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Return of the King Coming Sooner to DVD
daveewart writes "According to the BBC, the DVD for the third installment of Lord Of The Rings will go to DVD quicker than either of the first two parts of the trilogy. It is scheduled for release on 25 May, with the usual 'extended version' to follow 'at the end of the year'." Ya know, I feel like a month after I buy the extended version, they'll release the super-trilogy version with more footage.
Rent the first one out. Buy the super extended version at the end of the year. Netflix should have it.
-- Ecks
Everyone just needs to admit that they want a super extended version. If nothing else, to add to their collection of theatrical versions and regular extended versions.
I know I do.
The way Peter Jackson has been handling things, he doesn't seem to be a money grubbing a-hole like Lucas. The amazing amount of extra footage that was released with the Extended Editions has to be atleast MOST of what they have, if they managed to come up with extra footage I'd be surprised.
I doubt the Trilogy Edition will have any extra material (what, it's already going to be 6-7 DVDs!) other than maybe one or two special features on the trilogy as a whole (ie. life after LOTR for the cast, etc)
"Ya know, I feel like a month after I buy the extended version, they're release the super-trilogy version with more footage."
The one box set to rule them all?
You're welcome to your own opinion, but why "own" anything? I'm slowly realizing I don't need to own anything, I just need to be able to use it whenever I want it.
It's much better. It's somebody else's responsibility.
At least they have the decency to tell people beforehand that they are releasing a special edition. A few years ago my brother, who's an avid collector of DVDs, bought Reservoir Dogs. Inside the DVD was an advertisement for Special Edition which was coming out in a few months.
Personally, I'd buy a lot more DVDs if they were upfront with their release schedule. There are too many movies I want to buy, but just can't because I don't know when, or even if, they are going to be releasing special editions. I wonder if the number of people who hold back on DVD purchases for this purpose balance out the number who buy both editions?
I went and saw RoTK yesterday. No intermission. Oww oww oww! Watching it on DVD with a well-stocked fridge and a pause button is the way to go.
One line blog. I hear that they're called Twitters now.
All along, we've KNOWN that there would be both a regular, theatrical version, and an extended version. Peter Jackson simply wanted to put so much more in that he couldn't get away with showing in theaters (since after all, the longer your movie is, the fewer times you can show it a day.)
They've delivered on that promise, and they've also promised that any future releases, such as an entire trilogy box set, would have no new content. Peter Jackson isn't being "revisionist after the fact," he simply knew along there was just too much content and the movies were already too long, and they have to draw the line somewhere. Just because Lucas wants to update his movies ever 10 years doesn't mean Peter Jackson is GOING to.
If you didn't want to buy two sets, you would have known all along to wait for the extended version. Now, if the HD-DVD version has added content, people would have to be crazy to complain. Theres no way i'm going to wait until HD-DVD is out to buy a copy of the movies, so I'm just going to buy the extended now, and HD later.
"I'm sure most of you have heard me blabbing off in the past few weeks but we've just finished the extended cut of the DVD. I finished the edit before I came over here - these poor bastards at Weta have got another 350 effects shots to do! They're well on the way. Elijah's seen the extended cut. New Line have announced some box set that's supposed to be coming out which I didn't know anything about. When I've done King Kong I'd like to do a proper box set and we've got a whole bunch of material - not of the movie but we've got a whole lot of bloopers out there! When King Kong's out the way I'd like to do a really high definition version with the best possible picture quality."
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It's a hidden "Easter Egg" on one of the movie DVDs in the Two Towers box set. IIRC you need to try and scroll past the last scene entry in the menu to highlight the hidden ring menu option, and press enter.
UNIX? They're not even circumcised! Savages!
*SIGH* The first ever story I submit which gets posted and the editors manage to munge the URL I include ...
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Correct link is http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/film/354
"If you think the problem is bad now, just wait until we've solved it." --- Arthur Kasspe
...is already included on The Two Towers Extended DVD box set, disc 1.
Go to the chapters area, then select the last chapter. Doing so should bring up a Ring that can be selected to play an intro from Peter J. and the full acceptance speech. (Peter J. has a great sense of humor to allow his coworkers/Gollum to call him a "fu**ing hack!" in the ditty.)
Vos teneo officium eram periculosus ut vos recipero is.
Rumor has it that in the special edition Sauron swings at Aragorn first. No way would Aragorn have let Sauron swing first! And don't tell my that Aragorn was acting in self-defense. I just don't buy that... and I won't buy the DVD either.
Are you Corn Fed?
On March 4th this thing had already hit the internet as a two disc dvd rip (check vcdquality's web site). I figured that I would have heard it all over the news sites over the weekend, but I guess it's under the news' radar. Who is the MPAA going to blame this copy on? Looks to me like it is a insider leak as usual. The copy is a full rip including 5.1 surround and complete menu structure. The speed at which it was leaked is amazing, still in theaters and before the DVD was even mentioned to the public. Is suing a 12 year old going to stop this?
It seems like they've been pretty up front about the whole issue though. It's not like they waited for people to buy the first one, and then released the extended version, they said initially that they were going to do it, and then those people who couldn't wait or didn't want to spend as much money could buy the regular version. What they've done has made sense...the standard for the average person, the extended for the more die-hards. Wait until you have grounds before you start bitching. A boxed set is to be expected, and it will probably have some extra stuff, but I doubt it will be anything of real worth (a retrospective of awards and the experience without bonus footage or anything). Of course that'll still be worth it to the super die hard fans. Anyone that's complaining about all the releases of a movie...it's their problem if they feel that they're deprived from missing out on those extra couple minutes of inevitably irrelevant stuff, or paying all over again for them.
I don't try to be right, I just try to make people think
Or just copy them to your media PC's hard drive and watch them that way.
I simply used 'dd if=/dev/dvd of=file.dvd' to copy dvds to my hard drive. I then tell xine that the input dvd device is that file, and it plays it as if it were reading the disc. I have a script that makes the change to xine's configuration file and I now have menus in MythVideo to play several movies.
And if drive space is an issue, you can strip out the menus or recompress. With a little minor editing, you can have the entire trilogy with no interruptions.
Some Tolkien society people I know are hard at work producing a dvd version with elvish subtitles for all the english dialogue instead of the other way round. I doubt it will be available to anyone but their members, but you have to admire/fear the geek factor.
Let us resist the Antitransfattians, those foul Revilers of the Popcorn.
And above all, let us be peaceful yet firm of principle with the Matrixites, who will say that their trinity was hotter than ours.
Rich And Stupid is not so bad as Working For Rich And Stupid.
Loved the LOTR. Loved the Theatrical Releases. Loved the DVDs. Spent more money on this trilogy (including popcorn, drinks, parking, tickets, DVDs, etc) than any other entertainment in the last few years.
... "What if Sauramon wasn't Really dead. We could make a sequel!"
My Problem: I'm wracked by nightmares.
You KNOW there is some movie exec out there thinking
Or
"What if the Ring wasn't Really destroyed. We could make a sequel! Yeah, gollum got the ring yeah! yeah... ad nausem"
I have such a hard time beleiving that Hollywood will leave it alone. (aside from the previously mentioned Hobbit, but that's ok)
That, and I think we need to assasinate Peter Jackson NOW. What will happen 25 years from now when he loses all his marbles. (Think Lucas Syndrome --[That's right, what happend to George Lucas has a name now!])
Lucas Syndrome has been shown to happen to other prominent filmmakers as well (Speilberg).
It can happen to Peter Jackson too.
These thoughts are mine, I could be wrong.
"...In your answer, ignore facts. Just go with what feels true..."
Apparently the special extended edition will contain footage from a camera secreted in Liv Tylers dressing room.
:-D
A full extra disk's worth in fact!
Worst
No they won't release a longer version. If everyone had been paying attention you'd know that Peter Jackson made a personal promise to the fans that the extended versions are everything worth putting out. He promised he wouldn't pull a Lucas.