LoTR RoTK Extended Edition Specs Released

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LoTR RoTK Extended Edition Specs Released

Posted by timothy on Saturday September 25, 2004 @10:50PM from the r-o-k-t-r-k-l-o dept.

It's pre-pre-Christmas season, and ThePrinceofWands writes "OMG! It's official, 25% more unbelievable greatness in this version." The linked description (on the official LotR site) starts "DISCS 1-2: The Feature FEATURE (approx. 250 minutes) - A new version of the final installment in the epic trilogy! The Academy-Award winning film now has 50 minutes of never-before-seen footage incorporated into the film for this highly-anticipated video release." The extended version can be ordered starting on Oct 1st.

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These things keep getting longer and longer... by wrinkledshirt · 2004-09-25 22:52 · Score: 5, Funny

Jesus. Does the extended edition come with a coffee machine?

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1. Re:These things keep getting longer and longer... by Anonymous Coward · 2004-09-25 22:57 · Score: 0, Funny
  
  No coffee, but plenty of deleted naked hobbit footage... uhhh, i mean furry hobbit footage
2. Re:These things keep getting longer and longer... by KitFox · 2004-09-25 23:02 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  Dear Creased Shirt,
  Thank you for asking whether this edition comes with a coffee machine. We considered adding this feature for a while, however in testing, we discovered that the caffeine levels consumed combined with over four hours of feature film resulted in too many trips to the restroom. This not only had the downside of random interruptions for everybody when multiple people were viewing the movie at the same time, but it also caused the premature failure of numerous 'Pause' buttons on DVD player remotes.
  When technology allows for remote control buttons with higher life expectancies, we will reconsider this feature. This will likely be around the time we release the Uber Mega Ultra Extended Beyond All Possible Belief And Sanity Edition. We highly recommend that you begin accruing a year's worth of vacation time so you may fully enjoy this upcoming release in one sitting.
  Sincerely, Middle Earth Marketing Department
  
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3. Re:These things keep getting longer and longer... by KitFox · 2004-09-26 00:49 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  Dear Middle Earth Marketing Department,
  what the hell did you learn at marketing school, if they didn't teach you that making an announcement NOW and starting accepting orders FOUR DAYS from now will make the whole announcement useless. Who will remember that he wanted to order something a week ago...
  Dear Mr. Coward,
  While we appreciate your concern for our marketing strategies, we do observe a number of factors. The first being that there are seven days in a week, not four. The second being that we knew that upon making this announcement, the Slashdot crew would have an article up within a matter of moments. Had we been accepting orders at this time, our order system would have been tremendously overwhelmed by what is fondly known as the Slashdot Effect, and the vast majority of our other customers would be unable to wade through the tide of Slashdot readers attempting to order our merchandise. The losses due to negative word of mouth publicity would have been substantial.
  By creating a four-day buffer, we are able to encertain that the initial flood of Slahsdot readers will have ALMOST forgotten, but still have a three day period within which to remember to order this horrendously long movie. Thus, the orders stemming from them will be spread over a larger time period as neurons begin to fire and they remember.
  Overall, we appreciate your input, and have we will be sending you a free coffee maker in a show of our gratitude. (We recommend that you alternate between the pause button on the remote and the pause button on the DVD player itself while watching the movie when needing to use the restroom. It will help to prevent premature failure of your remote.)
  Sincerely, Middle Earth Marketing Department
  
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4. Re:These things keep getting longer and longer... by cgenman · 2004-09-26 04:36 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  I wouldn't be surprised if we saw the 9 hour special editions of FotR, TTT, and RotK. In the new editions, Gandalf shoots first, the Ents do a musical number when they destroy Isengard, and Gollum has been replaced with a lovable fruit bat.
  
  Yeah, like Peter Jackson is going to be immune. You just wait and see. Your heros will crumble too!
  
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In this version... by CrackedButter · 2004-09-25 22:53 · Score: 5, Funny

Frodo bit his finger first

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1. Re:In this version... by Anonymous Coward · 2004-09-26 00:05 · Score: 3, Funny
  
  At least you can look forward to the Super Ultra Mega Longer Extended Edition, where they bite each other's fingers at almost the same time.
taters by Korgrath · 2004-09-25 22:55 · Score: 4, Funny

I heard they even added some tater recipies!

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Now... by Anonymous Coward · 2004-09-25 22:56 · Score: 5, Funny

Now with 25% more "Oh, Sam!"
Suckers! by nacturation · 2004-09-25 22:59 · Score: 4, Funny

I held off buying the first release, then the extended edition, and I'll hold off buying this one too. Let me know when the "Director's Uncut: Raw Unedited Footage" DVD edition comes out. *Then* I'll be sure that I haven't squandered my money by buying a stripped down version.

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1. Re:Suckers! by nastro · 2004-09-26 01:24 · Score: 3, Funny
  
  You don't want to see the raw and unedited version. It's just a bunch of guys standing around a green room. And Andy Serkis running around in what looks like scuba gear, with wires attatched. Not that interesting, really, IMHO.
2. Re:Suckers! by Gherald · 2004-09-26 01:30 · Score: 2, Funny
  
  > The joke will be on you when, the following year, they release the High Definition version.
  
  I'm for one am waiting for HDTV Star Wars and LotR both. Who's with me?!?
  
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Extended edition? by Anonymous Coward · 2004-09-25 22:59 · Score: 3, Funny

Jesus Harold Christ. What version was that long-ass movie I watched last year?
Yeah... by jstrain · 2004-09-25 23:00 · Score: 4, Funny

Yeah, an extra 50 minutes, but does it have Tom Bombadil?
Fellowship by davro · 2004-09-25 23:02 · Score: 4, Funny

Damn i now have 25% less on my old version of lotr. Wheres the fellowship in that!
1. Re:Fellowship by Anonymous Coward · 2004-09-25 23:12 · Score: 2, Funny
  
  Well, actually, 200 minutes is 20% less than 250 minutes. :) *Runsaway!*
Patience by EngrBohn · 2004-09-25 23:06 · Score: 5, Funny

Patients, we is. Yes, patients. We waits for our boxed set, our preciousssss.

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Re:Wow, just wow by CrackedButter · 2004-09-25 23:07 · Score: 5, Funny

Charge them for the meals.

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badgers? by wobblie · 2004-09-25 23:22 · Score: 5, Funny

Were all the badger scenes restored, or what?
In Other News... by Dystopian+Rebel · 2004-09-25 23:25 · Score: 5, Funny

A distraught Lord Of The Rings fan has climbed Buckingham Palace disguised as Batman to protest the absence of the valley of Tom Bombadil in the popular movie trilogy.

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Director's License by architimmy · 2004-09-25 23:34 · Score: 5, Funny

Hayden Christensen isn't at the end of the extended version is he?
never-before-seen? by tomee · 2004-09-25 23:37 · Score: 5, Funny

Never-before-seen footage doesn't sound good. I insist that Peter Jackson look at the footage before releasing it. There just has to be at least some level of quality assurance before these things can be released to the masses.
1. Re:never-before-seen? by alien_blueprint · 2004-09-26 01:04 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  There just has to be at least some level of quality assurance before these things can be released to the masses.
  
  Why start now?
  
  *ducks* ;)
Re:Wow, just wow by Anonymous Coward · 2004-09-25 23:53 · Score: 3, Funny

By "few friends" I assume you mean mom and dad? If so, mom could probably bring a dish or two. Dad will just brind his attitude, especially after he finds out you made off with his TV.
Re:Box colours, still wrong... by Archwyrm · 2004-09-25 23:57 · Score: 5, Funny

Yes!! Why, oh why..? Oh the humanity..

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I like my taters raw and wriggley by Anonymous Coward · 2004-09-26 00:26 · Score: 3, Funny

The always invokes a slack jawed open mouthed response from the counter clerks at McD's. But then that's their response to anything.
Re:And then the complete set will come out... by BobLenon · 2004-09-26 00:48 · Score: 1, Funny

Yea ... in 20 years, jackson will re-release it and add tom babdill. then he'll edit the sequene between frodo and greedo ....

damn! ;)

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25% More Fake Endings! by Mulletproof · 2004-09-26 00:53 · Score: 2, Funny

25% more? How many times will this movie end now?? I was only fooled into getting out of my seat, what, three times in the normal version before the movie really ended...

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Re:Wow, just wow by big-shoulders · 2004-09-26 00:53 · Score: 5, Funny

OK, we did this just yesterday. We had a party for Bilbo's Birthday (9/22 of course) and screened all three movies (the first two in extended editions, the third in theatrical release) We started at 8AM, took short intermissions (at the changing of the disks) and meal breaks in between (including a lambas bread bake-off) and finished at 11PM. I must say it was exhausting. I don't know if we'd have made it with the extra 50 min. You are thinking that we are major LOtR geeks and you'd be right (3-4 hobbit costumes in the bunch) but we had 20 - 30 people in the house to watch it. Everyone had a great time.
THE SECRET DIARY OF ARAGORN SON OF ARATHORN by Hyperhaplo · 2004-09-26 00:53 · Score: 5, Funny

Day One:
Ringwraiths killed: 4. V. good.
Met up with Hobbits. Walked forty miles. Skinned a squirrel and ate it.
Still not King.

Day Four:
Stuck on mountain with Hobbits. Boromir really annoying.
Not King yet.

Day Six:
Orcs killed: none. Disappointing. Stubble update: I look rugged and manly.
Yes!
Keep wanting to drop-kick Gimli. Holding myself back.
Still not King.

Day Ten:
Sorry no entries lately. V. dark in Mines of Moria. Big Baelrog.
Not King today either.

Day Eleven:
Orcs killed: 7. V. good. Stubble update: Looking mangy.
Legolas may be hotter than me.
I wonder if he would like me if I was King?

Day 28:
Beginning to find Frodo disturbingly attractive. Have a feeling if I make
a move, Sam would kill me. Also, hairy feet kind of a turn-off.
Still not King.

Day 30:
In Lothlorien. Think Galadriel was hitting on me. Saucy wench.
Nice chat with Boromir. He's not so bad.
Took a shower. Yay!
But still not King.

Day 32:
Orcs killed: none. Stubble update: subtly hairy.
Legolas told me that a shadow and a threat had been growing in his mind.
I think Legolas might be kinda gay.
Nope, not King.

Day 33:
Orcs killed: Countless thousands. V. good.
Boromir killed by Orcs. Bummer. Though he died bravely in my arms, am now
quite sure that he was very definitely gay.
Not so sure about Gimli either.
RIP Boromir.
Still not King, but at least Boromir seemed to think I was. Might however
have been blood loss.

Day 34:
Frodo went to Mordor. Said he was going alone, but took Sam with him. Why?
My God, is everyone in this movie gay but me?
Not so sure about me either.
Still not King, goddammit.

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1. Re:THE SECRET DIARY OF ARAGORN SON OF ARATHORN by Gentoo+Fan · 2004-09-26 02:13 · Score: 2, Funny
  
  Day 42:
  Beginning to wonder how long this whole ordeal is going to be.
  I heard a voice in the sky saying the word "crossover", I don't know what that means. Ran into some squidy looking character trying to convince me it was, is his words, "a trap".
  Still not King, but suddenly feel compeled to investigate something called the "force".
Episode I by michaeldot · 2004-09-26 01:24 · Score: 3, Funny

If Peter Jackson does get the rights/funding to make The Hobbit, then that will in effect be Episode I of the LOTR saga.

I can't wait to see the cynicism from the cognoscenti once they learn there's a prequel in the works: "the actor who plays young Bilbo is terrible and he doesn't even sound like James Earl Jones, why did they have to destroy my childhood?"
1. Re:Episode I by Anonymous Coward · 2004-09-26 04:28 · Score: 1, Funny
  
  "Young Bilbo" should be played by Ian Holm.
  Like Gandalf says when he first sees Bilbo in the shire: "You haven't aged a day".
Does it have... by darkmeridian · 2004-09-26 01:29 · Score: 2, Funny

...more Liv Tyler? I'd pay to have more Liv. Liv Tyler is really hot. That's what I found was lacking in the original DVD set. Not enough Liv Tyler. Did I mention I like Liv Tyler?

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Re:Tom? by hypnagogue · 2004-09-26 01:43 · Score: 5, Funny

Good news! Peter Jackson is currently producing the story of Tom Bombadil. Unfortunately for us hard-core Tom Bombadil fans, I have heard rumors that the role of Tom is being played by a 60 foot tall ape.

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Re:50 Minutes! by CGP314 · 2004-09-26 01:53 · Score: 3, Funny

(huge spoilers, of course.)

Not for those of us who can read.

-Colin
you are so gay by Scudsucker · 2004-09-26 03:10 · Score: 2, Funny

When credits roll, you have time to digest and go through the movie experience, relax, and reflect, while still maintaining the 'mood' that the movie has created.

And what is preventing you from doing this on your way out to the car along with the rest of the non-anal-retentive audience?

You could at least wait through the initial credits sequence

Why? Should we take notes on who the 10 co-executive producers are?

Look, if you want to hang around to the end of the credits, that's your business. But don't put on airs of superiority just because your time is so worthless that you have to sit around through a list of a thousand names of people that are completely irrelevant to your existence.
Re:Wow, just wow by HotButteredHampster · 2004-09-26 03:16 · Score: 2, Funny

That's cool. I'm not being sarcastic. I think that's really cool.
HBH

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Re:Wow, just wow by jeffasselin · 2004-09-26 03:21 · Score: 5, Funny

From now on, when some people say I'm obsessed with LotR because I wear a One Ring replica and own a few sword replicas from the movies, I'll just have to link to your post and appear perfectly normal.

Thank you.

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Re:And then the complete set will come out... by eegad · 2004-09-26 04:01 · Score: 2, Funny

and soon after they will release a complete box set

Included in this set will be a bonus disc with a running time of 1 hour 24 minutes of Peter Jackson laughing all the way to the bank.

Hey...I'll buy it.
Movie Trilogy of the Beast by pudge · 2004-09-26 05:31 · Score: 3, Funny

Extended edition running times of FotR: 208, tTT: 208, LotR: 250. Combined: 666.