Lord of the Rings in Blu-Ray

[The Ween]

The Amazon reviews are plain stupid. If you want the EE, thats great. But does the whole world need to know. You cant even read a real review about the new bluray release without going through hundreds of stupid "I want the EE " Every site I go to its the same thing.

Click on the reviews with more than one star, you can usually find some that will break the films down.

I have to do this with about any movie release, you have to look through alot of crap to find an honest review on it because so many review it before it's even released.

 

[theguru1]

Just to add a little more fuel to the fire. I saw these, as separate disc's in my local DVD/Blu-ray shop, all sitting on the shelves next to each other.

No where on any of the packaging did it say they were the TE versions, it was just LOTR-FOTR, etc, etc.

What they did have, was a sticker on the front, in larger type saying 'Extended Edition', which under it, in much smaller type, it was talking how the extended part is an extra DVD with some extra features on it.

No doubt, that's crystal clear advertising......

 

[RoboDad]

I don't know what you saw, but whatever it was, it wasn't official New Line packaging. The films are not currently available separately. At least, no where that I have looked, either online or in local stores. This sounds much more like something that was done by your "local DVD/Blu-ray shop".

 

[theguru1]

I can assure you it was official and not something just made up locally. It looked and cost just like this: https://www.ezydvd.com.au/item.zml/811254

But with the extra "Extended Edition" sticker on the cover.

You have noticed I'm in Australia?

 

[RoboDad]

I did know you are in Australia (I could tell by your accent ), but I was under the impression that the films (at least for this release) were only being sold as a set in all regions. However, my point is still valid. New Line isn't distributing the BDs in Australia, Roadshow is. I confess that I know nothing about this company, but they do appear to be rather incompetent, if they allowed product to be produced with such a stupid and glaring misstatement. If there is a problem to be addressed, it is clearly with them, not with New Line.

But be that as it may, I fail to understand the point of continuing this debate. Whether you like it or not (and you obviously do not), the EEs are not out now, and won't be for some time. The TEs, however, are out now, and the pleases many of us. Would I like to have the EEs as well? Of course. Does the fact that I can "only" watch the TEs for now make me angry or bitter? Not at all.

 

[theguru1]

I've not seen them as a single box-set down here, no idea why.
Roadshow are a major distributor for DVD/Blu-ray down here, may even be the main one. So while it's not New Line, this is official, it's not some backyard black-market parallel import deal or anything. If New Line (isn't it WB now?) said you can't sell single disc, then we would have box sets too.

Still, enough is enough, I'm done.

 

[The Ween]

I've not seen them as a single box-set down here, no idea why.
Roadshow are a major distributor for DVD/Blu-ray down here, may even be the main one. So while it's not New Line, this is official, it's not some backyard black-market parallel import deal or anything. If New Line (isn't it WB now?) said you can't sell single disc, then we would have box sets too.

Still, enough is enough, I'm done.

That's strange that you Aussies can't get the box set. Usually it's the other way around and people outside the US can get some pretty neat box sets where we can't.

I'm not even sure they're going to put the TE's out seperately here. I wouldn't know why anyone would want them seperately anyway.

 

[Anubis]

That's strange that you Aussies can't get the box set. Usually it's the other way around and people outside the US can get some pretty neat box sets where we can't.

I'm not even sure they're going to put the TE's out seperately here. I wouldn't know why anyone would want them seperately anyway.

I'm still on the fence so I haven't bought these yet, but I want them seperately because seperately the cases are normal size, but in the box set they are slimmer, which will throw off my blu-ray display.

That's sad isn't it...

 

[Valarauko]

It wasn't until Christmas of 2005 that I came to LOTR (I received the EE box set as a gift) but I was wondering about something. Did the powers-that-be release (1) the TE's on DVD then (2) the EE's, followed by (3) both versions together in one package? It seems like, when I went looking for an all-in-one package in early '06, it was not yet available. If that is in fact the order in which things were done then maybe they're doing the same thing with blue-ray?

I noticed something else over the weekend. When I was watching my FOTR TE DVD on my new computer, it appeared crystal-clear, like I was watching it at a higher resolution than on my (non HD) Sony TV. I then tried it with the EE version and it was definitely less sharp, even a bit blurry in some spots. I proceeded to check out TTT & ROTK in both versions and again, the TE's were much sharper than the EE's - strange?

 

[The Ween]

I don't know how much this will help you, but I was trying to find a list of all releases and this is the best I could do.

https://dvdlist.kazart.com/queryDVD...ort2=year&sort2by=ASC&sort3=genre&sort3by=ASC

 

[theguru1]

Did the powers-that-be release (1) the TE's on DVD then (2) the EE's, followed by (3) both versions together in one package?

Yes, that was pretty much how it went. Thing was tho, as each TE version of the film was released (a few months after initial cinema release), it was already know that an EE version was coming and that it would be released before the next film was due in the cinema.
Then once it was all done and over with, they did the combined box sets, etc.

PJ actually had this agreement in place, since in the case of TTT, he was going to show/reference some of the gifts from Galadriel, but that scene wasn't in the TE version (at least not all of it). So he needs the EE version of FOTR to be out for a month or two, before the TE version of TTT hit the cinema's.

 

[thenammagazine]

I'm still on the fence so I haven't bought these yet, but I want them seperately because seperately the cases are normal size, but in the box set they are slimmer, which will throw off my blu-ray display.

That's sad isn't it...

I share your OCD. I used to cut the cardboard cases to fit as jewel case inserts. Did the same thing for CDs too.

 

[El Skutto]

I'm still on the fence so I haven't bought these yet, but I want them seperately because seperately the cases are normal size, but in the box set they are slimmer, which will throw off my blu-ray display.

That's sad isn't it...

I don't know about other regions, but the NA movies all come in a single, only slightly-thicker than normal (like, 1mm) blu-ray case, with the digital copies in a separate, regular-sized blu-ray case. They don't use the ultra-slim cases like in the Matrix collection.

 

[Anubis]

I don't know about other regions, but the NA movies all come in a single, only slightly-thicker than normal (like, 1mm) blu-ray case, with the digital copies in a separate, regular-sized blu-ray case. They don't use the ultra-slim cases like in the Matrix collection.

Nah, the ones over here are like I said: each movie has a seperate, but slimmer case, which slip into the cardboard box, but it sounds like it varies everywhere.

 

[Darth Madden]

I'm still on the fence so I haven't bought these yet, but I want them seperately because seperately the cases are normal size, but in the box set they are slimmer, which will throw off my blu-ray display.

That's sad isn't it...

Can't you just buy a bunch of empty "normal" cases and switch them out?

 

[Anubis]

Can't you just buy a bunch of empty "normal" cases and switch them out?

Ya know I never actually thought of that!

 

[Valarauko]

Thanks to those of you who answered my inquiry regarding the order of the original releases of LOTR TE's & EE's, I really appreciate it!

Now for another question. I'm gearing up to step into the modern age and purchase an HDTV and BluRay player. I've looked at and compared so many different models that I'm getting confused. Have you all found that, the smaller the screen size (say approx. 35" and smaller), the less of a difference one can see between 720p and 1080p? I've read that, with large screens and/or being further away from the screen, one really needs the 1080p to get the additional benefit.

Oh, almost forgot, I sit approx. 7' to 8' from my television.

 

[Michael Crawford]

Actually, the closer you get the more important it becomes, since you'll see finer details, and yes, the bigger the screen makes a big difference. At under 35", I don't think you'll see much difference, but considering the price on 1080p sets these days, I'd still go with the higher resolution. And if you're eight feet back, I'd go 46" no problem.

 

[El Skutto]

Actually, the closer you get the more important it becomes, since you'll see finer details, and yes, the bigger the screen makes a big difference. At under 35", I don't think you'll see much difference, but considering the price on 1080p sets these days, I'd still go with the higher resolution. And if you're eight feet back, I'd go 46" no problem.

Completely agree. I have a 52" LCD that I view from about 10 feet away and I'd say it's the perfect size. So, a 46" from 8 feet away sounds about right.

 

[RoboDad]

Yep, 46" is about right for 8'. You can use this viewing distance calculator to find out some more interesting info.

But I don't think jagmike was trying to say that higher resolution looks better from greater distances. Rather, I think he meant that at greater distances, you NEED a larger screen in order to pick up as much detail as you can with a smaller screen at closer distances, and that with larger screens, you need full 1080p, or else the lack of sharpness will be very apparent, much more so than it would with a much smaller (e.g. 32") screen.