{
  "id": 295719,
  "title": "How Can 1980’s ‘The Return of the King’ Spoil Everything — and Ruin Nothing?",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/08/how-can-1980s-the-return-of-the-king-spoil-everything-and-ruin-nothing",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-08-08T03:59:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "IndieWire",
    "slug": "indiewire",
    "url": "https://www.indiewire.com/features/best-of/return-of-the-king-animated-sequel-1980-after-dark-1235209547/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Rankin/Bass’ spectacularly incomplete Tolkien adaptation is still a baffling sequel to behold.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}