Not an idea per say, but an interesting tidbit of edit-related information. If you add them all up and divide the total into two hour movies, The Hobbit is four parts and The Lord of the Rings is six. Granted most sane people would rather not have full unfiltered cuts of The Hobbit, but it’s interesting to note even extended they didn’t stretch it to the length of LotR.
Extended Hobbits 1 and 2 are around 3h each, which is the length of theatrical LOTR 1 and 2.
Extended Hobbit 3 is only 2h45m, shorter than every LOTR theatrical cut, and yet it still feels twice as long as the 4hr ROTK EE…