Danger's my birthright.

Buffy ,'The Killer In Me'


LotR - The Return of the King: "We named the *dog* 'Strider'".  

Frodo: Please, what does it always mean, this... this "Aragorn"? Elrond: That's his name. Aragorn, son of Arathorn. Aragorn: I like "Strider." Elrond: We named the *dog* "Strider".

A discussion of Lord of the Rings - The Return of the King. If you're a pervy hobbit fancier, this is the place for you.


§ ita § - May 25, 2004 1:12:30 pm PDT #2646 of 3902
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

there is an unforgiveable amount of replication between the two

I'm not sure which ones made it onto the disc, but I think there were two (maybe three) documentaries airing under separate names that differed by at most five minutes of footage.

Very frustrating.

But I expect (thanks, TiVo) to have seen all these extras already. That's been the way with the theatricals -- they assemble the documentaries that aired.

The new stuff is on the extended.


Connie Neil - May 25, 2004 1:26:20 pm PDT #2647 of 3902
brillig

Are the commentaries different between the theatrical and the extended releases?


Kathy A - May 25, 2004 1:28:23 pm PDT #2648 of 3902
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil

There are no commentaries on the theatrical. Only extras are on the second disc--I'm looking forward to seeing the supertrailer, myself.


§ ita § - May 25, 2004 1:29:16 pm PDT #2649 of 3902
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Is that the same supertrailer that was on the site for a while? That thing was gorgeous, and I'm psyched to see it big.


Kathy A - May 25, 2004 1:32:34 pm PDT #2650 of 3902
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil

Yes, indeed. Seeing it in a 3"x5" box on the computer monitor was nothing.

Now I wish I had access to my brother's big screen tv. Oh, well, guess I'll just have to deal with my 27".

t /first world issues


Jars - May 25, 2004 1:48:22 pm PDT #2651 of 3902

Just watched dvd. It's actually a lot better than I remember it. I think that I just let little niggles overshadow my memory of the whole film. The CG looks better on a small screen aswell, dare I say it.


Kathy A - May 25, 2004 2:16:34 pm PDT #2652 of 3902
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil

There are some interesting new facts to be found in the Entertainment Weekly special issue. First is that, according to Andrew Lesnie, there is enough material being added to the latter part of the Pelennor Fields battle sequence in the extended edition that they had to change the time of day Pippin finds Merry by using digital grading.


Pete, Husband Of Reason - May 25, 2004 3:27:16 pm PDT #2653 of 3902
Not got a lot to say...

...that they had to change the time of day Pippin finds Merry by using digital grading.

Now that is funny.

My one big dissapointment with the extras is that there's no 10 minute preview of the extended cut like there was on previous theatrical editions.

Also, a warning for arachnophobes, the extras disk uses a nasty close up of Shelob as part of the animated transitions between screens.


Allyson - May 25, 2004 6:56:54 pm PDT #2654 of 3902
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica

My parents asked me if I would like to watch "the new Ring movie, something about a Fellowship."

You've gotten to them, too, ita? HAVE YOU NO SHAME?


§ ita § - May 25, 2004 7:00:06 pm PDT #2655 of 3902
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

They seemed like such nice people. I had to share the gurlie elf love.