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

[Pieter V]

The goof where Aragorn's bow hits the camera when he says "Into the wild" doesn't seem to be pronounced any more. I watched it several times and didn't see the bump. I just looked at my HDX Vudu copy and it's still there.

Yeah it's corrected some gifs:

BD:



4K:

[Pieter V]

The goof where Aragorn's bow hits the camera when he says "Into the wild" doesn't seem to be pronounced any more. I watched it several times and didn't see the bump. I just looked at my HDX Vudu copy and it's still there.

Yeah it's corrected some gifs:

BD:



4K:

[spanky87]

For anyone in Canada who cares to know, I picked up both Middle Earth sets at Sunrise Records and can confirm they have English only packaging.

[Oscarilbo]

has this been fixed?

[ek79]

Originally Posted by Pieter V

Yeah it's corrected some gifs:

[Show spoiler]BD:



4K:

[img]https://i.ibb.co/K763SbX/4K.gif[/img

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Pieter, can you please take some screens from the cave troll in LOTR EE 4K? Many thanks in advance.

[Batman90]

Originally Posted by stvn1974

And the USPS lost both my LOTR and Hobbit sets that were supposed to be delivered today.

My sets still haven’t been delivered. Deep Discount only created a label and hadn’t even shipped them yet they say the did.

[Pieter V]

Originally Posted by ek79

Pieter, can you please take some screens from the cave troll in LOTR EE 4K? Many thanks in advance.

https://i.imgur.com/ws7ulrE.png

https://i.imgur.com/cupbzsa.png

https://i.imgur.com/oJjGmW3.png

[Avageektwit]

Originally Posted by James Freeman

Yes, also more color in the HD characters.
That's a green screen or CG charaters over a close up of Moria miniature.

I think they desaturated and softened the CG models to match the miniature sharpness and blend better.

The 4k image does look more coherent, while the HD version looks like what I would do in Microsoft Paint with the scissors tool.

Colors are across the board better!

[wjasoncul]

Originally Posted by Pieter V

https://i.imgur.com/ws7ulrE.png

https://i.imgur.com/cupbzsa.png

https://i.imgur.com/oJjGmW3.png

Probably meant the Moria one during the attack

[dealer6871]

Picked up both LOTR and Hobbit Steelbook version of both at Best Buy yesterday in a snow storm. This is a really nice set. No dents on the case or individual movies. Appear to be sold out, but I would say pay the extra dollars and snag one if you can find them. Hopefully they will get more in stock.

[Pagey123]

Originally Posted by Pieter V

Yeah it's corrected some gifs:

My word, the difference in the color grading!!

[Pieter V]

Originally Posted by wjasoncul

Probably meant the Moria one during the attack

Oh yes my eye went straight to troll, Missed the word cave.

[HD Goofnut]

Originally Posted by Pieter V

Oh yes my eye went straight to troll, Missed the word cave.

[tcripe]

Originally Posted by DigitalDeluge24

I read a few pages ago that people buy 2-3 copies of a particular Steelbook release and then choose the one that's the least damaged.

Is this common practice amongst enthusiasts? Are packages really handled so badly to call for such measures?

Does that mean that, if you don't get a Steelbook on release day, you'll most likely get a damaged one that a previous customer returned?

Ive never heard of people doing this and I used to work at best buy. However did see plenty of people return steels or collectors editions because of dents or scratches.

[wjasoncul]

Originally Posted by Pieter V

Yeah it's corrected some gifs:

[Show spoiler]
BD:



4K:

Thanks for confirming

[ek79]

Originally Posted by wjasoncul

Probably meant the Moria one during the attack

Yep. At Moria in the FOTR.

[captveg]

In my layman's opinion the 4Ks are not as "uniform" as Jackson's video suggests. FOTR still has the most color filters for example. The broader dynamic range simply allows those filters to "breathe" easier. (And the lack of extreme green color timing looks so much better, to me reconfirming that was a mistake on the BDs).

Personally, I feel the 4Ks are a much more rewarding presentation than any previous home video release.

Also, despite Jackson's statement, I don't think the LOTR films look all that similar to The Hobbit series photographically - at least not any more than before as intentionally done when they made The Hobbit. The only real conformity in LOTR relative to the Hobbit are in the visual effects being composited more convincingly between the different element layers.

[Blasst67]

I have this to say about FOTR.

"You've come a long way Baby" lol.

VHS, DVD FS, DVD WS, DVD Extended, BD, BD Extended,4K UHD Extended.

[Pieter V]

Originally Posted by ek79

Pieter, can you please take some screens from the cave troll in LOTR EE 4K? Many thanks in advance.

1080p only.

[captveg]

Originally Posted by RazorwireRyan

It's less about resolution and more about aesthetic look.

Even still, if the shot gives the intended effect for the story that Jackson was going for - a particular kinetic vibe, for example - then it's not a "wrong" choice. Jackson accepting the resolution/aesthetic tradeoff to get the POV/angle/etc. he wanted is his to make. Clearly he felt it was worth it in that instance.