The Lord of the Rings Trilogy 4K UHD Extended & Theatrical (2001-2003)

[Aragorn the Elfstone]

Just saw that weird hair in the Balin’s Tomb sequence. Jesus, there’s no unseeing that. Ugh. You’d think with all the tinkering they apparently did, they’d have caught that.

Not a huge fan of the colors either. True, they got rid of the green tint, but the film looks more desaturated than I’ve ever seen on home video before.

[steel_breeze]

Definitely concerned by all these reports about "grain management" on these flicks. I detest the grain-free digital look -- and I say that as a cinematographer forced to shoot most things these days with a grain-free digital look! Literally one of my mantras over the years has been: "thank god LORD OF THE RINGS was shot before the age of digital cameras; I can't imagine it without the gorgeous organic grain."

Now of course I'm gonna buy the thing and see it for myself; it's friggin' LORD OF THE RINGS, after all. One does not simply walk into Mordor, and one does not NOT buy what could be the best presentation of LORD OF THE RINGS. But if the grain is too absent to my eyes, then this becomes a "4K option" sitting dormant on the shelf while I go back to watching my quite-lovely EE Blu-rays -- which I heavily HEAVILY color correct myself in-projector, so you can take the low-white-point and green-tint out of the mix.

Fingers crossed the grain plays better to my eyes than the reports may indicate. I remain optimistic.

[Flyers99]

Originally Posted by The Great Owl

I bought the plain Jane edition at Best Buy earlier today. I wish that all 4K UHD box sets would be packaged like this. No frills, and easy to handle.

I watched an unboxing of this (I rarely do), and I think the box itself is gorgeous. 5 years ago it would have been a fingerprint magnet, love that they went with a matte finish

[Jpapp25]

I remember seeing all three in theaters and I vaguely remember a digitally finished or "waxy" look (I can't think of a better term) on the characters and thinking it was different at the time. This was before all digital projectors, so I'm assuming this was just how they finished some scenes originally. The scenes with elves come to mind. It seems more pronounced than the blu-ray version when watching in 4K.

[bytor]

Has there been a post on the bitrates yet for the LotR trilogy? I'm curious if the theatrical cuts hold up as well on one disc compression-wise compared to the extended cuts being on 2 discs.

[sdmggs]

Hey all!
Was just wondering if anyone encountered a similar potential issue that I did with the fellowship of the ring 4k theatrical disc. On the main menu, the clips of the movie look great, as I expected the release would be, with vibrant colors and good detail. However when I play the actual movie, there seems to be far less detail and the image is a lot darker, so maybe crush. I’m on a Samsung Q60r tv with a Samsung 4k blu ray player, which ik aren’t the best possible options but I’ve got them set pretty well I think and I usually enjoy the image I get. I also don’t understand how it’d be a problem with my tv or player settings since the settings don’t change between the footage playing on the menu and the actual movie playing. If anyone else has experienced this or knows why this might be it’d be greatly appreciated
Thanks!

[evanft]

Originally Posted by DaveF059

Dave's LOTR 4K Saga, Extended Edition

I ordered LOTR 4K from Best Buy site 11/29, because it read like
they were not stocking it in stores.
I learned last night, they are having it in stores, but limited inventory.

Today, BB site still said "we are still getting your order ready".
It didn't seem right there was no change in status &
I could not cancel my order.
BB online chat is always down.

I called BB an hour ago, 1-888-237-8289.
After a few menu options "Other" I got a live person,
who said my order was on backorder.
Really, it didn't say backorder on my order status.
But the agent was able to cancel my order. I got a cancel email from BB.

Then I went to Target & got it.

Truly riveting.

[guizhang]

Originally Posted by KMFDMvsEnya

Middle Earth | Behind The Scenes With Peter Jackson | Warner Bros. Entertainment - YouTube

i want to see this same amount of effort and attention put into the braindead/dead alive 4k restoration

[morris_schaffer]

https://www.avforums.com/reviews/lor...y-review.18240

Another review

[Michael Harper]

Originally Posted by guizhang

i want to see this same amount of effort and attention put into the braindead/dead alive 4k restoration

This! Plus Bad Taste and Meet the Feebles whilst he’s at it.

[GeordieW]

You know we're up to page 369 and no one has mentioned THAT scene and what it looks like in 4K

You know the one

[levcore]

oh THAT scene...

[lgans316]

Just glanced the streams. HDR is making a noticeable difference resulting is significantly lesser blown out highlights and expansion of highlights.

Return of the King - where they walk through the forest with the sun rays piercing through the trees. On the BD, it is a blown out mess whilst here you see the background and foliage clearly.

Besides that some scenes look like a 1080p upscale. Some scenes have that soft DNR'ed look.

Doesn't feel like love at first sight to me.

Will buy the discs when they become cheap.

[GeordieW]

Originally Posted by levcore

oh THAT scene...

Yeah you know the one...

Can anyone post a screen?

[levcore]

Originally Posted by GeordieW

Yeah you know the one...

Can anyone post a screen?

Yeah, yeah i know the one alright.

I don't own this set btw.

[Ernest Rister]

Originally Posted by GeordieW

Yeah you know the one...

Can anyone post a screen?

[QueenCeleste]

Can't post screenshots, but I assure you all: You can see each individual pore in Samwise's face as he says "PO-TAY-TOES"

[Scottishguy]

[Show spoiler]

Originally Posted by steel_breeze

Definitely concerned by all these reports about "grain management" on these flicks. I detest the grain-free digital look -- and I say that as a cinematographer forced to shoot most things these days with a grain-free digital look! Literally one of my mantras over the years has been: "thank god LORD OF THE RINGS was shot before the age of digital cameras; I can't imagine it without the gorgeous organic grain."

Now of course I'm gonna buy the thing and see it for myself; it's friggin' LORD OF THE RINGS, after all. One does not simply walk into Mordor, and one does not NOT buy what could be the best presentation of LORD OF THE RINGS. But if the grain is too absent to my eyes, then this becomes a "4K option" sitting dormant on the shelf while I go back to watching my quite-lovely EE Blu-rays -- which I heavily HEAVILY color correct myself in-projector, so you can take the low-white-point and green-tint out of the mix.

Fingers crossed the grain plays better to my eyes than the reports may indicate. I remain optimistic.

There is grain, just it's very fine now. I'm sure projected you'll see much more of it.

[Pieter V]

https://twitter.com/HighDefDiscNews/...29063454404608

[AreaFive]

Originally Posted by evanft

Truly riveting.

People are genuinely interested in the availability of this release. I'm not sure that the same can be said of "cool story bro" style responses.

If you're honestly not interested in people's surprisingly difficult experience finding even the standard versions of these films, perhaps you're simply in the wrong thread.