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Message: <blockquote data-quote="WizarDru" data-source="post: 468942" data-attributes="member: 151">This depends what you mean by intro.  If you mean Galadriel's introduction, with the final battle against Sauron, at the beginning of the film, this is virtually untouched.  I thought I saw a couple of new reaction shots on the elvish warriors, but that's all, if anything.The beginning of the movie is quite different, and I'm not sure if I prefer it to the theatrical version.  It's wonderful, you understand, but some of Gandalf's now redundant dialogue is removed, and I kinda miss it.  On the other hand, the host of extra scenes in Hobbiton are much loved, particularly the scenes at the Green Dragon...with the old Gaffer and I'm guessing the unnamed bloke is Ned Sandyman.So much goodness here for those who are looking for it.  I don't think this obsoletes the theatrical version, which is faster paced...but it's like an advanced course in Tolkein, after you've finished the beginning course.  I can't wait to rewatch with the different audio commentaries (of which there are FOUR). <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin    :D"  data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" /></blockquote>