A couple of things strike me as interesting, though not worthy of their own thread, yet still only somewhat on topic:
My brother sent me this link. It's supposed to be about the losers of the Battle for Middle Earth. Kind of a different take on a classic story, much like Wicked does for the Wizard of Oz. Looks interesting.
And maybe this next one is already well-known, but it interested me when I found it.
Though I haven't taken the time to watch it through, from what I saw it's a fan film spanning the time when Gandalf departs from Frodo's home in search for more information including his and Aragorn's search for Gollum and when Gandalf returns with information about the Ring.
Both could be interesting takes on the Tolkein universe.