Whoa! The LotR stuff almost got lost in all that technical detail, but it would have been some kick-ass sight to see all those weapons of mass destruction going BOOM all over the place. My fave LotR meets Modern Weaponry fantasy takes place at Helm's deep, where they could have sure as hell used some land mines and a few rocket launchers. Oh, and Elves in war-paint, with machine-guns. Yummy!
Thanks for sharing. It was both interesting and amusing to read.