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

[R3P0]

Originally Posted by the blu knight

all right, look, there's only one "return," okay, and it ain't "of the king," it's "of the jedi."

clerks reference hell yeeah!

[Jimmy Smith]

Originally Posted by denger76

This release of extended versions with 9 DVD's is crazy! I already have the previous extra stuff. Please just give me the 3 movies on blu ray - no extras! Also, will these movies have been carefully remastered? I think not as this isn't the Ultimate Edition and Peter Jackson has not overseen this project! If the movies are not released seperately I will wait for the Ultimate Edition 2014 or 2015!!!

9 DVDs is cheap. Why not include them on 2 Blu-Rays. Or better yet how about 6 Blu-Rays in 1080p.

Lame. Lame. Lame

[Mahatma]

Originally Posted by Duffy12

Hmmm... a much more darker version of LotRs.

I would be first in line for that one.

Get Se7en ffs dude And if you have a region-free player,get the dutch version.Like it much more than the new digi-book release.If I were close to you,you could have it for free!Link to the dutch site where you can get it.Use google's Chrome to translate

http://www.freerecordshop.nl/films/seven-8713045218799

[radagast]

Originally Posted by Mike_In_HD

Nice. Definitely something to keep "my eye on"...

I'm currently reading the books for the first time ever, as well. Loving every minute of it. Painstaking well-written. He created a culture, rich with history. Though I LOVE the films, but these books are just incredible.

Originally Posted by Sirjump

Read The Silmarillion next. It's a tough one at first, but some chapters in there are just incredible, like the story of Beren and Luthien.

There's a group here for folks that love the books. Feel free to join.

[radagast]

Originally Posted by Mahatma

ROTK with the gay hobbit slumber party?

Seriously: Don't really like the first neither,but it is the best of the three IMO,and the one I can somewhat overlook the faults in the movies.AND:Sean Bean is in it who gave the only creditable performance in the movies-also IMO.Know alot of people love the movies,and I respect that.I'm just not one of them Each to his or her own I guess.

PS:Wish they did a remake of them with Fincher in the directors chair.There:I said it

So you don't really like the movies but you felt compelled to troll this thread. Try getting a hobby.

Originally Posted by The Blu Knight

All right, look, there's only one "Return," okay, and it ain't "of the King," it's "of the Jedi."

Whatever. Thanks for giving a cheer about Star Wars in a LOTR thread.

[Mahatma]

Originally Posted by radagast

So you don't really like the movies but you felt compelled to troll this thread. Try getting a hobby.

Oh dear.The opinion-police is here.

[radagast]

Originally Posted by Mahatma

Oh dear.The opinion-police is here.

Wrongo. You can have any opinion you want. But why infect a thread about movies you obviously aren't thrilled about? Why not visit threads about things you do like?

[Chordata]

Like I've said, I'm not really an extended edition guy anymore when it comes to LOTR, but I'm glad you EE people are getting some good news. Here's to a great transfer!

[Member-115369]

Originally Posted by radagast

Wrongo. You can have any opinion you want. But why infect a thread about movies you obviously aren't thrilled about? Why not visit threads about things you do like?

I think one issue with this site is the mods let too much discussion of movies go on in threads about the blu ray releases.

The Movies forum here is for discussing the quality of films, the Blu Ray forum should be for discussing the quality of Blu Ray releases IMO. Otherwise the two forums become a bit redundant.

[TCsabres006]

I think the 9 special features on dvd sentence was a typo. It looks like there might just be 9 discs all together (And only 2 listed as DVD). This is straight from the amazon site:

Special Features
Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Over 30 minutes of footage incorporated into the theatrical release of the film
Commentary by Peter Jackson, Fran Walsh, and Philippa Boyens
Commentary by the design team
Commentary by the production/post-production team
Commentary by 10 actors, including Elijah Wood and Ian McKellen
Easter egg: MTV Movie Award Spoof (The Council of Elrod)
Costa Botes Documentary: The Fellowship of the Ring: Behind the Scenes

The Appendices, Part 1: From Book to Vision (on DVD)
Peter Jackson introduction
J.R.R. Tolkein: Creator of Middle Earth
From Book to Script
Visualizing the Story
Designing and Building Middle Earth
Middle Earth atlas interactive

The Appendices, Part 2: From Vision to Reality (on DVD)
Elijah Wood introduction
Filming The Fellowship of the Ring
Visual effects
Post-production: Putting it all together
Digital Grading
Sound and music
The Road Goes Ever On...

Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Extended edition of the film, incorporating 43 minutes of footage incorporated into the film
Commentary track by writer-director Peter Jackson and writers Fran Walsh and Philippa Boyens
Commentary track by the design team
Commentary track by the production/post-production team
Commentary track by 16 cast members, including Elijah Wood, Sean Astin, Andy Serkis, John Rhys-Davies, Orlando Bloom, Christopher Lee, Bernard Hill, and Miranda Otto
Easter Egg: MTV Movie Awards clip (Gollum accepting award)
Costas Botes documentary: The Two Towers--Behind the Scenes

The Appendices, Part 3: The Journey Continues
Peter Jackson introduction
J.R.R. Tolkein: Origin of Middle Earth
From Book to Script: Finding a Story
Designing and Building Middle-Earth
Gollum
Middle-Earth Atlas interactive
New Zealand as Middle Earth (map with video location)

The Appendices, Part 4: The Battle for Middle Earth
Elijah Wood introduction
Filming The Two Towers
Visual effects
Editorial: Refining the Story
Music and Sound
The Battle for Helm's Deep is Over

Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Extended edition of the film, with 50 extra minutes incorporated into the film
Commentary track by writer-director Peter Jackson and writers Fran Walsh and Philippa Boyens
Commentary track by the design team
Commentary track by the production/post-production team
Costas Botes documentary: The Return of the King: Behind the Scenes

The Appendices, Part 5: The War of the Ring
Peter Jackson Intro
J.R.R. Tolkien: The Legacy of Middle-earth
From Book to Script

Designing and Building Middle-earth
Home of the Horse Lords
Middle-earth Atlas: Tracing the Journeys of the Fellowship: interactive map
New Zealand as Middle-earth: interactive map with on-location footage

The Appendices, Part 6: The Passing of an Age
Elijah Wood/Sean Astin/Billy Boyd/Dominic Monaghan intro
Filming The Return of the King
Visual Effects
Post Production: Journey's End
The Passing of an Age
Cameron Duncan

[RYJAPE21]

Pre-ordered

I'm glad they're including the documentaries from the LE DVD set because I've never seen them. I'm more interested in the PQ/AQ than the extras however and I'm just thrilled this will be released soon (I thought we'd have to wait until after both Hobbit parts were released.)

[The Blu Knight]

Originally Posted by radagast

Whatever. Thanks for giving a cheer about Star Wars in a LOTR thread.

Actually I was just giving a cheer about Clerks II (as someone on this page and a couple others back when that was posted can tell you) and at the time, someone else had already mentioned SW so I merely capitalized on a golden opportunity.

Anyway, good to see progress being made on the EE BDs, even though I still haven't seen the EEs so I'll probably stick w/ my TEs. There are a few factors that could convince me to double dip though: significantly better transfers, all the extras from the previous EE release and significant new content, the movies being on 1 disc each, and the TEs being included. If most or all of those conditions are met, I'll happily give Warner more of my money.

[Todd Smith]

SOLD! Cant wait for these! 2 discs for each film..............NICE!

[Michael Harper]

Release date, please!

[HD Goofnut]

Now I am glad I restrained from buying the inferior theatrical cuts. I figured it would only be a matter of time before the extended cuts were released.

[threefiftyrocket]

Originally Posted by radagast

Wrongo. You can have any opinion you want. But why infect a thread about movies you obviously aren't thrilled about? Why not visit threads about things you do like?

+1

Especially since Thread Crapping is against forum rules... isn't it? I know everyone does it but it really is pointless... Bring on LOTR!

[Mike_In_HD]

I wonder what "limited" means... Hope they can fulfill all orders.

[Mike_In_HD]

This has holiday season release written all over it... in elvish.

[boxterduke]

What is with the "limited" before extended edition?
Are they only a small run and then back to the vault?

Back to topic, I would love to just get individual movies so save on money since I already have the EEs in DVDs and would not mind to just get the movies on bluray.

[threefiftyrocket]

Originally Posted by boxterduke

What is with the "limited" before extended edition?
Are they only a small run and then back to the vault?

Back to topic, I would love to just get individual movies so save on money since I already have the EEs in DVDs and would not mind to just get the movies on bluray.

Probably "limited" like the Star Wars 2006 DVD's were limited. Or possibly limited to the timeframe it takes to get PJ's Super Ultra Mega boxed set on the market. Either way, we KNOW this is not the last LotR we will see on Blu, there will be another.