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So who liked the rankin/bass and Ralph bashki Lotr/hobbit films?
I'm ok with Ralph bashkis lord of the rings it's creatively done.
I just love the animated hobbit, the music, they stay pretty accurate and it's not 6-9 hours long. I kinda like it more than the new hobbit films. I have fair reasons.
 I've actually never seen the rankin bass return if the king film. I've seen bits and pieces but nothing I cared for too much.

But as a comparison to the new peter jackson lotr films, from ascale from 1 to 10 the animated lotr I give 5 and jackson a 15.

What are some thoughts on the cartoon films?
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Re: The Animated lord of the rings films, and the hobbit.
« Reply #1 on: 2014-02-21, 05:14:03 »
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It's been a while since I've seen them. I think I liked the overall animation style of Bakshi's version better....other than those weird, posterized live-action sequences, and the fact that it looked like Aragorn wasn't wearing any pants (he also totally looked like my old art school teacher). Rankin/Bass used mostly Japanese animators, so it looked a little too "anime" for me, but it did have a much more consistent, whimsical, animated feel. That worked really well with the story of The Hobbit. Even if Elrond did have a beard....

But I liked them for what they were; they had their strong points and weak points. Taken in the context that these were from the late 70s, they were fun. Bakshi has John Hurt and Anthony Daniels; Rankin/Bass has William Conrad, Roddy McDowell, and Casey Kasem. So that's kind of cool.
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Re: The Animated lord of the rings films, and the hobbit.
« Reply #2 on: 2014-02-21, 12:26:29 »
all 3 were great. wish they would have gone back and finished the lord of the rings one when they had money, but i enjoy the rankin/bass rotk version too. i've watched these since forever. my kids like them as well.

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Re: The Animated lord of the rings films, and the hobbit.
« Reply #3 on: 2014-02-21, 14:10:13 »
I grew up having seen the Bakshi version (until today, I thought it was the only animated version lol) and I liked it for what it was as it kept me enthralled but I prefer the live action movies.
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Re: The Animated lord of the rings films, and the hobbit.
« Reply #4 on: 2014-02-21, 14:52:13 »

I hadn't seen the cartoon version since I was a kid (so probably not since the late '70s or early '80s), until very recently. My wife and I watched them over the holidays.

I didn't remember how slow they were. Otherwise I liked them.


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Re: The Animated lord of the rings films, and the hobbit.
« Reply #5 on: 2014-02-21, 22:05:06 »
I've actually never watched the cartoon Lord of the Rings, but I've probably seen the Rankin and Bass cartoon of The Hobbit about 3 or 4 hundred times... I watched it all the time when I was a kid, and still have the VHS somewhere.  I've also got it on my pc :)

I have very fond memories of watching The Hobbit while eating nutter butter cookies and drinking cranberry juice as a kid... haha, don't knock it til you try it!
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Re: The Animated lord of the rings films, and the hobbit.
« Reply #6 on: 2014-02-22, 03:49:03 »
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I think my favorite of the 3 was the Hobbit.
And until the part 3 of the Jackson comes out( I'll have to see)
I still line the animated hobbit just a smidge better. I also grew up with the hobbit game as well which a lot of its design for characters seemed to co-inside with the animated movie.(that hobbit game in early 2000)
Aragon in the bashki one looked Native American. Boromir was a Viking. Balrog seen was funny, Sam was creepy! No pants!!!!!!!
I still liked it though.

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Re: The Animated lord of the rings films, and the hobbit.
« Reply #7 on: 2014-02-23, 14:07:59 »
i remember always watching these cartoons when i was sick as a kid. i had strep throat a lot so mom would go to video den and rent them for me till i had "off sight back up" versions of my own on vhs