LotR Summer Pt.4 : There and Back Again

The boys of summer may have gone, beloved listeners, but we still love Lord of the Rings (and you). This week, we’re wrapping up LotR Summer with a dive into the cultural impact of the movies and the books! They start off with the Fantasy Blockbuster and why none of them ever really measured up to Lord of the Rings, discuss how the movies ended up becoming such a cornerstone of internet culture, and end on an old bit they haven’t done in quite some time - the Ao3 Check! They laugh a lot about those mis-translated LotR screencaps too, because they have aged beautifully. They also talk about those SyFy original shows where they adapted classic novels into what was essentially romcoms? Do y’all remember those? Wild.