I'm rather late to this discussion.
I am so late that
Boro made the point I was going to make. Although I think Fonstad's numbers are more on the money than
Boro does. I've come to think lately that there is a bit of a trap not only in inflating the Mordorian numbers but also a trap in potentially deflating the Gondorian numbers too much.
I will add, however, that in spite of Mr. Devereaux seeming to feel that he could justly be accused of being too hard on the movies, I think he is not hard enough on them by half.
But I am a known opponent of the films.