LOTR TTT collectors edition preview

[Chewey]

Those life sized talking standees look very nice!

LIFE SIZED STANDEES (http://shop.newline.com/catalog/product.xml?product_id=13500)

[bentllama]

Originally posted by Chewey
Those life sized talking standees look very nice!

LIFE SIZED STANDEES (http://shop.newline.com/catalog/product.xml?product_id=13500)

we have both of those outside our door at work...pretty cool.

[SheepFactory]

oh boy...they dont ship the lifesize aragorn stand up outside united states :) ,

Leigh , now you have an excuse to come to siggraph :D

[Tottebias]

coolness. i'm hoping my girl never gets to see that elven necklace or she'll bug me about it forever ;)

[leigh]

Originally posted by Sheep Factory
Leigh , now you have an excuse to come to siggraph :D

An excuse yes, but neither time nor the money :cry:

[FBMachine]

Nice. This LOTR chess set looks cool too:
http://shop.newline.com/catalog/product.xml?product_id=11459;category_id=;pcid1=;pcid2=

Hey Leigh, what did you obsess over before the LOTR movies came along? :D
Dan

[MCronin]

Umm maybe I'm stupid but that link just goes to NewLine's online store for me, and it doesn't even go to TTT's special edition item. There's not a whole lot of info about it on the catalog page either. Did you mean to link to this?

http://shop.newline.com/catalog/product.xml?product_id=13689;category_id=2472;pcid1=;pcid2=

Edit: It looks like you have to buy the uber expensive gift set if you want the bonus DVD and booklet about the making of Gollum.

[leigh]

Hey Leigh, what did you obsess over before the LOTR movies came along?

Star Wars :D Oh, and since the beginning of 1999, I was practically counting down the days until the release of LOTR...

Umm maybe I'm stupid but that link just goes to NewLine's online store for me, and it doesn't even go to TTT's special edition item.

That's weird :surprised
For me it goes to the page on the collectors edition box set.

It looks like you have to buy the uber expensive gift set if you want the bonus DVD and booklet about the making of Gollum.

And that's exactly what I intend to get!! I bought the collectors edition of Fellowship Of The Ring as well, and it's totally worth the money.

[jason-slab]

Originally posted by Chewey
Those life sized talking standees look very nice!

LIFE SIZED STANDEES (http://shop.newline.com/catalog/product.xml?product_id=13500)

This item can not be shipped outside the U.S.A:thumbsdow that sux

[aurora]

Ok this is wierd. If you do a seach using 'The Two Towers Extended" it takes you to an 40 minute extended VHS version but not the collectors version. They do not list a collectors VHS version at all just the normal and the extended. On the other hand for DVD as was already stated theres the theatrical version and then the collectors version. Why no plane extended DVD version?

[MCronin]

Here's the extended DVD

http://shop.newline.com/catalog/product.xml?product_id=13902;category_id=2473

[aurora]

MCronin, Thanks thats what I was looking and hoping for!! 40 additional minutes plus new sound!! If if its half as good as the treatment they gave LOTR then Nov 18th is way to far away. Although I admit I will rent the standard DVD when it comes out in Aug just to get the 10 minute trailer for ROTK!

[iNFERNiS]

wuaaah can't wait for the extented edition, 4 cd's of sweetness!!
Available on November 18th, argh.


here's a list of features:


DVD Features:
DISCS 1-2: The Feature:

A new version of the second installment includes over 40 minutes of never-before-seen footage incorporated into the film. (approx. 208 minutes)

Four audio commentaries by the director, writer, the design team, and production team featuring more than 30 participants including Peter Jackson, Richard Taylor, Howard Shore, Elijah Wood, Sean Astin, and Orlando Bloom.

DISCS 3-4: The Appendices:

Two discs with hours of original content including multiple documentaries and design/photo galleries with thousands of images to give viewers an in-depth behind-the-scenes look at The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

DISC 3:

Adapting the book into a screenplay & planning the film

Designing and inspiration for locations in Middle-earth

Storyboards to pre-visualization

Weta Workshop visit: See sculptors in action as they create weapons, armor, creatures, and miniatures from the film

Atlas of Middle-earth tracing the journey of the Fellowship

An interactive map of New Zealand highlighting the location scouting process

Galleries of art and slideshows with commentaries by the artists

DISC 4:

Sending the actors into battle: sword fighting

Principal photography: Stories from the set

Digital effects including motion capture and the computer program to create the armies of Orcs

Bigatures: a close-up look at the miniatures

Galleries of behind-the-scenes photographs and personal cast photos

Post-Production: editing it all together

Sound design demonstration

DVD-ROM Content: Includes access to exclusive online features

Widescreen anamorphic format

Number of discs: 4




:buttrock: :buttrock:

Yes, i'm a lotr addict.

[leigh]

Hmmm that looks like exactly the same stuff as on the Fellowship extended edition :surprised

[iNFERNiS]

hehe, yea I noticed it too, we won't be seeing the same making of footage as in the FOTR extended edition. That would be a dumb idea :D

the first making of was ENTIRELY focused on FOTR, kinda logical that it will be the same for TTT no? :D

the same subjects, but how they were applied to TTT.

[colkai]

Given that Jackson made sure even the 'std' DVD and extended for LOTR FOTR had different content, I am not too worried.
It's a good bet the new content will be for TTT but in the same form as for FOTR, and I'll go out on a limb and say I'll bet it will be the same for TROTK special DVD when that comes out.

So far PJ has not let the fans down, I cannot see that starting now. Me, when it arrives in the UK, I'll bet there - cash in hand! :D

[Jozvex]

So help me get this right, there's a:

"The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers DVD Collector's Gift Set" for $70

And then a:

"The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers DVD Platinum Series Special Extended Edition" for $30

Are they the same only the first one has the Gollum statue? I remember with FOTR there was a more expensive version where you got book ends.

[Boone]

This is what really cheesed me off about the Fellowship DVD releases...

They release the standard version in August and then they bring the extended version in November. Why not just release the two together? Or just make one edition and be done with it?

I for one got tired of waiting for the Extended edition and bought the standard version a few weeks after release. I've only recently baught the Extended version...which I only did when a friend told me that the extras on the extended version were different to those on the standard edition.

Perhaps if they made that clear in the first place, I would have baught both on their release dates...:annoyed:

[grantimus]

Originally posted by Boone
This is what really cheesed me off about the Fellowship DVD releases...

They release the standard version in August and then they bring the extended version in November. Why not just release the two together? Or just make one edition and be done with it?

I for one got tired of waiting for the Extended edition and bought the standard version a few weeks after release. I've only recently baught the Extended version...which I only did when a friend told me that the extras on the extended version were different to those on the standard edition.

Perhaps if they made that clear in the first place, I would have baught both on their release dates...:annoyed:

Amen, I'm sick of buying a DVD only to find out a Special/Delux/Director's Cut version has come out or will be released soon. The last time this happen to me was when I bought the X-Men DVD and then X-MEN 1.5 came out.

[jum'bok]

Originally posted by Boone
Why not just release the two together? Or just make one edition and be done with it?

I for one got tired of waiting for the Extended edition and bought the standard version a few weeks after release. I've only recently baught the Extended version...which I only did when a friend told me that the extras on the extended version were different to those on the standard edition.

you ended up buying both of them? i think you just answered your own question there :D

thanks for the link leigh, didn't know we could preorder already :buttrock:

slightly offtopic, i just started watching the lotr fotr with the audio commentary turned on. got halfway through the cast commentary so far, and the hobbits are hilarious. i enjoyed it almost as much as watching the actual movie.

ps grantimus the lotr special editions were announced long ahead of time, it's not like they tricked us. xmen though yeah i know a couple of people that did the same thing.

[rquinn]

Are the standees like molds or something
like can you run around it and see all the details or is it a simple cardboard flat printed

[d4rk]

:cry: I wish I had bought the FOTR gift set, though I can still get it I bet. I don't want to have 2 copies of the extended version since I already have the standard AND a copy of the extended version. I was a bit peaved when they tricked me into buying the standard vesion then came out with an extended version. :D doh! It wasn't that bad though, I'll wait for the exnteded gift set this time.

[Nemoid]

and at the end they will release a megaspecial "Diamond" box, with all 3 movies in extended version, blue ray DVD, plus various dvd with specials, documentaries, images etc

plus a contest to win a date with Liv Tyler...:drool:

ok, i like to dream...

[janhath]

I for one cannot wait,such a wonderful movie.:thumbsup: :beer:

[sept94]

Originally posted by MCronin


Edit: It looks like you have to buy the uber expensive gift set if you want the bonus DVD and booklet about the making of Gollum.

does Bonus DVD mention anything about digital gollum?

[John-Stetzer]

Originally posted by Leigh
Hmmm that looks like exactly the same stuff as on the Fellowship extended edition :surprised
They're in effect a continuation of the stuff on the first collection, only focusing on the Two Towers. For the Gollum question somone else asked, there's a 40 minute section on that, apparently. Here's a good review of what's on the discs...

http://www.thedigitalbits.com/reviews3/lotrtwotowers4disca.html

[sept94]

Originally posted by John Stetzer
They're in effect a continuation of the stuff on the first collection, only focusing on the Two Towers. For the Gollum question somone else asked, there's a 40 minute section on that, apparently. Here's a good review of what's on the discs...

http://www.thedigitalbits.com/reviews3/lotrtwotowers4disca.html

Probably I did not describe very well, my question is: Any extra making of Digital Gollum on DISC 5 (special Gift Set)? Not Disc4.

[erilaz]

"The gift box includes the following extras: "The Evolution of Gollum" exclusive: a bonus DVD on the Weta Workshop and how the Gollum statue was created, featuring interviews with Peter Jackson, Richard Taylor, the cast and more! Also featured on the bonus disc, a printed companion piece showing how Gollum evolved from pencil sketch to sculpted maquette to digital character. A collectible Gollum polystone statue created by Sideshow Weta is included as well. These contents are presented to you in a handsome gift box, with packaging illustrated by famed artist, Alan Lee. As for the film itself, this wide-screen four-disc PlatinumT Series DVD set includes 40 minutes of extra footage woven into the theatrical release of the film, and new music by Howard Shore."

Yay!:D

[hypercube]

Hrm..see, read that same blurb before, and based on that, the 5th DVD could -still- be only about the little statue itself. Tricksy they is.

[colkai]

Even so,
I am waiting for it to arrive in the stores - less than 2 weeks to go - oh yeah! :D

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