bigkid43

I was looking to buy the extended editions of the LOTR on blu-ray and went to Amazon. I was surprised when I saw "What do you get?
Both the theatrical and extended versions of The Return of the King are on one double-sided disc." Here's the link for Return of The King.
http://www.amazon.com/The-Lord-Rings...ef=pd_cp_mov_3

Anyone know if there's any truth to this description?

AdamGott

Weren't the extended blu-ray editions Target exclusives? The exclusivity normally runs out for most of these things but I just got mine around Christmas from Target for $10 each.

lumberjack

I think Amazon's description is incorrect. If you zoom in on the back cover pictured on Amazon, it states that you're getting the theatrical edition with a preview of the extended edition.

I believe the complete extended Blu-ray set has each movie spread out over two discs. So I don't see why they'd release a single Blu-ray containing both the theatrical and extended editions. Even if they used branching, I would think the quality would be subpar. The second disc in the set is a handful of extras.

Yeah, I'm pretty sure the link you provided is for the theatrical edition only.

davidh777

That text is being incorrectly shared from the 2006 "triple dip" Limited Edition:

http://www.amazon.com/Lord-Rings-The.../dp/B000GIXLNY

Mr. Salty

I don't, but here are a couple of lengthy existing threads in the HD Talk area where you might find some answers:

http://forum.dvdtalk.com/hd-talk/540...ay-2010-a.html

http://forum.dvdtalk.com/hd-talk/584...ut-2011-a.html

bigkid43

Thanks folks for the quick posts. I was hoping to do the Best Buy U&S and get the EE but found that they only carry the theatrical version. Oh well.

OP, please close the thread

jjcool

That's you.

bigkid43

My bad. I meant "moderator"