Lord Of The Rings: The Two Towers Special Edition DVD

**Setvenharis** · 04-10-2003, 05:23 PM

Hi

Just to let you all know, some of the details for the special extended edition of The Two Towers has been released.......

From http://www.tolkienonline.com/docs/10821.html

The Two Towers Special Edition Length Confirmation -- Peter Jackson's Early Christmas Present

According to an interview in the Official Lord of the Rings Fanclub Magazine, Peter Jackson has confirmed that The Two Towers Special Edition will come in at a whopping 222 minutes in length, a total of 43 minutes added to the film (that's 24% more movie!). Nearly all of this new footage will consist of character scenes, including a good deal of Treebeard expansion and Huorns at Helms Deep.

43 minutes extra!!!!!!

Dear God.....that's more than TFOTR!

Lars

**erhershman** · 04-10-2003, 05:53 PM

That's all fine and dandy... but what I really want to know is, when the heck is the release date!?!?

**Setvenharis** · 04-10-2003, 06:05 PM

The special edition DVD (4 disks) is to be released in mid-November.

Lars

**Ramage** · 04-10-2003, 06:23 PM

To use the modern vernacular ... I am so there

Finally I'll get to hear Gimli talk about the bones in the earth of Helm's Deep!

**Ineti** · 04-10-2003, 07:35 PM

S. W. E. E. T.

Not much else to be said.

**Aldaron** · 04-10-2003, 10:12 PM

As long as they're careful when intercutting new scenes into the footage.

As much as I loved the extended version of FOTR on DVD, I was horrified by the lack of care taken in the scene when Isildur puts on the Ring during the Orc attack. It was so obviously composited, with the light-angles completely different for him and the background, that it could have been from a B-grade 50s monster movie.

I realise it's only a moment in the film, but in a way, that's the point. There is so much care taken elsewhere that something like Isildur-of-the-Blue-Screen is that much more jarring when it appears.

**CorpBoy** · 04-11-2003, 04:52 AM

Anyone know the release date for the normal edition of the TT movie? I bought both last year. I might as well buy both again this year

**Robbert Raets** · 04-11-2003, 05:40 AM

All I can say is W00T!!

**Captain Novaes** · 04-11-2003, 05:49 AM

OMG !! I will have to shell out another four hundred Brazilian to get my hands on this one... AAAAAAAARGH !

But it will be worth the price

**Ineti** · 04-11-2003, 06:52 AM

Originally posted by CorpBoy
Anyone know the release date for the normal edition of the TT movie? I bought both last year. I might as well buy both again this year

I think it's August, but I'm not 100 percent sure on that.

**Ineti** · 04-11-2003, 06:53 AM

Originally posted by Aldaron
I realise it's only a moment in the film, but in a way, that's the point. There is so much care taken elsewhere that something like Isildur-of-the-Blue-Screen is that much more jarring when it appears.

Really? I didn't even notice. I was probably still stoked on just watching the extended edition.

**Kirok** · 04-11-2003, 10:00 AM

Originally posted by Aldaron

As much as I loved the extended version of FOTR on DVD, I was horrified by the lack of care taken in the scene when Isildur puts on the Ring during the Orc attack. It was so obviously composited, with the light-angles completely different for him and the background, that it could have been from a B-grade 50s monster movie.
I realise it's only a moment in the film, but in a way, that's the point. There is so much care taken elsewhere that something like Isildur-of-the-Blue-Screen is that much more jarring when it appears.

Oh great! Thanks a lot ! >

Now I have to watch it again!

**erhershman** · 04-11-2003, 03:08 PM

Originally posted by Ineti
Really? I didn't even notice. I was probably still stoked on just watching the extended edition.

Same here... I never notice things like that in movies.

**Aldaron** · 04-13-2003, 05:02 AM

Originally posted by erhershman
Same here... I never notice things like that in movies.

It's more me than anything else, I think.

I'm one of these people who will sit thru a film and pick up bloopers on the first viewing - I think it comes from being a software-development teacher: I'm instinctively on the lookout for technical glitches and errors!

*Pity my poor students...*

**Garet** · 04-14-2003, 11:09 AM

I have a friend who works in film developing and photoshop use at a local store and he picks out all the bad spots in movies, drives him nuts. he'll rant and rave and i never did see the problems he does

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