Tolkien... but TERRIBLE!? Khraneteli (1991 Soviet Lord of the Rings) Review [Ep 70]

Entertainment of Excellence Podcast

This week we review the... movie(??) Khraniteli (Хранители), aka USSR Lord of the Rings. Broadcast just once in 1991 by Leningrad Television, this masterpiece was thought to be lost media until some lovely person just went and found it didn't they? So yeah, low budget Soviet Lord of the Rings. Oh boy. Well technically it's just The Fellowship of the Ring. Hard to spoil really because everything gets set up then never paid off. In other news Tolkien is turning in his grave. IT HAS TOM BOMBADIL THOUGH!!!!!

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TIMESTAMPS:

0:00 - Intro 0:45 - Synopsis 2:50 - Visual style and sets 12:01 - Deagol and Smeagol, music, and character introductions 16:32 - Sequels and comparisons to Peter Jackson/ books 24:05 - Budget and Tom Bombadil 27:39 - WOKE???!!! 29:56 - Soundtrack and lost media 37:30 - Saruman, breaking fourth wall, and script economy 42:01 - Overview and ratings 47:41 - Submissions spotlight 50:41 - Thom's recommendation 53:58 - Ben's recommendation 57:58 - Ollie's recommendation 1:03:33 - Outro

Music by Ben Stinson & Thom Sweeney

Audio engineered by Ben Stinson at Longwater Productions

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WATCH KHRANETELI (with English subtitles):

Part 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZh7nwEUOeg

Part 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tS6RZg_AqaY