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“Professor Olsen is excellent in his examination of the Lord of the Rings. Top-notch. So why am I not rating this higher? Well, it’s the seemingly pointless satisfaction on his part that the examination of the text of the corpus will take the next thirty years. At least. And he’s thrilled that he’ll be dead before he’s done - it doesn’t make him think of being a bit faster. Moreover, if you’re not someone who lives in US eastern time who either doesn’t have a job or isn’t a night owl, you’ll be behind. Anyone who has to or wants to be in bed before 9 is an afterthought to anything Signum does, since Professor Olsen pointedly is a night owl. The podcast version is also an afterthought, uploaded in bulk weeks behind whatever gets uploaded to Youtube - Signum doesn’t seem to respect those of us who don’t want to watch that. The explorations of relevant parts of Lord of the Rings Online at the end of the broadcasts are interesting, but the podcast is very poorly balanced, and Professor Olsen’s compatriots in this part, either Druid’s Fire or “Vellory” (I have no idea how to spell that) are respectively inaudible or muffled and very hard to understand. Considering how long it takes Signum to upload these, it would seem that more editing is in order. So: great on its subject. Needs a lot of structural work on sound balancing, editing (I agree with those who complain about ums and lip smacking and such; that’s what you get with an unscripted live show, but it could be edited better), and recognition that Professor Olsen will be dead long before he reaches the end of the Return of the King.”
wombatua via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
05/18/24
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“Being myself far from a professor of anything in the realm of Tolkien - I am but an appreciateur of his works - Corey Olsen's in-depth analyses, thougths and seemingly ever-expanding understanding of the works of the professor proper, in this particular case The Lord of the Rings, make me...”Read full review »
Tombthrasher via Apple Podcasts ·
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09/29/21
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“Great podcast but the host always clicking his tongue between sentences and saying ummm every couple sets me on edge so unfortunately I can’t continue to listen after 2 episodes I was ready to break my phone lol keep up the good podcast I’ll try again from time to time to listen as long as I can.”
Honest77785 via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
11/13/23
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“Dr Corey Olsen continues to amaze and educate me. His continued studies of this text have helped me understand the complexity of Tolkien.”
0029735 via Apple Podcasts ·
Australia ·
06/27/23
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