Animation Addicts Podcast - Animated Movie Reviews & Interviews For Disney, Dreamworks, Pixar & Everything In Between!

Morgan, Mason and Chelsea have a rotospective at Ralph Bakshi's 1978 The Lord of the Rings. Highlights ■ Nerdy Couch Discussion: Disney Horses! ■ Why are horses so sassy? Which are our favorites? ■ Non-canonical horses from Enchanted Stables. ■ Main Discussion: Lord of the Rings (1978). ■ A little backstory and bio of Ralph Bakshi. ■ Ralph Bakshi and Don Bluth are some of the only animation directors whose films are seen as their films, instead of the studios. ■ Bakshi's own thoughts on the film. ■ Character design and extreme use of rotoscoping. What is the true definition of rotoscoping? ■ It's hard to talk about this film without referencing Peter Jackson's The Lord of The Rings *cue music*. ■ How to tell someone in the Living Scriptures animated videos are evil...the schnoz! ■ Is one of the ringwraiths wearing a cowboy hat?! ■ It starts losing steam after Moria. The Two Towers sequence is muddy and doesn't hold our attention. ■ "The orcs are vanquished. Saruman is defeated and we saved Middle Early! Roll