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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!
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!
:-(
In this case the added commentary tracks are going to be great. Nearly every movie I've seen with these has been interesting. Wild Things and the movie with the kid seeing dead people (argh what was the title) had truly insightful commentaries I thought. I'll be interested to see what the commentaries for this one will have.
Looking forward to it and am glad to see it coming out so quickly. Nowadays heading to the theater just isn't high on my list - too expensive too. DVD I can watch anytime I want, unfortunatly it supports the damned MPAA
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heh. better make that 12 hour marathons, once all three come out. i have a feeling that the R rated footage is probably still high quality, but by "high quality", i mean the same quality as the rock troll, as this is just extra footage that got edited out in mid-production b/c they realised it was too gory. still, a 7 hr star wars marathon was long, with eps 1-6 out by the end of 2006 (hopefully), and LOTR done by 03, you could spend an entire weekend watching pure geek vids! (and some Dr. Who to keep yourself entertained in the late night/early morning)
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They are probably going to minimize the compression ratio for the ultimate in sound and picture quality. Just like the Superbit series.
Read the subject. Why, oh why, must all "epic" movies fall prey to the Celine Dion/Enyas of the world?
I buy DVDs for movies, not incessant caterwauling. Yeah, I know, I don't have to watch that part of the DVD, but, well, I'll feel dirty just knowing that the music video is on there...
On a side note, I hear that Lucasfilms has contracted John Tesh and Yanni for suitably "epic" songs for Episode 3. *grin*
I wish I had a kryptonite cross, because then you could keep Dracula and Superman away.
FOUR. All your arguements are enough to make me tilt my head back a little, and think, okay, a two disc set. That's cool. Superbit on disc 1, and extras on 2. Neat.
;p
FOUR! Unless you're changing the disc every 30 minutes, bitrate don't have nuthin' to do with nuthin'.
Everyone who replied to me can pant and drool over bitrate all they want, but don't tell me some New Line exec didn't think, "Hey, two disc sets are popular. Think of how they'll jizz over FOUR!" =)
i'd just like to thank everyone involved with the LOTR project. Not only did you turn out a quality adaptation of fellowship, but you're doing a *DAMN* good job of keeping the fans interested.
:)
you can count on my hard earned cash when these dvds are released
So, do we hate the MPAA this week?
I know the parent is modded as funny, but it's also a very insightful comment too. Unfortunately, situations like this just show the MPAA that they have us right where they want us.
Whenever a story is posted about the SSSCA, or Jack/Hilary talking about piracy killing their businesses, we all get up in arms and post hundreds of comments about the RIAA & MPAA being greedy cartels (which they are). But as soon as they release something that we geeks love (Star Trek DVDs, LOTR, etc.), we all jump for joy.
"Disney sucks, they are buying off Senator Hollings, we need to...ooooh, new edition of Tron on DVD!!"
"Hilary Rosen is trying to lock down our computers and needs to be sto...ooh, DVD-Audio!!"
I think you get the idea.
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.
So, what can we really do about it? Unless we, as a LARGE group all say "Enough, we will boycott ANYTHING you put out, no matter how good it is, until you respect us", nothing will change. The transgressions against us by the MPAA/RIAA will be forgotten as soon as we get our hands on our favorite shiny silver discs.
This is a perfect chance, people. What a better way to send a message than to boycott LOTR on DVD, or SW Episode 2 in the theater?? (movies that are sure to draw out the geeks who realize exactly what laws they are trying to pass.) I for one will gladly boycott, if it means that we get to keep our rights.
I'm looking forward to the director's cut of the merged three movies in 2004. I suspect adding parts from the cutting room floor and revising the three movie scene order will make a smash movie. I'll probably need a lot of Hobbiton weed and Bree beer to watch to it all!
how come the iPod with all of 5 stories has a logo
starwars has a logo
but LOTR has no LOGO? we got 2 more films.. a Dozen award shows...at LEAST 4 DVD releases (collectors, box set ect..) 6 Reviews (movies, diffrent DVD releases) ect.. ect..
and an addinfinitum amount of hype and rumor postings.
dont you think LOTR should get a logo guys?
The More Knowledge you have the Luckier you Get- J.R. Ewing
November- just in time to Whet our Appetites (tm) for the second movie.
You know, on some level you have to say: Hey, that's good marketing.
I just noticed the Elvish writing on Frodo's cloak on the DVD box cover. Anyone want to provide a translation?
No, some just support anamorphic (correct widescreen). They are still the really lousy resolution of NTSC (although higher quality signal).
Incidently, for the actual video itself, LaserDisc is still nicer than DVD. You need a decent screen to see the difference, and many older LDs are not made off of digitally cleaned up masters like today's DVDs, but the media itself provides a nicer signal - it's a raw, uncompressed feed, as opposed to MPEG2.
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Evan "Formkeys, shmormkeys - I was called off to a meeting"
"$30 for the One True Ring. $10 each additional ring!" -- JRR "Bob" Tolkien
Personally, I enjoyed the section on Bombadil. Even as creative as Tolkien is, his world sometimes appears to be a bit cramped. (How is that the Shire was so unheard of when everything was within a few weeks by foot?) The section on Bombadil expands his conception of Middle Earth in both space and time.
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There is an wonderfully written writeup on Bombadil over here. I quote
"Likewise, Tom Bombadil was originally a Dutch doll also belonging to Michael Tolkien. John, his brother, put the doll down a lavatory. Bombadil was rescued and Tolkien wrote The Adventures of Tom Bombadil, originally published in Oxford Magazine in 1934. Tolkien later offered to his publishers the idea that Bombadil's story could be expanded into a sequel to The Hobbit, but they didn't bite, so Tom appeared anyway in The Lord of the Rings. Tom makes his debut in the form found in this collection.
The author's method reminds me of the ways in which painful losses are explained in many other cultures. Examples include some Native American mythologies explaining the disappearance of American bison, and German legends about the disappearance of magical creatures from the world. Tolkien's explanation also seems similar to stories told about the rise of iron and technology and the passing away of old traditions, or of the disappearance of the unicorn (it missed the ark), and the rise of the dichotomy that rends myth from objective "reality." One can see the theme at work in the poem "The Last Ship," present in this collection, and in Tolkien's later writing -- elves sailing out of Middle Earth forever, making way for the age of men.
Bombadil's Adventures, however, is a heroic comedy in part about his capacity to escape disappearance -- to endure. One kind of disappearance is that of loneliness, where one fades from the view of others, becomes "mythical," alien, other -- larger than life and yet too small to see, casting no shadow. It is the solitude of being attached to other worlds, worlds where story is more than pastime, worlds where real objects have more than one kind of life and significance, and the loneliness of being unable to weave the other worlds and this one seamlessly together, to make everyone understand."
Bob
Science, like Nature, must also be tamed, with a view turned towards its preservation.