Originally posted by: boon23
I am really sorry and I did not mean to upset you in any way.

Oh no you have nothing to be sorry about. I do realize that the quality is nowhere near something that could ostensibly be released to the public, but I didn't think it was distracting to the viewing experience. After all, I made the edit for myself to enjoy, and I distributed it only to family and friends. But now that my edit is out there, I'm glad to receive criticism because it will ensure that my future releases (of both this and future edits I make) will be better. I just hope that some of you nitpickers there will point out any problems with the edit.

By having Gandalf throw the envelope straight into the fire, I am changing the plot so that as soon as Gandalf reaches down for the Ring in the previous scene and sees the eye of Sauron (I guess it's up for debate whether he actually saw it), he suspects the nature of the Ring, and the "fire test" just confirms it. (After all, his journey to Minas Tirith didn't really tell him anything significant other than the history of the Ring, which he could have already known.)