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Extended RotK Expected December 14
sbowles writes "DVDAnswers is reporting that New Line plans to release the four-disc extended edition of Return of the King on the 14th of December. As of yet, the LotR official site has not posted an official release date or an official list of contents for the set. This older IGN article gives some great details on the sneak preview presented at the San Diego Comic Con."
That solves that problem ...
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On the 15 disc Ultimate Super Directors Cut Special Collectors Edition Trilogy Box Set with 3 weeks of previously unseen footage?
Let us rally together and write trite "Super Ultra Mega-Expanded Edition" jokes as though you didn't know there has been a theatrical release and an extended release since 2002 and that New Line and Peter Jackson weren't open about it all along. Bonus points for a George Lucas reference, especially if you use "Lucas" as a verb.
Remember, you must exaggerate that there is a theatrical release and then half a year later an expanded release. You must make it sound like there are multiple versions. "Super Duper Triple Mega Ultra Redux Version Mod Me +5 Funny Because I Use Lots Of Adjectives Edition."
Do we get to find out what happens to Saruman? Or does he go "poof" like "The Scouring of the Shire" did, too?
one of my major gripes with the three movies were the accents and sounds. For me at least, it was extremely difficult to hear what they were saying. The accents were heavy and the volume level kept jumping from high to low. From one scene to the next I had to keep moving the volume down (during the loud scenes) and then WAY WAY up when they were speaking, just so i could hear their faint voices. Anybody else find themselves doing the same thing ?
Ya, I should get a volume normalizer but in the meantime.....
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I was under the impression that Peter Jackson said that the extended edition would be released at the same time as the theatrical cut, since the trilogy was at an end.
But it seems like genious marketing strategy has struck again: let viewers by both, prolong the hype as long as possible, the EE will be a xmas hit.
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Of the other extended editions, Fellowship of the Ring was released on November 12, and The Two Towers was released on November 18. I wonder what's pushing this release back almost a month?
Sorry for the shouting there, but you really should have marked that as having spoilers.
Hooray!
There was a rumor going around some time ago that the Extended Edition would be released in theaters before or at the same time it was available on DVD. Anyone know of the status of this? Is it really going to happen, can we see these wonderful new scenes on the big screen?
modern choral music...
This is going to make my year! :-)
I am disappointed that the scouring of the Shire is missing but I can fully understand it from a filmmakers pov as it'd really mess up the pace of the end of the film. Although it may have helped offset the length of the endings.
The biggest edit I would like is the removal of Legolas surfing the Oliphant. That was just pathetic.
Still, nearly an hour of extra footage will be fscking brilliant.
Roll on December!!!
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It is common knowledge that the delay for the extended set has been getting the actors back for the additional features. Jeez.
You are right that he should have put a spoiler warning in his subject, but he was very vague on how Saruman was killed (I know but I'm not saying) and if you read the book (I'm assuming most people on /. has) then you would know it was Wormtongue who kills Saruman anyways.
or did anyone else read that headline as 'Extended Rot13 Expected December 14'?
I was thinking that maybe folks had decided to use Rot13 as a replacement for MD5, or something.
Now that I think about it, that headline probably would probably read 'Rkgraqrq EbgX Rkcrpgrq Qrprzore 14' . . .
n/t.
I haven't bought any of the LOTR DVDs yet. I would like to get the whole complete set of all three movies with the extras. Does anyone know when this will be released?
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"The Lord of the Rings 6: Return of the Oliphaunt"
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Now I'm a huge fan of the books, and believe that the Scouring should have been retained as it was a major part of the book's point, to the extent that the book had a point beyond pure myth building. So it's not that I'm moaning about length as such. Just that if you're going to cut the plot, you should also cut the congratulationary stuff that goes on around the sub-plot you cut. And yes, that means straight to the Grey Havens and no Shire scenes for you, m'lads.
Cheers,
Ian
Extended Edition ... now with twenty more "No, it isn't finished yet - here's *another* finale" scenes.
The linked page says that New Line has confirmed it, which they certainly have not, publically at least. Unless it's someone's "secret source", and I think that's a little suspect.
About a week ago, TheOneRing.net posted a link to Video Store Magazine online which contained the December 14 date. New Line made them take it down, here is the retraction.
TORN got a note from New Line as well:
From New Line Cinema writes: There is an error that Video Store magazine ran in their current issue and they are printing a retraction next week. If you could kindly pull the Celebriel post and note this retraction we would be most grateful! Thanks!
All that said, I believe the December 14 date is likely correct. But it sure is not confirmed.
Anyone else find that last line pornographic...? ;)
If you want to know all the new stuff that will be on the DVD (Mouth of Sauron, Voice of Saruman, Witch King, Houses of Healing, Crossroads, etc., etc.), here's the most comprehensive site I've found, with photos, commentary, news, and some actual video:
ROTK SEE SiteIt's the second line in the linked article:
"New Line has confirmed that the four-disc extended edition of Return of the King will arrive on the 14th December. The set will include around fifty-minutes of additional footage, including the highly anticipated confrontation with Saruman."
I could not agree more. If I had mod points Id give them all to you.
Please, Mr. Jackson - don't make Gollum fire first!
mmKay... now on to The Hobbit?
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Oh yeah, I'm so going to get this.
But what I don't understand is why they'd have to wait a whole year before releasing RoTK. While it is understandable for the earlier movies, but this is the final one, and it is not like there will be more stuff coming after this one..
Meanwhile, on a korean site (asiandb.com) I already see this same dvd on sale...
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Obvious question: But any idea on the release date for the full extended trilogy?
After seeing the first one, I realised that I didn't want to begin watching the rest of them until they were in the full extended format - I didn't want to watch the rest without the extra scenes.
Now I can get all the movies in extended format - but I'm sure there's many like me who'd prefer to just get them all in one go, with all the goodies.
Ryan Fenton
The scouring was important. It should have been there at least for the EE. It was aluded to in the meeting with Galadriel (PJ even seemed to have some footage). There were a lot of other endings such as the marriage, the elves leaving for the west with Bilbo and Gandalf, but without the scouring, we do not see how the hobbits have changed.
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This DVD is supposed to include Noam Chomsky's analysis of LOTR's semiotic significance. Well worth reading;)
I swear, I thought maybe I was losing it. SURELY the LOTR trilogy couldn't have crappy sound! It must just be me, right?
;)
I feel redeemed.
A friend and I played this game for about fifteen minutes at the Comic Con, and we were impressed.
:-).
We talked to one of the guys running the show and learned that the demo we had playes was running on a 2.8GHz computer with 2 gigs of RAM. Don't remember what graphics card, however. It ran remarkably well, really high FPS, great graphics, and wonderful features.
We ended up playing Helm's Deep, and after about ten minutes of playing, we were all prepared, plenty of flaming arrows, and the orcs came. Some came with ladders, some with towers, even the giant flaming battering ram. They didn't really need them, however, as we forgot to close the gate, and they walked right in.
However, it was a great demo, and I was truly impressed. All of my hero characters dies, but strangely, most of the damage they took came from the bodies of falling orcs from atop the walls. We absolutely sucked at the game, died quickly, but the fifteen minute demo was enough to persuade me to buy it. Great game.
Oh, and if you're atop the front wall, and push the ladders over that the orcs are climbing up, they all die
Lemme note, this was the LOTR game, not anything about the DVD. Great game though
Another half-dozen hours of dullness I'll be forced to sit through with my LotR-obsessed other half before I get to do anything interesting for Christmas.
Still, it's a nice early way to solve the problem of what to get her for Christmas - where do I pre-order? And why do I do this to myself every time one of these is released comes out? hmm, what? sexual favours? ah, that'll be it then. Thanks.
So much for the complexities of the male psyche...
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This is why Dolby 5.1 (AC3) has range limiting built-in. Use it instead of DTS (I don't know if the discs even have DTS) and then turn on the range limiting in your DVD player or amp.
It's very useful for watching movies without rattling the room.
Of course, you should turn it off when you want to rattle the room.
To clarify:
... It's called conversational implicature. It's part of pragmatics. And it's the reason WE DON'T HAVE THREADS LIKE THIS.
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You never said he said you said he called it a scam! Aargh!
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A friend of mine had this to say about leaving the "Scouring of the Shire" part out of the ending: in the Fellowship when they reach Lothlorien, Frodo looks into the Mirror of Galadriel. If you recall, it cuts to some shots of what he sees. Correct me if I'm wrong, but these are shots of the Shire being burned and whatnot, aren't they? After he sees these images, Frodo is told by Galadriel that this is what will happen if he fails. But he didn't fail. The ring was destroyed, so it should make sense that he comes back to find the Shire alive and well and NOT in ruins (or under the control of Saruman).
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I mean, I bought LotR: FotR EE and LotR: TTT EE and loved them, after a decade of reading the books once a year. But, maybe I'll pass on this one. I mean, two out of three is pretty good, right?
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Before RoTK came out in theatrical release, I bought a book at Borders for my son featuring a bunch of backstory. It mentions a confrontation between Aragorn and the Mouth Of Sauron character, wherein Aragorn apparently kills him/it.
It also features a short article about Saruman, and mentions that he dies. Then there's a picture of Christopher Lee as Saruman impaled on a big spike. Scenes featuring the Mouth of Sauron and the impaled Saruman look like scenes from the movie. So, I expect that, in the extended version, Saruman tries to throw a Palantir from the window of Orthanc at Gandalf, loses his balance, falls, and is impaled on the spike. Later, Legolas will get into a drinking game with Gimli. Still later, Aragorn will drive a sword through the Mouth of Sauron. The movie will be about 6 hours long, too. Sheesh.
I've long thought about taking a whole day to watch all three extended edition movies when the EE of RoTK comes out. I think I should block out a week instead!
This is why you need to turn Dynamic Range Compression on in your DVD player.. it will limit the dynamic range (based on data in the AC3 tracks), instead of just normalizing the audio. The feature should be present on any DVD player.
I've had a few DVD players and the DRC setting on them never really seemed to have much of an effect.
I suspect there are some psychological and physiological effects of volume changes that aren't being accounted for (loud scene cuts to a quiet scene), and/or a cheap chipset.
Has anyone here used one of the aftermarket volume regulators?
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Another gawd damn lotr "special edition" w/ "bonus features". As if the original dvd didn't have enough special features, none of which I watched. The movie is satisfying enuff for me.
This came up in the EE preview panel at Dragon*Con this year. Essentially, the idea was that waiting until approx. Dec. 14 to release the EE would pass up the lucrative Black Friday shopping pattern. Surely New Line would want to get some profit during that period.
The possibility (and only a possibility) presented was that the EE could appear in theaters for a little while before DVD sales start.
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