The Lord of the Rings: The Motion Picture Trilogy (Extended Edition) (2001-2003) - Page 15 - Blu-ray Forum

motorheadache95 · 03-09-2011, 11:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Rambaldi47

Oh good, I hope it's really true that they will be on 1 disc each. I love the extended versions, but having to get up and change the disc halfway through the movie is a drag and takes you out of the experience.

See, I disagree on this point. The Extended Cuts are too long (particularly RotK) to watch continuously from beginning to end. I actually LIKE having the movies split on 2 discs, because it creates an intermission point for you to take a break.

For me personally, I watch the EE's as a 6-parter, turning three really long films (in either version) into six films of reasonable length. But that's just me. Still, I am actually hoping the Blu-Ray set retains the same 2-disc split.

frogmort · 03-09-2011, 11:41 PM

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Originally Posted by motorheadache95

See, I disagree on this point. The Extended Cuts are too long (particularly RotK) to watch continuously from beginning to end. I actually LIKE having the movies split on 2 discs, because it creates an intermission point for you to take a break.

For me personally, I watch the EE's as a 6-parter, turning three really long films (in either version) into six films of reasonable length. But that's just me. Still, I am actually hoping the Blu-Ray set retains the same 2-disc split.

I don't really care, as long as the transfer doesn't suffer. I mean, you could always pause the movie any time you want. But if putting them on one disc hurts the quality even 0.001%, I'd rather have them on two.

By the way, I like to watch it as a two parter; Fellowship/1st disc of TT, then the next day, 2nd disc of TT/Return of the King. It's only 5hr7min, and 5hr50min.

Uxi · 03-09-2011, 11:57 PM

I'll bet we could get a decent presentation if they leave BD-Live and other bandwidth sapping measures off. Doubt commentary tracks are that significant, but definitely no PiP and the like.

threefiftyrocket · 03-10-2011, 12:30 AM

apparently in the Digital Bits thread Bill Hunt and Jeff Kleist are reporting that it IS on 1 disc apiece. Honestly, I don't care whether its one disc or two. I'm just excited to finally get to see these three movies in glorious glorious HD

LOTR07 · 03-10-2011, 12:32 AM

I always watch my EE DVD's back to back to back....its easier when the weather is bad....and we've had a few of those days....just head to the basement and forget the world for awhile....can't beat it....

threefiftyrocket · 03-10-2011, 12:34 AM

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Originally Posted by LOTR07

I always watch my EE DVD's back to back to back....its easier when the weather is bad....and we've had a few of those days....just head to the basement and forget the world for awhile....can't beat it....

+1

I really like making a day out of it, wish I had the time to do it again... did it once several years ago haven't had an opportunity since

PlisskenReplicant · 03-10-2011, 12:37 AM

while i doubt the answer would be yes, i wonder if the ee would have better pq than the theatrical one. that being said, i never saw the bluray theatrical one.was sticking to my ee dvd boxset until this good news came.i read some complain about fotr, wonder if they would *fix* it. then again its true it was the first movie and the transfer was maybe already good. i cant say , i havent seen em.

LOTR07 · 03-10-2011, 12:40 AM

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Originally Posted by threefiftyrocket

+1

I really like making a day out of it, wish I had the time to do it again... did it once several years ago haven't had an opportunity since

Just had the op to do so last month so it was great.....

Member-115369 · 03-10-2011, 01:15 AM

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Originally Posted by threefiftyrocket

apparently in the Digital Bits thread Bill Hunt and Jeff Kleist are reporting that it IS on 1 disc apiece. Honestly, I don't care whether its one disc or two. I'm just excited to finally get to see these three movies in glorious glorious HD

Same, I'm not anal about A/V quality at all really beyond preferring HD to SD.

At the same time, I don't mind getting up to change discs. I'd most likely have to pee once in the middle of these long EEs anyway (don't think I've ever got through any of them without getting up at least once--even the theatricals in theater were tough!).

So I'm fine if it's on two discs for A/V quality reasons as well.

nathan_393 · 03-10-2011, 01:32 AM

I want two discs. If it's not two discs, I find it hard to believe that there will be anything that will make it look a whole lot better than an upscaled EE DVD. Everybody seems to think 50GB is a ton of space, but it's really not for HD video and audio.

Atreyu · 03-10-2011, 01:34 AM

I already pre-ordered, so I will get Amazon's lowest price.

threefiftyrocket · 03-10-2011, 01:48 AM

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Originally Posted by nathan_393

I want two discs. If it's not two discs, I find it hard to believe that there will be anything that will make it look a whole lot better than an upscaled EE DVD. Everybody seems to think 50GB is a ton of space, but it's really not for HD video and audio.

But thats the thing, many many people give RotK a really good review in the PQ dept on the TE BD, it is 3 hrs 20 mins I think, and only takes up like 37 or 38 GB of space, so they could fit another 50 mins into a 50 GB disc and have the PQ still look stellar... not much room for ANYTHING else tho... again I don't care I'm just saying that people who say the quality is gonna be crap I really don't think so.

LOTR07 · 03-10-2011, 01:55 AM

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Originally Posted by threefiftyrocket

But thats the thing, many many people give RotK a really good review in the PQ dept on the TE BD, it is 3 hrs 20 mins I think, and only takes up like 37 or 38 GB of space, so they could fit another 50 mins into a 50 GB disc and have the PQ still look stellar... not much room for ANYTHING else tho... again I don't care I'm just saying that people who say the quality is gonna be crap I really don't think so.

Me either......maybe room for a kick-ass 7.1 DTS-HD MA soundtrack

LOTR07 · 03-10-2011, 01:55 AM

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Originally Posted by threefiftyrocket

But thats the thing, many many people give RotK a really good review in the PQ dept on the TE BD, it is 3 hrs 20 mins I think, and only takes up like 37 or 38 GB of space, so they could fit another 50 mins into a 50 GB disc and have the PQ still look stellar... not much room for ANYTHING else tho... again I don't care I'm just saying that people who say the quality is gonna be crap I really don't think so.

Me either......maybe room for a kick-ass 7.1 DTS-HD MA soundtrack

threefiftyrocket · 03-10-2011, 02:00 AM

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Originally Posted by LOTR07

Me either......maybe room for a kick-ass 7.1 DTS-HD MA soundtrack

I only got a 5.1 setup so I can't imagine this one sounding any better than the TE... man those gave my system a workout! whew!

LOTR07 · 03-10-2011, 02:34 AM

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Originally Posted by threefiftyrocket

I only got a 5.1 setup so I can't imagine this one sounding any better than the TE... man those gave my system a workout! whew!

They were quite spectacular....my two adjacent neighbors always know when i have something cranked up....thanks to the DD-18....

Ernest Rister · 03-10-2011, 03:32 AM

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Originally Posted by threefiftyrocket

But thats the thing, many many people give RotK a really good review in the PQ dept on the TE BD, it is 3 hrs 20 mins I think, and only takes up like 37 or 38 GB of space, so they could fit another 50 mins into a 50 GB disc and have the PQ still look stellar... not much room for ANYTHING else tho... again I don't care I'm just saying that people who say the quality is gonna be crap I really don't think so.

Really? Marginalized PQ sounds like the perfect excuse to correct the issue for the already planned Ultimate Edition - with FOTR Gollum replaced with Serkis Gollum. Come on, you know it's coming.

frogmort · 03-10-2011, 03:47 AM

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Originally Posted by Ernest Rister

Really? Marginalized PQ sounds like the perfect excuse to correct the issue for the already planned Ultimate Edition - with FOTR Gollum replaced with Serkis Gollum. Come on, you know it's coming.

what,they,huh!

Ernest Rister · 03-10-2011, 04:06 AM

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Originally Posted by frogmort

what,they,huh!

You seriously think Jackson is going to let it go that Gollum in FOTR looks nothing like Gollum in the resulting films?

Come on, man - you know they're going to fix that. Buy the EE's now, because Jackson is indeed going to go Lucas on the films for the UE's.

BluPat · 03-10-2011, 04:50 AM

The packaging is amazing. I just hope WB/NL does NOT use that ugly ass, cheap looking, black and white disc art.

03-09-2011, 11:57 PM	#283
Uxi Blu-ray Ninja Member since:Aug 2007 Location:Southern California 4K collection:14 Blu-ray collection:191 Blu-ray reviews:9	I'll bet we could get a decent presentation if they leave BD-Live and other bandwidth sapping measures off. Doubt commentary tracks are that significant, but definitely no PiP and the like.

03-10-2011, 12:30 AM	#284
threefiftyrocket Blu-ray Guru Member since:Apr 2009 Location:Carmel, IN Blu-ray collection:478 Blu-ray reviews:1 Trading Score:3	apparently in the Digital Bits thread Bill Hunt and Jeff Kleist are reporting that it IS on 1 disc apiece. Honestly, I don't care whether its one disc or two. I'm just excited to finally get to see these three movies in glorious glorious HD

03-10-2011, 12:32 AM	#285
LOTR07 Blu-ray Guru Top contributor Member since:Dec 2007 Location:Delaware, USA Home Theater Gallery:50 Blu-ray collection:628 DVD collection:440 Blu-ray reviews: 16 Trading Score:6	I always watch my EE DVD's back to back to back....its easier when the weather is bad....and we've had a few of those days....just head to the basement and forget the world for awhile....can't beat it....

03-10-2011, 12:37 AM	#287
PlisskenReplicant Member Member since:Jan 2011 Blu-ray collection:137 DVD collection:92 Blu-ray reviews:4	while i doubt the answer would be yes, i wonder if the ee would have better pq than the theatrical one. that being said, i never saw the bluray theatrical one.was sticking to my ee dvd boxset until this good news came.i read some complain about fotr, wonder if they would fix it. then again its true it was the first movie and the transfer was maybe already good. i cant say , i havent seen em.

03-10-2011, 01:32 AM	#290
nathan_393 Blu-ray Guru Member since:Sep 2010 Home Theater Gallery:8 4K collection:1 Blu-ray collection:274 DVD collection:11 Trading Score:2	I want two discs. If it's not two discs, I find it hard to believe that there will be anything that will make it look a whole lot better than an upscaled EE DVD. Everybody seems to think 50GB is a ton of space, but it's really not for HD video and audio.

03-10-2011, 01:34 AM	#291
Atreyu Blu-ray Knight Member since:Dec 2008 Location:North Carolina 4K collection:370 Blu-ray collection:1879 DVD collection:619 Digital collection:1 Blu-ray reviews: 296 Trading Score:4	I already pre-ordered, so I will get Amazon's lowest price.

03-10-2011, 04:50 AM	#300
BluPat Blu-ray Ninja Top contributor Member since:Nov 2008 Location:Texas 4K collection:241 Blu-ray collection:1455 Blu-ray reviews: 80 Trading Score:4	The packaging is amazing. I just hope WB/NL does NOT use that ugly ass, cheap looking, black and white disc art.

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