Rankin/Bass still RULE!!!

[zimon66]

Over Thanksgiving weekend, Cartoon Network aired their take on "The Hobbit". I saw this (as a kid) when it first aired back in 1977 during that Thanksgiving weekend. Have seen it a few times since then, but to have it pop-up unexpectedly last week was a wonderful nostalgic surprise.

Can't say the same about CN's tonight offering of Ralph "Rotoscope" Bakshi shitfest "Lord of the Rings", had to turn the channel over to Disney. I have NEVER liked ANY of his adult stuff - it's all so badly done and disappointing. The kid-stuff, on the other hand, is actually good - or rather that's how I remember it (haven't seen any of it for decades).

Anyway, thank the gods he quit animation.

10 bucks says, next weekend will probably be Rankin/Bass "The Return of the King", and that I will watch.

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[howlin-wolf-66.livejournal.com]

[spikesgirl58.livejournal.com]

I loved that version of The Hobbit.

[zimon66]

I got a copy of "The Hobbit - An Illustrated Edition (Rankin-Bass)" solely because of R/B

[spikesgirl58.livejournal.com]

I had a recording of it. Good times!

[spikesgirl58.livejournal.com]

[edgeofthewoods.livejournal.com]

The rotoscoped stuff is SO BORING.

[zimon66]

L-A-Z-Y. The only time it ever worked for me was South Park's spoof of "Heavy Metal"

[chocolate-frapp.livejournal.com]

why does Bakshi!Aragorn look like a native American?
why does Bakshi!Sam look like a developmentally disabled potato?
why does Bakshi!Eowyn look like a tired old housewife?

[zimon66]

Why is Bakshi!Legolas cross-eyed?
Why is Bakshi!Balrog a member of Parliament-Funkadelic?
Why is Bakshi!Gollum channeling Woody Allen?

[chocolate-frapp.livejournal.com]

LOL