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"Whining people"

"Waaaaa, Two Towers is being released on 4-discs in November, why are they ripping us off? Waaaaaaah"
They're not.
You know there is a special release version coming and nobody is forcing you to buy the 2-disc edition. Nobody puts a gun to your head and makes you pay twice.

"Why not release them both at the same time? Waaaaaah"
Because from watching the Fellowship extended extras, it takes weeks/months to prepare the extended with brand new special effects, new music, reshooting just for those scenes etc.
And what about if you're just a casual fan and dont want to spend £25 and get a load of bits you dont care about? Why should you have to wait another 2 months?

Take a look at a film like The Terminator.
Same film being released yet again with maybe an extra deleted scene of poor quality.
That's ripping people off, releasing a DVD and then 4 months later releasing another version.
Not saying "Here's a 2 disc but if you really want the goodies, we'll be bringing another version out in a few weeks"

Honestly, some people....

Goatboy wrote:
> "Why not release them both at the same time? Waaaaaah"
> Because from watching the Fellowship extended extras, it takes
> weeks/months to prepare the extended with brand new special effects,
> new music, reshooting just for those scenes etc.

No, it's so people buy it twice.

cookie monster wrote:
> Although i dont have a widescreen tv i would still buy the widescreen
> version over the fullscreen. If you have seen a comparision you will
> have noticed that fullscreen cuts out an AWFUL lot of the picture.

Same here. I have a 28inch 4:3 in my room but always like to watch in widescreen. Sure you get massive black borders but at least you get the whole picture. Plus having a 28inch tv the films are still pretty big on the screen.

Although i dont have a widescreen tv i would still buy the widescreen version over the fullscreen. If you have seen a comparision you will have noticed that fullscreen cuts out an AWFUL lot of the picture.

I bought both versions last time, because they contained DIFFERENT extras. This time I'm saving for uni, so can't buy both. But if I had the money, I would. You know it.

The 4 disc versions are there for the fans. I dont mind them doing that as all of the extras are different on the DVD from the 4 disc and the 2 disc. I own both the versions of the Fellowship and will do the same with Two Towers and Return of the King.

I noticed we don't have fullscreen or widescreen for the Two Towers unlike Fellowship where we did. I don't care as I havent bought a single fullscreen DVD and wont do unless thats the only choice.

I saw it in WHSmith's last Wednesday.

Earliest place selling it, I know of, was GAME online site, they posted it from Tuesday and had it available since Tuesday, earliest store I know of was Tesco/Dixons/Blockbuster who started on the Friday.

My brother is waiting like last time

They were selling it early in my work... nobody dressed like Frodo though. Not like that poor bloke that looked like Harry Potter.

Yeah, I'm the same, don't really care about extras, I'll get teh 4 disc simply because it contains the full length film and a Gollum statue, I never looked at the other 2 discs in the Fellowship 4 Disc set.

Yeah I see they've released a Quadrilogy for Aliens, promising unique never seen before cuts of each film. Man I'm happy with my existing versions. All I want on my DVDs is the best picture and sound that they can muster and if there is a director's cut, I want that version. Extras are ok but I don't want to spend extra to have them.

The Two Towers extended version looks good, an extra 43 minutes worth. However I am slighlty concerned that Jackson has said that many of the more humours have been restored; as the humour in the films to date has been my only bugbear.

And I do agree that everyone must know that; each of the films will have an extended version, it is possible TO RENT the theatrical cut and then purchase the other version in a few months time.