[dungeoncrawl] Re: Lord of the Rings Extended DVD
- From: Johnathan Detrick <jdetrick@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: dungeoncrawl@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 15 Nov 2002 09:05:00 -0500
I saw that there were four commentaries! Hokey smokes! The cynic
in me finds it hard to believe that there is that much to say about the
movie, but perhaps I'll be proven wrong.
jimkaren@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> What got me is, they have no less than
> FOUR commentaries to listen to. You
> could burn up an entire week's vacation
> and not see and hear everything you get
> with the set. I listened to about 1/2
> hour of the cast commentary last night,
> and believe it or not, almost the
> entire main cast is represented.
>
> It was sort of funny, for example,
> listening to the actors who played
> Merry and Pippin during the scene when
> they lit the firework - the actors
> didn't know that it would actually
> explode, and the scream you hear was
> real. :) It seems like they had a lot
> of fun making this movie -
>
> >
> > 4 discs for $30? Heck yes, I
> have to agree. Even without seeing
> > the DVD itself, it's almost unheard
> of to get that many discs for the
> > kind of prices you can find this set
> at.
> >
> > jimkaren@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> >
> > > Even better! My obvious love of the
> > > film aside, this is easily the
> highest
> > > quality DVD set that I've seen in
> the
> > > normal price range.
> > >
> > > >
> > > > I ordered it yesterday off
> > > Amazon.com. They had it for $25.99
> and
> > > > free shipping, so I snatched it
> up.
> > > >
> > > > jimkaren@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Guys,
> > > > >
> > > > > This is definitely one to buy!
> We
> > > got
> > > > > it earlier this week, and it's
> > > really
> > > > > cool. Circuit City has it for
> $30,
> > > but
> > > > > when you consider that it comes
> > > with a
> > > > > free movie ticket for the Two
> > > Towers,
> > > > > it's more like $23.
> > > > >
> > > > > Instead of just adding the
> extra 30
> > > > > minutes as new "cut scenes",
> they
> > > > > actually went back and wove the
> > > scenes
> > > > > into the movie, with new music
> and
> > > > > special effects. It's sort of
> > > weird at
> > > > > first, because narration is now
> in a
> > > > > different place or lines are
> being
> > > > > spoken that were edited out
> before.
> > > > >
> > > > > There's a really neat (short)
> scene
> > > of
> > > > > the elven retreat in the
> beginning,
> > > and
> > > > > extra content all through the
> movie,
> > > > > like during the council.
> > > > >
> > > > > The last two DVDs have something
> > > like 8
> > > > > hours of material between them,
> with
> > > > > about 2000 still images alone.
> And
> > > > > then there's a long hidden
> trailer
> > > for
> > > > > the Two Towers and a hidden
> spoof of
> > > > > the council meeting starring
> Jack
> > > Black
> > > > > ("Shallow Hal").
> > > > >
> > > > > Whew! I feel like such a
> shiller
> > > > > today, but man is it cool! OK,
> > > soapbox
> > > > > is free now...
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> >
> >
> >
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