Wow! That is a very interesting point of view. However, I don't have much to say on this because I feel that you have "hit the nail on the head" about TB. Although, about the film, TB did not play a huge factor in the actual story of LOTR. He did (as you said) give the reader a sense of involvement and someone to relate to, but I am not against the omission of TM. I would have enjoyed it if he was included, but he wasn't completely, absolutely necessary.
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