Well, they CAN'T.
I won't let them.
So there.
Lorne: Once the word spreads you beat up an innocent old man, well, the truly terrible will think twice before going toe-to-toe with our Avenging Angel. Spike: Yes. The geriatric community will be soiling their nappies when they hear you're on the case. Bravo.
'The Cautionary Tale of Numero Cinco'
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 § - Jun 28, 2004 8:04:48 am PDT #2783 of 3902
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
sumi - Jul 01, 2004 5:51:37 am PDT #2784 of 3902
Art Crawl!!!
From TORN, rumored date of RotKEE release:
ROTK Street Date: December 14th?
6/28/04, 1:02 pm EST - Xoanon
Sarah writes: I was looking through my company's intranet the other day, looking at upcoming DVD street dates, when lo and behold, it had a street date of December 14 listed for the ROTK:EE. Now, the title has not been catalogued yet, so things could still change, but it's the first time I've seen an actual date listed for it. [Pre-Order]
Anne W. - Jul 07, 2004 3:08:15 am PDT #2785 of 3902
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
Billy and Dom should remake all of the Road to... Movies that Bing Crosby and Bob Hope did.
HELL YES!!!
I've been thinking for a while that the two of them should do a comedy together.
DXMachina - Jul 07, 2004 3:50:56 am PDT #2786 of 3902
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
We're off on the road to Isengard
Old Treebeard will carry us there.
The Ents are goin', why they're goin', how can we be sure?
We'll lay you eight to five that they'll show Saruman the door.
§ ita § - Jul 08, 2004 8:54:56 am PDT #2787 of 3902
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
PLEASE LET THIS BE TRUE:
An employee of the Odeon theater chain in the U.K. has posted a message on a Lord of the Rings website disclosing that the chain has been notified that the three extended versions of the Rings films will be distributed to theaters in October, ahead of their DVD release in December. Another employee of a theater in Denmark said that his managers received a message from the films' distributors noting that the three extended versions will be shipped to "a select number of cinemas" in Denmark in "mid-October."
And let it be applicable here.
Kate P. - Jul 08, 2004 9:19:10 am PDT #2788 of 3902
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
t hyperventilating
They wouldn't NOT do it here... right?
DXMachina - Jul 08, 2004 9:50:53 am PDT #2789 of 3902
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
I think the question to ask is could they make dumptrucks full of money doing it. I'm pretty sure they could.
Connie Neil - Jul 08, 2004 9:57:18 am PDT #2790 of 3902
brillig
Someone at New Line is probably looking at the spreadsheets and thinking "Well, the DVD release will make lots of money, but damn, I wish we were going to get that nice Christmas present of a new theatrical release this year--wait ..."
DavidS - Jul 08, 2004 10:13:49 am PDT #2791 of 3902
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I'm on record as hoping they'd make an annual Christmas tradition of running the entire trilogy of extended editions theatrically. Wouldn't that be a fun annual tradition?
There's some precedent. Gone With The Wind was re-released multiple times, which was highly unusual for a film back then. But it just kept making tons of money, so every five years or so they'd put it back into release.
Kathy A - Jul 08, 2004 10:19:04 am PDT #2792 of 3902
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
I think that the GwtW re-releases were unusual for non-children's films, but Disney made a mint on re-releases. Of course, successful films stayed in the theaters for much longer pre-video than they do now; IIRC, Sound of Music was in first release for over two years.