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

[NYorker]

Originally Posted by mrpink134

As of right now it is! WB has issued a statement saying that it was intent. Unless we hear different. Why are people still having this tiresome debate! It has been going on for the last 2000 pages!

Um...maybe because that "studio statement" is an insult to intelligence...?

[Troy73]

Originally Posted by NYorker

Um...maybe because that "studio statement" is an insult to intelligence...?

Really? So by default,those of us who choose to believe it are not showing intelligence? Wow!... just Wow!

[jonmoz]

Originally Posted by Troy73

Really? So by default,those of us who choose to believe it are not showing intelligence? Wow!... just Wow!

To be fair some people will never belive the new color change was intentional until Peter Jackson turns up at their house and tells them face to face,even then certain people will claim he was drunk,or being paid by Warner to claim such absurdities.

[Vashetti]

Originally Posted by jonmoz

To be fair some people will never belive the new color change was intentional until Peter Jackson turns up at their house and tells them face to face,even then certain people will claim he was drunk,or being paid by Warner to claim such absurdities.

Or an imposter.

[raygendreau]

Originally Posted by LOTR07

No need to be a member at the end of the review it ask for a valid email address.....so whoever wants to take the time to write the review just do it..........maybe we will see something official....

Amazing. I posted my review yesterday to wbshop.com for LotR and it's up today. Instant gratification. I would encourage those who have purchased and watched the EE BDs, particularly those who want to add screencaps, to post reviews at http://www.wbshop.com/on/demandware....pid=1000150857. You never know who might be paying attention.

I see a review from MD just below mine. Is that yours?

[El_Jay]

Originally Posted by Troy73

Really? So by default,those of us who choose to believe it are not showing intelligence? Wow!... just Wow!

I wouldn't go that far, but I will say that to take a vague, non-specific PR statement from a faceless entity that doesn't mention this specific release as the gospel of Peter Jackson does make anyone who believes it rather naive.

[Todd Smith]

Originally Posted by raygendreau

Amazing. I posted my review yesterday to wbshop.com for LotR and it's up today. Instant gratification. I would encourage those who have purchased and watched the EE BDs, particularly those who want to add screencaps, to post reviews at http://www.wbshop.com/on/demandware....pid=1000150857. You never know who might be paying attention.

I see a review from MD just below mine. Is that yours?

Thanks for the info. Just did my review and hope everyone who is not happy about the green tint will take the time to post a review at the WB link!

[KrugerIndustrial]

Does the set still ship with black BD cases? I saw a review recently where he had bought the set from US and it had regular slim blue cases.

[vidjunkie]

Originally Posted by KrugerIndustrial

Does the set still ship with black BD cases? I saw a review recently where he had bought the set from US and it had regular slim blue cases.

If they put regular Blu slim cases in there they will have to change the outer box to, because those will be way to small inside, I am sure they are still in the nice black cases.

[KrugerIndustrial]

Originally Posted by vidjunkie

If they put regular Blu slim cases in there they will have to change the outer box to, because those will be way to small inside, I am sure they are still in the nice black cases.

By slim I meant that most US cases are slimmer vs. UK.

[El_Jay]

Originally Posted by KrugerIndustrial

Does the set still ship with black BD cases? I saw a review recently where he had bought the set from US and it had regular slim blue cases.

I find it hard to believe they've sold their entire first run, these sets have been all over the shelves at every store I've been to this week, from Wal-Mart to Best Buy to Blockbuster, even grocery stores.

I can't confirm anything but I would imagine it's the same black cases.

[KrugerIndustrial]

Originally Posted by El_Jay

I find it hard to believe they've sold their entire first run, these sets have been all over the shelves at every store I've been to this week, from Wal-Mart to Best Buy to Blockbuster, even grocery stores.

I can't confirm anything but I would imagine it's the same black cases.

That's what I thought too. It is possible he 'lied' and that it was actually an European release(non-UK) which would explain the missing bbfc logos.

[crazyBLUE]

Lets not have what happened a week ago happen again. If I see anymore of the bickering it will be a week off.

[PlisskenReplicant]

i think he meant the regular blu case like the five disk blade runner one.

they are the same boxes, same dimension. just a color change.

[KrugerIndustrial]

Originally Posted by crazyBLUE

Lets not have what happened a week ago happen again. If I see anymore of the bickering it will be a week off.

I haven't been following this thread that much lately. What happened? Though I have a feeling I might know what it was...

[vidjunkie]

Originally Posted by crazyBLUE

Lets not have what happened a week ago happen again. If I see anymore of the bickering it will be a week off.

Thank You, that is exactly what most of us want.

[vidjunkie]

Originally Posted by KrugerIndustrial

By slim I meant that most US cases are slimmer vs. UK.

I think those black cases are a little bit thicker than our regular Blu cases, I could be wrong though.

edit - I just checked, these are a little thicker than our standard blue Blu-ray cases, so someone told you they switched to blue cases from the black?

[El_Jay]

Originally Posted by crazyBLUE

Lets not have what happened a week ago happen again. If I see anymore of the bickering it will be a week off.

Good idea. Most of us are trying to ignore it.

[Penton-Man]

Originally Posted by El_Jay

Thanks for the post, Penton-Man!

I definitely agree about Peter Jackson truly caring about his legacy and his fans, and I am confident that at some point we will finally get some clarification on this matter one way or another.

You may be waiting a loooong time because I believe that, at least for the time being, the *marketing machine* has won and they’re now content in just waiting for what they view as the online ‘detractors’ to slowly wear themselves out when eventually the whole ‘problem’ will go away by itself.

I notice I forgot to mention the name of the particular person who came forward and spoke on behalf of Peter Jackson back then in responding to that past solitary internet query from that cinephile/hobbyist about the digital colorist tools used on the theatrical version of ‘The Two Towers’, back in the day. It was some fellow by the name of ……


Peter Doyle…http://www.ukscreenassociation.co.uk...s.htm?aId=3061

And for the record, Peter Doyle’s detailed response on that matter was actually quite well received by 99.9% of the members of that board.

As to the FOTR Blu-ray controversy, I really don’t think this is a case of people being *too busy*, as there are numerous examples on the internet of Producers, Directors as well as their cinematographers, camera operators, DITs, etc. giving interviews, forum postings, tweets, or Facebook entries during the course of the production of a major feature film. On the contrary, I think that PJ is quite into *social media* himself, when he desires to be.

And even if he truly is too preoccupied to offer a personal response, it’s difficult to believe that he can’t rather effortlessly, with a quick phone call, delegate this chore to someone else who was physically present in the D.I. suite during the color re-grade…..unless PJ is being handcuffed by some entity or set of circumstances.

[Lt. Aldo Raine]

i just popped in FOTR to check out some scenes before i watched
and, skies are blue, snow is white, and i really dont notice a green tint
looks f'ing fantastic

now to watch it fully