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ALL 683 EXTENDED MINUTES OF LOTR RETURNS TO THEATERS

post #1 of 20
4/26/11 at 7:50am
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AMC screens the Extended Editions to promote Blu-Ray release.
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post #2 of 20
4/26/11 at 8:02am

Let the squeeing commence...

 

SQUEE!

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post #3 of 20
4/26/11 at 9:27am

I must do this.

 

I wonder if RD's already heard the news.  I wonder what they'll do for this in Australia...

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post #4 of 20
4/26/11 at 2:03pm
Pity this won't happen here. Oh well, I guess I'll have to console myself with a 13 hour marathon at home.
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post #5 of 20
4/26/11 at 2:19pm
Me too. I still haven't finished the cast commentaries.
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post #6 of 20
4/26/11 at 3:41pm

How much of an upcharge on ticket prices does AMC generally have for these events?  Probably not the standard price if the screen will be occupied for 683+ minutes.  Silly question, I know, but I'm not too familiar with AMC policy and I have never attended one of their special showings (concert screenings, community business screenings, film retrospectives, etc).

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post #7 of 20
4/26/11 at 4:07pm

Are you thinking that they're doing a marathon of all 3 EEs in one go?  From what I'm reading, that's not what's happening.  Each Tuesday leading up to the blu-ray release will feature one of the EEs being shown at AMC theaters.  

 

Seeing as how the Back to the Future thing that AMC did earlier this year cost the same price as any other ticket, I'm pretty sure they won't charge a premium price for this.

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post #8 of 20
4/26/11 at 4:20pm

Yeah, just realized that.  Thanks.

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post #9 of 20
4/26/11 at 4:28pm

Apparently it's not even a film print or digital 4K equivalent. It's a digital projection of the blu-ray. Not worth the $30+ bucks.

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post #10 of 20
4/26/11 at 4:50pm
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Pity this won't happen here. Oh well, I guess I'll have to console myself with a 13 hour marathon at home.


What stel said.

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post #11 of 20
4/26/11 at 4:57pm
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Apparently it's not even a film print or digital 4K equivalent. It's a digital projection of the blu-ray. Not worth the $30+ bucks.



LOTR, at least TTT and ROTK, were edited in a digital intermediate at 2K.  4K is impossible without rebuilding the edit and doing the FX from scratch.

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post #12 of 20
4/27/11 at 9:42am
I'm not a hardcore tech guy. Why would a digital projection of a (presumably high quality) blu-ray look awful?
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post #13 of 20
4/27/11 at 9:58am

It won't. It could just look better.

 

(especially depending on the screen size. I doubt these theaters will be showing this on their "premium" screens anyway).

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post #14 of 20
4/27/11 at 10:08am


Well, I'm in the US and still not anywhere near an AMC Theater.   So close and yet so far away.
 

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Pity this won't happen here. Oh well, I guess I'll have to console myself with a 13 hour marathon at home.



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What stel said.



 

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post #15 of 20
4/27/11 at 11:03pm

You poor saps. Here in Austin, we get this every year in the form of a day-long, 13-meal package marathon at the Alamo Drafthouse. WITH 35MM PRINTS.

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post #16 of 20
4/27/11 at 11:11pm
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You poor saps. Here in Austin, we get this every year in the form of a day-long, 13-meal package marathon at the Alamo Drafthouse. WITH 35MM PRINTS.

 


"You must be pretty sick of it by now, right?"

 

"No one who saw the movie would say that."

 

"LET'S GET HIM!"

 

"HYAH!!!"

 

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post #17 of 20
4/27/11 at 11:26pm

This sounds like it could be painful. ROTK, the theatrical cut, already feels 12 hours long.


 

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post #18 of 20
4/28/11 at 12:36am
13 meals??
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post #19 of 20
4/28/11 at 12:57am

Its great cinema support it!

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post #20 of 20
4/28/11 at 2:45pm

Well, there's breakfast, second breakfast, elevensies, lunch, afternoon tea, dinner, supper and I'm sure there are a few snacks in there for good measure.

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