The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey pt. 1 UNEDITED REACTION (early access)

Also, I heard the most interesting description of Gandalf the other day. Someone was explaining that Gandalf is more of a bard than a wizard (talking D&D here) because more often than not he's inspiring with his words more than doing actual magic. So some could argue his true magic is the way he inspires

This is literally the second time I've watched the Hobbit series. The opening hits different now that I know that the dwarves are literally based on the Jewish people. And I do think it's interesting to see how the Hobbit fits kind of uniquely into the greater story (talking books here) since it was originally written basically as a story for his kids

This is a super cool in depth description. Thanks man! How do you know all this? Is it in the Simarlilian or...

Of course man!! It isn't LOTR, but it is still pretty awesome!

That's awesome dude

--"Stone-trolls" were trolls who turned into stone during daylight, like the trolls in The Hobbit. They could speak, and used a debased form of Westron (presumably rendered into Cockney English in Tolkien's "translation" of Bilbo's diary). --Hill-trolls are described in the chronology at one instance as having killed Arador, grandfather of Aragorn, at the Coldfells. Tolkien described the trolls of that region, including the three from The Hobbit, as stone trolls, suggesting that hill trolls might be a subclass or alternate term for such. However, the Army of the West fought "hill trolls" of Gorgoroth that could move in sunlight at the Black Gate, inferring that these hill trolls, at least, were Olog-hai rather than stone trolls. Hill trolls hardly differ from stone trolls and were probably of the same beast-race. --Cave-trolls were seen in Moria, and were also in the Ettenmoors. One was described as having dark greenish scales and black blood. Their hide was thick enough that when Boromir struck one on the arm his sword was notched and did no damage. However, Frodo Baggins was able to impale the "toeless" foot of the same troll with the enchanted sword Sting. --Mountain-trolls were mentioned once, wielding the great battering ram Grond in shattering the gates of Minas Tirith. From their name, they are generally assumed to live in the mountains, and their choice as the creatures to wield Grond is sometimes taken to suggest that they were particularly strong even for trolls. There are 3 more Types of Troll mention in Tolkiens Work: --Snow-trolls are mentioned only in comparison to Helm Hammerhand. When Helm went out clad in white during the Long Winter to stalk and slay his enemies, he was described as being like a snow troll. It thus seems implied that these trolls were white in colour and lived in cold climates, but otherwise nothing is known of them. --Olog-hai were "strong, agile, fierce, and cunning" trolls created by Sauron, not unlike the Uruk-hai, and were able to withstand sunlight while under the sway of Sauron's will. (A Olog-hai was fighting against Aragorn at the Black Gate in Return of the King and stomped on him, and most of the Trolls loading the Catapults and pushing the Siege Towers in the Battle of Minas Tirith were also Olog-hai) --Half-trolls were troll-like humanoids from Harad who served Sauron in The Battle of the Pelennor Fields. While it is unlikely that they had any actual troll blood in them, it is still possible (but more likely they were a superior breed of orcs and/or men).

Mathias

So glad you're watching these! I'm so glad how these turned out. They are nothing to LOTR but still, they tell a great story and expands the world! They had to invole a lot from outside the book in order for it to make sense in a movie and they had to "re-design" the dwarfs so one can tell the difference between them :-) FUN FACT: 1) Notice that there's a white-ish pattern inside Gandalf's staff similar to his later white staff ;) 2) Christopher Lee (Saruman) was too weak for the trip to New Zealand, so all his shots were done alone elsewhere and then they edited it together with the other actors - R.I.P.

Absolute great stuff guys amped to watch this

Jackson perez