Date: Tuesday, 6 March 2012 09:56 am (UTC)From:black_sluggard
The Rankin-Bass cartoons aren't very well known and have kind of a cult following. The company is more famous for its stop-motion cartoons (they did the old holiday specials like Rudolph), though they also did the original ThunderCats. I think was lucky enough that my uncle was a total geek who taped all of these when I was a kid (I think they were originally TV specials).
I know The Last Unicorn is available on DVD because my sister has it, though I don't know how easy it is to get internationally. The Hobbit is more well known I think, so it definitely is, but The Flight of Dragons might be really hard to find.
He does have some eyebrows doesn't he? He played the vampire on the original BBC version of Being Human. Probably the coolest vampire on TV in a very long time...
Yeah, I'm not afraid either. We all know Peter Jackson delivers, and I think Guillermo del Toro contributed to the creature design even though he bowed out of directing (and I just love his creatures so very, very, very much). I can't wit to see what Smaug and the spiders look like. And Beorn! He wasn't in the cartoon, and I remember when I read the book I was all "Why did they leave this guy out, he's awesome!" ^^
I still need to find a way to watch Sherlock. I've already read so much fic of it... >.<
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Date: Tuesday, 6 March 2012 09:56 am (UTC)From:I know The Last Unicorn is available on DVD because my sister has it, though I don't know how easy it is to get internationally. The Hobbit is more well known I think, so it definitely is, but The Flight of Dragons might be really hard to find.
He does have some eyebrows doesn't he? He played the vampire on the original BBC version of Being Human. Probably the coolest vampire on TV in a very long time...
Yeah, I'm not afraid either. We all know Peter Jackson delivers, and I think Guillermo del Toro contributed to the creature design even though he bowed out of directing (and I just love his creatures so very, very, very much). I can't wit to see what Smaug and the spiders look like. And Beorn! He wasn't in the cartoon, and I remember when I read the book I was all "Why did they leave this guy out, he's awesome!" ^^
I still need to find a way to watch Sherlock. I've already read so much fic of it... >.<