t hyperventilating
They wouldn't NOT do it here... right?
We're deep in space, corner of No and Where.
Mal ,'Objects In Space'
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.
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
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.
sumi - Jul 08, 2004 11:58:17 am PDT #2793 of 3902
Art Crawl!!!
I think that would be an excellent Christmas tradition.
Una - Jul 08, 2004 12:22:26 pm PDT #2794 of 3902
when i die, please bake my ashes into a brick and use me to hit fascists.
They should film that....and, y'know, show it every Christmas.
Um.
libkitty - Jul 08, 2004 4:28:48 pm PDT #2795 of 3902
Embrace the idea that we are the leaders we've been looking for. Grace Lee Boggs
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.
::crossing fingers. damn. the toes won't cross::
I hope they come to theaters here too, despite the shameful lack of toe crossing! Just imagine all of the popcorn sales for people stuck overjoyed to be in the theater for over 10 hours.
Anne W. - Jul 09, 2004 2:42:48 am PDT #2796 of 3902
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
Guh. I think I stopped breathing for nearly a minute.
I can't imagine they wouldn't release the extended editions here. The only question now is how hard it will be to get tickets.
§ ita § - Jul 12, 2004 4:23:22 am PDT #2797 of 3902
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I have a question about the books -- how long is it between when Frodo gets the ring, and he leaves the shire? How long between him getting the ring, and leaving Bag End? Doesn't he move somewhere else first, perhaps change his name?