This is why Tolkien SHOULD have rewritten The Hobbit : The Hobbit #7
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We weren't huge fans of Tolkien's changes to chapter 1 of The Hobbit in his abandoned 1960 rewrite--but chapter 2 surprised us with it's pitch-perfect changes! Some of the things we discuss include:
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Middle-earth gains space--and is now the "character" we know
Gandalf's got a horse--and he's AWESOME!
Bilbo is more helpless and forgotten--and it's better
JRR Tolkien's prose is more expertly crafted
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Why does Tolkien refer to the Dwarves gold as "enchanted"
And why is the gold "pale"? Does is have a greater meaning than just a * color choice?
The Hobbit film fan-edit -- let's watch it together!
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🎬 Chapters 🎬
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00:00: Intro
04:40 First Edition Price is CRAZY
09:41 Tolkien Reads "Roast Mutton"
11:20 No Mutton--Now a Broken Bridge
19:34 The Danger is Real
24:52 Gandalf's Horse Rohald
29:19 Bilbo is Forgotten
33:25 More Dangerous Trolls
38:29 Tolkien Regrets the Childish Story
41:30 Sting, Glamdring, and Orcrist
55:11 Is the rewrite BETTER?