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''[[The Lord of the Rings Adaptation Face-Off]]'' is a lengthy essay written by [[
This project is not about telling people that all the adaptations suck or that anyone is stupid for liking any of them. This is all just [[
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* [[Accentuate the Negative]]: Admittely, while the author does admit to several things that [[Ralph Bakshi]] and Rannkin-Bass did well, he by large concentrates most of his energy on the negative aspects of their renditions of the book.
* [[Actually Pretty Funny]]: when an intended humorous moment actually works.
* [[Adaptation Decay]] and [[Adaptation Distillation]]: the work goes out of its way to discuss which is which, and why they do or don't work. Crosses with [[Adaptation
* [[Author Appeal]]: it's made clear from the beginning that the author is a big fan of both [[
* [[Author Tract]]: several times.
* [[Caustic Critic]]: [[Troper/My Little Raptor|My Little Raptor]] is quite harsh in some of his (arguably) deserved criticism of some of the creative choices made by Bakshi and others.
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* [[Disneyfication]]: the author mentions that while it happens a lot in the Rankin-Bass version, even Bakshi makes a few decisions akin to this, such as reducing Sam to odious comic relief.
* [[Eighties Hair]]: pointed out in Frodo and (S)aruman's case.
* [[
* [[Fan Nickname]]: dubs thee Saruman as Santaman.
* [[Ho Yay]]: [[In
* [[Inconsistent Dub]]: the review discusses the screening which let to the [[Executive Meddling]] of changing Saruman's name to Aruman...only to have the characters rever to referring to him as Saruman again half the time.
* [[Jerkass]]: in the Bakshi version, [[My Little Raptor]] describes how the '''entire''' Fellowship treats each other as 'abrasive, disrespect, and unfriendly'.
* [[Lemony Narrator]]: shows some signs of this.
* [[Lighter and Softer]]: heavily criticizes the [[The Return of the King (
* [[Mistakenly Banned]]: I, the author, have gotten into some trouble with this paper before. I was accused of trolling and [[Fan Hater|fan hating]] and was temperarily banned from a forum before everything was cleared up. While it is true that I don't understand why anyone likes Ralph Bakshi's rendition of ''The Lord of the Rings'', I DO NOT hate anyone for it, nor do I think any of you are stupid for liking it. This is not about trolling. This is about expressing my opinion, and nothing more.
* [[
* [[Opinion Myopia]]: that anyone defends the Bakshi rendition baffles the work's author to no end. Not to the point of fan hating, though.
* [[Re Cap]]: reads a lot like something from [[
* [[Sanity Slippage]]: a few times when the [[Adaptation Decay]] gets so bad that it baffles the author to the point of [[Mind Screw|breaking his brain.]]
* [[Sympathy for
* [[Squick]]: has this reaction to the Bakshi version of Samwise several times. In fact, the author, on no uncertain terms, refers to Sam as an unnatural abomination that Gandalf couldn't curse if he wanted.
* [[Too Dumb to Live]]: the author thinks '''everyone''' in the Bakshi rendition is this.
* [[Unreliable Narrator]]: calls both [[Canon Foreigner|The Minstrel of Gondor]] '''and''' Gandalf out for this during the entire [[How We Got Here]] song at the opening of ''[[The Return of the King (
▲* [[TV Tropes (Wiki)|TV Tropes]]: several terms originating from the site are peppered throughout the essay/review/recap.
▲* [[Unreliable Narrator]]: calls both [[Canon Foreigner|The Minstrel of Gondor]] '''and''' Gandalf out for this during the entire [[How We Got Here]] song at the opening of ''[[The Return of the King (Animation)|The Return of the King]]''.
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