Quoted from pacman11:and the stupid rescue mini play field which only came into play when she was captured. I
This is not correct. There is some strategy / risk / reward up there.
You can hit the rescue targets in advance of capturing Dorothy. After all targets have been hit, you can shoot the search loop to reset the targets which locks an additional ball so that when / if you do start rescue MB, you'll have more than 2 balls when you finally qualify the MB (I think point values are greater too).
You can lock balls 3, 4 and 5 before starting it. But if you keep going for the loop to lock more balls, you often end up with nothing. Sometimes it's hard to avoid the loop
Both Lotr and Woz are great games. I loved my Lotr for years but eventually replaced it with Woz.