'Inside Tolkien's The Hobbit' Documentary

2003 documentary about the creative process behind J.R.R. Tolkien's writing of The Hobbit. This is quite hard to find now, so I've uploaded it here.

[@Phoebe5448]

Its amazing to think that without Tolkien, we would never have the entire High Fantasy genre. We wouldn't have Dungeons and Dragons. And I would never be in love with Fantasy as I have been all my life. Thank you Professor Tolkien, RIP Mellon! 💖

[@emmaphilo4049]

So true ❤

[@TheLegendaryGerbil]

people who don't speak Elvish will be confused by that last word lol -A fellow Mellon

[@Phoebe5448]

@@TheLegendaryGerbil lol all according to plan! mae govannen, mellon! 😁

[@hapjiwaya]

well I guess we would eventually have some kind of fantasy, somehow. I mean, pulps existed long before Lord of the Rings publishing. Lovecraft's legendarium, Solomon Kane, Conan... Obviously, it would have been different without Tolkien. But he wasn't alpha and omega of fantasy.

[@PaoloLery]

@@hapjiwaya no Orcs though. They’re everywhere these days.

[@RedwoodTheElf]

"In a hole in the ground, there lived a hobbit." - One wonders what happened to that exam paper. Did the student who got it back keep it? Is it still out there somewhere?

[@probro9898]

"REVEL" could be intentional - some inscriptions use U and V interchangeably (likewise I and J). For example I've often seen "church" written "CHVRCH". It's a throwback to classical Latin, where U and V were different pronunciations of the same letter.

[@jennifermcdonald5432]

I am astonished that there are people who deeply dislike LotR! I completely understand that not all people would love it, but how is it possible to deeply dislike it! I just can’t get my mind around that!

[@rugpug9468]

heathenry

[@planes3333]

I'll kill em !

[@simonr2046]

✌ Thank you for the Video very much needed during these troubling times, Sir Tolkien's voice alone seems to calm everything down for a time and makes me wish that we should all be sitting under a tree somewhere reading The Hobbit. ✌

[@user-qv2mc3dw5o]

Bro he wasn’t a knight

[@CybershamanX]

These four documentaries had to have been made much earlier than 2003. I would peg them at _least_ ten years earlier. The fashion/hair styles and primitive computer tech is a dead giveaway. Still, they are quite enjoyable. 😎☮️

[@TalkingTolkien]

The copyright at the very end says 2003. It's possible some of the footage was filmed prior to that. I guess these Tolkien scholars were slightly behind the times in their fashion sense and choice of IT equipment.

[@CybershamanX]

@Talking Tolkien I will wager that it was an older television production that was re-released on DVD after the Peter Jackson films caused everyone to have Tolkien fever. Yep, slap those puppies on disc and let's make some cash while the getting is good! 😉 PS: the giveaway was the children playing the Hobbit text adventure game. THAT was literally 80s tech, and they were LOVING it. Even mid-90s kids would have likely laughed at it. 😉

[@gavinreid2741]

" If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world." Thorin.

[@Fardawg]

Would have been great if Graham McTavish had also hosted this one as he did the LOTR docs. How perfect would it have been if the future Dwalin actor himself had hosted a Hobbit documentary a decade before being in the films.

[@BernardoSSimoes]

Thank you! Always great to have new things on Tolkien.

[@squeakysoliloquy83]

When I get round to it I want to lay some flowers at Tolkiens grave. His grave should always have flowers on it!!

[@mattsharkey8437]

This is why you don't trust so so friends. Thank you Tolkien

[@rickythe2nd63]

What an interesting man, the Professor!

[@TheAUTcheker]

So good to see you upload again :) really hope you find the time and motivation to continue your LOTRO series!

[@michaelthomas2804]

Thank you for sharing that! I enjoyed it a great deal.

[@TheMessyGentleman]

Is the one dislike from Sauron?

[@johnnywalsh5587]

Fantastic documentary learned so much am new to the Hobbit and lord of the rings am in love. So interesting love the lore. I am a massive star wars fan but lord of the rings and the Hobbit have now taken over lol I need the books now can't wait to read them

[@anniefinch6843]

I remember this book and my mother read it to me when I was a little girl.

[@planes3333]

I love the LOTR so much and especially the silmarillion!

[@beinoauph2735]

the one guy who disliked this was an avengers fan

[@ninetyZeven]

22:40 Is this part a Monty Python sketch or is this part a Monty Python sketch.

[@melissainaus7955]

This is an awesome documentary series so is lord of rings too.thumbs up people

[@seamusirl1445]

Thanks for uploading it, really enjoyed that

[@evermoremystic17]

Despite being learned men, scholars seem to have very strong opinions against anything that seems to go against the grain (Tolkien publishing the Hobbit for instance). It’s probably true in all fields no matter how much people preach there’s open mindedness and acceptance. Tolkien seemed to have never let go of that wide eyed inner child of his no matter how old he grew, thank heavens for us that he followed his passion 😄

[@MasterRoshi8974]

I love this!

[@seleldjdfmn221]

Lovely vid. The World should be a Place of love! Enjoy your evening x3

[@GerardHammond]

A good doco though

[@benhuether5474]

There should be documentaries that analyze The Wheel of Time and maybe even A Song of Ice and Fire when it gets finished (I have faith in Martin).

[@davidparker4649]

who the man with the red tye who things so much of himself

[@kacefletcher3812]

If this is about the Hobbit, why is 90% of the art from LotR?

[@nabludatelkakoytotam]

Can someone explain what did he say at 43:37 - 43:40?

[@SleepParty30]

I tried sooo hard to understand but holy shit, he speaks so fast and in cursive. I picked up something like "toothpaste, string, six packs, tampons..." I don't know. Dude speaks too fast.

[@nabludatelkakoytotam]

@@SleepParty30 Thank you!

[@TalkingTolkien]

He's talking about Tolkien finally getting money for his work and listing it in his diary, using old money (pre-decimal): "You find him keeping an account in his diary - toothpaste: 3 and sixpence, matches: tuppence ha'penny. Old habits didn't die!"

[@nabludatelkakoytotam]

@@TalkingTolkien thank you very much!

[@trashman1358]

The Hobbit is perfect in every possible way. The Lord of the Rings muddies the waters and drags Bilbo into a world he never would and never will belong. Oh woe am I.

[@Mythologos]

Bakshi film is genius.

[@thejackbull210]

I love that weird, unnamed homeless guy ranting about how much he hates Tolkien. It's so out of place, it's hilarious!