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159. Boromir's Slippery Slope : Film Change #48 (and Stephen Colbert's Lord of the Rings movie!?)
54 mins; March 31, 2026
159. One DOES Simply Walk Into Mordor : Film Changes #46 and #47
0 secs; March 18, 2026
An Interview with Sean Astin (Sam Gamgee)
23 mins; March 04, 2026
157. Is this the BEST Change in The Lord of the Rings Films? : Film Changes #44 and #45
0 secs; February 18, 2026
The Cringiest Line in Lord of the Rings : Film Changes #42 and #43
44 mins; February 03, 2026
155. The Infamous Messenger Moth : Film Changes #38, #39, and #40
0 secs; January 21, 2026
154. Tolkien Wrote the Ultimate Retcon - The Hobbit #38
59 mins; January 06, 2026
153. The Christmas Eucatastrophe (and is The Lord of the Rings a Christmas movie?)
0 secs; December 23, 2025
152. Tolkien Ties up EVERY Loose End - The Hobbit #37
0 secs; December 12, 2025
151. Eagles Didn't Win the Battle - The Hobbit #36
0 secs; November 26, 2025
150. Tolkien's Battle Tactics - The Hobbit #35
0 secs; November 11, 2025
149. Bilbo's Honest Betrayal - The Hobbit #34
56 mins; October 28, 2025
148. Bilbo Doubles Down on Burglary - The Hobbit #33
49 mins; October 15, 2025
147. Is Thorin Gold-Sick or Just Sick of the Elves - The Hobbit #32
0 secs; September 30, 2025
146. Dragonslayer! Wait... who's this guy? - The Hobbit #31
0 secs; September 16, 2025
145. Is the Arkenstone a Silmaril? - The Hobbit #30
52 mins; September 04, 2025
144. Never Laugh at Live Dragons - The Hobbit #29
0 secs; August 19, 2025
143. Playing Tales of the Shire So You Don't Have To
0 secs; August 07, 2025
142. Size Matters to Every Dragon - The Hobbit #28
0 secs; July 22, 2025
141. An Interview with Elijah Wood
0 secs; July 11, 2025
140. Into the Mountain’s Throat - The Hobbit #27
0 secs; June 24, 2025
139. The Problem with Thorin - The Hobbit #26
46 mins; June 10, 2025
138. What Tolkien Really Thinks About Politicians - The Hobbit #25
43 mins; May 27, 2025
137. Do the elves have ANYTHING valuable to trade? - The Hobbit #24
0 secs; May 13, 2025
136. The Lowest IQ Elves of Middle-earth? - The Hobbit #23
44 mins; April 29, 2025
135. The Greedy and Petty Elves of Mirkwood - The Hobbit #22
46 mins; April 15, 2025
When Bilbo Became the Hero - The Hobbit #21
60 hours 8 mins; April 01, 2025
133. Ainulindalë - A Reading in JRR Tolkien's Voice
0 secs; March 18, 2025
132. Evil or Elves or Both... Terror in Mirkwood : The Hobbit #20
54 mins; March 04, 2025
131. The Weirdest Chapter in Middle-earth (with dancing bears!?) : The Hobbit #19
64 hours 27 mins; February 18, 2025
130. Where did Beorn Originate (and what was Tolkien's inspiration)? : The Hobbit #18
0 secs; February 04, 2025
Tolkien Loved Eagles (too much?) : The Hobbit #17
52 mins; January 21, 2025
A Song of Ice and Fire
0 secs; January 14, 2025
128. A Courageous Hobbit and Disloyal Dwarves : The Hobbit #16
40 mins; January 07, 2025
Revisiting Tolkien's Lost 'Noel' Poem
0 secs; December 25, 2024
127. Where War of the Rohirrim went Wrong - In Depth Review
69 hours 38 mins; December 24, 2024
126. Why Did Tolkien Change The Hobbit (and what did he change)? : The Hobbit #15
0 secs; December 17, 2024
125. Bilbo Trembled and Found Pity : The Hobbit #14
0 secs; December 10, 2024
124. Miserable Riddles in the Dark : The Hobbit #13
51 mins; November 26, 2024
123. Nightmare in Moria : The Hobbit #12
46 mins; November 19, 2024
122. The Real Misty Mountains : The Hobbit #11
0 secs; November 12, 2024
121. Tolkien Gave Up on Fixing The Hobbit : The Hobbit #10
45 mins; November 05, 2024
120. Where the Children’s Story Ends and the Epic Story Begins : The Hobbit #9
42 mins; October 29, 2024
The Rings of Power Leaves us with Dwarf Politics and Randomly Shouting Elves
128 hours 10 mins; October 08, 2024
Yes. Elrond kissed Galadriel.
135 hours 33 mins; October 01, 2024
Clueless Elves, Big Beasts, and Bombadil Inverts Tolkien's Words
0 secs; September 24, 2024
Hollywood Doesn't Understand the NĂşmenoreans' Faith
0 secs; September 17, 2024
Tom Bombadil has Become Obi-Wan in The Rings of Power
0 secs; September 10, 2024
Rings of Power Returns - Episode 1 Review
0 secs; September 03, 2024
Looking at the War of the Rohirrim Trailer (and Rings of Power clips)
57 mins; August 27, 2024
Are these Really the Same Elves from The Lord of the Rings? : The Hobbit #8
0 secs; August 20, 2024
This is why Tolkien SHOULD have rewritten The Hobbit : The Hobbit #7
61 hours 27 mins; August 13, 2024
A Brave Burglar and Deficient Dwarves : The Hobbit #6
48 mins; August 05, 2024
Gandalf Gets Pushy : The Hobbit #5
30 mins; July 30, 2024
What Went Wrong with Tolkien's 1960 Hobbit Rewrite : The Hobbit #4
61 hours 41 mins; July 23, 2024
How the Baggins Side of Bilbo Lost : The Hobbit #3
53 mins; July 16, 2024
The Hobbit was NOT Originally in Middle-earth : The Hobbit #2
55 mins; July 09, 2024
Tolkien Changed The Hobbit Twice : Hobbit Whole #1
49 mins; June 25, 2024
The REAL War of the Rohirrim, According to Tolkien
50 mins; June 18, 2024
Tom Bombadil, The Hunt for Gollum, and Viggo Mortensen are Back... and so is Dan!
0 secs; June 04, 2024
An Interview with Billy Boyd (Pippin) and Dominic Monaghan (Merry)
33 mins; May 28, 2024
Bree's DARK Turn
46 mins; May 21, 2024
Should The Lord of the Rings Films have kept the Barrow-downs?
52 mins; May 14, 2024
Tom Bombadil is NOT important? Tolkien said it!
35 mins; May 07, 2024
Why Peter Jackson Cut the Old Forest and Old Man Willow
41 mins; April 30, 2024
Peter Jackson CUT the Godfather of the Shire : Film Changes #30 and #31
36 mins; April 23, 2024
The Wizard Duel and Orthanc in Real Time : Film Changes #29 and #30
0 secs; April 16, 2024
An Interview with Howard Shore, Lord of the Rings Composer - 2003 Roundtable Interviews
44 mins; April 09, 2024
The Rings of Power is PEAK TV - Top Scenes, Top Characters and Top Quotes
62 hours 13 mins; April 01, 2024
Sauron's FIRST Defeat - Finishing Tolkien's Unfinished Tale - Aldarion and Erendis - Part 8
60 hours 16 mins; March 26, 2024
NEW Tolkien Book with UNPUBLISHED Content Announced!
23 mins; March 19, 2024
Finishing Tolkien's Unfinished Tale - Aldarion and Erendis - Part 7
53 mins; March 05, 2024
A Spiteful Marriage, a New Enemy, and a Watery End - Aldarion and Erendis - Part 6
50 mins; February 27, 2024
The Sacrificial King and the Fallen Queen - Aldarion and Erendis - Part 5
46 mins; February 20, 2024
Middle-earth's Worst Dad - Aldarion and Erendis - Part 4
47 mins; February 13, 2024
Mariner, King, or Husband? - Aldarion and Erendis - Part 3
53 mins; February 06, 2024
True Love or Dutiful Betrothal - Aldarion and Erendis - Part 2
0 secs; January 30, 2024
This Sea is NOT Always Right - Aldarion and Erendis - Part 1
0 secs; January 23, 2024
Removing Radagast and Hobbit Thieves : Film Changes #27 and #28
33 mins; January 16, 2024
Meeting Gandalf in Bree and a Glimpse of Gildor : Films Changes #25 and #26
44 mins; January 09, 2024
Bilbo's Party Changes and 17 Years Lost
0 secs; December 28, 2023
Tolkien Created an Entire North Pole Mythology!
10 mins; December 19, 2023
Gandalf's a Headbanger and Frodo's Unexpected Introduction
25 mins; December 12, 2023
Tolkien's Christmas poem was lost for 80 years!
0 secs; December 05, 2023
Bilbo's Prologue and The Rings of Power is NOT fixing The Lord of the Rings Films
36 mins; November 28, 2023
Men Want Power, Isildur Didn't Kill Sauron, and the Ring's Mind - with The Tolkien Road!
77 hours 27 mins; November 21, 2023
Saruman the suck-up, Elrond hates Men, and Formless Sauron - with the Middle-earth Mixer!
60 hours 37 mins; November 14, 2023
Gimli's Comic Relief, Boromir's Wrong Hair, and Legolas's Big Elf Boots
50 mins; November 07, 2023
Aragorn's Big Change and The Hobbit Youth Movement
41 mins; October 31, 2023
How Peter Jackson Changed the Wizard, the Pranksters, and Frodo's Best Bud
45 mins; October 24, 2023
Adapting Lord of the Rings, Cutting up the Story, and Dropping the Poetry
38 mins; October 17, 2023
An Interview with Lord of the Rings Screenwriter Philippa Boyens
40 mins; October 03, 2023
An Interview with Viggo Mortensen
29 mins; September 26, 2023
Music is Escape : An Interview with Jeff Johnson - Musician, Composer, Producer
62 hours 8 mins; September 19, 2023
An Interview with Liv Tyler and Orlando Bloom
26 mins; September 12, 2023
An Interview with Ian McKellen : He Read Tolkien EVERY NIGHT Before Filming
28 mins; September 05, 2023
Happily Ever After isn’t Enough - On Fairy Stories, Part 6
55 mins; August 29, 2023
Escape Isn't Possible with "Modern" Storytelling - On Fairy Stories, Part 5
59 mins; August 22, 2023
Movies are NOT Sub-Creation - On Fairy Stories, Part 4
68 hours 53 mins; August 15, 2023
Kids Ruin Everything! Why fantasy is FOR adults - On Fairy Stories, Part 3
52 mins; August 08, 2023
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