--- description: One movie buff has taken footage from The Lord of the Rings, and edited it into a montage that plays off the Suicide Squad style. title: Watch Lord of the Rings Get the Suicide Squad Treatment in This Mashup Trailer image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Watch _Lord of the Rings_ Get the _Suicide Squad_ Treatment in This Mashup Trailer  by [Megan McCluskey](/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Staff Writer Feb 1, 2016 4:29 PM CUT  by [Megan McCluskey](/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Staff Writer Feb 1, 2016 4:29 PM CUT The first official [_Suicide Squad_ trailer](http://time.com/4186403/suicide-squad-first-official-trailer-new-watch/ "undefined") was released in January and shows the [Joker](http://time.com/4087973/jared-leto-suicide-squad-empire/ "undefined"), [Harley Quinn](http://time.com/4091251/suicide-squad-deadshot-harley-quinn/ "undefined") and the rest of the villainous team creating chaos as they set out to save the world. Set to the tune of Queen’s “Bohemian Rhapsody,” the preview makes the film look like a rollicking good time. As an added bonus, one movie buff has taken footage from another popular fantasy franchise, [_The_ _Lord of the Rings_](http://time.com/4199539/dominic-monaghandavid-bowies-lord-of-the-rings/ "undefined"), and edited it into a montage that plays off the _Suicide Squad_ trailer’s distinctive style. **Read More:** [Watch the First Official Trailer for _Suicide Squad_ Featuring the ‘Worst Heroes Ever’](http://time.com/4186403/suicide-squad-first-official-trailer-new-watch/ "undefined") YouTuber [The Unusual Suspect](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkB2UdPzu%5F6n252STTY95Ew "undefined")‘s mashup trailer draws on many of the funnier moments from the Middle Earth trilogy to turn the Fellowship of the Ring into the slapsticky Ring Squad, a ragtag group of heroes whose main objective is to “kick Orc butt.” Watch the full video above. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4202191/lord-of-the-rings-suicide-squad-mashup-trailer/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4202191/lord-of-the-rings-suicide-squad-mashup-trailer/"},"headline":"Watch Lord of the Rings Get the Suicide Squad Treatment in This Mashup Trailer","datePublished":"2016-02-01T16:29:04.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:29:31.400Z","description":"\"Kick Orc butt\"","url":"https://time.com/4202191/lord-of-the-rings-suicide-squad-mashup-trailer/","keywords":["Newsfeed","movies","Movie trailers","mashups","Lord of the Rings","Suicide Squad"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4202191/lord-of-the-rings-suicide-squad-mashup-trailer/","name":"Watch Lord of the Rings Get the Suicide Squad Treatment in This Mashup Trailer"}}]}] ```