Books to Movies: The Desolation of Smaug, Mirkwood, More on Pacing, What to Keep, What to Ignore

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The Mirkwood scenes keep the fairy-tale dreamlike tone from the book while moving much more quickly. They also link the spiders more directl...

Books to Movies: The Desolation of Smaug, Sometimes the Movie Can Explain Things

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Jane Espenson supplies a great piece of commentary during an Angel episode: she notes a continuity error and then says something to the eff...

Books to Movies: Out of the Frying Pan, Into the Fire, or, The Non-Mary Sue Makes Choices

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I consider the entire goblin-warg-trees sequence in The Hobbit somewhat random, both in the book and in the movie. However, if one is Jac...

Books to Movies: A Short Rest and a Great Setting

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These posts examine the often necessary changes that occur between mediums: books to movies to radio drama. I am using Tolkien's The Ho...

Books to Movies: Roast Mutton, Arcs, Cuts, and Pacing

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The warg was named Daisy by Manu Bennett. These posts examine the often necessary changes that occur between mediums: books to movies to ra...

Books to Movies: The Unexpected Party

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These posts examine the often necessary changes that occur between mediums: book to movie to radio drama. I am using Tolkien's The Hobbi...

The Two Towers: Why The Ents Are Not as Annoying as the Ewoks

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Essay Version: Introduction (hook, context, thesis) : What do Ewoks and Ents have in common? Ewoks are protagonists in The Return of the Jed...