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Lord of the Rings extended edition DVD set

Lord of the Rings DVD collectionLast night I peeled the shrink wrap off one of my most highly anticipated Christmas gifts, The Lord of the Rings extended DVD collection. I only got to watch The Fellowship of the Ring, which took long enough considering the extra half-hour of film. I liked the added and extended scenes since they made the movie more continuous, although I can see why they were cut from the movie for time reasons. And I didn't even take a look at the 2 extra DVDs, From Book to Vision and From Vision to Reality. Or the commentary included on the 2 movie DVDs. Sheesh! All I can say is it rocks!

I'm looking forward to the extra 43 minutes in The Two Towers and 50 minutes in The Return of the King!


Posted 12-29-2004 12:40 PM by Darrell Norton

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Thomas Williams wrote re: Lord of the Rings extended edition DVD set
on 12-29-2004 1:53 PM
Hey Darrell, Santa was good to me this Christmas as well as I got ROTK Special Edition. Haven't watched it yet, but I've watched a couple of hours of documentary...
Jennifer wrote re: Lord of the Rings extended edition DVD set
on 12-29-2004 3:05 PM
Only quality posts! You are driting from topic!
Darrell wrote re: Lord of the Rings extended edition DVD set
on 12-30-2004 1:07 AM
Jennifer - ha! I knew that was coming. :)
Robert Hurlbut wrote re: Lord of the Rings extended edition DVD set
on 12-30-2004 7:18 AM
I got this as well for my two older boys for Christmas -- ok, it was sort of a present for dad too. :)

We saw this third one in the theater, but I have only seen the first and second one in the extended versions on video. I am really looking forward to seeing the additions. I had heard from someone I work with that the quality in those sections wasn't as good because they were cut and not given the "final" polish. What was your take on those?
Darrell wrote re: Lord of the Rings extended edition DVD set
on 12-30-2004 7:45 AM
Robert - I didn't notice which ones had no "final" polish. I thought the scenes that were deleted were great for keeping the flow going, making it less "jumpy" from the in-movie version. People that read JRR knew what to fill-in, but not everyone read it before the movie came out. :)
Charles Young wrote re: Lord of the Rings extended edition DVD set
on 12-30-2004 11:01 PM
I got the special edition too. Thanks kids. I've only watched Return of the King so far! Excellent stuff. The extended scenes are really worthwhile. Good to see Peter Jackson's version of the demise of Saruman - ouch! And look out for the demise of Peter Jackson himself after Gimli 'accidently' gets Legolas to miss his aim. Cameo performances are always fun.