# LOTR:ROTK Extended Edition Gift set extra is Minas Tirith! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 22, 2004, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lotr-rotk-extended-edition-gift-set-extra-is-minas-tirith/256293 "2004-07-22T03:19:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 1
**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:** [July 22, 2004, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lotr-rotk-extended-edition-gift-set-extra-is-minas-tirith/256293/1 "2004-07-22T03:19:52Z")
[http://www.theonering.net/scrapbook/group/1456/](http://www.theonering.net/scrapbook/group/1456/) If you get the gift set, you can also buy Minas Morgal I got the Argonath, skipped on Gollum, and am very tempted to get MT. Brian ---
**Author:** ![BooBoo316](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e0b2c6/32.png) [@BooBoo316](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BooBoo316)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2004, 10:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lotr-rotk-extended-edition-gift-set-extra-is-minas-tirith/256293/2 "2004-07-22T10:36:06Z")
I also skipped on TT, but I am _so_ buying that set. ---
**Author:** ![cckerberos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f0a364/32.png) [@cckerberos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cckerberos)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2004, 11:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lotr-rotk-extended-edition-gift-set-extra-is-minas-tirith/256293/3 "2004-07-22T11:03:09Z")
Makes me wish that the Japanese EE’s came with the statues. ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2004, 11:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lotr-rotk-extended-edition-gift-set-extra-is-minas-tirith/256293/4 "2004-07-22T11:52:43Z")
Are they going to put out a set that is the special editions of all three movies? ---
**Author:** ![Antigen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/848f3c/32.png) [@Antigen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antigen)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2004, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lotr-rotk-extended-edition-gift-set-extra-is-minas-tirith/256293/5 "2004-07-22T12:27:50Z")
I didn’t buy the other special editions. The EE’s, yes, but not with Gollum or the Argonath. But now I have no choice. I MUST have Minas Tirith. I’ll have to start putting in some overtime to afford it, but it’ll be worth it. 🙂 Do we know when it’s going to be available? ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2004, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lotr-rotk-extended-edition-gift-set-extra-is-minas-tirith/256293/6 "2004-07-22T12:51:30Z")
> [@Antigen](#): > > Do we know when it’s going to be available? Early December, last I heard. Pushed back a bit from the original date of mid-November. ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2004, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lotr-rotk-extended-edition-gift-set-extra-is-minas-tirith/256293/7 "2004-07-22T16:31:51Z")
> [@N9IWP](#): > > I got the Argonath, skipped on Gollum, and am very tempted to get MT. Same here. The Argonath are on my desk at work and I adore them. ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2004, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lotr-rotk-extended-edition-gift-set-extra-is-minas-tirith/256293/8 "2004-07-23T00:51:38Z")
Argonath here, got the one Gollum (not its match tho), so gonna get MT & probably MM also! I expected the Minases for TT. ---
**Author:** ![HubZilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ccd318/32.png) [@HubZilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HubZilla)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2004, 8:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lotr-rotk-extended-edition-gift-set-extra-is-minas-tirith/256293/9 "2004-07-23T08:02:55Z")
I was hoping the Two Towers had bookends of Orthanc and Barad-Dur. Oh well. I won’t be skipping on Minas Tirith though. Is that an extra DVD inside? ---
**Author:** ![porcupine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ac91a4/32.png) [@porcupine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/porcupine)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2004, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lotr-rotk-extended-edition-gift-set-extra-is-minas-tirith/256293/10 "2004-07-23T13:29:38Z")
I haven’t bought the EEs of either with the bonus, just the EE DVD set. My mother, however, decided to get me the big talking Smeagol/Gollum action figure for Christmas last year. Yes, it was intended as a joke. Yet I think some people at work are jealous. ---
**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:** [July 23, 2004, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lotr-rotk-extended-edition-gift-set-extra-is-minas-tirith/256293/11 "2004-07-23T13:52:45Z")
> [@FriarTed](#): > > Argonath here, got the one Gollum ( **not its match tho** ), so gonna get MT & probably MM also! I expected the Minases for TT. What match? The TT:EE came with a Gollum statue, nothing else. ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2004, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lotr-rotk-extended-edition-gift-set-extra-is-minas-tirith/256293/12 "2004-07-23T14:37:17Z")
> [@Munch](#): > > What match? The TT:EE came with a Gollum statue, nothing else. If you bought the TTT: EE gift set, you got the “Smeagol” statue. Inside was a pamphlet with an offer for you to buy a “Gollum” statue which was very similar but with an angry, teeth-baring posture. [This is it, IIRC.](http://www.sideshowtoy.com/placed/gollum1103_header02.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![HubZilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ccd318/32.png) [@HubZilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HubZilla)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2004, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lotr-rotk-extended-edition-gift-set-extra-is-minas-tirith/256293/13 "2004-07-24T18:19:29Z")
From a LOTR fansite, they showed some footage of the Extended Edition at the San Diego Comic Con > **[Comic-Con: ROTK EE DVD Panel Review! | Lord of the Rings on Amazon Prime...](http://www.theonering.net/torwp/2004/07/24/24666-comic-con-rotk-ee-dvd-panel-review-2/)** > > mfissori writes: I got back from the san diego comic-con earlier tonight and man, let me tell you,... Confirmed release date is December (rather than November) and there will be _50 minutes_ of additional footage! :eek: Here is some of the shots revealed: - Shots of Saruman on top of Orthanc, saying things like “something festers in the heart of middle-earth” , “you are all going to die”, " I want no pity or mercy!", saruman shooting flames from his staff (I know this sounds kinda hokey but I thought it looked pretty good) - Frodo/Sam/Gollum approaching the crossroads. we see sam looking at something and then there is a closeup (pics of which have already appeared online) of the statue’s head and it’s crown - frodo/sam in orc costumes marching with orcs, big orc yelling “move on!” - Merry saying “I know there isn’t much hope, I know I can’t do much. I’m just a hobbit. But I want to help” - Mouth of sauron rides out, there is a closeup on his mouth (which looked pretty gross) as he says " I have a token I was bidden to show thee" and then he reveals frodo’s mithril vest and throws it down to the ground. then there is a closeup of pippin who says “frodo…” - Eowyn in bed at edoras, Aragorn is walking away from her but before he can get too far she reaches out and takes his hand. - eomer grieving for eowyn (seen in theatrical trailer) - sam in mordor looking at the dark, red lit sky telling mr. frodo that he sees a light. - aragorn picks up flaming palantir and says something, the only word I caught was “Elendil” - gandalf riding up to witch king making threats, something about sending it into the abyss, witch king responds with his own threat while his sword becomes enflamed. - misc. new shots of the siege of gondor, orcs using small battering ram, fell beast swooping in and picking up soldiers - eowyn fighting gothmog (the one eyed orc captain) - faramir telling pippin about his childhood, boromir, and his father. pippin says that faramir has " a different kind of strength" and that his father will see it eventually. - Eowyn and Faramir hold hands and nuzzle at the houses of healing (women in the audience went especially nuts for this scene.) - aragorn/legolas/gimli run away from an avalanche of skulls in the paths of the dead HURRY UP DECEMBER!! ---
**Author:** ![Fiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e274bd/32.png) [@Fiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiver)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2004, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lotr-rotk-extended-edition-gift-set-extra-is-minas-tirith/256293/14 "2004-07-24T18:36:54Z")
I wish it would have new footage/scenes showing Merry and Pippin’s heightening. ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2004, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lotr-rotk-extended-edition-gift-set-extra-is-minas-tirith/256293/15 "2004-07-24T18:45:11Z")
> [@Fiver](#): > > I wish it would have new footage/scenes showing Merry and Pippin’s heightening. IIRC, they did address their heightening in TTT: EE. Did you want it addressed further in ROTK? ---
**Author:** ![Fiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e274bd/32.png) [@Fiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiver)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2004, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lotr-rotk-extended-edition-gift-set-extra-is-minas-tirith/256293/16 "2004-07-24T18:49:32Z")
> [@Tangent](#): > > IIRC, they did address their heightening in TTT: EE. Did you want it addressed further in ROTK? It was implied that Merry and Pippin merely _imagined_ they’d grown taller. None of the other characters mentioned that they looked taller, and once reunited with Frodo and Sam the four hobbits were still roughly the same height. ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2004, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lotr-rotk-extended-edition-gift-set-extra-is-minas-tirith/256293/17 "2004-07-24T19:02:13Z")
Ah, I didn’t catch that. I guess having Merry and Pippin taller than Frodo and Sam would have added yet another layer of difficulty to the perspective shots when they are all together. ---
**Author:** ![HubZilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ccd318/32.png) [@HubZilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HubZilla)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2004, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lotr-rotk-extended-edition-gift-set-extra-is-minas-tirith/256293/18 "2004-07-24T20:53:03Z")
I figured Pippin growing taller was a temporary thing. When Merry measured himself to Pippin at the end, he was back to the same size: “back to normal” Only Pippin grew taller since he drank a lot of the Ent Draught, where Merry only got splashes while they were fighting over it. That’s my story and I’m sticking to it. 😉 ---
**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:** [September 25, 2004, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lotr-rotk-extended-edition-gift-set-extra-is-minas-tirith/256293/19 "2004-09-25T23:08:32Z")
Just an update: the \*\*OFFICIAL release date is December 14. [www.lordoftherings.net](http://www.lordoftherings.net) look at the popup. > [@](#): > > On December 14, see even more of The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King with the Special Extended Edition DVD and VHS releases! details here:[http://www.lordoftherings.net/homevideo/homevideo.html](http://www.lordoftherings.net/homevideo/homevideo.html) (I had to reload a few times to get the extended info) Brian