7 Times Lord of the Rings' Characters' Own Words Bit Them in the Butt
Be careful what you say, even if you aren't making a specific promise, because someday you may have to live up to your own words and find that's a bitter pill to swallow, just like these Lord of the R...
2 Aug 202122min
Interpreting Tolkien: Authorial Intent or Death of the Author?
There are two schools of thought when it comes to interpreting a work of fiction. One says we should pay attention to what the author intended, while the other says we can completely disregard the au...
26 Jul 202133min
All Tolkien's Stories, from Worst to Best
Tolkien wrote many stories, not all of them about Middle-earth, and this is my ranking of all of them. For reviews of some of these check out the following links: Roverandom: https://www.youtube.c...
19 Jul 202114min
The Major Adaptions of Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit Ranked by Fidelity
There are many film and audio adaptations of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, and here I rank the major ones by fidelity to Tolkien's original work. Here are my previous reviews of some of th...
12 Jul 202113min
Boring Heroes, Interesting Villains, and Faramir: How Tolkien Breaks the Trend
Modern storytelling seems to rely heavily on the interesting villain, with a complex and engaging backstory, whereas heroes tend to be boring and simple. But through Faramir, Tolkien shows us how the...
5 Jul 202126min
The Rings of Power in Lord of the Rings
Three rings for the Elven kings under the sky/ Seven for the Dwarf lords in their halls of stone/ Nine for mortal Men doomed to die/ One for the Dark Lord on his dark throne. In this video I explo...
29 Jun 202123min
A Tolkien Bestiary
Tolkien's mythology is full of strange creatures beyond count, and here are some of the more interesting ones. For some more detail on some of these topics, see these other videos: "Deleted Scene"...
29 Jun 202121min
Lord of the Rings "Deleted Scene": The Scouring of the Shire
The end of the Lord of the Rings is very different in the novel than in the movie trilogy. In this video I give a synopsis of what Peter Jackson left out and discuss some of the themes present in the...
29 Jun 202124min
