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Hathor
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 Posted: Wed Jul 16, 2003 12:00 pm Post subject: Ralph Bakshi? |
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I went out and bought the Bakshi version of LOTR last night and watched it too.
It hurt me SO much. The pronounciation was dreadful- Lord Sellaborn, Miners Tirith, and Aruman? Huh? Some of the artwork was very pretty, but it didn't look right. After the breaking of the Fellowship, it stopped making sense, Sam looked like Nursie from Blackadder, Galadriel and Eowyn were downirght scary...
Although I did like the Nazgul- it's the only part of the fil I remembered from childhood. And none of the Elven or Mannish character worse pants.  Peter Jackson really should have taken that inspiration. 
Anyone else seen it?
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Viv
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Best reason to watch animated LoTR and RoTK: memorable songs "Frodo of the Nine Fingers" and that oldie-but-goodie "Where There's a Whip, There's a Way".
Actually, as a fan, I didn't like the animations at all. They seem aimed at a much younger audience than the books. I could understand The Hobbit... that, after all, sort of reads like a children's book.
But my guess is that some kids saw the animations then went out and bought the LoTR books... and were sorely disappointed. It's like making a chibi-cute cartoon of Vanity Fair. |
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dolarabee
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| Posted: Wed Jul 16, 2003 9:39 pm Post subject: |
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Never saw it, and from all that I've heard about it, I'd rather not.
I actually read somewhere that the movie, when it was released in the theatres, wasn't even finished. They ran out of money or something. Anyway, people went in to watch it, not knowing there was no ending... how crazy is that?! Then again, it might have been a blessing...
do.
P.S. Some might want to check this out: http://flyingmoose.org/tolksarc/bakshi/bakshi.htm
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Roisin
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I find it kind of odd that the same guy who did C-3PO's voice did Legolas in this movie.
That article is a hoot.
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Faulkner
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I found the animated version kind of scary. It was like some sort of wacked out dream. Except for the Ringwraiths.
I thought the Ringwraiths were cool. They were always my favorite evil guy in the books and movies with the balrog in close second.
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NancyBrooke
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| Posted: Tue Jul 22, 2003 1:38 pm Post subject: Re: Ralph Bakshi? |
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| Hathor wrote: | | I went out and bought the Bakshi version of LOTR last night and watched it too. |
Oh! I'm so sorry you had to go through that! 
I saw this long ago, when it was new though I can't remember if I saw it in the theater. So awful! Boromir looking like a Viking and Aragorn like an American Indian. Truly bizarre ...
Has anyone ever seen "Wizards?" It's another Bakshi film and the most bizarre combination of smurf-like happy harmless animation with sh*t that makes the most R-rated video games look like a walk through the daisies! and anti-semitic, and trippy, and .... well, just don't go see it.
It's too bad things like this can't just be wiped from the public memory.
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