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Extra Scenes in FotR Special Edition DVD
gdr writes "Lights Out Entertainment have an article on the extra scenes that will be in the Fellowship of the Ring special edition DVD. It will be nice to have the relationship between elves and dwarves fleshed out a bit. I'm not sure the final battle scene really needs to be any longer." There are quite a few bits mentioned for the extra 30
minutes of footage that I'm looking forward to seeing. Just be careful to
buy the November 12 release and not the august release if you want the extra
mojo. I'll be waiting.
Actually, all the extra stuff thats coming out on the first Lord of the Rings DVD is NOT going to be on the huge November one. So if you are a hardcore fan, you need to get both. Over on www.moviepoopshoot.com they interviewed the guy creating both DVDs, and he said that they are doing this for a reason. True hardcore fans will get both sets to view ALL the extras. In other words, they have a shitload of stuff that people can see, and they will milk all the money out of us fans as they can get.
And also:
I wonder how many people will actually watch the two extra discs. Regardless, its worth the wait if you ask me.
EXCLUSIVE: Fellowship Of The Ring Special Edition DVD pictures & info! Find out what's in that extra 30 minutes!!!
Sunday, July 7, 2002 2:37AM PDT - by Brian
We've got some exclusive pictures and information on what will be included on the special extended 4-disc edition of Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship Of The Ring DVD hitting store shelves November 12th!
Here's what we found out from our friends at Newline:
On November 12th, 2002 Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship Of The Ring will be released as a 4-disc special extended edition DVD which will integrate approximately 30 minutes of extra footage never-before seen, into the original theatrical release. Check out some exclusive info we found about about what's being included:
What can viewers expect from the 3 and a half hour immersion into Middle Earth??? WE'VE GOT THE ANSWERS!!! Here's what's to be expected...check out the stills!!! (Click to enlarge)
Galadriel's Gif-Giving Scene. As the elves prepare to leave Lothlorien, Elf Queen Galadriel bestows a special gift upon each of the nine members of the Fellowship.
Bilbo Baggins writing a journal entry entitled "Concerning Hobbits," which serves as a history of the Hobbits and their bucolic lifestyle.
A new introduction of loyal Hobbit Sam Gamgee.
More footage from the Green Dragon Inn, with Peregrin "Pippin" Took, and Meriadoc "Merry" Brandybuck happily singing Hobbit songs.
Sam & Frodo witnessing the stately Exodus of the Elves on the road to Bree.
Aragorn singing an Elvish ballad that adds back story to the implications of his love for Arwen
Aragorn beside his mother's grave in Rivendell.
An extended sequence of the Fellowship's departure from Rivendell.
Pre-battle scenes in the Mines Of Moria, explaining how the dwarves came to be in the mines.
Character material delving into the complicated relationship between elves and dwarves.
Additional footage from the Fellowship's climatic battle scene.
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Composer Howard Shore has returned with his Academy Award winning score and recorded 50 minutes of new music with the London Philharmonic for the special extended edition set!
Weta Digital has returned and contributed all new effects shots for the deleted scenes.
In addition to the 3 and a half hour feature, presented on 2 discs, the set will include 2 MORE discs packed with features not on the August release of the disc! This is includes production team commentaries, production documentaries, & interactive featurettes covering the film adaptation from "book to vision" and "from vision to reality"!
"We were half way to Rivendell when the drugs began to take hold."
-- Hunter S. Tolkien
It has already been approved for a PG-13:
(from ringbearer.org)
Press Release
SOURCE: New Line Home Entertainment
November 'Ring' Earns PG-13
'The Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship Of The Ring' Special Extended Version DVD Receives PG-13 Rating From MPAA
LOS ANGELES--(ENTERTAINMENT WIRE)--April 22, 2002--New Line Home Entertainment announced today that the Special Extended Edition of ``The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring'' due in stores on DVD and VHS on November 12 has received a PG-13 rating from the Motion Picture Academy Association (MPAA) ratings board.
For those of you who want to be "franchise sluts" but don't want to pay twice, go take a Kia for a test drive and get the theatrical copy for free!
KIA Partners With The Lord Of The Rings
"Individuals who test-drive the new Kia Sorento or any Kia model between August and October, 2002 will receive by mail a free copy of the "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring" home video or DVD courtesy of Kia."
"TK-421, why aren't you at your post?"
Doesn't this imply that the full "collection" will be at least 12 DVDs? . . . Is this set going to retail around $200 or so?
The Extended Edition can be pre-ordered on Amazon for $25.99. So I assume that you'll be able to get four disc sets of each film of th trilogy for a total just under $80.
Of course, if you really, really must have every edition available, you could get the Gift Set version of each film, plus a likely compendium complete trilogy gift pack edition, which at around $60 each for each film and maybe $100 plus for the trilogy could set you back over $300, but I expect there is a lot of repeated footage included and the only possible reason to buy all of them is for collecting and not actual viewing. For example the only additional footage available in the FotR gift set is on the National Geographic DVD which can be bought seperately for $21.49 the additional $11.50 cost is for figurines and gift cards. And since the National Geographic disc is in full screen format, I don't think it is for cinemaphiles. Just lots of pics of New Zealand.
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I will be purchasing both versions of the movie, if for no other reason than I want to see the version of Fellowship that I saw in the theater.
While I am glad there will be some extra footage and other good stuff added to the November disc, I have been disappointed by "special editions" in the past. The Phantom Menace DVD, for instance (save your wisecracks), adds a lot of footage that I don't care for -- and there's no way to see the version I saw in the theater, save watching it on VHS (which I shouldn't have to do after shelling out the cash I did for the DVD).
Similarly, the Aliens Special Edition adds a lot of footage that's cool, but I feel it mars the pacing of the film and isn't necessary -- but there's no option to get rid of it and watch the film in its original form. (Unlike, for example, the Terminator 2 Ultimate Edition, which has an option to watch both versions.)
I have very fond memories of watching Fellowship in the theater, and while I am excited about the prospect of new footage, I don't really know what it's going to entail or how good it's going to be. And I want to be able to recreate the theater experience if I want to -- so I will be purchasing both, just in case.
If it turns out I have no use for the first DVD after November, I can always give it away or sell it on the cheap. It's less than the cost of one evening dining out. No big deal.
SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER!!!!!!
In the book, after they cross the river in the ferry, they stop at Frodo's new house in Crickhollow, where he was to wait for Gandalf. This is where Sam reveals that there was a conspiracy, and that Merry and Pippin will be coming with them. Because the black riders are after them, they decide to leave that night, going through a hedge into a forest, where the next day (i think) they decide to follow a river, and find an old willow tree (Old Man Willow.) What they don't know, is that the tree is not an ordinary tree, but rather is somewhat "awake." The tree swollows some members of the party (I do not remember who) in cracks when they lean against it to rest. Just then, an old man comes along, named Tom Bombadil, who is the master of the forest, and orders Old Man Willow to let them go. He is not really a man, but a supernatural being of some kind, maybe a Maia (the Balrog was a Maia before becoming evil, as was Sauron IIRC from reading the Silmarilion.) Anyway, they stay with Tom Bombadil for a while at his house, with his wife Goldberry, then set out across the barrow-mounds to Bree. In the barrow-mounds, they get separated, and trapped by a wight, and Tom Bombadil saves them. He then escorts them to as close to Bree as he can get w/o leaving his domain. They meet "Strider" (aka Aragorn, The Dunadain, Elessar, etc) in Bree.
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Jackson has reportedly altered the Anduril plotline in order to extend the "Aragorn's birthright' subplot more evenly through the films. From what I've seen in various rumor reports, Narsil will be reforged in TTT or RoTK, most likely at Arwen's insistence. This plot change would provide a plausible reason for Arwen's character to appear in the second movie if it happens in TTT (some of the brief scenes in the TTT trailer seem to reinforce this). My guess is that it will be delivered to him before the battle of Helm's Deep. A group of Elves from Lorien take part (and sacrifice their lives) in the battle. I would hazard another guess that they're the ones who deliver Anduril to Aragorn, possibly replacing the sons of Elrond and the Rangers who arrive after the battle in the book.
Ummm, The version of the book I read had Gandalf opposed to going thor Moria. Also, it was Glorfindal that loaned Asfaloth to Frodo to get him over the Ford of Bruinen. Legolas didn't show until the council meeting. Cheers
Blocbuster has a deal where you buy a 10 week rental card, $25 I think, and you will get a free FOTR tape or DVD. I believe the rental card is good for 1 video/DVD a week. Since their rates are now like $3-4 per rental, this would be a good deal if you rent at least one movie a week from Blockbuster. See participating stores for details, offer good while supplies last, expires Aug. 5, blah blah blah. (I do not work for Blockbuster, thank God). I think it only is good for the August release.
I can't wait that long.
Besides, Blockbuster has this kickass promo right now. for $25 you get 10 free rentals plus FOTR on DVD (that's for you to keep). Hell, 10 rentals plus the DVD would normally costs about $60.
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Yep, seriously - do it! As the guy above says, you bought the damned film, so why should you have to watch 5 minutes of adverts for other products EVERY single time you want to use it? What other product does this? Could you image buying a CD and having to listen to ads before the first track would play, or using a laptop that played videos advertising other products by the same PC maker before booting?
I simply return it stating the DVD prevents me from using my DVD player properly when it's inserted in the machine. The software is effectively causing it to behave abnormally, playing content I do not wish to see and preventing me from operating the device according to the instruction manual.
The last one I remember was "Series 7, the Contenders" (I think), which had a whole bunch of adverts at the start. I rented this, and took it back to the store (after watching it of course) demanding a refund. There was only one guy serving and a few people behind me. First off he claimed there was nothing wrong with it, so I asked him to try it himself so he stuck it into the player in the shop. After 3 or 4 minutes of pressing the menu button and having the "Access denied" icon display while the queue grew (angrier) behind me he admitted he couldn't play the film and I got a free rental for the night!
Code, Hardware, stuff like that.
They are in fact refering to the last battle scene in the movie, and according to Jackson are going to add approx. 30 sec to the scene with Boromir, Merry, and Pippin, showing the two hobbits fighting more than was shown in the original. It is supposed to be somewhat more violent, and they were unsure if it would land the movie an R rating, but it seems that it didn't.
This is not really true. FotR (and all of the LotR movies) were shot in the Super35 format, which allows the director/DP (Director of Photography) to frame shots for both 4:3 (commonly referred to as P&S) and 2.35:1 (letterbox) at the same time. James Cameron is one of the directors who prefer this format, and you will actually see a reference to The Abyss in the article. (Every film of Cameron's since that one -- other than his recent IMAX work -- has used Super35.)
Whether you get the widescreen or the P&S, you get the director's vision (and a good movie) either way. It is possible that Jackson didn't compose the 4:3 image at the same time, but highly unlikely, since it would actually cut back on the resolution of the image to be transferred later for 4:3 aspect ratios, including (eventually) broadcast TV.
If you watch a Super35 film dual-composed in this matter, you will notice additional information at the left and right sides on the letterboxed format exhibition, or additional information at the top and bottom sides on the 4:3 format exhibition. If you have access to "Titanic" in both formats, for example, you can check this out for yourself. (I believe the 4:3 is only available on VHS, but you can check that against either the 2.35:1 VHS or DVD.)
Having said all this, I prefer LB as well, but only because I look forward to buying a widescreen TV!
Blame the Vikings! JRR didn't make the names up - he took names from Norse mythology (here's a list from http://sunnyway.com/runes/gods.html - see who else turns up in there!)
Nyi, Nidi, Nordri, Sudri, Austri, Vestri, Althiolf ("Mighty Thief"), Dvalin, Nar, Nain, Niping, Dain, Bifur, Bofur, Nori, Ori, Onar, Oin, Modvitnir ("Mead-Wolf"), Vig, Gandalf ("Magic Elf"), Vindalf ("Wind Elf"), Thorin, Fili, Kili, Fundin, Vali, Thror, Throin, Thekk, Lit, Vitr, Nyr, Nyrad, Rekk, Radsvinn ("Swift in Counsel"), Draupnir, Dolgthvari, Hor, Hugstari, Hlediolf, Gloin, Dori, Duf, Andvari, Heptifili, Har, Siar, Skirpir, Virpir, Skafinn, Ai, Alf, Ingi, Eikinskialdi ("Oak Shield"), Fal, Frosti, Finn, Ginnar.
The world has changed and we all have become metal men.