The Southland introduction is fine on paper, but I tried it in execution and by the time that plotline start to evolve I’m bored out of my mind because Galadriel is not a strong and interesting enough of a character to carry the first 60 minutes on her shoulders.

The same goes for the Dwarf storyline, although I completely understand you.

If I remove the emotional weight of Elrond and Durin’s storyline, along with too heavy a focus on Galadriel for the First Act, the film just crumbles into boredom and then, later on, confusion, as suddenly Galadriel is sidelined for 30-40 minutes (to make her travel from Numenor to Middle-Earth plausible within my movie canon, as I put weight on travel).

And the last episode was PATHETIC! I’ve given this show so much love and patience, and then this half-assed finale… blergh.

Now I need to figure out how to end it on a high, as the First and Second Act I find to work.