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Podcast: The 602 Club: A Geekery Speakeasy
Episode: They Didn't Think This Through
Description: The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug. The middle movie of a trilogy has always been the hardest to do. It relies on the first film, has to set up the last film and try stand up on it's own. Some movies have done this really well, such as The Empire Strikes Back and The Two Towers. The Desolation of Smaug also had the distinction of being the film that had the most added to it when the duology became a trilogy. Peter Jackson clearly had his work cut out for him. In this episode of Th...