# LOTR- extended edition confusion **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 25, 2003, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lotr-extended-edition-confusion/209422 "2003-10-25T00:01:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Palo\_Verde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/65b543/32.png) [@Palo\_Verde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Palo_Verde)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2003, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lotr-extended-edition-confusion/209422/1 "2003-10-25T00:01:26Z")
I see that the Two Towers extended edition DVD will come out in a few weeks. I am confused because I recently borowed from my neighbor what I thought was the Two Towers extended edition DVD. It had additional discs with tons of interviews and other extras. Is this new DVD something different? ---
**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:** [October 25, 2003, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lotr-extended-edition-confusion/209422/2 "2003-10-25T00:06:10Z")
Yes. The TTEE DVD will have over 30 minutes of additional movie footage woven into the feature. It’ll also have about two discs of extras with interviews, etc etc etc, probably with more ROTK preview type stuff. But the EE movie will have more scenes in it, featuring more interaction with the ents, among other things. ---
**Author:** ![Palo\_Verde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/65b543/32.png) [@Palo\_Verde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Palo_Verde)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2003, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lotr-extended-edition-confusion/209422/3 "2003-10-25T00:19:39Z")
How can they have two extended editions? Why not just have one with all the extras? ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2003, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lotr-extended-edition-confusion/209422/4 "2003-10-25T00:32:38Z")
There’s only one extended edition. The first DVD release, the one your friend has, was the version you saw in the theaters. The second DVD release will feature a version of the movie that includes more than thirty minutes of previously unseen footage, complete with new score, special effects, etc, seamlessly inserted into the film. This is, incidentally, exactly what they did with _Fellowship of the Rings_, and they will be doing it again with _Return of the King_. And they’ve been saying that they plan to do this for at least a year in advance of the release of the first movie. I honestly don’t know how anyone with more than a slightest passing interest in the film could be unaware of this, but threads like this still pop up about once a month. ---
**Author:** ![Erroneous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/71c47a/32.png) [@Erroneous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Erroneous)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2003, 6:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lotr-extended-edition-confusion/209422/5 "2003-10-25T06:26:34Z")
Hm, from the [Amazon page for TTT:EE:](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00009TB5G/ref=pd_ser_asin_2/002-4259116-5503207?v=glance&s=dvd) > [@](#): > > A new version of the second installment includes over 40 minutes of never-before-seen footage incorporated into the film. (approx. 208 minutes) The theatrical version was 175 minutes. So does this mean they’ve cut about 10 minutes of theatrical stuff, in addition to adding 40+ minutes of new stuff? I’ve heard there were a couple of cuts from the theatrical to the extended edition of FOTR, but surely nowhere near 10 minutes? ---
**Author:** ![N9IWP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/n9iwp/32/3154_2.png) [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2003, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lotr-extended-edition-confusion/209422/6 "2003-10-26T00:00:52Z")
Additional discs?? The version that is out now is a 2 disk set (one disk for movie + one disk for extras) The Exteneded edition is 4 discs (2 discs for movie + 2 discs for extras) Brian