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Lord of the Rings: Limited Editions

post #1 of 31
6/21/06 at 2:51pm
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Originally Posted by www.dvdactive.com
The folks over at Home Media Retailing have received details on new releases of Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings trilogy. The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers and The Return of the King will each arrive in newly packaged two-disc “Limited Edition” sets, along with an exclusive new behind-the scenes documentary. Each set will carry both the theatrical and extended versions of the film (via seamless branching), while disc two features an intimate, never-before-seen documentary created by Costa Botes. The feature-length documentaries, with more than 300 minutes of never-before-available footage, focus on a number of complexities and circumstances and affected the making of the movies. The discs will be available to own from the 29th August, priced at around $28.98 a piece. Stay tuned for further details.
http://www.dvdactive.com/news/releas...he-rings6.html

The cover art is nifty, and I'm certainly interested in seeing the documentaries, but I'd never even dream of buying these things. I imagine all the fans of the movies already have at least one of the two versions already released. I suppose you could argue that now you can have both versions on one disc, but I've NEVER had "seamless branching" actually turn out seamless. I always get a 1-second pause of frozen screentime when it comes time to branch. Also, are the extended versions on one disc now? Does that mean the quality suffers? This looks to be a step-down New Line double (triple, if we're being picky) dip.
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post #2 of 31
6/21/06 at 3:03pm
Jack$on is a greedy bastard!
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post #3 of 31
6/21/06 at 3:03pm
No. Simply no. I love LOTR, but I'm satisfied with my Extended Editions.
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post #4 of 31
6/21/06 at 3:05pm
This would make sense if it were a HD disc or Blue-Ray, but if its just DVD, color me confused as to the point.
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post #5 of 31
6/21/06 at 3:08pm
If it means the theatricals in DTS, I'll buy them.
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post #6 of 31
6/21/06 at 3:08pm
300 more minutes of extras? What, like the docs on the Extended Editions were somehow incomplete? As much as I love the films, I don't know what more behind the scenes stuff I could watch without it feeling repetitive.
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post #7 of 31
6/21/06 at 3:09pm
I bet plenty of the LOTR faithful will snap them up. The market hasn't gone HD yet.
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post #8 of 31
6/21/06 at 3:10pm
Also, if there's any chance of seeing deleted scenes.
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post #9 of 31
6/21/06 at 3:11pm
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Yeah, the docs could be all new footage, but I don't know how much new information could be desired. I'm set, until they release the extended versions on one high-definition disc, and even then, that's only a maybe. Having to change discs is kind of annoying.

DTS on the theatrical versions won't tempt me. I have no use for those versions.
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post #10 of 31
6/21/06 at 3:12pm
Eventually, enough has to be fucking enough. If there's deleted stuff that's a must see, I'll Netflix them, maybe. But I love the Extended Editions and this seems like a pointless triple-dip.
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post #11 of 31
6/21/06 at 3:13pm
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Originally Posted by UserNameIndeed
DTS on the theatrical versions won't tempt me. I have no use for those versions.
See, for me they're far and away the best versions of the films.
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post #12 of 31
6/21/06 at 3:16pm
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Hm... I'm interested. Have you discussed this already elsewhere on the boards? Direct me towards that thread if you did.

[EDIT: Nevermind, I found a discussion where you explain it.]
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post #13 of 31
6/21/06 at 3:17pm
Other than one edit change in ROTK (the reveal of the Army of the Dead) I consider the Extended Editions to be vastly superior. I sold my theatrical cuts long ago.
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post #14 of 31
6/21/06 at 3:20pm
I haven't gone so far as to sell my theatricals (it's like having 6 discs for each film), but I'm with Nordling, especially on that Paths of the Dead thing.

I seem to remember us getting into this in another thread recently.

Anywho...yeah....no sale on this one, New Line.

Sweet cover art, though.
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post #15 of 31
6/21/06 at 3:37pm
i can happily say i only own the extended version of fellowship, thusly this is an ideal purchase for me, seeing as i couldn't decide which version to invest in buying the whole set in. but then again it is a shady triple dip and they probably could have just put something like this out instead of the extended editions in the first place. i may end up morally compromised at the end of august though.
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post #16 of 31
6/22/06 at 10:25pm
I already have 22 discs worth of Lord of the Rings, no thanks.
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post #17 of 31
6/23/06 at 12:47am
I don't see how they can fit a DTS track AND the extended edition scenes with a branching feature onto one disc.

And considering the EEs have scenes that are edited differently, as well as additional scenes, the EE branching would have to either not be exactly the same as the regular EE, or they'd end up with even more additional scenes for branching.
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post #18 of 31
6/23/06 at 4:02am
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Originally Posted by Nexus-6
I already have 22 discs worth of Lord of the Rings, no thanks.
22?
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post #19 of 31
6/23/06 at 5:14am
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Originally Posted by UserNameIndeed
22?
Yeah, I have an extra copy of RotK EE that I got as a Birthday present. My friend has told me 50 times he'll buy it from me, but nope, it's still sitting on my shelf.

I was waiting for someone to go "wha?", you should get a prize or something.
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post #20 of 31
6/23/06 at 5:25am
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Originally Posted by Charlie Brigden
If it means the theatricals in DTS, I'll buy them.
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Originally Posted by Fafhrd
I don't see how they can fit a DTS track AND the extended edition scenes with a branching feature onto one disc.
No DTS according to The Digital Bits.
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post #21 of 31
6/23/06 at 9:02am
Luckily I have a sister who's an LOTR nut, so when she buys them I'll just steal them off her! Sussed.

I have to agree with whoever said enough is enough though. Make some new films already.
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post #22 of 31
6/23/06 at 10:16am
Waiting for a Lucas compairison in 5 4 3 2
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post #23 of 31
6/23/06 at 11:22am
Or you can just check out post #2.
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post #24 of 31
6/23/06 at 12:14pm
I wonder if the new documentaries will focus less on the behind-the-scenes material that the EE docs looked at, and more on in-depth interviews. I could see that being pretty engaging; I mean, Lord of the Rings still seems pretty recent, but it's been almost a decade since they shot it, and there's some actual distance for the people involved that could make for an interesting interview. I won't buy them, but I have friends who still don't own either version on DVD, so I imagine this release is perfect for them.
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post #25 of 31
6/25/06 at 3:59pm
Much As I loved the films, I really want to read the reviews of the extras Disc before I buy these.
I would love to see the deleted scenes, though, and am curios to see the "Arwen at Helm's Deep" footage they filmed before deciding to drop that storyline.
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post #26 of 31
6/25/06 at 11:15pm
It's really interesting to me about how there's all this bitching about Lucas's upcoming double-dip but we get a bonafide triple-dip with the LOTR films and no one says boo.

I don't care either way. It's my money and I'll decide to spend it how I want. It's just funny to me.
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post #27 of 31
6/26/06 at 2:01am
Uh, probably because, up to now at least, being a Peter Jackson fan has only ever been rewarding.

Absolutely not buying these.
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post #28 of 31
6/26/06 at 12:10pm
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Originally Posted by Nordling
It's really interesting to me about how there's all this bitching about Lucas's upcoming double-dip but we get a bonafide triple-dip with the LOTR films and no one says boo.

I don't care either way. It's my money and I'll decide to spend it how I want. It's just funny to me.
These DVDs are kind of out of left field, but in the case of the original release, we--as consumers--knew from the start that there were going to be more robust versions released at a later date; so the Extended Editions weren't a surprise, and you could make an informed decision about which version you wanted. The same is true with Ridley Scott's releases (although that Gladiator: EE was a surprise); I didn't buy the original release of Black Hawk Down or Kingdom of Heaven because he said there would be better versions in the future. What usually tends to piss people off about double-dipping is the lack of warning--you buy a release that is semmingly definitive, only to have the studio drop another one on the shelves a year later.
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post #29 of 31
6/26/06 at 12:16pm
...Like New Line did with this edition of The Lord of the Rings.
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post #30 of 31
6/26/06 at 1:28pm
Just got the info about this- yep, both theatrical and extended versions on one disc. The second disc in each set contains the "Behind the Scenes Documentary" (cleverly named) and are 85, 106 and 112 minutes respectively.

Like the rest of you- I'm wondering what else they have to make more documentaries out of- the extended editions are pretty goddamn exhaustive.

Oh yeah, and no DTS- just Dolby Digital 5.1-EX and Stereo Surround 2.0.
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post #31 of 31
6/26/06 at 2:07pm
Some better images of the cover art here.
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