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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."
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With popcorn/bathroom breaks, 12 hours is about the amount of time to read the original 6 books (in 3 well-known volumes). I'd like to see a correlation between events in "booktime" to "movietime".
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It's Saruman, not Sauroman. sigh...trying to review a movie and can't even spell Saruman. What kind of LOTR geek are you anyway?
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In Korea, only old people have seen all three extended editions. Seriously, it takes that long.
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Did anyone else read the title as "Return of The King: Electronic Engineer" Trailer Released
Please, wake me up when a New Super Extended Platinum 24h long Edition will be available.
Did they tighten things up by just combining the baddies in Orthanc and Barad-dur?
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the trailer sets the mood for more great time with LOTR.
lots of CGI (as usual), and I'm sure the edition would sell very well. collectors beware and be alert.
You mean the king of rotk and roll ?
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Yikes ... that's a lot of pizza.
Why is noew line and the theatres not tapping the opportunity to make gobs of cash?
special event all 3 extended films in the theatre would sell out for 2 weeks solid. It's guarenteeing that every seat in that theatre will buy 3 movie tickets, they will eat gobs of popcorn, and the delay between film changes will be welcomed for bathroom and smoke breaks.
it is a fricking gold mine waiting to be tapped, hell, starwars fanatics pale in comparison to LOTR fanatics... they couldn't sell out the trilogy running back to back here but the single night they ran the LOTR movies they oversold it.
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...between Gandalf and Sauroman
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On a totaly unrelated note, has there been any rumors on when a complete "box set" containing the director's cut of all three films will be released?
I was kind of hoping that it would be out in time for Christmas, but it is not looking too likely.
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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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According to the place where I ordered my LOTR3 EE box set (preordered so many months ago, I can't even recall the exact date :) ), they'll ship it on dec10, so I'm counting the days already. A marathon with my friends has already been discussed after LOTR2 :) so I'm looking forward to it also :) Will be hell of a day, 12+ hours of LOTR :) Kewlest ever :)
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Haven't heard about any yet, definitely not before xmas. My guess would be xmas time next year, that'd fit in with how they've released things so far (more or less).
We get to see some snippets of the final confrontation between Gandalf and Sauroman, as well as some other intriguing scenes that will add a lot of depth to the final movie.
WTF? Saruman was killed by Wormtongue during the Scouring of the Shire.
It's especially a waste because aside from non-movie extras, all of those scenes could have been on the original dvds, with an option to include them. I considered buying Lord of the Rings on DVD, but the shameless money grubbing disgusts me.
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Do I get to be the mayor or steward or what? Is a throne room included in the package or do I have to have that built?
What about the existing nobles and their families... are they put to the sword?
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Is Minas Thirit where Sauroman lives?
Does anyone know if the EE covers all the stuff with "Mr Sharkey" (have I remembered correctly?) and the Shire? Did they even film that stuff?
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Looks like it's coming out December 14th, same day that ROTK:EE ships.
Holy crap, I could probably re-read the trilogy in less time than that!
Lord Of the Rings: The Motion Picture Trilogy [12 Discs] - 12/14/2004. Do you think they would wait until next christmas??
Bah, why bother try downloading without a torrent. Anyone got a torrent link?
See them carry Frodo in ways you didn't see in the theater.
LOTR: ROTK Extended Edition: Now with even more endings!
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Both Amazon UK and Amazon US have it down for release December 10th, 2004 so it is indeed out in time for Christmas. You don't get the statues or the "bonus" DVDs that come with the second and third parts though.
UNIX? They're not even circumcised! Savages!
Thanks to those who replied. Maybe if I beg and plead, Santa will have mercy on me.
But I must admit being somewhat shocked at the price difference between Amazon and Circuit City.
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Um. No. That was the theater showings last year before the theatrical release of RotK. (Hint: check the expiration date on the poster offer).
And you know as well as they that we will buy it ...
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That's why I refused to by the RoTK DVD until the extended version came out.
Why is it that the proponents of "one nation under God" are so eager to get rid of "liberty and justice for all"?
I hope the extra 50 minutes comes BEFORE the part where Mr Jackson decided to have 3 false endings with lots of running water going on. Evil, Evil, Evil....
Nope. (Actually it's Minas Tirith, not Thirit...) Saruman lived at Orthanc, the tower at Isengard. Check out this list of towers for a better understanding.
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Now... where have I heard that before???
That comment makes no sense. How, exactly, is this money grubbing? Some people enjoy the theatrical release, and as such purchase that. Some, like myself, really want to see what did not get included in the theatrical release, and so, we wait to purchase the extended version. The primary reason there are two versions is this: time. It takes quite some time to finish those cut scenes: fx, music, etc, put together the monster documentaries and extras that are on the ee disks and so on and so forth. Now, if they wanted to, I am sure they could have put those deleted scenes on the original disk with crude fx and no music like you see on every other DVD release. But if you want to see those scenes as part of the integral whole with music and everything, then you have to wait. Meanwhile, for financial reasons and to satisfy fans content with the theatrical version, they put out the original version DVD release. Not exactly money grubbing. Just good business practices.
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My ass gets numb just thinking about that. Might be good for a NYC to Tokyo flight, however.
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Added scene showing Sauron (digitally placed in over an actor), talking to Denethor inside the olephant hanger.
Changed the title to "Revenge of the King"
Totally changes the concept of The Ring. In this changed version they explain that everyone has Rings inside of them, yet Frodo is a special case because he has extra Rings inside making him the most powerful Ring Bearer ever.
Now Sauroman shoots first!
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It's a joke ;-)
Note that your grandparent misspelled Tirith, and your parent saw the Sauroman misspelling of the OP, so he made the joke.
I was wondering about that. Now that all the EE are out, when is the Special Extended Trilogy DVD pack coming out, with MORE unseen footage.
Personally I want to see where Hugo Weaving says, "Mr Frodo, I see you've been living two lives..."
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Very well, good point. Do the extended editions have menu options to watch the original theatrical release ?
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I love the Lord of the Rings. Yes I do. It is so wonderful. Peter Jackson is so beautiful. I cannot wait for the extended edition.
-Tim
12 hours is about the amount of time to read the original 6 books
It's also about how long it takes to fly from the East Coast to Hawaii.
I claim patent rights on that business model.
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I have watched this so many times already, and it seems that I first read about it on /.
Don't forget the special "The Hobbit" featurette bonus disc!
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Exactly! I went through an emotional roller coaster in the theater. "Ah! That was a great movie! ... No wait! There's more! Hey that was pretty good ... Huh!? There's more! Is this the end? Guess not... Hmmm... " And it went on like that for the last 7 hours of the movie. I was conflicted between wanting to learn more and wanting to relive myself at the restroom.
2 things:
1. Render time. This stuff isn't like Doom where it renders on the fly. You prioritize to get the stuff you want in time for the theatrical release.
2. Editing. Adding that stuff back in takes creative effort. The FotR EE actually has footage removed from it in places to make way for different footage.
The EE tells the same story in a different way. If you've got the patience (and bladder) to watch 11:20 of movie, then this is for you. (I plan on doing it, though maybe over three days.) If not, you'd enjoy the theatrical discs more.
Check out this list of towers for a better understanding.
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Rubbish list. Doesn't mention any Fawlty Towers whatsoever...
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Well, they didn't put a lot more battles in the earlier EEs. Galadriel's presents springs to mind as an example.
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And why wouldn't we?
It's all about the joy of owning it right?
That's why I, for one, paid $55 each for my Leather bound Tolkien Classic series from Easton Press. They are beautiful, and they make the reading experience more pleasant. The feel and smell of thick pages and rich binding make the whole thing more engrossing.
The comparisons to Lucas aren't fair. Jackson made a reduced slightly less satisfying version of the film for the theatres to show and the full on artistic vision for the fans. The whole time he said in advance there'd be the long version and the full version. Personally, I only get the extended box sets, so all three won't look garish and plasticy next to my books.
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Well, the extra scenes in the previous EE's were mostly NOT battle-scenes (were there ANY new battle-scenes in 'em?). So I have to ask: what the hell are you blathering about? Have you even seen the past EE's?
Looking at "Fellowship of the Ring", I can remember these new scenes (found in the usenet):
*A new addition to the opening sequence in which Bilbo provides background on Hobbits and their history in voice-over as he writes his memoirs.
*A new introduction to Samwise Gamgee, seen in his capacity as a gardener.
*A scene taking place at the Green Dragon Inn, which introduces us to the camaraderie of the Hobbits (we see them singing together) and sets up the geopolitics of the story.
*The Hobbits witnessing the departure of the Elves from Middle Earth on the way to Bree.
*Aragorn watching over the sleeping Hobbits, singing the ballad of Beren and Luthien to himself in the night.
*Aragorn at his mother's grave, in which we learn that he was raised by Elves and that Sauron has long hunted him.
*Two new moments during the departure from Rivendale, one in which we see Arwen's emotional reaction to Aragorn's leaving, and another in which Elrond sees the Fellowship off.
*A scene with the Fellowship in the mines of Moria, in which we learn how the Dwarves themselves unleashed the fire-demon that eventually destroyed them.
*A scene at Lothlorien, where Galadriel bestows upon each of the Fellowship a gift which will play an important role later in the Trilogy.
*And finally, more footage of the battle at Amon Hen. This is not particularly bloody footage, but its addition will likely result in this cut
of the film receiving an R-rating.
Oh yes, that's LOTS of "new battle-scenes"! NOT!
Two Towers is similar. Very little battle-scenes, but lots of background material.
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The first thing when I saw ROTK I was thinking Romance of the Three Kingdoms. Another story that they can make an extended special limited gold 20-hour edition bonus DVD.
I am not sure of all of the changes, but most of them are not "epic battle" scenes. One of the big ones is the final confrontation between Saruman and Gandalf at Orthanc which is mostly dialog. Also, the scenes at the house of healing will be added which is also dramatic in theme (Eowyn and Faramir). The only battle element I have heard rumors of is the fight between Gandalf and the Witch King, but I have not seen this confirmed.
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Anyone have a ballpark (USD) for the price? I'm glad they added in some stuff that was desperately missing (like Sam and Frodo disguised as Orcs). Can't wait.
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I just don't understand how Peter Jackson thought the following were optional :-
Luckily they are ALL in the EE! I can't wait
I feel the same way about science. I thought that Newton was great, and then this Einstein guy came along. Out goes Newton. Then, this whole "quantum" thing came along. Now everybody is talking about "strings" but even if you use dental floss, those strings are still not small enough to make up all matter. For that matter, even thread is too big. If a string is made of atoms, and atoms are made of strings, where does it stop. I have gone back to Newton as the ultimate authority, and I am sticking with Newton until the final theory of everything comes out.
OK. The above post is meant to be humorous. But there is a point. If you like a movie, then buy it. If you suspect that a better version MIGHT come along, then wait. Most movies are only released once. It seems like only the mega-blockbusters come out in more than one version (Terminator, Star Wars, LOTR, etc.) Have you seen an extended director's cut of Pee-Wee's Big Adventure. So buy movies, and have fun!
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I think its time we start the drum beat for a LoTR-like showing of all the Star Wars movies for the premiere of Episode 3 this May.
But what order should they show them? What order, hmm.
Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope - May 25, 1977
Star Wars: Episode V The Empire Strikes Back - May 21, 1980
Star Wars: Episode VI Return of the Jedi - May 25, 1983
Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace - May 19, 1999
Star Wars: Episode II Attack of the Clones - May 16, 2002
Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith - May 19, 2005
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I pay my 15 bucks at theatres for my wife and I to go see the short version. I then pay some more to buy the long version for keeps. If they didn't make the long version, I'd be buying the short one. I don't spend much more to get a version I'll like better and for something to compliment some of my favorite books, it's just not a big deal.
Just because someone is making money does not mean that they are evil.
The original theatrical version was released (3 parts) and this is the third part of the director's cut.
Not really milking... they announced up front that they would have both editions, so people would know whether they wanted the original or wanted to wait for the extended.
I actually i am waiting for the
Collectors Platium Special extended edition triliogy DVD pack
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Does Saruman shoot first in this version?
I saw the original releases in a movie marathon.
It was so bloody long my girlfriend gave birth to twins, and she wasn't even pregnant when we went in!!!
Nah seriously she fell asleep for a hour or two during the two towers and still managed to understand it and only ask me five times "what's happening now?". But it was bloody long, i wouldn't do it in one sitting ever again.
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Anybody have this in a format the rest of the world can view without downloading software that bothers you with ads to purchase the "pro" version every time it opens?
But still missing the most important ending.
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Will there be a DVD trilogy set or must one need to buy each extended DVD separately?
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I just read that a Return of the King: Enterprise Edition. I've been doing this software thing for way too long.
I wish they'd extend it enough to add Tom Bombadil back in.
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would read this as Romance of Three Kingdoms: Extreme Edition...
> Have you seen an extended director's cut of Pee-Wee's Big Adventure
Yeah, and in the extra footage we get to see the basement in the Alamo!
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Background: I am a rabid LOTR fan, have been since I first read the trilogy when I was 11. I went to the midnight showings of each of the three movies and own the EEs of each of the first two.
I've only seen ROTK once. In the theatre, at midnight.
I'm not entirely sure why, really, because I loved it. I *shivered* as the movie started from the sheer excitement of it all. The world disappeared as I watched, fully captivated by PJ's amazing artistry.
But, I think I'm waiting. I think I'm waiting for those pieces that will really complete the movie the way PJ really intended it to be and yet was hampered by the movie industry. Character development? Hell yes! Give me more of it. I want to see more of what makes each of them tick. Eowyn's character -- only touched upon, with so much depth left to explore. I want to see those little nuances that only the avid fans of the book will catch. I want to see the vision as it was intended.
I don't agree with everything PJ has done to the story itself, but I give him his leeway given what he had to try to accomplish. But if I'm going to bother seeing it, I want to see it the way he wanted me to.
Right now, I'm planning an all-day marathon to watch all three EEs in a row with my ex-roommate. I think I shall shiver again.
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There was a line at the restroom (for the guys this time) after the movie...I kept enjoying the more and more endings (though a lot of tear-jerking) but man, my bladder was crying...
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Not very hobbit-ish of you. The proper sequence is:
First breakfast
FOTR disk 1
Second breakfast
FOTR disk 2
Elevenses
TT 1
Luncheon
TT 2
Afternoon tea
ROTK 1
Supper
ROTK 2
Stomach pumping.
Well, why would you "hope not" when so far, with the other 2/3's of the EE's it's already been demonstrated that that's not the case?
Yet again, I never said the others did this. But what is fact is that more and more the series leaned twords long drawn out epic battles. I certainly do not want to see more of this. My thoughts, which I have stated before, is that the series had gotten away from the original nature of the books the further into the series you go. Hence why I mentioned JRRT.
Guess you feel like you can talk about the stuff, but yet you've not seen the previous ones to judge the quality of addition that the EE's bring.
Guess you feel like you can talk about stuff, but you don't know me. I have seen the previous ones.
Ignorance is bliss I suppose.
I dunno, you tell me.
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Geez, what a dork you are! Spouting Tolkien nonsense.
Or, as the Klingons would say...
I guess if Merry & Pippin don't get one, niether do you.
For the first time ever I've actually preordered something. Don't normally believe in that sort of crap, but I have so enjoyed the first two films. Even with the differences from the book, IMO Jacko's done a stunning job and I can't wait to see the extended rotk.
I'm also planning on hosting a back-to-back extended ringathon (no goatse jokes please) via projector for my friends.
They are going to sell a 12 DVD box with the three extended versions, but are they going to sell a box with the extended versions WITHOUT all the extra features (making of the film, etc.)?
Does anybody know that?
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that is kind of a Lame excuse. just because you can't constrain yourself long enough to wait for the extended edition, which EVERYONE knew was coming, does not mean that having a special edition is a bad thing. some people like to get those SE sets, some do not. why not have both? then there are the crazy fans who buy everything.
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I love Sean Astin. He is such a movie nerd, and so unabashedly enthusiastic about what he's doing. On the commentary and in the interviews, he's kind of dorky, but I just can't help but dig him.
Gandalf's confrontation with the Witch-King gives me chills just from the trailer. I am so excited about that.
I once again have to hand it to Andy Serkis for having to spend so much time in that goofy-looking blue-screen outfit, give a great performance, and then be essentially removed from the film digitally. Serkis is awesome.
Looks like Merry gets to fight Sloth! "Baby Ruth! Baby Ruth!"
Also, including the new comedy short LOTR:ROTF (LMAO)
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Anyone know if they've announced a supermega pack of DVD's - meaning all the extended editions in one couch-potato special version?
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I loved the third movie more than any of them, but like you I only saw it once... it just makes sense to wait and see the thing in as complete a state as possible. From watching the video it seems like a good choice as there have been many fantastic momets from the book added back in!
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One thing I was wondering but cannot tell is if the boxed set has extra footage, or if it's basically just a gathering of all the EE editions in one set.
Does anyone know?
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Just for once, it looks like the UK is ahead of the US on this one. Amazon UK have what looks like the equivalent (albeit with a different name?) out on 10 December 2004, also the same day the extended edition of ROTK is out over here.
If you disagree, post your argument. (-1, Overrated) isn't your personal censorship tool for views you don't like.
For some people, it is. For others, the theatrical cuts are what they want, nothing more.
That is why both exist.
The reason theatrical versions are cut down as they are is because 3 hours is about all of the movie watching some people can tolerate.
More isn't better for everyone. The EE's of the movies were known about well ahead of time.
Anyone complaining about buying the movies more than once needs to learn to stop blaming others for their lack of self-control.
Yep, you get the whole city, with ballistae and everything. You might want to check the number for your local "noisy neighbour" hotline before moving in, though. Apparently there are some fields nearby, and the crowd can get a bit rowdy.
If you disagree, post your argument. (-1, Overrated) isn't your personal censorship tool for views you don't like.
That's OK I've been centrifuing ring-tetrachloride for enrichment for years.
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In many cases you're absolutely right. However in the case of LOTR I don't agree.
First and foremost because I, at least, knew there would be an extended edition of all the movies coming out a bit after the regular DVD. I never ran out and bought the regular and then went "oh shit, now I have to buy another, extended copy!" Even if I had fallen for that the first time, it certainly wouldn't have gotten me with the second two videos.
But also because the LOTR movies are so incredibly long. They're about what, nine hours long total--and I'm talking regular releases? I don't see anything wrong with providing those already long but shorter releases--cheaper--to the people who aren't interested in an extra 45 minutes per movie in background information. For those who love the movies and want the extra, or who loved the books and feel the things that got cut out were absolute blasphemy to begin with, wait a few months, pay an extra $10 and get the bigger version.
What's the problem, really? I mean even with other series', I understand being somewhat upset buying the regular version and then finding out a directors cut or something will be released later--but this stops you from buying movies why exactly? You must have liked the movie if you bought it in the first place. I don't see why not getting EXTRA footage ruins a good movie for you.
I had heard a rumor that they were going to screen the EE for all three films in theatres this winter. Has this been announced/denounced?
Does it hurt to hear them lying? Was this the only world you had?
I am not going to buy that one either! I would just end up spending more money on the mithril edition.
So buy movies, and have fun!
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I hope the trailer doesn't include all the sickening sentimental goodbye crap that was at the end of the flick. If I were doing a director's cut, I'd squash that crap.
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Don't count the trilogy out after the baby. My second one is 2 months old right now, and you need SOMETHING to do during the seemingly endless hours of nursing (either the wife nursing, which takes longer, or you with the bottle). Plus, entertaining a months-old baby only takes about 5% of the adult human brain, so you need something to occupy the other 95%. Then they sleep, which is free time.
Once they're old enough to crawl, THAT'S when your free time ends.
I thought Morgul translated to "Black wraith", not "black Magic", with Morg meaning black, and ul meaning wraith. Which is why Nazg + ul give us Nazgul, which means Ringwraith.
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Could that be because the BOOKS also had more and more "drawn out epic battles"?
Too bad, since those battles were in the books as well. I for one had been pretty pissed if they had given Pelennor fields a whopping 5 minutes of screen-time.
Yes I know that Pelennor fields got relatively little time in the book. But regardless: it WAS one of the highlights of the book, and it looks great on the silver-scree. That is why it's longer in the movie as well. Movies usually have the "big end-fight" or something similar. And in LOTR, it was Pelennor Fields.
The EE's are closer to the original than the theatrical releases, and we have to wait and see what the ROTK-EE looks like. Two Towers was a bit different from the book, but that was because the book itself was so busy (following three separate groups of people) that doing a 1:1 movie-conversion would have been BAD. The EE improved the pacing considerably and made the whole movie better.
Remember: we are not talking about books here, we are talking about movies. You simply cannot do 1:1 migration from book to movie. And that is why LOTR the book and LOTR the movie are different from time to time. If they made a movie that was similar to the book and closer to the "original nature" of 'em, it would have been a bad MOVIE. They are not making a book here, they are making a MOVIE. And they have to adapt the story to fit the requirements and limitations of the media. Had they made the movie like you wished it was, Pelennor Fields would have been a marginal incident, and most of the time would have been spent watching Sam and Frodo walk towards Mount Doom. That might work in the book, but it would not work in a movie!
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You do know that they actually re-shot and re-scored some footage especially for the EEs (after the fact) right?
Those things take time and money and those are the reasons why they shouldn't be included with the original. If the original cost $35 US and that was the only version you could get, I'm sure you would be bitching about the "shameless money grubbing" then as well.
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Had they made the movie like you wished it was, Pelennor Fields would have been a marginal incident, and most of the time would have been spent watching Sam and Frodo walk towards Mount Doom. That might work in the book, but it would not work in a movie!
Perhaps not for you. And even by your own words you're admitting that Jackson is taking away from the original flavor of JRRT. So what was your bitch about anyway?
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Grab the trailer here(Coral cache), or here (direct link, but extremely slow for me).
...but is it worth upgrading from my copy of Lord of the Rings with HyperThreading?
I was looking over the technical details on Amazon but did not see those lines.
That makes me feel a lot better about just getting the ROTK EE, and not getting the boxed set when I already have the other two EEs.
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Honestly? I think we're conditioned by the way in which 99.9% of Hollywood movies (especially action-adventure movies) end: climax, brief 2-3 minute denoument, roll credits. As you note, that's not at all the way the book is, in no small part because the book aimed at something different from a simple action-adventure. Peter Jackson didn't do a by-rote reproduction of the book, of course; but he did drift a little away from the standard action-adventure, or aspire to do more than what a-a's do. But the movie came across as one, so many people expected it to end the way action-adventure movies typically end.
7am: friends arrive, pancake breakfast.
8am: Fellowship of the Ring (~4+ hrs)
12:30pm: Lunch
2:00pm: The Two Towers (~3 1/2 hrs)
5:30pm: Dinner
7:00pm: Return of the King (~ 4 1/2 hrs)
11:30pm: Eyes ooze out of our sockets, bedsores open on our asses.
But what about second breakfast? And elevensies? And the 4 o'clock snack? and at five, you simply must have tea and biscuits and jams and jellies and muffins...
And I assume that you are going to drink beer and smoke hobbit's weed throughout the day, of course.
Sounds like a fun, light day : )
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I was going to go to Europe for 2 weeks for my 30th birthday.
But oooh, bedsores sound pretty tempting!
I cannot imagine how horrible that place would smell after 11 hours or so.
You could not pay ME to endure that.
The problem for me was I was stuck down the front of the theatre doing the neck straight up type thing.
Which was fine until I thought the movie was almost over so I relaxed the muscles and allowed them to start hurting (which I had been ignoring since then)....but of course it wasn't over and still had an hour to go...
You know, ROTK really means Republic Of The Korea ;-)
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.
Only 11h20m? Wasn't the neverending ending for ROTK longer than that by itself?
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Have people on Slashdot never heard of *renting* a movie? You don't *have* to buy anything. We've all known well in advance that the EE was coming -- the producers have never been shy about that. The way I see it, there are at least four choices: 1) don't buy either.. rent 'em both 2) buy the theatrical version, rent the EE 3) rent the theatrical version, wait and buy the EE 4) buy both. There isn't some magical force that's causing your wallet to pop out and buy these things. Why is this so hard for people to deal with?
I guess I'm "bitching" about the fact that some people want to make the movies identical to the books. And while that might satisfy few gung-ho Tolkien-fans (I consider myself to be a fan, having read the books over dozen times), it would have been a crappy movie. Great book, yes, but a terrible movie. And Peter Jackson was not making a book, he was making a MOVIE. His goal was to make a great movie, while staying as close to the books as possible. And as far as I'm concerned, he succeeded magnificently.
Had he tried to preserve the "original flavor" of the books 100%, he would have made a crappy movie. That is a fact. He preserved it 90%, the 10% was sacrificed due to limitations of the medium. What works in a book, might not work in a movie. And that is certainly true to book like LOTR.
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I guess I'm "bitching" about the fact that some people want to make the movies identical to the books.
Odd. It seems to me that you were bitching that I was somehow saying that the earlier EEs were little more than battle filler. Which I never did and which you now seem to faithfully affirm. It's sad that I got modded down for my opinion on this matter because I was misrepresented by your post and the posts of a few like you.
His goal was to make a great movie, while staying as close to the books as possible.
I don't know about that either. Perhaps it was a great series for what it was but there are a number of points that Jackson went out of his way to change some events from the books. This wasn't done in the interest of making a film that covered the same material while still not getting overbearing. Nor was it done for the reason of cutting out a section of the book that would have added too much time to the film. Point in case; Treebeard and the ents. These changes were not done with making up for a portion of cut book but rather for comical purposes. As I recall this was a big bitch about Episode One with Jar Jar.
And as far as I'm concerned, he succeeded magnificently.
In some ways he did a great job. It's a hard task to take on. I still didn't want to see it degrade to the point that it did. Perhaps the final EE will make it a lot better but I still say there was too much attnetion paid to the battles and not enough to the one on one levels that JRRT embraced.
Had he tried to preserve the "original flavor" of the books 100%, he would have made a crappy movie. That is a fact.
No, that's an opinion.
He preserved it 90%, the 10% was sacrificed due to limitations of the medium.
90% is a far throw. He may have kept with many of the major points of the books. Perhaps 75% of the major points. But at the same time he distorted certain points of view that makes JRRT worth reading over the latest '12-book-a-year' D&D writer.
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I wonder how much of the extra 50 minutes are in slow motion?