Alice In Wonderland Goes SyFy - Is it Worth the Watch?

I’ll be the first to admit it: I hate remakes - especially of classics. I despise them. There should be a law against them. I believe that actors like Denzel Washington and John Travolta are geniuses. And, although I may have dreamed about a “What If?” film coupling of “Travolta meets Washington,” I loathed the fact that it was done by remaking the classic film The Taking of Pelham One Two Three. So, I boycotted. Cry all you want, but understand this: somethings are sacred. You don’t remake “Pelham” and you don’t remake Bewitched or Land of the Lost. I reiterate: you just don’t! I’ll leave it at that.

However, like most rules, this one does have its exceptions - albeit rare. For instance, two years ago the SyFy released a remake of The Wizard of Oz, entitled Tin Man. I balked at the undertaking at first, but found myself curious. “The Wizard of Oz” is undoubtedly a classic, but a SciFi take on it, if done right, could be quite cool. Sure enough, SyFy ‘Imagined Greater’ and “Tin Man” was just that - greater. The mini-series could never compare to the original, but it didn’t try to be the original. It was a unique take on a classic through the eyes of SciFi. It worked.

Now, SyFy is at it again with “Alice,” a TV mini-series that is surprisingly being released before the 2010 Alice in Wonderland, starring Johnny Depp. Though I question the proximity of the TV mini-series release to the film, I have to say I look forward to it. Sure the Disney version will forever be etched into my soul, but a live-action “Alice” has yet to leave its mark on the public. “Alice” through SyFy could be pretty cool. If done right. Coincidentally, Nick Willing, director of “Tin Man,” is the writer and director of “Alice.” So for now, I am putting my faith in Willing and SyFy and “imagining greater.” Please, don’t let me down.

Check out this clip of “Alice” as she ventures through the Looking Glass:

Starting this Sunday at 8/9c, Syfy will be introducing a entirely new look at Lewis Carroll’s “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland” and “Through the Looking-Glass”.

For this re-imagined adaptation, writer/director Nick Willing mines the bizarre ingenuity and twisted logic of Carroll’s work to create a daringly different, boldly colorful and delightfully skewed dreamscape of his own.