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Will LOTR:ROTK Extended Edition Hit Cinemas?

Posted by timothy on from the I'd-pay-to-see-that dept.

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."

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  1. cool beans by mnemonic_ · · Score: 4, Insightful

    It'd be great if it did. Nothing quite like a theater viewing of such an epic film.

  2. I love the movies by Neil+Blender · · Score: 5, Insightful

    But I think I'll watch the extended versions in the confort of my own home. Movie theaters don't have pause buttons.

  3. Re:Longer?? by xenophrak · · Score: 5, Insightful


    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.

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  4. Re:Way to milk it for every ounce... by AuMatar · · Score: 4, Insightful

    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?

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  5. How about seeing the /second/ palantir at all?! by devphil · · Score: 4, Insightful


    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.

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