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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 ...
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?
Surely you meant an Oliphaunt!!!
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I'm assuming you're listening to this in 5.1 surround? Might I suggest a good calibration disc like DVD Video Essentials and a sound level meter to properly set up your audio? It might be that your channel gains are simply out of balance with one another. I didn't find myself having to jack with the volume during any of the LOTR discs, and that includes getting my butt thumped quite excessively during the battles at Helm's Deep and the Pelenor Fields.
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...
they had trouble getting everyone together to do the commentaries. plus the last one is longer and has about 50 mins extra footage.
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.
I never heard such a thing. Furthermore, it doesn't make any sense. Making the extended edition isn't a matter of just plunking in a few more scenes and burning another master. The editing alone is a painstaking process. The LotR people are so fanatical that they actually re-score and re-record the music to fit with the new scenes. All of this takes much longer than simply transferring the already-finished theatrical film to DVD.
It may also be a way to squeeze money, but it's hardly a scam. Unlike some films, they let everybody know way ahead of time that they could expect an extended version. Nobody got caught buying the DVD and then finding out afterwards that there was another DVD they really wanted.
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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