I'm not seeing it as an attack on Jackson, just that people need to be realistic on the time-tables of film post-production. Weta Digital is working like a dog on just the theatrical cuts alone, let alone the extended versions. They have more power than they did ten years ago in staff and processing, but the bar has been raised in that time as well.
The extended cuts will become the default versions for many people for decades to come. Everybody wants to do it right. That takes time.
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