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Gollum really is a frog-like creature! (c) Warner Bros. Home Entertainment

22. July 2014

Rankin/ Bass Productions’ “The Hobbit” and “Return of the King” remastered

July 22, 2014 sees the release of digitally remastered versions of Rankin/Bass Productions’ animated television specials “The Hobbit” and “The Return of the King”. Time to reevaluate how films brought Tolkien’s worlds to life...

Distant view of Edlingham by Andrew Curtis

Films

8. March 2014

How Gandalf returned to England in a Hobbit film promo poster

A wizard’s backdrop: Corby’s Crags, Edlingham castle and a disused railway viaduct This year will see the end of (another) Tolkien-inspired film trilogy and I thought it might be nice to look back on...

How desolation of Smaug should have ended (c)

Films / Fun stuff

17. January 2014

How it should have ended: Hobbit and LotR film trilogies the different way

For those of you with a love for films and alternative endings (or rather, let’s squeeze any film into three minutes) “How it should have ended” should be a well-known source of hilarious entertainment....

Events / Films

8. December 2013

Preparations for European “Hobbit” premiere in Berlin under way [pictures + vid]

This coming Monday the European premiere of the second installment of the “Hobbit” film trilogy will be taking place at Sony Center in Berlin, Germany. As I happen to live in said city I...

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (c) Warner Bros. etc.

Films / Fun stuff

23. November 2013

11 websites you need to visit before watching “The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug”

“The Hobbit” is coming. When you play with dragons, you win or die. The world premiere of “The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug” is happening pretty soon and as you may have noticed things...

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug. Dale. (c) Warner Bros. etc.

Films

10. November 2013

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug. Fan event, Ed Sheeran and production diary #12

The Hobbit is coming. Again. Last week saw the world-wide fan event on The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug with fans from all over the world gathering to see a 20 mins sneak peek...

By Wikidwitch (Own work) [CC0], via Wikimedia Commons

Films / Fun stuff

18. August 2013

How two Gandalfs link up to Shogun and a CBE

Welcome to the third installment of “Fun Facts on Middle-earth related Media (F2M2)” in which I would like to introduce you to the outstanding actor Sir Michael Hordern. He is next on my list...

Films / Fun stuff

17. June 2013

F2M2: How Vampire Viktor is a run-down rock star creating coastlines also named Sam

In the second installment of my on-going series “Fun Facts on Middle-earth related Media (F2M2)” I would like to introduce you to the man who inspired me to start it – Bill Nighy. My...

Ash from Alien. Robert Penn (c) 2003 Twentieth Century Fox

Films / Fun stuff

30. May 2013

How Bilbo is Frodo, loves his multipass and fights the Alien

As of today I will start another series on TheTolkienist.com playing on some fun facts readily available in the media and what set me off was Bill Nighy. I’ll turn to him in a...

Leonard Nimoy singing "Ballad of Bilbo Baggins"

Films / Fun stuff

8. May 2013

Yes, Spock is singing the ballad of ‘Bilbo Baggins.’ And beating Young Spock. In an Audi ad.

It may look like a rather unusual post to the Tolkienist but I am a fan of many fandoms (as any proper nerd/ geek/ etc. would be) and I have always had a love...

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Rankin/ Bass Productions’ “The Hobbit” and “Return of the King” remastered

How it should have ended: Hobbit and LotR film trilogies the different way

Preparations for European “Hobbit” premiere in Berlin under way [pictures + vid]

11 websites you need to visit before watching “The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug”

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug. Fan event, Ed Sheeran and production diary #12

How two Gandalfs link up to Shogun and a CBE

F2M2: How Vampire Viktor is a run-down rock star creating coastlines also named Sam

How Bilbo is Frodo, loves his multipass and fights the Alien

Yes, Spock is singing the ballad of ‘Bilbo Baggins.’ And beating Young Spock. In an Audi ad.

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