I am on this thread on TORN that linked Prof. Corey Olson's thoughts about adaptation of the Hobbit.
Wall Street Journal Corey Olson Weighs in: "How Faithful are 'The Hobbit' movies
http://blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2013/12/13/how-faithful-are-the-hobbit-films-to-tolkiens-books/ And the TORN thread talking about it:
http://newboards.theonering.net/forum/gforum/perl/gforum.cgi?post=683750;sb=post_time;so=DESC;forum_view=forum_view_collapsed;guest=99835625I am getting a bit "mean" but oh well. :P