#lord of the rings ralph bakshi

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Legolas: Master Gimli, I confess that as we idle in wait for Mithrandir to finally figure out that situation with the gates yonder, I find myself most curiously drawn to you.

Gimli: [Mentally] I'm going to keep my axe poised in plain sight, lest the Elf mistakenly believe me too eager...

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THE LORD OF THE RINGS ORIGINAL RALPH BAKSHI ANIMATION CELS

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Background art from Ralph Bakshi’s The Lord of the Rings (1978)

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THE LORD OF THE RINGS (1978) dir. Ralph Bakshi

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"The Lord of the Rings" The Electric Company Magazine, March 1979

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THE LORD OF THE RINGS (1978)

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Boromir - The Lord of the Rings (1978)

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lotr ‘78 gimleaf you are so so so dear to me

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“The Fellowship of the Ring” Mike Ploog 1978 Illustration for the poster of Ralph Bakshi's “The Lord of the Rings”.

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Ralph Bakshi-The Lord of the Rings (1978 film)

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Some yummy drumsticks from Bakshi's LOTR:

A compilation of what I deem some of the nicest leg shots to be found in Ralph Bakshi's "The Lord of the Rings". Starting, of course, with a couple of features of ol' Longshanks Aragorn, himself...

...And now taking a detour for the Elf on the left, playing the lute, in Rivendell:

... And now a good shot of Boromir's hamstrings:

Despite the gritty solarized footage, Legolas' limbs are getting a good profiling, here:

Back to Aragorn, again:

The Balrog of Moria seems to be rocking some shapely gams, as well:

It would be truly remiss of me to not include Aragorn's high-rise kicking, here:

I agree with Nostalgia Critic about Legolas leaning on poor Pippin like that, but he's flexing rather well while he's at it, so I guess he gets a pass for that:

Can't forget about Lord Celeborn, here:

Boromir get another couple of moments to shine:

And then Aragorn defies solarization to steal the scene, again:

Then Boromir finally gets some more good frames in (For all the screen-time his legs receive, it's hard to find really special examples, and I couldn't bring myself to show frames from when he really starts to get defeated):

But to lighten the mood again, Legolas and Aragorn get some more good attention:

And now, a moment of acknowledgement for... some guys in Eomer's clique:

My personal favourite leg moments for Aragorn and Legolas, respectively:

And here, to close it out, we actually have the frames that inspired this whole post. It turns out that most of the time, the Orcs' legs are either too thin or too hidden - though some of them still stretch well, I'd say - but from the first time I saw this scene, I've always thought that this dude's thighs have it going on:

So, there we have it. There are some other good still-frames, but Tumblr will only allow so many pictures to be in one post, and I didn't want to push it. Plus, a lot of them come from the scenes that some of these were derived from, some very close at hand, in regard to them.

The takeaway is, that the trove of hot guy-thigh material in this film is another thing that gets criminally overlooked. (You know, aside from the relentlessly present "Gondor has no pants" jokes.)

Can we all just do like Kramer and appreciate the scandalously beautiful views?

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Happy Birthday, Samwise Gamgee! 🌷

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Art by Tom Jung for the poster of Ralph Bakshi’s Lord of the Rings (1978)

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GALADRIEL ✧ THE LORD OF THE RINGS (1978)

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The Lord of the Rings (1978)