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[ManaByte]

Official specs. MSRP on the EE is $39 Giftset is $79:

DISCS 1-2: The Feature
FEATURE (approx. 250 minutes) - A new version of the final installment in the epic trilogy! The Academy-Award® winning film now has 50 minutes of never-before-seen footage incorporated into the film for this highly-anticipated video release:
Widescreen (2.35:1) version of the Special Extended Edition
Dolby Digital EX 5.1 Surround Sound
DTS ES 6.1 Surround Sound
Stereo Surround Sound
English subtitles and closed captions
Spanish subtitles

Four audio commentaries by the director and writers, the design team, the production team and the cast featuring more than 30 participants including Peter Jackson, Elijah Wood, Sean Astin, Orlando Bloom and Academy Award® winners Richard Taylor, Howard Shore…and many more.

Cast commentary also features dialogue between split-personality characters Gollum and Smeagol (Andy Serkis)!

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 Return of the King::

THE APPENDICES PART V: "The War of the Ring"
Disc intro by director Peter Jackson
"J.R.R. Tolkien: The Legacy of Middle-earth" documentary
From Book to Script:
"From Book to Script: Forging the Final Chapter" documentary
Abandoned Concept: Aragorn Battles Sauron
Designing and Building Middle-earth
"Designing Middle-earth" documentary
"Big-atures" documentary
"Weta Workshop" documentary
"Costume Design" documentary
Design Galleries - 2,123 images
The Peoples of Middle-earth (galleries with docent audio)
The Realms of Middle-earth (galleries with docent audio)
Miniatures (galleries with docent audio)
"Home of the Horse Lords" documentary
"Middle-earth Atlas: Tracing the Journeys of the Fellowship" interactive map
"New Zealand as Middle-earth" interactive map w/on-location footage

THE APPENDICES PART VI: "The Passing of an Age"
Disc intro by Elijah Wood, Sean Astin, Billy Boyd and Dominic Monaghan
Filming The Return of the King
"Cameras in Middle-earth" documentary
Production Photos (gallery) - 69 images
Visual Effects
"Weta Digital" documentary
"The Mumakil Battle" demonstration / multi-angle interactive feature
Post Production: Journey's End
"Editorial: Completing the Trilogy" documentary
"Music for Middle-earth" documentary
"The Soundscapes of Middle-earth" documentary
"The End of All Things" documentary
"The Passing of an Age" documentary
Cameron Duncan: The Inspiration for "Into the West"
"Cameron Duncan: The Inspiration for 'Into the West'" documentary
"DFK6498" short film
"Strike Zone" short film

 

[Chipopo]

Cast commentary also features dialogue between split-personality characters Gollum and Smeagol (Andy Serkis)!

Haha, perfect.

 

[pnjtony]

it shall be a merry christmas

 

[Memles]

I want to know, if they plan on releasing a box set of the three Extended Editions, how much it will cost.

I picked up Two Towers on the cheap and it might be cheaper to buy the set than ROTK and FOTR separately.

Hyped.

 

[ghostface]

Didn't you already make a thread about this, albeit with less detail?

Anyway I want to know the same thing as Memles.

 

[border]

I gotta imagine that listening to Gollum on a commentary would get old after the first 10 minutes. It's kind of a funny gimmick, but for 4 friggin' hours....?

 

[Memles]

I gotta imagine that listening to Gollum on a commentary would get old after the first 10 minutes. It's kind of a funny gimmick, but for 4 friggin' hours....?

From listening to the cast commentary on Fellowship...they don't really talk that much individually.

 

[Ghost]

4 hours? jeeeees

 

[MrCheez]

Give us a trailer or something already, dammit! (Besides the hard-to-see ComicCon footage with the 10,000 screaming fangirls)

December is so far away.

 

[Naked Snake]

I really hope I'll have money for the gift set come December... otherwise I'm gonna have to settle for the regular EE. I only have the regular EEs for FotR and TTT simply because I didn't care for bookends or the Gollum statue, but the stuff in RotK gift set are damn sexy.

 

[Ramirez]

Anyone got a pic of the statues that come with it?I liked the FotR's bookends,but the Gollum statue was ass.I still bought it though

 

[MrCheez]

Heres the best image I could find after a quick search: http://dvdmedia.ign.com/dvd/image/rotkee_giant_1090882055.jpg

So sexy <3

 

[Dan]

I'll buy it because I'm a completist, but it was by far my least favorite of the series. I hesitate to even say it was anything more than an average blockbuster. Fellowship is the only one I could say was great.

 

[Naked Snake]

That Minas Tirith minature is very sexy, but I also really want the Minas Morgul one:

More pics here http://www.ga-forum.com/showthread.php?t=6913

Anyone know how to get it? Are there going to be two different versions of the EE gift set? Or what?

 

[MrCheez]

I'll buy it because I'm a completist, but it was by far my least favorite of the series. I hesitate to even say it was anything more than an average blockbuster. Fellowship is the only one I could say was great.

Maybe the EE will change your mind? The EEs almost feel like different films.

Anyone know how to get it? Are there going to be two different versions of the EE gift set? Or what?

It's the same thing as the 'Get Smeagol, Buy Gollum-deal' from the Two Towers gift set. If you buy the ROTK EE gift set you get a special coupon that lets you purchase the Minas Morgul statue online.

 

[Dead]

For TTT, all the EE did was make it even more excruciating to sit through. FOTR is the only one worth its salt in my mind now, magnificent in almost every way, but I think the EE WILL help ROTK as the Theatrical version feels incomplete but on the other hand, 4 hours -_-

 

[Dan]

Maybe the EE will change your mind? The EEs almost feel like different films.

It could solve some of my problems, but no amount of additional footage will solve other issues I have with it. There are some nice scenes though, and some of the background stuff is cool. It's not like I'll feel like I'm throwing my money away, but it's not something I'm anxiously awaiting by any means either.

 

[Naked Snake]

My favorite thing about the EEs is the Appendices discs, I just LOVE THAT SHIT, more so than the extended scenes.

Oh and I agree with the gentleman who said FotR is the best.

 

[Akira]

There's something about the last few Holiday season that made it memorable. I'm thinking the Lord of the Rings movies added something to it. This is the "last" one.

 

[MrCheez]

You know, the lengths of these films are really a double-edged sword. On one hand I want to see as many scenes and details from the books in there as possible, and I love the movies so much that when I watch them I never want em to end...

But then on the other hand... it sometimes can be hard to watch any movie for that long, no matter how good it is. Or to just FIND the time to watch them. =/ I have a hard time bringing myself to skip scenes to make the time.

Oh well... I usually have the films on in the background while playing MMOs.

 

[Memles]

My favorite thing about the EEs is the Appendices discs, I just LOVE THAT SHIT, more so than the extended scenes.

Oh and I agree with the gentleman who said FotR is the best.

I disagree with you both (Prefer ROTK) but agree on the discs...I LOVE the scripting as well as the filming documetaries. Hearing the stories (Like the spontaneous camp-out that Viggo proposed to get a single sunrise shot) just rocks.

 

[MrCheez]

Hell yeah, I spend hours upon hours watching all the extra goodies in the EEs.

 

[heavy liquid]

Here are some better pics of the statues:

I believe that the Howard Shore: Creating the LotR Symphony DVD is only available with the box set as well. It clocks in at 52 minutes and has a performance with the Montreal Symphony.

 

[Naked Snake]

MMOs?

 

[MrCheez]

Massively Multiplayer Online games, EverQuest, World of Warcraft, etc. I'm an addict. ;_;

 

[Solid]

Sold!

The trilogy is soon complete!

 

[Naked Snake]

Massively Multiplayer Online games, EverQuest, World of Warcraft, etc. I'm an addict. ;_;

I thought you might be referring to that, but I never seen them referred to as MMOs, always MMORPGs

 

[Agent Dormer]

I'll buy it because I'm a completist, but it was by far my least favorite of the series. I hesitate to even say it was anything more than an average blockbuster. Fellowship is the only one I could say was great.

Agree completely. Return of the King had me checking my watch countless times in the theater wondering when it would end.

 

[ManaByte]

LOTR: EE Box set. Same day as the ROTK EE for $119.99.

 

[teiresias]

OMG!!! I have the gift set of the first two films (I have yet to even take Gollum out of the TTT box though as I can't figure out how to do it without tearing the box to shreds), but the ROTK gift-set looks absolutely INCREDIBLE!!! I'm soooooooo getting it the day of release!!!

 

[duderon]

LOTR: EE Box set. Same day as the ROTK EE for $119.99.

NICE

 

[MrCheez]

Oooo cool box set.

New pics from the EE (and one short clip)!! :O Don't click if you don't want to be spoiled on some things.

Spoiler

http://img60.exs.cx/img60/920/aragorn.jpg

http://www.creativeunity.co.uk/lotr/aragorn_palantir2.jpg

http://img60.exs.cx/img60/9250/frodo_sam.jpg

http://elflady.com/legolasgreenleaf/films/lotr/rotk/misc/images/extendeddvd01.jpg (Look specifically at the bottom left shot... hell yeah!!! )

http://img58.exs.cx/img58/1245/saruman_palantir.jpg

http://img89.exs.cx/img89/7344/menu1ee.jpg

http://img89.exs.cx/img89/8149/menu2ee.jpg

http://img89.exs.cx/img89/2715/menu3ee.jpg

http://img89.exs.cx/img89/2952/menu4ee.jpg

http://img89.exs.cx/img89/5077/menu5ee.jpg

http://img89.exs.cx/img89/8415/menu6ee.jpg

http://img89.exs.cx/img89/5788/menu7ee.jpg

http://www.comingsoon.net/forums/showpost.php?p=1512856&postcount=7188 Some new Paths of the Dead footage

Can't wait can't wait!!! >_<

 

[Forgotten Ancient]

Awesome.

My (old) friend sold my EE versions of Fellowship and TTT for drugs, so I guess I'll wait until the trilogy set comes out.

-1 friend
+1 box set

 

[MrCheez]

Holy crap!! High-res pics, again don't click if you don't want spoilers.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v32/fleuz/EE-pix/13.jpg

http://img3.photobucket.com/albums/v32/fleuz/EE-pix/?action=view&current=12.jpg

http://www.creativeunity.co.uk/lotr/rotkee-vos.jpg

 

[Dead]

LOTR: EE Box set. Same day as the ROTK EE for $119.99.

New Line better make this available to those who already bought the first 2

...wishful thinking

 

[SKluck]

They could do something like what happened with Jurassic Park. In the box for JP3 was a mail order for a box for all 3 movies.

 

[Dead]

They could do something like what happened with Jurassic Park. In the box for JP3 was a mail order for a box for all 3 movies.

yeah I got it 5 months later and partly smashed

 

[ChrisReid]

The only thing this is missing is an audio commentary by Bruce "Elvis" Campbell.

 

[Mr Gump]

That boxset rocks, but i already have the first 2 extended editions. Not the ones with the bonus gifts either, as i was too tight to pay the extra as it was.

 

[Dujour]

LOTR: EE Box set. Same day as the ROTK EE for $119.99.

Mine. Does it come with the statues?

 

[Mr Gump]

Mine. Does it come with the statues?

Obviously not.

The box isnt that big.

 

[Dujour]

I really can't tell. :/

 

[MrCheez]

Mine. Does it come with the statues?

I think at this point the statues from the first two gift sets are going to be hard to find. =/

But you can always order from a huge selection of different LOTR statues here http://www.sideshowtoy.com/cgi-bin/category.cgi?category=lotrhome They are of freaking awesome quality. (Most are pricey, though )

 

[Dujour]

Wows. Is this wearable?

http://www.sideshowtoy.com/cgi-bin/category.cgi?category=hellboy_props&item=8922#jpgs

 

[Fafalada]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v32/fleuz/EE-pix/13.jpg

Oh hell yeah!
Out of all 3 movies I only actually griped about 2 scenes missing (both from ROTK too ) and looks like they are both in EE, nice