eldusto84 said:

Ok, I thought I might jump back in this thread after watching "Tolkieneditor's" fanedit of the Hobbit. It looks like we made several similar editing choices along with several dissimilar ones. However the biggest drawback to his version is the poor video quality. Perhaps the 6GB will look nicer but he's still working off a DVD rip of the first two films and a bootleg copy of the third.

That being said, I've gone and made a page on my website dedicated to my fanedit version: JRR Tolkien's The Hobbit. The idea is the same- cut all three films into one long epic that is more faithful to the book. My source media are the 1080p Blurays, so I won't be able to edit the third film until it is released (legitimately) this spring.

Here is the link to my fanedit info page:

http://www.maple-films.com/the-hobbit-fanedit

I'm also going to start a new thread on the topic here.

http://originaltrilogy.com/forum/topic.cfm/JRR-Tolkiens-The-Hobbit-turning-a-mediocre-trilogy-into-one-really-good-film/topic/17418/

I like the way you cut the intro; I was never a huge fan of seeing LOTR era old Bilbo and Frodo in the PJ version but I have to admit I REALLY missed hearing the famous words: "In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit..." in the four hour Tolkien edit. That's the way the Hobbit really needs to begin IMO so I think your cut is a really good way to work it in without an overly long prologue. Looking forward to more!