Comments | teenygozer: From annlarimer (on LJ), it's THE ANIMATION MEME (woot!)

teenygozer

From annlarimer (on LJ), it's THE ANIMATION MEME (woot!)

Oct 26, 2010 18:38

ANIMATION MEME
- X what you saw
- O what you haven't finished/seen or saw sizable portions
- Bold what you loved
- Italicize what you disliked/hated
- Leave unchanged if neutral

( This way to the animation! )

meme, television, anime

Comments 2

annlarimer October 27 2010, 19:24:05 UTC

The three animated Tolkiens were the reason I was convinced nobody could do a decent movie of LOTR. I was so happy to be proved wrong. R-B's versions aren't great - WTF is it with animation and bad songs? - but they're a million times better than Bakshi's rotoscoped tedium. Ick.

teenygozer October 27 2010, 22:12:39 UTC

You'd think it would be easier to film an animated version than live, wouldn't you? It's hilarious to read the great number of stupid, duh-worthy goofs in the animated version on its IMDb page. I remember watching it in '78 and suddenly realizing that the bad guys various characters kept referring to--Saruman, Alloman, and Aruman--were all the same character. There was no one to keep track of the pronunciation, apparently.

I used to refer to Rankin & Bass as "Rank Bastards" but they did try to do a good job--the problem is, they went into it thinking they were making children's movies, and there's nothing of interest in either movie for an adult. They play like the leeched-of-all-interest, soft-pedaled Saturday morning kiddie programs of the same era.