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One DVD To Rule Them All

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the doing-the-right-thing dept.

Obiwan Kenobi writes "In a gala event last night New Line Cinema revealed their Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring DVD Plans. This includes a 2-disc version on August 6th (in both Pan & Scan and Widescreen, click here for box art), and a special 4-hour, R-rated cut of the film debuting in a 4-disc set on November 12th. While the August release includes some nifty features, it's the four disc version, with the longer cut and three audio commentaries, that really gets the drool flowing." Now that's what I'm talkin about!

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  1. So... by segfault7375 · · Score: 5, Funny


    So, do we hate the MPAA this week?

    1. Re:So... by Rayonic · · Score: 5, Funny

      FYI:

      We like them Monday, Wednesday, and Friday.
      We hate them Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday.
      And we alternate Sundays.

      Get with the program.

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    2. Re:So... by BigBong · · Score: 4, Funny

      Rated R comment. Children turn away now...

      You were warned, so the karma is on you, not me.

      The way I look at it is that we may have bad feelings about drug dealers, but we sure do like them drugs.

      Based on my handle you know where I stand on that comment.

      In this case, I'll admit it - I'm an addict. I don't mind getting bent over this time...

      New Line Cinema: (slap) Who's your daddy?
      BigBong: (grimacing while holding my ankles) Lord...of...the...Rings
      New Line Cinema: (slap) You like it don't you little bitch?
      BigBong: yes! yes! yes!
      New Line Cinema: (slap) And if I come out with another box set, what are you gonna say?
      BigBong: Thank you sir, may I have another?
      New Line Cinema: That's a good girl...

      At least all of the extra features and added violence will qualify as a good reach-around on top of a quality fscking.

  2. Re:Four hours. by sporty · · Score: 4, Funny

    Yes, 'cause the books combined are well over a 1000 pages and watching the movie would probably work out better for those who can't handle reading a 1000 page book. :)

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  3. So... by UserChrisCanter4 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Exactly how much of the extra footage is "closeup of ring" or "closeup of Frodo in awe".

    Somebody walking out of the movie suggested that a good drinking game would be to take a shot every time there was a closeup of the ring. We decided that any viewer, Boris Yeltsin included, would be dead before a single RingWraith had ever appeared.

  4. MMM, Elves by Bios_Hakr · · Score: 5, Funny

    Just think Liv Tyler...We all know she got one good thing from her dad. Open up Liv...

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  5. Damn It! by EXTomar · · Score: 5, Funny

    You put the disk in your player but being The One Disk it makes your player disappear. You then end up poking blindly at the front panel for the play button(or eject button...which ever comes first) or finding the long lost remote.

  6. Re:Is it just me? by denzo · · Score: 4, Funny
    Or are movies going from the big screen to DVD faster and faster? I swear that some of the movies seem to hit DVD before they've hardly left the theater!
    An August release for LotR isn't that spectacular. That's roughly 7+ months after theatrical release. The magic number for DVD releases nowadays is 6 months (it used to be unheard of, now it's more and more regular).

    Either way, I'm waiting until the November release. :)

  7. As humans.. by geekoid · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...I suspect there will be nine DVDs...

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  8. ObSimpsons by sharkey · · Score: 5, Funny
    Martin:
    • Sundays attitude will be decided via a random number generator. Numbers 1-3 will mean we hate them, numbers 4-6 will mean we like them and numbers 7-9 mean we're flexible: if they put out a good movie, like The Matrix, we like them. If they put out a bad movie, like anything with Leonardo DiCraplio, we hate them.
    Milhouse:
    • Wait...What about 0?
    Bart:
    • Yeah, what about 0?
    Martin:
    • In the unlikely event of a 0, attitude will be decided by rock-paper-scissors competition, best 2 out of 3.
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  9. One extended cut to rule them all... by Picass0 · · Score: 5, Funny


    ...and in the box set bind them.

  10. Re:Four hours. by Sharkeys-Day · · Score: 4, Funny

    ... six hours ...

    Is that the version with two hours of Tom Bombadil's singing?

  11. Easiest way to screw the MPAA by DreamingReal · · Score: 5, Funny
    Unfortunately, I'm salivating over this just as much as everyone else on this thread. I want the LOTR DVDs. I want the Simpsons Box Set DVDs. But do I really want to give money to the MPAA & News Corp when they are trying to squash our rights? Not particularly.


    Assuming you are a patient person, there is a way to have your cake and eat it too -


    Buy DVDs second-hand


    You get the discs and the MPAA doesn't see one cent of revenue. Plus, you'll have the added bonus of supporting the First Sale Doctrine, which the media and software companies are silently trying to do away with!

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