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Post by Morgana Le Fay on Oct 5, 2005 16:42:10 GMT -5
Yeah, it's worth a few laughs. Warning, you can get VERY dizzy - it's cartoon overlay on people acting some of the time --- and the camera man didn't do too good a job.
The orcs looked like blue Tusken Raiders to me...
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Post by Hobbit-eyes on Oct 6, 2005 8:45:20 GMT -5
Legolas is Bambi crossed with a Cheerleader.
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Post by Jandalf on Toast on Oct 9, 2005 20:24:56 GMT -5
Well...guess what. I finally found a copy! One of the video rental stores was having a two-for-the-price-of-one deal on used VHSes, and they had Spirited Away as well as the LotR animation. (grins) So I figure I got the LotR one for free. I'm going to watch it tomorrow with Lindo, as she's in town for the weekend. So everyone, cross your fingers and hope we don't get aneurysms from either horror, or laughing too hard.
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Post by Hobbit-eyes on Oct 10, 2005 12:13:45 GMT -5
Oh dear.... poor you.
Keep an eye out for Aragorn tripping over while running along the plains of Rohan. And try to decide who has the shortiest skirt.
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Post by Jandalf on Toast on Oct 11, 2005 16:08:31 GMT -5
(gags)
I hope they were wearing something under those.
I agree with the deduction on Legolas wholeheartedly. Lindo and I decided he looked like a Barbie to boot. No, not a Ken...a Barbie.
Suppose they cut all the dithering/pointless about-to-fight scenes? I'm thinking it would cut an hour off the movie... And I can't believe it ended even before Frodo got to Shelob!! Like I told mon Padawan...my VCR got so depressed, it committed suicide and chewed up the latter half of the tape's credits. It really did. (cracks up)
Oh, the BURNING AGONY.
EDIT: P.S. Galadriel AND Éowyn both looked like Michael Jackson.
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Post by Hobbit-eyes on Oct 13, 2005 11:52:58 GMT -5
Oh yes. Actually, I like to compare Eowyn to the Evil Ice Queen.
The about-to-fight scenes... ahhh... when the Rohirrim and the orcs spend ages yelling at each other, and when one Rohirrim finally does shoot an orc, the lead orc tells them not to return fire!! Strange tactics indeed...
Oh, and didn't you love the film's mantra? If something is magical, it's BRIGHT and SPARKLY!?
I found a Legolas Barbie the other day... seriously, not a Ken, a Barbie. Right along with Eowyn and Arwen Barbie.
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Post by Jandalf on Toast on Oct 14, 2005 19:07:57 GMT -5
(dies laughing)
Yes...behold the powers of ARUMAN...snrk. And his floating background nebula of DOOOOOOM!!
One of the worst things, IMO, was the combination of the animation and the live-shot stuff. Bleah. It looked so crappy...
The horses had glowing blue eyes...
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Post by Tiana, eh? on Oct 16, 2005 2:34:38 GMT -5
That movie is... an abomination. There's nothing else to say... the Hobbit movie's just as bad... AGONY... Gollum looks like a frog... Smaug... well... let's not even start on him!
The POWERS OF 'ARUMAN! And then... Elrond... (nothing left to do but DIE horribly!) Aruman... mwhaha... (tempted to change her name)
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Post by Hobbit-eyes on Oct 16, 2005 13:47:36 GMT -5
But there is one saving grace of the animated LOTR - the facial expressions on some of the characters. Frodo's face when Gandalf throws the Ring in the fire - Aragorn turning round and seeing something shocking - Legolas looking at Sam (such disdain!) - one of the women in the Prancing Pony when Frodo disappears... all priceless.
Don't the uruk-hai look a lot like Tusken Raiders?
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Post by Jandalf on Toast on Oct 18, 2005 17:39:32 GMT -5
Yes...perhaps that is the Tuskens' secret! They're really cheaply-animated Uruk-hai under bandages!
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Post by Tiana, eh? on Oct 18, 2005 23:23:19 GMT -5
And what about the Jawas then, hmmmm? Oh, blast it. Note to self: Do not do that HMMMMm thing again!
Heh. I need to rewatch that movie. I haven't watched it since before I watched ANH the first time, I think... (considers) Which was about five months after I started MEI. Haven't watched the Hobbit one all the way through either, actually, just seen it in blurbs. Ow.
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Post by Hobbit-eyes on Oct 21, 2005 8:56:54 GMT -5
The Jawas are all descendants of animated Wormtongue...
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Post by Tiana, eh? on Oct 21, 2005 19:57:09 GMT -5
Oh... erk? That's about all there is to say...
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Post by Hobbit-eyes on Oct 23, 2005 13:56:28 GMT -5
You could also say, "Operator, get me George Lucas's lawyers." Into a telephone, of course.
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Post by Jandalf on Toast on Oct 27, 2005 2:36:49 GMT -5
Yes, that would be conducive to results. (grins) Although I wonder who they'd put on the line for you. Pablo Hidalgo?
(considers) Come to think of it, the Gandalf in this movie was a lot like how old Ben might have turned out if he'd lost all his marbles while camping out on Tatooine.
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Post by Tiana, eh? on Oct 27, 2005 22:54:05 GMT -5
No! Tom Bombadil is Obi-Wan after he lost all of his marbles on Tatooine! I though it was blanetly obvious... he goes for the kid with brilliant blue eyes, and of course, as a Jedi he wouldn't be allowed to get married, so why else would he go and kidnap Goldberry? He was deprived...
And the control over the Barrow-wight... clearly hidden Force powers!
(tempted to make a post on "Why I think Tom Bombadil is Obi-Wan")
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Post by Hobbit-eyes on Oct 28, 2005 8:27:22 GMT -5
It would be an interesting debate... I personally prefer the debate that Tom Bombadil and the Witch King are the same person.
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Post by Tiana, eh? on Oct 28, 2005 17:55:15 GMT -5
I think, were that the case, he would've taken the Ring, though I found that one very convincing myself. I should try find the URL for that again... Tom and the WK the same.
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Post by Hobbit-eyes on Oct 29, 2005 12:14:25 GMT -5
Ah yes, but... they're never seen together... Tom Bombadil said that he'd 'had an errand he dared not hinder'... there's no mention of Tom Bombadil until about the Second Age, when the Witch King first appears... after the Witch King has been defeated, Tom Bombadil is never seen again...
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Post by Jandalf on Toast on Nov 1, 2005 3:07:02 GMT -5
Oh...oh, the mental image...Obi-Wan in yellow boots... (cracks up) But yes, of course that movie had it all wrong. It had EVERYTHING all wrong. Obi-Wan does fit much better as Bombadil.
...Then we have Witch King Kenobi, or something...
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