I really have to say, I'm very happy to have witnessed the animated "The Hobbit" when I was still in my formative years. Especially the way that they portrayed the elves as total bastards, it was great.
And I was including the Aboleths in my R'lyeh estimation. Personally I don't see a huge difference between the Aboleths and MA Starspawns - they're all brain sucking fishes. Late is a different beast all together, but that's just because we let some insane aliens rip a hole in the fabric of reality for fun and profit.
I can't even begin to imagine that the "factions" in Elemental will have half the actual personality of a Dominions nation. Maybe a third, I could conceive them getting that much life into them. I still think it could be quite good, just not directly comparable because it will be trying to excel in different areas than Dominions does.
