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

[frogmort]

That's really funny! I just got home from work, logged onto the site, and everyone is talking about me. Weird.

I'm sure that this has been mentioned(pretty much everything has been in this thread), but I was thinking about this earlier. It seems rather odd to me to change FOTR so drastically, and then still include the bonus stuff where they talk about how carefully they did the color grading for the Shire. It kind of seems silly to include that, since apparently it no longer applies.

Know what I mean, Vern?


P.S.: Happy 4th of July everyone!

[Danielle Ni Dhighe]

Originally Posted by Ken Brown

1) If so many people can't see the tint, or consider it a non-issue, Jackson might have missed it as well. Those arguing that the tint is difficult to see are actually arguing that Jackson might have simply missed it and approved a transfer that does indeed feature a mistake.

Yes, but would Jackson and Lesnie have both missed it? It's possible, but more unlikely.

[Petyr_Baelish]

Originally Posted by Danielle Ni Dhighe

Yes, but would Jackson and Lesnie have both missed it? It's possible, but more unlikely.

It's more than likely possible that they never saw the whole film.

[Jimbo976]

Originally Posted by frogmort

... to change FOTR so drastically...

You really think it is drastically changed?

[Anubis2005X]

Originally Posted by WorkShed

Ahahahahahahahahahahaha! Wow, that's hilarious!

https://www.examiner.com/dvd-in-new-...slide=34616736

[Member-115369]

Originally Posted by beefytwinkie

That's sick. I tried that once. Started at 10am and got through Fellowship and Towers. I couldn't do Return. The only adjective I can think of is "brutal". But really fun! I just couldn't handle it.

Agreed. I did FOTR on Saturday, TTT yesterday and ROTK today and even that has me a bit burnt out!

Love 'em to death, but that's a lot of movie watching even across 3 days for me!

Anyway, I love the set. Looks WAY better than the DVDs (including FOTR IMO) so I'm very happy with my purchase and highly recommend it to anyone other than the diehard videophile types.

[WhySoCereal]

Originally Posted by retablo

Which is exactly the problem with the Academy... they always "hold" awards then give it out for the wrong films. I dont think any of the LOTR movies should've won best picture IMO, but the greatest movie ever made could've come out in 2003 yet they would still have given it to ROTK just "because" they hadn't awarded the series yet. Look at the Oscars given to Scorsese (for The Departed) or Jeremy Irons (Reversal of Fortune)... Scorsese should've won numerous times before (Taxi Driver, Raging Bull, Goodfellas) but they kept snubbing him, then gave him the award for a remake that didn't een feel like a typical Scorsese film. Irons should've won for playing twins in Dead Ringers, but wasn't even nominated - so they give it to him 2 years later for a film no one remembers.

This happens all the time and it really irritates me. Every year I learn to stop caring about the awards.

[WhySoCereal]

Originally Posted by flodsby

So what does everyone think of the Costa Botes documentaries?

I liked them, it was fun getting a much more "behind the scenes" look at the making of the series. The Appendices explored a ton of the making of but the Costa Botes stuff was more fun at times.

[WhySoCereal]

Originally Posted by Jimbo976

Curious if anyone has done the whole EE marathon in 1 day yet. There is no way I could stay awake to do that but we got half way through TTT last night. Maybe we'll watch the rest tonight. I have held off watching the whole set again until the EE came out on Blu-ray and it is finally here now

I saw a marathon of the three Theatrical cuts in a theater back in March, having done that I know there is NO way I could sit through all three EE in a row.

[raygendreau]

Originally Posted by 42041

It'd be next to impossible to verify that the digital cinema package and the blu-ray are the same by eye, since you'd have very little awareness of how the visuals on the screen relate to the projector's actual brightness and actual white point.
No one is debating that the color grading has been changed, and that would be obvious to anyone familiar with the previous home video releases of the film. It's still radically different even if you try to compensate for the overall color cast, and that's the bit I have trouble believing PJ requested.

So...what post in this thread was Bilbo reading when you captured that webcam shot that you're using for your avatar??

[nightcrawler]

Originally Posted by ApolloOne

I, my wife and kids enjoyed a spectacular LOTR EE day yesterday. Breakfast, then Fellowship, then lunch, then Two Towers, then dinner, then Return of the King, then bed.

I did a LOTR EE marathon once with the dvds. Don't know if I could do it again! Just watched the BD of FOTR, and will watch TTT next weekend and ROTK the weekend after.

[chetripley80]

Originally Posted by mredman

he says the image is dark like on the blu ray as well. I don't see a green tint at all either i see that the image being darker then the TE. Like this guy at the theater also sees.

You have continuously stated the tint in FOTR is accurate because a screening at one theater subjectively looked the same based on a stranger's comment on the internet. You do realize the theatrical screening most likely used the same HD digital master that was used for the new blu-ray? The screening and blu-ray should look identical if that was the case.

The one night only screenings (presented by NCM I believe) all use digital projection from digital files. Your theory that the one-night digital screening of FOTR looked the same is not a definitive answer on whether or not the green tint was intentional.

[Danielle Ni Dhighe]

Originally Posted by ApolloOne

I, my wife and kids enjoyed a spectacular LOTR EE day yesterday. Breakfast, then Fellowship, then lunch

No second breakfast or elevenses? For shame!

[Mithrandir-Grey]

Finally getting round to watching the return of the king, and if you look at 0:09:47 and let it play, in the bottom right hand corner there looks like a little cloaked man fishing that isn't part of the picture. Can someone please check to see if it's on their return of the king please. What is it?

[car2nst]

idk, but i definitely think it was overlooked in the editing & post production. it's almost like it was "matted" out & forgotten to adjust or replaced as its a dark area that is seen through the extreme foreground of leaves as the camera pans up just before the title is shown. (hmmmmm...maybe replacement discs for FOTR & ROTK>...lol)

[DarkDune]

I figured out a FIX for EVERYONE!!! Try this, and see if the FOTR EE looks "correct" with the added color-timing, and black levels!

On our HDTV, I changed the HUE setting 6 notches to the Green side! Went from a setting at R2, over to G4. Once I did that, everything looked absolutely correct again!

Perhaps in re-authoring the FOTR EE, the default Hue setting was "off" by a few notches.

I am not kidding, try it out, and let us know what you think!

Doing this keeps the proper black levels, and resets title whites back to "white", snow whites back to "white", blue skies back to "blue", Gandalf the Grey back to "grey". It is amazing.

NOTE: Each of you may need to change the Hue by more or less than I have, but on our Sony KDL-40XBR4 it turned out to be 6 notches toward the G side of Hue.

Let us know your results

[gridbug]

Originally Posted by DarkDune

I figured out a FIX for EVERYONE!!! Try this, and see if the FOTR EE looks "correct" with the added color-timing, and black levels!

On our HDTV, I changed the HUE setting 6 notches to the Green side! Went from a setting at R2, over to G4. Once I did that, everything looked absolutely correct again!

Perhaps in re-authoring the FOTR EE, the default Hue setting was "off" by a few notches.

I am not kidding, try it out, and let us know what you think!

Doing this keeps the proper black levels, and resets title whites back to "white", snow whites back to "white", blue skies back to "blue", Gandalf the Grey back to "grey". It is amazing.

NOTE: Each of you may need to change the Hue by more or less than I have, but on our Sony KDL-40XBR4 it turned out to be 6 notches toward the G side of Hue.

Let us know your results

Sounds intriguing... are you saying we should try moving the hue more INTO the green? (Sorry, I'm at work atm and can't actually try this for another few hours)...

[DarkDune]

Originally Posted by gridbug

Sounds intriguing... are you saying we should try moving the hue more INTO the green? (Sorry, I'm at work atm and can't actually try this for another few hours)...

Yes. It sounds a bit crazy, but that is what I did. Our Hue goes from R to G with notches in between. From like R50 to G50. I moved it from R2 to G4 for this to work.

[AreaUnderTheCurve]

I just finished RoTK and it has the best transfer of the lot. I now want an untouched (color wise) version of FotR, even though I love the new one. TTT and RotK's color flowed together seamlessly and I wish that would have happened with FotR and TTT.

[WorkShed]

Originally Posted by JLTucker

I just finished RoTK and it has the best transfer of the lot. I now want an untouched (color wise) version of FotR, even though I love the new one. TTT and RotK's color flowed together seamlessly and I wish that would have happened with FotR and TTT.

That is exactly my point! No offense, but it is almost weird to see that you wrote that!