Episode 36: Flies and Spiders

Tolkien with Friends

Andie and Kali welcome designer and Tolkien collector, Myla (aka @MylaMalinalda) to the podcast to discuss the eighth chapter of the Hobbit, "Flies and Spiders," as well as the corresponding scenes from Peter Jackson's "The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug." In this episode, we cover:

• How Mirkwood is described in the book vs what we see in the movie
• What we learn about wood-elves in this chapter — and how that differs from Peter Jackson's depiction
• Mirkwood's various creepy crawlies
• How Bilbo's role is reduced
• Our hopes for the future of adaptations

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