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Panel 1
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  nonspecific (white background)  
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1: NARRATOR (Above Panel): Potential spoilers ahead. I guess. Not really. But people get weird about spoilers.
2: NARRATOR (Title): Watching The Hobbit with a Tolkien fan ... and a non-Tolkien fan
Panel 2
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  movie theater  
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1: ARTHUR: Wow! These shots of the Dwarf city are gorgeous!
2: SHELDON: Right?
Panel 3
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  movie theater  
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1: ARTHUR: And this dragon! Wow!
2: SHELDON (hands out): See! I told you you'd like it.
Panel 4
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  movie theater  
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1: ARTHUR: oh. Oh wait. Now Frodo's walking outside to get the mail. We're literally watching a hobbit get his mail.
2: SHELDON: ...But what a set!
Panel 5
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  movie theater  
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1: ARTHUR: And Dwarves are picking out food from a pantry. We're watching Dwarves choose food.
2: SHELDON (giving thumbs up): Wooo! Dwarves!
Panel 6
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  movie theater  
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1: ARTHUR (annoyed): Now they're having a belching contest.
2: SHELDON: It's everything I'd hoped...brought to life!
Panel 7
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  movie theater  
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1: ARTHUR (in a state of shock): That dwarf just offered Gandalf some chamomile tea. How am I not asleep right now??
2: SHELDON: I've waited years for this!
Panel 8
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  movie theater  
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1: ARTHUR (annoyed): We're now on the sixteenth cut-away shot of the fat Dwarf eating something
2: SHELDON (hands out): classic!
Panel 9
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  movie theater  
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1: ARTHUR (excited): oh thank God: they're finally on the road!
2: SHELDON: We're in for adventure now!
Panel 10
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  movie theater  
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1: ARTHUR (disbelieving): Nope. Nope. Now it's a discussion of what to blow your nose with.
2: SHELDON: Woohoo!
Panel 11
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  movie theater  
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1: ARTHUR (in a state of shock): Wait. What?? Bilbo somehow found a phonebook. ...and... he's reading it to no one.
2: SHELDON (hands amplifying voice): Go, Bilbo! Go!
Panel 12
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  movie theater  
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1: ARTHUR (in a state of shock): ...he's starting with the A's
2: SHELDON (arms in the air, Hands lifted): None of this is self-indulgent! It's all too important to edit out! Woo!
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