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					TO HOBBIT OR NOT TO HOBBIT? An open letter by The Ed
			Dear New Line Cinema, MGM, Wingnut Film, Peter, Fran and everybody's involved agents and lawyers You are aware that the millions of bucks you guys are arguing over at the moment are coming from us, the fans, yes? Or has that tiny little detail slipped your attention? We've paid to see the Reader's Digest version of the Lord of the Rings trilogy ten times over at the cinema, we bought the DVDs to see it at home, then got ourselves another DVD set to enjoy the real version, we bought yet a third DVD set because we're a little weird and just for the hell of it, we filled our homes with Legolas action figures, Frodo Baggins mugs, commemorative Gil-galad busts and the collectable Elrond tea-pot warmer. Without us, you guys had nothing to argue over in the first place, and without us, there will be nothing to argue over in future, because we don't have to go and see a Hobbit movie if we don't want to. We can sit at home and read the book. Le Money, c'est nous. We don't want further arguments or discussions or public finger-pointing. We want Hobbits and Dwarves and Dragons and Sir Ian McKellan as Gandalf and, it goes without saying, we really want lots of plastered Elves. So please stop using the fans as pawns in your negotiations and get that bloody Hobbit movie done already. Thank you. The Ed