The Land of Oz vs Oz the Prison: An Infographic Comparing The Two...

I saw the Sam Raimi Oz film this weekend and I must say that I was truly impressed. I really liked the way Raimi brought the world of L Frank Baum to life on the screen, with all the visual mastery that we have come to expect from him. But I used to be in love with a different land of Oz... that of the Oswald State Correctional Facility, or OZ from the HBO hit series. That Oz was a bit different... you know, all the raping Aryans and killer inmates kind of make those witches seem a bit passe. I came across this really cool infographic over at Vulture that compares the two lands of Oz and found it quite funny. Hope you guys enjoy it...

Name	Land of Oz.	Oswald State Correctional Facility.
Location	Mysterious, unnamed locale accessible by tornado.	Mysterious, unnamed locale accessible by murder conviction.
Neighborhoods	Munchkinland, Winkie Country, Gillikin Country, Quadling Country, and Emerald City.	A bunch of numbered and lettered cell blocks, death row, solitary confinement, and Emerald City.
Idealistic And Ultimately Powerless Overseer	The Wizard of Oz.	Unit Manager Tim McManus.
Quickest Way to See Him	Follow the yellow brick road.	Violently beat someone so you're thrown into solitary and he comes to yell at you.
Inhabitants	Witches, munchkins, flying monkeys, a plethora of talking animals and normally inanimate humanoids, fairies and other mythical creatures.	The Latinos, The Homeboys, The Muslims, The Aryans, The Irish, and other rapists and murders with no affiliation.
Water Dangers	Can melt witches.	Showers are most popular gang-rape location.
Negative Broom Associations	Wicked witch vehicle.	Broom closet is second or third most popular gang-rape location.
Entertainment	Singing munchkins.	When they put on Macbeth, someone "accidentally" gets murdered during the play.
Ways To Kill Someone	Land a house on them.	Put ground glass in his food in successive meals, slice their neck with sharpened fingernails, crucifixion, to name but a few.
What Happens To The Mentally Challenged?	They get a diploma.	Despite appeals, they still get the death penalty.
What Happens To The Cowardly?	They get a courage medal.	They get: raped; branded with a swastika; addicted to drugs; have their heart, legs, and arms broken; have their family killed; and eventually become insane murderers who bite people's penises off.
Does any inhabitant ever beat then shit on his former Aryan rapist?	No.	Yes.

The Wizard May Be Important To Oz, But I am All About The Witches...

I have been eagerly anticipating the arrival of the plentiful amount of Wizrad of Oz based projects that are due to hit in the next couple of months. As a huge fan of the Skottie Young drawn comic (that header photo is from that series) from marvel, the original novels by L Frank Baum, and the Wicked novels... well, lets just say I love me some stories from the mystical land of Oz. But the classic film changed a bunch of stuff from the books and most of these newer projects planned on showing another side to the source material. The one that stands out the most has to be the Sam Raimi helmed 'Oz the Great And Powerful'. This one gives us James Franco in the titular role of the Wizard (does this guy ever stop working?) and tells us the part of the epic tale of when the Wizard first came to Oz. But it also gives us a glimpse at the wonderful witches of Oz, the ones made all the books & film versions of the land of Oz exciting. The three witches that plan to play a prominent role in this film are played by three killer actresses, and I am sure the they are going to do a great job. Michelle Williams, Mila Kunis, and Rachel Weisz are on deck to play the spell casters... and I can't possibly think of a better group of talented and beautiful actresses to fill the role. The movie hits theaters on March 8th, and I am sure we are going to get blitzed in the press over Super Bowl weekend, but you can meet the witches and take a look at the wonderful world that Sam Raimi has created in a small featurette after the jump....