The final chapter of the Lord of the Rings has been read and Jonathan, Katie and Chase have completed what they set out to do. They follow Frodo and Sam...
RotK Part 19: Concerning The Final Hours of the Fellowship
RotK Part 18: Concerning Never Really Returning Home
The Hobbits finally end their journey back home in the Shire. They may have escaped the finally battles, but the war of the Ring has invade the Shire threatening...
RotK Part 17: Concerning Another Night in Bree
The hobbits and Gandalf continue on towards the Shire. However, they have to make a stop in the village of Bree...
RotK Part 14: Concerning The Notion That It Was A Dream
And like that, the dark lord of Mordor, Sauron, was gone from Middle-Earth. The Fourth Age has dawned, and our heroes get some well earned rest...
RotK Part 13: Concerning A Real Hero of Middle-Earth
Sam and Frodo reach the slopes of Mount Doom, bur Frodo is far too weak to climb the volcano. The Ring is too much of a burden on his mind...
RotK Part 12: Concerning a Living Mordor
This week, Sam and Frodo trudge through the land of darkness towards Mount Doom. However, they and Jonathan, Katie and Chase make some...
RotK Part 11: Concerning The Beginning of the End
Sam steps into Mordor and it is a sight to behold. The land is churning and dark, but he can not dwell on these things for long. He still has master Frodo...
The Two Towers Part 21: Concerning A Couple of Towers
To round out our discussion on the Two Towers we watched and discussed the 2002 film version. We talk about pacing, jumping genres and...
The Two Towers Part 20: Concerning Impossible Fights
We reach the final chapter of the Two Towers this week, and it is focused on Sam and the many choices that lie ahead of him. As the last member...
The Two Towers Part 19: Concerning Her Vomit Darkness
This week, Sam, Frodo and Gollum dive deep into Shelob's Lair and discover the horrible smells and death that lies within. Jonathan, Katie and Chase...
The Two Towers Part 18: Concerning All We Feel About Samwise
As Frodo and Sam creep ever closer to Mordor, Jonathan, Katie and Chase come to terms with how they feel about these characters...
The Two Towers Part 17: Concerning a Failure of Communication
Frodo, Sam and Gollum leave the company of Faramir and his men. They set off across the wilderness towards Mordor, but everything is different...
The Two Towers Part 15: Concerning The Window On To The West
Frodo and Sam are now under the care of a young captain of Gondor, Faramir. Faramir is curious about what brings two...
The Two Towers Part 14: Concerning PO-TA-TOES!
Sam is hungry, and not for any more of that lame Lambis bread! He asks Gollum if he could possibly finding anything suitable in the wilds for Hobbits to eat...
The Two Towers Part 13: Concerning the Black Gates of Mordor
Frodo and Sam have reached the Black Gates of Mordor and thus the end of their journey! No, not really...
The Two Towers Part 12: Concerning Festering Bogs
Sam, Frodo and a newly tamed Gollum make their way across the marsh leading to the Black Gates of Mordor...
The Two Towers Part 11: Concerning Ninnyhammers and Noodles!
At the beginning of Book 4 of the Lord of the Rings, we reconnect with Frodo and Sam in the mountains...
FotR Part 18: Concerning Parting Ways
This week we witness the final moments of the Fellowship as they begin to go separate ways. Frodo and Sam will be making their way to Mordor...
FotR Part 15: Concerning Events That Have Not Come to Pass
The Fellowship rest with the elves that reside deep in the forest. Frodo and Sam spend time with an old friend of the series, Galadriel...
FotR Part 4: Concerning Friendly Conspiracies
Happy Tolkien Week! This week we celebrate the publication of The Hobbit as well as Bilbo and Frodo's birthdays. Our hobbits continue their...