Adaptation #109: And a Hobbit with the One Ring

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In discussing the final installment of The Hobbit, the hosts get into a heated debate about where the film starts, but agree on many of the other aspects like the fantastic fight choreography and the over-done love story. Make sure you let us know what you thought of the film, the end of the series and our discussion in the comments!

*NOTE* This episode is unusually quiet because of some problems with the recording. We promise to do better next time.

Be sure to check out our other Hobbit podcasts: (novel) (part 1) (part 2)

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For a similar discussions, check out our episodes on A Feast for Crows, The Maze Runner, X-Men: Days of Future Past, and Emma Approved.

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Vlog: Ten Best Casting Choices

In which we have The Hunger Games on the brain and tell you our picks for the best casting choices.

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Adaptation #76: We Shave For Sherlock Holmes

header076In this overdue episode, the Adaptation Team tackles the BBC’s third series of Sherlock, discussing the perfection that is Mary Morstan, the nods to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s original works and to the fandom and the mildly-disappointing lack of a cliff hanger, all while reeling from the fact that WE STILL DON’T KNOW HOW HE SURVIVED!

What do you think? Have a listen and then tell us your own thoughts on this series and how it stacks up to the first two the comments!

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For more fandom adaptations, check out our episodes on  The Hobbit: AUJ and DoS, Thor: The Dark World, Catching Fire, Star Trek Into Darkness and Once Upon a Time.

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Adaptation #72: Never Tickle a Sleeping Dragon

header072In this episode on The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, our hosts talk about the added/extended storylines, the awesome CGI, the unnecessary CGI and what it all means for the third film. And also how they would watch an entire film of elves fighting because oh. my. god.

Also, we have an episode on the novel by JRR Tolkien and films 1 and 3.

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For similar adaptations, check out our episodes on Thor: The Dark World, Ender’s Game, Once Upon a Time and Percy Jackson.

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Adaptation #29: Toners for Dwarves

header029The team talks the first installment of Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit, how it fits into the Lord of the Rings saga and how faithfully it represents the novel by JRR Tolkien.

For our discussion on the book check out episode #26: Luckily for Hobbits, Size Doesn’t Matter. For The Desolation of Smaug, check out episode #72: Never Tickle a Sleeping Dragon. For Battle of the Five Armies, check out episode #109: And a Hobbit with the One Ring.

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