Lord of the Rings Trilogy (Theatrical Versions) - April 6, 2010 - Page 203 - Blu-ray Forum

neo78956 · 03-20-2010, 06:57 AM

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Originally Posted by LOTR07

The last ones he did...looked great i agree but as has been stated FOTR was film its going to be different then TT and ROTK. I'm good with the PQ its more on the AQ side that I'm fussy over....

For me, a blu-ray release > dvd any day of the week. No matter what, it will look a lot better than any current SD DVD out right now, so I wouldn't worry too much.

42041 · 03-20-2010, 07:01 AM

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Originally Posted by neo78956

the first film never looked that great in terms of HD PQ anyways. I doubt they just said, lets not bother with the first film, we'll just do the second two. That makes no sense

It makes plenty of sense: it's cheaper. The second two films were mastered digitally at 2K, probably state of the art for that time. There's little work involved with getting them to look good, they just have to get the digital master and feed it into an encoder.
The first one would involve significantly more work and expenses to bring it to modern standards, since they'd have to scan the camera negatives and first-generation VFX prints at 4k or whatever, and create an all-new digital master. It could look great if they went to all that trouble (look at Fight Club.. also shot on super35 with a lot of digital effects work), but I don't think they did.

LOTR07 · 03-20-2010, 07:02 AM

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Originally Posted by neo78956

For me, a blu-ray release > dvd any day of the week. No matter what, it will look a lot better than any current SD DVD out right now, so I wouldn't worry too much.

Not sweating in the least....

bring it on....

El_Burro · 03-20-2010, 09:55 AM

bytheway from www.avsforum.com (where screenshoots are posted) , there is also written:

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Main m2ts is ~38gb.

dcowboy7 · 03-20-2010, 03:42 PM

How come people have the blus already yet no site has posted a review yet.

Dont they get them 1st ?

Diesel · 03-20-2010, 04:02 PM

Keep in mind once they get them they still have to swift through two 3 hour movies and a 3.5 hour movie plus all of the extras of each.

Edit: More shots from the encode from a different member of AVS:

Fellowship:

[Show spoiler]

Two Towers (finally):

[Show spoiler]

This one is blurred

[Show spoiler]

Return of the King:

[Show spoiler]

JamesKurtovich · 03-20-2010, 04:22 PM

The DVDs aren't the greatest quality... So perhaps the BD won't be either.

Batman1980 · 03-20-2010, 04:24 PM

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Originally Posted by JamesKurtovich

The DVDs aren't the greatest quality... So perhaps the BD won't be either.

That doesn't really make sense, just because the SD versions of the films suck doesn't mean the blu-rays will as well.

Diesel · 03-20-2010, 04:38 PM

Its going to be a long 3 - 3.5 weeks

Toy Story should help

Yorkin_360 · 03-20-2010, 04:40 PM

Apologetic newb question here:
Is this the extended edition trilogy with the documentaries? Or just the theatrical trilogy?

Batman1980 · 03-20-2010, 04:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Yorkin_360

Apologetic newb question here:
Is this the extended edition trilogy with the documentaries? Or just the theatrical trilogy?

Theatricals, extendeds are slated for 2012 as of now.

Diesel · 03-20-2010, 04:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Yorkin_360

Apologetic newb question here:
Is this the extended edition trilogy with the documentaries? Or just the theatrical trilogy?

Theatrical.

There is no release time or anything set for the extended versions.

Kurgen1975 · 03-20-2010, 04:47 PM

Not sure if this has been reported here yet, DVDworldusa showing this as in stock and shipping, but 3 Blu Ray, and 6 DVDs

Looks like all the extra features are on DVD discs, just the movie discs on Blu

dcowboy7 · 03-20-2010, 05:30 PM

Who gets released first ?
a) LOTR extendeds
b) Avatar 3D

Brandon · 03-20-2010, 05:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Diesel

Keep in mind once they get them they still have to swift through two 3 hour movies and a 3.5 hour movie plus all of the extras of each.

Edit: More shots from the encode from a different member of AVS:

Fellowship:

[Show spoiler]

Two Towers (finally):

[Show spoiler]

This one is blurred

[Show spoiler]

Return of the King:

[Show spoiler]

Those shots from TT and ROTK look pretty good. Nice and grainy with good detail. It's just so hard to tell from a still shot what it will actually look like in motion.

Batman1980 · 03-20-2010, 05:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Brandon

Those shots from TT and ROTK look pretty good. Nice and grainy with good detail. It's just so hard to tell from a still shot what it will actually look like in motion.

Yup, I think there are actually people refusing to buy it now because of screencaps, there are no words.

Diesel · 03-20-2010, 05:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Brandon

Those shots from TT and ROTK look pretty good. Nice and grainy with good detail. It's just so hard to tell from a still shot what it will actually look like in motion.

They are also compressed, so the blu-ray should look even better than the shots

I really hope my favorite movie (RotK) gets at least a 4.5/5 treatment

42041 · 03-20-2010, 05:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Diesel

They are also compressed, so the blu-ray should look even better than the shots

I really hope my favorite movie (RotK) gets at least a 4.5/5 treatment

PNG is a lossless format.

Diesel · 03-20-2010, 05:49 PM

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Originally Posted by 42041

PNG is a lossless format.

Is that how he captured them?

Didn't know that, thought the first guy was the one that used PNG, my mistake.

42041 · 03-20-2010, 05:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Diesel

Is that how he captured them?

Didn't know that, thought the first guy was the one that used PNG, my mistake.

oh, you mean the bootleg guy's captures. yeah, those are from a recompressed source. There's an AVS thread with PNG caps from the disc.

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Diesel Blu-ray Archduke Top contributor Member since:Jan 2009 4K collection:- Blu-ray collection:- DVD collection:- Digital collection:- Blu-ray reviews: 31 Trading Score:10	Keep in mind once they get them they still have to swift through two 3 hour movies and a 3.5 hour movie plus all of the extras of each. Edit: More shots from the encode from a different member of AVS: Fellowship: [Show spoiler] Two Towers (finally): [Show spoiler] This one is blurred [Show spoiler] [Show spoiler] Return of the King: [Show spoiler] [Show spoiler] [Show spoiler] Last edited by Diesel; 03-20-2010 at 04:11 PM.

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