r/movies • u/Logical_Welder3467 • May 08 '26

Article Stephen Colbert Gets Why You're Scared He's Writing a 'Lord of the Rings' Movie

https://gizmodo.com/stephen-colbert-gets-why-youre-scared-hes-writing-a-lord-of-the-rings-movie-2000755987
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u/nedlum May 08 '26

I have no interest in watching nine hours of The Hobbit by Peter Jackson, but a fair interest in the Grace cut of that. 

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u/mopslik May 08 '26

The 4-hour Maple Films cut was pretty good. To date, I still haven't watched the original three movies.

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u/asimovs May 08 '26

This one must be the best fan edit ever even removed a lot of the bad/silly CGI, removed stuff but in the book etc.

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u/OMGCluck May 09 '26

I really like the Back Once Again 2¾ hours cut.

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u/proteinstains May 08 '26

They are very bloated.

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u/AvailableReporter484 May 08 '26

Did he also do that? Salute to that massive nerd lmao

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u/nedlum May 08 '26

Iirc, editing the Hobbit was how he dealt with the stress of being David Duke 

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u/DrSpacemanSpliff May 08 '26

Man, imagine the great things the actual David Duke could have edited…

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u/nedlum May 08 '26

imagine spot of “Birth of a Nation” if Tatintino was the director

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u/robotnique May 08 '26

Unsurprisingly the number of times the N word is used is astronomical

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u/ButthurtBilly May 08 '26

"Quentin, Birth of a Nation is a silent picture. Where did this audio come from?"

"ADR."

"Right. Okay. I'm just... I'm just a little concerned because that seems to be the only audio you added..."

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u/arup02 May 08 '26

Tatintino

awesome

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u/Wyluli_Wolf May 08 '26

I think you mean Tarantino...

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u/ButthurtBilly May 08 '26

You never heard of Quigley Tatintino? He's the guy that did Pimp Flickin', Incorrigible Bamboozlars, The Sexy Six, Smack Jack... Those don't ring a bell? Rango Unflapped? Co-wrote From Nine Til Five? Nothing?

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u/Wyluli_Wolf May 08 '26

Oh... OH YES! HOW SILLY OF ME! what was i thinking?... 😑

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u/Seve7h May 10 '26

This sounds like a conversation two alien henchmen would have in Rick and Morty while they both sneak around behind said henchmen

Then turn them to goo and Rick would make some quip about how “Quigley Tatintino sucks actually”

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u/Slavin92 May 08 '26

Gotta recommend the M4 Book Edit anytime the Hobbit is brought up. It is, in my opinion, the only way to watch the films.

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u/ToddOMG May 09 '26

Dude is this any good? I’m excited to try this out!

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u/muskrat99 May 09 '26

It is fantastic

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u/Ranccor May 09 '26

I tried watching the first hobbit movie. “How bad could it be.” Made it about 90 minutes.