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Topic: WTF? LOTR on blu-ray only theatrical versions???
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Scott Jentsch
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From: New Berlin, WI, USA
Registered: Apr 2003
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posted 05-28-2009 01:10 PM
At least New Line/WB is being upfront with fans and saying that the extended versions are on the way. They did this with the DVD versions as well, and I think fans respected it. It also helped that the extras with the extended editions didn't overlap with the extras in the theatrical editions.
Knowing that the extended editions gives fans the informed choice about whether to pick up the theatrical box set that's coming out. The details on the extras are sparse right now, but the set hasn't been officially announced by the studio with complete details either.
While I'm sure that everyone would be happy with a mega box set that held both the theatrical and extended editions with seamless branching, and all the extras available everywhere about the movies would be included in the package (in HD, of course), and released this fall, that doesn't appear to be happening.
Sure, there's a little bit of a double-dipping money grab going on here, but at least the studio is being up-front about it. How many other releases were handled as well?
I think part of the problem with how Lucas handled the Special Editions of the original Star Wars trilogy was that he didn't give fans a choice. The theatrical editions were dead to him, and he wasn't going to let them be released. Understandably, fans were ticked at the lack of choice.
Funny thing is, Blu-ray has advanced home video to the point where you could (theoretically) configure your copy of Star Wars for: - Theatrical or Special Edition
- Han shoots first
- Jar Jar or No Jar Jar
- etc.
These settings would be saved in your player as defaults, so you would never have to see Jar Jar if you didn't want to. While Lucas will probably never do it, that would be kinda cool! Personally, I've already pre-ordered the LOTR box set from Amazon. It's only $70 for three movies, for crying out loud! If doing it this way provides for a superduper Special Edition box set when The Hobbit is released, more power to them! Doing it this way gets the movies released now instead of in a couple of years. I'm all for that.
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