Posted on 10/07/2002 11:39:26 AM PDT by Paul Atreides
To kick things off today, we've got a more comprehensive spec list for New Line's 4-disc The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring - Special Extended DVD Edition (11/12 - SRP $39.99). Here goes...
Discs One and Two - The Extended Version of the Film
208 minutes (split over both discs), anamorphic widescreen (2.35:1) and Dolby Digital 5.1 EX and DTS 6.1 ES, isolated 5.1 sound effects mix, isolated 5.1 music track, Commentary Track One with the director and writers (Peter Jackson, Fran Walsh and Philippa Boyens), Commentary Track Two with members of the design team (Grant Major, Ngila Dickson, Richard Taylor, Alan Lee, John Howe, Dan Hennah, Chris Hennah and Tania Rodger), Commentary Track Three with members of the production and post-production team (Barrie Osborne, Mark Ordesky, Andrew Lesnie, John Gilbert, Rick Porras, Howard Shore, Jim Rygiel, Ethan Van der Ryn, Mike Hopkins, Randy Cook, Christian Rivers, Brian Van't Hull, Alex Funke), Commentary Track Four with members of the cast (Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen, Liv Tyler, Sean Astin, John Rhys-Davies, Billy Boyd, Dominic Monaghan, Orlando Bloom, Christopher Lee and Sean Bean).
Note: Discs Two and Three can be viewed in "explore" mode with traditional menus or "tour" mode via a Play All feature.
Disc Three - The Appendices Part I: From Book to Vision
2 and 1/2 hours of documentary content, including J.R.R. Tolkien-Creator of Middle-earth featurette, From Book to Script featurette, Visualizing the Story section featuring Storyboards and Pre-viz featurette, Designing and Building Middle-earth section featuring Designing Middle-earth featurette, Costume Design featurette and Weta Workshop featurette, design galleries including The Enemy, The Last Alliance, Isengard, The Fellowship, Rivendell and Lothlorien, interactive Middle-earth Atlas with timeline, New Zealand as Middle-earth intertactive map with video, disc introduction with director Peter Jackson.
Disc Four - The Appendices Part II: From Vision to Reality
3 and 1/2 hours of documentary content, including Filming section featuring a production photo gallery and the The Fellowship of the Cast featurette, A Day in the Life of a Hobbit featurette, Cameras in Middle-earth featuette, Visual Effects section and featuette, Post-Production section featuring Editorial featuette and a multi-angle presentation, Digital Grading featuette, Sound and Music featuette and Sound Design Demo, The Soundscapes of Middle-earth featurette, Music for Middle-earth featurette, The Road Goes Ever On featuette, disc introduction with director Peter Jackson.
All told, the 4-disc set is expected to include over 30 hours of unique content created just for this release (including the film and the commentaries). The discs will also feature additional DVD-ROM content and over 2,000 photos and conceptual sketches. And let me tell you... we've seen a few of those featuettes. These aren't 5-minute EPK pieces. They're much more substantial - 20 to 30+ minutes in many cases. Good stuff.
Now then... in a feature in today's print issue of Video Store magazine, Warner reveals that they're gearing up to release an 18-title Charlie Chaplin Collection on DVD, starting in June 2003. Each title will be digitally remastered and cleaned, and will be released as a 2-disc set with numerous extras, including documentaries, outtakes, photo galleries, alternate versions re-edited by Chaplin himself and other material. They'll be available in 2-disc digipack (SRP $26.99) and collector's box ($34.99 - also containing a booklet and film frame) versions. All this is being done in association with MK2 and the Chaplin family. The first three films tentatively due next June are The Great Dictator, City Lights and The Circus. More information will be available at CharlieChaplin.com in the weeks ahead.
Stay tuned...
Here is a map so you don't get lost! The New Hobbit Hole
And don't think you have to read whole thread. If you missed something important I am sure we will repeat it ;~D
Apparently I watched the show with other LOTR fans....or at least with people who hadn't been raised in barns. It was funny at the end. Someone who hadn't read the books complained about the story not having an end and 3 or 4 people jumped on his case at once: "It's only the first part!!"
"Once again, you come up with a list of your so-called achievements. Now, you have come to save us poor lost souls from ourselves. How noble! It is amazing that with all your noble work, what with saving the universe and all, that you have the time to sit here and post reply after reply after reply after reply, harassing us."
Apparently, I struck a nerve! You must be one of the Knights of the Sofa types yourself. You're pissed, because you know it's true. I had to confront the same truth about myself. Like I said I'm trying to change that one aspect of my life.
Please note that this is a pre-order item that will ship on November 11th. USA orders only on this item.
Here's your chance to own the special DVD gift box set of the extended version of Peter Jackson's stunning, Academy Award-winning The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship on the Ring! The gift box includes the following extras: a new version of the acclaimed National Geographic DVD on the making of The Fellowship of the Rings; a gorgeous set of polystone Pillars of Argonath bookends from Sideshow and Weta (the same team that created the special effects for the film); and exclusive Lord of the Rings trading cards, all in a handsome gift box.
As for the film itself, this wide-screen four-disc DVD set includes 30 minutes of extra footage woven into the theatrical release of the film, and new music by Howard Shore. The movie is presented on two DVDs in Widescreen (2.35:1) format with Dolby Digital EX 5.1 Surround Sound, DTS ES 6.1 Surround Sound, and stereo Surround Sound. Bonus features on the movie discs include four audio commentaries from Peter Jackson, Fran Walsh, Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen and Academy Award winners Richard Taylor, Andrew Lesnie, Howard Shore, Jim Rygiel, Randy Cook and more.
Disc 3 is titled, "From Book to Vision" and includes features on adapting the book into a screenplay, designing and building Middle-earth, Weta Workshop visit, guided tour of the wardrobe department, and more. Disc 4 is titled "From Vision to Reality" and focuses on bringing the characters to life, a day in the life of a hobbit, creating the illusion of size, sound design demonstration, and much more.
This PG-13 version of the film is 208 minutes long.
You probably spend all YOUR time sitting on your butt harassing people you don't know. REAL manly of ya (if you're a man...I guess I don't know that). REALLY good way of fighting evil.
Hint...we may be "boring", but we aren't evil...so this doesn't count as an achievment.
So many truths...so little time...
"Hhmm, you're right. All I do is go to work everyday and do my best to love my wife and raise my children to be God-fearing, patriotic American citizens. We go to church, pray for our nation, tell people about Christ, not much fighting evil going on there."
"When fantasy overshadows reality- that is not a good thing."
"I guess. You're DM must have been real mean to your characters when you were(are?) a teenager."
It's good that you work everyday, love your wife, raise your kids, go to church, pray for your nation, and tell people about Christ.
However, God wants more from us than just doing those things. We're also supposed to do good deeds in God's name as we're able. If you could just find the time to do volunteer work one Saturday a month, in addition to what you're already doing, then you'd be doing a lot more good in the world.
"So many truths...so little time..."
Well, I guess we can't all be perfect like you.
Just consider it something else you can work on.
So now it's gone from "not doing a darn thing to fight evil" to "doing a lot more good in the world"?
What is the acceptable minimum of evil fighting I need to do before I can sit down and enjoy a good movie with my wife and kids? Are there some forms of fighting evil that are more acceptable than other forms?
Do you have any free time? What do you like to do in your spare time?
It sounds like something has happened to you to make you react in such a vehement way against the people on this thread, what was it?
Whatever it was I hope you can settle it in your own mind because you seem pretty reasonable and likable on other threads you've posted on. As opposed to your behavior on this thread.
Inaction allows evil to flourish. If you're not part of the solution, then you're part of the problem. Nobody can save the world all by themselves, but we can make it a little bit better.
Entertainment is good. Everybody needs a diversion now and then, but to elevate a fantasy movie to the level of a new religion goes one step beyond! There is a collosal amount of time being wasted on this movie. Maybe you can't see it, but those of us on the outside sure do.
Thanks, I appreciate that.
Do I need to draw you a picture? How do any of those things that you mentioned invole you being directly involved in addressing the problems of your world? You're just making excuses for your own inaction, and hiding behind the church in so doing!
It sounds like you believe in a social Gospel. IOW, it is the duty of Christians/the Church to make this world a better place. I am sorry, that is not the mission of the Church. Our mission can be found in II Cor 5:18-20
II Cor 5:
[18] And all things are of God, who hath reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ, and hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation;
[19] To wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them; and hath committed unto us the word of reconciliation.
[20] Now then we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech you by us: we pray you in Christ's stead, be ye reconciled to God. (KJV)
The job of Christianity is to reconcile the word to God through Jesus Christ by presenting the Gospel to people.
Ephesians 6:
[12] For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places. (KJV)
More is required of us.
Could you explain that a little more. Required by who? Required why?
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!!!!!
That's rich! Tactful and encouraging, huh? Who'd you take your tactful and encouraging lessons from? Idi Amin?
Come on, Destructo, get serious by lightening up will you?
Lighten up, there are stars in the sky,
Lighten up, there's a good reason why,
But you don't know the answers,
And neither do I,
So meanwhile let's just all lighten up...
How do you know what God is calling any of us to do, or how we are responding to that call. How dare you cast aspersions on those of us whom you have no knowledge of, except that we enjoy the works of Tolkien? You are continuing to reveal yourself in a very unflattering light. Wouldn't you like to make a few new friends?
Oh puh-leeze...
You've been anything but tactful. And now you're backed into a corner because we won't let you have your little tirade.
I'm sorry the success of Lord of the Rings bothers you so much. I'm sorry that something that gives us a commonality and a great deal of fun is so disturbing to you.
But c'mon man. Don't try to preach to us about the need to "do more good."
You're simply out of your league.
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