Also, check out FIRE AND ICE. One of my favorite cartoon movies as a kid. That and THE LAST UNICORN. They probably don't hold up to this day, though.

A.T.Schlesinger wrote:

Well, I don't know who Jimmy Dean is.  .

You won't get to meet him since he died last year. He hawked his brand of sausage and was a country music singer who had his own show briefly way back when. His biggest hit- hell, probably only hit - was "Big John" which stayed at number one for God knows how long. I'll try to find a link if you don't remember it. Take care. Vern

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KnnHprUG … re=related

PS: Forgot to mention, he also played in the Bond movie "Diamonds Are Forever" as a Howard Hughes type person who 007 had to rescue.

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A.T.Schlesinger wrote:

You people have a very short attention span.

Not true. Now what were you saying? Take care. Vern

Was I whining about AT not responding..? Yea, probably. But don't bring up classic animation unless you wanna talk about it, man! And no, FIRE AND ICE doesn't really hold up to this day. But it holds up a helluva lot better than THE HOBBIT... The animation and music was NOT that special in THE HOBBIT. In fact, if Tolkien were alive he'd be embarrassed by such a rendition. In my opine, that is. I have confidence that Peter Jackson will knock it outta the park next summer. If I should live so long to see it, that is.

Cheers

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I could sing all the lyrics, and I still can, to Big Bad John when I was five. Just thought you'd like to know.

s_thatcher wrote:

dagnee wrote:

I could sing all the lyrics, and I still can, to Big Bad John when I was five. Just thought you'd like to know.

Just a note to let you know I saw your novel (or maybe it was conversations?) in the Random Lines today!! I always love those thrills of seeing 'lines' I recognize. Yay! Did you see it? I wanted in the worst way to let you know, so tracked you down here, because it's where I saw your name.

I always liked the animated Land Before Time movies. That's what I bought for my kids. And Lady and the Tramp. I still have my VHS. And I watched Lady and the Tramp the other day. My son used to bark like a dog wherever I took him. We are Siamee-eese if you please.... Okay.

No, I didn't see it. I love to see my words in print, so I'm sorry I missed it. Thanks for tracking me down!

dags

John Hamler wrote:

I have confidence that Peter Jackson will knock it outta the park next summer.

Unfortunately, I have every confidence Peter Jackson will miss or misinterpret or view in an entirely different context some parts of "The Hobbit" that I find enjoyable, just as he did with the LOTR Trilogy. 

I'll never forgive the guy for leaving out the Scouring of The Shire, the killing of Saruman by Grima and the lack of growth in the characters of Merry and Pippin.  I know they got left out because they didn't lend themselves to eye-popping visuals, which seemed to me to be his focus.  But that's just a matter of my interpretation versus his. 

That doesn't mean I won't go to see the movie when it comes out, but am merely saying I don't expect miracles.  What I really expect is that after seeing "The Hobbit" movie I will want to read "The Hobbit" book again, just like after suffering through three LOTR movies I absolutely HAD to re-read the Trilogy.  The thing I like about reading books as opposed to watching movies made from the stories in those books is that reading leaves you with much better visuals; what you see in your mind is much more pleasing than what you see on the screen.

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The Hobbit is fantastic, i have read it and i am excited for its theatrical release. anyway,  watching movies doesn't entirely removes your passion in reading because personally speaking, directors and film makers had somehow forget to put some "important" events in the novel, so you'll end up thinking "what on earth had happened?" then you'll end up wondering so your choice would "grab the book and read it"

Its proven... I am the living evidence. (lol)