Lord of the Rings in Blu-Ray

[2ndname]

I don't think anyone got one. Target screwed up on the price and that's what they told everyone without admitting the mistake.

Agreed. They canceled mine also.

 

[Radagaster]

They only honored the $7.99 trilogy price in-store. there was a memo that was floated around that time. bah . . .had I known that they were going to be this cheap, I would've waited. Good thing I got in on other good bargains that floated around.

 

[Hypnotize]

I completely agree.

 

[MrPickles]

That was a great deal but id rather wait for the extended cuts on bluray cause I never seen any of the extended cuts.

W-wh-what!?!

 

[bill59]

I was given the LOTR Blu-Ray for Christmas by my son . Can't wait to watch it. What a good son I have and he is only 14 in Feb.

Bill

 

[Stampe]

There's hope: LOTR extended on bd this year From The Digital Bits:
"What's more, our sources are NOW telling us that WHV (and their now in-house New Line label) is ALSO planning to release Peter Jackson's long-awaited The Lord of the Rings Trilogy: Extended Editions on Blu-ray sometime this year. No kidding. We suspect that, now that The Hobbit films are finally about to begin filming, the studio is eager to get more product on store shelves to keep the franchise fresh in the minds of fans. The Extended Rings films on BD are the obvious choice for this year. Farther down the line, of course, there will be the obvious Blu-ray and Blu-ray 3D versions of The Hobbit films, and sooner or later an "ultimate" box set of all the films with all new extras custom created by Jackson. Anyway, our sources tell us to expect some kind of official news on all this (re: Rings: Extended and Kubrick) from the studio in the next several weeks. "

 

[The Ween]

There's hope: LOTR extended on bd this year From The Digital Bits:
"What's more, our sources are NOW telling us that WHV (and their now in-house New Line label) is ALSO planning to release Peter Jackson's long-awaited The Lord of the Rings Trilogy: Extended Editions on Blu-ray sometime this year. No kidding. We suspect that, now that The Hobbit films are finally about to begin filming, the studio is eager to get more product on store shelves to keep the franchise fresh in the minds of fans. The Extended Rings films on BD are the obvious choice for this year. Farther down the line, of course, there will be the obvious Blu-ray and Blu-ray 3D versions of The Hobbit films, and sooner or later an "ultimate" box set of all the films with all new extras custom created by Jackson. Anyway, our sources tell us to expect some kind of official news on all this (re: Rings: Extended and Kubrick) from the studio in the next several weeks. "

I'm not holding my breath for it to be this year, and if it is, it will be at Christmas time. I have a feeling though it will be in 2012 sometime.

 

[The Josh]

This year would be great. Whenever this ultimate set comes out I will get that too.

 

[warlock664]

Yeah, me too, every time they re-release these movies I end up buying them !

I have the original theatrical DVDs, the Deluxe Extended DVDs, the combo DVDs, the theatrical Blu-rays, and I'm eagerly awaiting the opportunity to give them even more of my money for the Extended Blu-rays!

 

[The Ringer]

from TORN

Our sources are telling us that the always reliable (and great) film-on-disc website www.digitalbits.com is correct its Lord of The Rings Blu-ray news. Bill Hunt released the info in his column today. We had not heard a final decision had been reached but Hunt knows his stuff and can be trusted. This is both good and bad.

The good: Expect the extended-edition version of all three LOTR films in 2011. Warner will attempt to do these in (obviously) extremely high quality transfers that will fix minor items here and there and still likely put one movie on two discs rather than cram data to one disc and let quality suffer.

The bad: The wait for the EEs will be over but the wait for the Ultimate Box Set has probably been pushed back until post-”Hobbit” movies. The version of the films due this year will probably contain very little or no new additional content on the extras. When Peter Jackson officially took over as director of the pair of new films, any chance of him working on the ultimate edition of the film with new extras probably was postponed. It is clear from comments from actors and Jackson that there are more extras, waiting in the wings for the eventual, hi-def edition of these films and the special release has been planned from the beginning.

Additional comments: With the home video market suffering as it is, making an exact duplication transfer is much less expensive than adding additional value which studios no longer see as a good financial proposition.

Additional extras still seem to be a possibility but if there are any, they would likely be minor and a far cry from the full-blown material that was held in reserve. For consumers, this means not only the prospect of buying these films again on Blu-ray now but then buying them again in a few years with the rich historic and definitive extras. Still, the prospect of never getting the fabled “Ultimate Box Set” seems even worse.

And, getting the EEs on Blu-ray, extras or not, will be a popular choice for many of our readers and many consumers besides.

If the 3D aspect of “The Hobbit” is beloved, we will likely see the whole LOTR saga redone in a 3D home version and released on its own as well. Jackson has been widely reported to have done a 10-minute segment of King Kong into a converted 3D with very nice (but expensive) results. If consumers lose interest in the LOTR on home disc, then clearly no further editions would make financial sense. That seems unlikely.

Here, word-for-word is what Hunt said on the topic:

“What’s more, our sources are NOW telling us that WHV (Warner Home Video) (and their now in-house New Line label) is ALSO planning to release Peter Jackson’s long-awaited The Lord of the Rings Trilogy: Extended Editions on Blu-ray sometime this year. No kidding. We suspect that, now that The Hobbit films are finally about to begin filming, the studio is eager to get more product on store shelves to keep the franchise fresh in the minds of fans. The Extended Rings films on BD are the obvious choice for this year. Farther down the line, of course, there will be the obvious Blu-ray and Blu-ray 3D versions of The Hobbit films, and sooner or later an “ultimate” box set of all the films with all new extras custom created by Jackson. Anyway, our sources tell us to expect some kind of official news on all this (re: Rings: Extended and Kubrick) from the studio in the next several weeks. “

 

[The Ringer]

idk if there is an ultimate version to follow the EE, I may just have to keep on waiting. I don't want to buy a rushed set, then a year or two down the road have to buy and even better set.

 

[King Darkness]

Thank god I will never need horrid 3D versions. God, I pray everyday for the 3D craze to die and never come back

Anyway, if/when the extended editions are released on BD I will buy them for sure. Honestly not overly concerned with new extras. Theres only so much I need to know about a film. The actual film itself is far more important to me than the extras.

 

[The Ween]

No one can ever have enough extra footage of Viggo!

 

[The Ringer]

I could care less about extras as well, but what if we get some new footage?

Extended Extended Editions.

 

[bill59]

I could care less about extras as well, but what if we get some new footage?

Extended Extended Editions.

Now you are talking



Bill

 

[Fritz]

Thank god I will never need horrid 3D versions. God, I pray everyday for the 3D craze to die and never come back

 

[Wetanut]

I third that post!

 

[FrodoEyes]

And i fourth it!!

 

[KAOSINLA]

Right on!

 

[LOTRFan]

I like Ween's sig.