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Some months ago, a certain other Lord of the Rings-ish TV show prompted some fans to say, “Now we’re really going to appreciate The Hobbit film trilogy!” But after that certain other show, we saw little appreciation. Mostly the fans wanted to criticize that certain other show. Some of us never stopped appreciating The Hobbit films. That’s why we feel so alone in a company of Dwarves who really seem to hate that series. Today our special guest returns for some friendly sparring about the trilogy, whose first film, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, released ten years ago this week!

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Returning with ‘Rilian’ of NarniaWeb’s Talking Beasts podcast

• Rilian and Stephen met on the NarniaWeb forum back in the mid-2000s.
• Rilian’s podcast, also with GlumPuddle, is now known as Talking Beasts.
• They explore Narnia books and films, interviewing scholars and actors.
• For example, Samuel West and Ben Barnes, who have both played King Caspian.
• In 2020, Rilian joined us to lament The Voyage of the Dawn Treader film.
• In 2021, we also reminisced about 

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