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Will LOTR:ROTK Extended Edition Hit Cinemas?
yootje writes "Two articles today on TheOneRing.net about rumours that the extended edition from The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King will come in theaters before the release on DVD. The first article can be found here, the second one here. Both come from people who work in a cinema themselves, one in the UK and one in Denmark."
As long as there's money to be had, you bet they'll do it.
It'd be great if it did. Nothing quite like a theater viewing of such an epic film.
But I think I'll watch the extended versions in the confort of my own home. Movie theaters don't have pause buttons.
Maybe the scene where the Wormtoungue throws the Palantír at the fellowship - one of my favourite scenes from the book - filmed but sadly cur from the film....
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As with the two films before ROtK, I felt that there were places that were cut poorly, or didn't fit well together.
Once I saw the finished extended editions, they were a more pleasant experience.
After the "two-hour" limit is removed (even though ROtK was > 2 hours) it made a good deal of difference to the final output.
I expect that ROtK EE will be in the same vein.
Contrary to popular belief, life is not a bitch. It is far far worse.
So they should have released one 10 hour movie?
The Lord of the Rings was too large and had too much happening to be done in one film. The book itself is split into 3 volumes. As it is, they probably should have shot 6 movies to match the 6 books Tolkien wrote, they had to cut out way too much.
Do you honestly think the 3rd movie was stand alone? You'd have no character advancement, missed all the buildup on the ring and the world of middle earth, and started with 2 guys wandering in a swamp and a bunch of others in a military camp. It wouldn't have made sense. Do you dislike the Star Wars trilogy too?
I still have more fans than freaks. WTF is wrong with you people?
While extended versions can be great for people who "just can't get enough" of their favourite franchise, they can be annoying to those who just like movies. For example, while I like The Matrix movies, but if that robots-coming-through-the-roof-and-being-shot scene went any longer, I'd be reaching for my fast-forward button.
Of course the Extended Collectors' Editions are made with fans in mind, but sometimes that's the only one you can buy in the store. I ended up with the Extended edition of The Lion King, for example, that stuff that was new to me and took away from the nostalgia and wanes the kids' attentions pan. Just my $2/100.
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Altering time, one time at a time.
I was greatly disappointed that Denethor was never revealed to have been using another palantir (as was his right and duty as Steward). The movie portrays him as generally being a hardass until he goes insane, but the book shows that Sauron had played a large part in driving him insane via the palantir.
You cannot apply a technological solution to a sociological problem. (Edwards' Law)
Why do we have to suffer through idiotic "super duper 23rd special bronze edition" jokes in every single LOTR article?
Since 2001, it's always been standard release, then extended. Nothing more, nothing less, and they've been upfront since the beginning.
Oh, yeah, I forgot, hahahahaha, yeah, multiple versions of a DVD! MPAA sux0r!