Lord of the Rings Extended Edition out in 2011
#127
Re: Lord of the Rings Extended Edition out in 2011
One request: the video transfer BETTER be absolutely top-notch in the 1080p 24fps Blu-ray format. The old DVD EE releases were highly praised for their superb video given the limitations of the DVD 480p format.
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Re: Lord of the Rings Extended Edition out in 2011
Supposedly to be released in June. Sucks it's all DVD except for the movies.
http://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=6027
Lord of the Rings Extended Blu-ray Details, Possible Street Date
The highly-anticipated Blu-ray release of the extended edition of The Lord of the Rings: The Motion Picture Trilogy doesn't have an official announcement yet, but retailers are revealing further release details, including special features and number of discs. Also, according to Canadian retailer Futureshop, it will come out on June 28.
Amazon has put up a useful comparison table summarizing the contents present in all previous DVD editions, the BD of the Theatrical Editions released a year ago and the upcoming Extended trilogy on Blu-ray.
Reportedly, the box set will consist of 15 discs in total, most of them DVDs for the special features: in all likelihood, they will include the six discs from the extended-edition DVDs plus the three discs from the theatrical and extended limited-edition DVD set released in 2006.
Digital copies will be available online.
Special features will reportedly include:
The Fellowship of the Ring
• Commentaries:
o Peter Jackson, Fran Walsh, and Philippa Boyens
o Design team
o Production/post-production team
o Ten actors, including Elijah Wood and Ian McKellen
• Easter egg: MTV Movie Award Spoof (The Council of Elrod)
• Costa Botes Documentary: The Fellowship of the Ring: Behind the Scenes (on DVD)
• The Appendices (on DVD)
o Part 1: From Book to Vision
Peter Jackson introduction
J.R.R. Tolkien: Creator of Middle Earth
From Book to Script
Visualizing the Story
Designing and Building Middle Earth
Middle Earth atlas interactive
o Part 2: From Vision to Reality
Elijah Wood introduction
Filming The Fellowship of the Ring
Visual effects
Post-production: Putting it all together
Digital Grading
Sound and music
The Road Goes Ever On...
The Two Towers
• Commentaries:
o Writer-director Peter Jackson and writers Fran Walsh and Philippa Boyens
o Design team
o Production/post-production team
• Sixteen cast members, including Elijah Wood, Sean Astin, Andy Serkis, John Rhys-Davies, Orlando Bloom, Christopher Lee, Bernard Hill, and Miranda Otto
• Easter Egg: MTV Movie Awards clip (Gollum accepting award)
• Costa Botes documentary: The Two Towers: Behind the Scenes (on DVD)
• The Appendices (on DVD)
o Part 3: The Journey Continues
Peter Jackson introduction
J.R.R. Tolkien: Origin of Middle Earth
From Book to Script: Finding a Story
Designing and Building Middle-Earth
Gollum
Middle-Earth Atlas interactive
New Zealand as Middle Earth (map with video location)
o Part 4: The Battle for Middle Earth
Elijah Wood introduction
Filming The Two Towers
Visual effects
Editorial: Refining the Story
Music and Sound
The Battle for Helm's Deep is Over
The Return of the King
• Commentaries:
o Writer-director Peter Jackson and writers Fran Walsh and Philippa Boyens
o Design team
o Production/post-production team
• Costa Botes documentary: The Return of the King: Behind the Scenes (on DVD)
• The Appendices (on DVD)
o Part 5: The War of the Ring
Peter Jackson Intro
J.R.R. Tolkien: The Legacy of Middle-earth
From Book to Script
Designing and Building Middle-earth
Home of the Horse Lords
Middle-earth Atlas: Tracing the Journeys of the Fellowship: interactive map
New Zealand as Middle-earth: interactive map with on-location footage
o Part 6: The Passing of an Age
Elijah Wood/Sean Astin/Billy Boyd/Dominic Monaghan intro
Filming The Return of the King
Visual Effects
Post Production: Journey's End
The Passing of an Age
Cameron Duncan
http://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=6027
Lord of the Rings Extended Blu-ray Details, Possible Street Date
The highly-anticipated Blu-ray release of the extended edition of The Lord of the Rings: The Motion Picture Trilogy doesn't have an official announcement yet, but retailers are revealing further release details, including special features and number of discs. Also, according to Canadian retailer Futureshop, it will come out on June 28.
Amazon has put up a useful comparison table summarizing the contents present in all previous DVD editions, the BD of the Theatrical Editions released a year ago and the upcoming Extended trilogy on Blu-ray.
Reportedly, the box set will consist of 15 discs in total, most of them DVDs for the special features: in all likelihood, they will include the six discs from the extended-edition DVDs plus the three discs from the theatrical and extended limited-edition DVD set released in 2006.
Digital copies will be available online.
Special features will reportedly include:
The Fellowship of the Ring
• Commentaries:
o Peter Jackson, Fran Walsh, and Philippa Boyens
o Design team
o Production/post-production team
o Ten actors, including Elijah Wood and Ian McKellen
• Easter egg: MTV Movie Award Spoof (The Council of Elrod)
• Costa Botes Documentary: The Fellowship of the Ring: Behind the Scenes (on DVD)
• The Appendices (on DVD)
o Part 1: From Book to Vision
Peter Jackson introduction
J.R.R. Tolkien: Creator of Middle Earth
From Book to Script
Visualizing the Story
Designing and Building Middle Earth
Middle Earth atlas interactive
o Part 2: From Vision to Reality
Elijah Wood introduction
Filming The Fellowship of the Ring
Visual effects
Post-production: Putting it all together
Digital Grading
Sound and music
The Road Goes Ever On...
The Two Towers
• Commentaries:
o Writer-director Peter Jackson and writers Fran Walsh and Philippa Boyens
o Design team
o Production/post-production team
• Sixteen cast members, including Elijah Wood, Sean Astin, Andy Serkis, John Rhys-Davies, Orlando Bloom, Christopher Lee, Bernard Hill, and Miranda Otto
• Easter Egg: MTV Movie Awards clip (Gollum accepting award)
• Costa Botes documentary: The Two Towers: Behind the Scenes (on DVD)
• The Appendices (on DVD)
o Part 3: The Journey Continues
Peter Jackson introduction
J.R.R. Tolkien: Origin of Middle Earth
From Book to Script: Finding a Story
Designing and Building Middle-Earth
Gollum
Middle-Earth Atlas interactive
New Zealand as Middle Earth (map with video location)
o Part 4: The Battle for Middle Earth
Elijah Wood introduction
Filming The Two Towers
Visual effects
Editorial: Refining the Story
Music and Sound
The Battle for Helm's Deep is Over
The Return of the King
• Commentaries:
o Writer-director Peter Jackson and writers Fran Walsh and Philippa Boyens
o Design team
o Production/post-production team
• Costa Botes documentary: The Return of the King: Behind the Scenes (on DVD)
• The Appendices (on DVD)
o Part 5: The War of the Ring
Peter Jackson Intro
J.R.R. Tolkien: The Legacy of Middle-earth
From Book to Script
Designing and Building Middle-earth
Home of the Horse Lords
Middle-earth Atlas: Tracing the Journeys of the Fellowship: interactive map
New Zealand as Middle-earth: interactive map with on-location footage
o Part 6: The Passing of an Age
Elijah Wood/Sean Astin/Billy Boyd/Dominic Monaghan intro
Filming The Return of the King
Visual Effects
Post Production: Journey's End
The Passing of an Age
Cameron Duncan
Last edited by E Unit; 03-16-11 at 07:59 AM.
#130
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Re: Lord of the Rings Extended Edition out in 2011
Supposedly to be released in June. Sucks it's all DVD except for the movies.
http://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=6027
http://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=6027
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Re: Lord of the Rings Extended Edition out in 2011
Can you quote all the times you've been right about LOTR?
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It's just lazy of them to re-use old discs. All of the extras available could have been fit (in SD) onto two Blu-ray discs max, thus, saving some space, and some disc-swapping. They would also have Blu-ray's protective coating on the discs. I don't mind SD extras at all, but for a franchise title like this, it's pathetic to just include the old, already-released DVDs.
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It's just lazy of them to re-use old discs. All of the extras available could have been fit (in SD) onto two Blu-ray discs max, thus, saving some space, and some disc-swapping. They would also have Blu-ray's protective coating on the discs. I don't mind SD extras at all, but for a franchise title like this, it's pathetic to just include the old, already-released DVDs.
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It appears in the pictures that each movie comes in a standard-sized Blu-Ray case.
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I don't think Amazon created that picture showing 15 discs. Looks to be set in stone.
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Ehh, I wouldn't be surprised. Season 3 of Star Trek: TOS comes in a blu-ray case that's basically normal thickness and that's six discs.
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I wish they had a barebones movie-only version of the extended set, since I'm probably not selling my DVDs; it's kind of double-wasted space.
Oh well. I'll buy day 1 anyway.
Oh well. I'll buy day 1 anyway.
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Re: Lord of the Rings Extended Edition out in 2011
I really don't care if they include all previous extras on DVDs in SD. All I care about is getting all 3 extended cuts on BD - with spectacular transfers and audio - for a price lower than $50.
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To answer my own question. It has just been anounced that this will be released in the UK the same day as in the US. No price as yet.
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Re: Lord of the Rings Extended Edition out in 2011
Blu-ray.com sez:
"Confirming earlier reports (see Blu-ray.com, January 14, March 7 and March 16), Warner Home Video has officially announced the Blu-ray release of the extended version of The Lord of the Rings: The Motion Picture Trilogy for June 28. This three-movie collection will be presented in a 15-disc set (6 BDs, 9 DVDs), packaged in multi-disc elite packaging inside a premium rigid slipcase, with an SRP of $119.98. Each movie will be split across two discs. Audio will be 6.1 DTS-HD Master Audio. The Fellowship of the Ring has been remastered from the original 2k digital files.
"This latest tidbit will be welcome news, as the first installment of the trilogy had been controversial among reviewers and enthusiasts alike because of its inferior picture quality, allegedly related to the use of an older master."
"Confirming earlier reports (see Blu-ray.com, January 14, March 7 and March 16), Warner Home Video has officially announced the Blu-ray release of the extended version of The Lord of the Rings: The Motion Picture Trilogy for June 28. This three-movie collection will be presented in a 15-disc set (6 BDs, 9 DVDs), packaged in multi-disc elite packaging inside a premium rigid slipcase, with an SRP of $119.98. Each movie will be split across two discs. Audio will be 6.1 DTS-HD Master Audio. The Fellowship of the Ring has been remastered from the original 2k digital files.
"This latest tidbit will be welcome news, as the first installment of the trilogy had been controversial among reviewers and enthusiasts alike because of its inferior picture quality, allegedly related to the use of an older master."
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Haha. They remastered it. Now many will just have to double-dip thanks to the crappy job they did on the Theatrical Cut. Just classic.
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Re: Lord of the Rings Extended Edition out in 2011
I'm glad about the remastering but disappointed each film will be spread across two discs. I was hoping that, unlike the DVD releases, each film would be presented on one disc each without the tacked on intermissions.