The Hunt for Gollum

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[t.c.bramblett]

"Tharanduil never was very good at keeping prisoners" lolol his failures literally defined both the Hobbit and LOTR plots! Never thought of that until now

[sourisvoleur]

"Thranduil never was very good at keeping prisoners." That made me laugh out loud.

[adarkstarz]

Gollum was threatened with the torture of playing the new game "The Lord of the Rings: Gollum". He quickly confessed.

[phatnana]

The passage about Gollum creeping in dens to find young and through windows to find cradles is one of my favorite passages in all of Tolkien's work. Genuinely scary stuff

[Dr_Cole]

Your ending was perfect. Reminding us that, though not perfect, they both rejected the ring when offered. And, though good, this story shows that they are not perfect. Let all of us remember that when we falter, we are not forever marred or that being less than perfect takes us forever away from our own identity of ourselves.

[luudest]

It's crazy to think that such a valiant fighter and leader as Aragorn gave up almost 20 years for the search of Gollum. But it was not in vain.

[DjVortex-w]

When you are an immortal being who has been wandering the physical realm for several thousands of years, 16 years may seem like a blink of an eye. Gandalf could probably spend entire weeks or even months just contemplating and pondering stuff, not caring much about what mere mortals would perceive as an enormous amount of time for such a thing.

[clobberelladoesntreadcomme]

I slightly disagree that Arragorn and Gandalf's treatment of Gollum shows the imperfections of their character. I think it's meant to show just how repulsive Gollum is, that he could put these two really patient characters out of patience, thereby highlighting how truly sterling of a character Frodo must have had.

[Cailus]

Just imagine Gandalf's frustration when he finally remembered that the One Ring had no gem, and could be identified by fire. All of Middle-earth must've heard that facepalm.

[darkprince]

Let's not feel sorry for how they treated Gollum. Man was creeping through windows, snatching babies.

[masamune]

Of all the stories in Tolkien’s works, “The Hunt for Gollum” is the LAST one I think would/should be made into a film. It’s important, but has little to no substance either on its own, or that wasn’t already covered in the films already. Here’s hoping, buuut…(Great video yourself though, as always!)

[rugustus]

I already forgot about this upcoming movie and I’m a huge Lotr fan…

[keinbockaufillusionen]

such perfect timing. I just made me a nice late night snack and am now ready to enjoy some of my favourite entertainment. Thank you Robert, for always coming in clutch <3

[tornari]

I vote for Robert to record an audio book of LOTR

[Nathan-vtjz]

Excellent work. I wish the people working on the newer movies/TV shows would give Tolkien’s works the same respect and attention to detail.

[ZetaFuzzMachine]

I'd rather listen to Robert than watching any new film or series

[etpc]

I have not much hope that Gollum can be cured before he dies, but there is a chance of it. And he is bound up with the fate of the Ring. My heart tells me that he has some part to play yet, for good or ill, before the end, and when that comes, the pity of Bilbo may rule the fate of many, yours not least -Gandalf the Grey

[Beregorn]

the fascinating thing to me is how the hell they plan to make a film out of it...

[ShawnHCorey]

Gandalf took 16 years to remember something said to him at least 50 years earlier about a thing that was completely lost and no longer a problem. For shame.

[NBfun]

Amazing video as always Robert - I’ve been listening to the audiobooks again and I would love to see a video on how powerful is Shadowfax. He clearly is more magical than a normal horse so I think it would be cool to see!