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• Features, Opinion

  Making ‘The Hobbit’: Some suggestions for Sir Peter

  12.16.10 | Kunochan | Permalink | 10 Comments

  So you’re finally adapting The Hobbit. I know you already have your script approved and your storyboards laid down, but if it isn’t too late, may I humbly make a few suggestions, from one fan to another?

• Humor

  Bilbo Baggins Image Macros

  11.28.10 | Kunochan | Permalink | 2 Comments

  In the tradition of great image macros such as High Expectations Asian Father, here is Bilbo Baggins (the Martin Freeman version)…

• Events, Legendarium, News

  Today in Middle-earth history: March 25th and the Downfall of Sauron

  03.25.10 | Kunochan | Permalink | Speak, friend and comment!

  Today in Middle-earth history: The destruction of the One Ring, the Downfall of Barad-dûr and the final defeat of Sauron Gorthaur; also, it’s Tolkien Reading Day!

• Features, Humor, Opinion

  Ugly Elves & Inflatable Orcs: Rankin/Bass’ 1977 ‘The Hobbit’ Reviewed

  03.23.10 | Kunochan | Permalink | 11 Comments

  Author JRR Tolkien believed that we each have a great sacrifice to make, for the betterment of all humanity. Frodo bore the Ring, for the sake of The Shire; Aragorn walked the Paths of the Dead, for the sake of the Free Peoples; and I watched Rankin/Bass Productions’ 1977 animated television production of “The Hobbit,” for you, my readers.

• Events, News

  Tolkien’s original art on display today in Oxford

  03.03.10 | Kunochan | Permalink | Speak, friend and comment!

  Original art by fantasy author JRR Tolkien will be on display today only, March 4th, at the Bodleian Library at the University of Oxford, in celebration of World Book Day.

• Events, Tolkien 101

  Happy eleventy-eighth birthday to ‘Lord of the Rings’ author JRR Tolkien

  01.03.10 | Kunochan | Permalink | Speak, friend and comment!

  John Ronald Reuel Tolkien, CBE, Oxford University professor, and author of the globally beloved fantasy epics The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, was born eleventy-seven years ago today, on January 3rd, 1892, in Bloemfontein in the Orange Free State, a British colony and a province of the Union of South Africa.

• Features

  Ten new year’s resolutions for fans of ‘The Lord of the Rings’

  12.31.09 | Kunochan | Permalink | Speak, friend and comment!

  Whether you were introduced to Tolkien by Orlando Bloom’s shield-surfing antics, or if you have read The Lord of the Rings every summer since the 3rd grade (guilty), there is always more you can do to become the Tolkien superfan you have always aspired to be.

  Here are ten suggestions…

• Humor

  Scientific Pie Chart: Who Got Shit Done in ‘The Hobbit?’

  11.05.09 | Kunochan | Permalink | 2 Comments

  This chart illustrates which characters in The Hobbit actually get any shit done.

• Collectibles, News

  2010 Tolkien calendars announced

  11.01.09 | Kunochan | Permalink | Speak, friend and comment!

  HarperCollins has announced its Tolkien Calendar and Tolkien Diary for 2010. Both will feature the theme “landscapes of The Lord of the Rings,” with art by long-time Tolkien artist Ted Nasmith.

• Humor, Web Links

  What if ‘The Hobbit’ was a Nigerian 419 scam?

  09.25.09 | Kunochan | Permalink | Speak, friend and comment!

  In view of this, I received your contact through a friend and counselor, an ingenious wizard, who noted you as a Burglar who wants a good job, plenty of Excitement and reasonable Reward. And I and my twelve companions have agreed to give you 10% of the total gold and jewels that the dragon Smaug now rests upon if you can join us on our long journey. When you have agreed please tell us the place where you dwell and send one hundred pence so that we might travel to you.

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