187: The Hobbit 57: Thorin Contends With Reality
Lord of the Rings Lorecast - J.R.R. Tolkien's World & Writings Explained
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4.9 • 695 Ratings
🗓️ 17 November 2025
⏱️ 35 minutes
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Summary
The beginning of chapter 17 contains some of the best dialogue in the Hobbit, with so many little details that reveal the depth of the characters. Let's discuss.
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| 0:00.0 | Have you tried going back and playing the games you played as a kid? |
| 0:03.7 | We're talking nostalgia overload, fun facts, and seeing if we can remember how to beat games we haven't played in 30 years. |
| 0:11.0 | Come join us. Retro Recall is all about nostalgia and reliving those years of zero responsibility. |
| 0:17.0 | Each episode, John makes me play a game from our youth and I challenge challenge him to do something in that game, and then the loser has to try one of the worst games ever made. |
| 0:27.4 | It's fun, it's terrible, but most of all, it's a look back at simpler times. |
| 0:32.5 | In the first episode, we try Double Dragon 2, and let's just say that John is still having nightmares |
| 0:37.8 | about some of the terrible games he had to play. |
| 0:41.3 | You say that, but I'm not the only one. |
| 0:43.7 | Uh, the ghoul school? |
| 0:45.7 | Dear God. |
| 0:46.7 | Take our retro recall on YouTube |
| 0:48.1 | and your favorite audio podcast platforms. |
| 0:50.2 | There are links in the main show description |
| 0:51.8 | or just search Retro Recall. |
| 0:53.8 | Retro Recall. Come join us. Games are always better with friends. |
| 1:01.2 | Recall. |
| 1:10.2 | Welcome to the Lord of the Rings lore cast, the show that explores the background of |
| 1:15.7 | Tolkien's amazing world from the very beginning. |
| 1:36.1 | So we're starting chapter 17, and here I am looking at a whole new section of the Hobbit, a whole new chapter, and thinking about how I'm going to start this episode. |
| 1:41.2 | And the very first thing that comes to mind is simply, Tolkien is so good at this |
| 1:47.0 | thing. And I feel like I'm a broken record at this point. How many times have I started |
| 1:52.0 | an episode and talked about the things that Tolkien is amazing at? But I don't think that's my |
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