The Two Towers DVD Release Dates 335
FortKnox writes "Mark these dates on your Calendar: 8/26/03 & 11/18/03. These are the (US) DVD release dates for The Two Towers. Like Fellowship, the first date is the release of the DVD, and the November date is the release of the special edition (with rumored extra 48 minutes of footage). Another one ring.net page has more details on the actual footage."
Why? (Score:0, Insightful)
-Maher-
Waiting for the complete set? (Score:3, Insightful)
Save your money. (Score:3, Insightful)
Re:You know (Score:2, Insightful)
Sure go ahead (Score:0, Insightful)
After all, most of you guys talk the talk, but who here is willing to walk the walk? This is exactly what the MPAA and the RIAA count on; that in the end, people dump their principles and BUY MORE STUFF!!!!
Don't get excited about stupidity like this, rent the DVD, make a VOB and share it, but for crying out loud, don't run out and support the leeches that are fighting to destroy out freedoms, and rip money right out of our pockets.
Re:Why? (Score:2, Insightful)
Re:Hmm... (Score:1, Insightful)
Re:Save your money. (Score:5, Insightful)
Re:Likewise with FOTR extended DVD (Score:5, Insightful)
Wait a sec. You were broke, but still had the $30 to spend on a 4 Disc DVD? That's sick.
Broke is broke. Having $30 to by a movie that you have the luxury to have a DVD player to play in is NOT broke.
So sayeth the fat white computer dude with a good job, and who worries about buying that new Wolverine XBox game 'cause he hears it kind of sucks. -buf
Re:Save your money. (Score:5, Insightful)
Herein lies the problem (Score:5, Insightful)
For Your Consideration (Score:3, Insightful)
I also bought all 3 Indiana Jones movies and the first 3 Star Wars captured from Laser Disc on DVD. Total cost: $14 US. Arrrr Matey!!!
Re:Lucas (Score:3, Insightful)
I did, and what I saw amounted to one big fucking commercial.
"Hi, I'm some chick who works for bla bla corp, oh look! Collector's editions of the original trilogy in book format! That's pretty interesting, why don't we show some shots of that while I keep talking? Did you know we sell these? Mmmm, these books sure do look nice... I wish I could be saying 'Only $69.95!' right about now... hey, let's have a shot of the director. He seems to be saying something. Oh, he's saying he wanted to be true to Tolkien's original trilogy! Well, let's fade him out and fade back in this shot of the trilogy that we happen to publish! The only thing missing from this 'making of' feature is an 800 number!"
At least some of the extras on the Star Wars DVDs didn't appear to have anything to do with trying to sell me more crap.
Re:The smart move (Score:2, Insightful)
Sure, if you're only planning on watching it one or two times, renting might be a better plan, but I'm already having withdrawls since the movie left the theaters in my area a month or so ago.
Re:You know (Score:5, Insightful)
Re:Herein lies the problem (Score:3, Insightful)
The first edition is the version we originally saw in the theaters, the version that is likely to be a big hit in the rental market (Blockbuster, Hollywood Video, etc.). The second edition is the long edition movie on two discs with added scenes, Dolby Digital and DTS soundtracks, multiple track commentaries and two-disc Supplementary material set intended for the serious videophile and serious movie fan. For historical reasons, I think it's actually better to have both editions available.
Re:Herein lies the problem (Score:2, Insightful)
Re:Why? (Score:4, Insightful)
I don't really buy the argument that it is a greed thing; maybe that is involved a little bit, but I don't think it's the major role. Remember, they announced (I think... if not, they will soon) that there is going to be a special edition, and I doubt that they will expect too many people to buy both. (Rent perhaps, but that's about where I think that theory ends.) Meanwhile, I see putting together a DVD like that to be a time-consuming venture.
(And for any of you who think this is like what Lucas is doing, remember that Lucas released Episode I to VHS under the official line that NO DVDs were to be released until after Episode III, while just a couple months later reports surfaced that he was in fact working on an Episode I DVD, which was announced a couple months later. Had I (and many other fans) known a DVD was in the works, there's no way I owuld have bought the VHS. *That's* sleazy. There's no trace of sleaze in the Lord of the Rings.)
Re:Lucas (Score:3, Insightful)
And before you think I'm just whining, consider the amount of bandwidth [google.com] spent discussing this specific evil.