105. Tolkien Changed The Hobbit Twice : The Hobbit #1
Join our Free Discord Channel! This week we begin our read through of The Hobbit–but we’re focusing first on how Tolkien actually evolved the Hobbit from his first edition in 1937 to a revised edition...
25 Kesä 202449min
104. The REAL War of the Rohirrim, According to Tolkien
Join our Free Discord Channel! You know that the film The War of the Rohirrim will be released later this year, right? Well, here is Tolkien’s story of Helm Hammerhand, as HE told it. Michael and Jo...
18 Kesä 202450min
103. Tom Bombadil, The Hunt for Gollum, and Viggo Mortensen are Back… and so is Dan!
Join our Discord Channel! Join our Discord Community (for free)! 👉 https://discord.gg/fRATdAqEFr On what I just realized was our 2 year anniversary, we brought our original amigo, Dan Coats, back to ...
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102. An Interview with Billy Boyd (Pippin) and Dominic Monaghan (Merry) – 2003 Roundtable Interviews
Join our Discord Channel! Here’s one more episode in our series of interviews from the December 2, 2003 roundtable discussions (check them all out at https://www.theonering.com/interviews-with-the-cas...
29 Touko 202433min
101. Bree’s Dark Turn
Join our Discord Channel! The films brought us a dark and evil Bree — but Tolkien calls it “friendly” and “familiar”! And Barliman Butterbur has a simple cameo. And then nearly the entire “Strider” ch...
21 Touko 202446min
100. Should The Lord of the Rings Films have kept the Barrow-downs?
Join our Discord Channel! Dropping the Barrow-downs removes one of the most important callbacks in the final Battle of the Pelennor Fields before Minas Tirith. It also excises some of the wonderful de...
14 Touko 202452min
99. Tom Bombadil is NOT important? Tolkien said it!
Join our Discord Channel! Tom Bombadil is a polarizing figure in Middle-earth. Some hate him, some love him. Peter Jackson decided to completely avoid that discussion and simply excise him from the fi...
7 Touko 202435min
98. Why Peter Jackson Cut the Old Forest and Old Man Willow
Join our Discord Channel! The first REAL dangers outside of the Shire were cut from the films. So, how much did we REALLY lose by not having The Old Forest or Old Man Willow in Peter Jackson’s Lord of...
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