apparently somebody has an "I gotta watch all 6 films extended only" mindset... Me and a couple friends did this. It was a bad mistake.
Lord of the Rings trilogy releasing on 4K December 1
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To be fair, The Lord of the Rings would work rather well as a TV series with some clever editing.
I watch one film a night pretty much. Wouldn't matter to me if they were 6 hours long either, it's too good to stop.
If The Lord of the Rings: Second Age does well, I wouldn't be surprised if Bezos follows through with an adaptation of The Lord of Rings.
I hope the DNR on those isn't indicative of what's coming on the 4K versions...Yeah, but the most important ones show that the green tint has finally been banished into the void.
I wonder if those screens posted on the blu-ray.com forum are actually indicative of the 4K color grading. We'll have to wait and see. The green/teal filter being gone is good, but I also don't really want a return to the overly pinkish tone of the theatrical home release.Yeah, but the most important ones show that the green tint has finally been banished into the void.
...it's like a whole new movieYeah, but the most important ones show that the green tint has finally been banished into the void.
Artistic choice I think, I think green was considered to be that movie's colour, like how the EE cover was green, maybe that's why.
On my birthday I order a pizza and watch all three extended editions in one go. Its been a tradition every year now since their release.
Yo i know people are going to dunk on me, but I saw these movies for the first time in my life last year, and they were just like OKAY. I did not understand the fervor 🤷♂️
But I like fantasy and trilogies and wizards, but I get where you're coming from.
With major movies like this, the context can be important. It's like trying to explain why Seven Samurai or Star Wars were so exciting when so many movies after them were heavily influenced by them. When the LotR movies came out, vaguely decent budget fantasy with a bit of quality almost didn't exist. Heavily serialized TV shows were super rare too, so having that much content hit in a period of just three years was a pretty wild ride.
But LotR really opened up the genre for studios for much of what's come after.
Thanks for this. You've made it make sense to me. I was watching these movies thinking: "Game of Thrones first few seasons were better than this," or "This is like every bog standard fantasy game I've played in the past 5 years." Now I understand.
Your last point has less to do with the LOTR movies and more to do with the original novels and their publication in the 50s. They literally created every trope and fantasy cliche that modern fantasy built itself upon.
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I was so excited to see fixed colors in FOTR I completely forgot about HDR. God damn I am happy to see this again.
Haha, I swear, the Google swipe keyboard has become absolutely horrible. I really need to just stop using it, I spend more time correcting it (and missing wrong words obviously!) then I save using it.
Oh hyyyype in my veins.
All UHD, even those with Dolby Vision, have a base layer of HDR10 metadata. So the next-gen consoles aren't so much 'emulating' DV as much as they're just ignoring that layer of data and using the HDR10 layer to refer to.
Saw each film multiple times in theaters and revisited the extended trilogy annually for a very long time, but cut way back so they feel more special when I do go back. It's probably been 4-5 years since my last viewing. I cannot wait for this. Even those twitter screenshots are stunning.
There's a really strong green filter applied to the extended edition of Fellowship on Blu-ray. It's not present on the DVDs or in any of the versions of the theatrical release.
As an example, here's a screencap of the old Blu-Ray:
Contrast it with how the snow looks in the new release, and it's great to have it looking like it should.
I wonder what will happen first:
DV support for PS5/Xbox
or
DV playback on PC from my MKVs
Still bought this but goddamn I'm disappointed that PS5 doesn't support DV yet.
Vancouver here, my Two Towers EE on iTunes has been upgraded to 4K/Dolby Vision. Other two are still HD
you say yet as if theyre going to update it..
i'm just as disappointed, but i also am not expecting anything
