The Hobbit (1977)

At long last, we're starting our Lord of the Rings series. This week, Devin and KeriAnn kick things off with a movie that everyone definitely remembers: Rankin Bass' 1977 adaptation of The Hobbit!

A TV movie created under dubious legal circumstance, The Hobbit is nonetheless the first released film adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien's world. How is it? Honestly, it has its moments! Listen in as we make our first deep dive into a Lord of the Rings movie by arguing if any of this movie's many, many songs are good, radical changes to the depiction of Gollum, and what the ideal runtime for an adaptation of The Hobbit is. (Hint, it's not 77 minutes, but it's definitely a lot shorter than the 474 it took for the live action trilogy!)

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