Movies First Impressions of The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug Extended Edition on Blu-Ray draconicverses, November 14, 2014 Greetings from Middle-earth, Goblins and Gals! Ye Olde Dragon here, with a quick cursory review of the middle chapter of Peter Jackson‘s adaptive trilogy of J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit – well, not the movie itself, but the Blu-Ray release of the Extended Edition. At some point, I have every… Continue Reading
Books Happy Birthday, J.R.R. Tolkien draconicverses, January 3, 2012 Today marks the 120th birthday of Prof. John Ronald Reuel Tolkien. As the world knows, he created the world of Middle-earth with its Hobbits, Rangers, Orcs, Ringwraiths and such. It’s a testament to this quiet man’s brilliance that THE LORD OF THE RINGS was the most read book of the… Continue Reading