The Return of the King DVD

soundoff · Post by **soundoff** » Thu May 20, 2004 3:48 pm

Yippe!!!

I just was able to pick up an early copy of the ROTK dvd...its great. I have only watched the first bit of it, but wanted to know if others are planning on buying this!!!

werebeargoddess · Post by **werebeargoddess** » Thu May 20, 2004 3:57 pm

hey, when does the dvd for that come out, do you know?

Danbacksli · Post by **Danbacksli** » Thu May 20, 2004 4:02 pm

May 25 is when it comes out and YES im going to get it! I cant wait.

werebeargoddess · Post by **werebeargoddess** » Thu May 20, 2004 4:05 pm

I can't wait either, though I'm probably going to by the extended edition as soon as it comes out.

Danbacksli · Post by **Danbacksli** » Thu May 20, 2004 4:06 pm

Same here but Im still going to the Regular Version

werebeargoddess · Post by **werebeargoddess** » Thu May 20, 2004 4:11 pm

yeah, I'll rent the regular version and stuff, but I'm not going to buy it or anything. As long as I can rent the regular version, I might be able to wait and by the extended edition.

InfiniteNature · Post by **InfiniteNature** » Thu May 20, 2004 4:32 pm

Myself and mi hermano will only be buying the extended DVD version, the one with the extended scenes that they rather sillily edited out of the original, pah to long, needed to be longer.

Bloodthroe · Post by **Bloodthroe** » Thu May 20, 2004 6:51 pm

Originally posted by soundoff
Yippe!!!

I just was able to pick up an early copy of the ROTK dvd...its great. I have only watched the first bit of it, but wanted to know if others are planning on buying this!!!

Yeah, how about the billion people who watched it in theater?

Me included.

Sytze · Post by **Sytze** » Fri May 21, 2004 12:42 am

Eheh, I already managed to "purchase" an early copy three months ago or so...
(I know people on the forum here dont like me saying that, but anyway...)

What I am going to buy

p) however, is a box with the three extended versions combined. The extended version just add so much more depth to the movie.

Malta Soron · Post by **Malta Soron** » Fri May 21, 2004 3:47 am

Do you know when they are going to sell that one?

smass · Post by **smass** » Fri May 21, 2004 7:07 am

I will buy the basic version and then sell it on Ebay a few months from now. I just have to have a copy to pour over for a few weeks. Once I get my fix I will sell it and wait for the extended version and buy that one for my collection.

I did this with both of the last movies. FOTR I bought for $15.99 and sold for $13. Two Towers I bought for $15.99 and sold for $11.

Same price as renting - without the potential late fees and I can geek out with all the bonus interviews and what not to my hearts content.

Kaitsuburi · Post by **Kaitsuburi** » Fri May 21, 2004 7:13 am

I have started a little fund for buying the Extended Version BOX of the Trilogy (there's got to be one!)...

Can you imagine watching all 3 extended versions in a row

I'd love to do it over some holiday

-kaitsuburi

Georgi · Post by **Georgi** » Fri May 21, 2004 6:42 pm

I'll be buying the extended version. The cinematic version felt like it had far too much cut out of it, I didn't like it that much.

Kaitsuburi · Post by **Kaitsuburi** » Fri May 21, 2004 9:40 pm

Speaking of which, it will probably come out around Xmas ~~ I hate that! But I also read that it adds quite a lot of stuff and with the battles and special effects it was taking a lot of time/money (almost like making a separate lower-budget movie) to render/edit/etc.

I am on it, though! The movie is cool

-kaitsuburi

Georgi · Post by **Georgi** » Fri May 21, 2004 10:06 pm

Yeah, IIRC the extended version usually come out around mid-November, here in the UK anyway.

Rob-hin · Post by **Rob-hin** » Sat May 22, 2004 1:25 pm

It's confusing though. Some say they added the Saruman bit in the end and some say they didn't.
I don't believe they did film it, but it would be cool.

Xandax · Post by **Xandax** » Sat May 22, 2004 2:33 pm

Originally posted by Rob-hin
It's confusing though. Some say they added the Saruman bit in the end and some say they didn't.
I don't believe they did film it, but it would be cool.

Read in danish medias around the time when the film came in the movies, that the guy playing Saruman was rather annoyed they had cut his part from the movie.
This leeds me to belive that they did shoot some footage of him and didn't find room for it in the movie....
This again would lead to belive that such footage would be included in the extended versions.

but it is some time ago, and well - was mostly on the gossip side of the news medias, so it might be a "red herring"

werebeargoddess · Post by **werebeargoddess** » Sat May 22, 2004 4:36 pm

I hope they include the whole Scouring of the Shire bit at the end. I found it rather annoying how they cut that out. And how they cut out Saruman on the whole. By doing that, they just make you think that he stays at Orthanc. But he doesn't. So if they add the bit at the end, they'll HAVE to add Saruman too.

Morril · Post by **Morril** » Sat May 22, 2004 5:18 pm

Originally posted by Xandax
Read in danish medias around the time when the film came in the movies, that the guy playing Saruman was rather annoyed they had cut his part from the movie.
This leeds me to belive that they did shoot some footage of him and didn't find room for it in the movie....
This again would lead to belive that such footage would be included in the extended versions.

but it is some time ago, and well - was mostly on the gossip side of the news medias, so it might be a "red herring"

Yes it is true. Many of the scenes with Saruman (including the "final") was not in the movie, but can be seen on the DVD. Of course the guy who played Saruman was annoyed!!

Moonbiter · Post by **Moonbiter** » Sat May 22, 2004 5:38 pm

I do not believe it! Disgrace!!!!!!!