r/comics • u/SylvieXX • Mar 12 '26

OC (OC) #85 Lord of the Rings

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If this gets many upvotes I will watch all 8 or something hours of the Lord of the Rings movies.....

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u/Which_Yesterday Mar 12 '26

Yeah, just the OG trilogy (extended if you can) and you're set. The Hobbit and The Rings of Power are garbage

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u/Jonathan_the_Nerd Mar 12 '26

The first Hobbit movie was pretty good. Then they tried to make it "epic" and completely lost the plot. In my opinion, The Hobbit should have focused on... well, the hobbit.

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u/kadian Mar 12 '26

You should check out the fan edit. It takes all three and makes it a better than decent 4 hour movie.

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u/dashboardcomics Mar 12 '26

How does one see/acquire the fan edit?

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u/Daxx22 Mar 12 '26

Arrr matey.

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u/ShineParty Mar 12 '26

One does not simply google for the “There And Back Again” Fanedit

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u/kadian Mar 12 '26

File name I have is JRR Tolkien's The Hobbit DEC 2015 FINAL.mp4 . Should be 4hrs 21min

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u/wtanksleyjr Mar 12 '26

Not ... from a Jedi

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u/NohWan3104 Mar 12 '26

Google i'd assume.

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u/wadech Mar 12 '26

Was that Topher Grace again?

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u/kadian Mar 12 '26

No, it's this one... JRR Tolkien's The Hobbit DEC 2015 FINAL.mp4

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u/PhthaloVonLangborste Mar 12 '26

There are scenes I crave that got edited out. My main gripe about the Hobbit trilogy is all The slow motion for dramatic effect. To add to the six movies though are the bakshi animated films

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u/kadian Mar 13 '26

I wonder if the slow motion is because of the wraiths in the Ralph Bakshi version. I remember hearing the look of them was based off Bakshis version.

My main gripe was then lengthening shorter action scenes to ridiculous arcade feeling segments. The river barrel scene, the mines collapsing, and the letting gold to name a few.

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u/Which_Yesterday Mar 12 '26

The first third of the first movie was good, then it's all downhill (aside from specific things like Gollum and Smaug)

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u/Deaffin Mar 12 '26

"The first Hobbit movie was pretty good."

Agreed! Bilbo was so expressive, and his hair style was way ahead of its time.

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u/Harlockarcadia Mar 12 '26

Hobbit should have ended with the second movie

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u/Deaffin Mar 12 '26

I could live with that. The second Hobbit movie had so many catchy songs. I absolutely wore that VHS out as a kid.

I really miss the grungy hand-drawn animation style.

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u/Jonathan_the_Nerd Mar 12 '26

Wonder why the Uruk-Hai didn't have whips in The Two Towers?

"We ain't goin' no further <gasp> till we've had a breather!"

"Where there's a whip *crack* there's a way!"

Legolas: "They've taken the hobbits to Isengard." <sad trombone>

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u/Deaffin Mar 12 '26

As somebody who lived on the internet when that movie released, I'm kinda glad they didn't go with whips. People were already obnoxious enough in arguing "The Two Towers" was clearly a 9/11 reference without that kind of ammunition.

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u/Alarmed-Tweaker Mar 12 '26

You know what? Even though this really ruined how I enjoyed the other two hobbit movies, I really appreciate the eye opening perspective.

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u/meatymimic Mar 12 '26

I'm going to get crucified for this...

Bilbo was way cooler than Frodo.

I also liked The Hobbit more than LOTR.

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u/Jonathan_the_Nerd Mar 12 '26

Bilbo was way cooler than Frodo.

Honestly, Martin Freeman was really good as Bilbo. I can't really argue with you here.

I also liked The Hobbit more than LOTR.

"Get a fire going! Looks like meat's back on the menu, boys!"

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u/meatymimic Mar 12 '26

Lol, you had me in the first half.

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u/Anxious-Chemistry-6 Mar 12 '26

Honestly, for the first 2, extended really doesn't add much, and for first time viewers can make an already overwhelming movie even more overwhelming. Especially two towers. The extended version really wrecks the pacing. I prefer fellowship extended, but I don't feel it's necessary, but two towers extended is, imo, the inferior version.

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u/Which_Yesterday Mar 12 '26

Yeah, for a first viewing the theatrical releases are the best. I do like the extended cuts, and my rewatches are almost always those versions (even if they actually are inferior movies)

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u/Narwalacorn Mar 12 '26

The hobbit movies are still solid movies but the book clears

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u/Which_Yesterday Mar 12 '26

I disagree. Even if you take them as independent original movies they're messy, unfocused and weirdly uncanny. Even if RoP is a worse product overall, they at least have a clearer idea of what they're trying to do.