The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers - 1985

Welcome to the second part (of three!) of our attempt to take Middle Earth to the Mid-80s! On this episode of Quantum Recast, we head to Helm’s Deep to discuss the second chapter in The Lord of the Rings Trilogy, ‘The Two Towers,’ recasting it in 1985!

Will Nick lose it trying to appeal to Tanner’s TV heart? Will Cory be successful in retro-fitting this cast in true 80s fashion? And what does Jesse have to think of all this madness? Hit play to find out!

(02:35) Introduction - Cory starts the show, letting everyone know where you can follow us on social media (Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, or at quantumrecast.com!)

(06:18) What We’ve Watched - The Quantum Crew quickly covers movies and shows they’ve watched recently. (Voyagers, Pan’s Labyrinth, Succession, Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans)

(11:44) Useless Critic Stats - Nick gives the rundown of the critical scores for The Two Towers (Rotten Tomatoes, Metacritic and Imdb) and mimics Roger Ebert’s continued frustration with this Tolkien adaptation.

(16:12) We Have Questions - We ask (and attempt to answer) some of the hard hitting questions from this film, including:

• Blue-eyed or Brown-eyed Legolas?
• The origins of the old man who shoots first at Helm’s Deep
• Where is our Gimli/Legolas buddy cop spinoff?

(23:53) Junk Drawer Trivia -  A potential Beatles-led The Lord of the Rings, and Nick and Cory play a new game of “Did I

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Hosts:
Cory Williams (@thelionfire)
Nick Growall (@nickgrowall)

Co-Hosts (Season 6):
Aly Dale (@alydale55)
Ash Hurry (@filmexplorationah)
Cass Elliott (@take5cass)
Terran Sherwood (@terransherwood)

Voice of the Time Machine:
Kristi Rothrock (@letzshake)

Editing by:
Nick Growall

Featured Music:
"Quantum Recast Theme" - Cory Williams
"Charmer" - Coat...