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“I amar prestar sen … han mathon ne nen … han mathon ne chae … a han noston ned wilith.” Well, it’s some form of Elvish. In the Common Tongue, it reads, “The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring film released twenty years ago this month. So don’t you feel older than a Dúnedain ranger?” This film truly changed our world forever. Now we shall host a good Narnian prince, Rilian himself, returning from last Christmas to explore how Christians loved exploring Peter Jackson’s one film trilogy to rule them all, from 2001 until today.

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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.
• “Glumpuddle… I have issues with you.” —screenwriter Stephen McFeely
• They explore Narnia books and films, interviewing scholars and actors.
• For example, Samuel West and Ben Barnes, who have both played King Caspian.
• Last Christmas, Rilian joined us to lament The Voyage of the Dawn Treader film.

1. How did we discover The Lord of the Rings books and films?

2. How did we experience The Fellowship of the Ring in 2001?

3. Twenty years later, how do we view the film and its fandom?

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Brielle Andela replied to episode 90 about the Ha