The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug Ltd Ed Steelbook

[Buddy Ackerman]

Originally Posted by wjasoncul

That's my feelings with Unexpected Journey. The Extended/New scenes weren't really all that great and the new Goblin King song might have put me off watching it again. That was very unnecessary in my opinion.

I'm a bigger fan of the Goblin King than most seem to be so I didn't mind his song (and really enjoyed his extra banter with the dwarves). Bilbo in Rivendell was what made the AUJ:EE worth it for me. Essential to his overall character arc and made his look back at it when leaving and his decision to return to it later on all that more meaningful.

Certainly though, 13 minutes didn't have the same impact as the 30+mins added into FOTR (enhanced it) and TTT (improved it) or the 40 mins added to ROTK (dragged it down slightly).

[BaerGriggs]

Originally Posted by Buddy Ackerman

I'm a bigger fan of the Goblin King than most seem to be so I didn't mind his song (and really enjoyed his extra banter with the dwarves). Bilbo in Rivendell was what made the AUJ:EE worth it for me. Essential to his overall character arc and made his look back at it when leaving and his decision to return to it later on all that more meanignful.

Certainly though, 13 minutes didn't have the same impact as the 30+mins added into FOTR (enhanced it) and TTT (improved it) or the 40 mins added to ROTK (dragged it down slightly).

Agreed. While I enjoyed the other extra scenes, just the few minutes of scenes that were added to Rivendell made the Extended Edition fully worth it to me.

[Deathbymonkeys]

Mine just shipped from Zavvi! So excited. Love the Gandalf picture and if there is no EE Steel in the US I'll just use this one and switch the disks out.

[tono06]

mine is from Amazon...so i guess i have to wait ages for it....;(

[jetthead]

Originally Posted by tono06

mine is from Amazon...so i guess i have to wait ages for it....;(

Mine is in the Preparing For Shipment phase right now so it should be shipping soon.

[BigNickUK]

Got mine today, its not a jumbo.

[DJ KNIGHT XIII]

My copy just arrived through the door