2.46 - THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING (2001) & Industrialisation

The last franchise of Season 2 is a bit of a behemoth: it’s the Jackson/Tolkien epic. We don’t get round to talking about our theme till very late on, but we do talk a lot about the mechanics of this film: including just what makes the ring itself so impressive.

This Week’s Media
THE CRACKED PODCAST (2013—): Alex Schmidt, Michael Swaim, Dan O'Brien
I AM NOT YOUR NEGRO (2016): Raoul Peck, James Baldwin, Samuel L. Jackson

Recommendations
DEAD ALIVE/BRAINDEAD (1992): Peter Jackson, Timothy Balme, Diana Peñalver
A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE (2005): David Cronenberg, Viggo Mortensen, Maria Bello
THE FIFTH ELEMENT (1995): Luc Besson, Bruce Willis, Gary Oldman
MR HOLMES (2015): Bill Condon, Ian McKellen, Laura Linney

Footnotes
The episode of the CRACKED podcast Sam recommends is here. If you’re the sort of full-on fantasy fan (I won’t use the N or the G word, as everyone’s a bit like that…) who’s interested the nitty-gritty in authors’ world-building, then here’s an introduction to the nittiest of grittiest background works (that Rob briefly mentions): . Here’s quite a good basic introduction to the 3-act dramatic structure that we discuss this week. And here’s more on Tolkien himself, for those (including the two of us!) who might want to do some reading up on the author before we continue with the franchise.