ew Lord of the Rings DVDs in August

[ProductionMusic]

New Line Home Entertainment will release two-disc "Limited Edition" sets of "The Fellowship of the Ring," "The Two Towers" and "The Return of the King" with an exclusive behind-the-scenes documentary on August 29:

For each film, disc one presents both the theatrical version of the film and its extended edition through 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.

Stay tuned here for when you can pre-order the sets.

http://www.comingsoon.net/news/topnews.php?id=15082

 

[블라스]

More useless double-dipping.
I love these movies like you would't believe, but I'll just stick to my 3 Extended Edition DVD sets.

 

[O'Haire]

More useless double-dipping.
I love these movies like you would't believe, but I'll just stick to my 3 Extended Edition DVD sets.

Same. What I have is good enough for me.

 

[amazingfantasy15]

How can there be an additional 300 minutes of bonus material, each movie has two discs full already. I realize they were there for almost two years, but they covered pretty much everything important and unimportant already. Also, there's gotta be a drop in quality for the EE's of the movies if it's only on one disc.

 

[CConn]

I still haven't gotten the extended editions, so I may get these.

 

[블라스]

I still haven't gotten the extended editions, so I may get these.

Dude, even with the new releases, the Extended Editions will probably be a better buy.
The movies are split in 2 discs, because they are very long, plus they have very good commentaries.

And the extras do cover EVERYTHING and are very rewatchable.
I doubt the transfers in these new versions are going to be that good, since they will be crammed in 1 disc.

If these new releases have good extras, I'll rent them and make a copy of the 2nd. disc and keep them, that's it.

I am done with double dipping. Piracy, here I come.

 

[Timstuff]

I already have as much LOTR DVD goodness as I'll ever need. I'll wait for the HD Blu-Ray release, thank you.

 

[imdaly]

I already own all 3 Theatrical DVDs, and all 3 Extended Edition DVDs.

Only time I'll ever buy them again is when they come out on HD-DVD


Sorry, Timstuff...New Line is in the HD-DVD camp

 

[Speedball]

More useless double-dipping.
I love these movies like you would't believe, but I'll just stick to my 3 Extended Edition DVD sets.

Me too. I have both versions, and don't really watch the original ones at all.

 

[Gamma Ray]

Why couldn't they put the extended versions on 1 DVD for the original sets? I hate having to replace the disc.

 

[Speedball]

Why couldn't they put the extended versions on 1 DVD for the original sets? I hate having to replace the disc.

Yeah, i don't get that either. they would fit on one disc without any extra stuff.

 

[Kent]

The only thing that makes this tempting for me is that the entire film is on one disc, so I wouldn't have to change discs half-way through each damn time. But I guess image-quality has been compromised instead...

 

[Steelsheen]

i need to know a bit more about that "never before seen documentary".

 

[Asr]

You guys know the primary reason the EEs were split onto two discs was because of FOUR audio commentaries, right? Audio takes up a ****ton of space.

So I wouldn't worry about the video transfer.

 

[Rac]

I think I pick these when they're on sale.

 

[Spidey-Bat]

I still haven't gotten the extended editions, so I may get these.

Get the extended. They're only $20 now.

 

[Gamma Ray]

You guys know the primary reason the EEs were split onto two discs was because of FOUR audio commentaries, right? Audio takes up a ****ton of space.

I wish they put the complete films on one disc and then the complete commentaries on another.

 

[Darthphere]

I wish they put the complete films on one disc and then the complete commentaries on another.

If you dont know why that is ******ed than youre a lost cause.

 

[Tsunulia]

The only thing that makes this tempting for me is that the entire film is on one disc, so I wouldn't have to change discs half-way through each damn time. But I guess image-quality has been compromised instead...

That annoys the crap outta me. I'm already comfy, in the dark, haven't moved in a hour and a half, then I gotta get up, can't see, almost fall over from the sudden head rush from the lethargy, change discs, sit back down, and then realize I gotta go to the bathroom. Try to find the remote, find the pause button, find the light switch, and so on.........

 

[CConn]

Dude, even with the new releases, the Extended Editions will probably be a better buy.
The movies are split in 2 discs, because they are very long, plus they have very good commentaries.

And the extras do cover EVERYTHING and are very rewatchable.
I doubt the transfers in these new versions are going to be that good, since they will be crammed in 1 disc.

If these new releases have good extras, I'll rent them and make a copy of the 2nd. disc and keep them, that's it.

I am done with double dipping. Piracy, here I come.

Except I almost never watch extras, and I can't seem to bare to spend 90 bucks on 3 movies I already own.

However...

Get the extended. They're only $20 now.

If they're $20, I'll just get them.

 

[Spidey-Bat]

Here's a boxed set of the extended versions.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0..._1_1/002-2332884-6483255?s=dvd&v=glance&n=130

You could also just get the set $40 "Used & New" if you're not that big on special features. If you liked the movies, it's not a bad buy.

 

[블라스]

However...
If they're $20, I'll just get them.

There you go

 

[Morg]

More useless double-dipping.
I love these movies like you would't believe, but I'll just stick to my 3 Extended Edition DVD sets.

I agree, enough with the special editions crap