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Message no. 1
From: Bull <chaos@*****.COM>
Subject: Lord of teh Rings (Off SR, but geneal question anyways...)
Date: Mon, 16 Dec 1996 22:53:23 -0500
At 05:11 PM 12/16/96 -0800, you wrote:
>On Mon, 16 Dec 1996, Gurth wrote:
>
>> As real as those orks I saw in the Lord of the Rings movie that I watched
>> yesterday? :)
>>
>Hey, Ralph Bakshi's (sp?) animation in the "Lord of the Rings" and
>"Wizards" is classic!
>
Yeah, you spelled that right...:)

What's Wizards? Did he ever finish the Lord of teh RIngs? I thought he
didn'y, but I could be wrong...
Message no. 2
From: Tim Cooper <tpcooper@***.CSUPOMONA.EDU>
Subject: Re: Lord of teh Rings (Off SR, but geneal question anyways...)
Date: Tue, 17 Dec 1996 01:11:07 -0800
On Mon, 16 Dec 1996, Bull wrote:

> At 05:11 PM 12/16/96 -0800, you wrote:
> >On Mon, 16 Dec 1996, Gurth wrote:
> >
> >> As real as those orks I saw in the Lord of the Rings movie that I watched
> >> yesterday? :)
> >>
> >Hey, Ralph Bakshi's (sp?) animation in the "Lord of the Rings" and
> >"Wizards" is classic!
> >
> Yeah, you spelled that right...:)
>
> What's Wizards? Did he ever finish the Lord of teh RIngs? I thought he
> didn'y, but I could be wrong...
>

The Lord of the Rings is, AFAIK, unfinished... I've heard rumors that
there are actually all three parts but I've only seen the first one on
tape, or on those rare, rare times where it's made it to TV.

Wizards is another one of his animated films. It has no affiliation with
Lord of the Rings, but rather is a really, really cool fantasy (with a tad
of sci-fi thrown in too) adventure. It has IMHO the absolute best ending
I have ever seen...nothing beats it.

If you can find it, rent it.

There's also an RPG based on the whole idea too.

~Tim
Message no. 3
From: Gurth <gurth@******.NL>
Subject: Re: Lord of teh Rings (Off SR, but geneal question anyways.
Date: Tue, 17 Dec 1996 11:36:15 +0100
Tim Cooper said on 1:11/17 Dec 96...

> The Lord of the Rings is, AFAIK, unfinished... I've heard rumors that
> there are actually all three parts but I've only seen the first one on
> tape, or on those rare, rare times where it's made it to TV.

AFAIK there's only one part of it, and that spans the first book and half
of the second, so the full trilogy would take up 2 films and probably
last about 4 hours.

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Message no. 4
From: Calvin Hsieh <u2172778@*******.ACSU.UNSW.EDU.AU>
Subject: Re: Lord of teh Rings (Off SR, but geneal question anyways...)
Date: Tue, 17 Dec 1996 21:53:46 +1100
On Mon, 16 Dec 1996, Bull wrote:

> At 05:11 PM 12/16/96 -0800, you wrote:
> >On Mon, 16 Dec 1996, Gurth wrote:
> >
> >> As real as those orks I saw in the Lord of the Rings movie that I watched
> >> yesterday? :)
> >>
> >Hey, Ralph Bakshi's (sp?) animation in the "Lord of the Rings" and
> >"Wizards" is classic!
> >
> Yeah, you spelled that right...:)
>
> What's Wizards? Did he ever finish the Lord of teh RIngs? I thought he
> didn'y, but I could be wrong...
>

Does anyone remember an animated film called "Flight of the Dragons"? I
loved that film, thought it was the best fantasy animated feature when I
saw it, though that was a long time ago and I was young and innocent...

Shaman
Message no. 5
From: Mark Steedman <M.J.Steedman@***.RGU.AC.UK>
Subject: Re: Lord of teh Rings (Off SR, but geneal question anyways.
Date: Tue, 17 Dec 1996 11:17:09 GMT
Tim Cooper writes
>
> The Lord of the Rings is, AFAIK, unfinished... I've heard rumors that
> there are actually all three parts but I've only seen the first one on
> tape, or on those rare, rare times where it's made it to TV.
>
There are three books but the film covers up to about 1/2 way through
the second one. There was supposed to be a second film to finish it
but that was never made. AFAIK no one else has ever finished the job.

Mark
Message no. 6
From: Autumn / Shatterglass <laughingcrow@****.COM>
Subject: Re: Lord of teh Rings (Off SR, but geneal question anyways...)
Date: Sat, 14 Dec 1996 07:00:12 PST
All three parts of the Lord of the Rings are out there. I have 'Return of
the King'. Oh yeah... And 'Wizards' is just grand....
Message no. 7
From: Spike <u5a77@*****.CS.KEELE.AC.UK>
Subject: Re: Lord of teh Rings (Off SR, but geneal question anyways...)
Date: Tue, 17 Dec 1996 18:44:04 +0000
|
|All three parts of the Lord of the Rings are out there. I have 'Return of
|the King'. Oh yeah... And 'Wizards' is just grand....
|

We're talking about the FILM.

Ralph Bakshi never made part two of the film....
It ended at the Battle of... errrrr... thing.... God, it's years since I
read it......
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Message no. 8
From: Loki <loki@*******.COM>
Subject: Re: Lord of teh Rings (Off SR, but geneal question anyways...)
Date: Tue, 17 Dec 1996 12:07:33 -0000
> Does anyone remember an animated film called "Flight of the Dragons"? I
> loved that film, thought it was the best fantasy animated feature when I
> saw it, though that was a long time ago and I was young and innocent...
>
> Shaman

Yeah, I know what you're talking about. John Ritter does the voice of the
hero. It's a good film.

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Message no. 9
From: Autumn / Shatterglass <laughingcrow@****.COM>
Subject: Re: Lord of teh Rings (Off SR, but geneal question anyways...)
Date: Sat, 14 Dec 1996 11:00:48 PST
I /KNOW/ you're talking about the film... duh.... [chuckles] I won't
vouch for the quality of the animation, or the exact duplication of the
original production staff... But trust me... 'Return of the King'
exists... Even though I can see grounds for wishing that it didn't.
--Autumn
Message no. 10
From: Mike Buckalew <mike_buckalew@******.COM>
Subject: Re: Lord of teh Rings (Off SR, but geneal question anyways...)
Date: Tue, 17 Dec 1996 12:13:18 -0700
>The Lord of the Rings is, AFAIK, unfinished... I've heard rumors that
>there are actually all three parts but I've only seen the first one on
>tape, or on those rare, rare times where it's made it to TV.

The second half of the LotR was finished by Rankin-Bass, not Ralph
Bakshi. These are the same people that made the Hobbit cartoon and most
of the seasonal Christmas specials we get here in the U.S. It was a made
for TV movie and it was really pretty bad. Like the Hobbit, it was done
as a musical, which I think worked well for the Hobbit, but not for the
LotR. About the only thing I can concretely remember is the Orcs in
Mordor singing "When there's a Whip, there's a Way."


Buck
(Mike Buckalew)
buck@******.com

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Message no. 11
From: Vael <ltwiss@********.COM>
Subject: Re: Lord of teh Rings (Off SR, but geneal question anyways.
Date: Tue, 17 Dec 1996 15:40:21 +8
Autumn / Shatterglass on 14 Dec 96 put to email:

> But trust me...
> 'Return of the King' exists... Even though I can see grounds for
> wishing that it didn't.
> --Autumn
>

The worst thing of it all was the background music

[Insert corny ballad music] "The end of the ring...The return of the
king.....a new age has come to the land!....."

Vael
Message no. 12
From: Calvin Hsieh <u2172778@*******.ACSU.UNSW.EDU.AU>
Subject: Re: Lord of teh Rings (Off SR, but geneal question anyways.
Date: Wed, 18 Dec 1996 10:41:42 +1100
On Tue, 17 Dec 1996, Vael wrote:

> Autumn / Shatterglass on 14 Dec 96 put to email:
>
> > But trust me...
> > 'Return of the King' exists... Even though I can see grounds for
> > wishing that it didn't.
> > --Autumn
> >
>
> The worst thing of it all was the background music
>
> [Insert corny ballad music] "The end of the ring...The return of the
> king.....a new age has come to the land!....."

Sounds like my all school song! ;)

Shaman

>
> Vael
>

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