#return of the king 1980

[hopeless-eccentric]

an incomplete list of reasons why the 1980 animated rotk is fucking unmatched

- all the hobbits have british accents except pippin, who speaks like a born and raised new yorker

- the first 10-15ish minutes are a musical recap of the first two installments because, fun fact, this was the follow up to a movie that covered fellowship and about half of two towers and nothing else so most of two towers is just completely left out

- theoden was voiced by the original voice of scooby doo

- gollum is a little green frog

- it’s a musical, but instead of using any songs tolkien wrote (lyrics and melodies, which are out there somewhere, so that’s a fun fact!), they wrote their own, including disco BANGER Where There’s A Whip There’s A Way

- the witch king sounds exactly like skeletor

- the scene with eowyn and the witch king is done BIZARRELY well

- elrond is also a weird little frog (as opposed to the 1978 fellowship/two towers movie, where he was essentially just a guy)

- aragorn has pants in this one, unlike its predecessor

-legolas and gimli are entirely cut for time, though there’s still time for a dream sequence in which Sam fantasizes about a better, kinder world where his nextdoor neighbors in the shire are whimsical gay orcs

- faramir isnt in it, so denethor just kinda sets himself on fire for fun

#return of the king 1980 #rotk #lotr #lord of the rings #i watched this at 1am waiting for my roommates to get back from a party #if thats not the story of my college experience

[its-to-the-death]

Villain Song Showdown Preliminary Round #14

Top two will make it into the bracket

The Evillious Chronicles only has one spot left though.

Mod comment: Thinking back on it, I should have grouped the Return of the King song with the Ring motif but it's a little late for that.

Songs below the cut

There Ain't Nothin' But Bad Days Ahead - Villain: Zelda

Where There's a Whip, There's a Way - Villain: The Orcs

Mobile Suit Battle - Villain: The Titans (picture is the link)

Gallant Char - Villain: Char Aznable (picture is the link)

The Cask of Amontillado - Villain: Montresor

Hell's Vengeance Boils in My Heart - Villain: The Queen of the Night

The Tale of Enbizaka - Villain: Kayo Sudou (portrayed and performed by Megurine Luka)

The Madness of Duke Venomania - Villain: Duke Sateriasis Venomania (portrayed and performed by Gackpo)

Judgment of Corruption - Villain: Gallerian Marlon (portrayed and performed by KAITO)

#villain song showdown #preliminary round #return of the king #return of the king 1980 #the swan princess #the swan princess mystery of the enchanted treasure #mobile suit zeta gundam #mobile suit gundam #tales of imagination #the alan parsons project #the magic flute #the evillious chronicles #kaito vocaloid #megurine luka #gackpo #tournament poll

[eggfruitart]

Do you think I’m joking when I say that The Hobbit and Return of the King Rankin Bass and the LOTR live action movies are Cinema to me. Fucker.

#2021 #eggfruitart #artists on tumblr #fanfruitart #lotr #lotr fanart #lotr rankin bass #the hobbit 1977 #hobbit love #return of the king 1980 #lotr frodo #lotr sam #they’re supposed to be a blend of the live action and rankin bass depictions :3 #trackpad

[yourstormthlaylirahh]

ok the bits focusing just on sam and frodo are actually quite enjoyable

#its all very heartwearming how they take turns supporting each other and cajoling each other onwards #*heartwarming #return of the king 1980 #emilys fandom thoughts

[ilovemarkhamill]

The Luke Skywalker Jedi man posing next to a fireplace! ✨His bell bottoms are too long and folded over because he is short and I love that for him! 😍🥹 Short King! 👑🤴🏼

(Photo not mine. I believe the pic is from EBay)

#mark hamill #young mark hamill #luke skywalker #star wars #1970s #70s #80s #empire strikes back #return of the jedi #1980s #I wanna be that fireplace #short king

[atomic-chronoscaph]

Gandalf the White - The Return of the King (1980)

#the return of the king #the lord of the rings #gandalf the white #j.r.r. tolkien #rankin bass productions #middle-earth #animation cels #80s tv movies #animated features #1980s #1980

[cityoftheangelllls]

I'm on a Rankin/Bass Tolkien kick again!

Here is a little screencap redraw for the animated Return of the King that's been a loooooooooooong time in the making because I'm lazy

#my art #angie's scribbles #tolkien #jrr tolkien #jirt #tolkien fanart #lotr #lotr fanart #the return of the king #the return of the king 1980 #rankin bass #rankin bass tolkien #rankin bass return of the king #frodo baggins #samwise gamgee #sam gamgee #samfro #hobbits #topcraft #lord of the rings #screencap redraw

[koopa27plushyt]

Orion in the Rankin/Bass Middle Earth Style

#orion and the dark #orion #rankin bass #1977 hobbit #rankin/bass #1980 return of the king #my art <3 #my artwork #my art

[quipxotic]

“Where There’s a Whip, There’s a Way” (The Return of the King, 1980)

And while I’m stumbling down memory lane, have this one too.

#The Return of the King #JRR Tolkien #music #1980s #videos #samwise gamgee #frodo baggins

[legoyass]

BILBO IN THE RETURN OF THE KING (1980) MY BELOVED

#blorbo baggins #blorbo #hes so skrunkly #my little meow meow #lotr #the hobbit #lord of the rings #return of the king #return of the king (1980) #no one in tolkienverse is straight #bilbo #bilbo baggins

[its-to-the-death]

Villain Song Showdown Bracket E Round 1

Lost in Thoughts All Alone (Fire Emblem: Fates) - Villain: Anankos

Where There's a Whip, There's a Way (Return of the King 1980) - Villain: The Orcs

#villain song showdown #vss bracket e #villain song showdown round 1 #fire emblem #fire emblem fates #return of the king #return of the king 1980 #tournament poll

[frodo-of-the-nine-fingers]

NOW THAT YEARS HAVE SLIPPED AWAY LEAVING FRIENDS WITH GENTLE PAIN AS THEY START ANOTHER DAY ROADS I TRAVELED I MUST LEAVE FOR I'VE TURNED THE FINAL BEND WEEP NOT EMPTY TEARS BUT GRIEVE AS THE ROAD COMES TO AN END IT'S SO EASY NOT TO TRY LET THE WORLD GO DRIFTING BY IF YOU NEVER SAY HELLO YOU WON'T HAVE TO SAY GOODBYE

#screaming and throwing up #the return of the king 1980 #rankin bass lotr #lotr #lotr a thesis statement #when they hit you in the end with the 'it's so easy not to try'

[yourstormthlaylirahh]

Another adaptation where the don't show how years later Sam also left from the Grey Havens and reunited with Frodo?

#return of the king 1980 #i did actually quite like this #the parts with sam and frodo were good as soon as they reunited even if the rest still felt too expositionary and dull #theres a lot of stuff going on when you arent given times or scenes to care for the characters in them #but i thought finally #finally id have an adaptation that includes one of the most important things to me #but no #i dont get nice things #emilys fandom thoughts

[ilovemarkhamill]

He’s 5 foot 7.5 feet tall! Short king! 😊 👑 Mark Hamill is kinda average height but I still call him a short king! Luke is apparently canonically 5 ft 6 so the 5 ft 7.5 height isn’t far off. Love my short king! 👑😁🎉

#young mark hamill #mark hamill #luke skywalker #star wars #empire strikes back #a new hope #i’m obsessed with mark hamill and i’m not sorry! #rotj #the return of the jedi #return of the jedi #70s #he’s so sexy ahhhhhh #1980s #short king

[amarrymeinbostonwriter]

The books I read in May 2022! 

Some of these (Fried Green Tomatoes, Sexual/Textual Politics, and Carrie) were for a Gender Studies class I was taking for my grad degree. The rest of these were books I read because I wanted to, unrelated to my studies. My final for this class was related to The Handmaid’s Tale, which I read in April for this same class. 

I wanted to read The Testaments after spending so much time on The Handmaid’s Tale with the paper. It wasn’t what I expected. 

I picked up Wild Game when I saw it at the local used book store because my Writing Professor at one of my previous schools recommended it. He knew the author personally too. It’s a memoir of a young woman who helps her mother conduct an affair.  

The Return of the Solider is about a solider who loses part of his memories in WWI as a result of trauma and it’s told from his cousin’s perspective. Rebecca West wrote this during the war and it was published in 1918. I wanted to read more WWI and historic fiction since one of my writing projects has the war as one of the settings. 

I started reading Heartstopper. I read the first book earlier this year and I have the third one coming in the mail soon. The comic is still cute where I’m reading but I was warned by a friend that it’s going to get much heavier soon. 

Female Husbands was a book I’ve been wanting to read for a while and finally got to this month. The book is about the history of trans men, butch lesbians and bisexual women who identified as men in the past (mostly the 18th and 19th centuries in the UK and US) to live as men and usually marry a woman. Because it’s a pretty wide case study and I can’t speak for the dead (a controversial issue when identifying LGBT people in the past), it’s impossible to tell what some of the people would identify as if they were alive today, given the different terminology we have now. The book’s title comes from a historic term given to this community. I found their stories compelling. It was one of the better books I read last month.

The Jane Austen Society was good too. I finally got around to this one as well (I’ve been trying to read from my shelves without buying more new books and somewhat succeeded). Set in the 1940s following WWII, in a small town where Jane Austen once lived, some fans of Jane Austen come together to try to preserve some of her life to create a museum in her honor. There’s drama between the members of the society (several romances). There’s a sequel out too that involves one of the main characters. I’m looking forward to that.

#carrie is probably one of the worst books I've read in a while #King compares most of the female characters to animals multiple times throughout the book :/ #most of the other books here were 4-5 stars #sexual/textual politics is very old and is critiquing 2nd wave feminism #I wished we studied newer articles since everything was from the 70s or 80s #I like learning about history but A LOT has happened since the 1980s... #books #bookblr #LGBT lit and historic fiction are two of my genres #read in 2022 #the jane austen society #female husbands #fried green tomatoes at the whistlestop cafe #the return of the soldier #the testaments #wild games #mychatter #maybe I'll start doing some bookblr content since I read fairly often #I have to for my degree but also because I love it #romance #LGBT lit #LGBT history #feminism #women's literature #women writers #may 2022

[msjansaccountant]

Hey y'all!

Today I'm going to give an abridged review of a scene from a movie that is very near and dear to my heart. I'll be discussing the "where there's a whip, there's a way" scene from the 1980 animated adaptation of The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King.

Before we jump into it, I'll just say that this scene is a 10/10. Fucking brilliant. It is peerless, and nothing before or after will ever match its quality.

The scene starts with a relentlessly groovy synth bass line as we transition to a procession of singing orcs. For those of you weaned on the teat of Peter Jackson's trilogy, you might find singing orcs to be a bit befuddling. I did too, until I actually read the books and found out that they're chock-a-block with cunts singing about anything and everything.

Which brings me to a side tangent.

I hate the songs in The Lord of the Rings. Not that I'm against music, not at all, I'm just against songs in books. My issue is that I have to invent the melody I think best fits what I'm reading. And let me tell you, the melodies I invent are shit house. Everytime I have to read another one of Tolkien's songs I'm reminded by my own musical inadequacies.

Anyways, back to the regular scheduled programming

Skipping ahead a bit (the first minute and a half of this scene is just orcs whining about how they don't wanna go to war). We find our good pals, Frodo and Sam, sleeping on a rock. And boy oh boy are they fucked looking. Whoever designed the hobbits in these animated movies really went ham with these hobbits, creating some of the most foul creatures I've ever laid eyes upon.

I feel sick just looking at Bilbo. It's the eyes that really frighten me. Anyways, shock horror, the boys wake up to broad daylight and, oh no! The Lord of the lash thinks they're orcs and is getting them to march.

We're then treated to another solid 20 seconds of orcs singing the same shit. Then Samwise comes out with an absolute scathing remark, saying "I'd rather be singing a good old Hobbit song myself." Fuck yes Sam. Tell it like it is.

The orc army comes to a fork in the road at the same time as an army of Easterlings (I'm assuming they're Easterlings, I might be wrong). The Easterling general pushes over the Lord of the lash, telling him that men get to march before orcs. For some reason the Lord of the lash, instead of fighting back like orcs always do, gets all coy and submissive and is like "🥺👉👈 okay".

Then Sam, ever the shit stirrer, decides to take advantage of the racial tension between the orcs and men to goad the Lord of the lash into starting a fucking race war. He does this ostensibly to create a diversion so him and Frodo can slip away, but I can't shake the feeling that he did this out of some sick, sadistic desire to watch the world burn.

The scene ends with Sam and Frodo running away as we see glimpses of the devastation wrought by Sam play out in the background.

Well, that wasn't really a review so much as it was a retelling of what happened. I guess I'll give my actual review here.

I do really think the song is groovy as shit. It's catchy, the whip sound effect slaps, the choir sounds great. I think the mood of the song is a bit strange though; I never really thought of the orcs as resenting being sent to war. War kind of seemed like their favourite thing (to me at least). I'm also a fan of the voice acting for pretty much everyone, barring the Easterling general. Special credit goes to the whip master, fucking love that guy's voice. I do have to question why, in a movie so strapped for time, they decide to give this scene a full 4 and a half minutes to play out. I have to respect the choice, though, even if I think it's a weird one. Sam starting shit is always funny to see, so that's a big plus.

Once again, I give this scene a 10/10. I probably rewatch it about once a month, and I hope I've visible all of you to do the same.

#lord of the rings #lotr #lord of the rings animated film #samwise gamgee #frodo baggins #the return of the king #the return of the king animated film #the Lord of the lash #the return of the king 1980