by Robin Rodig |
February 25, 2013
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Now let's be clear. I have had zero interest in or experience with J.R.R. Tolkien literature except for seeing my brother's Hobbit paperback around the house when I was about 10. Even as I sit in Middle Earth country (for those of you who haven't seen a second of these films like me, Middle Earth is the mythical backdrop for the Hobbit and Lord of the Rings epics), I still feel no urge to jump on the next Hobbit tour.
But here on my first day in New Zealand, I can already sense how the uniqueness of this country might have helped develop Bilbo and his friends. New Zealanders seem to be casual, good natured, good humored people who don't take themselves too seriously. Cut to the Air New Zealand airplane-safety-video players who were costumed as Hobbit and Lord of the Rings-like characters. Quirky at the very least.
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