I’ve been thinking about taking The Hobbit, and possibly Lord of the Rings after, and restructuring it into a TV/Limited Series format that can better handle the episodic nature of the narrative.
Just bought the theatrical cuts to have some music work solved for me (goodbye Goblin King song).
I’ve just released a TV-to-movie edit of the Hobbit, and have started the same with LotR! I’m really proud of my Hobbit season, and I think it presents the worthy successor to LotR that it should always have been.
I use Adamdens’ three-to-two cut as the base (with plenty of my own edits on top), and found that not only does the narrative break really neatly, but the TV format gives you a couple of neat options to deal with some issues that movies just can’t solve.
Check the forum thread for details and videos, or PM for links!
(Sorry to hijack your thread, Hal! This’ll be the one and only time I mention it here!)