The offical ENWorld The Return of the King Extendend Edtion DVD reaction thread.

[mojo1701]

was Gloin in the LOTR movie? One of the unnamed dwarves at Elrond's council?

Perhaps he was that gray-haired one.

 

[Vocenoctum]

was Gloin in the LOTR movie? One of the unnamed dwarves at Elrond's council?

I think the idea is for John Rhys-Davies to play Gloin, so he looks the same as Gimli mostly.

 

[EricNoah]

I thoroughly enjoyed watching the extended edition. Mouth of Sauron was super creepy. Most of the additional stuff was spot on, though I thought the Saruman section at Isengard was too short/rushed.

I would love to see a Peter Jackson "The Hobbit." Would be a pretty simple movie to do compared to even one of the LotR movies, too, I would imagine -- the biggest challenge, I would think, would be getting Smaug real enough to work as a character as opposed to just a special effect. But given what they did with Golum, I think they can pull it off.

 

[Prince of Happiness]

It was great, though the criticisms that popped up into my mind between watching it in the theatre and now are still there. At any rate, I'm looking forward to watching these two chapters in the Appendices:

"The Journey of Legolas: How D&D Munchkin Peter Jackson's Powergaming Fantasy Made It To the Silver Screen, aka 'Ithn't My Character Tho Kewl?!?!'"

and

"Journeying the Journey to the Journey's End, Boy, What a Journey, as Scored By Journey, So Journey to Your Journey-riffic Record Store to Extend The Journey! Journey NOW!"

 

[Banshee16]

Tuesday is the official day for the release of the Platinum Extended Edition
of Part 3 of Peter Jackson's LotR, "The Return of the King," in North
America. However, it already was released on Friday here in continental
Europe and in Great Britain. For those who'd like some advanced details,
read on.

First of all, Amazon US (www.amazon.com) and Amazon Canada (www.amazon.ca)
are offering the extended edition at very reduced prices for Christmas.
Amazon US is selling it for US$23.99, compared to a list price of $39.99.
Amazon Canada is selling it for CDN$34.99, which Amazon says is 40% off list
price.

That's not really much of a deal, especially if you have to wait for shipping. I picked it up at Future Shop for $34.99..Best Buy was the same.

Haven't watched it yet though..been getting home from work late

Banshee

 

[Wombat]

Just finished watching it.

This was the last "first time" for these films, and I savoured every minute of the four hours and 20 minutes of tushy-numbing glory.

And I cried all over again.

This is truly an epic.

 

[Truth Seeker]

Just finished watching it.

This was the last "first time" for these films, and I savoured every minute of the four hours and 20 minutes of tushy-numbing glory.

And I cried all over again.

This is truly an epic.

I will join you, this Sunday coming...no X-Box, PC, or music will be played.

*starting to shake*

Be-still...be-still...just wait...a little more.

 

[thalmin]

I think the idea is for John Rhys-Davies to play Gloin, so he looks the same as Gimli mostly.

He has stated that he will never EVER play a dwarf again. (I don't remeber if it was in Appendix 5 or 6.)

 

[Allanon]

That was appendix 6. And can you blame him?

 

[Desdichado]

And we finally see just how Gothmog gets what's coming to him.
Mouth of Sauron: neat neat neat!!!

Why'd they put in a scene from the fall of Gondolin from the 1^st age?