QIs this an adaptation of the Alice stories or is it a follow-up?
AThe story is based on and an extension of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1865) and Through the Looking Glass, and What Alice Found There (1872), the two Alice books by English author Lewis Carroll (real name: Charles Lutwidge Dodgson) [1832-1898].
QWhat are the various sizes of Alice throughout the film?
AWhen Alice is tiny, she is three inches high (8 cm). When Alice is small, she is two feet high (61 cm). When Alice is big, she is seven feet high (213 cm).
QWhat do the the various words of Wonderland mean?
A"Glossary of Underland Terms"Bandersnatch- a creature under the control of the Red QueenBrillig- 4 o'clock in the afternoon the time you begin broiling things for dinnerCrims- the central land of UnderlandDownal wyth Bluddy Behg Hid- "Down with the Red Queen" (lit. "down with bloody big head" in Scots), the slogan of the Resistanceezel- high, go upfairfarren- farewell, "May you travel far under fair skies"Frabjous day- the day Alice slays the Jabberwocky and frees Underland from the oppression of the Red Queenfrumious- filthy with a very bad smellFutterwacken- a dance of unbridled joygallymoggers- crazyGribling- the day Alice will return to Underlandguddler's scut- thief's assGummer Slough- a dangerous swamp of thick viscous mudHorunvendush Day- the day the Red Queen took control of UnderlandJabberwocky- a deadly creature, the Red Queen's ultimate weaponJubjub Bird- a flying creature under the control of the Red Queenkiotchyn- heads up, pay attentionnaught for usal- it's no use tryingnoge- go low downnunz- don't go - not now.Oraculum- a Calendar of all the days of Underland, each day having its own title and illustration.orgal- to the leftOutlands- an untamed land to the west of WitzendOutlandish- an old language spoken only in the Outlands adopted by the Underland underground resistance as a secret code in the revolution against the Red Queen.Pishsalver- potion that makes one shrinkQueast- a land to the east, but not in the leastQuillian- the following day after Alice returnssaganistute- a wise person of poetry and visionSalazen Grum- a port city where the Red Queen livesshukrn- excrementsloth- slowlystang- rightslurvish- selfish, self-centeredSnud- southern UnderlandTulgey Wood- a thick wood where Alice meets the JabberwockyUnderland- the real name for the place Alice calls WonderlandUpelkuchen- cake that makes one growslurking urpal slackush scrum- dirty words of the most foul meaning.Witzend- a western land where the Mad Hatter and March Hare were born.yadder- far away - way yadder the Crossling in Snud.zounder- behind you!
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