Lord of the Rings Trilogy (Theatrical Versions) - April 6, 2010

[Goldengirl]

of getting LotR EE late this year or will they release in 2012 or will they go head to head with SW for the most desired box set of 2011?
Me, I'm not a SW fan (oh no!) but I just wondered if this new rumored SW release will have an impact on the release of the LotR EE which I crave with all my fan-atic might.

[Nightman04]

@deeman54

i suppose your right. The first movie is really the only one that got canned, and it seems like they are leaning the fault more towards the source then the tranasfer. What im really upset about is that we didnt get the extended cuts of the movies. i wonder if they will try to touch up the first movie one more time for that release.

[gregmasciola]

Originally Posted by Goldengirl

of getting LotR EE late this year or will they release in 2012 or will they go head to head with SW for the most desired box set of 2011?
Me, I'm not a SW fan (oh no!) but I just wondered if this new rumored SW release will have an impact on the release of the LotR EE which I crave with all my fan-atic might.

If they come out around the same time, I'll buy both.

[42041]

Originally Posted by deeman54

i don't think people understand how blu rays are made. They think everything should be reference material, but they fail to realize that a blu ray or DVD is just the compression of its original Theatrical Release. I wish blurry.com would post the video again about how blu ray movies are made so it will ease the pain of some of these Naysayers.

I don't think you understand it. The "original theatrical release" of older movies is film. It's analog (or digital printed onto analog). It has to be digitized before you can feed it into a video encoder. There are countless variables and price/quality tradeoffs in doing so. WB chose to cut costs.

[lDlisturb3d]

Originally Posted by 42041

I don't think you understand it. The "original theatrical release" of older movies is film. It's analog. It has to be digitized before you can feed it into a video encoder. There are countless variables and price/quality tradeoffs in doing so. WB chose to cut costs.

Nope disagree, i just saw a 30min Video about the making of blu's and ill take their word of yours any day.

[lDlisturb3d]

Originally Posted by Nightman04

@deeman54

i suppose your right. The first movie is really the only one that got canned, and it seems like they are leaning the fault more towards the source then the tranasfer. What im really upset about is that we didnt get the extended cuts of the movies. i wonder if they will try to touch up the first movie one more time for that release.

Maybe but i do think(this is just my Opinion) that the EE are already finished and jackson is just waiting to get as much out of the TE and gain hype over the Hobbit. I don't think they will go back to the lab to fix minor infractions.

[42041]

Originally Posted by deeman54

Nope disagree, i just saw a 30min Video about the making of blu's and ill take their word of yours any day.

who's "they"

[lDlisturb3d]

Originally Posted by P@t_Mtl

Oh! I know, he's been around the block but Angmar would have been born a heck of a long time before Gandalf got to Middle Earth. I don't think you can calculate his time spend on Valinor as he wasn't really Gandalf the Grey until he took that shape and came to Middle Earth as an Astari.

Dude i've been following your post on this site and you are crazy lol. Funny dude, you like stiring up things imma send you a request.

[Batman1980]

Originally Posted by P@t_Mtl

Oh! I know, he's been around the block but Angmar would have been born a heck of a long time before Gandalf got to Middle Earth. I don't think you can calculate his time spend on Valinor as he wasn't really Gandalf the Grey until he took that shape and came to Middle Earth as an Astari.

Perhaps Grand Bob can help me out, I have no idea what an Astari is and I even tried several online info sites.

[P@t_Mtl]

Originally Posted by Gandalf Stormcrow

Perhaps Grand Bob can help me out, I have no idea what an Astari is and I even tried several online info sites.

Sorry typed it wrong Istari But GrandBob posted a replied before. I suppose it's how you pick when he became Gandalf for his age

[Grand Bob]

Originally Posted by Gandalf Stormcrow

Perhaps Grand Bob can help me out, I have no idea what an Astari is and I even tried several online info sites.

Istari ("wise-ones") was the fancy name for the wizards.

[radagast]

Originally Posted by P@t_Mtl

If I wasn't interested in the extended cuts only, I would be buying this release. Frankly they look fine from what I can see but if you are not happy with them, don't buy them as I am sure WB does not have a gun to your head forcing you to buy them

Regardless of my ranting about my preference for the books, I am still planning on buying this on Blu when it hits my price threshold. It may be a while, but I think it'll happen. The movies are still better than about 90% of the "flotsam and jetsam" in the theatres most of the time.

Originally Posted by Grand Bob

Istari ("wise-ones") was the fancy name for the wizards.

Not to be confused with Ishtar, which is one of the worst movies of all time.


I recently snatched a boxset of the entire Grenada Sherlock Holmes series that Amazon dropped to under $100 for a few days. I have seen it as high as $179 on Amazon and the MSRP is $229.00. I am hoping that Amazon will have a good but brief sale on LoTR. If so, I will gladly announce it here, AFTER I buy it myself.

[petmic10]

To all,

What are some of your favorite lines in these movies?

My favorite has to be from FOTR when Boromir lays dying and
Aragorn is kneeling beside him and just before he dies he says:

"I would have followed you my brother, my Captain, my King."


Actually, this whole sequence is my favorite.

Boromir: They took the little ones!

Aragorn: Stay still.

Boromir: Frodo! Where is Frodo?

Aragorn: I let Frodo go.

Boromir: Then you did what I could not.
I tried to take the ring from him.

Aragorn: The Ring is beyond our reach now.

Boromir: Forgive me, I did not see.
I have failed you all.

Aragorn: No Boromir. You fought bravely.
You have kept your honor.

(Aragorn attempts to pull out one of the arrows)

Boromir: Leave it.

It is over. The world of men will fall and all will come to darkness, and my city to ruin.

Aragorn: I do not know what strength is in my blood, but I swear to you, I will not let the White City fall. Nor our people fail!

Boromir: Our people... our people.

(Aragorn gives him back his sword)

I would have followed you my brother...
my Captain... my King.
(Boromir dies)

Aragorn: Be at peace, son of Gondor.

[aggienader08]

Originally Posted by petmic10

To all,

What are some of your favorite lines in these movies?

My favorite has to be from FOTR when Boromir lays dying and
Aragorn is kneeling beside him and just before he dies he says:

"I would have followed you my brother, my Captain, my King."


Actually, this whole sequence is my favorite.

Reading that gave me the chills.

[Agent Cooper]

"You shall not pass!"

[raygendreau]

For those of you interested in the original sound design of LOTR some interesting videos not in the extras with the disks:

http://designingsound.org/2009/12/th...he-two-towers/

The BD Trilogy sound is DTS-HD MA 6.1 as advertised on the box, not 5.1. If you get DTS- ES 5.1 matrix, you don't have a DTS-HD MA decoder in either your player or your AVR. As a result, you are getting the lossy format which is capped a 1.5 Mbps rather than the DTS-HD MA 6.1 which is variable at 3 to 6 Mbps on all three BDs. DTS-HD MA 'Essentials' drops only the DTS Neo format, not ES matrix or discrete which are dropped from DVDs.

For more info:

http://www.hollywoodnews.com/2010/04...-ray-releases/

http://www.lordoftherings.net/home.htm (Click on menu, then read Restoration process)

http://www.dts.com/DTS_Audio_Formats.../Overview.aspx

If your really rabid, read the DTS White Paper

http://www.dts.com/~/media/B962F033C...6293C9E86.ashx

Not to worry. If you are getting the 1.5 Mbps DTS-ES format, it still beats the original Dolby Digital 448 kbps format handily.

[BStecke]

Originally Posted by 42041

who's "they"

deeman is an audio expert as well. Didn't you know that the last minute switch from Dolby to DTS was because Dolby "couldn't handle" LOTR?

[lDlisturb3d]

Originally Posted by petmic10

To all,

What are some of your favorite lines in these movies?

My favorite has to be from FOTR when Boromir lays dying and
Aragorn is kneeling beside him and just before he dies he says:

"I would have followed you my brother, my Captain, my King."


Actually, this whole sequence is my favorite.

Pretty damn epic!!!

[PeterTHX]

Originally Posted by raygendreau

DTS-HD MA 'Essentials' drops only the DTS Neo format, not ES matrix or discrete which are dropped from DVDs.

Essentials does drop ES Matrix. All the devices I have that are crippled with it will not recognize the flag, both players internally decoding and receivers getting the bitstreamed signal (which do play DTS Neo BTW).

If that's in their "whitepapers" then they're suitable for use in the restroom.

[lDlisturb3d]

Originally Posted by BStecke

deeman is an audio expert as well. Didn't you know that the last minute switch from Dolby to DTS was because Dolby "couldn't handle" LOTR?

You are correct, good enough to know the DTS is way more dynamic the Dolby, but we aren't gonna get back on that topic. It just proves that i might know what im talking about or just got a little lucky