@@Jess_of_the_Shire The Soviet Union, as well as Kasakhstan, Russia and a load of other USSR successor states, are HUGE. That's why they produced a lot of theatre productions to make people in remote areas able to enjoy theatre. Now take the most expensive theatre production, tape it, and compare the scenes and effects with a low-budget flick. The movie wins. A life-sized photo wallpaper of a castle façade is about the best you can reach on photo-realism, but in a movie, that would be really bad. Both the Hobbit and LotR seem to be such theatre tapings (as well as A LOT of other Soviet films). The only thing you COULD grade these theatre movies upon is the acting - if you speak Russian. The USSR has also "classical" movies, with special effects, filmed on location,... - those hold up quite well. You won't ever be able to tell me there was a better "Three Musketeer"-musical as "D'Artanyan i tri mushketera"; and "Rock and Roll Wolf" is anually shown in Norway at christmas (the English version is IMO the weakest version of the three, Russian, Romanian and English, versions). Grading a Soviet theatre movie like a life-action movie is like saying about your review videos that you are just sitting in a couch and there are no explosions, car chases, horseback riding and MUCH TOO FEW dogs involved.
@@Jess_of_the_ShireI've come across your channel by accident, because I'm studying English and currently reading the LOTR, so I find your content very competent and helpful for my purposes, your reasoning is always profound and sober-minded, and I appreciate it a lot. So, I became very curious, after watching this episode of your perspective on the adaptation of the Tolkien's World, which you thumbnailed "unbelievably bad", if you know any other one, made at those days or earlier, which you could consider "unbelievably good", of course, if there had been any attempts at all.
This has the feeling and look of '80s Doctor Who. Cheesy special effects, a cast clearly selected from near the studio, hokey overwrought villain acting. I'm not complaining.
My main issue with this adaptation is this air of a "fairy taily for the wittle kiddies". The grown soviets clearly had no idea of the geek fantasy culture by this time. So I can imagine what the costume designer said: "Dwarves? Elves? Magic? Ah, so kiddy show then? Sure you don't need Baba Yaga costume with that?" And those morals for children... "Always wash your hands, kiddies!"... (heavy sigh, eyeroll) But all and all it's not that bad if you consider it a low budget amateur tribute to Tolkien. It wasn't a serious thing, it was shown far from the prime time and you could easily miss it (as I did). Some of the actors are big league though! (Bilbo, Gandalf, Galadriel) Actingwise: Bilbo is great! Lobelia Sackville is fairly good. Gandalf is solid good. Frodo is... a sniveling kid? Why? The eagle flight is... I really need to stop laughing. Bombadil is a giant? (but exists!) Barrow Wight feels unnatural in a good way (but I wish she'd stop saying "I'm a Barrow Wight! O-o-O-o-O!") (eyeroll), Methodical and calm Boromir is interesting! Galadriel... hmm... Never imagined Elena Solovei playing her. Aragorn tries to play a Soviet civil war hero and is not very good at it. Saruman is unexpectedly shaven, but doesn't look evil at the first sight, which is good. Orks (Orkz-orkz-orkz!) And no Balrog?! Come on! And the music! Main theme sounds like it was written by Antonov the old-time pop-singer! Can't stop laughing here as well. So personally I didn't like the whole length of it, save a couple of moments, but I wouldn't go hating it either. Anything that tried to promote Tolkien in the Soviet Union deserves some respect.
Guys, that film had almost NO budget; they used all costumes and decorations they could find in the theatre where it was filmed. And they only had 4 horses. It was not meant to be a serious film, it's a theatrical staging for children. I do believe that the crew has put their hearts into it and i appreciate that
@@obscureentertainment8303 it's filmed in 1991 in Soviet Russia. If you don't understand... well, it's good for you, just don't ask why there was only the first LOTR book in USSR.
@@amandahealey2216 "what starts with S and ends with N? Stalin!" Actually, it's more complicated, especially since Tolkien had a lot of christian references in the books, plus the story isn't really revolutionary or "class-war"ish. It was very easy to be censored in USSR if your book wasn't >at least< left-wing or capitalism-condemning.
I enjoy Dillon’s humour more every time I see him in a video haha. Although I know transformers the movie (1986) front to back, you must tell him his unicron voice is fantastic.
This video perfectly illustrates why I love this channel.... Brilliant, witty, funny analysis even after vodka and rats... I mean, where else on the Internet do you get that?
I’ve watched a few vids with vague references to rats, rats in the living room and “rat time” and this is the first reveal they have pet rats. For half a second I thought they had a very acute and specific pest control issue that requires wardrobe changes. Like “welp, the scratching means it’s rat time.. put on the bathrobe and get the shovel..”
I love these types of weird movies, it was made with the budget of like 2, shown once and never saw the light again... that is, until a single copy, a copy that has spent eons stored in a cardboard box, pushed away to the deepest and darkest pits of an arcane archive, forgotten, untouched, while whole civilizations collapse, finally found, ready to see the light of day again and deliver a viewing *Experience*
"And I don't like vodka, so let's crack this puppy open and do a shot!" ... I'm gonna have to question the logic here. ... and I AM Russian, living in Australia. I generally don't drink alcohol. I am definitely questioning your logic here.
Guys, this was made for no budget with hand me down props. Think of this as a british panto of LOTR which was filmed rather than an actual attempt at a 'serious' movie. And amazingly this was still more accurate to the Tolkien lore than Amazon's Billion dollar Rings of Power!
You have to do Fellowship the Musical! The soundtrack is on RUclips, and I bet the creators would provide you a video of one of their performances if you asked.
Thank you for enduring this... movie, so we don't have to. At least you had vodka to ease the pain. now, if you don't mind, I'm going to go raid my liquor cabinet so that I can forget the soviet version exists... --Dan
Hi. Can you discuss the BBC radio adaptations made in 1981? I actually grew up with those way before seeing the Peter Jackson films. There is also the radio drama of the hobbit done in the 1960s.
Это просто спектакль а не фильм мирового уровня Много от него не не требуйте Мне нравится Напоминает детские телепередачи которые я смотрела по телевизору в детстве.
Fun fact, in 1991 before the Soviet Union hit the windshield 40% of residential fires in the city of Moscow were caused by defective TV sets, Specifically the Rubin 74. It's unclear if the Soviet version of Lord of the Rings played any role in this but in the deepest recesses of my twisted soul I really really want it to be true! I would love to get my hands on this version even though there's a non zero chance it will make me autistic.
When I was a kid in the 80s, we had a Rubin TV-set at home, I think it was model 714. I remember the day my grandparents bought it, probably in 85 or 86, and it replaced the old black and white TV. Well, I lived far from moscow, on the border with Poland.)
@@ЗвездыБольшойПротуберанец The statistic about defective TV sets causing 40% of residential fires in Moscow is definitely my all time favorite statistic. Capitalism is definitely evil but at least we can be sure our household appliances aren't actively trying to murder us
@@tominiowa2513 I have no idea. But I don’t think there was a need to use prison labor in this industry. Such products were highly valued and often sold for export, so these factories employed qualified personnel. Although, much of what entered the domestic market was very often defective, which is why people tried to get things that were produced for export. I remember that the word “export” was synonymous with the fact that a thing is of better quality.)
So we’re just going to pretend not to notice that Dillon and the “Tolkien” narrator look very similar… like father and son… same glasses and everything… Okay, cool.
Fun fact: the narrator (Andrey Romanov) is also the composer. They reused all that was reusable 😅 He was also a member of the music band Aquarium. It's leader (Boris Grebenshchikov) is now one of the most prominent opposition artists
At 02:51 in this video: That kind of... Interruption...also occurred in your video about the Finnish adaptation. Now, I know what FIRST pops into my head when I see that. HOWEVER, this being a TOLKIEN ADAPTATION it is NOT what I would expect to SEE in a TOLKIEN ADAPTATION. So...what gives? 🤭
Well, that was a thing. Did I watch the highlight reel? No. Did I know there was a highlight reel? No. Will I watch it now? No. I'd much rather rewatch my DVD of the animated Return of the King. :D
what i can say about the Soviet Lord of the Ring's, i say they did a good job, because as they filmed this movie, the whole Soviet Union were big fan's of The Lord of the Ring's.
This reminds me of nothing so much as Ultraseven, but like, one of the _bad_ episodes of Ultraseven where half of it is shot like a psychedelic music video and the other half is shot like a snuff film, and then the only surviving version is a low-resolution 70s TV rip of the Hawaiian English dub because it was banned for calling the villains the same word used for Hiroshima survivors, so the whole thing just feels like it's going to kill you in seven days.
Well that's a bummer. It's one thing to know something of your own is trash, it's a whole another thing to watch foreign people bash it :) It's not like a "real" TV-movie, it's a televised play made by a group of enthusiastic theatre actors, one musician, etc :) Take a look at an unfinished "Treasures under the Mountain" cartoon here on RUclips, it's an improvement :)
Wait wait wait. Is "two minds without a single thought" a sneaky allusion to the line ("with _but_ a single thought") from _Have His Carcase_ ? Are one or both of you Dorothy Sayers fans??
There od one worst thing than that movie. It is Russian translations of LotR. P.S.I'm sure that drinking Polish boska during watching Russian movie would offend them. That's very good ;) You drank Luksusowa which od made from potatoes, it is realy mild vodka and Russians are still make funny od Poles, that we have potatoes to make a spirits ;)
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I love that this is the only filmed version of the story that includes Tom Bombadil and the Barrow-Wight.
They know what the kids want
And he is the best part with that whacky ass music :D
doesn't the finnish version from the 90s have tom bombadil too?
"What do you think they used for the snow?"
"uh, Russia."
If only I had gotten a film degree, maybe I would be a genius like him
@@Jess_of_the_Shire The Soviet Union, as well as Kasakhstan, Russia and a load of other USSR successor states, are HUGE. That's why they produced a lot of theatre productions to make people in remote areas able to enjoy theatre.
Now take the most expensive theatre production, tape it, and compare the scenes and effects with a low-budget flick. The movie wins. A life-sized photo wallpaper of a castle façade is about the best you can reach on photo-realism, but in a movie, that would be really bad.
Both the Hobbit and LotR seem to be such theatre tapings (as well as A LOT of other Soviet films). The only thing you COULD grade these theatre movies upon is the acting - if you speak Russian.
The USSR has also "classical" movies, with special effects, filmed on location,... - those hold up quite well. You won't ever be able to tell me there was a better "Three Musketeer"-musical as "D'Artanyan i tri mushketera"; and "Rock and Roll Wolf" is anually shown in Norway at christmas (the English version is IMO the weakest version of the three, Russian, Romanian and English, versions).
Grading a Soviet theatre movie like a life-action movie is like saying about your review videos that you are just sitting in a couch and there are no explosions, car chases, horseback riding and MUCH TOO FEW dogs involved.
They nailed the comedy commentary on this one. It was like a good Mystery Science Theatre episode level of quick and witty.
@@Jess_of_the_Shire>>> What is it like to be in the presence of such greatness? 😉🤭
@@Jess_of_the_ShireI've come across your channel by accident, because I'm studying English and currently reading the LOTR, so I find your content very competent and helpful for my purposes, your reasoning is always profound and sober-minded, and I appreciate it a lot. So, I became very curious, after watching this episode of your perspective on the adaptation of the Tolkien's World, which you thumbnailed "unbelievably bad", if you know any other one, made at those days or earlier, which you could consider "unbelievably good", of course, if there had been any attempts at all.
Jess is hammered by the end of this 😂
She could still speak without slurring. Two and a half sheets to the wind.
Both are, lol
Jess is a beautiful lady, and she's even cuter when she's a bit drunk.
9:20 she is vibing to the Soviet pogo!
Hammered hobbits are fun. Know from experience
This has the energy of getting together with friends and making a movie with a video camera, $5, and some halloween costumes
Given the state of the Soviet economy at the time, that's probably all they had.
Yes, most definitly got $5 and a dream vibs to it.
But honestly, after you reach a intoxication level of a russian in the 90s, you will love it.
This has the feeling and look of '80s Doctor Who. Cheesy special effects, a cast clearly selected from near the studio, hokey overwrought villain acting. I'm not complaining.
I tried watching this a year ago and my commitment to that ordeal was slaughtered by that introductory hobbit dance party.
You made an admirable effort
Not enough vodka I guess. Such movies are bearable when you're in a state of singing along in Russian.
Tom Bombadil!!???😂
Thanks so much for reviewing this!
Tom Bombadil was one of the best parts of this special. Big lumberjack vibes
Now watch the finnish adaptation from 1993. A user named "Second Breakfast" has those in his channel and they have subtitles. A masterpiece! :D
Oh I'm definitely checking this out. Thanks for the reccomendation!
@@Jess_of_the_Shire nice! You can also find it just searching finnish lord of the rings. It is named hobitit(hobbits). It's lotr though
The hobbits dancing scene was clearly just the extended cut of “The Safety Dance” by Men Without Hats.
My main issue with this adaptation is this air of a "fairy taily for the wittle kiddies". The grown soviets clearly had no idea of the geek fantasy culture by this time. So I can imagine what the costume designer said: "Dwarves? Elves? Magic? Ah, so kiddy show then? Sure you don't need Baba Yaga costume with that?"
And those morals for children... "Always wash your hands, kiddies!"... (heavy sigh, eyeroll)
But all and all it's not that bad if you consider it a low budget amateur tribute to Tolkien. It wasn't a serious thing, it was shown far from the prime time and you could easily miss it (as I did). Some of the actors are big league though! (Bilbo, Gandalf, Galadriel)
Actingwise: Bilbo is great! Lobelia Sackville is fairly good. Gandalf is solid good. Frodo is... a sniveling kid? Why? The eagle flight is... I really need to stop laughing. Bombadil is a giant? (but exists!) Barrow Wight feels unnatural in a good way (but I wish she'd stop saying "I'm a Barrow Wight! O-o-O-o-O!") (eyeroll), Methodical and calm Boromir is interesting! Galadriel... hmm... Never imagined Elena Solovei playing her. Aragorn tries to play a Soviet civil war hero and is not very good at it. Saruman is unexpectedly shaven, but doesn't look evil at the first sight, which is good. Orks (Orkz-orkz-orkz!) And no Balrog?! Come on!
And the music! Main theme sounds like it was written by Antonov the old-time pop-singer! Can't stop laughing here as well.
So personally I didn't like the whole length of it, save a couple of moments, but I wouldn't go hating it either. Anything that tried to promote Tolkien in the Soviet Union deserves some respect.
Guys, that film had almost NO budget; they used all costumes and decorations they could find in the theatre where it was filmed. And they only had 4 horses.
It was not meant to be a serious film, it's a theatrical staging for children. I do believe that the crew has put their hearts into it and i appreciate that
Did you direct it, or something?
@@obscureentertainment8303 it's filmed in 1991 in Soviet Russia. If you don't understand... well, it's good for you, just don't ask why there was only the first LOTR book in USSR.
Good point. This review is totally out of context.
@@gardares Now I'm asking why... did they think Sauron/Saurman was an allegory for communism or something?
@@amandahealey2216 "what starts with S and ends with N? Stalin!"
Actually, it's more complicated, especially since Tolkien had a lot of christian references in the books, plus the story isn't really revolutionary or "class-war"ish. It was very easy to be censored in USSR if your book wasn't >at least< left-wing or capitalism-condemning.
This is the scariest thing I’ve seen in a very long time. The show, not the reactions.
I enjoy Dillon’s humour more every time I see him in a video haha. Although I know transformers the movie (1986) front to back, you must tell him his unicron voice is fantastic.
The switch-up Jess has at the cut at 8:35 is so real
1:50 im Arab and him saying asallam alaikum before taking a vodka shot killed me LOOOL😂
This video perfectly illustrates why I love this channel.... Brilliant, witty, funny analysis even after vodka and rats... I mean, where else on the Internet do you get that?
I’ve watched a few vids with vague references to rats, rats in the living room and “rat time” and this is the first reveal they have pet rats. For half a second I thought they had a very acute and specific pest control issue that requires wardrobe changes. Like “welp, the scratching means it’s rat time.. put on the bathrobe and get the shovel..”
@Jess_of_the_Shire >>> By the end of this video, the _Vodka_ was clearly taking its toll...😉🤭
That's not a human's face who's wearing the mask. That's a human that the monster just ate.
In Soviet Russia, copyright violate you.
The Soviets had the only screen adaptation of Tom Bombadil, and the USSR collapsed mere months later. Coincidence?
Bombadil *was* in fact also in both the Swedish and the Finnish adaptations.
@@Quirderph Unfortunately, I didn't learn about those until after making this comment. So, there goes that theory. T_T
@@QuirderphAnd now they've joined NATO. Coincidence?
Well, it collapsed because it sucked. And this movie is showing how bad Russian is :-D
This is not a filter. This is but a vapors of vodka, drunk throughout the filming process.
I love these types of weird movies, it was made with the budget of like 2, shown once and never saw the light again... that is, until a single copy, a copy that has spent eons stored in a cardboard box, pushed away to the deepest and darkest pits of an arcane archive, forgotten, untouched, while whole civilizations collapse, finally found, ready to see the light of day again and deliver a viewing *Experience*
"And I don't like vodka, so let's crack this puppy open and do a shot!"
... I'm gonna have to question the logic here.
... and I AM Russian, living in Australia. I generally don't drink alcohol. I am definitely questioning your logic here.
Guys, this was made for no budget with hand me down props. Think of this as a british panto of LOTR which was filmed rather than an actual attempt at a 'serious' movie.
And amazingly this was still more accurate to the Tolkien lore than Amazon's Billion dollar Rings of Power!
See how the sword of Damocles hangs over him...
You have to do Fellowship the Musical! The soundtrack is on RUclips, and I bet the creators would provide you a video of one of their performances if you asked.
i need to watch this with my fiancé. these kinds of movies are his fascination.
That was THE best Kermit impression I've heard in so long
You mean to tell me you missed the whole 9 pages Tolkien wrote dedicated to Frodo's widdling fixation?
Dylan has great comedic skills
Well that was fun from this end. Sorry you had to sit through that lol.
I was fascinated throughout by the Rings in Dillon's glasses.
The causes for the fall of the Soviet Union:
(1) THE CHERNOBYL DISASTER
(2) This Tolkien adaptation.
🤭🤭🤭
Thank you for enduring this... movie, so we don't have to. At least you had vodka to ease the pain. now, if you don't mind, I'm going to go raid my liquor cabinet so that I can forget the soviet version exists... --Dan
I just watched this the other day and it was a lot like homework but in a bad way
This adaptation is still better than Amazon's Rings Of Power 😆
"There are shots like Bilbo trying to resist the power of the Ring..."
(Agonized poopy grunting)
"HRAAAAGH!"
WHO DOES NUMBER TWO WORK FOR?!
8:03 birdemic: shock and terror (2010)
Wow, it turns out I only like *almost* all things Tolkien. Thank you both for suffering through that for me, so that I didn't have to myself.
Why does this remind me of Monty Python and the Holy Grail...
Very becoming haircut for Dillon.
Hi. Can you discuss the BBC radio adaptations made in 1981? I actually grew up with those way before seeing the Peter Jackson films. There is also the radio drama of the hobbit done in the 1960s.
Oh man those are the best. Had no idea the Hobbit had one in the 60's though! Only ever found terribly read audiobooks
At 7:06, from the facial expressions and eye rolls, it appears to be the Soviet Mr. Bean
YESSSS I CAN'T WAIT TO WATCH THIS
That was hilarious. Thanks for showing it. Oscar level acting.
Even the whittling looks low-tech and underproduced.
More Peter Gabriel than Peter Jackson. Terrific.
7:55 вы даже не заметили что САРУМАН здесь похож на профессора КВИРИЛЛА из Гарри Поттера и философского камня
Getting crunk on camera is a very Hobbit thing to do. Bilbo approves.
Это просто спектакль а не фильм мирового уровня
Много от него не не требуйте
Мне нравится
Напоминает детские телепередачи которые я смотрела по телевизору в детстве.
03:55
_Green screen tech was in its early days._
Back then it was blue screen tech.
7:55 Well where there's a whip...
Fun fact, in 1991 before the Soviet Union hit the windshield 40% of residential fires in the city of Moscow were caused by defective TV sets, Specifically the Rubin 74. It's unclear if the Soviet version of Lord of the Rings played any role in this but in the deepest recesses of my twisted soul I really really want it to be true!
I would love to get my hands on this version even though there's a non zero chance it will make me autistic.
When I was a kid in the 80s, we had a Rubin TV-set at home, I think it was model 714. I remember the day my grandparents bought it, probably in 85 or 86, and it replaced the old black and white TV. Well, I lived far from moscow, on the border with Poland.)
@@ЗвездыБольшойПротуберанец The statistic about defective TV sets causing 40% of residential fires in Moscow is definitely my all time favorite statistic. Capitalism is definitely evil but at least we can be sure our household appliances aren't actively trying to murder us
@@ЗвездыБольшойПротуберанец Was that one of the television sets made by prisoners as described by Anatoly Tikhonovich Marchenko in his book?
@@tominiowa2513 I have no idea. But I don’t think there was a need to use prison labor in this industry. Such products were highly valued and often sold for export, so these factories employed qualified personnel. Although, much of what entered the domestic market was very often defective, which is why people tried to get things that were produced for export. I remember that the word “export” was synonymous with the fact that a thing is of better quality.)
Basically community theatre. Can't belive you sat through the whole thing.
So we’re just going to pretend not to notice that Dillon and the “Tolkien” narrator look very similar… like father and son… same glasses and everything… Okay, cool.
Fun fact: the narrator (Andrey Romanov) is also the composer. They reused all that was reusable 😅
He was also a member of the music band Aquarium. It's leader (Boris Grebenshchikov) is now one of the most prominent opposition artists
Jess should do a "Drunk Lord of the Rings/The Hobbit," like Comedy Central does "Drunk History."
Vodka and Mulled Wine, 2 drinks which haven't touched since 2015 New Years ... I got my reasons😄
Loved your video. Brave vodka drinks and all. This Russian Ring seems still better than the scifi-channel Dune from around 2001.
I wonder if this is what the del Toro Hobbit could have been like, just the wackiness and symbolism.
At 02:51 in this video: That kind of... Interruption...also occurred in your video about the Finnish adaptation.
Now, I know what FIRST pops into my head when I see that. HOWEVER, this being a TOLKIEN ADAPTATION it is NOT what I would expect to SEE in a TOLKIEN ADAPTATION.
So...what gives? 🤭
Why do I feel all these old LOTR adaptations are made under the influence of LSD?
It has a similar appearance to the 1970's Japanese TV series Monkey, based on the classic Buddhist Joirney To The West
Well, that was a thing. Did I watch the highlight reel? No. Did I know there was a highlight reel? No. Will I watch it now? No. I'd much rather rewatch my DVD of the animated Return of the King. :D
I made it to 3:43. I'm gonna say sober is not how this should be viewed. At least ya'll had fun.
I love this video. I am so glad you watched it so I don’t have to. Not sure about the rats, and take it from me, vodka is the devil. 🤣
Sooooo I went and watched the trailer for the Adventures of Acela, and I am now dead
2:03 If you'd used gin, you have Tom Collinss. It wouldn't be very Soviet, but it would contain a very English liquor.
thats > Lady ...
1:00 what is the music in the background?
Scary when Vladimir shows up at 5:31.
This is what broke Putin's brain and led to him becoming a power-crazed fanatic.
Скуф, спок
what i can say about the Soviet Lord of the Ring's, i say they did a good job, because as they filmed this movie, the whole Soviet Union were big fan's of The Lord of the Ring's.
This is going to be good.
This reminds me of nothing so much as Ultraseven, but like, one of the _bad_ episodes of Ultraseven where half of it is shot like a psychedelic music video and the other half is shot like a snuff film, and then the only surviving version is a low-resolution 70s TV rip of the Hawaiian English dub because it was banned for calling the villains the same word used for Hiroshima survivors, so the whole thing just feels like it's going to kill you in seven days.
this was a local tv children’s plays series, if im not wrong, so the community theatre vibe is right
Best part of this wasn't anything from the Russian mess of a film, but just watching you descend into drunkeness as it went on. LOL
I respect the effort that the Soviet creators put behind their adaptation
That had the look from the 1970's.
Wow.....I'd drink vodka to if this was all that was on tv.
Представлено Советским киноконструкторским бюро №23.
Late to the game, but I believe this flick has an “R-rated” English dubbed version somewhere on RUclips. Very funny!
Hmm…maybe it was the Hobbit.
Well that's a bummer. It's one thing to know something of your own is trash, it's a whole another thing to watch foreign people bash it :) It's not like a "real" TV-movie, it's a televised play made by a group of enthusiastic theatre actors, one musician, etc :)
Take a look at an unfinished "Treasures under the Mountain" cartoon here on RUclips, it's an improvement :)
I love Rat Time! It’s my favorite time!
Will you also watch the Soviet Hobbit?
"So viet"
"I'm not leaving that in". {Proceeds to leave it in}
You love his corny jokes!
sooooo based on your conclusion I need to trick my Lord of the Rings loving family into watching this with me...for reasons, I mean science!
Wait wait wait.
Is "two minds without a single thought" a sneaky allusion to the line ("with _but_ a single thought") from _Have His Carcase_ ? Are one or both of you Dorothy Sayers fans??
This movie came out at the fall of the Soviet Union and was rediscovered in the year of a global pandemic?
Lucky dude.
There od one worst thing than that movie. It is Russian translations of LotR.
P.S.I'm sure that drinking Polish boska during watching Russian movie would offend them. That's very good ;) You drank Luksusowa which od made from potatoes, it is realy mild vodka and Russians are still make funny od Poles, that we have potatoes to make a spirits ;)
Is it too horrible for even MST3K?
Soviet LotR is still better than the Star Wars Holiday Special.
Hammered Jess is funny.
You like Dillon cause he’s a smartass, don’t you Jess?
The show is watchable if you have enough friends and pipe-weed present to distract one another from the show itself.
Eowyn’s stew recipe please.
I love this for them
You have to talk about the Russian dude who rewrote lord of the rings in the 90s to make sauron out to be the good guy.
You mean the "Black book of Arda"? That was a Russian gal actually. Two gals to be exact. Very... unorthodox book indeed.
Are you going to cover the Soviet Hobbit?