So if you want to read my full thoughts on these films (and these extras), follow the links and you'll find them. Frodo has the One Ring influencing his body, heart, and mind, obviously, as he has a rift with his closest friend, that only comes back to haunt him, as the power of the Ring affects him to the point where he hardly can even function anymore. Skies aren't always turquoise, as beautiful marine blues do show up to provide fantastic brightness to a number of sequences. So to the extent that there are changes to the color-timing, they were made at Jackson and Lesnie's direction - the films look exactly as they want them to. Frankly I hadn't realised these existed previously and assumed the comprehensive appendices (+ LOTR documentaries) were everything.

The random darkness of the film also got to me, especially when Gandalf first knocks on Bilbo's door, as that shot looks the same on this release as it would if you watched the Theatrical Blu-ray wearing sunglasses, and that isn't even an exaggeration. War led to the defeat of Sauron, though the greed, treachery, and lust for power of mankind prevented its destruction, and soon after, it was lost for over two thousand years. There are packed image galleries, in-depth character and location studies, examinations of the sound, editing, design. For the week that ended on March 13th, it's déjà vu as Universal Pictures Home Entertainment's The Croods: A New Age topped both the Blu-ray-only and overall packaged media charts for the third week in a row, once again topping Sony Pictures Home Entertainment's . If I understand correctly, the blu rays are similar to the dvd extended editions released originally, and the remastered ones change the colour to look more like the theatrical releases.While 'Fellowship' was fairly cut and dry, 'The Two Towers' has a level of comedy that is very welcome, and effective, as the gruff Gimli often finds himself on the butt end of the joke. Since the bluray for FOTR has a number of issues, and is generally considered too green, the first step will be to regrade the bluray based on 35mm film reference frames. The other oddity around this part is The long zoom up the corridor in Orthanc where Saruman talks of joining Sauron. subtitles: English, Spanish and Portuguese, Cast introduction (2 mins, 16x9), Cameras in Middle-Earth documentary (73 mins, 16x9), production photo gallery, WETA Digital documentary (42 mins, 16x9), Mûmakil Battle multi-angle visual effects demonstration with optional commentary (30 sec, 16x9), Editorial: Completing the Trilogy featurette (22 mins, 16x9), Music for Middle-Earth featurette (22 mins, 16x9, DD 5.

The slipbox is plain thin card compared to the 2011 release hard box, but it uses 3x 14mm 5 disc Elite cases. Hello Dre, when running the film through Topaz did you upscale each shot or did you run the whole film? The adventure continues with THE LORD OF THE RINGS trilogy when, with the help of the Fellowship of the Ring, Bilbo Baggin’s nephew, Frodo, embarks on a perilous mission to destroy the One Ring and defeat the Dark Lord Sauron and his forces. The new and extended scenes were carefully selected under the supervision of Academy Award-winning director Peter Jackson.Our feeling here at The Bits is that it's been blown out of proportion, as things tend to be these days. You can actually see the very light grain structure of the image, which results in a far less digital and far more film-like presentation. Tolkien’s Middle-earth won 4 Academy Awards®* and earned 13 total nominations including Best Picture. The friendly competition between warriors is set aside, if even briefly, in the dire circumstances that haunt the night.

With the forming of a Fellowship to help guide Frodo along his path to Mordor to destroy the ring where it was created, all races have put their fate and faith in their newfound Hobbit friend.But the story works its magic in crafting a world so unusual, yet strangely familiar through its decaying powers and landscapes, as well as the multitude of personalities, it draws the viewer in, to get to know and care about the story, easily and painlessly. This fan's favorite literary giant became a fan favorite cinematic giant immediately, but will it be a gigantic Blu-ray system seller?

interactive sound demonstration for Helm's Deep sequence (2 mins, 16x9, 8 separate selections of DD 5. What's more, this is certainly the best quality these longer versions have ever been available in outside of a movie theatre. Was just going to get the Lord of the Rings Extended remastered one, until I realised the Middle Earth set also includes an extra 6 special features disks (1 for every film) compared to the other editions.While the heroes are given proper justice in this first third of the story, it's the villains who get the short end of the stick (and in these theatrical cuts, the villains get the worst treatment, by far, with a few choice exclusions that cannot be explained or rationalized).