The lads take a detour into an animated feature this week! "The Lord Of The Rings: The War of the Rohirrim" pushes Tommy and DL to get their anime reps in with a feature that challenges the conventional fantasy epic by emphasizing a Japanese style to a Western Audience.

Oh... and a secret Gandalf appears!

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Time Codes:

Intro0:24.520

What Have You Been Up To?10:12.192

MAIN TOPIC: War of the Rohirrim (2024)25:53.102

Stupid Plot Summary26:56.109

Cast & Crew29:02.050

Goofy IMDB Pic29:38.163

Plot32:16.454

Did it enhance the LOTR vibes?40:47.736

Animation44:59.851

World-Building48:23.490

Action51:59.953

Tones & Themes54:25.732

3 Best & 3 Worst54:50.049

Critical Reception57:37.953

Better or Worse than Aquaman (2018)?59:18.379

** SPOILERS START HERE **1:00:10.860

** SPOILERS END HERE **1:06:52.114

Trivia True or False1:06:52.394

Wrapping Up1:09:19.919

Main Topic:

LOTR War of the Rohirrim shows us a story from a paragraph in the annals and appendices of Tolkien's original work, but Tommy and DL seem to struggle with the animated nature of the work. With a little-known cast, but knowing Peter Jackson is at the helm, it had enough to get them through the door but whether it was an enjoyable experience or not seems to be a balancing act!

Are you the rare breed of Anime-fan/LOTR Lore Nerd? Did the animated NZ landscape put you off the remainder? And do you have a book recommendation for DL? Let us know by contacting us at thepodcastassemble@gmail.com or hitting us up on socials, and we'll give you a shout-out on the pod!

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Sam enjoys Frodo's faces, Aragorn gets a post-war glow-up, Legolas becomes The Riddler and Sauron gets a blinding - what more could you ask for? How about over an hour of Tommy and DL musing on the many endings of the final chapter in the LOTR trilogy?

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Time Codes:

Intro0:23.842

What have you been up to?7:59.839

MAIN TOPIC: LOTR Return of the King18:47.319

Stupid Plot Summary21:22.394

Cast & Crew22:45.886

Plot24:50.293

Trump-Saruman32:26.248

Cinematography and World-Building36:19.292

Alternate Endings?41:28.192

CGI51:02.719

The Ending51:53.367

Tones & Themes1:00:45.301

3 Best & 3 Worst1:01:37.029

Critical Reception1:08:16.450

Better or Worse than Aquaman (2018)?1:08:49.683

Trivia True or False1:09:13.252

Main Topic:

The Return of the King is the action-packed conclusion of the LOTR film series from the early 2000s, and it doesn't disappoint! Described by Tommy as a seminal conclusion, and better than The Two Towers, the pair go back and forth on the good, the bad and the ugly (looking at you, Frodo!) as they close out one of their many and varied anthologies!

Was the copy-paste CGI of the Rohirrim an issue for you? Who do you think should have earned the most money from the series? And where do you reckon Aragorn found Gondor's hair gel stores? Let us know by contacting us at thepodcastassemble@gmail.com or hitting us up on socials, and we'll give you a shout-out on the pod!

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#ianmckellan #lordoftherings #karlurban #legolas #aragorn #gimli #theodenking #lotr #peterjackson #rohirrim

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LOTR The Two Towers is lauded as everyone's favourite movie in the series, but does it hold up 20 years on? This week, Tommy and DL discuss the good, the bad and the wizardly of the classic series from the early 2000s.

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Time Codes:

Intro0:31

What have you been up to?7:08

Red Rising Book 3 *SPOILERS START*11:07

Red Rising Book 3 *SPOILERS END*20:48

MAIN TOPIC: LOTR The Two Towers **FULL SPOILERS**21:03

Stupid Plot Summary23:33

Cast & Crew24:31

Everything just works29:16

CGI34:18

World-Building37:33

Performances38:58

Helm's Deep45:52

Wow, this is really GUD49:34

Tones & Themes53:33

3 Best & 3 Worst55:00

Critical Reception1:00:44

Better or Worse than Aquaman (2018)?1:02:16

Trivia True or False1:03:04

Wrap-Up1:06:50

Main Topic:

The Two Towers has the fellowship broken, following two pairs of hobbits and the man-elf-dwarf dream team on separate journeys to save Middle-Earth.

The cast couldn't be stronger, and the effects more seamless than in this classic. We could write paragraphs here, but we'd prefer Tommy and DL do their thing to give this epic film justice!

Did the action with the Balrog fight throw you off? Were you distracted by Aragorn's wet dream on a long walk? And did you know they were taking the hobbits to Isengard? Let us know by contacting us at thepodcastassemble@gmail.com or hitting us up on socials, and we'll give you a shout-out on the pod!

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#ianmckellan #lordoftherings #karlurban #legolas #aragorn #gimli #eomer #eowyn #theodenking #twotowers

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