Happy Hobbit Day 2022! In this video I talk about that most famousest of hobbits, Frodo Baggins, and the uniqueness of his heroism, which is neither the typical ancient mode of hero like Beowulf, nor yet the more modern variation like Sam Gamgee, but which nevertheless is an important character type for us to learn from.

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Time compression really starts to show itself as we continue John Boorman’s terrible script for adapting The Lord of the Rings, with huge chunks of the story missing.

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We’re now half way through season 1 of Rings of Power, and while this episode wasn’t as bad as episode 3, it had some cringe-worthy moments and not much of anything great.  Not to mention nothing seems to be progressing the plot.  But hey, no Harfoots, so that’s a plus!

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There has been a lot of criticism directed at Amazon for making Galadriel a warrior when that role should have been filled by Elrond.  But how accurate is it to say that Elrond was a great warrior while Galadriel was not?  The evidence may surprise you.

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Episode 3 of The Rings of Power introduces us to Numenor and more plot lines, leaves out Elrond altogether, still gives us no progress with the Harfoots, and fails to improve on many of the issues I noted in the first two episodes.  But to make matters worse, writing inconsistencies have multiplied to the point of being a serious annoyance.

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Picking up where we left off after the Council of Elrond, we follow the Fellowship’s strange journey to and through Moria and then to meet Galadriel in the worst possible way.

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I went to the fan screening of the Rings of Power's first episode, and now I can share my thoughts with all of you.   

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I’m about to see the first two episodes of Rings of Power in theaters as part of Amazon’s fan screening event, so I thought I would drop some of my thoughts to see how the show measures up afterwards.  Time will tell….

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Tony Meade (follow him on Twitter: https://twitter.com/tonymeade) is a major contributor to Corey Olsen’s Exploring The Lord of the Rings series and has given several talks on the subject of Tolkien, and today I have him on to discuss why Tolkien, who is best known for a fantasy novel, is much more important than you might think.

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If you like puzzles, especially escape room type puzzles, you might like the recently released Shadows Over Middle-earth edition of Kosmos' Exit: The Game series, but don't expect strict adherence to canon!  In this video I give an overview of the game and my final score--see if you can beat me!

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