[Paige Turner]

You know who could do this? A&E. They rule at this epic miniseries thing. And yes, more about the characters, and fewer oliphaunt fight sequences. Oh, I'm all excited already. And I want narration over a bit of footage at the end to cover the afterstory of Sam's career, and the death of the king, and of the passage of the last members of the fellowship out of Middle Earth.

Ooh, I'm already excited.