83. Meeting Gandalf in Bree and a Glimpse of Gildor : Film Changes #25 and #26
Peter Jackson cut 6 chapters from the Fellowship of the Ring when Gandalf told Frodo to meet him at the Prancing Pony!
9 Jan 202444min
82. Bilbo’s Party Changes and 17 Years Lost : Film Changes #23 and #24
Is Bilbo's party true to how Tolkien wrote it? And what happened to those 17 years Tolkien talked about?
28 Dec 20230s
81. Tolkien Created an Entire North Pole Mythology!
Starting in 1920, JRR Tolkien wrote letters from Father Christmas to his children--and continued doing that for 24 more years!
19 Dec 202310min
80. Gandalf’s a Headbanger and Frodo’s Unexpected Introduction
Was Gandalf's head bump in character? And was it a good idea to start the film with Frodo's and Gandalf's relationship?
12 Dec 202325min
79. Tolkien’s Christmas poem was lost for 80 years!
In 1936, Tolkien wrote a poem published in an obscure school magazine--and it was only found again 10 years ago!
5 Dec 20230s
78. Bilbo’s Prologue and The Rings of Power is NOT fixing The Lord of the Rings Films
Michael and Jonathan found out someone's been copying our look at the changes PJ made to the books--and then applying that to The Rings of Power?! We happily point out their failure.
28 Nov 202336min
77. Men Want Power, Isildur Didn’t Kill Sauron, and the Ring’s Mind – with The Tolkien Road!
Did you know that--according to Tolkien--Isildur didn't actually kill Sauron? Seems kinda clear from the text!
21 Nov 20231h 17min
76. Saruman the suck-up, Elrond hates Men, and Formless Sauron – with the Middle-earth Mixer!
The Middle-earth Mixer joins us this week to look at why Peter Jackson made some pretty big changes to 3 central characters: Sauron, Elrond, and Saruman.
14 Nov 20231h
