I moved the posts from the Shibboleth thread "Middle-earth in New Media" to this one so that the discussion was together
If you've ever thought, I love LOTR but I wish I could see an ULTRA low budget Russian film adaptation - I have good news for you!
https://www.slashfilm.com/soviet-lord-o ... EX5jtIh7aw
Russian Version of LOTR Now Online!
Russian Version of LOTR Now Online!
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yovargas wrote:If you've ever thought, I love LOTR but I wish I could see an ULTRA low budget Russian film adaptation - I have good news for you!
https://www.slashfilm.com/soviet-lord-o ... EX5jtIh7aw
Turn on auto-translate to English, it's even better
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was a 2020 planner.
"Does anyone ever think about Denethor, the guy driven to madness by staying up late into the night alone in the dark staring at a flickering device he believed revealed unvarnished truth about the outside word, but which in fact showed mostly manipulated media created by a hostile power committed to portraying nothing but bad news framed in the worst possible way in order to sap hope, courage, and the will to go on? Seems like he's someone we should think about." - Dave_LF
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I watched bits of it.. I'll watch the rest later. The hobbits aren't small, but I guess for a low budget production what can one expect.
I'll watch the rest later. The hobbits aren't small, but I guess for a low budget production what can one expect.My heart is forever in the Shire.
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As I said on B77, it appears to be a filming of a theater production. Which may explain some things, such as the minimal effects.
It doesn't explain Gandalf the Purple. Or the perpetually high Frodo.
Lobelia is awesome, though. And hey, Tom Bombadil and Barrowdowns.
It doesn't explain Gandalf the Purple. Or the perpetually high Frodo.
Lobelia is awesome, though. And hey, Tom Bombadil and Barrowdowns.
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Colbert talked about this in his show!
'You just said "your getting shorter": you've obviously been drinking too much ent-draught and not enough Prim's.' - Jude
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I'm about 90 minutes in and it's growing on me. If you stop thinking about it in terms of PJ's movies, and just expect a theater production for children based on a quirky foreign story, it's actually quite fun.
Not sure how Legolas... just how.
Eta: one thing about televised theater is that it tends to show up close things that are meant to be watched from a distance, on stage. And this is an odd enough hybrid to make that even more glaring.
Not sure how Legolas... just how.
Eta: one thing about televised theater is that it tends to show up close things that are meant to be watched from a distance, on stage. And this is an odd enough hybrid to make that even more glaring.
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Not surprising!!Inanna wrote:Colbert talked about this in his show!
Frelga, it's probably a little easier if one understands Russian. I've been trying to watch it with auto-translate and if I didn't know the story it would be pretty confusing. But yeah, I can see where it works as a theatrical play.
My heart is forever in the Shire.
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It also helps not to have any investment in the source material. Tolkien has been translated into Russian, but was practically unknown even to those like me, who read quite a bit of translated fantasy and science fiction. So it wasn't an adaptation of a generally beloved tale, as something by Astrid Lindgren or Gianni Rodari.
The translation is quite good, IMO. But I can see how not following the language would make the experience even more surreal.
The translation is quite good, IMO. But I can see how not following the language would make the experience even more surreal.
"What a place! What a situation! What kind of man would put a known criminal in charge of a major branch of government? Apart from, say, the average voter."
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I just watched part one.
I wonder if Peter Jackson saw it, because there were some iconic scenes/poses that reminded me of his films. The scene of Goldberry dancing, for example, looked very much like the scene of Rosie dancing.
I must get to bed. I have part two queued up for tomorrow night. Here are direct links, with subtitles, for the first two hours of this TV series.
Part 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vquKyNdgH3s
Part 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oLevCLNnLmg
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There's also The Hobbit, if you are into that. It's less bizarre in that it's clearly a theater for TV production and not the chimera that the other show was, and some of the artistic choices have been made while sober. It also features some excellent actors. But it is very abridged.
And someone in the comments said "They are taking the Hobbits to Leningrad" and it's stuck in my brain.
And someone in the comments said "They are taking the Hobbits to Leningrad" and it's stuck in my brain.
"What a place! What a situation! What kind of man would put a known criminal in charge of a major branch of government? Apart from, say, the average voter."
Terry Pratchett, Going Postal
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Russian Version of LOTR Now Online!
I just found this on FB, and have watched the first 10 minutes. Although definitely not a polished Hollywood style film, it's not bad! (And yes, it has English subtitles for those of you who aren't Frelga... 
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Planning to watch the rest of it sometime soon. I hear Tom Bombadil makes an appearance!
https://nofilmschool.com/soviet-lotr?fb ... hkMLGlYxlg
)Planning to watch the rest of it sometime soon. I hear Tom Bombadil makes an appearance!
https://nofilmschool.com/soviet-lotr?fb ... hkMLGlYxlg
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Lies the seed, that with the sun's love, in the spring becomes The Rose.
And you think that love is only for the lucky and the strong,
Just remember in the winter far beneath the bitter snows,
Lies the seed, that with the sun's love, in the spring becomes The Rose.
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It's hilarious. I wish they'd gone farther with it.
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Like I said in the other thread, if you expect a stage production of a quirky children's tale by an obscure foreign writer, and not Peter Jackson, it's actually quite fun. Although probably one of those things that is better watched not-sober.
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I moved the posts in that thread (which were in the Shibboleth forum thread on Middle-earth in New Media) this thread so that the discussion would be together.
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I just noticed that when I moved the old posts into this thread, it renamed the thread, which is not what happened before the recent update. Sorry about that. I have changed the name back, though I likely killed all discussion.
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