[dungeoncrawl] Re: Lord of the Rings Extended DVD
- From: Johnathan Detrick <jdetrick@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: dungeoncrawl@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 15 Nov 2002 13:08:36 -0500
I was going to do that yesterday, but I honestly figured everyone else had
bought it already. I assumed I was the only one that wasn't going to rush out
and get it on Tuesday. I'm sorry Damon. I'll be sure to do that the next time
I hear of something like this.
Damon Kline wrote:
> I just placed my order for the DVD set at Amazon.com. When I did that, it
> gave me the option to "spread the love". I was prompted to put in a friends
> email address and they would send them a 10% discount on the item I just
> bought. If they buy it within a week, I get that 10% given to me in the
> form of a credit off of my next purchase on their site.
>
> My reason for saying this is that the next time something like this comes
> out that we all want to get, if one person orders it first and then puts
> everyone else in the "spread the love" thing, they will all get a 10%
> discount and that person will get credit on Amazon.com. We could take turns
> getting the credit versus getting the 10% discount.
>
> Just something to throw out there. :)
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: jimkaren@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jimkaren@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Friday, November 15, 2002 2:52 AM
> To: dungeoncrawl@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [dungeoncrawl] Lord of the Rings Extended DVD
>
> 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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