John Boorman’s Lord of the Rings Script Pt. 4: Strangest Ending Ever 

I kind of want to see someone make a cartoon of this just for the sheer fever dream of it, I understand that is very sacrosanct to Tolkien's legacy but I think Amazon has already done that

I'll say this about the Boorman script. At least it would keep me on the edge of my seat to see what is the next batshit crazy thing he thought up. I wouldn't be bored, and it sounds like the movie would not be overly long, either.

The "hamster wheel " is called a windlass & is a common medieval machine used in the building of all medieval castles. But can be used to lift heavy doors etc. Bolton castle near me has one that lifts the portcullis.

I've changed my mind. I would love to have seen this movie become reality, it's hilarious.

These overviews are a treasure. All I do is to thank God, that the John Boorman script never got further :)

In addition to having Shadowfax plowing a field, he should have shown Aragorn planting turnips with Anduril. It would have made the same amount of sense.

I actually think having the orcs near Sam convulse while he's wearing the ring is a cool concept. The ring was designed to dominate the wills of others, so when Sam puts on the ring the orcs can sense a "new master" while at the same time still being under the sway of Sauron. It's like they were getting conflicting signals in their heads and didn't know how to process it. Or maybe I'm just giving Boorman too much credit. I also think the idea of Denethor having the crown tied to his waist could be a reminder that he is just a steward and can't wear the crown himself, but he has to always have it ready to give to the true king at a moment's notice.

Gandalf's tie-dye skills are second only to his fabulous dance moves. (Stalagtites tumble down; stalagmites mount up.)

My word. Can you imagine anyone today, being so arrogant and disrespectful, as to think they can write new and better stories for Tolkien's universe, ignoring what already assists, be it story or character? Couldn't happen, right?

I really enjoy these reviews.

My mom, who has been a huge Tolkien fan for the last 50 years (read the books to my brother & I as kids, rereads the complete works multiple times a year, is now reading them to my father who is going blind), had a Frodo Lives! button on her jean jacket back then. Not sure if she still has the pin (I know the jacket is stored away somewhere, because I wore it during the "I'm a Nineties kid but I want to be a Flower Child!" trend)

15:20 Plainly Theoden's sword was out of ammunition, so he threw it away rather than wasting time reloading!

Oh, man. I am SO glad this didn't get made. It would have been horrifying to see it on the screen. It also may have killed the franchise way back then.

Actually the idea of having the Steward carry a crown is kind of cool. Like Steward Manardil waited with the crown for King Eärnur to come back at any moment and so they just continued carrying it waiting for the King to return. Eventually it also brings the dilemma: when do I stop just carrying it around and just put it on my head instead?

Stalactites have to hold on "tight" otherwise they'll fall. Stalagmites have to be "mighty" to hold up the roof of the cave. That's how I was taught to remember the difference by my grandmother, who taught third grade.

After the first 5 episodes of RoP, the thought that something worse might have been made is enough to cause nightmares!

This has been quite the trip, as Boorman surely intended

Thank heavens this was never made into a movie, can't wait to see you cover the next script!

Spyro Fans: Our movie script is so horrible! Its filled with fetish scenes! (Riderally just a couple of Shrek-style gags) Lord of the Rings fans: Gee...wanna talk about those so-called fetish scenes? (Written to be a acid-trip pseudo porno)

I'll admit, Saruman being consumed by Sauron's will to the point where he's the Mouth is ... actually its a cool idea i can get behind. I prefer it to Saruman not even being in RotK or the shanking he got in the extended cut.

12:30 "Why am I talking more about this, we need to leave Galadriel behind us as qiuckly as possible." I am sorry, I thought this was a Boorman script review, not a Rings of Power review? ( :) )

At least the change of having Eowyn become queen actually came from early drafts of the original novel, unlike almost all of the other changes.

Stalactites stick Tight to the Ceiling, while stalagmites Might stay on the Ground.

Haha what a mess, makes you appreciate the Peter Jackson adaptations.

Thank god this wasn't ever made in a movie. Imagine how Tolkien would react to this script and what his son Cristopher Tolkien would say about it.

28:40 Hey you gotta kill off denethor somehow. Most anime death ever.

This is awful, but at least it's awful in an interesting way. Rings of Power is just a mediocre mess.

If Tolkien saw this he'd probably write another story about a hobbit who decided to move to the big city to sell pipeweed and a man who smoked too much of it 🤣

"The Frodo of the Rings: the One Tower"

The only reference to the Eagles that I remember from this script was an oblique one where Gandalf the White has a hawk land on his arm and regains his memories from it.

Whenever I see adaptations like this that stray so damn far from the source material, I have to ask what the hell was the point? Like, I've seen plenty of adaptations that I love that do, in fact, take quite a few liberties in adapting the source material (some of my go-to examples being _Snowpiercer_ and the _Bourne_ trilogy), but there comes a point where it's twisted to the point where it's almost unrecognizable as an adaptation. Like, if they had changed the names of the characters and settings, made the Ring into something else, and perhaps a few other things, I'd be surprised if anyone could guess that this was supposed to be an adaptation of anything by Tolkien. In any case, thanks for taking us on this journey, because that was quite a wild ride!! Hahaha!!

This would've been a terrible adaptation of Tolkien's novel, but I probably wouldn't have hated it. Chock it up to my love for avant-garde cinema.

Sounds like what Amazon is doing with Rings of Power

I think I have to mark some of my favourite parts 😁 11:10 14:50 Rohirrim flip charge 35:50

Quick question, are the Barbarians of Rohan still in uniform during the battle?

If they could have got the old Carry On cast to do this it would have been awesome! Stupid but awesome non the less.

the hamster wheels are not that weird, it's the historical medieval way of generating a lot of power for heavy machines such as cranes and trebuchets etc.

30:56 This made me LOL so hard 💀 52:33 This also made me die

29:17 Noooooooooo why make it stop!!! Damn, they really went and introduced Éowyn out of literal nowhere, had her kill a Nazgûl only to get immediately s*xually assaulted by Merry (in the middle of the battle!) and then again by Aragorn before everyone decides she's now his queen/piece of tail??? Not gonna address that she's a fucking hero?? Or build up her character at all?? They desecrated her character every bit as aggressively as they did Galadriel! And now Merry's a s*x offender! And Aragorn's also a s*x offender ! Literally I think this script probably is what killed Tolkien, and I feel confident in that assessment because as just a devout fan of Tolkien I can feel my soul leaving my body here. Also at 30:24-"obviously" is a strange choice of words here because the way this shitshow was going, I honestly was fully expecting and bracing myself for Aragorn to marry Arwen anyway.

The Mouth of Sauron of Many Colors

Why didn't he create his own story? What reasoning would someone come up with to plagiarize somebody else's creation? It's bizarre and very off-putting behavior.

From what I understand Boorman used some of the sets and armor designs for this for Excalibur. Just imagine Nichol Williamson as either Denathor or Gandalf!

Tights go down!

Sounds like someone was pent up while writing this script

WTH was that? Thank God it never got made.

Tell me there's a supercut coming our way!

8:52 The word you are looking for is *portcullis* .

Apropos of nothing..... In the movie Excalibur the actress who gets raped by king Arthur's dad, wearing full armour, was John Boorman's daughter

Noice Ghul! Crown on a leash...and then audiences woke up.

Was this going to be a cartoon or live action?

Ha - ha - ha ! Man alive.

Well, I thought it was amusing.

Completely off topic, but can I just say that Tolkien uses a surprisingly high number of semicolons?

Except for the weird sex stuff, I actually really enjoyed this script :D It might've even become one of my go-to adaptations. Then again, I'm not as much of a stickler for adaptations having to steer super close to the original, so admittedly, I'm probably not in the majority on this one. 😅😅😅

This could have actually been an entertaining movie had it been made as a tokusatsu production with Japanese actors at the time. To everyone but the Tolkien family, that is. 😒

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