Smaug: MY FACE IS LIKE A KITTY CAT

@@Acen2036 more like wolf

@Angry Biscuit like he's at a job interview

@@turkmanshah1861 A mad wolf. In old days, they had no idea what rabies was or what caused it?

They aren't flashlights, they are the shinning of his *BLINDING GLORY!*

Richard Boone really sank his teeth into the role (pun intended, of course).

More for me when he says “I am strong, strong, strong!!!”

What gets me is he starts out angry, but when Bilbo yells "revenge" Smaug starts laughing, because any threat to him is laughable. It's like Smaug thinks it's cute that anyone would actually try and overcome him.

@@jordanhowe188 Exactly. And as has happened with so many villains, that overconfidence proves to be his downfall.

One of the hardest lines ever spoken

As far as I know he is described like an hybrid from Cat and Bat

@@haldir_1234 Ehh he looks more like a Chinese dragon to me than a European one but still a dragon nonetheless. Not a big complaint for me

don't Norse dragon depictions sometimes look a bit wolf-like?

Animator: "I'm gonna need you to get all the way off my back about this."

@@kanrup5199 not really. They’re very snake like. The further back in time you go, the more snake-like dragons are. The first dragons in mythology were all straight up giant snakes

It stays very true to the book, moreso than the Jackson trilogy

well, Richard Boone who played Smaug was a fantastic TV presence in the 50s and 60s - watch him in Have Gun will Travel on youtube - he was great

Eh. This was a bit goofy IMHO. Kids would like it, obviously, but the dragon looks like a cat and it's just cringe to me.

Eh, better design than the asthmatic wyvern from Jackson's version, to be honest. It has a more Old-Style Fantasy feel that the 70s and 80s were known for. I'd rather have a unique design like this any day over the boring "realistic" design they chose for Smaug.

@@Aithalothes wtf?

Or a mother-in-law :3

You're mother-in-law is a dragon? lol, jk. :)

Josh Steffey :D

Like Fatalis?

No read the book of Revelations

"You Ding Dong"- Richard Boone (the last dinosaur 1977 )

Have Flame-Will Travel

@@chrismc410 Ironic that a Paladin played a firedrake.

@@wotaj How so? And I think Smaug was one of a kind, not fittable into any classifications.

The shade he threw at bilbo in that tone could darken all of Middle earth.

It sure is, dude, you need a breath mint!

Dude dude peyro

I haven’t brushed my teeth in months

SpongeBob Armed with his sundae

@Utahraptor yup. That was a year ago. Only nice white teeth now

Exactly.

I’d Also Like To Point Out How Bilbo Keeps Asking Smaug Riddles Which Smaug Finds Entertaining And How Dragons Like Riddles According To Myths, Legends, Literature, And Other Form Of Storytelling

what do you mean addresses Bilbo politely he calls him thief in the shadows and tries to kill him

@@Yyywywhwhhwhwhhwhwhu Yes, people always idealize dragons too much, I think. Smaug is just a sociopath who thinks too high of himself and is being outsmarted by Bilbo, nothing more, nothing less.

​@Shasvin Puvanesvaran I meant, he is outsmarted when he shows his belly to Bilbo to brag about how invencible he is, and how wrong is Bilbo thinking the smallest chance of defeating him is possible. Had to read the chapter to see, it's easier for him, as he can smell that Bilbo and the poneys have been with dwarves all that time. Smaug also wonders why he left the small hole that never left him confortable uncovered, and has nightmares about knights killing him, that suggests that despise his narcissism he knows he is not as powerful as he thinks, doesn't mean he is a wimp.

You can say it in under 20 seconds. How is that even a monologue let alone a huge one?

Kern665 Sure you can, but if you want it to sound dramatic, you gotta say it a bit slower. So having less words, but more intimidating sounding delivery, you can make it have far more gravitas than if you had a TON of words rattled off really quickly.

+Bieti But Jackson's version changed the dialogue quite a lot, along with what was happening at the same time. This version is actually closer to the scene in the books, though abridged.

Nerd!

Some of these Words i have heard in the hobbit 2013 And the hobbit 1977

I like this version of Smaug better than the Peter Jackson movies.

@@huwhitecavebeast1972 agreed.

100% man, for all of us

@@huwhitecavebeast1972 way better than Jackson's version

Its trash bro

Just kidding, I shat me self.

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He seems amused at first, but the more he considers it, the more outraged he becomes. That they would DARE seek revenge against him is an insult.

i watched the hell out of Flight of Dragons as a kid....it has a good message too. It promotes science but suggests you leave room for magic (a metaphor for imagination) to bring inspiration. I like how Peter ends up hooking up with Melissandre. Perfect union of magic and science. I think that shit influenced me as a kid

@@gondwanandreams7635 I may have to watch that again, but from what I remember, it was very much anti-magic.

Too much dialogue for me in Jackson's version.

Cumberbatch's performance also puts more emphasis on how evil Smaug is. Boone is mostly indifferent to Biblo, and casually talks about how he will destroy Laketown. Cumberbatch is just dripping with evil in his dialogue.

@@dragonstormx That's because Paladin's a lot smarter and meaner that Holmes ever was.

@@dragonstormx That's what makes it good 😈😈😈😈😈

Cumbermunch was awful.

Precisely!

I understand when the dragon was sleeping Smaug was more or less like a big cat with scales instead of hair. even after he passes away no one go's near the place he fell into the lake

Smaug in the movie was better and more fitting to the actual dragons in the lore. This doesn’t fit at all.

@@sands201 This fits Tolkien better than that horrible mishmash of a movie trilogy.

@@MaskedMan66 we are talking about dragon not trilogy...

@@PLTakeMe Tell that to Sands; he or she is the one who brought up the movies.

The chances, the changes, are all yours to make. .. The mold of your life is in your hands to break.

My armor is like tenfold shields, My teeth are like swords, my claws spears, the shock of my tail a thunderbolt, my wing a hurricane, and my breath... DEATH!

Mitchel Anhalt My breath is death too but I don't go around boasting about it

Mirku I was just making it like a branch off one comment. But yes, I breath is death.

Well? WELL?!? Where are your riddles Now?!

Well... WELL? Where are your riddles now?! 😀 😀 😀 😀

+cainster "AND I SHAKE WHEN I LAUGH LIKE A BOWL FULL OF JELLY!!"

@@TheCosmicChicken A right jolly old dragon

Bilbo: which cheeks?

My eyes are like Diamonds! My eyelashes...... BDSM whips

@@gobzanuff5078 sadfjklsdfkla

but here he doesn't even flatter about smaug

@@thefunden9128 From the Peter Jackson movie, numnutz

Or this Bilbo: we're still talking. Smaug: True but I haven't decided between cremating you alive or toying with my prey: namely you. Just because I do plan on killing you doesn't mean I'm going to be rude or a bad host. Like many things, there is a right and a wrong way of doing things.

@@johnmayernick9561 This isn't that movie, numnutz

@@OriginalAkivara I know that. I just find it strange you waited till now to reply.

*I KILL WHERE I WISH!!*

That's Richard Boone, star of _Have Gun, Will Travel._

@@MaskedMan66 my grandparents smiled the biggest smile when we saw this part because of that voice lol

@@hazbinotakusimp2182 I was a kid when this was first broadcast, and it wasn't until years later that I saw HGWT, so I kind of had the same reaction in reverse! 🙂

I actually had no idea this was a Japanese animation, that's so cool that they liked the Hobbit enough to make an animated version!

My first favorite dragon was Blue Eyes White Dragon.

Crem2057 Ghidorah & Smaug are still childhood favourite dragons Xx

Yeah same :-)

Hotel? Trivago

@@ginefloki3022 🤣🤣🤣

"My armor is like tenfold shields, my teeth are like swords, my claws spears, the shock of my tail a thunderbolt, my wings a hurricane, and my breath... Death!"

@@ginefloki3022 gosh dangit i read the original comment hoping someone didnt do it. you win this round lmfao

"MY NUT IS A GEYSER!" Rated R Edition

@@MrWhatdafuBOOM haha XD

That's Richard Boone, star of _Have Gun, Will Travel._

Did the books ever talk about these 'warriors of old'? Cause I don't remember them but want to read about them if they are mentioned.

M00s3r Presumably he's speaking about the wars between Morgoth (Sauron's master, e.g. the devil) and the forces and allies of Valinor during the First Age. Back when elves were effectively Super Saiyans and every man fought like Conan, and Smaug was just your average soldier in an army of orcs, demons, balrogs, and dragons so large they'd make Godzilla look like a little bitch.

The movie didnt necessarily leave the warriors part out, they just moved it to right before Smaug leaves the Mountain. From the movie "You will take nothing from me Dwarf. I laid low your warriors of old, I instill terror in the hearts of men, I am King Under the Mountain."

"And how would you know about men today, O Smaug the Slumbering?"

@@Zlarel your comment is perfect

Ah...if only he had called Bilbo a ding-dong. Yeah, I know about "The Last Dinosaur".

​@@menslady125eif2590 Classic

I've seen a lot of cuts of this scene in other videos in which the sound was messed up, mostly about the noises Smaug makes during his boasts.

Yep!

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You must understand, they had to cut it for time, whereelse could they have fitted in the 34th fightscene against the orcs in this 2.5 hour movie?

they got most of it for Cumberbatch. he was just talking much faster in that version

Oh! I'm gonna complain on how it was trimmed in the movie but give a pass to this poor excuse of an animation cause... Cause... He boasts!!!

@@mrgreen027 This was over 40 years ago

@Rooster Yes it is. How could a book change from what it is?

The live action Hobbit is awful.

@@fjccommish you are awful

@Mia McCormick hey where can i found smaug in live action?I tried to search it on youtube,but there is none.

@@netko4725oh trust me it’s there

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I’m fed UP with this woooorld!!!

You are my favourite customer.

You're lying, I nearly hit you. YOU ARE TEARING ME APART LISA!!

Oh, hey, doggy

Honestly the delivery made it sound like he was reading from a script and wanted to get out of the recording studio as soon as he could.

@@chris_columbus445 Watch past the bit where Smaug is SUPPOSED TO BE BORED and then listen when he's getting angry. He did an excellent job.

That's Richard Boone, star of _Have Gun, Will Travel._

Love the 2020 Sonic the Hedgehog movie reference.

Live action: i am dragon. fear meeeeeeeeeeeeeeee! while me walk on ground where me can get shot ez cartoon: i am cat dragon. fear me and my tuna breath while i fly in the air where it hard to shoot meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee. hisssssssssssssss

yea he was a pretty famous actor of tv series and movies. 2 with john wayne, the shootist and big jake. I think it's cool a cowboy actor did this.

@@jamespinkston7084 Richard Boone was awesome in Big Jake! What a great bad guy! His gravelly voice was perfect for Smaug...

+Videto My friends are all late... in fact they're still not here.... ;_;

+Videto REVENGE!!!

+Videto It's LAKE Man, not LATE Man.

*REVENGE? YOU? HAAAH*

Videto He is SMAUG!!! He kills when he wishes!!!

I know, I was seriously peeved when I watched this on dvd and a lot of the sfx were either too quiet or just outright missing.

You mean winged bat in the movie? Also, all except most of his head in this, I too, like the design.

The dragons you see in animation and movies tend to look mostly the same today while way back when this movie was animated the dragons had more of a fantastical approach in literature. They took inspiration from some of the really old dragon and wyrms seen in ancient art. Some of the wyvern art in history can look pretty bizarre. Take in account this picture from the 16th century which is likely from the Middle East. www.harvardartmuseums.org/art/216441 I think the fur and feline appearance came from blending in aspects of oriental dragons with European dragons. The dragon in the Hobbit animated movie was pretty unique in design.

No But At Least He Doesn’t Look Like Kong From Felidae

He looks like Chester Cheetah if he had a bad hair day.

HA! 😂👏🏻

It is said in the book that he sounded like a giant cat purring when he was still asleep, but it never said smaug had fur

@Tattle Boad Japanese cartoons

This is not anime, it's animation. Take your weeaboo bullshit elsewhere, child.

What kind of cancer? He sounds right healthy here. His voice is strong. Strong! STRONG!

@@misanthropicisolation4013 I mean technically it's anime, since the animation was done by a Japanese studio. Just sayin'

Same Richard Boone of Have Gun-Will Travel?

That and when he cracks his claws, it originally sounded like an earthquake and the screen literally shook. All this made him so much more intimidating and like an unnatural disaster. I remember seeing this on tv when it first came out, Smaug was a terror straight out of the book. Especially, his look as it was described as a cross between a cat and a bat. It is epic to think that Tolkien was alive at the time and most likely had input on the Rankin & Bass production. The massive book of the tv film production was both huge and gorgeous…

the took away Stings sound effect, the dwarves complaining in the barrel ride, and the spiders screams. It was disappointing to me

it always did feel like some sounds were missing here, as amazing as it is. Neat info!

It's a fantasy tale. The fact that it's animated is incidental.

You have terrible taste.

@@philbecker4676 And you have no imagination.

I think you meant to say "typical" not "a-typical". Also I think this version has a good idea for what Smaug should look like but as a gen-z kid, the animations are hard to appreciate. Voice is great though. Dialogue is a bit inconsistent in quality, being more or less copy-pasted from the book. Saying "Strong" three times is just not a natural way to speak imo. I'd say most people in this comment section are either "quirky" in their tastes or they're riding a nostalgia high when they say "this is better than Jackson's Smaug". Like objectively, Jackson's Smaug is just of a higher quality, but it's got twenty-first century technology and blockbuster money backing it so I get that it's an unfair comparison. I also wouldn't call Jackson's Smaug "generic". It's pretty derivative obv. but the way his mouth curves upward at the end instead of the standard point or flat snout and his horns are more like a mane of feathers the way they spread out and fold back. I just think this Smaug is more lore accurate and Jackson's Smaug is sleeker and modeled to appeal to the sensibilities of general audiences. Like anyone who isn't a Tolkien fan will probably gripe about the ridiculousness of putting FUR on a DRAGON. That's like giving a woodpecker a glass beak, not practical. TL;DR : Noice post I agree mostly except at the end where you say Cucumberbranch's Smaug isn't intimidating. Also I think you meant to say "typical" not "a-typical" in your third sentence.loveyoubye¯\_(ツ)_/¯

I think that this version portrayed Smaug's arrogance, impulsiveness, and how egotistical he was more. When Bilbo came in, he didn't even deem him a threat worthy of his interest. Sure he asked why he was there and what not, but he didn't seem to care about the conversation until it became about him, at which point this part starts, and then once he leaps to the conclusion it's a lake man, he immediately leaves to burn the village down for the intrusion. Personally, I like this one more, but hey.

@@jakedubiel8483 uh, you can have a towering presence and still be boasting/lying. Seen it before. Don't get me wrong, great voice acting, still prefer feats. Over claims though.

Flapping his wings in the movie would have looked stupid af LOL

@@fabiana7157 yeah, in the new one, espically with the model they used.

@@zionthedragon8866 Nah, I like movie Smaug. This one looks terrible and ridiculous to the max, but I understand that it was made decades ago so it's understandable. I was just curious to see it, I wasn't expecting much so I wasn't disappointed. But I couldn't watch the entire video without skipping through it, it's pure cringe lol

EXACTLY. It's like the feeling you get from the book: You wait the entire story to finally meet Smaug and when Bilbo finally stands before him, you want to read about how powerful and awesome he is. And his speech is like the written version of all those 80's action movies, where you see all the arming with weapons.

squashedeyeball you can compare smaug to the fire lord in avatar. Both are built up as being powerful and dangerous and when you finally see the power they posses you are amazed!

squashedeyeball What I really love about this version of Smaug is that dark chuckle of his beginning at twenty one seconds in; it was one of the most brilliant things in this adaptation. It just screams personality to me; that incredibly smug sense of superiority imbued within him. When he hears about the mere concept of someone plotting against him, he doesn't freak the hell out. I mean, why would he? He's remained unchallenged for years; he decimated a Dwarven Kingdom beforehand, and he's just been lying all comfy in the treasury ever since. So when this concept of a challenge is presented to him, and that dark chuckle sets in, it just says "...Really? Like...really? You really want to start this shit? I don't think you do, little man." I honestly find that response a lot more frightening than him taking immediate offense to intruders. When he senses Bilbo at first he's not angry or immediately enraged of his presence, he's just like "Yeah whatever, this is a bit new. I'll admit. Amuse for a little bit before I decide what to do with you." There's a bit more of a subtle arrogance for me in that kind of collected nonchalant persona. And when he DOES get mad, there's a pretty big difference between Boone Smaug and Benedict Smaug; it's how they handle the concept of a challenge. When Benedict Smaug finds out about the plot against him he's understandably enraged, but there's something else present in his voice-a visible twinge of fear. He would never admit it, and if it was pointed out to him he'd get even angrier about it, but there is part of him that is fearful of the challenge presented to him once more. He knows that last time there WAS a threat that could've ended him, it's resurfaced again, and it could potentially kill him. He doesn't want to think about it though, because the thought of puny little humans killing him enrages him as much as it frightens him; which again, he'd never admit. What does Boone Smaug do with the challenge presented? He's not fearful at ALL; he just wants everybody dead. The determination is just as strong as Benedict's, but the difference is Boone Smaug doesn't show fear of the situation at hand. He's a gigantic ancient beast, and Laketown is made of insects that couldn't possibly harm him (in his own mind, due to his ego); so what does he have to fear? Nothing. He's already won, him going on another rampage is just an encore performance in his mind. I guess I actually do prefer the elderly, patient yet vindictive Smaug to the overly aggressive one. Benedict is a great Smaug, but I just like Boone's patience with the character better.

Kenpachi Ramasama Awesome point of view man. Yeah. Benedict Smaug had some paranoya to him while Boone's Smaug was sane lol That being said, Imagine how awesome is would be to see Ancalagon in screen... His mere sneezing is like a carpet bombing of cluster bombs. Although, in the battle of the five armies (may/may not be a spoiler) ***spoiler*** Smaug is a little different in sense that he is a total beast.

squashedeyeball I just appreciated Boone's patience with Smaug more than I did Benedict's often easily angered nature with the character. With something ancient and massive, even if it's anger is something truly legendary to behold, I've always pictured a being that old to be more wizened where it wasn't immediately angered by the thought of a challenge. Not only that, but as I said, Benedict's Smaug has a twinge of fear (alongside his rage) in him when he hears about Laketown's supposed uprising. While Boone's Smaug is pissed too, there's no hint of fear in his voice; he's just angry at the thought of these little ants trying to pick a fight with him when they already lost. Like, imagine if you had all the power to dominate mortal life, pretty much nothing could stop you, and then the very same people you crushed beforehand tried to make a second attempt at your life several years later. Wouldn't that annoy you a bit? That you already proved your point that you invincible years earlier, but then the same idiots you crushed didn't learn their lesson? It's like a very, very angry teacher trying to teach a really stupid kid common math; and then gets pissed as hell at him when all the other students get it, but he doesn't. So to me, Smaug's anger here comes from a number of things. One, the thought that he's just content to lay where is and doesn't want to get out of his golden bed; he has what he wants and he's comfy with it. Two, the fact that the same beings he dominated didn't learn their lesson, and are like barking puppies that just won't shut up. And three, the fact that he feels his station as such a powerful creature is being disrespected. Again, falls into that mentality that "every other stupid person seems to get I'm invincible, but you morons don't. How many times do I have to keep doing this?" sort of logic. Oh, there was ONE important thing I forgot to mention that made Boone's Smaug seem more powerful to me. Benedict's Smaug is fiercely protective his treasure, to the point of paranoia and insanity. He did say "I will not part with one coin" after all, in a VERY possessive manner. This is very different than Boone's Smaug. For starters Smaug actually doesn't take offense at the thought of Bilbo taking some of his treasure, he says that there's "plenty to spare"; so he'd part with a bit of it. He's only enraged when he figures out that Bilbo was working with the Lakeman (who he hates), so then Bilbo taking the treasure was more like "stealing" in Smaug's mind, whereas beforehand Smaug was just going to let him take a handful of it no problem. I think the reason for this is that in some kind of strange way, Boone's Smaug slightly respected that Bilbo came alone as he did. Who the hell in their right mind goes up to a dragon's lair, alone? The idea of it just amused him, so at that point Smaug's mindset on Bilbo (before he learned who he was affiliated with it) was all like "Hmph, you're either brave, or stupid. Go on and take some gold, just don't be stupid and test my patience." It's like the attitude where you give a kid a reward despite the fact that he didn't win, just because you're like "well, you tried; here you go." The big difference is that he's not doing out of sympathy, he's just doing it because he's like "Well, you amused me, so go ahead I guess." I like the way the gold was handled better with Boone Smaug too. Again, Benedict Smaug is paranoid to the point of madness with the gold. And while Boone Smaug his possessive of it too, it seems to be mainly directed toward the Lakemen rather than just a lone thief like Bilbo. Why does this matter so much, you may ask? Because Boone's Smaug doesn't let the premise of the treasury possess him so much. Let me put it this way, the fact that Benedict Smaug is so territorial of it seems like a very mortal aspect; beings he claims to hate, and be superior to. So in a way, he's contradicting himself through this very human greed, but he doesn't realize it. With Boone Smaug, it's more about just hating the Lakemen rather than the thought of parting with the gold. The key perspective here is that Boone Smaug says "my treasure", as in he knows it's his; and it's his possession. But with Benedict Smaug, the treasury actually OWNS Smaug; he's a victim of his own desires, and he can't see it. Then you have Boone Smaug, who knows that the treasury is HIS, not the other way around. Everything there belongs to him, but he doesn't let it control him. I think there's a lot more majesty in that than having him fall prey to his own convictions.

you have to be a bit older to get this comment.

@@elrond3737 Or just know a thing or two about the chap voicing Smaug. :-)

The animation team certainly did their homework! Especially in their adaptation of _The Return of the King,_ where you see things like the banners of various kingdoms just as Tolkien described them as well as the cameo of Faramir, even though he's not featured in the special.

@@MaskedMan66 its a dam shame they didn't get the rights to the first 2 movies too I'm still hoping the Hobbit cartoon gets the remake it deserves with all the classic animation

@@nicklancial7103 The Rankin-Bass adaptation of the book "The Hobbit" doesn't need a remake; it's fine the way it is. Now, if some studio somewhere wanted to do their own adaptation of the book, that would be a different matter.

@@MaskedMan66 I didn't mean remake like completely redo it I meant give it the modern HD that the DVD version got but include THE ORIGINAL BADASS AUDIO!

@@nicklancial7103 That would be a remastering, not a remake. I don't remember the audio being any different on T.V. than on the home video.