Lord of the Rings extended

[Wayde Robson]

Anyone picking this up?

This is week it's released so I'm sure places like Best Buy and Future Shop in Canada have a special on it. Apparently it has 15 discs... that's a big deal!

 

[its phillip]

I plan on getting it later

 

[j_garcia]

Mine arrived yesterday. Won't be able to watch them until the weekend.

http://forums.audioholics.com/forums/showthread.php?t=73012&highlight=lotr

 

[zhimbo]

Mine should be arriving today. As for 15 discs...I'm slightly peeved that they didn't consolidate the DVD onto fewer Blu Ray discs (A bunch of those DVDs duplicate what I already own), but that didn't slow me down one bit in ordering it.

 

[darien87]

It's still in my cart at Amazon. I see the set went down to $69.99. That's not too bad.

 

[jliedeka]

I got my set yesterday. Haven't watched any yet.

Jim

 

[zhimbo]

Well here's a nice little benefit - the 15 disc Blu Ray set takes up a heck of a lot less space than the 12 DVDs in the 3 extended editions:

 

[bikemig]

which version?

I was a little confused as to the differences between the different versions. If you scroll down this page on Amazon, there is a pretty good chart showing the different versions, http://www.amazon.com/Lord-Rings-Picture-Trilogy-Extended/dp/B0026L7H20/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1309448112&sr=8-1. I don't even own a blu ray player but I may have to buy one for LOTR,

 

[sholling]

I'll have to set aside a day or at leasta few evening to watch this.

 

[j_garcia]

Last time I watched the EEs on DVD, it took ~4 days, about 3hrs an evening. With no special features. I don't intend to watch all of them in one go this time though. When I had my broken leg and had some time on my hands, I was actually able to pick through most of that extra stuff.

Well here's a nice little benefit - the 15 disc Blu Ray set takes up a heck of a lot less space than the 12 DVDs in the 3 extended editions:

Gotta have the box for the whole set for those EE DVDs They sent it to you free if you mailed in the coupon.

For one thing, I am expecting not to have to switch discs half way through the movies either....so hopefully the films are one single discs? Anyone know yet? Mine are at my house, but I am not.

 

[its phillip]

I wish they would just sell a 3 disc set though. I never watch the special features.

 

[j_garcia]

I wish they would just sell a 3 disc set though. I never watch the special features.

Just like the EEs on DVD, that won't happen. You'll have to rent them to get that.

 

[its phillip]

Yeah, I know. It's still lame. They release the theatrical editions, and then make people wait months for the extended editions for whatever reason. They may as well make people wait a few more months and just sell a stripped down EE set. Of course, I don't believe that will ever happen, so I'll just end up buying this set. $70 is a good price, but I wouldn't mind paying $45 for just the three movies

 

[Jacksmyname]

For one thing, I am expecting not to have to switch discs half way through the movies either....so hopefully the films are one single discs? Anyone know yet? Mine are at my house, but I am not.

Each film is spread out over two discs.

 

[j_garcia]

Each film is spread out over two discs.

Damnit!!

 

[AVRat]

I was also hoping for single disc movies, but I guess there's just too much data with these longer versions.

 

[jliedeka]

I watched Fellowship last night. I thought the picture looked great and the sound was incredible. I'm not in any hurry to watch the extras since they are the same as the DVD set and I watched them already.

Jim

 

[j_garcia]

I actually was not impressed with the PQ. It does look good, but the changes made to it are a bit noticeable at times. There is apparently a whole controversy over the fact that color changes were made over the entire EE set. The official statement is that this was done intentionally as well. It doesn't take away anything IMO, but I did notice it before I even looked into discussions about the PQ (also only Fellowship so far).

The audio is excellent

 

[Wayde Robson]

I could definitely see the 'green' layer added and that it's a bit darker. It's got more of a theatrical look, not trying to be too "torch-mode" friendly.

I like it, picture and sound quality are amazing. I've only watched select scenes from Two Towers and Fellowship. I'll get around to a start-to-finish viewing soon.

 

[skizzerflake]

I actually was not impressed with the PQ. It does look good, but the changes made to it are a bit noticeable at times. There is apparently a whole controversy over the fact that color changes were made over the entire EE set. The official statement is that this was done intentionally as well. It doesn't take away anything IMO, but I did notice it before I even looked into discussions about the PQ (also only Fellowship so far).

The audio is excellent

I looked at part of a borrowed BD and I was not that impressed with the visuals. It appeared that the digital FX in the movie were more visible than in the lower resolution DVD version. I loved the movies, but probably will stick with the DVDs until they release a one-box BD version without all the "making of" stuff, which I already had in the DVD version and probably will never watch.