Classicrockfan
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I hope they aren’t stored like the Star Wars saga collection in there own sleeve.
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The Lord of the Rings & The Hobbit coming to 4K BluRay, Dec 1 2020
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Audiophile
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It's a 4K scan of original elements and a 4K scan of the VFX film-outs which will contain VFX still in the ~2K realm. Being mastered in Dolby Vision (fingers crossed for FEL with 12-Bit 4:2:2 on the disc).
Will still be a considerable upgrade over the Blu-rays.
So glad they're not just doing an upscale of the 2K DI.
Will still be a considerable upgrade over the Blu-rays.
So glad they're not just doing an upscale of the 2K DI.
Nikana
Go Go Neo Rangers!
That's good to hear!
ManaByte
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They're not remastered effects. WETA made new 4K masters for all six movies.
The 4K versions in the separate sets and the collection next year are the new 4K masters. Neither set includes Blu-Rays.
The Blu-Rays will be out next fall and are new 1080p transfers from WETA's new 4K masters.
ManaByte
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OmegaSupreme
advanced basic bitch
Fucking sweet. Now if I could just get a 4k hdr tv lol.
TTOOLL
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juliushandle
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isn't it like 3 disc per movie too? wtf, they want me to get my fat ass up to reload disc? what is this, the 1990s?
eddie4
Genuinely Generous
I believe the theatrical version is one disc and the extended version is on two discs. 3 discs per movie, so 9 discs total.
Alfen Dave
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I am huge prime fan of LOTR but some of the effects looked good (especially on smaller screen) because of the bluriness and poir resolution on old screens.
When old things get HD make up, it tends to be easier to see the fakeness of it.
When old things get HD make up, it tends to be easier to see the fakeness of it.
ManaByte
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The EEs are four hour movies. You're not fitting that on one disc with acceptable image quality and bitrate.
Cosmic Smash
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Lord of the Rings, Hobbit 4K Blu-ray sets: Must-own home-theater stunners
Next year, even bigger sets will arrive. But these combined 15 discs are plenty.
arstechnica.com
ManaByte
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Lord of the Rings, The: The Motion Picture Trilogy (4K UHD Review)
If you’re a fan of director Peter Jackson’s The Lord of the Rings films, and you’re anything like me, you’ve probably already purchased several versions of them on disc. Personally, I own the original Theatrical Cut DVDs, plus the Extended Edition DVD sets, and also the Limited Edition DVDs...
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TheTurboFD
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Same pre ordered last night , I’ll wait on the hobbit tho
IDKFA
I am Become Bilbo Baggins
I'll get LOTR. Probably the greatest trilogy of all time and PJ did a stellar job adapting the books to film.
Fuck the Hobbit trilogy. That shit was a total mess. Whoever thought it would be a good idea to grind out a short book like the Hobbit into a trilogy needs to be shot.
If they had kept it tight and maybe kept to the original plan of making two films, with film one ending with the barrel escape, then it really could have worked. But no. They fucked it.
Smaug was comical rather than being this terrifying force of nature. The battle of the five armies should have been the greatest battle in cinema history, but it was just a visuallly poor, bore fest. Speaking of visuals, how the fuck did they manage to make the special effects look worse than LOTR? The mind boggles. Don't get me started either on Radagast.
Amazon are now doing a middle earth series, but the question is, will it be true to the writings of Tolkien and the universe he created, or will it be a Middle-earth take on modern politics and be..........."woke"?
So yeah, I'll absolutely be picking up the 4K version of LOTR.
Fuck the Hobbit trilogy. That shit was a total mess. Whoever thought it would be a good idea to grind out a short book like the Hobbit into a trilogy needs to be shot.
If they had kept it tight and maybe kept to the original plan of making two films, with film one ending with the barrel escape, then it really could have worked. But no. They fucked it.
Smaug was comical rather than being this terrifying force of nature. The battle of the five armies should have been the greatest battle in cinema history, but it was just a visuallly poor, bore fest. Speaking of visuals, how the fuck did they manage to make the special effects look worse than LOTR? The mind boggles. Don't get me started either on Radagast.
Amazon are now doing a middle earth series, but the question is, will it be true to the writings of Tolkien and the universe he created, or will it be a Middle-earth take on modern politics and be..........."woke"?
So yeah, I'll absolutely be picking up the 4K version of LOTR.
Nikana
Go Go Neo Rangers!
Same. Don't care for hobbit. LOTR is great though.
Ixion
Member
Forgot the name of it, but the 2-hour fan edit of The Hobbit that came out a few years ago basically turns it into a LOTR-quality film (with a couple awkward transitions though). There's enough great moments throughout the Hobbit trilogy, that when whittled down to the core story, it makes for something great. Would be sweet if we got an official release of something like that one day...
ManaByte
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The same people responsible for butchering the DCEU. They've all jumped out of WB with their golden parachutes already.
Jackson wanted to just do the two-movie version. Which would've been fine. Basically Part 1 ended with them going down the river in the barrels. And part 2 is all of the Laketown/Five Armies stuff.
But WB wanted three $1 billion movies and forced Jackson into stretching it into a trilogy.
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juliushandle
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yeah I get that the extended cuts are 4 hours but damn, I'd rather stream then get my lazy ass up off the couch to swap disc 3 times a movie.
ManaByte
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They're only on two discs. So you only swap once.
Stiflers Mom
Banned
Let's say the first one was decent and call it a spades...
ManaByte
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The two movie version would've been great. Jackson and Del Toro actually planned that out well. Jackson DIDN'T have a trilogy planned and when WB forced that it nearly killed him.
ManaByte
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They were released in 4K in every digital store too.
AJUMP23
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Did you get your steel books?
I ended up getting mine for free because they were lost in the mail for 2 weeks. BestBuy refunded my purchase and then 2 days later the usps found them and delivered them.
I ended up with an extra code for the digital LOTR due to buying one when I thought my steel books were lost.
Setzer
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Yep, got mine. Was fortunate enough to get a box that didn't have a dent in it, which seems to be an issue with these. Then again, I did an in-store pickup for my set so I could inspect the box before taking it.
kraspkibble
Permabanned.
i don't know about anywhere else but Apple has the 4K box set.
AJUMP23
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I have an extra 4k code for MA. I will sell it for $35. It has the theatrical and the Extended all in 4k.