The Fellowship of the Ring
Welcome to Middle Earth (or possibly New Zealand), as we discuss The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien this week on Novel Ideas. This is an obscure fantasy tale with an even more obscure feature length movie that no one has seen. Also, the Peter Jackson movie that everyone in the world has seen. In this episode, we cover the big issues, such as: world building, the logical way to divide an epic story in three parts, and the lack of female characters. We also cover more philosophical questions, like whether elves bang, if Gandalf is shy, and Tom Bombadil’s ADHD. I also attempted a tweak with my audio processing, so if it sounds weird on your listening device of preference, please leave a comment.
The music bumps are from Howard Shore’s excellent score to the movie version of Fellowship, specifically the theme that probably comes to mind when you think of that soundtrack.
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January 18, 2013 at 12:20 pm
Disagree – I love the Hobbit. The Lord of the Rings trilogy is good too – I have read both, but I like the Hobbit more. It’s not as serious and you can just enjoy the story. Plus there is a guy who can turn into a bear and town in the middle of lake! (I might be a child on the inside).
Also – Merry does play a role in the other books. He befriends Theodon and becomes his squire and in the last book he helps Eowyn kill the King of the Nazgul. I’m just saying – he deserves a little more credit here.