I want to say a HUGE thank you to Stromboli Bones for "The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Edits."
You created something truly magical for me. I loved The Lord of the Rings (Extended Edition). It represents EVERYTHING I love about Tolkien. I wanted to love the Hobbit just as much, but I never could until I finally had THIS fanedit. Now, it feels like a proper prequel.
The Lord of the Rings (Peter Jackson) never really followed the book super-closely, and I was okay with that. I was an avid reader of the books, but I also loved the Bakshi and Rankin-Bass cartoons, so I was open to "interpretations," as long as the source material was treated with respect. The Stromboli Bones fanedit finally delivered what I was hoping to see in the theater and in the Extrended Edition blu-ray sets for "The Hobbit," but never really experienced.
So, thank you for your work, and all those who laid the groundwork for this fanedit with their previous efforts.