The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug Extended Edition - November 4, 2014

[LeeFanatic007]

Really looking forward to the EE, I agree with the above poster who mentioned that this film felt like it was missing stuff, unlike the LOTR trilogy and first Hobbit. I like all of the EEs better than theatrical but this one seemed like it desperately needed one.

Can't wait for the new stuff with Beorn and Mirkwood scenes, these were some of the most obvious omissions and really looking forward to Thrain.

However the Saruman scene in ROTK, was sorely missed from the TC.

[Oscarilbo]

Hi guys...

Does anyone here has seen the Canadian Edition of these movies (being WB movies) ??? I want to buy the canadian one because it arrives in just 3 days in my country through Amazon.ca, but I need to know a couple of things first, hope you can help me out...

1 Do these actually have bilingual cover art (english/french) ??

2 Does it comes with spanish subtitles, just as in the USA edition?

hope someone could help me here...

thank you very much!

[ChristmasFnatic]

How much will the 3D most likely be on release day?

[MechaGodzilla]

Empire Magazine's Nick de Semlyen has been dropping some new bits of info on the EE on Twitter here, here, here and here.

Tweet #1: "If you're curious about the Desolation Of Smaug extended cut, the biggest change is the addition of Thorin's dad, Thrain."

Tweet #2: "Thrain basically becomes Gandalf's sidekick. He's in all the Dol Guldur scenes, and was clearly digitally removed from the theatrical cut."

Tweet #3: "They've also reinstated a scene explaining why the Master of Laketown attacks Bard, something that makes little sense in the theatrical cut."

Tweet #4: "Also new to the Smaug extended cut: Stephen Fry eats bollocks!"

On Mirkwood: "One new scene, involving the crossing of a river."

On Beorn: "One new scene. A new intro to him (he's chopping wood)."

[rickah88]

Originally Posted by MechaGodzilla

Empire Magazine's Nick de Semlyen has been dropping some new bits of info on the EE on Twitter here, here, here and here.

Tweet #1: "If you're curious about the Desolation Of Smaug extended cut, the biggest change is the addition of Thorin's dad, Thrain."

Tweet #2: "Thrain basically becomes Gandalf's sidekick. He's in all the Dol Guldur scenes, and was clearly digitally removed from the theatrical cut."

Tweet #3: "They've also reinstated a scene explaining why the Master of Laketown attacks Bard, something that makes little sense in the theatrical cut."

Tweet #4: "Also new to the Smaug extended cut: Stephen Fry eats bollocks!"

On Mirkwood: "One new scene, involving the crossing of a river."

On Beorn: "One new scene. A new intro to him (he's chopping wood)."

All sounds like good stuff to me! Looking forward to watching the extended version and all the bonus features. Four times running it's a great 2-day event, I'm sure this fifth time won't let down.

[Geoff D]

Aye, the extra features are what's really great about these EE sets.

I wonder if the 25 minutes of extra footage includes any existing Gandalf scenes with Thrain put back in to the shot (so the movie won't actually be 25 minutes longer) or whether we'll get a full 25 minutes of goodness on top of that stuff?

[oceanicflight_815]

Originally Posted by TheHutt

PS: my "Unexpected Booklet" project will continue for "The Desolation of Smaug" as well. Here a little appetizer so far:

Looking awesome! Can I make a suggestion though? As far as the back page goes and in keeping it uniform with the rest of the booklets that were made so far, would it make more sense to have the text/logos off to the left and the picture slightly bigger to fill up the page more?

[BarnDoor]

Originally Posted by MechaGodzilla

Empire Magazine's Nick de Semlyen has been dropping some new bits of info on the EE on Twitter here, here, here and here.

Tweet #1: "If you're curious about the Desolation Of Smaug extended cut, the biggest change is the addition of Thorin's dad, Thrain."

Tweet #2: "Thrain basically becomes Gandalf's sidekick. He's in all the Dol Guldur scenes, and was clearly digitally removed from the theatrical cut."

Tweet #3: "They've also reinstated a scene explaining why the Master of Laketown attacks Bard, something that makes little sense in the theatrical cut."

Tweet #4: "Also new to the Smaug extended cut: Stephen Fry eats bollocks!"

On Mirkwood: "One new scene, involving the crossing of a river."

On Beorn: "One new scene. A new intro to him (he's chopping wood)."

Unless something drastic has happened between the EE trailer and now (it hasn't), there is at least one other new scene of Beorn, where he is talking to Gandalf. I think this individual is not as familiar with the film as some of us, hence the mistake. It gives hope that we'll still get more new stuff in Mirkwood (such as the White Stag scene).

[Falaskan]

What does this mean for my pre-order of the 3D copy?? grrrrr

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00MG4X9X8/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s01?ie=UTF8&psc=1

[cabwiz]

Look forward to the box set of extended editions!

[MechaGodzilla]

Originally Posted by Geoff D

Aye, the extra features are what's really great about these EE sets.

I wonder if the 25 minutes of extra footage includes any existing Gandalf scenes with Thrain put back in to the shot (so the movie won't actually be 25 minutes longer) or whether we'll get a full 25 minutes of goodness on top of that stuff?

As far as I've understood it, it's 25 minutes longer, which means we're getting even more new stuff when you count alternate versions of scenes already in the theatrical cut.

Originally Posted by BarnDoor

Unless something drastic has happened between the EE trailer and now (it hasn't), there is at least one other new scene of Beorn, where he is talking to Gandalf. I think this individual is not as familiar with the film as some of us, hence the mistake. It gives hope that we'll still get more new stuff in Mirkwood (such as the White Stag scene).

Yeah, I thought it was odd at first he didn't mention some other stuff we know should be there, but then I realized he's probably not as familiar with the film like you said, so he wouldn't be able to tell. We'll know for sure what's in when the EE is released digitally through iTunes and UltraViolet next week.

[Cook]

Originally Posted by Edword

I just hope this will be easier to find than AUJ was for me. I had a hell of a time finding the 2D version in any store when it was released. I was only able to find the Best Buy steelbook on the day of release.

My local Walmart had a massive stock of AUJ EE. If youre gonna purchase in store then they are your best bet probably. They will likely have the 2D version for $17-$19.99 like AUJ EE.

[Edword]

Originally Posted by Cook

My local Walmart had a massive stock of AUJ EE. If youre gonna purchase in store then they are your best bet probably. They will likely have the 2D version for $17-$19.99 like AUJ EE.

Surprisingly, the 2 Walmarts near me didn't have any copies of it.

[Cook]

Originally Posted by Edword

Surprisingly, the 2 Walmarts near me didn't have any copies of it.

Well shit dude thats some shit luck. Well hopefully this time will be different.

[TheHutt]

Originally Posted by oceanicflight_815

Looking awesome! Can I make a suggestion though? As far as the back page goes and in keeping it uniform with the rest of the booklets that were made so far, would it make more sense to have the text/logos off to the left and the picture slightly bigger to fill up the page more?

I will look into what looks better for the text. As for the picture - they are mostly aligned to the right of the page on the previous booklets.

[TheHutt]

Originally Posted by oceanicflight_815

Looking awesome! Can I make a suggestion though? As far as the back page goes and in keeping it uniform with the rest of the booklets that were made so far, would it make more sense to have the text/logos off to the left and the picture slightly bigger to fill up the page more?

How about this version?

[Derekforeals]

Originally Posted by Falaskan

What does this mean for my pre-order of the 3D copy?? grrrrr

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00MG4X9X8/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s01?ie=UTF8&psc=1

I'm in your boat... Hopefully they update it soon and they update the price! Last I checked it was $37.99

[oceanicflight_815]

Originally Posted by TheHutt

How about this version?

That looks great dude! Can't wait for this.

[rexcrk]

Originally Posted by Derekforeals

I'm in your boat... Hopefully they update it soon and they update the price! Last I checked it was $37.99

It's back to normal, and currently listed at $37.98

[Geoff D]

Originally Posted by Farid

According to the back cover of the EE, the new runtime is 186 minutes. Theatrical is 161 minutes.

So 25 minutes of new footage + incorporate Thrain with Gandalf.

So it does. The blurb on the back cover also mentions the HFR in passing, I thought it was odd that there was barely a mention of it at all on the Hobbit:AUJ sets so it'd be great to get some insight on it in the special features this time around.