054 | Movies | The Hobbit Part 1: An Unexpected Journey (2012)

It's Christmas and we have a new Tolkien Movie! The Hobbit: The Unexpected Journey is ON!  That, and we talk about Transpektor Bowers continued descent into madness. Be sure to check out our comic, Hurry The Rabbitoid Knight: Prelude to Epilogue! Radio Free Echo Rift is your the twice weekly Pirate Pop Culture Podcast brought to you from Deep Beneath the City of Philadelphia! We have thirty minutes to record each episode here in the confines of the Waiting Room - the only place our evil overlords, the Researchers, can’t monitor our activities. If we were ever caught, we’d be atomized for sure! Subscribe and rate us on iTunes! Download Episode 54: The Ho-Ho-Hobbit 00:40 - Intro01:30 - No More Transpektor Bowers in the Waiting Room06:10 - A Tolkien Film for Christmas!06:31 - Memories of The Lord of the Rings, 9/11/2001, etc.11:06 - Intro to The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey12:37 - Warning: We're not Lord of the Rings Guys16:53 - The Dwarves19:04 - Bilbo and Martin Freeman21:27 - Liked seeing Sylvester McCoy/Doctor Who22:03 - What is with Gross Movies?24:44 - The Length of the Movie26:49 - Putting Characters in Danger28:33 - We're in for a Great Ride with these Movies28:54 - Outro, We forgot to talk about Tom! Call-in number: 856-208-RIFT Letters: [email protected] Follow @echorift for podcast and comic updates Follow @Don_Garvey and @Connelly_Mike Music for the Radio Free Echo Rift Podcast is provided by Home At Last, show them love by liking HAL on Facebook!