LOTR trilogy coming to blu-ray?

[Llama Gibbz]

Amazon (http://www.amazon.com/Lord-Rings-Trilogy-Blu-ray/dp/B000X9FLKM/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1207568994&sr=1-1) has it listed with no release date.

So there's hope.:woot:

Only thing i hope,is they don't milk it with 3 different editions of each movie over a long release schedule.

I hated waiting for the extended editions on DVD.
I just want to be able to order a uber elite box set right away.

[Klaus Kinski]

Well, of course it's coming to blu-ray. It's pretty much the only option for the future. Not much choice here.
And I agree, they should release an überedition right away.

[mon2908]

They should put all 3 parts and 'The Ring Thing' on that disc. I think it does not make really sence to sell them all alone. There should be enough Space on the BRD for HD and all the Episodes.

As good as LOTR may be, that's actually not a movie a can watch more than once.

[Llama Gibbz]

They should put all 3 parts and 'The Ring Thing' on that disc. I think it does not make really sence to sell them all alone. There should be enough Space on the BRD for HD and all the Episodes.

As good as LOTR may be, that's actually not a movie a can watch more than once.

Screw that,i want each movie,plus all the content from the extended releases in the best picture possible ,plus more
Plus all the book end figures.

I watched them all at least 5 times. :o

[Kalki]

I have the platinum series extended edition and I have yet to watch a ton of the extras and commentaries. I have seen the movies several times and while the extended cuts can be tedious, they're certainly watchable.

Not ever getting it on blu-ray as I don't see the need.

[mon2908]

Screw that,i want each movie,plus all the content from the extended releases in the best picture possible ,plus more
Plus all the book end figures.

I watched them all at least 5 times. :o

What acutally is the capacity of a BR-Disc? 50GB? Should be possible to put all three movies completely on that disc + HD Quality you demand. I think it should also be possible to put the complete reading/audioplay on that disc, too, for those want to experience Tolkiens 'real' LOTR.

Jackson's interpretation was a bit to dark for my taste. And what actually happend to Tom Bombadil at all? Does he exist in the extended cut? Honestly, LOTR was really a great movie experience but it is Jackson's not Tolkien's LOTR.

By the way, what is so disturbing to put all three movies on BR-Disc if it is possible? I mean, this three movies barely stand for it's own.

[Daveman]

No, Tom Bombadil isn't in the extended cuts. Although Jackson did put the whole moving trees that try to eat hobbits in with the ents in the extended Two Towers.

As long as they don't have any exclusive content, I'll stick with my SD extended editions. I watch one of them weekly. :(

[Joe Siegler]

Amazon (http://www.amazon.com/Lord-Rings-Trilogy-Blu-ray/dp/B000X9FLKM/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1207568994&sr=1-1) has it listed with no release date.

So there's hope.:woot:

DO NOT misunderstand those pages.

Amazon quite frequently puts up these "email me when available" pages just to gauge interest. It does NOT mean it is coming for order. It's just a test to see if there are enough people.

[Llama Gibbz]

"Joe Siegler" crusher of dreams,hope and edit0r of witty tags. :tinyted:

[avatar_58]

DNF has been on the UK amazon for some time now - so...yeah.

[Llama Gibbz]

What acutally is the capacity of a BR-Disc? 50GB?

I want at least the same content of the platinum series.

Extended platinum series included 4 discs (lots of extras).
If full 4x8 gig= 32 gig per movie

32 gigx3 movies= 96 gig total for all 3

Now take in consideration a good BD transfer of video and sound.

Plus i want more content,even if its just light testing and footage of the catering crew. :D

[mon2908]

You are possessed!

Honestly, they could put all three main movies on a single BR-Disc and all the extras on a second one. (I doubt that they make this available in HD too).

Bad thing that you do not speak german as nativ language so you cannot really enjoy 'Lord of the Weed' ;)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DPVKaj9hVcY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IaCwkaKNRNM

It is subbed.

[Sang]

Amazon (http://www.amazon.com/Lord-Rings-Trilogy-Blu-ray/dp/B000X9FLKM/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1207568994&sr=1-1)

Dunno why I should hope for anything if that's the first word in the thread. ;)

[Taril]

Ive watched all the extended editions of the trilogy at least 15 times..
I love them.
Ill definitely buy them on blu-ray

[jimbob]

Well, of course it's coming to blu-ray. It's pretty much the only option for the future. Not much choice here.
And I agree, they should release an überedition right away.

no they wont. first its just the regular movies.

then the special edition versions. wich most people wil buy too.

then the extended editions.

and then the special extended edition.

and then the special extended edition with bonus disk with added material


that should keep us buying til the next format shift.

[Klaus Kinski]

Ahem, f*** them. I can wait. I still don't own LotR on DVD and I think it's a freaking masterpiece that everybody should own.
I'm patient, I'll wait for the best edition.

[Inanimate Carbon Rod]

I'd only consider rebuying it, IF I don't have to switch out blu-ray discs midway through the movie ala the dvd release.

[Klaus Kinski]

That would be odd. Blu-ray has enough capacity to avoid DVD switching.

[Daveman]

Honestly, they could put all three main movies on a single BR-Disc and all the extras on a second one.
I don't know, each disc of extras has about 5 hours of stuff on it...I don't think they could fit all of it onto one bonus disc.

[Kevin Wolff]

Honestly, they could put all three main movies on a single BR-Disc and all the extras on a second one.
No, not really. The combined length of LOTR (extended) is 683 minutes, which at a 19Mbps data rate is 95GB. Too high a data rate? 14Mbps is 70GB.

Each movie would fit comfortably on one side (no switching) of one Blu-ray disc. If the extras are SD-only (likely), re-encoding it in H.264 should allow for including all the extras for each movie on the same disc. At that rate, a Blu-ray set of LOTR Extended Edition should be 3 discs...but no fewer than that.

[Daveman]

As long as there's not more scenes not included in the SD extended edition. Those things cost me a pretty penny and as of now I love them. I'd hate to get bitter about it.

[Malgon]

LotR on Blu-ray is inevitable imo.

I don't know if I'd get them on Blu-ray straight away, since I don't even have a HDTV to appreciate the quality. Besides the EE will keep me happy for sometime yet. :)

[Mountain Man]

Amazon (http://www.amazon.com/Lord-Rings-Trilogy-Blu-ray/dp/B000X9FLKM/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1207568994&sr=1-1) has it listed with no release date.

So there's hope.:woot:

Only thing i hope,is they don't milk it with 3 different editions of each movie over a long release schedule.

I hated waiting for the extended editions on DVD.
I just want to be able to order a uber elite box set right away.
Personally, I'd be happy if they took each 4-DVD special edition and put it as is (in terms of content) on a Blu-Ray disc.

Of course, I have neither an HDTV nor a Blu-Ray player, so this is all theoretical for me.

[Tetsuro]

I think they should include all the extras from the EEs AND the theatrical cut DVDs (because the EEs came with no advertising material and I love trailers), and include both versions of all three movies via seamless branching.

[LeadBullet]

I thought I remember an interview with Peter Jackson where he said they had a lot more scenes shot than were included in the extended editions, and if they wanted to they could always release some sort of "extended extended version" with even more events from the book.

So I've been curious if that is what they would do for the Blu-Ray release.

[Llama Gibbz]

I thought I remember an interview with Peter Jackson where he said they had a lot more scenes shot than were included in the extended editions, and if they wanted to they could always release some sort of "extended extended version" with even more events from the book.

So I've been curious if that is what they would do for the Blu-Ray release.

I remember that.
All the more reason im hoping for the ultimate uber BD box set.

[Mountain Man]

I thought I remember an interview with Peter Jackson where he said they had a lot more scenes shot than were included in the extended editions, and if they wanted to they could always release some sort of "extended extended version" with even more events from the book.
I wouldn't mind that. I really disliked how truncated the theatrical cuts felt and thought the extended edition cuts were considerably better. But with the extended edition having a combined length of almost 12-hours, I wonder if an extended-extended edit might be too much of a good thing?

[Daveman]

I imagine the unseen scenes were dropped for artistic reasons. As in, they just didn't work, so they didn't put them in.

Or at least I hope that's the case. I really don't want to feel like I don't have the complete package already.

[avatar_58]

I'd only consider rebuying it, IF I don't have to switch out blu-ray discs midway through the movie ala the dvd release.

Well they want that Final Fantasy feeling, having to swap discs just as something plot changing occurs. Also I agree - don't do that with BluRay please.

Although we all know each movie is getting it's OWN release. Thats just business, because they know people who want them will buy them.

[Malgon]

I thought I remember an interview with Peter Jackson where he said they had a lot more scenes shot than were included in the extended editions, and if they wanted to they could always release some sort of "extended extended version" with even more events from the book.

So I've been curious if that is what they would do for the Blu-Ray release.

Maybe that's their plan, or they won't make it into a Blu-ray version either, simply because they didn't work for whatever reason in the first place. Time will tell. :)

[LeadBullet]

How many hours of video fit on a Disc in HD?

I think I recall DVDs where they had two cuts of the same movie on a single disc. Maybe with 50gb or whatever they could fit all three cuts on a single disc, or at least two.

Although they could always include the extra scenes just as separate features you view on your own and not actually cut them back into the movie.

[Llama Gibbz]

Although they could always include the extra scenes just as separate features you view on your own and not actually cut them back into the movie.



Screw that,i want the cut scenes back in,just like the extended DVDs.

Unlike most so called "cut scenes" in movies
They were actually finished and were intended to be used.
They only got chopped to shorten the movie.

[Daveman]

That was the case with the standard extended editions. These might be scenes that were cut because they didn't work well.

[Kevin Wolff]

I think I recall DVDs where they had two cuts of the same movie on a single disc.
This is done either by having a double-sided disc, or by seamless branching, where the alike scenes are stored only once; also, a few old mono audio movies can be done two-to-a-disc, if they are short enough. They couldn't do this with LOTR, even on Blu-ray.

[Llama Gibbz]

Since i originally post this.
Amazon has added a mock up box of the Theatrical Version (http://www.amazon.com/Lord-Rings-Trilogy-Blu-ray/dp/B000X9FLKM/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1207568994&sr=1-1) (Not Extended) and is available for pre-order.
Which im not interested in at all.

A movie poster placeholder for Extended Version (http://www.amazon.com/Rings-Trilogy-Extended-Editions-Blu-ray/dp/B0026L7H20/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1239958479&sr=1-6)

Jackson confirms its being worked on (http://uk.dvd.ign.com/articles/876/876794p1.html)
Rumor For Late 09 (http://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=2055)

Just found These.
High Resolution Box Image (http://img3.imagebanana.com/view/crscf121/lotrBD.jpg)
http://img3.imagebanana.com/img/crscf121/thumb/lotrBD.jpg (http://img3.imagebanana.com/view/crscf121/lotrBD.jpg) (Front)

http://img3.imagebanana.com/img/3t8e9eod/thumb/lotrBD2.jpg (http://img3.imagebanana.com/view/3t8e9eod/lotrBD2.jpg) (Back)

[Mountain Man]

Amazon (http://www.amazon.com/Lord-Rings-Trilogy-Blu-ray/dp/B000X9FLKM/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1207568994&sr=1-1) has it listed with no release date.

So there's hope.:woot:
It's not unusual for Amazon to create a placeholder for products that are likely to come out even if there's no firm information about them.

[Llama Gibbz]

It's not unusual for Amazon to create a placeholder for products that are likely to come out even if there's no firm information about them.

Welcome to 08,read the thread. :p

[Malgon]

I'll wait for the EE to be released, just like I did with the DVD's.

[IwantMORE]

I did not even bother with the DVD's, I figured that at some point there would be a blu-ray / ultimate collection / extended edition / added content to get suckers to buy it for the 3rd time edition. So I figured I would wait it out and now would probably wait until I get a blu-ray player and this would most certainly be one of the films I would like in high def.

[Superczar]

Are the extended versions gonna feature even more walking? ;)

[ZuljinRaynor]

Actually they don't. Most of the scenes that are added are either battles scenes or just character developement scenes where they stand around somewhere and talk.