The Lord of the Rings: The Motion Picture Trilogy (Extended Edition) (2001-2003) - Page 20 - Blu-ray Forum

Member-115369 · 03-11-2011, 02:25 PM

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Originally Posted by riverbelow

b ) If i purchase the amazon preorder, the price is fixed from then?? even if it were to go up until it ships?

When you pre-order you get it for the cheapest price between the date you ordered and the release date.

So if the price goes up (I've never seen that happen) you'll still pay $83.99. If it goes down cheaper at anytime between now and release date, you'll pay the cheapest price it dropped to.

nefilim · 03-11-2011, 02:28 PM

I`ll do as always ;

wait to see reviews about PQ/AQ ... then decide about ordering. Learned from Gladiator.

Archangel630 · 03-11-2011, 02:48 PM

On Amazon it states that there are 15 discs in this set. So that's 9 DVDs of special features, the 3 movies on Blu-ray. What are the extra discs?

aggienader08 · 03-11-2011, 03:04 PM

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Originally Posted by yojoeski

If any of you have seen any my comments over the last few months about Ten Commandments then you know my stance on this. The only movies that are out or are coming out that have any reason whatsoever to be split are ROTK extended, Gettysburg and the extended version of Gods and Generals. Nothing else that I can think of right now needs to be split.

Someone mentioned this earlier and I pray they're dead wrong, but I won't be surprised that when the end of time comes and Lawrence Of Arabia is finally released to blu-ray, it'll be split too because the idea of customer convenience appears to be lost.

What the heck are you talking about?!

Nope, never seen your comments. Do you have a following online or something? You're talking about end of days and Lawrence of Arabia. Get over it.

Talal86 · 03-11-2011, 04:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Archangel630

On Amazon it states that there are 15 discs in this set. So that's 9 DVDs of special features, the 3 movies on Blu-ray. What are the extra discs?

3 discs for the theatrical versions?

/wishful thinking!

Miadaskate · 03-11-2011, 04:37 PM

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Originally Posted by DaViD Boulet

I should be obvious that folks who don't want the movies interrupted by a disc-change aren't "lazy" because they're bothered by getting off the sofa, they simply don't want the art and continuity of the film experience forced to have an interuption that's not an integral part of the film experience.

I agree with this, but at the same time I want whatever is best for this set to make it the best it can possibly be, even if that means being split across two discs each.

Uxi · 03-11-2011, 04:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Talal86

3 discs for the theatrical versions?

/wishful thinking!

Digital copies?

dcowboy7 · 03-11-2011, 05:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Miadaskate

I agree with this, but at the same time I want whatever is best for this set to make it the best it can possibly be, even if that means being split across two discs each.

Na....i go with the lazy.

lightyear8 · 03-11-2011, 05:55 PM

Relevant to this thread...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vxuZuXPouqM

(It's a few years old but still funny!)

BTW is there a way to embed video directly into posts here?

nabokovfan87 · 03-11-2011, 07:03 PM

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Originally Posted by yojoeski

7.1 isn't happening. That's been confirmed. 5.1 just like the dvd sets. These are basically HD upconverts of the Extended dvd boxsets with an extra disc thrown in. 9 dvd's in a blu ray boxset is atrocious, especially for such a marquee title. If any of you have seen any my comments over the last few months about Ten Commandments then you know my stance on this. The only movies that are out or are coming out that have any reason whatsoever to be split are ROTK extended, Gettysburg and the extended version of Gods and Generals. Nothing else that I can think of right now needs to be split.

Someone mentioned this earlier and I pray they're dead wrong, but I won't be surprised that when the end of time comes and Lawrence Of Arabia is finally released to blu-ray, it'll be split too because the idea of customer convenience appears to be lost.

Sacrificing PQ and AQ for the sake of not going through with putting the work in seems to be the trend here. Putting them on one or two discs isn't something that should be up for a debate, if the movie will fit on one, fine, but I am willing to bet if would be much better on two(go look at the TE reviews, it wasn't perfect). A BD collection of films with more DVDs than BDs says to me one thing, it isn't a BD collection at all, but a collection of stuff I already have on DVD and 80 dollars for 6 discs of questionable quality.

Keep in mind, this isn't just some trilogy on movie, it is THE trilogy. In lit. and on screen these films are some of the best moviemaking out there, and it is depressing as hell to see a studio skimp out if that is indeed what is happening.

Bummer...

And for what it is worth, amazon is never right, on things that are released in stores they can't get specs correct and pictures right.

Mike_In_HD · 03-11-2011, 07:43 PM

I remember bringing this up a year or so ago when discussing LOTR on blu... It looks like they will have the green/red/blue incorporated in the print package design, but I cannot tell if the corresponding BD cases will be g/r/b. Kinda hope so.

bandit29 · 03-11-2011, 07:46 PM

I think I'll just wait for a bare bones edition. I have the original versions of the EE on DVD and separate Blus of the theatrical versions. I don't need more extras or digital copies.

frogmort · 03-11-2011, 09:36 PM

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Originally Posted by bandit29

I think I'll just wait for a bare bones edition. I have the original versions of the EE on DVD and separate Blus of the theatrical versions. I don't need more extras or digital copies.

Why not sell the EE DVDs and seperate blus, and put the money towards the EE blus?

Todd Smith · 03-11-2011, 09:37 PM

What is the approx going rate for the used EE dvds? I need to put mine up for sale.

frogmort · 03-11-2011, 09:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Todd Smith

What is the approx going rate for the used EE dvds? I need to put mine up for sale.

Check on Amazon under used. I go to a local place where you can buy/sell/trade books, cds,DVDs, games, and blus.

gregmasciola · 03-11-2011, 09:44 PM

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Originally Posted by nabokovfan87

...if the movie will fit on one, fine, but I am willing to bet if would be much better on two(go look at the TE reviews, it wasn't perfect).

As others have mentioned, it wasn't compression that made the theatrical blu-rays not so great. It was the fact that some scenes received a heavy amount of DNR.

Right now, I say if the movies will fit on one disc, great. If not, I don't really care about having to change discs. I just want the movies in HD (without all the DNR).

Rambaldi47 · 03-11-2011, 10:13 PM

The split over 2 discs is disruptive. The intermission doesn't belong there, it's really forced. From what I've heard, the theatrical editions didn't take up all the room on the discs, so the extended ones should fit so we can see the films as they were meant to be seen. If they had been filmed with the intermission in mind, it would be different. It's not laziness; it's wanting to see the film as a whole without an annoying break which is not the same as pressing pause.

bandit29 · 03-11-2011, 10:15 PM

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Originally Posted by frogmort

Why not sell the EE DVDs and seperate blus, and put the money towards the EE blus?

Yeah I could do that. I do like the book style cases for the DVDs though.... Hmmmm

Todd Smith · 03-11-2011, 10:27 PM

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Originally Posted by frogmort

Check on Amazon under used. I go to a local place where you can buy/sell/trade books, cds,DVDs, games, and blus.

Sounds good, thanks.

DaViD Boulet · 03-11-2011, 11:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Bucky

why don't they divide the films over three discs? i wouldnt want the quality to be limited even a little bit but cramming the films onto two discs.

the three films weren't ever going to be put on a single disc... they were going to be put on a single disc *per each* film (one disc per movie)

03-11-2011, 02:28 PM	#382
nefilim Banned Top contributor Member since:Oct 2009 Location:\|limbo of the banned\| Blu-ray collection:525 DVD collection:260 Trading Score:14	I`ll do as always ; wait to see reviews about PQ/AQ ... then decide about ordering. Learned from Gladiator.

03-11-2011, 02:48 PM	#383
Archangel630 Member Member since:Jun 2008 Blu-ray collection:88	On Amazon it states that there are 15 discs in this set. So that's 9 DVDs of special features, the 3 movies on Blu-ray. What are the extra discs?

03-11-2011, 05:55 PM	#389
lightyear8 Member Member since:Aug 2009	Relevant to this thread... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vxuZuXPouqM (It's a few years old but still funny!) BTW is there a way to embed video directly into posts here?

03-11-2011, 07:43 PM	#391
Mike_In_HD Active Member Member since:Oct 2008 Location:Ohio Blu-ray collection:968	I remember bringing this up a year or so ago when discussing LOTR on blu... It looks like they will have the green/red/blue incorporated in the print package design, but I cannot tell if the corresponding BD cases will be g/r/b. Kinda hope so.

03-11-2011, 07:46 PM	#392
bandit29 Blu-ray Ninja Member since:Jan 2009 Location:Chicago, IL Blu-ray collection:88 DVD collection:17 MA collection:3 Digital collection:117 Prime collection:1	I think I'll just wait for a bare bones edition. I have the original versions of the EE on DVD and separate Blus of the theatrical versions. I don't need more extras or digital copies.

03-11-2011, 09:37 PM	#394
Todd Smith Blu-ray Guru Member since:Nov 2008 Trading Score:3	What is the approx going rate for the used EE dvds? I need to put mine up for sale.

03-11-2011, 10:13 PM	#397
Rambaldi47 Expert Member Member since:May 2010 Location:Boston, MA Blu-ray collection:254 DVD collection:106	The split over 2 discs is disruptive. The intermission doesn't belong there, it's really forced. From what I've heard, the theatrical editions didn't take up all the room on the discs, so the extended ones should fit so we can see the films as they were meant to be seen. If they had been filmed with the intermission in mind, it would be different. It's not laziness; it's wanting to see the film as a whole without an annoying break which is not the same as pressing pause.

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