Kim Renfro

And I am joined as always by...

Kim Renfro.

Hello.

Hello.

I can't wait.

So it should be very fun.

I'm excited to get into it with you, Kim.

[laughs] Well, today, as we've already hinted at, we are continuing our journey back through Middle Earth with The Hobbit trilogy, which were directed by Peter Jackson with screenplays by Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens, Guillermo del Toro, who is added to this, uh, credits list this time for these movies as opposed to the Lord of the Rings movies, as well as Jackson himself, and is of course based on the book by J.R.R. Tolkien.

And I am joined, as always, by the one, the only, the amazing...

Kim Renfro, who is freshly sounding congested right now because I just cried re-watching this movie for like the 22nd time ever.

in my life at least and so i am also i can't claim from birth but from middle school era from middle school middle earth vibes all the way here now now to middle age is 36 middle age what are no

no we're still young we're still young kim Well, today you and I are joined by yet another special guest this week.

Well, I just realized.

So if we are a fellowship that makes us Aragorn, Legolas, and Gimli.

So who is who? Kim, I feel like just given your visual background, you are just, you have to be Legolas.

I feel like that.

I'm gonna keep it this way, and I'm joined, as always, by [laughs]...

Kim Renfro.

Hello, Kim.

The, the jolly companion on our journey here-

Uh, I just haven't had the time to, uh, do the, give that podcast the time, care, and attention it deserves.

Which is why I'm so thrilled that, uh, Jesse and Kim have basically taken over that feed, and they're obviously, uh, doing their thing with, uh, covering Lord of the Rings leading up to Rings of Power this fall.

Uh, and so I'm just so grateful and so ex- excited at what they've been able to create with, uh, their work on that podcast feed.

Uh, but, uh, I, as a, as a way of illustrating how I haven't really had time, I literally didn't finish the show until, like, yesterday.

That's right, that's right.

I mean, if you want a, a, uh, an extremely detailed and intricate explanation of what the hell is going on with the show, then definitely listen to A Cast of Kings.

If you want s- uh, some of Jesse and Kim's piercing insights, definitely listen to A Cast of Kings.

Um, and if you want two schlubs', uh, random ig- you know, ignoramus thoughts on it-

And I am joined, as always, by...

Kim Renfro.

Hey, hey.

Also a Lord of the Rings super fan, not since birth, but I will claim since middle school.

Well, uh, anyways, I'm starting off on that note.

For listeners who didn't catch, uh, this on our last episode or who may be joining us for the first time, which if, by the way, you are here for the first time, welcome.

As I said, Kim and I are jumping into this adventure to cover as much of the Lord of the Rings world as we can leading up to season three of The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power later this November.

And today we are starting with that classic film, the one, the only, The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Rings, extended edition of course, directed by Peter Jackson and written by Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens, and Jackson himself.