The Soviet Russian 1985 Hobbit Movie with Vlad Barash

Vlad Barash is back to talk about the 1985 Soviet Russian production of The Hobbit! Check out Vlad's website to see his various projects, including the game he co-wrote with his partner, Lorraine Fryer, Demon Mark: A Russian Saga! If you want to watch what we watched for this one, here's a handy link with English subtitles. And here is a link to a video without subtitles, but with better visuals.Image Description: Gandalf from the 1985 Russian Hobbit. We have a tangent about Lindsay Ellis, including some discussion of her three part series on Peter Jackson's Hobbit movies (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3), and some discussion of her Cats video. We also talk a bunch about spiders—both real and fictional. Oh, and the amazingly bizarre Gollum costume in this film…Image Description: Gollum, from he 1985 Russian Hobbit. Green face paint, a green spandex… swim cap??? and, uh… fangs? We are really not sure what is going on here. If you're having fun listening to us, please tell your friends about us! Subscribe to our newsletter at thisiswhywerelikethis.substack.com for free, or pay $5/month to get access to two bonus paid episodes each month! We're also on Patreon if that's your jam! Rate and review us! follow us on Twitter where we're @thisiswhy_pod! And, of course, you can always drop us a note at at [email protected]. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thisiswhywerelikethis.substack.com/subscribe