Lord of the Rings Trilogy (Theatrical Versions) - April 6, 2010 - Page 468 - Blu-ray Forum

LetoAtreides82 · 04-15-2010, 04:11 AM

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Originally Posted by deeman54

Its region free i bet. Its from the same studio

This is true, but i don't think avatar will pass up the Matrix in overall Revenue let alone LOTR's.

The Matrix trilogy only has made around 1.6 billion so far. The LotR trilogy has made an impressive 2.9 billion so far, but Avatar already is at 2.7 billion and that's not even counting the upcoming dvd/blu-ray revenue. Avatar is huge.

kayroll · 04-15-2010, 04:13 AM

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Originally Posted by deeman54

Its region free i bet. Its from the same studio

Is it true that New Line and EIV are the same sudio.....

lDlisturb3d · 04-15-2010, 04:17 AM

good question, you will have to wait for someone to give it a review, but i would suppose its the same, very rarely is a foreign version different from the US version. But just wait to see if its different, you could just buy the US version because LOTR cost about 45 US dollars on amazon.co.uk and amazon.com is still selling it for 65. Thats if you don't want to take the risk.

lDlisturb3d · 04-15-2010, 04:20 AM

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Originally Posted by LetoAtreides82

The Matrix trilogy only has made around 1.6 billion so far. The LotR trilogy has made an impressive 2.9 billion so far, but Avatar already is at 2.7 billion and that's not even counting the upcoming dvd/blu-ray revenue. Avatar is huge.

ohh, i didn't know the numbers were that high, i thought it was still millions. Well Avatar is a good movie, i preorder the UK steel. But IMO you cant compare LOTR with AVATAR.

http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=avatar.htm

kayroll · 04-15-2010, 04:21 AM

Will wait for someone that bought from Amazon UK and sent a review here....

anyway will jump to Theatrical Editions....

joenostalgia23 · 04-15-2010, 05:02 AM

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Originally Posted by highdefw

I want to buy this really bad, but I won't buy a Blu movie unless it's in the best possibly quality. Slipping up on a major trilogy like this one is very disappointing.

I'm gonna say Return of the King and The Two Towers is very close to what I'd call "best possible quality". Fellowship isn't as bad as some are saying it is, but is flawed. The audio tracks on all three are perfection.

Fighter · 04-15-2010, 05:17 AM

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Originally Posted by Blu Titan

There's no comparison. Avatar will be the biggest Blu-ray seller ever. Two million Blu-ray movies sold in the first week is very possible. New releases will outsell catalog titles.

mredman · 04-15-2010, 05:24 AM

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Originally Posted by LetoAtreides82

The Matrix trilogy only has made around 1.6 billion so far. The LotR trilogy has made an impressive 2.9 billion so far, but Avatar already is at 2.7 billion and that's not even counting the upcoming dvd/blu-ray revenue. Avatar is huge.

Avatar is huge because it had the advantage of the 3D tickets which is more expensive then regular tickets

joenostalgia23 · 04-15-2010, 05:45 AM

Avatar will obviously sell more.

Lord of the Rings is selling very healthily, but Avatar is still going to break records.
1. Many consumers are not buying this because they already own the trilogy on DVD and are satisfied.
2. Possibly thousands of people are not buying LOTR because A. they're waiting for extended cuts or B. they heard about the video quality problems.
3. LOTR is $84.99 at Best Buy while Avatar is 24.99 at Best Buy.
4. Lord of the Rings is still not getting as much advertisement as Avatar is. I went to Best Buy last week and they had one stand showing off the LOTR BDs and that was it. Avatar had three stands, two posters by the door and there's an ad for Avatar posted on every DVD shelf.

joenostalgia23 · 04-15-2010, 07:24 AM

Let's go back to talking about Lord of the Rings.

lDlisturb3d · 04-15-2010, 07:49 AM

HAHAHA to all of the Lord of the Rings Bashers look at the sales. Number 1 selling blu this past release. Ha, keeping complaining, your not stopping the consumers

NYorker · 04-15-2010, 08:03 AM

If this was the EE they were releasing, I probably could've lived with the overall PQ...but I can't go back and watch the TE's now.

And I'm pretty sure once they do release the EE, there will some major marketing push, unlike this time around.

lDlisturb3d · 04-15-2010, 08:07 AM

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Originally Posted by NYorker

If this was the EE they were releasing, I probably could've lived with the overall PQ...but I can't go back and watch the TE's now.

And I'm pretty sure once they do release the EE, there will some major marketing push, unlike this time around.

They are already making allot off of it. You EE fans are small in number maybe 5,000 total EE fans are complaining, look at amazon, this site and other HD sites its probably around 5,000 people vs millions of fans??? They don't care about the EE lovers why do you think they are pushing it so far back. Its all about the dollar bill.

Danielle Ni Dhighe · 04-15-2010, 08:11 AM

Can the haters explain to me why if new masters were made for all three films they'd go out of their way to make one of the films look worse and then Peter Jackson and his cinematographer would both approve it?

bizarro · 04-15-2010, 09:15 AM

i bought all three seperatly (europe)
and the quality cant dissapoint since the last time i saw them was on vhs lol

Q? · 04-15-2010, 12:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Stinky-Dinkins

Either way, I'm happy to have a friggin’ reliable BD review source I can read, there are so few out there. A videophile's eye is always crucial when it comes to reviews.

Ken, thanks for the update, very interesting to read.

BluLobsta · 04-15-2010, 12:27 PM

I see what you mean about the Council of Elrond, dialogue is good though, especially after Gimli tries to break the Ring with his axe, so it isn't that distracting...

radagast · 04-15-2010, 12:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Grand Bob

Thanks for the extra effort you put into this, Ken. It is much appreciated!

No kidding. That is above and beyond.

radagast · 04-15-2010, 12:40 PM

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Originally Posted by bizarro

i bought all three seperatly (europe)
and the quality cant dissapoint since the last time i saw them was on vhs lol

I have the EEs on VHS. For kicks, I got them out and started watching them on my SD CRT TV in my bedroom. They are in OAR, which means the top third and bottom third of the screen are black bars.

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Originally Posted by iceman_mw21

$4

Yes. If it drops that much or more, I will order it using my 10% discount and free shipping to my Walmart.

BStecke · 04-15-2010, 12:44 PM

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Originally Posted by deeman54

HAHAHA to all of the Lord of the Rings Bashers look at the sales. Number 1 selling blu this past release. Ha, keeping complaining, your not stopping the consumers

Of course it was. They released it on a day when the only new release was a Nic Cage movie that most people have never heard of.

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04-15-2010, 07:24 AM	#9350
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04-15-2010, 05:45 AM	#9349
joenostalgia23 Blu-ray Samurai Member since:Mar 2009 4K collection:592 Blu-ray collection:4584 DVD collection:236 Digital collection:43 iTunes collection:61 Prime collection:1 Trading Score:4	Avatar will obviously sell more. Lord of the Rings is selling very healthily, but Avatar is still going to break records. 1. Many consumers are not buying this because they already own the trilogy on DVD and are satisfied. 2. Possibly thousands of people are not buying LOTR because A. they're waiting for extended cuts or B. they heard about the video quality problems. 3. LOTR is $84.99 at Best Buy while Avatar is 24.99 at Best Buy. 4. Lord of the Rings is still not getting as much advertisement as Avatar is. I went to Best Buy last week and they had one stand showing off the LOTR BDs and that was it. Avatar had three stands, two posters by the door and there's an ad for Avatar posted on every DVD shelf.

04-15-2010, 07:49 AM	#9351
lDlisturb3d Blu-ray Samurai Top ranked HT gallery Top contributor Member since:Oct 2009 Location:Norfolk, VA Criterion Collection: 33 Steelbooks: 28 Home Theater Gallery:53 4K collection:11 Blu-ray collection:464 DVD collection:12 Blu-ray reviews: 127 Trading Score:4	HAHAHA to all of the Lord of the Rings Bashers look at the sales. Number 1 selling blu this past release. Ha, keeping complaining, your not stopping the consumers

04-15-2010, 08:03 AM	#9352
NYorker Power Member Member since:Sep 2009 Location:Europe Blu-ray collection:55	If this was the EE they were releasing, I probably could've lived with the overall PQ...but I can't go back and watch the TE's now. And I'm pretty sure once they do release the EE, there will some major marketing push, unlike this time around.

04-15-2010, 08:11 AM	#9354
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04-15-2010, 09:15 AM	#9355
bizarro Expert Member Member since:Sep 2008 Location:Belgium Blu-ray collection:4 Blu-ray reviews:2	i bought all three seperatly (europe) and the quality cant dissapoint since the last time i saw them was on vhs lol

04-15-2010, 12:27 PM	#9357
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