They’re Taking the Hobbits to Isengard
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They’re Taking the Hobbits to Isengard is a videoclip that was published in 2005 by musician and photographer Erwin Beekveld. The two minute lasting videoclip of multiple fragments from the film trilogy The Lord of the Rings became part of the internet folklore, and has obtained a cult status mostly among fans of this trilogy.
The video first appeared as Flash-animation on the website Albino Blacksheep and was mostly distributed via YouTube afterwards. The different versions of this video were viewed millions of times.
The video is built out of scenes from The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring part 1 and The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers part 2 of the before mentioned trilogy. In the video, actor Orlando Bloom is seen playing the elf Legolas, who constantly and rhythmically repeats the line "They're taking the hobbits to Isengard". He is occasionally interrupted by Gollum (played by Andy Serkis) with the words "What did you say?" and "Stupid fat Hobbit", and also by Marton Csokas who plays Celeborn, who repeatedly informs after the whereabouts of Gandalf. In addition, Elijah Wood, Dominic Monaghan, Billy Boyd and Sean Astin are seen playing hobbits Frodo Baggins, Merry Brandybuck, Pippin Took and Samwise Gamgee, as well as Viggo Mortensen as Aragorn and Cate Blanchett as Galadriel. The music used in this video is a technoversion of the by Howard Shore composed movie soundtrack for part 1 of the trilogy, that contains among others the leitmotif of the song Concerning Hobbits.[1]
In the book Fan Fiction and Copyright: Outsider Works and Intellectual Property Protection, They’re Taking the Hobbits to Isengard is mentioned as an example for the amendment on the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, an American law concerning the author's copyright on digital media. The amendment from 2010 made it legal to under certain conditions use fragments from movies and television shows in personal videos.[2] Musicologist Michael L. Klein (Professor at the Temple University of Philadelphia) mentions They're Taking the Hobbits to Isengard in his book Music and the Crises of the Modern Subject as an example of a meme and mash-up as the pinnacle of creativity in the postmodern age.
In 2013 after Orlando Bloom finished filming his final scenes on the set of The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies, Director Peter Jackson published a video in which Bloom, dressed up as Legolas sings along with They're Taking the Hobbits to Isengard.[3][4][5]
In an interview, published on Erwin Beekveld's Youtube channel (2013) made for the #1 RudeTube mashed up, Erwin Beekveld mentioned people love or hate him for making the video, due to its catchy tune. It makes him very happy to see Orlando Bloom sang along with his remix 8 years later and stated it is the ultimate recognition.
References[edit]
- ↑ "The Fellowship of the Ring Soundtrack-02-Concerning Hobbits". YouTube. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
- ↑ Aaron Schwabach (15 April 2016). Fan Fiction and Copyright: Outsider Works and Intellectual Property Protection, p85, sectie Drawing from a single source: "They're Taking the Hobbits to Isengard!". Routledge. ISBN 9781317136453. Search this book on
- ↑ "Parodie-Video von Orlando Bloom - "The Hobbits, the Hobbits, the Hobbits"" (in Deutsch). Spiegel.de. 1 July 2013. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
- ↑ Kirsten Acuna (1 July 2013). "Orlando Bloom Sings Along To 'Lord Of The Rings' Parody Video". BusinessInsider.com. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
- ↑ Bell, Amanda (1 July 2013). "Orlando Bloom 'Taking the Hobbits to Isengard' as a Farewell to Legolas". MTV. Retrieved 2022-12-21.
External links[edit]
- The original on Albinoblacksheep.com
- Article on Know Your Meme with references and parodies.
- Goodbye Orlando, the parody by Orlando Bloom from 2013
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