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Friday, December 5, 2014

The Return Of The King (1980) - Jennifer Gualdoni

The Return Of The King

1980

Director: Jules Bass, Arthur Rankin Jr

Starring: Orson Bean, John Huston, Roddy McDowall, Casey Kasem, Theodore Bikel, William Conrad, Nellie Bellflower

Not Rated

Oh Sam, what have I said? What have I done?

~Frodo Baggins

Today my guest is Jennifer Gualdoni, or "Jen G" as I tend to refer to her. She's the biggest X-Men fan I know, so of course I bring her on here to do a piece on Lord Of The Rings, right? Anywho, enjoy! And be sure to check out her book reviews on her site www.goddessbnl.com !

Ranking Of The Planet Of The Apes

Ah, the final touches on the Planet Of The Apes franchise retrospective. This is and has always been one of my favorite franchises. While it predates me by 13 years, we've been together a long time. And its really exciting to see this new life and rebirth with a prestigious new franchise that is also pretty popular. There's so much to get from these films old and new (well, maybe not one of them, but its batting a higher average). If you're a person that just has a hard time with older films, I feel bad for you because there's some really rich stuff here you're missing out on. I find something great about almost each one of these (sans 1) that I may have never picked up on before with each new viewing.

Extra: Apes On TV

Before we move on to the next film in the series, I wanted to touch upon the original Apes phenomenon wasn't quite over. In 1974 and 1975, the series took to the small screen. A live action television show and a cartoon were created, both ultimately having the plug pulled on them before they even were able to finish a proper full first season. The films may have been done, but the Apes were implanted on pop culture, and Fox wanted to keep riding that train to Ape-town.