LOTR: Two Towers

[efarstad]

Hey Guys...I notice preorders have begun for a 2-disc edition. Think they'll come out with a supped-up 4-disc edition like the last LOTR? Greedy little movie-mongals! :twisted: But darn smart...

Just curious if I have to tell my wife we'll be having two copies of the next movie like the first!

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[David Meek]

E, depends on your need for instant gratification. Personally, I'll be waiting on the super-duper-supreme-el-gonzo edition in November/December. I bought both sets last time and looking back, should have waited.




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[Lex]

I am probably in the should have waited camp myself. Will I wait next time? Hard to say for sure.

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[efarstad]

So it's confirmed they are going to do the same thing...release the super-duper version a few months later? I can't find info on that anywhere...what say you Masters?

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[Burke Strickland]

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While we are waiting for the "Masters" to respond :>), the official "Lord of the Rings" movie site says there will be a four disc Platinum Edition released in November. http://www.lordoftherings.net/index_400_hv_home.html

Click on "Special Extended DVD Edition Coming November 18th! Click Here" and the following information pops up:

The New Line Platinum Series™ The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers Special Extended DVD Edition inlcudes never-before-seen footage, special features and more!
DVD 4-disc set with 43 minutes of new and extended
scenes added to the film (also available on VHS)
2 bonus discs of all-new special features

(Any misspellings in the quote were copied from the original.) :>)

Of course, as you already know, the "standard" theatrical cut will be released August 26. I kind of like having both editions in my collection. For one thing, although I liked the extended cut of "Fellowship of the Rings", there have been enough other movies where I felt the extra footage in an extended version watered down the original, so it is sort of a "safety net" to have both. Also, the "extras" will be different on the two editions, and LOTR is one set of movies where I actually view the supplemental material! :>)

Enjoy!

Burke

[Andrew Pratt]

I'll do what I did the first time and rent it when it comes out then buy the 4 disc set later

[efarstad]

Ah, thanks! The blonde one, me, for some reason had trouble finding THE OFFICIAL website...there's tons of LOTR websites out there! Thanks Master Burke!

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[efarstad]

WAIT! No DTS-ES????

Me thinks it will be on the Extended 4-disc version....? Probably too soon for full specs on that dics...but like Master Burke said...two copies are groovy too! Just like the first movie, I'll keep one at the cabin and one at home...that way we can LOTR wherever we go! :-y

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[Aeromos]

Thanks for answering a question I've had Burke (indirectly). I've always wondered if the 4 disc set had the short version as well. It looks like I'll have to get both sets for LOTR and LOTR: The Two Towers. It's too bad they just don't include both versions in one set. We all know they'd rather do it in stages though, so that they can maximize on $$$ they make.




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[Danbry39]

I didn't wait for the extended version on LOTR's I, but I'm definitely going to wait this time. Supposedly, the extra footage weaves the different plot threads together a lot better than the theatrical release. I won't even rent the initial version, but will just patiently wait.




Keith

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I'm with you on that one, Keith.




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[Eduardo]

I'm waiting and getting the Extended Edition.

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00009TB5G/ref=pd_ser_asin_2/002-8131575-4007255?v=glance&s=dvd

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[Chris D]

Me personally, I'm waiting until all three movies are released on DVD before buying one. I'm guessing that they'll release a set including all three that will be the end-all set of the series.

I think the only movies like this that I haven't consciously waited to buy the entire collection together has been star wars. I'm even waiting with the Matrix Reloaded, and you know what a fan I am of the Matrix movies.




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[Burke Strickland]

I'm waiting until all three movies are released on DVD before buying one.

Do what feels right for you, but I guess that depends on how badly you want to watch the movies at home before August of 2004. I prefer to have them as soon as available, and in both the theatrical cut and the extended editions. (I've already watched LOTR: FOTR several times each -- although I'll admit that the theatrical cut has sat on the shelf after the EE replaced it in my DVD jukebox.)

I'm guessing that they'll release a set including all three that will be the end-all set of the series.

I've read at least one interview where Peter Jackson asserted that, collectively, the original and EE for each movie were "it" -- that there wasn't going to be a "super set" of all three movies that superceded all those that preceded it. Now the studio execs may "get creative" and bundle all the discs previously available in all the separate releases, but that wouldn't be an enticing "buy" for the loyal fans who had already been rewarded with the riches of the previous editions.

I enjoy the movies enough that I want to see them from time to time before the whole series is out on DVD, and there is enough interesting supplemental material in the editions we've seen so far that even if they do decide to put together a "super set", I'll already have enough in hand, having bought the theatrical and extended editions of all three, to feel "fulfilled" as a fan of the movies. But if you do wait, and they do issue a "super set", at least it would presumably be in some kind of "collector" packaging that wouldn't be in the hands of anyone who didn't buy that set, even if the contents were the same as what went before.

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[Brandon B]

We all know they'd rather do it in stages though, so that they can maximize on $$$ they make.

Actually, I'd give them a little credit (probably Jackson, not Newline) in that they announced far in advance what the two versions would be and what would be on them, so no one is duped into buying the theatrical version only to be surprised by the extended version coming soon after. They also are only separated by 3 months in their release dates. Also also, ALL of the supplemental material is different, no duplication from one version to the other.

Hard to ask for much more than that. Considering Jackson is overseeing and creating some of the supplemental stuff for the EE while he COMPLETING THE NEXT MOVIE, I think he's being extremely supportive of fans of his films to get them out at all in this time frame. Lucas takes 3 years per movie, and can't be bothered to eve release a bare bones Star Wars set because "he doesn't have time" (and 'cuz he's got a whole mess of monkeying with them left to do). Not that he's a meaningful example to contrast with.

BB

[Brandon B]

Oh, and I will of course have to buy both versions in order to stay married, as well as friends with some of our neighbors.
Probably the "gift" set of the second version, with whatever sort of knick knack it comes with (sandstone Helm's Deep?)

BB

[Gordon Moore]

Guess I'm all alone. I only care for the theatrical release. It's the version I saw and the version I want to remember. It's a guarantee that they will do the same for Return of the King. It's almost like they shoot 2 movies, one for the silver screen and one for the DVD.

I don't really care for this "taking a second crack at it" stuff. If the plots are better woven together because you undid some of the editing or re-edited, re-inserted..maybe the release schedule should back off so the director and the editors get it right the first time. The Abyss is one of the few movies where I really like the director's cut better...a lot better.Okay gripping over.

At least they give the public a choice in 2 versions. The other advantage is that if you hold off long enough...then the movie version becomes available at a substantial price cut on the used market cuz everyone is dumping the theatrical release to pick up the EE....which works out great for moi

Personally, I prefer the T2 Special Edition approach (where the addtional scenes are branched...too bad they can't perfect that method...or they don't want to because they make more coin releasing multiple sets.... ).




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[Brandon B]

Actually, in Peter Jackson's case, it is very definitely not a "second crack". He made an agreement with New Line prior to the release that he would cut down the length of the theatrical release strictly to keep the run time at about 3 hours, with the specific understanding that they would, in each case release the longer version of the movie he intended on DVD prior to the release of the subsequent film, so that viewers would have the chance to view the complete movie, including plot points he thought necessary for the next film.

BB