when the superfan misses the point

Stephen Colbert is writing The Lord of the Rings: Shadow of the Past, a new movie adapting the books’ Tom Bombadil chapters — but does being a J.R.R. Tolkien superfan qualify him to expand Middle Earth? This video essay digs into LOTR’s unpublished epilogue and Colbert's own comments on adapting Sam Gamgee and his daughter Elanor’s story — the same questions hanging over The Hunt for Gollum and Rings of Power. ~ PATREON ►   / johnnytheblue   ~ 🎵 Copyrighted music licensed from Lickd. https://lickd.co The Great Eye by Howard Shore, https://t.lickd.co/l/xzGlKnd4waA ~ Additional Credit - these artists are amazing, check out their work! -Tom Bombadil by Cynthia Blair. -80’s Type Beat by J’s Beats #lordoftherings