Hollywood is dead.

[tiny tim]

I wonder when the LOTR remakes are going into production...

The Lord of the Rings has been made into films more than once. Ralph Bakshi was the first one to bring the Lord of the Rings to the Cinema in 1978. The Bakshi version covers part 1 "The Fellowship of the Ring" and some of part 2 "The Two Towers". In 1980 Rankin/Bass made a Lord of the Rings movie that covers part 3 "The Return of the King".

Peter Jackson first heard about the Lord of the Rings by watching the Bakshi version. After he saw the movie he wanted to know more so he read the book that the movie was based on. It was years later when Peter Jackson came out with 3 movies based on J.R.R. Tolkien's book The Lord of the Rings. The Fellowship of the Ring coming out in 2001, The Two Towers coming out in 2002 and The Return of the King coming out in 2003.

 

[vta]

The Lord of the Rings has been made into films more than once. Ralph Bakshi was the first one to bring the Lord of the Rings to the Cinema in 1978. The Bakshi version covers part 1 "The Fellowship of the Ring" and some of part 2 "The Two Towers". In 1980 Rankin/Bass made a Lord of the Rings movie that covers part 3 "The Return of the King".

Peter Jackson first heard about the Lord of the Rings by watching the Bakshi version. After he saw the movie he wanted to know more so he read the book that the movie was based on. It was years later when Peter Jackson came out with 3 movies based on J.R.R. Tolkien's book The Lord of the Rings. The Fellowship of the Ring coming out in 2001, The Two Towers coming out in 2002 and The Return of the King coming out in 2003.

Was it animated or live action?

Plenty of classics are retold and it makes sense, with people having different interpretations of an authors work, e.g. Dracula, multiple Shakespeare plays, etc.

I can see retellings of influential books and stories and I wish the people making movies would actually read more instead of simply watching other people's movies and trying to capitalize on their success or popularity.

From Texas Chainsaw, to that awful Black Christmas movie to Rob Zombie ruining a good classic horror film. Dating back to that lousy Psycho remake. What a waste of film, these guys are farting out.

 

[tiny tim]

Was it animated or live action?

Plenty of classics are retold and it makes sense, with people having different interpretations of an authors work, e.g. Dracula, multiple Shakespeare plays, etc.

I can see retellings of influential books and stories and I wish the people making movies would actually read more instead of simply watching other people's movies and trying to capitalize on their success or popularity.

From Texas Chainsaw, to that awful Black Christmas movie to Rob Zombie ruining a good classic horror film. Dating back to that lousy Psycho remake. What a waste of film, these guys are farting out.

Both the Ralph Bakshi and the Rankin/Bass are animated. Bakshi used rotoscope in his version so it kinda feels like a live action movie (sometimes during the movie it feels closer to a live action movie than other times during the movie).

I like seeing different movie versions that are based on a book. Seeing how different the same characters look in different movie versions and also what parts from the book that each movie will keep and cut out and what changes from the book that each movie version will have and so on.

As for the new Nightmare on Elm Street that people are talking about on this thread. Well I have a $7.50 coupon that came with my 1984 Nightmare on Elm Street Blu-ray so I will for sure be seeing the new Nightmare on Elm Street movie.

 

[Doomsday101]

I've been saying that for years.

Same here. Every blue moon someone comes up with an original thought but for the most part Hollywood is in the recycling business.

I guess we could start calling their movies “Green Movies” :laugh2:

 

[vta]

Both the Ralph Bakshi and the Rankin/Bass are animated. Bakshi used rotoscope in his version so it kinda feels like a live action movie (sometimes during the movie it feels closer to a live action movie than other times during the movie).

I like seeing different movie versions that are based on a book. Seeing how different the same characters look in different movie versions and also what parts from the book that each movie will keep and cut out and what changes from the book that each movie version will have and so on.

As for the new Nightmare on Elm Street that people are talking about on this thread. Well I have a $7.50 coupon that came with my 1984 Nightmare on Elm Street Blu-ray so I will for sure be seeing the new Nightmare on Elm Street movie.

All I remember is this:

Saw it when I was a kid. The Hobbit, which is I guess based on the same thing. Don't know if it was part of a series or not, or what you're referring to.

 

[tiny tim]

All I remember is this:

Saw it when I was a kid. The Hobbit, which is I guess based on the same thing. Don't know if it was part of a series or not, or what you're referring to.

The Hobbit is another story by J.R.R. Tolkien. The Hobbit was published in 1937 in England. In the story of the Hobbit Bilbo finds a ring. In the Lord of the Rings Bilbo leaves the ring to Frodo. The ring turns out to be the one ring made by the Dark Lord Sauron. Since the Lord of the Rings was such a long book it was published in 3 volumes in 1954 to 1955 in England (if a story that long was published today there is a good chance it would be published in one volume).

Anyways the picture you posted is from the Rankin/Bass movie version of the Hobbit that came out in 1977.