2/19/2024 0 Comments Rankin bass lord of the rings the return of the king gollum bites off frodo's finger![]() ![]() While The Hobbit was a mere 78 minutes, The Return of the King at least gets a full 98. So you made The Hobbit and now we’re just gonna skip to the end of The Lord of the Rings? What could possibly go wrong? After Ralph Bakshi got screwed over by the studio and didn’t get to make another Lord of the Rings film, Rankin/Bass decided to give it another go with the third installment in Lord of the Rings, The Return of the King… just The Return of the King. We got a pretty competent, albeit short, TV version of The Hobbitin 1977 and the most hilariously overblown Christmas special of all time in 1979 with Rudolph and Frosty’s Christmas in July. Famous for Christmas specials like Frosty the Snowman and Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, Rankin/Bass expanded their horizons a bit in the late 70’s and onward. There also appears to be a DRAGON of all things flying above one of the castles. He doesn’t have any lines though, and he sure doesn’t seem to look like those Snow White-looking guys on the cover. ![]() ![]() I’m just gonna assume he’s in that processional somewhere. They do not once mount a horse! Is this supposed to imply Frodo is the king who’s returning? (Spoiler: It’s Aragorn.) On either side of them, we have a dwarf. We can assume they are Frodo and Sam, but Frodo and Sam walk the entire film. What happened here? We see two hobbits, who look like none of the hobbits featured in this cartoon. Starring: Orson Bean, John Huston, Roddy McDowallĪlright, I haven’t done this since A Christmas Carol 1982, but I need to rant about this cover before starting the review. ![]()
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