In which we list plot changes in film adaptations that actually worked with the story.
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#26: Luckily For Hobbits, Size Doesn’t Matter (The Hobbit novel)
#29: Toners For Dwarves (An Unexpected Journey)
#72: Never Tickle a Sleeping Dragon (The Desolation of Smaug)
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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