EdReedFan20
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How would you want a single Middle-Earth Mega-movie of all six Peter Jackson movies to be handled. For me, I'd begin it with the prologue of the Lord of the Rings, but end it at Gollum getting the ring. Feature nothing about Bilbo finding it. Then, if possible, have new Galadriel VO now telling the backstory of the dwarves and their history with the elves, and most importantly Smaug, the dragon (the same backstory Bilbo narrated). The VO then explains the passage of time and, instead of beginning with young Bilbo sitting at the front of his house, it instead begins with the meeting of Thorin and Gandalf at The Prancing Pony. Then The Hobbit continues as it was presented (apart from the Prancing Pony scene being in a new location). The end of the Hobbit would be altered a bit. It would be unchanged up until the scene where Bilbo returns home. Instead of the scene of Bilbo going to answer the door to meet Gandalf, the scenes from the Lord of the Rings would start (basically the scenes that occurred when the Prologue of The Fellowship of the Ring typically ended). Unfortunately these changes would remove the bookend bits of the Hobbit, but I think it would make more sense to have them removed to create a better, consistent flow. The Lord of the Rings would not have any other changes (other than maybe color timing to get a consistent look. I would also use the extended editions as the basis. This edit would be my preference, I understand some people would want The Hobbit cut down quite a bit in length. So, my question is, if you could, how would you handle a Middle-Earth mega-movie?
