Extra Scenes in TTT Extended Edition DVD

gdr writes "USA Today have an article about the extra scenes that will be in The Two Towers Extended Edition. More ent scenes so it'll be worth watching for the special effects alone. Sadly it looks like there will be no extra gollum scenes. I can't say I'm as excited about this one as the FotR EE."

Im excited

[the_2nd_coming]

the first box set with added sceans was great....and the cut sceans actualy made tyhe story clearer. I hear that there is an extra 40 min in TTT.

waiting to buy?

[Traderdot]

I wonder how many people are holding off on buying the dvds until all three movies are out? I know I'd like to own the dvds but I'm waiting for the super box set of the extended versions of the entire trilogy to come out. same with the matrix trilogy. wonder if this waiting is affecting their sales figures.

Ent scenes.

[Arjuna Theban]

The ent scenes might have been great in the book, but they were just as entertaining as having my fingernails removed in the movie. It took 10 minutes for a sentence to be spoken, I think it completely ruined the pace of the movie. I exclude the last ent scene from this, of course.

-bm

They don't mention much extra Legolas footage...

[reverendG]

Not that I won't be subjected to another 3 months (more, really, considering RotK is coming in Dec) of my girlfriend saying, "Isn't he dreamy?...I love Legolas!...He's so handsome, won't you learn Elvish, honey?"

Really, there wasn't a whole lot missing from the book that I missed in TTT. There was a lot from FotR, but I understood that they had to leave things like Tom Bombadil out for purposes of keeping the length of the movie reasonable.

I am looking forward to seeing more about how Jackson dealt with the strife in Faramir's family, and why he took the path that he did in the movies compared to the books.

Re:Extra scenes

[hhnerkopfabbeisser]

This may apply to most movies, but not to TLOTR.

The LOTR-movies are cut down because a 4 hour-beast is not acceptable for a movie that has to make a lot of money.

Most poeple I know, at least the geeks and especially those who read the book, found the longer version of the fellowship a _lot_ better.

More scenes?

[DrXym]

I actually thought the cinematic release of TTT could have done with less scenes. All that flashback crap containing Arwen completely dragged down the middle segment. A five minute trim would have made it a better picture.

Now the extended edition does appear to introduce some interesting new stuff, but I wonder if yet more flashbacks concerning Boromir and Faramir is just compounding the error. Enough with the flashbacks!

Just as excited (but I'm hopeless)

[SnowDog_2112]

I felt that TTT was cut more harshly than FOTR was ... things didn't flow as smoothly, things were more jarring.

I'm hoping that some of that extra 43 minutes is invested into smoothing out some of those rough edges and making it flow just a little better.

But who am I kidding? I'll buy it anyway, and I'll buy the regular cut, and I'll buy both editions of ROTK, and if (when) they come out with some uber-box-set with all three movies, a copy of the books, a lifesize inflatable Balrog, and new commentary by Christopher Tolkien (heh, yeah right!) I'll buy that too.

At least they're telling us up front about the different editions, so buyers can make the right choices.

Let's just hope PJ doesn't release digitally altered (kindler, gentler) versions of the movies in twenty years :).

ents

[tid242]

"More ent scenes so it'll be worth watching for the special effects alone. Sadly it looks like there will be no extra gollum scenes. I can't say I'm as excited about this one as the FotR EE."

i for one would have to disagree with this opinion, i've seen enough of Gollum and am bordering on thinking of him as a more refined (albeit less nauseating) Jar Jar. There were/are several facets of TTT which bothered me, but despite the obviously flawed story-line deviations i would have to say the top two on my list are: 1) the character degredation of Farimir, and 2) the inability of TTT to portray Ents as being very ancient and very wise beyond the comprehension of the fast-paced lives of the more mortal (i know 'mortal' is a qualitative measurement, but you know what i mean by 'more mortal') races.

Perhaps some of the cut scenes will allay some of these grumblings and restore to the Ents what i have always seen as their greatest virtue.

-tid242

More ents...good

[Snodgrass]

My opinion after seeing it in the theater was that we were short-changed on the Ents. They play a very important role in the book (aren't they actually the ones that win Helm's deep? Sneak in at night and rip the orc armies to bits?)

While it's not heavy on details it mentions the Ent's draught and Merry and Pippin getting taller, which I thought would have been worth putting in the movie. Glad to see it will be there now.

I think I'm actually looking more forward to the TTT Special Edition than I was FotR because I've seen how much extra goodness was added to FotR.

Re:They don't mention much extra Legolas footage..

[TopShelf]

From reading the article (I know, how dare I) it sounds like the added scenes will help those who haven't read the books. I know when my wife saw the extended FotR, things "clicked" a little better...

Seamless branching would be nice

[ProfBooty]

It would not be difficult to load a seperate table of contents which would allow one to watch the theatrical version and extended cut off the same set of dvds.

I cant think of a technical reason why this isn't possible, unless there are different versions of the same scene instead of different length cuts of the same scene.

A 5th disc with the original cut wouldnt be hard to add either. I wonder if a superbit version will ever come out?

Re:You're Only Feeding the RIAA

[suavivity]

i have no problem paying for something that is WORTH paying for. TTT wasn't one 10 minute action scene in the middle of 3 hours worth of fluff. besides, they're only gonna make more good fantasy movies like this if they make money on them.

o?

[ed.han]

you've clearly never compared the extended FOTR to the theatrical release version. the extended edition was a vastly superior film and also helps explain why in TT gollum keeps whimpering about the rope.

btw: am i the only one who had to put the captions on to understand what galadriel is saying during her temptation scene?

ed

Gollum MTV easter egg?

[KFury]

Considering the LotR:FotR enhanced DVD had the risque Jack Black MTV skit as an easter egg, I wonder if they'll incorporate the Gollum MTV acceptance speech in this set.

Anyone have difinitive word? Does Weta even know yet?

Re:Screw the Movie...

[jonabbey]

I watched TTT over the weekend again, and there was a lot of things I was disappointed in. The dead marshes scene, where gollum keeps talking about not following the lights.. that weren't there. Perhaps Peter Jackson was too busy with all the FOTR award hoopla to supervise putting the lights in?

But, no, the big thing I disliked about both FOTR and TTT was how de-emphasized Sauron was. In FOTR at least you get to hear him talk and have a sense that he's really menancing, when the Jacksons weren't giving his actions to Saruman to perform (such as bringing down the mountain). But in TTT, Sauron was a non-entity.. you'd think he was incapable of any direct action.. just a big floaty eye, unable even to do so much as turn and look in different directions.

Sauron is one of the biggest characters in the books, but the movies have really pushed him aside in favor of Saruman. Yay Christopher Lee and all that, but it's hard to really understand the point of all the hub-ub without understanding that Sauron is the real problem, and that he's really unnervingly dangerous and evil, a force of nature almost, beyond comprehension. Even his Nazgul seem sort of weak compared to those depicted in Bakshi's LOTR.

I really hope ROTK shows just how awe-inspiringly powerful and evil Sauron is, otherwise much of the drama of the books is just gone.

Whew, I'm happy to have _that_ off my chest.

Thank God for DVDs

[Phoenix666]

The thought of all great movies getting dumbed down to the level of Peoria, IL, always made me cry. Now there can be two levels of mass entertainment: one for the sheep and one for us. I'm looking forward to seeing the extended TTT DVD. Faramir was a great character, and they didn't do him justice in the cinematic release.

Mod Parent UP

[Foamy]

Agreed 100%. I went to the midnight showing with my GF (who also lusts after Legolas btw) and I almost fell asleep during the Helm's Deep battle. The first 2 minutes were cool, but after about 5 it's like "Seen that. Move on."

For me, the story is the pull of the books and the movies, not some super-duper, whiz-bang, computer animated battle. Yawn. I will undoubtedly fast forward through that scene in the DVD (or go make some popcorn).

Re:Extra scenes

[b-baggins]

I'm afraid reading the books won't give you much insight on what you'll see in Return of the King. About the only thing Jackson's film has in common with the book are hobbits and a gold circle he calls the One Ring.

Extra scenes can't fix Two towers

[zhevek]

I loved the extra scenes from FotR, because they added parts of the book that have been removed to make the movie shorter.

Unfortunately for Two Towers, the movie version is so different that the book, extra scenes won't do anything to fix all the story changes already made. Those story changes are one of the main reasons I did not like TT much.