Tolkien with Friends
Tolkien with Friends
Andie
Episode 11: Sméagol, Uruk-hai and the Riders of Rohan
56 minutes Posted Jun 8, 2022 at 11:50 pm.
0:00
56:11
Download MP3
Show notes

This week, we’re covering the first 36 minutes and 23 seconds of the extended edition of Two Towers. This roughly – and I mean ROUGHLY – corresponds to the chapters the Riders of Rohan, the Uruk-hai and the Taming of Smeagol. In this episode, we discuss:

  • Parallels between Frodo and Aragorn
  • How the introduction of Gollum changes the dynamic between Frodo and Sam in the movies
  • Why Gimli is actually "rude" to Eomer when they first meet
  • Brave moments cut from Merry and Pippin's storyline