[Stunaep]

My copy of LOTR:TT:EE just arrived.

See ya in 3 days.

[Drew]

Originally posted by Stunaep
See ya in 3 days.

[StratComm]

It's pretty good... lots of extra goodies but mainly just an all-around improved film.  A good bit of that character development stuff found its way back in, and the whole Ent thing doesn't seem like such a random side-treck anymore.  I have read the books, and the film still doesn't come close (depth or accuracy to the original story) but it's better than the theater version.

[J3Vr6]

The first one was pretty close to the book, not exactly perfect but still pretty close.  When I saw the 2nd one I thought it was going to be the same, but it really was different from the book.  Kinda dissapointed me.

[IceFire]

I noticed the differences and was not disapointed one bit.  I loved The Two Towers....a really powerful and emotional movie.  I loved the imagery, the characters, and the way it was all setup.

I didn't for a minute believe any of them could be exactly the same as the book...its a book, this is a movie, a different medium requires a different approach.

But thats just me....

[mikhael]

Yeah, IceFire is dead on.

I've got my TTT:EE DVD sitting on the shelf next to FOTR:EE. I haven't watched TTT yet, though. The weekend before my wife and I go to the theatre we've picked out (Stratcomm: Brier Creek. Newest cinema in the area, big screens, stadium seating and excellent chairs), we're going to watch FOTR on Friday night, TTT on Saturday night, and Sunday night we'll go see ROTK.

If I were a real geek, I'd get some of the 1day screening tickets from work and go spend an entire day watching all three extended movies back to back to back. I just can't sit for nine hours at a shot.

[Dark_4ce]

I'm really happy with my the Extended Edition! Great appendices and and just a allround better film. And the commentaries are just great. They give the reasons why they did some departures from the book and they all seem sound. And I'm really happy the gave a nice conclusion to the little competition between Gimli and Legolas. Just icing on the cake. Though what was funny with the PJ commentary was that originally the whole scene with Saruman and Gandalf at Isegard was intended for the end of the TTT but PJ instead said that it seemed better for the beggining of the 3rd movie, then end the 2nd. But now with PJ cutting that scene out of ROTK, his explenation was the complete opposite. He now said it seemed like it was wrapping things up for the 2nd movie and not suited for being the beggning of the 3rd. Hmm... Well it better be somewhere then, cause its a pritty pivotal scene. It pritty much sets off everything for the 3rd movie...

[Stunaep]

I agree with everyone here. The LOTR Movies are nowhere near the level of greatness of the book, but by far the best thing that has come out of Hollywood since Empire Strikes Back (which IMO, is inferior to both movies, as is A New Hope, not to mention the other Star Wars movies, but I'm placing this as a marker, because I don't want to piss off any SW junkies here)

Anyway, I am really, REALLY pissed, because for some reason, my TT EE is in black and white.

[Dark_4ce]

uuh, Black and White? Did you brake your S-video cable or is it just the EE dvd?

[Stunaep]

That's just the EE. I'm guessing it has something to do with it being a Region 1 dvd. Although my DVD player is supposed to be multiregional

[Sandwich]

B&W is usually a PAL/NTSC thing.

[Stunaep]

does that actually count in DVDs?

[Dark_4ce]

Ah, yes it does. IF you're tv cant display ntsc correctly it'll show in Black and white. Its your TV dude.

[Stunaep]

Ah, and where can I read if the thing is in NTSC?

[Dark_4ce]

the dvd? Usually when they're R1 they're NTSC, because they're from the United States. But you can check on the DVD discs themselves. There at the bottom where you see the R1 logo (a globe with a 1 on it) you should see NTSC below it.

[Stunaep]

how 'bout computers? Does NTSC display colors on them?

[Stealth]

*shrugs* i liked it

[vyper]

[q]how 'bout computers? Does NTSC display colors on them?[/q]

Computers, like so many borg, usually adapt to display either pal or ntsc.

[Martinus]

[color=66ff00]X2 was one of the best sequels I've seen in a very long time (probably since Aliens or T2) that's not counting any of the LOTR movies. I thought TTT was an excellent movie in the cinema, PJ did the book as much justice as he could in the cine version, the DVD will no doubt be better but I still highly rate the original cut.

If academy awards were actually worth anything anymore I'd put gollum forward as best supporting character, which is pretty bloody astounding considering the only part of him that exists in the real world is his voice.
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[StratComm]

That's only partly true, his motion is often actually motion capture from a real guy (a somewhat nutty guy, but he's the same one who does the voice) with animation overlay.  But how funny would it be to have him win an academy award?