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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. Dec. 16th Marathons by Chaltek · · Score: 5, Informative

    Perhaps more exciting than the extended edition re-releases is the promise of marathon showings December 16th.
    FOTR @ 1500
    TTT @ 1900
    ROTK @ 2300

    Not only can you to see the entire story at once, but beat all the other line-standing fans by 1 whole hour!
    That must count for some serious geek points in the grand scheme of things.

    Call your favorite theater today and request that they carry this special engagement. If they won't, drive to a big city, this ought to be worth it!

    1. Re:Dec. 16th Marathons by Brad+Cossette · · Score: 5, Funny

      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

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    2. Re:Dec. 16th Marathons by Chess_the_cat · · Score: 5, Funny

      How about the effect on the theatre? Bring your gas masks boys.

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    3. Re:Dec. 16th Marathons by Xenoproctologist · · Score: 5, Funny

      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?

  2. Theaters. by hirebrand · · Score: 5, Informative

    Just to be clear, these are being released in the theaters. Not on VHS / DVD, which was my immediate thought.

    Plan calls for putting the films on 100-150 screens in top 10 U.S. markets. Many other U.S. cities will have one cinema participating in the special extended edition screenings. Running times for the extended editions are 208 minutes for "Fellowship of the Ring" and 214 minutes for "The Two Towers."
  3. FoxTrot by ceswiedler · · Score: 5, Funny

    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."

  4. My only... by paranode · · Score: 5, Funny
    Tricksters New Lines... they's trying to sell my precious again... we not likes them....

    My only... my precious...

  5. 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.

  6. Re:Slashdotted already by Nomen · · Score: 5, Informative

    It's no longer slashdotted - so if people feel like reading the article on our site, at least we'll get some advertising revenue to pay for the rest of the /.ing bandwidth.... - co-sysadmin of TORn

  7. Re:Not my cup of tea by Marx_Mrvelous · · Score: 5, Insightful

    John-
    I'm sorry to hear that you didn't knjoy the movie. However, if your main criticism is "it was boring" then you really need to re-evaluate the film. If the acting were bad, the plot simple and the effects horrible, then you can say it was a bad movie. But "boring" is too much the result of either too little imagination, sleepiness/depression, or misunderstanding. I once saw a movie while I was in a very bad mood, and I pretty much hated it. Upon seeing the same movie later in a better mood, I loved it.

    With that in mind, you may want to watch the movie again.

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  8. Re:That will be fun by ph43thon · · Score: 5, Funny

    and what exactly would the cat herders be doing?

  9. Re:Not my cup of tea by techstar25 · · Score: 5, Funny

    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. ;)