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

[mzupeman]

So ditch the extras just so you dont have to get up as much? That seems counter intuitive. Then you wont have the extras, OR the quality the EEs offer.

[MacEachaidh]

Originally Posted by GuyManDude

One dreadful vote, one far from dreadful vote. Anyone else?

NOTE: I don't care about the extra special features, and I won't miss the extended content that much. I'm most concerned with overall PQ.

Count me as a far-from-dreadful vote.

The problem child of both sets is Fellowship, and I reckon it's the reason the Theatrical set has whatever bad rep it's acquired. Neither transfer of that film is completely satisfactory; in the Theatrical set it has better colour balance than the Extended, but it's as if the luminance has been taken down a few notches in every colour across the palette, giving that dull gun-metal edge to the blacks and diminishing shadow detail; the Extended has better detail and the greater richness of colour that comes with more attention in the transfer and greater bandwidth in the display, but I personally dislike what they've done to try to fix the image problems in the source material: the across-the-board shift in the colour palette is problematic, and a lot of the light has gone out of the image, making it look like every single scene was shot on an overcast day.

But the other two films are fine, in both sets. I'd say the Extendeds are the better transfers, again because they were given more attention in the encoding and more headspace in the bandwidth, but without a direct comparison anyone should be happy with the transfers of the second and third film in the Theatrical set.

If you really don't care about the differences in content -- either the extras or the extended scenes in the films themselves -- there's no reason you shouldn't buy the Theatrical set. I'm undecided myself, but tend towards the thought that they're better balanced films, dramatically speaking.

PQ-wise, though, my vote would be with the Extendeds, on the balance of two out of the three films.

[gregmasciola]

I can't comment on Two Towers or Return of the King, but the theatrical version of Fellowship has some DNR problems. There are scenes where everything looks very waxy. I only viewed it once, so I don't remember how much of the movie suffers from it. And yes, the extended version bonus features are all on DVDs, but the discs (except the third disc for each movie) contain hours of stuff to watch, so you probably wouldn't watch them all in one sitting anyway. So if you don't mind the added footage, I would go with the extended versions.

[ckyrico]

Does anyone know what's going on with the retail presence of the Extended trilogy? It's being pulled from all retail outlet shelves, and you can only buy it online now.

Is there something new coming up that I'm not seeing?

[AVfile]

Originally Posted by ckyrico

Does anyone know what's going on with the retail presence of the Extended trilogy? It's being pulled from all retail outlet shelves, and you can only buy it online now.

Where do you live? (You can put your location in your profile so it appears under your name.)

[El_Jay]

Originally Posted by ckyrico

Does anyone know what's going on with the retail presence of the Extended trilogy? It's being pulled from all retail outlet shelves, and you can only buy it online now.

Is there something new coming up that I'm not seeing?

Oh man I hope, in fact if I were religious I would pray that they are pulling the existing copies to put out a copy sans Incredible Hulk coloring.

But yeah, where do you live, because I saw it in HMV like two days ago.

[mzupeman]

Imagine that? Hrmmm. Skeptical to say the least.

[boxterduke]

Any one has their disc one of Fellowship EE skipping at two scenes?
First one when one of the wraiths stabs Frodo and the Second scene is when Gandalf is on top of the Isengard tower and the moth comes to him and he talks to it.

[Petra_Kalbrain]

Originally Posted by boxterduke

Any one has their disc one of Fellowship EE skipping at two scenes?
First one when one of the wraiths stabs Frodo and the Second scene is when Gandalf is on top of the Isengard tower and the moth comes to him and he talks to it.

Nope. But my Coates documentary disc skips straight to the end with about 25 minutes left in it. I e-mailed WB twice about it and haven't got any response whatsoever.

[KrugerIndustrial]

I'd appreciate if someone could tell me is the Canadian Alliance release identical to the US set? No French on the covers(box and amarays) And that it comes with the black cases?

[Petra_Kalbrain]

Originally Posted by KrugerIndustrial

I'd appreciate if someone could tell me is the Canadian Alliance release identical to the US set? No French on the covers(box and amarays) And that it comes with the black cases?

I can tell you that the black cases and overall design will be identical.

French on the cover artwork inserts might be a different story though. Canada requires the French to be included for ease of marketing to EVERY province. I could be wrong though.

[Rz_Samurai]

dammm it, does anyone have a extra box set???? i really want this......

[HD Goofnut]

Originally Posted by Petra_Kalbrain

I can tell you that the black cases and overall design will be identical.

French on the cover artwork inserts might be a different story though. Canada requires the French to be included for ease of marketing to EVERY province. I could be wrong though.

Yep, that's the French for you even though 80+% of the Canadian population doesn't even know French.

[HD Goofnut]

Originally Posted by Rz_Samurai

dammm it, does anyone have a extra box set???? i really want this......

You still don't have this? It's been out for over half a year.

[Rz_Samurai]

Originally Posted by HD Goofnut

You still don't have this? It's been out for over half a year.

yea i dont i missed out on it when it was 49.99 and now its at 75 bucks, i dont want to pay that much. The max i am willing to pay for this set is 60. i am trying to see if someone has a extra box set new and sealed they want to get rid of

[Rz_Samurai]

anyone have a extra box set?

[jchampl]

Originally Posted by Rz_Samurai

anyone have a extra box set?

did anyone reply back to you? no? then no.

you already created a thread about this, you can either buy it, or wait. but bumping a thread is incredibly annoying.

this is not the marketplace section....

[The_Donster]

Originally Posted by Rz_Samurai

anyone have a extra box set?

Patience grasshopper, the price will eventually drop back down

[ry35an]

Originally Posted by Rz_Samurai

yea i dont i missed out on it when it was 49.99 and now its at 75 bucks, i dont want to pay that much. The max i am willing to pay for this set is 60. i am trying to see if someone has a extra box set new and sealed they want to get rid of

LOL, I'm not sure many would have an "extra" new and sealed copy..

[HD Goofnut]

Originally Posted by ry35an

LOL, I'm not sure many would have an "extra" new and sealed copy..

I been asking that question for nearly 2 years on here and I usually insulted about it. Believe it or not a lot of members here have multiple copies of the exact same disc.