As for the flying steampunk-esque flamingos, it was a weak attempt at paying homage to Lewis Carroll's original “Alice's Adventures in Wonderland,” where in a game of croquet “the chief difficulty Alice found at first was in managing her flamingo”. This reference is made when Alice (in SyFy Alice) is unable to control her flamingo and almost crashes into the forest. What's really appalling about the flamingos is how Alice is able to get one to begin with; a suit happens to be checking the engine on his, while the other two fly off. What a lucky break! I wish that scene had been executed better.

There are a few other things you've missed: we learn in Part 1 that her father has been missing for 10 years (and then in Part 2 she tells the doctors she's 10 years old.. so.. she's 20 years old in the miniseries? I find that hard to believe), not decades; you don't mention the Duchess at all in your review of Part 1 (which can be confusing if the reader hasn't watched the miniseries yet). Also, is it so hard to believe that “David” (aka Hatter) is actually Hatter from Wonderland? Although Alice was only missing for an hour, another well known series (Chronicles of Narnia) also has years go by in an alternate world, while it is only seconds in our world. Without seeing a picture of her father from when he was kidnapped (he would have had to age 10 human years x Wonderland time), this explanation is plausible (albeit overused).

While Alice isn't the most amazing thing I've ever watched, I definitely enjoyed it and would watch it again. My only complaint about your critique is that in your rush to brush it off you skip over details that make your depiction inaccurate (whether making Alice sound better or worse than it actually is).