I want to buy FoTR on DVD, but it seems like there are a number of different versions out there. Since I only want one copy, which would you suggest is the best to get?
I would probably advise you, since you've held off this long, to hold off til Tuesday. Whoah, I suppose if I left it there you could take "til" to mean that you don't get it until Tuesday, and then you still don't get after Tuesday. Then you would have Perpetual FOTR-lessness. ;^)
Pick up the Special Edition, unless you are really wedded to a pure copy of the theatrical version.
I saw the widescreen edition in the store last week, and held off buying it because I can't stand the reduced picture size and the two black strips. Now, if I had a jumbo screen TV that might be different.
By Special Edition, do you mean the "Platinum Series Extended Edition"? (There's also a "Platinum Series Extended Edition Collector's Gift Set" ;o). I see Amazon has it for $29.99.