Where TT will end, redux: BIG NEWS re: Shelob

[IronParrot]

According to a TORN report from a fan who met Peter Jackson in the recent NY media blitz, Shelob will be in ROTK, not TT.

Yes, this makes more sense, so ROTK isn't just an hour long (being the shortest of the three volumes, even when you include the Scouring, which won't be there, as was confirmed a LONG TIME AGO in case you think this is news).

Yes, this makes even more sense, because chronologically speaking (and TT is being edited chronologically), Frodo and Sam don't reach Cirith Ungol until well after the Siege of Gondor has already begun. In fact, by the time they even leave Henneth Annun, the Grey Company is already taking the Paths of the Dead.

However.

Without TT's perfect ending of Frodo being alive, but taken by the Enemy, and Sam left alone with the Ring - then where does it end?

And more importantly: where's the climax? Considering that Shelob's Lair is easily as climactic in nature as the Bridge of Khazad-dum...

What would be an effective, climactic ending? Darkness flowing out of Mordor? The fumes of Mount Doom filling the sky?

But still - climax? Cliffhanger? The hook that makes us want to see more?