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I really do love that version of ROTK. The Shrike Send a noteboard - 14/11/2017 10:53:50 PM

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They decided to do a live-action version of the Rankin-Bass animated Tolkien features, not a remake the Peter Jackson ones.

Where there's a whip, there's a way...


That song is a good one as was the entire animated film.

The Frodo of the Nine Fingers song from The Hobbit animated version was also spectacular. Pity someone else held the rights to the first two books.

There's a certain melancholy loveliness to the Rankin Bass animations. Flight of the Dragons and The Last Unicorn come to mind immediately. I recently rewatched the latter and it still held up well.

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What would you have them make instead? - 13/11/2017 11:47:34 PM 720 Views
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possible theme music - 14/11/2017 07:34:26 PM 711 Views
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Nicely done *NM* - 15/11/2017 04:35:57 AM 400 Views
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I really do love that version of ROTK. - 14/11/2017 10:53:50 PM 660 Views
It's a guilty pleasure, isn't it? - 15/11/2017 04:25:23 AM 649 Views
I have no guilt. I'm done with guilt over what I do like and don't like! - 15/11/2017 01:12:50 PM 816 Views
I have to admit to being worried. - 15/11/2017 08:46:57 AM 1286 Views
I think we all are. We have been with these characters for decades. - 15/11/2017 01:15:12 PM 667 Views
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So will tens of millions of other people. - 17/11/2017 01:50:36 PM 665 Views

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