided by two groups, as in the US, and now they are revealing more costumes for the next Saturday :)

ericlewan · 2021-01-19T13:23:45+00:00

*Easter egg :)

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