Speaking of TLOTR,
I'd have to include the animated version from 1978...
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Mr. Tea dole-nonce-amuser extraordinaire,
Fri 6 Aug 2004, 11:24,
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Yup. Pretty fair
Although the animated Return of the King from 1980 is infinitely worse.
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TV's Nosemonkey,
Fri 6 Aug 2004, 11:27,
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