Forget Peter Jackson, Rankin/Bass Made The Funkiest Orcs.

The above is from Rankin-Bass's (the awesome cartoon company that produced the old claymation "Rudolph" specials, The Last Unicorn, and Thundercats) version of Return Of The King, and boy... that is some funky wah-wah goin on with that guitar. In the animated version of this and The Hobbit, they did a great job of replicating the songs that are sprinkled throughout the books. Speaking of things that were much cooler in the animated version than the live-action one, here is the scene where they break down the gate with the giant battering ram.

Dungeon Master Of The Rings.

DM Of The Rings reimagines the Lord Of The Rings movies, as played by a bunch of role-players that had somehow never heard of the Tolkein series, using stills from the movies. Pretty funny stuff.

Wizard ROCK!!!

With the new Harry Potter movie a little over a month away, I thought I'd treat you with a new genre of music, called Wizard Rock, which was created by the band "Harry and the Potters" in 2002. It's Harry Potter themed music. Here's some choice videos.

Switchblade Kittens - "Ode to Harry"




Harry and The Potters - "Voldemort Can't Stop The Rock"


Draco and the Malfoys - "Potions Yesterdays" (my favorite wizard rock band)



If this isn't the epitome of dorkstuff, then what is?