ADAPTATIONS AND THEIR SOURCES
Screen adaptations create their own dramatic continuities. A changed journey, redistributed speech or new character relationship can be important to a film or series without becoming evidence for what Tolkien wrote.
Explore the existing archive
- Adaptation announcements and other news
- Search the existing archive for Hobbit reviews
- Gaming: adaptations through play
- Existing film and literary quizzes
How comparisons are made
A useful comparison identifies both the literary source and the particular adaptation. It asks what has changed, what dramatic purpose the change serves, and what is gained or lost. It does not treat a visual resemblance or a popular theory as confirmation of an unwritten history.
Publication dates and on-screen chronology are different kinds of information. Upcoming productions and casting claims require dated, attributable announcements. Detailed film, episode and cast guides are part of the continuing expansion, and are not yet a complete reference collection.
