Bitter Bakshi - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Kalimac · 03-06-2002, 09:29 PM

Wow, I didn't know there was that much of a backstory to it - I was born in 1979 and didn't even know of the Bakshi version's existence until I got to college and started hanging out with MST3K fans; Bakshi's movie was a favorite for our own, ah, amateur emulations. And very good for that it was, too. I'd just thought the movie was product of simple incompetence, didn't realize that Gandalf going Jack the Ripper in the end there was a gesture. In a way it's comforting because otherwise you're left with the prospec that the filmmaker didn't know any *better* than to make Gandalf into a slasher. <P>OTOH Bakshi should probably just be gracefully silent on this issue. No matter what his intentions or how much the studio screwed up, it takes more than that to produce characters as awful as Sam and Saruman (or Aruman ) or Galadriel, AKA Daphne from "Scooby-Doo." I mean, that was *bad*. I'm sorry, Mr. Bakshi. Please, concentrate on your cinematic successes (and there were plenty) and leave LOTR to Peter Jackson. And, of course, MST3K fans.

03-06-2002, 09:29 PM	#3
Kalimac Candle of the Marshes Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Flyover Country Posts: 780	Wow, I didn't know there was that much of a backstory to it - I was born in 1979 and didn't even know of the Bakshi version's existence until I got to college and started hanging out with MST3K fans; Bakshi's movie was a favorite for our own, ah, amateur emulations. And very good for that it was, too. I'd just thought the movie was product of simple incompetence, didn't realize that Gandalf going Jack the Ripper in the end there was a gesture. In a way it's comforting because otherwise you're left with the prospec that the filmmaker didn't know any better than to make Gandalf into a slasher. <P>OTOH Bakshi should probably just be gracefully silent on this issue. No matter what his intentions or how much the studio screwed up, it takes more than that to produce characters as awful as Sam and Saruman (or Aruman ) or Galadriel, AKA Daphne from "Scooby-Doo." I mean, that was bad. I'm sorry, Mr. Bakshi. Please, concentrate on your cinematic successes (and there were plenty) and leave LOTR to Peter Jackson. And, of course, MST3K fans. __________________ Father, dear Father, if you see fit, We'll send my love to college for one year yet Tie blue ribbons all about his head, To let the ladies know that he's married.