Middle-earth will swallow you

Fully engulfed in The Hobbit mania building on the internets. Love this from George Takei this morning on the facebook.

And haven't watched this whole video yet, but thanks to Atrios who uncovered this gem of a former adaption in the original Russian.


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Come to think of it, there was also a hopelessly unsatisfying animated version that aired on the teevee at least two decades ago. Odd that hasn't turned up yet. Perhaps we're all trying to forget that one.