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The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings hexalogy rumoured for 4K Blu-ray release in Summer 2020 (Extended Editions too)
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This site is reputable apparently, they broke the news on The Shining, Batman movies and Gremlins coming to 4K before official announcement.
Yes please, why is it so hard
EE was a little better than the theatrical but it could still use more help.
If you can get through all 3 LOTR extended editions, then i tip my hat. There's a reason those got edited and ROTK was a slog to say the least.
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The EE on Blu-ray was the version that changed the colour grading and caused all the controversy.
I'll probably buy these again even though I have them already on DVD and Blu-Ray. I'm a sucker.
I wonder if we will ever get the 48 fps version of the Hobbit on disk. I'd love to see that version of it again.
I wonder if we will ever get the 48 fps version of the Hobbit on disk. I'd love to see that version of it again.
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You should want that, it maximises picture quality. I hope they continue to spread all the movies across two (100GB) discs.
I thought I read that LOTR was shot in 2k? Am I wrong or just underinformed about how these releases get made?
I've always wondered if Peter Jackson was/is still tempted to replace the CG Gollum in Fellowship with the one from the latter films.
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I am pretty sure all three were shot on film and could be re-scanned for 4K, but the SFX and final mastering was done at 2K I believe.
They better not have that disgusting green tint on the extended editions. I still refuse to buy the extended blu rays because of it. If it's cleaned up then it's an instant buy.
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Thanks for the info, not really much of a disc purchaser so this was all new to me.
In for the first trilogy extended editions.
I'm good with my 3d copies of the hobbit. Just wish there was a home release of the 48 FPS versions
I'm good with my 3d copies of the hobbit. Just wish there was a home release of the 48 FPS versions
Hopefully it includes the EE. And to be exact the only color grading that was changed was The Fellowship of the Ring. Although I don't know if it was ever said if Peter jackson approved that.
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He did approve it, the comment at the time was that he wanted it closer to the Hobbit movies so the 'transition' seemed more natural when watching them chronologically. What's strange is that the FOTR footage in ROTK EE is the original colour grading.
Interested to know what happens here.
Do traditional film captured movies benefit from HDR at all?
Yep the flashbacks in Return of the King and The Two Towers dont have the color grading changes. Which i find of weird cuz if you're doing it for one why not do it for all of them.
Excellent opportunity to fix (update) the small Bilbo-finds-ring scene in LOTR and replace it with the new scene and actor from The Hobbit.
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The UHD Blu-ray specification has no support for neither 3D or 48fps. So 3D Hobbit is a no-go. They could upconvert the 48fps version to 60fps, which the specification does support, but you can cause artefacts using interpolation.
Hell yes if true, give me the Theatrical and Extended 4k versions, day one for sure.
It would be great if they could fit the extended cuts onto 1 disc this time (100GB discs) so no more changing discs halfway through.
It would be great if they could fit the extended cuts onto 1 disc this time (100GB discs) so no more changing discs halfway through.
I'd actually really like there to be a condensed version without all the "current day" stuff with Frodo. As it is watching it before LOTR doesn't make sense.
