I would have thought JJP would have tried to do something Very different to LOTR just to make it really really stand out from Sterns previous pinball game, but the movie licencing people run the show as i said before, so what chance did JJP have of doing something colour wise that was very very different....

Larger detail, larger monsters, larger pictures would have been better IMO. But licencing dictates everything so predictable is what u are going to get.
Still looks good, but not GREAT yet... Lets see how much it changes between now and delivery. It wouldnt surprise me if JJP (Jack) has thrown a red herring out there and he might have a few different versions, and this one might be just out there so far to throw Stern off the scent....time will tell.