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This Just In...The Lord of the Rings Extended Edition Blu-Ray Set
THE LORD OF THE RINGS EXTENDED EDITIONS (Blu-Ray)
I'll give you one guess as to what I've been doing over my July 4th weekend. No, not scarfing down every burger in sight...okay, well, that too, but the MAIN thing I've been doing is fully immersing in this ultimate (until the next ultimate-ier) version of Peter Jackson's masterpiece. If you need to to make yourself feel better, make whatever jokes you will about gay hobbits or multiple endings, your snark is irrelevant; this trilogy of films got J.R.R. Tolkien's defining fantasy series so perfectly that the only thing that makes me sad about it (other than when it ends...moar please!) is that Tolkien didn't live to see his works treated with such reverence. For your less serious fantasy fan, I guess the theatrical cuts will do well enough, but if you're the type of fan, like myself, who sometimes discovers tears running down their face autonomically in reaction to the sheer beauty on display at points, then no Director's cuts that have ever been more essential than these.
Running at over 12 hours (if that's intimidating, look at it as the best miniseries ever made), my twice yearly watching commitment of the films (at least) is an event made even more appealing by the significantly upgraded sound and image here. Despite a bit of color correcting controversy on "The Fellowship of the Ring" (Jackson claims the subtle tinting throughout added was intentional, but some serious fans question this), these films have never, ever looked better; colors dazzle, armor shines, blacks have never been more absolutely dark...frickin' beautiful. Even better though (at least to me, although I can't speak for my neighbors) is the upgraded audio which may be the most perfect HD upgrade yet. There's absolutely no point in buying and watching this new set if you're not running it through surround at top volume. Teeth-rattling clarity throughout, and of course, who doesn't want to hear the strains of Howard Shore's amazing, stirring, heart-rending score at the pinnacle of quality? That's a rhetorical question, because if the answer is you, I don't care. Geeking out here people, give me room.
The fantastic upgrades of the films should be enough alone to purchase this new set, but for those who are wondering about that giant collection of extra features that accompanied the original DVD extended editions, fear not: all are included here, including the much more personal Costa Botes documentaries, originally found only with the "Limited Editions" dvd set released in 2006. The bad news is, it's all still in SD, some of it, even the Costa Botes docs, and even worse, not anamorphic, which is a pretty big oversight, if you ask me, but it's not like the bonus features in this set is what I'm going to be re-watching over and over again.
For now, Jackson and Co have released what is unquestionably the best version available of the most successful critically, financially, and award-winning, trilogy of films ever made. Having seen the list of scenes STILL not included in these even-more-expanded cuts, and aware of the existence of not included bonuses, like Elijah Wood's audition tape he sent to Jackson to ask for the role of Frodo, I think I can say with some confidence that this won't be the last edition of these films we'll be seeing soon, and with Jackson's "Hobbit" prequels on the near horizon, I'd highly suspect that a well timed release of a supah-ultimate extended trilogy edition to be in the re-tooling stages as I type. And hell, whenever Jackson's next project doesn't do as well as he'd hoped and he decides he's going to film a "Silmarillion" trilogy, I'd guess a supah-ultimate-mega-fantastic extended trilogy edition to be on the horizon. But it's not like anything else new is going to make these any more perfect for me. "The Lord of the Rings Extended Editions" on Blu-Ray is my PICK OF THE YEAR. Fuck yes.
--CLICK HERE TO BUY The Lord of the Rings: The Motion Picture Trilogy (Extended Edition...
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Comment by Cyrus on July 7, 2011 at 2:04am
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Didn't bother me, but I'm not as picky as some. Not denigrating them for feeling that way, just saying.
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Comment by Hawkeyes on July 6, 2011 at 4:24pm -
YES. Thank you for the appreciation Cyrus, I also share the amount of love for these films. When watching the movies, you slowly forget about the real world around you, and become completely immersed in the LOTR universe. It's a feeling no other movies have accomplished for me, and it is why Return of the King is my favorite movie of all time.
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Comment by Yourbigpalal83 on July 6, 2011 at 12:52pm -
I just bought this set, the superman anthology set and the Star Trek next generation set, plus quite a few other blu rays and have yet to watch any of them all but i plan on a viewing of the lord of the rings box set sometime soon.
As for the color change, As long as its the directors Intent and purpose, it doesnt bother me one bit, as i still have and plan on keeping both my theratical editions of the trilogy on blu ray, and the Extended editions DVD box set as well.
Ive never been one of those uptight film buffs purists where if a director of his film, suddleny desides to change aspects of it years later, to get into an uproar or major debate over minor issues.
Even the star wars trilogy, which at this point has been re edited and changed and upgraded so much its nearly impossable to keep up with, as long as the narative is basicly the same, my big question is..."WHO REALLY CARES" I mean, does it make any real diffrence in the overall story in the slightest if theres some CGI backround work done or what ever? Honestly?
I say a director, has every single right to change his film how ever he dam well feels like!
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Comment by Nick Kroboth (Herr Daimyo) on July 6, 2011 at 11:55am -
oh snap FINNALY. I have been waiting for a while for the extended cuts to be on blu-ray. This is the trilogy that got me into film, its the pinnacle of just what a movie can become and IMO is the best franchise ever. So I guess its time to head over to target.
... TO THE BATMOBILE!
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Comment by Kane52630 on July 6, 2011 at 9:47am -
Here is where you can see what the big fuss is about with the green tint.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vwcm-73kZE8&feature=player_embedded
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Comment by MavenCree on July 6, 2011 at 5:47am -
Dang - was hoping the behind the scenes would've been upgraded too. Still gonna buy, but honestly, over the last 10 years, I've watched the Cameras in Middle Earth segments more than I've watched the actual movies. If I have a project I'm working on all day, or doing a full house overhaul cleaning, there's nothing better to have on the tv. (Yes, the tv must always be on in my house - shuddup.)
I'm glad those Limited Edition extras are included here. Something new! Pete's awesome. You want people to buy and not download - this is how you do it. Money's worth.
WIN.
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Comment by Blackbear on July 5, 2011 at 11:05pm -
I stopped buying disc media once I got netflix but since I love LOTR so much I might actually pick this up.
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Comment by Scream Man on July 5, 2011 at 8:47pm -
Cyrus quick question if i may:
Are these versions extended further from the Extended sets released on DVD? Your line "Having seen the list of scenes STILL not included in these even-more-expanded cuts..." made me wonde rif this is extended further than the original extendeds were.
Cheers mate
Craig
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Comment by nkWhiteStar on July 5, 2011 at 6:57pm -
Forgot to ask you Cyrus, did you find the back sleeve to the boxset rather... poorly designed?
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Comment by Mister Steel on July 5, 2011 at 6:43pm -
Getting oral surgery in two weeks, plan to sit down on my week off of work recovery time and watch every single piece of this set. Fantastic review too, by the way.
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