In 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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