# I saw LOTR Extended Version last night **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 11, 2002, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-saw-lotr-extended-version-last-night/136320 "2002-11-11T21:28:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![I\_am\_Sparticus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c68b51/32.png) [@I\_am\_Sparticus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_am_Sparticus)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2002, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-saw-lotr-extended-version-last-night/136320/21 "2002-11-13T00:11:08Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by DMark \* > \*\* > > Saw a HUGE stack of new DVD players at WallMart over the weekend - $58 each! > > So for those of you who have seen the extended version - are there just longer scenes of what was in the original release, or totally new scenes. (I hope that question makes sense…) \*\* Both. As someone who has read the books a number of times and again earlier this year after a long absence, I found the extended scenes, and the new scenes gave a lot more Middle Earth flavor. Had I been the director/producer, it would have been a lot more faithful to the books (such as every line of dialogue and six three hour movies), but as a practical movie this is excellent in stretching the envelope of Hollywood (Wellingtonwood?) faithfulness to a monster epic. I strongly recommend the extended version. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2002, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-saw-lotr-extended-version-last-night/136320/22 "2002-11-13T02:22:53Z")
> [@](#): > > Saw a HUGE stack of new DVD players at WallMart over the weekend - $58 each! You probably saw the edition that came with the statues. ---
**Author:** ![5\_time\_champ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/5/278dde/32.png) [@5\_time\_champ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/5_time_champ)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2002, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-saw-lotr-extended-version-last-night/136320/23 "2002-11-13T03:07:02Z")
I guess I am going have to run out now and buy the Extended Version. :: **5 Time Champ** runs out the door, thinking it would be easier to just email **PJ** his VISA card account number:::o ---
**Author:** ![av8rmike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/edb3f5/32.png) [@av8rmike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/av8rmike)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2002, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-saw-lotr-extended-version-last-night/136320/24 "2002-11-13T03:20:14Z")
My brother got to see the Extended version in the theater in NYC. He posted a review for all at [theonering.net](http://www.theonering.net/perl/newsview/8/1036655890). My DVD, according to Amazon, is shipping now. ---
**Author:** ![Dangerosa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Dangerosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dangerosa)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2002, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-saw-lotr-extended-version-last-night/136320/25 "2002-11-13T03:41:53Z")
Is now a good time to say I’ve owned it for over a month. Well, my husband has. Studio shipped it to him as a pre-release DVD. Nice to have someone around “in the business.” And I haven’t watched it. No time. Two small children who I don’t want to watch anything that scary. And I value sleep too much to put it in after bedtime. ---
**Author:** ![Fiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e274bd/32.png) [@Fiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiver)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2002, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-saw-lotr-extended-version-last-night/136320/26 "2002-11-13T05:39:14Z")
Is there footage in the extended DVD that isn’t also in the standard DVD as “deleted scenes?” ---
**Author:** ![Fiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e274bd/32.png) [@Fiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiver)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2002, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-saw-lotr-extended-version-last-night/136320/27 "2002-11-13T05:40:46Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Johnny L.A. \* > \*\* > You probably saw the edition that came with the statues. \*\* And you probably missed that **DMark** said players. ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2002, 8:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-saw-lotr-extended-version-last-night/136320/28 "2002-11-13T08:07:32Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Fiver \* > \*\*Is there footage in the extended DVD that isn’t also in the standard DVD as “deleted scenes?” \*\* Yes indeedy. Or so I heard. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2002, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-saw-lotr-extended-version-last-night/136320/29 "2002-11-13T13:28:59Z")
> [@](#): > > And you probably missed that **DMark** said players. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2002, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-saw-lotr-extended-version-last-night/136320/30 "2002-11-13T13:35:43Z")
I’m just about finished re-reading TTT. I need the extended version of FOTR. **Need** it, I tell you! ---
**Author:** ![slortar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6bbea6/32.png) [@slortar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slortar)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2002, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-saw-lotr-extended-version-last-night/136320/31 "2002-11-13T14:36:35Z")
Got it yesterday and watched. Very, very cool. The audio and video transfer are frighteningly sharp. The extended scenes work very well. This is what a director’s cut _should_ be. And Rosie Cotton is HOT. Great, now I’m even more of a freak…add “hobbit porn” to my list of fetishes… ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2002, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-saw-lotr-extended-version-last-night/136320/32 "2002-11-13T16:25:53Z")
The Argonath bookends are extremely cool, by the way. Hefty–they feel as if they’re made of stone, not plaster. I wasn’t aware that the standard DVD has “deleted scenes”? Another addition to the list of stuff in the extended scenes: lembas. ---
**Author:** ![Hello\_Again](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/85e7bf/32.png) [@Hello\_Again](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hello_Again)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2002, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-saw-lotr-extended-version-last-night/136320/33 "2002-11-13T16:37:52Z")
There is definately additional material above and beyond what was included in “Deleted scenes” on the first DVD. There’s about 30 minutes extra… at most the “deleted scenes” were about 7-10 minutes. Most importantly, the scenes are part of the movie as opposed to something you watch afterwards. I was left with admiration at how adroitly the editing of the theatrical release was handled… they truly cut what was “extra” and left what was necessary. Scenes I particularly liked: Haldir trying to keep the Fellowship out of Lothlorien… Bar scene at the pub in Hobbiton… extended “traveling” sequence between Bree and Weathertop… new opening scene with Bilbo working on “There and Back Again”… Boromir describing his dream to the Council at Rivendell. ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2002, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-saw-lotr-extended-version-last-night/136320/34 "2002-11-13T16:40:18Z")
So… anyone wanna buy the FOTR **without** the extra 30 minutes? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2002, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-saw-lotr-extended-version-last-night/136320/35 "2002-11-13T16:47:36Z")
Hello Again, is the new intro before or after the rundown of the history of the ring narrated by Galadriel? Also, do you rate it above or below the intro of Frodo reading by the tree? IMO, that intro is absolutely perfect, setting the complete tone of what the Shire is. My extended version arrives in the mail today (it left a Decatur, IL hub center yesterday at 8:22am - man I love package tracking!). ---
**Author:** ![yojimbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yojimbo/32/232_2.png) [@yojimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yojimbo)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2002, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-saw-lotr-extended-version-last-night/136320/36 "2002-11-13T17:11:40Z")
Mine’s sitting at home waiting for me. Half an hour and I’m getting a taxi home 😉 ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2002, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-saw-lotr-extended-version-last-night/136320/37 "2002-11-13T17:33:51Z")
Rosie IS hot…funniest new line was in the Green Dragon pub scene. Another hobbit (Ted Sandyman?) hits on Rosie; Frodo tells Sam “don’t worry, Rosie knows an idiot when she sees one.” Sam looks worried. “She does?” ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2002, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-saw-lotr-extended-version-last-night/136320/38 "2002-11-13T18:55:09Z")
Pippin’s reaction to Lembas was so appropriate! I didn’t care for how they made Isildur look sneaky by having him duck out in the middle of a fight. But otherwise I approve of the additions! QtM ---
**Author:** ![Hello\_Again](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/85e7bf/32.png) [@Hello\_Again](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hello_Again)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2002, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-saw-lotr-extended-version-last-night/136320/39 "2002-11-13T19:54:09Z")
Hm. The “new opening” does come after the narration. Sorry if that wasn’t clear. As far as which I preferred… well, remember, they didn’t take anything away. The scenes of Frodo reading, etc, still exist, they just come later. As Bilbo is writing “on hobbits” in his book it forms a sort of narration so that a great deal more of daily Hobbiton life (and 111 party set up) is shown. Bilbo’s relationship to Frodo is much more clear and it is explicitly stated that Frodo’s parents are dead, and that Frodo lives with Bilbo. Basically a greater level of detail is offered. That said, I also liked the original beginning. So, you know. They’re different. ---
**Author:** ![Hanna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b3f665/32.png) [@Hanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hanna)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2002, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-saw-lotr-extended-version-last-night/136320/40 "2002-11-13T20:23:29Z")
I just got it, haven’t watched it yet. I’m waiting for dark. The bookends are really nice. I like the trading cards too - now I want the whole set. 🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-saw-lotr-extended-version-last-night/136320.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-saw-lotr-extended-version-last-night/136320.md?page=3)