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* [[Older Than They Think]]: Movie fans are often surprised to learn that ''The Wizard of Oz'' is based on a book that was published in 1900 and the book had ''sequels'' published over the span of 50 years.
** Similarly, many fans of the movie are unaware that it's actually the ''third'' film adaptation of the book to hit theaters--the first was a short film that came out in 1910, and the second was a silent movie starring [[Oliver Hardy]] that came out in 1925.
* [[The Problem with Licensed Games]]: The [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System]] adaptation has a lot of clunky controls and gameplay, most notably with trying to jump on platforms only to fall through them, and the Tin Man unable to duck, run or jump. This is all lampshaded by [[The Angry Video Game Nerd]] in [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HTLUOgP21UY his review] on the adaptation (which, surprisingly, [https://web.archive.org/web/20111215075258/http://cinemassacre.com/2008/08/04/dark-side-of-the-nerd/ can be synched in correct timing to the first four songs of] [[Pink Floyd]]'s ''[[The Dark Side of the Moon]]'' in reference to the film soundtrack synching [[Urban Legends]]).
* [[Vindicated by History]]: While it did okay when it first came out, much of the movie's popularity was gained in the 1950s with yearly telecasts. Some serious film critics even consider it to be superior to ''[[Gone with the Wind]]'', which was released (and won the Best Picture Oscar) the same year.
* [[Visual Effects of Awesome (Sugar Wiki)|Visual Effects of Awesome]]: The twister scene still holds up quite well even by today's standards.
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