From what
little I know of the SyFy channel, it is known for its creative – or wacky! – productions.
Inspired by one of their more recent
miniseries, Alice I decided this was
worth a look. Once again, a fantasy lovers dream is nurtured in this crazy
six-hour series (or four-and-a-half hours courtesy of the DVD).
Adventure is
something that Dorothy Gail (Zooey Deschnel) – or DG, as she is commonly known,
is ready to allow for in her life. In fact, she craves something more than the
dusty town she has known since childhood. Her life isn’t dreadful but it is far
from fulfilling her curious personality. Living with her beloved parents’ on
their little farm, her days consist of waitressing and getting caught for
speeding on her motorbike. Tired of the fines, she dreams of taking off to fulfill
her grand notions. Her mother (Gwynyth Walsh) is worried for DG but it is her
father (Kevin McNulty) who seems to understand her best. The two are most
suited. It is he who shares some of life’s most valuable lessons no matter how
tiring they can be, and whom DG confides most in about the nightmares; one of
bears, apples and a woman who is warning DG of a storm. During an unexplained
tornado, their home is invaded by cloaked men with guns; the three barely
escape with their lives and DG is separated from her parents. Waking up in a
forest puzzles DG as do the small dwarf men who suddenly surround her accusing
her of being a spy for the “witch.” Captured by these funny little men, DG is
met with another surprise when she befriends fellow prisoner Glitch (Alan
Cumming), a funny man with half a brain, who still keeps his wits about him.
Escaping when the longcoats come searching, DG and Glitch set out for the
central road to make it to The Outer Zone, where answers may exist… but DG soon
realizes that the witch Azkadellia (Kathleen Robertson) is actively searching
for her capture…
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