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

[MifuneFan]

Can you imagine the shitstorm Warner would face if they changed it back with this re-release

[The Edge]

Originally Posted by backslashio

Green tinted scenes was fixed with the 2012 version

I don't think it has been fixed. I just bought mine the other day and it didn't come w/ Digital Copies, and Saruman's beard still looks a little green in some scenes.

[thebard]

Originally Posted by thebard

Is anyone familiar with this set:
http://www.walmart.com/ip/Lord-Of-Th...creen/21805544

It's not catalogued on blu-ray.com; is it a Walmart exclusive? It looks like a barebones theatrical collection in one box (with acceptable cover art, I s'pose). Worth it to have these editions on blu for $12?

Anyone?

[Mavrick]

Originally Posted by thebard

Anyone?

Looks just like the UK set of the theatricals which has just been re-released in a cheap single amaray case with 3 discs inside.

[thebard]

Originally Posted by Mavrick

Looks just like the UK set of the theatricals which has just been re-released in a cheap single amaray case with 3 discs inside.

Same transfers as the theatrical box set?

Again, I don't need the extras. I just bought the extended editions and was considering for the sake of "completion".

[Mavrick]

Originally Posted by thebard

Same transfers as the theatrical box set?

Again, I don't need the extras. I just bought the extended editions and was considering for the sake of "completion".

Couldn't tell you for sure, but maybe someone has it in the UK thread, might be worth asking in there. https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread...42#post6769042

[I-C-Blue]

For Canadians, Extended Trilogy currently for a whopping $33.49 on Amazon.ca (click here). Don't know how long that will last. I priced matched it with my recent order on Best Buy.

[basketball]

I just picked up

-the theatrical release of fellowship of the ring

-the target exclusives of the extended editions.


The theatrical version on blu looks horrible. Do the extended target versions look considerably better? If they don't, I may wind up returning them.

[MacEachaidh]

Yeah, the theatrical versions don't look great.

The Target versions have the same transfers of the films as every other release of the Extended versions — it's just the packaging that differs.

It still amazes me, for such a high-profile (and high-price!) release, what a botched job they did on these sets.

[retablo]

Originally Posted by MacEachaidh

Yeah, the theatrical versions don't look great.

The Target versions have the same transfers of the films as every other release of the Extended versions — it's just the packaging that differs.

It still amazes me, for such a high-profile (and high-price!) release, what a botched job they did on these sets.

The only aberration (and some might say "botched" job) in BOTH sets is Fellowship. The other 2 films look perfectly fine, and, IMO, the extended edition of Fellowship looks fine as well. The theatrical, as we all know, was from a dated master.

But it is in no way a "botched" job when 2/3 of the set looks near reference, and the other 1/3 looks near reference to some people.

I also wouldn't call the set "high priced", especially with the deals you can get on it frequently, but I guess some people want everything for free.

[MacEachaidh]

Originally Posted by retablo

The only aberration (and some might say "botched" job) in BOTH sets is Fellowship. The other 2 films look perfectly fine, and, IMO, the extended edition of Fellowship looks fine as well. The theatrical, as we all know, was from a dated master.

None of the transfers in the theatrical set looks particularly good, though admittedly Fellowship is the worst, and one out of the three in the Extended is genuinely problematic. That's 4 out of 6; you don't have to have every single transfer to be a bad one to say that the title hasn't been handled particularly well.

But it is in no way a "botched" job when 2/3 of the set looks near reference, and the other 1/3 looks near reference to some people.

And to many people, it doesn't look acceptable, let alone "near reference". You're really reaching on this one.

I also wouldn't call the set "high priced", especially with the deals you can get on it frequently, but I guess some people want everything for free.

Just as some people want to quibble with any opinion different from their own, and trot out logical fallacies as an attempt to disparage.

[lvri]

I ordered the 2012 extended versions of the lord of the rings on amazon for 39.99$
On the description, they said that there is french subtitles. I asked amazon for confirmation, and they said yes too. Si I ordered it
But I saw on blu-ray.com that this is not the case.
Who is right ?
Thank you ! And sorry for my english (I'm french)

[joenostalgia23]

Botched job? Really?

The theatricals yes. Lazy of WB, but they obviously were concentrating all their effort on the Extended Edition.

The EE set has several several hours of special features and each film is reference quality.
There's nothing technically wrong with Fellowship. The color timing is different. But that doesn't mean they didn't work hard. They were trying to fix something.

I wouldn't call the Star Wars blu-rays a botched job, even though I hate them. They obviously worked very hard to create a complete and comprehensive feeling DVD set.

I don't know what else I could ask for in a BD set.
Yes there's no new special features and Fellowship has different colors. But fellowship now looks more consistent with the other films visually(and don't use Gandf at the beginning of TTT as a reference. He's always looked different on both films because they redid the color timing on TTT. Even on the Theatrical Blu) As for special features... I can't imagine what else to cover.

Maybe a retrospective. But they could easily put one of those on The Hobbit.

[MacEachaidh]

Let's not go overboard, just because I used a word you might not have used.

The special features are a port from the two preceding DVD sets; can't claim much credit there for this release. And there's plenty that's technically wrong with Fellowship, independent of whatever you might claim about the colour tone — the blacks are crushed, there's a loss in shadow detail and the contrast is diminished. Hardly reference material.

I think your claim that "fellowship now looks more consistent with the other films visually" is dead wrong. I would have said quite the opposite; the look isn't consistent at all. All the rest of the matters you raise, well they have nothing to do with what I said, and aren't implied by it, so I'm not really sure why you're raising them.

For a range of reasons, and regardless of how much they (whoever that is) "worked hard", I don't think either set of the film transfers is a particularly successful example of a Blu-ray version of the films. I called it a botched effort; you can use other words if you wish, but let's not be disingenuous about it, eh?

[MacEachaidh]

Originally Posted by lvri

I ordered the 2012 extended versions of the lord of the rings on amazon for 39.99$
On the description, they said that there is french subtitles. I asked amazon for confirmation, and they said yes too. Si I ordered it
But I saw on blu-ray.com that this is not the case.
Who is right ?
Thank you ! And sorry for my english (I'm french)

The information on this site is provided by people who actually own the discs; Amazon often gets details wrong, sad to say.

[InnerSycosis]

Are people still finding the Target EE versions on displays or in the blu-ray section? I went to a couple of Targets and couldn't find them at either.

[Fotr]

Originally Posted by lvri

I ordered the 2012 extended versions of the lord of the rings on amazon for 39.99$
On the description, they said that there is french subtitles. I asked amazon for confirmation, and they said yes too. Si I ordered it
But I saw on blu-ray.com that this is not the case.
Who is right ?
Thank you ! And sorry for my english (I'm french)

If you check few latest pages of this thread, you will see report of those who received 2012 version and kindly shared subtitles and others info. Disc are virtually the same as previous version so
Subtitles: English, Spanish and Portugues

This gentleman provides link to recently price dropped, canadian version which seems to have subtitles you are required, at lowest price.

Originally Posted by I-C-Blue

For Canadians, Extended Trilogy currently for a whopping $33.49 on Amazon.ca (click here). Don't know how long that will last. I priced matched it with my recent order on Best Buy.

Additionally
http://www.amazon.com/really-differe...sin=B007ZQAKHU

[lcummins]

Originally Posted by InnerSycosis

Are people still finding the Target EE versions on displays or in the blu-ray section? I went to a couple of Targets and couldn't find them at either.

When viewing the listings online, they aren't due for release until 12/4/12, so maybe some Targets put them out early and yours didn't?

[lvri]

Originally Posted by MacEachaidh

The information on this site is provided by people who actually own the discs; Amazon often gets details wrong, sad to say.

Thanks
I will have to send it back ... :-(

[kemcha]

You know I realized that these releases are the same as the boxed set EE release. That new cover art that's displayed on the Amazon website is actually slipcovers designed for the individual releases.

I really need to finally sit down and watch the EE trilogy this weekend.