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Smeagol Coveres Empire State of Mind

May 132013

Like so many before him, I James Walters couldn’t just quit the YouTube business after initially going viral.

Originally, he went viral with a Lord Of The Rings-themed cover of I Dreamed A Dream, and since then James has churned out numerous other pop music covers in his Smeagol voice.

And he isn’t close to ending his career. Now, he has returned to cover New York City‘s unofficial anthem Empire State Of Mind as Smeagol the monster.

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Gollum Covers I Knew You Were Trouble By Taylor Swift

Apr 092013

Ian James Walters is famous online for his nerdy pop music covers as the sneaky Gollum monster from The Lord Of The Rings. Together, he has accumulated nearly 3 million views with his Gollum covers.

Now, James has made such an impact online, he has been recruited by BuzzFeed Video to star in yet another pop cover as Gollum. This time, the little creature follows the web’s current obsession, parodying Taylor Swift‘s hit single I Knew You Were Trouble.

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Gandalf Famous Sir Ian McKellen Says ‘You Shall Not Pass’ During Speech At High School

Apr 042013

“You shall not pass,” is one of the most famous quotes from contemporary cinema. Viewers get shivers hearing Sir Ian McKellen as the great wizard Gandalf proclaim the powerful phrase in The Lord Of The Rings.

Last December, YouTuber Frxdo had the lucky opportunity to hear Sir Ian speak at his high school.

Either by request, or just because he knew how well the gag would be received, at one point during his speech, McKellen said to the auditorium, “If you don’t study for the examinations. If you don’t do your revision. You know what’s going to happen?

“YOU. SHALL. NOT! PASS!!“

Genius. Naturally, the crowd erupted in applause.

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Everything Wrong With The Hobbit

Mar 262013

There’s nothing nerds love more than gushing over a new favorite movie series. But nerds also have terribly high standards, so if you’re going to make a prequel to the Lord Of The Rings films, you better not make that many mistakes.

Obviously, Peter Jackson didn’t do that great of a job, because CinemaSins just published their latest four minute marathon showcasing all the ‘sins’ and mistakes in The Hobbit.

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Gollum Sings LOTR-Themed Somebody I Used To Know Parody

Mar 152013

I James Walters went viral with his two spot on impression musics videos where he sings I Dreamed A Dream and Mad World as Gollum from Lord Of The Rings. Together, his video have collected over 2.5 million hits.

Now, he returns in an extremely well done LOTR spoof of Gotye‘s hit single Somebody I Used To Know. The new video is going viral, and is featured on DailyDot, BuzzFeed, TastefullyO, and MarySue.