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

[frogmort]

Originally Posted by Todd Smith

The green tint in shots 3, 4 and 5 is especially bad.......Green skies, green Gandalf, green fire............UGLY!

It's Cyan!!!

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[Todd Smith]

Originally Posted by frogmort

It's Cyan!!!

[Show spoiler]

Sorry Frogmort! I forgot! I was already yelled at once for this and you would think I would have learned my lesson! It wont happen again!

By the way, I have to say that while I miss the temporary avatar of "Frodo SMASH!" I love your current one as well.......my nickname is Toad and at work they call me "Sapo" which means Toad or little hopper. Just a little useless info there, but I love your avatar!

[wildphantom]

Digitalbits review.....

http://www.thedigitalbits.com/review...ews061411.html

[gaeljet]

"The most important thing to know here is that the HD image quality for this film is vastly improved from the Theatrical Blu-ray. It's actually a new presentation, remastered from the film's original 2K digital files. In fact, it's breathtaking. There are significant gains in fine detail and overall contrast. The image is delicately textured and refined. You can actually see the very light grain structure of the image, which results in a far less digital and far more film-like presentation. Contrast is excellent, with deep, true blacks. Colors are pleasing too, though it's worth noting that the color timing for these films has been redone. I've confirmed with production-related sources that Jackson and cinematographer Andrew Lesnie were directly involved in all decisions related to this new transfer and approved it personally. So to the extent that there are changes to the color-timing, they were made at Jackson and Lesnie's direction - the films look exactly as they want them to. Like the DVD release before it, the high-definition presentations of all three films in this set have been split over two discs, in this case BD-50s. While I've no doubt some will complain about having to get up and change discs, I'm EXTREMELY pleased that this was done in order to max out the video and audio data rates with the least amount of compression. The Rings films have so much detail, texture and action that they really need room to breathe on disc - yes, even in high-definition. I'm very pleased they've gotten that room. Don't let anyone fool you into thinking otherwise - it makes a REAL difference. The added data space and lower compression significantly enhances the dimensionality of the image. All you need to do to see it is watch the scenes in Rivendell - there's remarkable depth visible. Sometimes, as you're watching, the improvement almost knocks you over. The presentation is rich, nuanced... stunning. My hats off to Warner for making absolutely the right call. At long last, Fellowship presents a truly satisfying image on Blu-ray."

well.. lord of the greens then lol

[PRO-630HD]

Originally Posted by Lyle_JP

This very site gave Scream 2, with it's nearly decade-old broadcast quality HD transfer, a solid 4.5 (above ROTK). So, maybe it's best not to exclusively use this site's reviews as evidence of anything.

If this site gave Scream 2 a 4.5/5 ROTK obviously is in 3-4 star territory then in reality. You are more than welcome to provide me a 5 star review for its sheer awesomeness from any review site.

[Dotpattern]

Originally Posted by gaeljet

"The most important thing to know here is that the HD image quality for this film is vastly improved from the Theatrical Blu-ray. It's actually a new presentation, remastered from the film's original 2K digital files. In fact, it's breathtaking. There are significant gains in fine detail and overall contrast. The image is delicately textured and refined. You can actually see the very light grain structure of the image, which results in a far less digital and far more film-like presentation. Contrast is excellent, with deep, true blacks. Colors are pleasing too, though it's worth noting that the color timing for these films has been redone. I've confirmed with production-related sources that Jackson and cinematographer Andrew Lesnie were directly involved in all decisions related to this new transfer and approved it personally. So to the extent that there are changes to the color-timing, they were made at Jackson and Lesnie's direction - the films look exactly as they want them to. Like the DVD release before it, the high-definition presentations of all three films in this set have been split over two discs, in this case BD-50s. While I've no doubt some will complain about having to get up and change discs, I'm EXTREMELY pleased that this was done in order to max out the video and audio data rates with the least amount of compression. The Rings films have so much detail, texture and action that they really need room to breathe on disc - yes, even in high-definition. I'm very pleased they've gotten that room. Don't let anyone fool you into thinking otherwise - it makes a REAL difference. The added data space and lower compression significantly enhances the dimensionality of the image. All you need to do to see it is watch the scenes in Rivendell - there's remarkable depth visible. Sometimes, as you're watching, the improvement almost knocks you over. The presentation is rich, nuanced... stunning. My hats off to Warner for making absolutely the right call. At long last, Fellowship presents a truly satisfying image on Blu-ray."

well.. lord of the greens then lol

I bolded the most important part.

[frogmort]

Not one word about a green, or cyan tint, and nothing about crushed blacks! Maybe the pirated rip was screwed up! God I hope so. This sounds very promising.

[mrpink134]

Well thats that! PJ had a hand in it and there was no mistake on WB part. Bill gave it one hell of a score! I bet Todd Smith will say that Bill is getting paid off by WB to give it a good score like he did about the TE Versions.

[Todd Smith]

Originally Posted by wildphantom

Digitalbits review.....

http://www.thedigitalbits.com/review...ews061411.html

And we now have official confirmation of the color timing change Bill did not mind it, but there are obviously many judging from these threads, who will have a much different opinion.

I still have a hard time with the supposed approval for this.........why just do FOTR and not TT and ROTK as well? The latter 2 from what we have seen are VERY close as far as color goes to the TEs.....

Originally Posted by frogmort

Not one word about a green, or cyan tint, and nothing about crushed blacks! Maybe the pirated rip was screwed up! God I hope so. This sounds very promising.

I hope you are right! He did confirm the change though, but he did not go into detail. I assume this means the green is there, but who knows.

[mredman]

Originally Posted by wildphantom

Digitalbits review.....

http://www.thedigitalbits.com/review...ews061411.html

I knew the PQ would be out of this world awesome

[mredman]

Originally Posted by frogmort

Not one word about a green, or cyan tint, and nothing about crushed blacks! Maybe the pirated rip was screwed up! God I hope so. This sounds very promising.

It indeed sounds like an amazing release with amazing PQ

[wildphantom]

If Bill Hunt says it looks amazing then I'm pretty much sold.

Robert Harris has promised to post his thoughts soon, his being one of the more definitive takes.

[nathan_393]

Originally Posted by wildphantom

Digitalbits review.....

http://www.thedigitalbits.com/review...ews061411.html

Good to hear SOMEBODY likes it. And this somebody's opinion actually matters

I'm just playing with everybody - but he doesn't seem to have much of an issue with the colour timing.

[frogmort]

I just tried to go to the 'Ask Questions to The Digital Bits team' on this site, to ask about the coloring, but it's been closed.

[greg_achen]

Originally Posted by Todd Smith

And we now have official confirmation of the color timing change Bill did not mind it, but there are obviously many, judging from these threads who will have a much different opinion.

At least we have confirmation that the color timing was redone and that what we are seeing now is different than the supposed "green tint" that was "always" apart of the film. But since it is Peter Jackson approved, there is really no use in beating a dead horse when it comes to this release. What's done is done. And who knows? If he changed his mind about the color timing once, who's to say he won't change his mind again for future releases.

[nathan_393]

Originally Posted by frogmort

I just tried to go to the 'Ask Questions to The Digital Bits team' on this site, to ask about the coloring, but it's been closed.

Wait... Why is it closed?

[The Duke]

Originally Posted by nathan_393

Good to hear SOMEBODY likes it. And this somebody's opinion actually matters

I'm just playing with everybody - but he doesn't seem to have much of an issue with the colour timing.

Yeah, he just mentions that it was changed with PJ's supervision & approval and then doesn't say anything about. And he gushes about the video quality, saying he ran out of adjectives to describe just how wonderful it is. But, in his My Two Cents column he says the package arrived at his door this morning. So, I'm kind of curious how he manged to watch all 12+ hours combined of all 3 EE and find time to write his review since this morning.

[mredman]

can't wait to get this set. after reading Bill Hunt's review i am more then sold

http://www.thedigitalbits.com/review...ews061411.html
"These films just look and sound magnificent. As I've said before, it's Blu-ray releases like this that we live for here at The Bits."

[mredman]

Originally Posted by The Duke

Yeah, he just mentions that it was changed with PJ's supervision & approval and then doesn't say anything about. And he gushes about the video quality, saying he ran out of adjectives to describe just how wonderful it is. But, in his My Two Cents column he says the package arrived at his door this morning. So, I'm kind of curious how he manged to watch all 12+ hours combined of all 3 EE and find time to write his review since this morning.

maybe he was taking notes as he watched them

[frogmort]

It seems odd to me that he mentions the change, but doesn't describe one word about what the change looks like. Also, no professional screencaps.