![]() ![]() Tolkien nerds might notice the Minstrel’s preamble claims “The Hobbit” took place during the First Age of Middle-Earth, when Morgoth, a power more greater than Sauron, ravaged the land on a SPIDER THE SIZE OF A VEGAS CASINO.įollowing the first half of the song, Gandalf tells us evil waved over the land “like a festering malignancy” and that Aragorn, the rightful king of Gondor, could not reclaim the throne until the Ring was destroyed. Before Frodo can begin his tale, Gandalf summons forth that most horrible of beasts, Glen Yarbrough, aka: The Minstrel of Gondor. The old Hobbit also wishes to know what became of his magic ring. In between his constant naps, Bilbo notes his nephew Frodo is missing a finger. The film begins in Rivendell on the 129nd birthday of Bilbo Baggins. When that movie floundered, Rakin-Bass picked up the opportunity to conclude the story in its own song-filled way. It’s relevant here because that feature omits the final third of the story. Beorn is completely excised, for example.įollowing “The Hobbit,” maverick animator Ralph Bakshi produced a feature version of “The Lord of the Rings” that I’ll talk about another time. It follows the overall plot of the book, but omits a great deal. In the late 70s, Rakin-Bass, producers of the stop-motion “Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer” specials turned back to animation with their adaptation of “The Hobbit.” True to the book, it features songs. Any excuse I can find to post this will be used whenever possible, but for today, I present it almost in context: ![]()
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