The 1966 Hobbit cartoon

[The Sigil]

Curses to the dragon! Curses to Slag!

 

[Jahydin]

Still better than The Battle of Five Armies.

I've learned to enjoy it by pretending it's either Bilbo's first draft that's full of exaggerations or a version of the Hobbit that takes place in the Warhammer universe.

 

[Jahydin]

@Whizbang Dustyboots
How on earth did you come upon this?

Wife and I are pretty geeky when it comes to Tolkien, but honestly never knew this existed!

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

@Whizbang Dustyboots
How on earth did you come upon this?

Wife and I are pretty geeky when it comes to Tolkien, but honestly never knew this existed!

The AV Club had an article about movies produced to hold onto copyrights and this one was completely new to me as well.

 

[Tonguez]

A 1966 version intended mostly to hold onto the rights for producer William L. Snyder. It is not the story you're familiar with.

That was awesome, I think I enjoyed it more the interminably dull Tolkien version

 

[Tonguez]

Honestly, the groans aren't a terrible monster. They don't carry quite the baggage of trolls and turning into old gnarled trees when the sun hits them is pretty great, even if it's a riff on the Hobbit trolls turning to stone.

Evil Ent-Trolls are awesome, gonna use those

 

[Hriston]

This might have been the prequel to the Beatles LotR.

 

[Ryujin]

Evil Ent-Trolls are awesome, gonna use those

Treants with faces.

 

[Hriston]

Another thought, in this version, Gandalf lives in a tower and is looking for the One Ring. It seems like they had decided to conflate him with Saruman.

 

[Hriston]

I like how they left it open for a sequel at the end.