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doug*platypus · 01-02-2003, 06:59 AM

Manwe, you crazy...<P>I watched the LOTR cartoon not long ago at a mate's place. It remains very faithful to the books, but the animation is so terrible that it's kind of hard to watch. And it stops just as Gandalf rides off to Minas Tirith. Word on the street is they planned a sequel but the first one bombed.<P>But the <B>weird</B> thing is, someone told me they know of a really old live-action film of LOTR (unlikely, I know). A lot of the scenes in the cartoon, with Riders of Rohan and Orcs, look like they have been taken from this live-action one and coloured in in places to make them fit into the cartoon!!!

01-02-2003, 06:59 AM	#11
doug*platypus Delver in the Deep Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Aotearoa Posts: 960	Manwe, you crazy...<P>I watched the LOTR cartoon not long ago at a mate's place. It remains very faithful to the books, but the animation is so terrible that it's kind of hard to watch. And it stops just as Gandalf rides off to Minas Tirith. Word on the street is they planned a sequel but the first one bombed.<P>But the <B>weird</B> thing is, someone told me they know of a really old live-action film of LOTR (unlikely, I know). A lot of the scenes in the cartoon, with Riders of Rohan and Orcs, look like they have been taken from this live-action one and coloured in in places to make them fit into the cartoon!!! __________________ But Gwindor answered: 'The doom lies in yourself, not in your name'.