Lord of the Rings Trilogy (Theatrical Versions) - April 6, 2010 - Page 359 - Blu-ray Forum

Batman1980 · 04-05-2010, 02:58 AM

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Originally Posted by Parasite68

Please help! I'm trying to decide on getting the exlusive edition with the sword or the steelbook version. Does anyone know if the version with the sword comes with a steelbook case? Also, I'm still confused about the price for the steelbook. if I try to preorder it for store pickup, the price is 15 for the steelbook case and 59.99 for the movies. Someone has told me that it'll be 5 bucks for the steelbook in the store tues, but Best Buy employees cant confirm this and it's not in the weekly ad. To make matters worse, only one Best Buy in my area of New Orleans has the steelbooks. I cant run in the store during the day because of my work schedule! What should I do?!?

Thanks,
Brian

The steelbook is FREE, it comes with a $5 pre-order for the 3 movie set.

gregmasciola · 04-05-2010, 02:58 AM

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Originally Posted by radagast

So in other words, you aren't going to buy something if it's not released. Have you bought any BRs that weren't released?

Umm, I think what he meant was that if they were to only release the theatrical edition of Star Wars, he wouldn't buy it.

Parasite68 · 04-05-2010, 03:05 AM

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Originally Posted by Gandalf Stormcrow

The steelbook is FREE, it comes with a $5 pre-order for the 3 movie set.

Yes but when i try t preorder it it shows 15 dollars 74.99 for everthing plus tax.

radagast · 04-05-2010, 03:09 AM

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Originally Posted by tkdkid717

so do you think they will re remaster the theatricals or not?

With all the people on Amazon complaining that these are not the EEs, what motivation does Warner have to make these better? None.

Parasite68 · 04-05-2010, 03:16 AM

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Originally Posted by Gandalf Stormcrow

The steelbook is FREE, it comes with a $5 pre-order for the 3 movie set.

I tried to preorder it at the store and they told me to do it online. i selected both the steelbook and trilogy together and it still charges me 15 for the steel book. what am i doing wrong?

Batman1980 · 04-05-2010, 03:18 AM

It must be a site glitch, I would just try to pre-order it in store then.

tkdkid717 · 04-05-2010, 03:20 AM

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Originally Posted by radagast

With all the people on Amazon complaining that these are not the EEs, what motivation does Warner have to make these better? None.

But they still have to release them seperately in stores. You think they will use the same master?

Grand Bob · 04-05-2010, 03:22 AM

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Originally Posted by N8DOGG

Did anybody catch the advertisement trailer for this on the Sherlock Holmes Blu?

I saw it; hard to judge because it looked like the material was cropped.

tkdkid717 · 04-05-2010, 03:23 AM

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Originally Posted by tkdkid717

But they still have to release them seperately in stores. You think they will use the same master?

well, i mean the same re-master

Q? · 04-05-2010, 03:25 AM

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Originally Posted by Grand Bob

I saw it; hard to judge because it looked like the material was cropped.

And trailers often look like crap on Blu-rays for some reason.

N8DOGG · 04-05-2010, 03:25 AM

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Originally Posted by Grand Bob

I saw it; hard to judge because it looked like the material was cropped.

It still looked like poop. I think I cringed when I seen it...

lDlisturb3d · 04-05-2010, 03:39 AM

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Originally Posted by Q!

And trailers often look like crap on Blu-rays for some reason.

Yeah why is that, they look horrible.

Anyway EE or not for 55.00 bucks i must have this in my collection. I will sell it with the steelbook (stickerbook) when the EE's come out.

N8DOGG · 04-05-2010, 03:44 AM

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Originally Posted by Q!

And trailers often look like crap on Blu-rays for some reason.

I'd say that, with the exception of Disney.

RyRyMcNizzy13 · 04-05-2010, 05:04 AM

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Originally Posted by N8DOGG

I'd say that, with the exception of Disney.

yeah but disney has WAAAAAYYYY too much trailers on there BD's it's very annoying to me

jonmoz · 04-05-2010, 06:50 AM

The picture quality on these boxsets is much better than the Dvd's full stop,but if you are watching on a smaller screen then the difference may appear much less,i have two very different set up's in my livingroom i have a 32 inch Sony and a Ps3,and in my cinema room a Infocus IN82 and Pioneer BDP-09FD using a 108 inch screen.

On the 32 inch t.v i can still tell the difference between a Blu-ray and Dvd quite easily,but upscaled Dvd's are still very good on this,so i can see peoples point when they say the difference is not that much,but as i say the Blu-ray discs still look a lot better to my eyes.

On the 108 inch screen however Dvd's start to look very poor,and the difference between the two is a lot greater,in fact i do not watch any Dvd's on this system, unless it is to compare,as i have been doing with these movies.

neo78956 · 04-05-2010, 06:50 AM

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Originally Posted by RyRyMcNizzy13

yeah but disney has WAAAAAYYYY too much trailers on there BD's it's very annoying to me

Not to mention the constant reminders that you're watching a blu-ray disc. I hate the blu-ray ads on the discs. I don't need reminding of how awesome blu-ray is. If I did, I wouldn't be watching a BD right now, would I?

DIGITALBATH · 04-05-2010, 07:14 AM

I had read earlier that the trilogy was getting 6.1 transfer; it says 5.1?

Batman1980 · 04-05-2010, 07:15 AM

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Originally Posted by DIGITALBATH

I had read earlier that the trilogy was getting 6.1 transfer; it says 5.1?

Something about the 6th channel not being discreet or some such, not the most technical guy.

MarkWM · 04-05-2010, 07:21 AM

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Originally Posted by neo78956

Not to mention the constant reminders that you're watching a blu-ray disc. I hate the blu-ray ads on the discs. I don't need reminding of how awesome blu-ray is. If I did, I wouldn't be watching a BD right now, would I?

Amen. A full 90 second commercial pushing Blus....

jonmoz · 04-05-2010, 07:22 AM

Just going back over this thread since i last looked,there are some interesting points raised.

The Lord of the rings boxset is no where near in the same league as Gladiator release in my opinion,Gladiator has a lot of the same problems it's Dvd release had ie a lot of edge enhancement and poor use of Dnr,on the Blu-ray they have just ported it over and added more.

Also a good point "Todd" came up with was that perhaps people who had bought this set had seen the bad reviews,so on watching the movies were surprised that the quality was a lot better than they were expecting,so in effect the reviews had lowered their expectations in some way,but there is a flipside to this point that the people watching these movies were looking for faults more as they had seen bad reviews,so it could also confirm the quality is not as bad as people say.As i buy Blu-ray's for their quality i do not think i have been giving these transfers an easy ride,as there are quite a few Blu-ray's i have watched and thought the picture was not good enough and put on Amazon for sale,i tried this with Gladiator but no one will buy it !!!,damn these threads.

As for these "Glowing" scenes in Fellowship,the one i noticed was the opening intro where they show the rings being forged and given out,but as this was supposed to have happend a long time ago so i thought it looked part of the film to me,its the same on the Dvd.

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04-05-2010, 06:50 AM	#7175
jonmoz Blu-ray Guru Top ranked HT gallery Member since:Jan 2009 Location:Bury U.K Home Theater Gallery:34 4K collection:9 Blu-ray collection:525 Blu-ray reviews:3	The picture quality on these boxsets is much better than the Dvd's full stop,but if you are watching on a smaller screen then the difference may appear much less,i have two very different set up's in my livingroom i have a 32 inch Sony and a Ps3,and in my cinema room a Infocus IN82 and Pioneer BDP-09FD using a 108 inch screen. On the 32 inch t.v i can still tell the difference between a Blu-ray and Dvd quite easily,but upscaled Dvd's are still very good on this,so i can see peoples point when they say the difference is not that much,but as i say the Blu-ray discs still look a lot better to my eyes. On the 108 inch screen however Dvd's start to look very poor,and the difference between the two is a lot greater,in fact i do not watch any Dvd's on this system, unless it is to compare,as i have been doing with these movies. Last edited by jonmoz; 04-05-2010 at 06:52 AM.

04-05-2010, 07:14 AM	#7177
DIGITALBATH Active Member Member since:Apr 2008 Location:Seattle, WA Home Theater Gallery:38 Blu-ray collection:110 Blu-ray reviews:1 Trading Score:2	DTS MA 5.1, or 6.1? I had read earlier that the trilogy was getting 6.1 transfer; it says 5.1?

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Batman1980 Blu-ray Jedi Member since:Feb 2009 Location:District 13 Home Theater Gallery:8 4K collection:146 Blu-ray collection:394 DVD collection:57 Blu-ray reviews:22 Trading Score:48	It must be a site glitch, I would just try to pre-order it in store then.

04-05-2010, 07:22 AM	#7180
jonmoz Blu-ray Guru Top ranked HT gallery Member since:Jan 2009 Location:Bury U.K Home Theater Gallery:34 4K collection:9 Blu-ray collection:525 Blu-ray reviews:3	Just going back over this thread since i last looked,there are some interesting points raised. The Lord of the rings boxset is no where near in the same league as Gladiator release in my opinion,Gladiator has a lot of the same problems it's Dvd release had ie a lot of edge enhancement and poor use of Dnr,on the Blu-ray they have just ported it over and added more. Also a good point "Todd" came up with was that perhaps people who had bought this set had seen the bad reviews,so on watching the movies were surprised that the quality was a lot better than they were expecting,so in effect the reviews had lowered their expectations in some way,but there is a flipside to this point that the people watching these movies were looking for faults more as they had seen bad reviews,so it could also confirm the quality is not as bad as people say.As i buy Blu-ray's for their quality i do not think i have been giving these transfers an easy ride,as there are quite a few Blu-ray's i have watched and thought the picture was not good enough and put on Amazon for sale,i tried this with Gladiator but no one will buy it !!!,damn these threads. As for these "Glowing" scenes in Fellowship,the one i noticed was the opening intro where they show the rings being forged and given out,but as this was supposed to have happend a long time ago so i thought it looked part of the film to me,its the same on the Dvd.

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