Looks like a great release. I look forward to buying it multiple times in the future.

Yeah, at this point I think I'm just going to wait for a few more years until they have the box set for all 3 available in one package.

Day 1 for me. The additional footage doesn't mean much to me, but the features look good. The features on those LOTR releases are one of the few worth any replay value.

Looking forward to this release. Glad I waited!

Yup, pre-ordered mine today.

I'm wondering if when all is said and done, there will be a big-ass boxed set of all six movies with everything on it?

Probably. Look how many there are for Harry Potter and they kept cranking set after set even before they got halfway through that series.

It's all about the $$$$$

Yes. the original release had essentially 15-20 'webisodes' which were online before the movie came out. each are about 5 minutes each, gives a little info on production but nothing really spoilery. This new set is the real deal

I will buy the EE for the extras. I doubt the extra footage will make me like the movie much more - still not crazy about it. But hopefully the next two will make me look back on it favorably.

Wow....people are clamoring for a longer Hobbit?

There are some (like myself) who want this release for the extras, in fact a few posts stated as much. Also, if they're as good as the ones for LOTR, it'd be worth it.

As a side, I wouldn't expect these Hobbit extended cuts will add very much given they already split one story into three parts.

I want a better set with more extras, but I'm not jonsing for a longer cut. If anything, I would have liked a more lean cut.

It doesn't sound like this will be all that much longer, just a few minutes (Presumably both cuts with streaming?), it's the extras that're the main draw.

I would be interested in a possible 2 1/2 to 3hr final cut, I think it could be a lot more enjoyable than this Heaven's Gate approach we have right now.

The longer cut will run at 184 minutes.

the extra thirteen minutes will feel like an additional hour.

Too bad the theatrical cut wasn't a bit shorter and this extended cut could have added 30+ plus minutes.

I'll probably buy this for the special features but to be honest, I'm not quite as excited about this as I was for the LOTR extended cuts.

That whole troll sequence was about 13 minutes and it felt like 2 hours to me. I just wanted it to end so badly.

The more the merrier. Love the filmed Middle Earth universe.

I will wait for the fan edit that boils down the (eventual) 9-hour atrocity into something resembling Tolkien's book.

I'm sure some fan-editor will jigsaw one together.

Yeah, I recognize a lot of the flaws in the movie, but I just really love spending time in Jackson's version of Tolkien's world with these actors and characters in this the universe. I suppose that's what comes of having no life of my own .

Amazon has a exclusive edition that comes with a statue for $59.99 for the 2D and $69.99 for the 3D.

I might get that statue edition. I have all the other statues/bookends from sideshow that came with the special editions of the DVDs from back in the day.

The extended edition of The Hobbit is being released in 3D in a more basic package according to the following link: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/AS...=nosim/dvdtalk

I assume it's the same as the more expensive ones minus the statues? Does anyone know if the extended edition will also include the theatrical on 1 of the 5 discs? In an ideal world, the 3D disc would have both cuts in 3D with seamless branching, while the 2D disc would have both cuts in 2D with seamless branching, but I have a feeling they will only give us 1 cut in each package so they can triple dip later.

Is the new extended edition missing any footage from the theatrical release or does it just add more scenes? Is it missing any extras/special features from the earlier theatrical BD release? If not, I'll get this extended when it's on sale.

Yes. 13 minutes of NEW footage (restored footage) and the Appendices, which will run for many hours. In addition to the commentary tracks.