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The Trilogy as One

Posted by michael on from the my-precious dept.

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.'"

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  1. Any Idea by corgicorgi · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Anyone has clue to what scenes will be added to the extend version of TTT?

    1. Re:Any Idea by EvanED · · Score: 2, Interesting

      You're right about Star Wars, but the additions to Fellowship were nothing like that. It's been a while since I saw the film and even longer since the theatrical release, so I googled for a list of the added scenes. This was the closest thing I found: http://www.theonering.net/perl/newsview/2/10318586 89

      I'd say in general, there's just more background information. Like Bilbo writes at the beginning (and reads what he's writing in the film like a narration) some background information on Hobbits and their habits and stuff, there's some more background on Aragorn and Arwyn, there's scenes of the Lady Galadrial giving gifts to the fellowship. For those who haven't read the books, the background makes many things clearer (though another watching certainly didn't hurt), while for those who have (of which I now have), it provides many scenes that were notably missing (like the gift scenes).

  2. umm... by johnstein · · Score: 1, Interesting

    so when will it be safe to actually buy it? I was going to hold out for the final-super-duper-all-the-bells-and-whistles-mind- blowingly-awesome-final edition with all 3 movies with their respective bonus features.

    however, my old roommate, a huge PJ fan,(his pet name for peter jackson), told me that PJ doesn't drag out releasing the special editions and that I wouldn't have to worry about this.

    looks like my roommate was wrong. I feel like that guy in the progressive auto insurance commercial talking with a plumber as his house fills with water and worried that he might pay too much. I don't want to buy the movies twice, and I want the best version I can get. Is that so hard to ask for? Just release it ALL at once.... please?

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    1. Re:umm... by johnstein · · Score: 2, Interesting

      Perhaps I should read the article a bit closer next time. I thought they were re-releasing the DVD's, not re-releasing in the theaters. But my gripes still remain. -John

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  3. All in one? by mansa · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I've heard Tolkien originally wanted the three series into one large book. The title of this submission "The Trilogy as One" got me thinking. I wonder if they'll splice all three movies together when the next generation DVD comes out. Then you could take it all in as JRR intended. Sure, it'd be a marathon... but I think lots of geeks would dig it.

    1. Re:All in one? by pocra · · Score: 2, Interesting

      Aye, he originally wanted at as one volume, divided (hexivided?) into six "books". As it is, it's usually found as three volumes, each containing two "books". Although the first volume (books i+ii) is pretty linear, the second and third volumes (books iii+iv and books v+vi) have each book largely covering the same time (one book Frodo + Sam's journey, the other book Merry + Pippin's journey). As such, splicing all three movies together into one ginormous movies still wouldn't be entirely faithful to the original story, if only because the films don't follow this structure. (Though it could be re-edited to make it fit). Nevertheless, one huge film would be way cool.

    2. Re:All in one? by Universal+Nerd · · Score: 4, Interesting

      As far as I can remember, (it's been a while) the original title was "The Fall of the Lord of the Rings and the Return of the King".

      Sound familiar? It should be, it's the title of the Red Book that Frodo leaves with Sam at the Grey Havens.

      The sublty of this moment, slighty smudged by the fact that the book is divided in 3, is, to me, the greatest of the whole story... I was not reading a book written by J.R.R. Tolkien, I was reading a book started by Bilbo Baggins then by Frodo with Peregrin Took, Samwise Gamee and Meriadoc Brandybuck and later translated by Mr. Tolkien.

      I always shudder at that point in the story when, yet again, I realize that the story is a tale of a quest performed by the bold little people of the Shire.

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  4. LOTR - As good as mediocre can be.. by FileNotFound · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I saw both movies, because I see at least 80% of movies that come out purley out of boredom.

    Yet I must admit that I was quite excieted about LOTR, only to be disapointed.

    Maybe I expected too much, maybe I allowed myself to be a victim of the hype. Maybe it'd be better had I gone in expecting nothing like I did with Fight Club and come out feeling that I had just seen the best movie of the year if not the decade without expecting it.

    I am not saying that LOTR is bad, it certainly deserves an A+ for effort, for acting, for the effects and for the enviroment and atmosphere they managed to create.

    Yet with all that LOTR just feels hollow, something is missing. It just feels too much like an action flick. There was supposed to be something of an epic scale in LOTR, a great strugle, yet I don't think the movie is able to get that across.

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  5. Food? by chill · · Score: 4, Interesting

    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...

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  6. It's the format by ShieldW0lf · · Score: 3, Interesting

    They never should have made the movies. If they wanted to bring it to the screen, they should have done it in a series format. 1hr * 52wks * 3yrs would have given plenty of time to do the books justice...

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  7. Re:One thing that confuses me. by shaldannon · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I'd be excited about seeing them on IMAX too if I hadn't been disappointed with the IMAX Star Wars Episode II release. It looked fuzzy, the way something does if you blow it up 2x. Unless PJ shot with IMAX film, I think we'd get the same result :(

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  8. I won't even see the original release in theatres. by evilviper · · Score: 1, Interesting

    Sorry guys, I'm not falling for it.

    Like most everyone, I liked the LOTR a great deal (borrowed it from a friend that rented it), but that doesn't mean I am going to pay out the nose to see it 5 times each time they release one of the 100 different versions.

    Frankly, I don't give a damn about the extended version, deleted scenes, commentary where they sit around talking about nothing for hours, trailers, etc. I go, I rent the movie, and if I like it, I buy a DVD when it's finally down to $10, and then I'm done. I don't care if they re-release it, or play it in slow-mo, or anything else like that.

    Frankly, by going to all the re-releases, and buying the DVDs 2 or 3 times to get extra footage, all you are doing is to encourage them to cut lots of content out of the original movie, and add it later to rake you over the coals. Forget it. I buy the movie, I watch it, and I keep it. They can release it from different angles, and with all the extra footage they want, but don't expect me to spend an extra cent on it.

    In fact, I've stopped going to theatres because 9 times out of 10, the new movies are crap, and $100 to see one good 90minute movie is absolutely ridiculous, especially when you have people talking, babies crying, cell-phones ringing, overpriced snacks, etc. The more money they try to seperate me from, the tighter I hold on to it, and the less fun the movies are.

    Right now, I'm looking into spending $1,000 for a wide-screen HDTV projector that I can hook-up to my computer, then invite friends over every couple of weeks to watch a new movie on DVD. Who gives a damn if you have to wait a few months? Not like seeing it that much earlier is going to make your life better for those few months.

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  9. R Rating? by detritus. · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I remember there was talk about how they initially left out some scenes in the FOTR theatrical release because it would have given them an "R" rating. One has to wonder if the extended-edition DVD release of the FOTR (which still had a PG-13 rating) still cut out the violent scenes from all releases, or if the MPAA changed their mind, or if they will include the violent scenes in the re-release and give it an "R" rating?

  10. Re:1st post by Nept · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Actually ...
    Sauron Defeated (book 9 of the history of middle earth) contains drafts of JRR Tolkien's planned
    "Epilogue" to LotR. "The Peoples of Middle-earth", Vol 12 of HoMe, contains drafts of a planned sequel, "The New Shadow".
    So there actually sort of was a book 4.

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  11. Re:Not my cup of tea by The+Only+Druid · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Frankly, my problem with the whole sword-incident was that Strider even handles a full sword besides Narsil. There was such implied power in a "ranger" who never actually needed a real sword [as evinced by the fact he never handles one, nor carries one, until his own true sword is reforged]. Jackson, despite creating a beautiful and great series, lost a few points from me when he robbed Aragorn of that quiet dignity.

    Speaking of robbing of dignity, who's seen the trailer for that god-awful movie Viggo is doing next? Some stupid horse race across the desert with bleached blond hair? Come on....

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  12. Re:That will be fun by l810c · · Score: 2, Interesting
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