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Lord of The Rings DVD, Now or Later?

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the stuff-to-consider dept.

Entropy_ah writes "As many of us know, the Lord of The Rings: Fellowship of The Ring DVD was released Aug. 6. It is a 2 Disk version of the movie with a few added goodies. However, New Line Home Entertainment is going to release an extended 4 disk version and a DVD gift set on November 12th. The Kanas City Star has an article discussing the merits of each addition and touches on the issue of this being an attempt by the movie companies to gouge as much money from die-hard fans as possible." I'm waiting, but I definitely find this whole mess frustrating.

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  1. My idea... by lsoth · · Score: 5, Funny

    I didn't like this whole mess either! I think I found a good solution though. I did buy the 2-disc set and watched all the material. When the 4-disc set comes out I will purchase that one as well and give the 2-disc set to my parents :)

    Happy parents = better loot in the will

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    ... [Insert decent Sig] ...
  2. It'll Be A Couple of Years for Me by crawling_chaos · · Score: 5, Funny

    Not until the 35-disk set with all three movies, including the Director's Cut, the Producer's Cut, and the Gaffer's cut comes out will I even consider buying a LOTR DVD set. If I really decide I need to see it again, there's always NetFlix.

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    You can only drink 30 or 40 glasses of beer a day, no matter how rich you are.
    -- Colonel Adolphus Busch
    1. Re:It'll Be A Couple of Years for Me by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny
      and the Gaffer's cut
      "Gaffer don't hold with them DVDs, no sir, Mr. Frodo," said Sam.
    2. Re:It'll Be A Couple of Years for Me by Paul+Lamere · · Score: 3, Funny

      Gaffer's cut? I didn't even see Sam's dad in the movie, and he has his own cut? I gotta get me one of those!

    3. Re:It'll Be A Couple of Years for Me by Jucius+Maximus · · Score: 4, Funny
      "Not until the 35-disk set with all three movies, including the Director's Cut, the Producer's Cut, and the Gaffer's cut comes out will I even consider buying a LOTR DVD set. If I really decide I need to see it again, there's always NetFlix."

      The dust will not have settled until I am able to choose CowboyNeal's cut in a slashdot poll.

  3. Let's analyse this logically by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    Truth table of the thead title:

    Now Later Now OR Later
    1 1 1
    1 0 1
    0 1 1
    0 0 0

    So, I'm the top row, so my answer is "yes".

  4. Re:I bought it now. by rodgerd · · Score: 3, Funny

    Oh, yeah, you da man. Steal that movie! Justify everything the MPAA say about people! Rip off the people who made it! I worship you like a god!

  5. if... by Snuffub · · Score: 3, Funny
    If they had only released this version of the movie the outcry would be..
    "WTF such a great movie and it only gets an average DVD, this is another example of the movie industry not putting effort into less mainstream movies while true art like this is overlooked."


    If they only released the movie in november...

    "What the hell it took them that long to create the DVD? look i could have done that in three weeks from my basement with my computer which i built myself AND Id be making the world a better place by using linux at the same time."

    My advice? rent now, buy later. options arent always a bad thing

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    --aiee
  6. Re:The equation isn't so simple... by artemis67 · · Score: 3, Funny

    That's a sociological perspective, not a finance perspective. A finance perspective would be the missed opportunity cost of what that $20 could have been invested in for 3 months, and at what rate of return.

    However, we are purchasing this asset for entertainment rather than investment, so our rate of return will either be zero (for no purchase) or a negative number. If we buy it and hold onto it, then we will lose 100% of the cost. On the other hand, we could try and sell it on eBay in late October, and (provided you got a good price on it), figure that the value has depreciated 20%; we could then take the residual value of our 2-disc set and apply it to the purchase of the 4-disc set.

    THAT'S the finance perpective. :-D