The Lord of the Rings: The Motion Picture Trilogy (Extended Edition) (2001-2003)

[frogmort]

Originally Posted by dcowboy7

LOTR has more in common with summer blockbusters than winter movies so why do they always come out in december instead of summer ?

Maybe because there's less competition, so they can rake in all the big bucks and get higher numbers.

[BohemianGraham]

Originally Posted by dcowboy7

LOTR has more in common with summer blockbusters than winter movies so why do they always come out in december instead of summer ?

They were a Christmas tradition in my family. I think they chose December because of that. The family Christmas movie, and they're classic literature.

[Underworld54]

Originally Posted by BohemianGraham

Damn, that's what I get for saving 15 bucks though. Alliance sucks.

I bought the Canadian Alliance version of Let Me In and it had like 10 previews before it, talk about annoying.

[AreaUnderTheCurve]

Originally Posted by frogmort

Maybe because there's less competition, so they can rake in all the big bucks and get higher numbers.

Awards consideration too.

[joenostalgia23]

Originally Posted by dcowboy7

LOTR has more in common with summer blockbusters than winter movies so why do they always come out in december instead of summer ?

Because that gave the creators more time to finish editing and special effects and also because that time of year often promises a huge gross and Academy Award nominations.

Heavily-hyped special effects blockbuster films like Avatar, Titanic, King Kong and Tron: Legacy were all released mid-December. Thanks to Avatar's success, distributors now aim for release dates around the 18th hoping to capture the same type of success.

This year Mission Impossible 4, Sherlock Holmes 2, The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo, The Adventures of TinTin and War Horse all come out within 2 weeks of each other. Because Hollywood knows almost everyone will be on winter break and spending cash on something.

[DarkDune]

Originally Posted by dcowboy7

LOTR has more in common with summer blockbusters than winter movies so why do they always come out in december instead of summer ?

When they each came out theatrically, they were THE reason to go to the movies in December!

[Petyr_Baelish]

Originally Posted by dcowboy7

LOTR has more in common with summer blockbusters than winter movies so why do they always come out in december instead of summer ?

It does?

[Koko00]

I hope I'm not the only one who balled their eyes out at the end of Return of the King!

I forgot just how epic that movie was. Wow. Blu-ray makes it even better (plus wearing high-def turtle beach headset really let the sound through...those dragon whatevers that the black riders fly through the air with literally destroyed my ears).

[HeavyHitter]

Originally Posted by DarkDune

When they each came out theatrically, they were THE reason to go to the movies in December!

I'll tell you, those were fun times looking forward to see each one, then waiting for the extended version to come out!

[nathan_393]

Originally Posted by dcowboy7

LOTR has more in common with summer blockbusters than winter movies so why do they always come out in december instead of summer ?

Oscar bait is my guess - not that LOTR didn't deserve it. But New Line knew they had something special going on.

[radagast]

Originally Posted by dcowboy7

LOTR has more in common with summer blockbusters than winter movies so why do they always come out in december instead of summer ?

I guess you never noticed all the other big movies that come out around Christmas. Christmas is a big movie going time of the year.

Originally Posted by Boone_Carlyle

It does?

I was thinking the same thing.

[WvuFan]

I heard that overstocked had a huge pricing error and people were getting it for 15 bucks.

[Stinky-Dinkins]

Originally Posted by WvuFan

I heard that overstocked had a huge pricing error and people were getting it for 15 bucks.

It was listed at around that, but because it was an error all orders placed at that price were cancelled unfortunately.

[WvuFan]

Strangely a buddy of mine got his money refunded and the films

[frogmort]

I read somewhere on here that quite a few people had their credit card charges refunded, but still received the EE BDs as well.

[jazzcat7]

Watched the FOTR for the first time in its entirety. While I can mostly forgive the green hue (it is noticeable in a few scenes), I cannot pardon the excessively dark scenes in the mines of moria. So much detail has been obscured that it takes away from the film. One example: when Legolas takes down the troll with his arrow, you'd be left wondering what just happened if it was your first viewing. Where did he shoot his arrow? Where's the arrow? No expression on the trolls face, just a groan. Coppola did this with the Dracula blu-ray, but not to this extent.

[Bucky]

Originally Posted by frogmort

I read somewhere on here that quite a few people had their credit card charges refunded, but still received the EE BDs as well.

this is true

[nathan_393]

Originally Posted by frogmort

I read somewhere on here that quite a few people had their credit card charges refunded, but still received the EE BDs as well.

That's one heck of a deal. Wish I could be that lucky!

[jazzcat7]

Just finished watching TTT. The green hue is as prominent in this film as it is in the FOTR. Not sure why people have singled out FOTR. It is obvious that this release is color timed to be consistent across all three films. When I watch ROTK tonight, I will expect much of the same. I am ambivalent so far about this release. There are scenes where one character has the green hue, and the other character in the same scene has the full color gamat producing flesh tones! I don't know what to make of it all. My TV is a professionally calibrated rear projection 1080i CRT. It is very accurate and life-like.

So there you have it. Whether it is a stylastic choice or a timing error, the hue is present in the first two films to a great and observable extent. I have not compared this set to my old EE dvd set and I can't remember what it looked liked.

What concerns me most is the consistency. In one scene, during the cross country run with Legolas, Aragorn, and Gimli, the elf was completely green whereas Aragorn was colored normally. Alternating from normal flesh color one moment to green is a little disconcerting. My apologies for making fun of the "geeks" before even seeing this release.

[horizonline]

Originally Posted by jazzcat7

Just finished watching TTT. The green hue is as prominent in this film as it is in the FOTR. Not sure why people have singled out FOTR. It is obvious that this release is color timed to be consistent across all three films. When I watch ROTK tonight, I will expect much of the same. I am ambivalent so far about this release. There are scenes where one character has the green hue, and the other character in the same scene has the full color gamat producing flesh tones! I don't know what to make of it all. My TV is a professionally calibrated rear projection 1080i CRT. It is very accurate and life-like.

So there you have it. Whether it is a stylastic choice or a timing error. The hue is present in the first two films to a great and observable extent. I have not compared this set to my old EE dvd set and I can't remember what it looked liked.

What concerns me most is the consistency. In one scene, during the cross country run with Legolas, Aragorn, and Gimli, the elf was completely green whereas Aragorn was colored normally.

The elfs get the good soundtrack moments.