The Extra Curricular

The Battle of Five Armies is here to over take the Lonely Mountain and drive the Dwarves out, or one could just get hit on the head and miss the whole thing. Jonathan, Katie and Chase break down the players in this battle and try to to figure out what it all means on this week's Talking Tolkien. 

Smaug, the oh so terrible worm, can not stop the arrows of a random grim faced dude living in Lake town. Jonathan, Katie and Chase follow Bard as he leads his people away from the Long Lake and the Dwarves as they prepare for an unnecessary war. that and embarrassing High School stories on this week's Talking Tolkien. 

Not every experience of Talking Tolkien has to be a positive one. Some times Jonathan, Katie and Chase have to sit through a boring, convoluted and dreadful Hobbit movie. This week, they watched The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug and had to fight off sleep and rage during it's 2 hour and 41 minutes runtime. 

If you're looking for the video version of our commentary, this is no longer available. The files were unfortunately lost when migrating our Google Apps account.

This week's chapter of the Hobbit proved to be shorter than Jonathan, Katie and Chase's expectations. The Dwarves and Hobbit continue waiting at the Lonely Mountain. While they wait the Talking Tolkien team waste some time answering some silly question from a listener. 

This week on Talking Tolkien, the company of dwarves and hobbit reach the Lonely Mountain. They also encounter a slumbering dragon living in the depths of the settlement. A fairly sick Chase joins Jonathan and Katie on a discussion about chapters 11 and 12 of the Hobbit and Harry Potter for some reason. 

Katie returns on this week's episode of Talking Tolkien. Jonathan, Katie and Chase cover chapters 9-10 of the Hobbit. The company of Dwarves are captured by the Wood-Elf King and it is going to take an invisible Hobbit to free them. The company also receive a warm welcome at Lake Town before moving on to the Lonely Mountain.

This week's episode of Talking Tolkien only features Jonathan and Chase as they dive into chapters 7 and 8 of the The Hobbit. The Company of Dwarves, Hobbit and Wizard encounter a curious man at the edge of the Mirkwood Forest and defend themselves against nasty spiders.

This week Jonathan, Katie and Chase watched the Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey and broke down what they liked about the movie and what they did not like. All while drinking sidecars. We hope you enjoy this first movie commentary episode of Talking Tolkien. 

If you're looking for the video version of our commentary, this is no longer available. The files were unfortunately lost when migrating our Google Apps account.

This is the final chapter of The Hobbit that the Talking Tolkien crew are going to cover before watching and talking about the first Hobbit movie. The Dwarves, wizard and Hobbit end up at the top of group of trees and are saved by characters that tie back into the Silmarillion. 

The Dwarves and Hobbit find themselves lost under the Misty Mountains with a horde of Goblins and a nasty creature that you all might already know. Jonathan, Katie and Chase cut through the darkness and expose the cleverness of J.R.R. Tolkien's riddles.