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Podcast: Exploring Tolkien
Episode: Meeting Gandalf in Bree and a Glimpse of Gildor : Films Changes #25 and #26
Description: We’re going over 2 more changes to The Fellowship of the Ring this week!
Gandalf tells Frodo to meet him at the Prancing Pony… which leads to a full 6 CHAPTERS cut from the films!
Frodo and Sam never get to spend any time with Gildor in the films–and only get a fleeting glimpse of “Wood Elves” 🤮
In our extended episode (available for our members — $4/mo and free for the first month) we talk more about these changes, in addition to:
Would the “spotted toad” threat have been a bad movie moment if Jackson added it?
If we could keep on...