97. Peter Jackson CUT the Godfather of the Shire : Film Changes #30 and #31
Join our Discord Channel! Peter Jackson cut the one Hobbit who had the backbone to stand up to a Nazgul, the one who struck fear in the hearts of other Hobbits — but was also a serious family man! We ...
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96. The Wizard Duel and Orthanc in Real Time : Film Changes #29 and #30
Join our Discord Channel! We’re back and looking at ALL the changes in Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings! This week we head over to Orthanc and the changes made to Gandalf’s visit to Saruman: Gandal...
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95. An Interview with Howard Shore, Lord of the Rings Composer – 2003 Roundtable Interviews
Join our Discord Channel! Here’s another episode in our series of interviews from the December 2, 2003 roundtable discussions (watch https://youtu.be/JqhF91GJbGg and https://youtu.be/avh0HxUI8Vs episo...
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94. The Rings of Power is PEAK TV – Top Scenes, Top Characters and Top Quotes
Join our Discord Channel! As season 2 of the Rings of Power approaches (later this year, we hope!), Michael and I decided to look back at our favorite scenes, favorite characters, and favorite quotes ...
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93. Sauron’s FIRST Defeat – Finishing Tolkien’s Unfinished Tale – Aldarion and Erendis – Part 8
Join our Discord Channel! In this final episode of looking at The Mariner’s Wife, we fully finish Tolkien’s tale–but staying true to Tolkien’s characters and world. You’ll find out: Why Sauron Hates ...
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92. NEW Tolkien Book with UNPUBLISHED Content Announced!
Join our Discord Channel! This month we found out that renowned Tolkien scholars Christian Scull and Wayne Hammond will be publishing a NEW book with NEW content by Tolkien–The Collected Poems of JRR ...
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91. Finishing Tolkien’s Unfinished Tale – Aldarion and Erendis – Part 7
Join our Discord Channel! We don’t know if Tolkien intended on ever finishing this story of Aldarion and Erendis. Written later in life, it is perhaps his most emotionally gut wrenching tale…. and it ...
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90. A Spiteful Marriage, a New Enemy, and a Watery End – Aldarion and Erendis – Part 6
Michael and I talk about “The Further Course of the Narrative” in Aldarion and Erendis. Tolkien made some notes about where the story would go, but at times they’re contradictory, and there’s no cohes...
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