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

[Velmeran]

Originally Posted by kpkelley

Caps-A-Holic do a good job, just make sure that you select the png files rather than the compressed jpegs. That being said, screenshots cannot depict what it is like to watch these films in motion. I for one am glad that they chose to go with AVC over VC-1 for this release.

And the source of the files being used on Caps-A-Holic are from.... ?
That's the point I'm trying to make. Most of the sources aren't being named, none are being confirmed.

I don't believe anyone has posted shots from the actual physical BD disc. They all seem to be coming from various rips people are finding on their favorite torrent site.

[42041]

Originally Posted by Velmeran

And the source of the files being used on Caps-A-Holic are from.... ?
That's the point I'm trying to make. Most of the sources aren't being named, none are being confirmed.

I don't believe anyone has posted shots from the actual physical BD disc. They all seem to be coming from various rips people are finding on their favorite torrent site.

Actual blu-ray dumps are availible online. These are identical to the physical discs. I'm guessing that's what those captures are from.

[kpkelley]

Originally Posted by Velmeran

And the source of the files being used on Caps-A-Holic are from.... ?
That's the point I'm trying to make. Most of the sources aren't being named, none are being confirmed.

I can't attest to where they are getting the files from(disc or otherwise), but I can attest that the screencaps I've seen from their site have reflected the discs in my collection.

[The Apocalypse]

This release will be awesome, and I'm quite psyched for it, despite the apparent controversy over the colouring.

[amoergosum]

So do you really want to see this in 2012 (I applied the FOTR color levels) >>>

[radagast]

Originally Posted by kingkong650

Must be nice to just be able to accept any old rubbish you're given and then thank the studios for the priviledge. I'm guessing you were one of the guys that thought the fellowship of the ring theatrical edition blu-ray looked fantastic and hadn't been DNRed to high heaven, only to be proven totally wrong a year and a few months later. Ignorance really is bliss in your case.

In case you're not totally ignorant, which I assume you're not, providing a counter-argument to what others are saying might prove more effective and make you come across less like a rabid studio fanboy or at the very worst, a shill.

Us lotr fanboys should be trying to get the best products possible, not settling for any old rubbish only to be double dipped (or in this case, triple dipped) in the near future.

You're guessing wrong. Ignorance isn't bliss in my case either. However, I see you have a rather high opinion of yourself, even though your reading comprehension skills are wretched, to say the least. Rabid studio fanboy? Hardly. Shill? Obviously you've never read ANY other post I've made.

And I am more of a fan of LOTR than you could ever comprehend. I want the best possible product. What I want to hear is official reviews from people who officially have the official product in their hands. Not a pirated copy. I had noted some several thousand posts ago that this thread had not been hijacked by the screenshot experts yet, like the thread for the TEs had been. It now has been.

There has already been given a reasonable sounding explanation as to why these screenshots may not be accurate, some time back in this thread. People like you however, would obviously rather complain non-stop about something that hasn't been released yet, or officially reviewed by a legitimate reviewer. Sorry to invade your ranting party. No, that's not true. I'm not sorry.

[The Apocalypse]

I'll go for an official review too. If they make replacement discs, that's great. I'm still getting the set.

[radagast]

Originally Posted by kingkong650

They only remastered the fellowship of the ring because many complained about the DNR that made the fellowship of the ring theatrical blu-ray inferior to the hdtv stream available on the internet in terms of picture quality and overall detail, that should never happen because blu-rays are always encoded at a far higher bitrate than hdtv streams. The master of fotr also appeared to be older then the other two film's masters and had a sort of digital old-generation master look to it. The master they used this time for fotr looks fantastic and filmlike, with much more detail and no DNR applied, the only problem IMO is the consistant strong green tint that runs throughout the whole film, which is especially noticable at the beginning in Hobbiton.

The Two Towers and The Return of the King appear to have been taken from the same master as the theatrical versions, only they have far more detail overall because far less DNR was applied this time (thank god) and they are spread over two blu-rays each, so they could be encoded with a far higher bitrate and therefore retain more of the detail and picture quality of their respective masters. From what I have seen, they look great.

How do you know they only remastered FOTR because of the complaints? What's your source? What's your source for any of the above statements? How is it that you have seen something not on the market yet?

[DetroitSportsFan]

Originally Posted by amoergosum

So do you really want to see this in 2012 (I applied the FOTR color levels) >>>

[Show spoiler]

Don't give George any ideas.

[MEB]

Originally Posted by mixxed_up

Here's a video comparison from a guy in the AVS-Forum. If there hadn't been the comparison, i hadn't notice that.

YouTube - ‪LOTR - Green Cast Comparison (Extended Left vs Theatrical Right)‬‏

Source: http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showp...postcount=1207

Holy cow, that split-screen video comparison REALLY shows the differences in a MOVING image. YouTube is sure to delete that video sooner rather than later. Everyone should go watch it as soon as possible. Here's the direct link (embedding is disabled):

-http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vwcm-73kZE8

Stupid forum software automatically embeds any YouTube content. Can't find a way to turn that off. Just copy and paste without the dash.

Mark

[vargo]

Originally Posted by Velmeran

i really think, from this point on until we the screenshots are coming from legit reviewers we should quit posting them.

There have been about 5 different sets of screenshots being posted, all of them different. All of them with their pros and all with their cons.

No one knows which is true and accurate anymore. It adds nothing to the discussion, because at least 80% of them are incorrect, possibly 100% of them.

I have seen a few screenshots that were 16-235 instead of 0-255.

Apart from that, I have not seen these mysterious 'different' screenshots you are talking about. Everything I have seen from several different sources is consistent. Of course the screenshots sourced from reduced-bitrate encodes are of a lower quality, but the colour timing they have is 100% accurate to the source.

[amoergosum]

Originally Posted by Velmeran

And the source of the files being used on Caps-A-Holic are from.... ?
That's the point I'm trying to make. Most of the sources aren't being named, none are being confirmed.

I don't believe anyone has posted shots from the actual physical BD disc. They all seem to be coming from various rips people are finding on their favorite torrent site.

I agree. They usually ALWAYS mention the Country of each release.
In this instance they only wrote 'TH Extended Cut Blu-ray". I guess they knew
they would generate a lot of views so they used a Blu-ray rip.

[The Apocalypse]

I don't even know what to say anymore, positive or otherwise, apart from let us wait for an official review.

[mredman]

why are we even discussing this anymore. PJ has said he APPROVED the new coloring. FOTR looks tremendous in this new coloring IMO. And the detail is just staggering

[amoergosum]

Originally Posted by DetroitSportsFan

Don't give George any ideas.

I guess a preemptive petition is necessary...

[bokuma]

Originally Posted by Rik1138

Quote:
Originally Posted by bokuma
Can anyone confirm the subtitle info that appeared on Amazon.com LOTR EE page few days ago:

''Subtitles: Croatian, Czech, English, French, German, Hungarian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Slovak, Spanish'' ...

That list is rather strange for North American release ...



No, that's wrong... That must be their default 'list everything until we know' template... See US link above, that's accurate.

Well, it seems that Amazon.com is not the only site with that unusual subs list. The official Warner Bros web shop (wbshop.com) has the same specs:

Subtitle Languages:
Bulgarian
Croatian
Czech
English
French
German
Hungarian
Latvian
Polish
Portuguese
Romanian
Russian
Slovenian
Spanish

Sorry for not posting the link again. I guess you can easily check it.

[kpkelley]

Originally Posted by amoergosum

I agree. They usually ALWAYS mention the Country of each release.
In this instance they only wrote 'TH Extended Cut Blu-ray". I guess they knew
they would generate a lot of views so they used a Blu-ray rip.

Thailand, I believe.

[The Apocalypse]

Don't listen to them George! I'm on your side! In anycase, if PJ approved it, then I'll get it, so I doubt I'll be complaining about the set.

[MEB]

Originally Posted by mredman

why are we even discussing this anymore. PJ has said he APPROVED the new coloring. FOTR looks tremendous in this new coloring IMO. And the detail is just staggering

Are you serious? Did you watch the YouTube video split-screen comparison? Did you look at the sky behind Gandalf's head in that scene? You think the sky is supposed to look like that and it's an improvement?



Mark

[amoergosum]

Originally Posted by kpkelley

Thailand, I believe.

My bad then...I didn't realize.