19 - B1C7 - In The House of Tom Bombadil - [LoTR Read Along]
Release Date: 02/19/2017
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43. B3:C2 - The Riders of Rohan [LoTR Read Along]
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42. B3:C1 - The Departure of Boromir - [LoTR Read Along]
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41. Back In The Saddle
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The Nicks do their first recording in many months. This episode is a reconnecting of two friends and trying to establish a routine for the future of the podcast. The Nicks also talk briefly about Sauron's attacks in the northern parts of Middle-earth and ask if there are elves in the east.
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40. DISC 2 - The Fellowship of The Ring - Extended Edition - Watch Along Commentary
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The Nicks are joined by Erin and Aran to give their commentary while watching the extended edition of The Fellowship of The Ring (Disc 2). Cue up your copy and press play with us to listen and watch along with us in this special episode.
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39. DISC 1 - The Fellowship of The Ring - Extended Edition - Watch Along Commentary
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38. B2:C10 - The Breaking of The Fellowship - [LoTR Read Along]
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The Nicks might be breaking up a bit in this episode, but it's only fitting as this is the Breaking of the Fellowship! How will the break happen? Is it physical? Or psychological? Which way will Frodo go? Who will go with him? Find out with us, live at the Green Dragon.
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37. B2:C9 - The Great River - [LoTR Read Along]
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36. B2:C8 - Farewell to Lorien - [LoTR Read Along]
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The Nicks dive into this chapter of gift giving by asking which of the Fellowship's gifts would you steal, or what gift would you ask of Lady Galadriel? We discuss the differences between the movie gifts and the book. And, in spite of not making an actual plan, we prepare ourselves for a long trek downriver.
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35. B2:C7 - The Mirror of Galadriel - [LoTR Read Along]
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The Nicks get down to business by talking about the elephant in the room, this elephant being the new baby boy in Nicholas' family! Also, we meet the Lord and Lady of the Galadhrim - Celeborn, and Galadriel. Later, Galadriel shows two of our fellowship her magic mirror. Maps Notes for this episode OUR FELLOWSHIP HAS ENTERED THE ENCHANTED FOREST ELVES FROM WITHIN HAVE CLEARED THE ORC SCUM WITHOUT! OUR FELLOWSHIP HAS BEEN ENTRUSTED WITH THE SECRETS OF THE GOLDEN WOOD WHAT WILL THEY FIND WITHIN THE CITY OF GREEN TOWERS? WILL THE LORD AND LADY BE GRACIOUS? HAS ANYONE PAID MIND TO BILL THE...
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34. B2:C6 - Lothlorien - [LoTR Read Along]
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The Nicks talk about stepping out of time in special and awe-inspiring places, as well as being too close to the special things near you. Our Fellowship makes a dash for the woods, in spite of the potential of danger within. Aragorn is forced to take the lead after Gandalf's fall, and now they take the last known road in the plan created in Rivendell. Maps Notes for this episode BESIEGED BY ORCS! AN ANCIENT FOE OF FIRE AND FLAME! THE FELLOWSHIP FLEES TO THE EASTERN GATE GANDALF MAKES A STAND AND SACRIFICES HIMSELF FOR THE FELLOWSHIP ARAGORN NOW LEADS… THE DRUMS OF THE ENEMY...
info_outlineIn this episode the Nicks discuss what it's like to be the house guest of the biggest enigma in literary history - as Nick likes to say. Nicholas asks about potentially bad habits of being a house guest, and together they try to uncover some clues about Tom Bombadil and his wife Goldberry - the River Woman's Daughter.
Maps
LoTRproject.com interactive map - Caution: spoilers for new readers!
Notes for this episode
Last Time - In the Lord of The Rings:
Frodo, Pippin, Merry, and Sam have reached a safe haven…. Or have they?! After a dizzying experience in the Old Forest and a harrowing brush with death at the roots of Old Man Willow our hobbits are invited to the home of a strange man who seems to have saved them from danger with mere song. Who is this “Tom Bombadil, Tom Bombadillo”, and was it mere chance that he happened on them just in the nick of time?
The Story in this Chapter:
- They are greeted by Goldberry, Frodo is stirred into a sudden outburst of song.
- The hobbits can’t help but SING when they are in the HoTB
- Song is everywhere in the HoTB! Everywhere.
- They bathe and are treated to an amazing dinner where they all drink sing together.
- Dreams - each of the hobbits has a dream (Except Sam).
- Frodo clearly dreams of a tower that we may or may not have talked about in the prologue series… and an old man with white hair wielding a staff.
- The hobbits are all comforted back into sleep by the words spoken earlier by Tom and/or Goldberry.
- Tom tells stories by speaking and singing -- as he tells them the hobbits lose themselves in his words.
- They learn all about Old Man Willow. They also keep losing him and then catching up with his song/tale.
- Tom tells them he came before. He is “Eldest”. What could this mean?
Notable Difference(s) from Films:
“Gnawing, biting, breaking, hacking, burning.” is a line given by Treebeard in the films when he describes creatures that come into the woods. This line here is spoken by Tom when he is telling the Hobbits about the ways of trees.
New Characters:
- Tom Bombadil
- Goldberry
What to Watch for in the Next Chapter:
The Barrows!
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