These are NOT Tolkien's Hobbits - Rings of Power is making a Diversity Grab

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The other debatable HUGE change that Amazon is making to Tolkien's tales of the 2nd age is the addition of "proto" hobbits (as Amazon called them). Jonathan, Michael, and Dan take a look at these hobbits and give their not so subtle opinions.

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Chapters
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00:00 Introduction
00:10 A look at the Hobbits
02:45 Michael : "Ugh"
03:50 A new Hobbit Religion?
04:20 The mutant feet!
05:23 Dank, dirty, and old
06:28 There's salad in the hair
07:50 Dan : The 2nd age is epic, sweeping, and Hobbits don't make sense
10:20 Hobbits from Skid Row
10:45 The Hobbits are a diversity grab
13:04 "If you can't see it, you can't be it"
13:45 We're skeptical. Are you?

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