Re: (TV) Lord of the Rings

["Nick Powell" <nick@powelln.freeserve.co.uk>]

I actually quite liked the Bakshi film. I didn't want to see it first of all
as I had my own images in my head of the characters/places in the book. But
I think he did a pretty good job. There was no sequel to it(I think they ran
out of money). If anyone has an original video copy of this I am fairly
reliably informed
that it is one of the 2 most sought after videos in the uk. The other one?
Believe it or not........Cheech & Chong's 'Up In Smoke'!!(I used to see
plenty of copies of that around) Anyway the Bakshi video is supposed to be
worth serious money.
I was also pretty pleased when the twisted Mr Jackson was chosen.
----- Original Message -----
From: Joe Hartley <jh@brainiac.com>
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Sent: Monday, April 10, 2000 10:06 PM
Subject: Re: (TV) Lord of the Rings


> jpontrelli@nallmiller.com wrote:
> > This has nothing to do with tv, but dammit if I'm not excited about the
> > trilogy currently being filmed by director peter jackson.
>
> It'll be interesting, that's for sure.  I remember seeing the LotR
> (really just the Fellowship of the Ring) movie by Ralph Bakshi back in
> '79, and I was a bit disappointed.  I recall it being very dark, both in
> tone and in the filming.  (That is, the film itself was lacking in light,
> and the story was grim.)  There was not, as far as I know, a sequel
> released.
>
> I actually liked the Rankin-Bass cartoon version of The Hobbit, but that
> lends itself to a cartoon/TV movie treatment.
>
>
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