Just guessing, but I figure I’m one of very few people from my generation who has not read J R R Tolkien’s “The Lord of the Rings” or watched Peter Jackson’s cinematic adaptations of the epic created by the “father of fantasy”.

However I can’t claim complete ignorance of the “fellowship of the ring” and Frodo, Sam, Pippin and Merry’s quest to reach Mordor, where they plan to destroy the “one ring” Sauron created to control the “rings of power” elven smiths had forged for men, dwarves and elves.

And for that I have Ralph Bakshi to thank because, like Jackson, I was a huge fan of his 1978 animated feature which told a fair chunk of the story before his funding from United Artists ran out before he could complete the final part of the project... FULL STORY