In episode #26, the gang gets together to talk about JRR Tolkien’s The Hobbit, make predictions on the upcoming film trilogy and discuss where learning elvish falls on the geek scale.

EDIT: Our episodes on the films An Unexpected Journey, The Desolation of Smaug and Battle of the Fiver Armies are now available!

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Music: They’re Taking the Hobbits to Isengard by Erwin Beekveld

Main Discussion

The Hobbit or There and Back Again

-written by JRR Tolkien

-published in 1937

The Hobbit Trilogy

An Unexpected Journey

-Released Dec 13 in UK, Dec 14 in US

The Desolation of Smaug

-To release Dec 13, 2013

There and Back Again

-To release July 18, 2014

-Written by Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens, Peter Jackson and Guillermo del Toro

-Directed by Peter Jackson

-Starring Martin Freeman, Ian McKellen, Richard Armitage

-Other credited cast: Hugo Weaving (Elrond), Elijah Wood (Frodo), Cate Blanchett (Galadriel), Christopher Lee (Saruman), Andy Serkis (Gollum), Benedict Cumberbatch (Smaug/Necromancer), Ian Holm (Old Bilbo)

–Tumblr calls Martin Freeman a hedgehog

 Stay tuned for episode #27 on David O. Russell’s film Silver Linings Playbook!