They're deliciously CREEPY.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 24 | March 29, 2023 6:28 AM |
Those things terrified me as a kid. It's the primary reason I never enjoyed The Wizard of Oz.
| by Anonymous | reply 1 | March 29, 2023 4:02 AM |
Most kids I knew found the flying monkeys terrifying, including me.
| by Anonymous | reply 2 | March 29, 2023 4:03 AM |
Flying Monkey, Witch and Dorothy
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 3 | March 29, 2023 4:07 AM |
It's interesting that they're in the original book, and there's a chapter-long backstory about how the Wicked Witch is able to command them (against their wishes).
| by Anonymous | reply 4 | March 29, 2023 4:09 AM |
I can't decide which are creepier- The Wizard Of Oz monkeys or the Apes in Planet Of The Apes (1968)
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 5 | March 29, 2023 4:10 AM |
All the technological know-how we have today to create social effects, but they still don't top the magic of 1939's "The Wizard of Oz"
| by Anonymous | reply 6 | March 29, 2023 4:13 AM |
Scared the bejesus out of me
| by Anonymous | reply 7 | March 29, 2023 4:15 AM |
I love them. We have flying monkeys here and I swear to god, if I could get to them. and carry them I would absolutely, without guilt, steal them.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 8 | March 29, 2023 4:18 AM |
OP - Is that photo from a costume test? I wasn’t scared of the monkeys, but If the director had okayed those giant bat wings, I would have run screaming out of the theater.
| by Anonymous | reply 9 | March 29, 2023 4:24 AM |
Wasn’t that the original concept of them? Those were screen tests and costume tests. They went with a different look.
| by Anonymous | reply 10 | March 29, 2023 4:25 AM |
R9- Yes, that was a costume test for the movie. So much care and attention was put into even the most minor characters in the movie. It's the way they built homes in those days or cars- Craftsmanship.
| by Anonymous | reply 11 | March 29, 2023 4:26 AM |
[quote] the Wicked Witch is able to command them (against their wishes)
They must've been weak minded.
| by Anonymous | reply 12 | March 29, 2023 4:27 AM |
Were the flying monkeys a minor character though? They were probably one of the biggest talking points of that movie, and they knew they would be because the idea of them alone is scary, yet alone in 1939.
| by Anonymous | reply 13 | March 29, 2023 4:28 AM |
[quote] We have flying monkeys here and I swear to god, if I could get to them. and carry them I would absolutely
They would be rescue monkeys.
| by Anonymous | reply 14 | March 29, 2023 4:28 AM |
R13- I'm talking about any one of the flying monkeys or the munchkins in the Wizard Of Oz.
| by Anonymous | reply 15 | March 29, 2023 4:29 AM |
So many kids' fairy tales have monsters. Most Kids like scary things. Look at Grimms Fairy Tales. I loved those fairy tales.
| by Anonymous | reply 16 | March 29, 2023 4:35 AM |
My flying monkeys will try to kill you with guns and rhetoric.
| by Anonymous | reply 18 | March 29, 2023 4:38 AM |
Flying monkeys are incredibly sweet and affectionate. I hate how they’re unfairly stereotyped as aggressive or deadly. I recently adopted one, and she’s a total love bug! They’re also amazing with children. That’s why they are known as “the winged nannies.”
| by Anonymous | reply 19 | March 29, 2023 5:03 AM |
Did some of the Munchkin actors also play the flying monkeys?
| by Anonymous | reply 21 | March 29, 2023 5:52 AM |
My fave scene, R21! Even as a child, I knew it was all made up and loved the monkeys. Look at the amazing combination of practical effects; wires, puppets, little people and multiple shots in just a few seconds.
And my favorite line, "That's you all over!"
| by Anonymous | reply 22 | March 29, 2023 6:19 AM |
It looks like the effects crew used windshield wiper motors in the wings. I love the flapping wings!
| by Anonymous | reply 23 | March 29, 2023 6:28 AM |
Gen Z-er sees clip of Wizard of Oz for the first time, runs to internet to tell EVERYONE!
See also the 10CC thread.
| by Anonymous | reply 24 | March 29, 2023 6:28 AM |
