The "host" of the house was Beorn (Mikael Persbrandt), a skin-changer who could assume the shape of a large black bear or a strong human: "The man is unpredictable, but the man can be reasoned with.In the hallway, he was bullied by Eugene "Flash" Thompson (Chris Zylka), and later outdoors confronted Flash, who was now picking on someone else.Aragorn, Legolas, Gimli, and Gandalf arrived on horseback at Isengard, where they found long-lost hobbits Merry and Pippin...I just saw a bond.A real bond.Between man and beast...We""re dogs of war.We know that the military needs to reduce casualties.Some people think that robots are the future.Look, nature gave us the most effective killing machines 75 million years ago.And now we know they can take orders....They""ve got millions of years of instinct in their cells, instinct that we can program.Their loyalty cannot be bought.These guys are gonna run straight into the enemy""s eeth and eat them, belt buckle and all.Owen was immediately dismissive and disapproving, and strongly warned against Hoskins"" objective: "These are wild animals, Hoskins.