i'll maybe rent it for the documentary. dont see the point in buying them all over again. Im happy with my EE's.

I'm more than happy with the EE, so many extras are in there already

I already have the extended versions of this no need to get anything more about this it takes me forever to watch all of this movie anyway and now they want me to fool with this again? No thanks, I'll keep what I have and enjoy it.

The $28.98 is the MSRP, the same as most releases are. These'll probably be on sale for around $14.99 the week of release.

The producer of the EE documentaries said that he and PJ kept some really interesting stuff out of them for the purpose of saving them for later special editions of the films.

Well most people have already seen these blockbusters. But you know, even if they haven't... once they've seen the EE's compared to the TE's, they'll never want to go back. These EE's add so much to each film, and the extras available on the current EE sets are all that any extras fan would go ga-ga for. And even if they do a 'flipper' disc to retain as much quality as possible... who cares? You can get the non flipper versions in the set that's already as ultimate as they'll get... as ultimate as most box sets in DVD history will get. At least in region 1.

The cover art looks damn sweet though. Too bad I'm not ever one to purchase double dips based on cover art alone...

One of my earlier posts has a link where you can find & d/l cover art that is VERY similar if you want to print that out and use that.

how come this thread isn't 55 pages of "Peter Jackson is trying to make money!!!"?

Peter Jack$on raped my last five years!

i cant see myself buying these, just like the new old editions of star wars.

PJ doesn't own these films like Lucas owns SW. This is New Line....

I'll pick these up if the price is right...maybe $10 or so each

totally happy with my ee giftsets. i will not be downgrading.

Info's up at DVD Active as well:

http://www.dvdactive.com/news/releas...he-rings6.html

I'll wait 'til I see how good the docs are but I own both the 2-disc and 4-disc DVDs so unless the new docs are amazing I'll pass.


I love the cover art though. If those are slip covers, I'd love to find a way to get them and slide them over my current 2-disc versions.

It's been mentioned twice in this very thread how you can get them for free!

Peter Jack$on , New Line $inema. You don't see a lot of money grabbing greed claims here hmmmmmm

It's not vogue yet, wait until the next uber-nerd series of movies comes out and the bandwagoners will jump ship.

Didn't Jackson seem to go on and on in the EE commentaries about how completely rescored and reedited the movies had been, with lots of alternate takes and script choices used, not simply a matter of sandwiching new scenes in with the old? Seems like there would have to be a lot of unique material to each version, say five hours worth, if either cut is to remain true to the versions that existed before. Hmm.

This is why I should be married. I haven't even watched half of the old extras, and I'm drooling over anything new. I need a firm hand, dammit! If I buy these and the upcoming Star Wars discs, I'll never respect myself in the morning. I am capitalism's bitch...

Good idea for people who don't already own the films, but how many people could that be?

I like my EE's. They will suit me just fine.

The Lord of the Rings

New Line Home Entertainment is revisiting Middle Earth with new two-disc limited edition releases of Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings trilogy. The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers and The Return of the King each will be presented in anamorphic widescreen and Dolby Digital 5.1 with both theatrical and extended versions on a single disc via seamless branching.

The second disc of each set will feature a film-specific, never-before-released feature-length documentary created by Costa Botes - the filmmaker personally selected by Peter Jackson to document the massive production - and culled from more than 800 hours of on-set footage. Available for a limited time only, the DVDs street on August 29th and will retail $28.98 apiece.

DAVISDVD.com

This is why I believe the Disc Ones are going to have to be DVD-18's (dual side, dual layer); five or more hours of footage would fit on no less.

But my question is, if these documentaries are so great, why couldn't they make them available separately? I'd buy a reasonably priced set of new docs about the trilogy, but I sure won't buy the movies for a third time.

RichC

Anyone wanna bet most of these people that are saying no way WILL be buying this new set? I will readily admit I bought all the previous versions and I WILL be buying this set. I love the trilogy and I am up for anything new!

These would have to be new transfers for me to buy them.

Right, but seeing as these are only available for a limited time only, I highly doubt they really put the effort into doing any remastering.