Comments on: The Lord of the Rings: Limited Extended Edition up for Pre-Order

By: StaticChu

StaticChu — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 17:26:01 +0000

In reply to Xilpaxim. You're not reading the entire listing, FotR has 30 minutes added, TTT has 43 minutes added, and finally RotK has 50 minutes added. All this appears to be the same footage added to the Extended Edition DVDs, the only difference here appears to be a couple new special features and of course the fact that it is in glorious 1080P.

By: Terry Letourneau

Terry Letourneau — Thu, 10 Mar 2011 02:22:12 +0000

In reply to Letodan. Don't forget the 3D versions. lol

By: OMGuy

OMGuy — Wed, 09 Mar 2011 10:41:00 +0000

Looks really nice. I like the packaging. But still I don’t have a blu-ray player or a HD tv so I’m still perfectly happy with my glorious DVD set of the extended editions.

By: Opinionbot

Opinionbot — Tue, 08 Mar 2011 23:38:08 +0000

In reply to Peter.

My take of the Extended Editions:

The extended edition of The Two Towers is absolutely essential, it’s so much more satisfying that the theatrical release in every way. I can’t even bare to watch the theatrical release any more.

The e.e. of Fellowship has a certain gravitas that was lacking in the theatrical release, and I do consider it to be the better cut, but its not essential. Having said that, I’m also one of the rare geeks that wasn’t terribly impressed with the original Fellowship when it was released back in 1999. I’ve always considered it the weakest link in the series.

The e.e. of Return of the King, despite having the most extra footage, actually feels the most slight of the three. There is only one additional scene in the film that I really enjoyed, and that’s The Mouth of Sauron. The confrontation with Saruman was poorly staged and poorly acted; Jackson was right to cut it out of the film (though it should have been re-shot).

By: Xilpaxim

Xilpaxim — Tue, 08 Mar 2011 18:43:06 +0000

What does limited extended edition mean? 30 minutes added to the entire series seems sort of short of what the extended editions were. Or is this 30 minutes added to the extended editions? Checking Amazon, the regular series was 557 minutes, extended edition 681 minutes. That is 2 hours difference, not 30 minutes.

By: Letodan

Letodan — Tue, 08 Mar 2011 15:04:33 +0000

Ok… First this new set… Then, there will be a set with The Hobbit combined with LOTR, standard set… And then, we will get The Hobbit extended edition… and then, FINALLY, The hobbit extended edition WITH LOTR extended edition… Many years to wait until then… so, 1080p HD will be something of the past then… a new format with better resolution will be at it’s beginning… so, we will wait again… Damn… I will never see the end of it!

By: Peter

Peter — Tue, 08 Mar 2011 09:25:27 +0000

I hate the extended editions. Especially the first movie is just way too long, they never seem to get out of Shire.

By: knossis

knossis — Tue, 08 Mar 2011 04:56:02 +0000

Good job Rodney, I’ve been waiting on this for some time! I haven’t bought any of the extended editions, just holding out for the ultimate version and this may be it.

By: Geir

Geir — Tue, 08 Mar 2011 00:03:02 +0000

Can’t wait!

But, will there be any new content or is it basically like the SE DVD’s, except the films will be in 1080p HD?

By: Zach

Zach — Mon, 07 Mar 2011 22:35:11 +0000

Yeah they’ll release the LOTR trilogy along with the hobbit extended blu in one package in a true ultimate set. I’ll wait till then.

By: Danny

Danny — Mon, 07 Mar 2011 22:08:44 +0000

I may actually finally invest in a bluray plyer…