Waiting for the Hero?

So last Saturday we went to see Wreck-it Ralph, a clever and adorable movie which I'm sure I'll be poking at from a feminist angle once I've had the chance to process it a little more. For now, though, I've been thinking about the Oz the Great and Powerful trailer that showed up beforehand. There's a number of interesting details to pick apart here, including the fascination with prequels/backstories that has been so prevalent lately (and maybe-just-maybe sparked by a certain much maligned trilogy of prequels), as well as the idea of casting Oz as the hero in place of Dorothy.

( A humbug will save us... )