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Adaptation Reviews Episodes

Join us as we critique and analyze adaptations of popular fantasy books into films and TV shows, evaluating how well they capture the source material.
First Reactions To The Rings Of Power (Amazon Prime)
Sept. 7, 2022

First Reactions To The Rings Of Power (Amazon Prime)

Join us for our first reactions to the Amazon Prime The Rings of Power series. It's useful to orientate ourselves at the start of a series so Julia Golding takes us through what the four ages of Tolkien and where the Second A...

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Rings of Power - The Story Perspective (Amazon Prime)
Aug. 30, 2022

Rings of Power - The Story Perspective (Amazon Prime)

Best place to be a maker of rings of power

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Spiderman No Way Home - a review of all things Spidey!
Jan. 6, 2022

Spiderman No Way Home - a review of all things Spidey!

Spiderman No Way home ended the year with over $1 billion at the box office and has joined the top ten highest-grossing films. In this episode ( contains spoilers ), Julia Golding is joined by Ed, our resident Marvel fan at t...

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Mythmakers Go To War
Oct. 13, 2021

Mythmakers Go To War

Do you not know who Prince Imrahil is? Or Erkenbrand? Then you've seen the film but not read the book. In this episode, we talk about why you really must go back to the book to get the war. Do you have views on what has been ...

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Andy Serkis Audio book of The Lord of the Rings - Our Verdict
Oct. 6, 2021

Andy Serkis Audio book of The Lord of the Rings - Our Verdict

Big news for Tolkien fans is Andy Serkis has just released with Harper Collins and on Audible an unabridged version of The Lord of the Rings. In this episode, Juia Golding reviews the recording, comparing it to the BBC dramat...

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Recent Big Fantasy Dramas - From The Witcher To The New Amazon Tolkien Series
Sept. 29, 2021

Recent Big Fantasy Dramas - From The Witcher To The New Amazon Tolkie…

Julia Golding is joined by Ed Saunders, fantasy enthusiast, to discuss the recent big fantasy adaptations. What did The Witcher get right in its first series, what did The Mandalorian excel at, and where did Game of Thrones g...

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The Second Age - Amazon Series Livestream (Podcast Replay)
Sept. 22, 2021

The Second Age - Amazon Series Livestream (Podcast Replay)

Excited for the Tolkien TV series made by Amazon Prime? Content remains secret but we know that it is to be set in the Second Age, the time of the forging of the Rings of Power and Numenor. In the first livestream from the Ox...

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