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As January follows Christmas, so too does The Hobbit follow The Lord of the Rings. A thump of ice-cold reality after the festive high. It's 12 years since we saw The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey - will the lens of hindsight impact our reaction? Or will the CG orcs, cartoonish action and that scene with the plates prove too great a burden? Listen on to find out, and join us next week for The Desolation of Smaug before we tackle The Battle of the Five Armies on January 20th. Join the Redshirt Cinema Club! Support us at patreon.com/redshirtcinemaclub to receive two bonus episodes every month as well as our newsletter, The Civilian Observer.You can also follow us at x.com/redshirtcinema and get in touch at [email protected]. Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to a mailbag special dedicated to your correspondence about The Lord Of The Rings. Our episodes on Peter Jackson's films have been far and away our most popular so far. It seems that you love them as much as we do, and this is the perfect time of the year to revisit Middle-earth. Anyway - if you've listened to the individual episodes on The Fellowship Of The Ring, The Two Towers, and The Return Of The King, you'll know that in each one we ran out of time to read and answer your mail. We're setting that right in this episode, with a full hour dedicated to your questions, comments, and theories. Next week the adventure continues with The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey. Join the Redshirt Cinema Club! Support us at patreon.com/redshirtcinemaclub to receive two bonus episodes every month as well as our newsletter, The Civilian Observer.You can also follow us at x.com/redshirtcinema, and get in touch at [email protected]. Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We come to it at last, the great battle of our time. And it's a really really great battle, everyone. Join us for our extra-long, indefensibly indulgent episode on The Return Of The King. Traditionally the least-favoured of Peter Jackson's Rings films, what will we make of the marathon send-off for our favourite festive series? Enjoy the last of these epic Lord Of The Rings episodes, and join us next week as we return from our adventures and take comfort in Mail Bag End, with an episode devoted to your correspondence regarding Peter Jackson's films. After that we'll be moving on to the Hobbit films in 2025!Join the Redshirt Cinema Club! Support us at patreon.com/redshirtcinemaclub to receive two bonus episodes every month as well as our newsletter, The Civilian Observer.You can also follow us at x.com/redshirtcinema, and get in touch at [email protected]. Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We've lost count of how many times we've seen The Two Towers, a film Rob reckons he could recite beginning to end (especially the Gollum scenes). As before, there's no fandom experiment going on here - we're simply watching something we all love, occasionally delving into the books and mentioning the Appendices too much. Enjoy the episode and join us next week for The Return of the King!Join the Redshirt Cinema Club! Support us at patreon.com/redshirtcinemaclub to receive two bonus episodes every month as well as our newsletter, The Civilian Observer.You can also follow us at x.com/redshirtcinema, and get in touch at [email protected]. Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.