Finally, some real Return of the King EE DVD info

[jodyjohnson]

and a cameo by Jackson as a pirate who is felled by one of Legolas' stray arrows

Blasphemy! Legolas could not fumble.

 

[Truth Seeker]

Blasphemy! Legolas could not fumble.

Okay, okay...not to add fuel to the fire, here is the correct statement said in the article...

Director Peter Jackson's cameo as a character on a pirate ship is longer. His character is killed by an arrow that is misfired by Legolas (Orlando Bloom).

Source: USA Today, Section: Life/DVD News

 

[KenM]

Not sure if this has been posted anywhere else, yet, but there was a story on Yahoo News this morning on the new Extended DVD that got into some details about the new scenes.

The relevent bits:

The scorging of the shire was never filmed. PJ has said from day one it would not be in. The scene with Christopher Lee they are talking about happens at Isengaurd

 

[Mark]

The scorging of the shire was never filmed. PJ has said from day one it would not be in.

And how will folks react if they find out he's been keeping it a secret all this time? Haven't we already seen some of the footage for this...?

 

[KenM]

And how will folks react if they find out he's been keeping it a secret all this time? Haven't we already seen some of the footage for this...?

They showed footage from the scene with CL, but its not the same confrentation that was from the book.

 

[Truth Seeker]

To Burn or not to Burn....

...Then, we shall wait for the Ultimate Set LOTR in three years...to get our answer.

 

[Mark]

They showed footage from the scene with CL, but its not the same confrentation that was from the book.

Elaborate, please.

 

[KenM]

Since PJ took the scorging of the shire out, they had to do the final stand of Saruman differently. The did a scene with Saruman and Wormtoungue on top of Isengaurd. They showed some of it at San Diego Comic Con. The scene was orginally going to be at the end of Two Towers, but then they decided to put it at the start of Return of the king, when they all ride up to Isengaurd. But then PJ thought it best to save it for the extended edtion.

 

[Mark]

Maybe he decided it was not good enough at all and has secret "Scouring of the Shire" footage saved up for the EE of RotK. When *I* ask if we've already seen footage of this, I mean actual "Scouring" footage (hobbits enslaved, industrialization of the Shire, etc.).

 

[KenM]

On the FotR EE DVD commentary, PJ said the scenes of the shire being destroyed in the mirror was they're tribute to the Scorging. So you kind of already seen it. Thats all there was. It was never filmed and won't be in.