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The Trilogy as One
jmays writes "New Line is re-releasing 'The Fellowship of the Ring' and 'The Two Towers' except this time, in their respective extended versions. When? Once each week for the two weeks prior to the opening of 'The Return of the King.'"
As if most slashdot members didn't have a bad enough case of office ass...
Great, 30 more minutes of them running through the woods. On two DVDs with millions of features i'll never even consider watching.
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Call me a pawn of 'the man', but I will be there in the theaters for both of them. The military-entertainment complex will thank me, but my bladder won't.
Three and half hours... Why don't they have intermissions anymore?
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Can you image the effects of having an entire nerd populace sitting on its backside for 9 straight hours of LOTR?
- Viruses go rampant as sysadmins fail to respond to urgent system messages
- Patches, code deadlines missed
- Executives everywhere are paralyzed as their IT depts leave for a whole day and they can't figure out what to do when that Blue Screen with the white letters appears (in case you're reading this: reboot)
- More importantly, the obesity % of the American populace has a massive spike
-- "We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars" [Oscar Wilde]
Reminds me of an old Foxtrot cartoon....
The sister asks her kid brother and his friend where they are going. They say they're going to watch 3 Star Wars movies. She says, "All three? back-to-back?" They reply, "No, all three...three times in a row."
My only... my precious...
Because this time, we really wanted a dozen walkers in the background and thousands of Ewoks scurrying around in the foreground!
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Holy shit I had dreamed about something like this happening.
Months ago I had said to my friends "Since I can't do it in theaters, I'm gonna get all the extended DVDs when they come out and watch them in a row.". Now I CAN do it in theaters. Hurray.
I am a filthy pirate.
I won't be going to the extended editions in the cinema.
graspee
I saw on TechTV that this trilogy will include features about the fourth book. Anybody catch the name?
You mean The Revenge Of Sauron ? No, Peter Jackson clearly stated only the first three books would be part of his movie trilogy.
theefer
Man that theatre is going to smell bad. Dec 16th = Smelly LOTR day.
My Ass hurts.
How about the effect on the theatre? Bring your gas masks boys.
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"The Lord of The Rings: Episode I: The Phantom Hobbit"
They are ruining our right to privacy and have bought off corrupt politicians and death to all the capitalist dogs who.. Oh quick, another special edition release of LOTR! WHERES MAH CHECKBOOK.
Who buys a movie they've seen anyways, that's something I've never understood.
I don't need no instructions to know how to rock!!!!
They are in one book! I bought it for my kid. It has the hobbit in it too, as a kind of a preface.
It's about three feet thick, and the most awkward reading experience you'll ever have. I'd rather have a nice set.
I don't need no instructions to know how to rock!!!!
I wonder if they will allow catherders into the theater...
The Lord of the Rings by Jack "Rockin'-Robin" Tolkein
Part II
At that very moment, some wood elves were making an important discovery. Gollum had vanished!
Could it be that he found the ring from Isildur who fell into a swamp and floated down the stream? Gandalf frowned.
"Uruk-hai!" shouted Aragorn. "Gazundheit" said Gimli. "Orcs!" shouted Aragorn, and four hundred and twenty thousand orcs thundered down on the tiny camp. The Man Who Would Be King rolled on the ground, grappling with the murderous beasts. A left and a right. A left. Another left and a right. An uppercut to the jaw. The fight was over. And so the little Hobbits were saved.
Frodo sat by himself looking over the wastes of Mordor. He had learned a little about volcanic rock formation, but more importantly, he had learned something about life.
New Line Cinema, being a subsidiary of Time-Warner, falls under the MPAA umbrella. Now, since we all hate the business practices of the MPAA, we are obviously NOT going to be seeing these movies, right?
That's what I thought. Either put up or shut up.
catheter sales expected to rise 1200% for the month of December.
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- Just wanted to make your prophecy come true...
teach your self how to self catheterize your self during the movie
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Supreme executive power derives from a mandate from the masses, not from some farcical aquatic ceremony.
Back when there were intermissions my grandfather would leave my grandmother alone halfway through Charlton Heston movies to go fishing.
I'm sure theaters wouldn't mind an opportunity to sell more snacks. Then again, there are so many jackasses now that most people would stampede in and out, everyone would lose their good seats, and people might get PO'd or hurt in the hubub.
and what exactly would the cat herders be doing?
... that 9 months from December, we'll see a sharp decline in the number of babies born.
"Derp de derp."
Will every ticket to these special engagements come with a free catheter so we won't have to get up in the exact middle of all three movies to avoid reaching bladder critical-mass? What about a caffeine IV-drip?
I agree. I saw Titan A.E. while tripping on LSD, and I thought it was the greatest movie I've ever seen. I even cried at the end. I haven't watched it again since, so that I don't spoil the wonderful memory. ;)
It would be just like watching the directors cut of Dune!
(that's a poor attempt at humor, for those of you so-impaired)
Poor $27-per-month-earning bastard...
Lately democracy seems to be based on the skybox, the Happy Meal box, the X-box, and the idiot box.
I'm NOT gonna survive on theater popcorn, hotdogs and mega-jumbo Cokes for 11 hours. I hope they have intermissions between the films so we can hit the mall food court...
So you can pick up a greasy burger, salty fries, and a mega-jumbo coke instead?
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August 22nd, 8:00pm PST: "The Fellowship of the Ring"
In tonight's episode, Aragorn relates the tale of Tinuviel to Frodo, as the other hobbits sleep. Insider scoop: according to New Line Television, the actual Tinuviel backstory was filmed, but due to protests by geeks it was dropped in favor of a true-to-book one hour narration by Viggo Mortensen.
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Wow, how long have you been saving that link for an opportunity to get a +5 funny?
It's nothing but crumpled porno and Ayn Rand.
I'm NOT gonna survive on theater popcorn, hotdogs and mega-jumbo Cokes for 11 hours. I hope they have intermissions between the films so we can hit the mall food court...
How NOT to smuggle food into the movies...
- See each movie multiple times in theatres.
- See the re-releases in theatres.
- See the IMAX Ultimate LOTR Marathon theatrical release.
- Buy each movie DVD on first issue.
- Buy the Extended Edition DVD on first issue.
- Buy the Extended Edition DVD collector's 3-pack (with bonus material).
- Buy the Super Extended Edition with more bonus extras DVD 5-pack.
- Buy the "Superbit" 3-pack (with better image quality).
- Buy it all again on HD-DVD.
New Line will make plenty of money!Reading Slashdot is ruining my spelling and grammar.
In that case, I would suggest avoiding Wagnerian operas as well; one of Wagner's operas can last 3 hours, with or without intermissions! As for me, I would love watching the full trilogy in one day, just have a strether nearby to carry me out.
It's all fun and games until someone loses the key to the handcuffs.
Heh - I saw the original [twitch] Halloween on acid when it came out in theaters. Big mistake. That movie [twitch] is imprinted on my mind for all eternity. Why, oh why didn't I choose [twitch] to see Animal House or the animated LotR instead?
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I noticed "Explosion in birth rate" wasn't one of the noted effects.
Considering how often the average nerd actually gets to have sex, would you think their chances of having sex during a movie are better or worse?
Especially LOTR...
-- "We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars" [Oscar Wilde]
I was wondering why it the room got dark momentarily when that came up on the screen...
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Dunno, but a catheter might be a good idea. But I don't look forward to putting one in.
"How perfectly Goddamn delightful it all is, to be sure" Charles Crumb
Sounds like some theater chains should seriously consider getting a T1 and a Wi-Fi system.
"How perfectly Goddamn delightful it all is, to be sure" Charles Crumb
Kind of stands out in my mind that Neo neglected to wear his ESD shoes and wrist strap.
Good judgment comes from experience, and a lot of that comes from bad judgment.
Wouldn't you miss a lot of the movie then?
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I say fuck her.
No! Just leave her home and I'll fuck her.
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