Rankin/Bass

[enismirdal]

Argh my eyes! My brain! Argh!

In the Rankin/Bass version of The Hobbit and ROTK, ladies and gentlement, THIS is King Thranduil of Mirkwood.

All I can say is poor, poor Legolas...

Comments

[dwarrowchild.livejournal.com]

(snorts) Oh, God, I know. My Thranduil muse cried when he saw it. It took us days to get him to come out of his room.

But even with that truly horrid choice of character design, the Rankin/Bass cartoons are far superior to the Ralph Bakshi FotR cartoon. That thing is just... Ugh!!! Brain-explodingly terrible.

"The Hobbit" cartoon is the best of the lot. The only bone of contention I have with it is the character designs for the Wood-Elves and Elrond; otherwise it's cute.

[enismirdal.livejournal.com]

LOL! I actually think the Bakshi was marginally less horrendous - though Boromir in hot pants and a Viking helmet... *squeaks and hides* I'll stick to the eye candy Peter Jackson cast in some of his roles, I think!