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ROTK:EE Trailer Released
artemis67 writes "A six-minute trailer for The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, Extended Edition, has been released, and it's quite good. We get to see some snippets of the final confrontation between Gandalf and Saruman, as well as some other intriguing scenes that will add a lot of depth to the final movie. The Extended Edition will add an additional 50 minutes to the film, bring the total for the Extended trilogy to 11 hours and 20 minutes."
To preempt the whining that accompanied every article about previous Lord of the Rings extended version DVD releases: I know some complain that studios release special, super-duper extended versions in a scheme to make more money from people willing to buy multiple versions of a movie. I really don't think that this is the case for the extended version of Return of the King. Its not as if they didn't tell us a extended version was on its way. The wait between the DVD release of the theatrical version an this release is a bit annoying, but I believe it is worth holding off purchasing for. And that's the key phrase... nobody makes you buy every single version of a movie that comes out. if you want the regular version, buy that. If not, wait for the extended movie.
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Would you buy a ticket if it cost twice what they do now? Showing a 4 hour movie for the same price as a 1.5 hour movie means you can only show it like 1/3 as many times in a day, and therefore not make much money on it. That's the reason there are 'theatrical' and 'extended' editions of LOTR in the first place. It wasn't to make twice as much selling DVDs, it was because theaters don't like long ass movies.