# ROTK EE DVD Information (spoilers) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 27, 2003, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rotk-ee-dvd-information-spoilers/221310 "2003-12-27T21:44:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![lilbtagna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4491bb/32.png) [@lilbtagna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lilbtagna)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2003, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rotk-ee-dvd-information-spoilers/221310/21 "2003-12-29T16:47:42Z")
I think it would be horribly stupid of New Line to “balk at the price for another Extended Edition” because they’ve made so much money on these things already. I think whoever came up with that rumor in the first place just wanted to make fans panic a bit. ---
**Author:** ![RikWriter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/49beb7/32.png) [@RikWriter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RikWriter)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2003, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rotk-ee-dvd-information-spoilers/221310/22 "2003-12-29T17:07:29Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Ludovic \* > \*\*No, no he doesn’t. Some things are better left to the imagination. Like imagining we didn’t make a 95% perfect movie. \*\* That’s your opinion. Mine differs. ---
**Author:** ![Mehitabel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8797f3/32.png) [@Mehitabel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mehitabel)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2003, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rotk-ee-dvd-information-spoilers/221310/23 "2003-12-29T21:58:27Z")
I’m thrilled that we’ll get to see Aragorn use some of his Kingly Healing Power; it’ll show that he was not just another ordinary human who happened to fulfill a prophecy. I’m glad that there’s more closure to him and Eowyn than “Welcome to Dumpsville; population: You!” and I hope we get a few lines about her courage, Theoden’s funeral, and the stirrings of romance with Faramir (who also is sort of neglected in the movie). And closure on Saruman and Wormtongue! The parallel Merry/Theoden scene (people might wonder why Merry was so deferential to Theoden before the battle). Woo Hoo! \ ---
**Author:** ![Murcielago](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/da6949/32.png) [@Murcielago](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Murcielago)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2003, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rotk-ee-dvd-information-spoilers/221310/24 "2003-12-29T23:50:39Z")
More from the rumor mill – The RoTK EE will be [5 hours +](http://www.theonering.net/staticnews/1072200980.html) in length. ([theonering.net](http://theonering.net)) ---
**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2003, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rotk-ee-dvd-information-spoilers/221310/25 "2003-12-30T00:27:34Z")
That’s great news, **Murcielago**. Mr. Pug was unhappy with ROTK, which he said was “too long and yet too rushed. They should have made it into two films.” Well, 5+ hours sounds like two films to me, so I’m looking forward to November. Yay! Another 12 months of anticipation! ---
**Author:** ![vandal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/858c86/32.png) [@vandal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vandal)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2003, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rotk-ee-dvd-information-spoilers/221310/26 "2003-12-30T05:12:42Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Munch \* > \*\*But who’s the captain that comes behind Theoden and Eomer? I’m thinking of right before the charge, Theoden is giving instructions on where each company is to charge (it’s both in the book and the film). He takes the middle, Eomer the right, and someone else leads the left. \*\* In the film, Theoden asks Eomer to take the left, Gamling to follow the king’s banner, and Brimbo (sp?) to take the right. (I checked the [Encyclopedia of Arda](http://www.glyphweb.com/arda/); the closest name that resembles what Theoden said is _Brego_. Although, I could’ve swore I heard an ‘M’ in the name.) ---
**Author:** ![Brutus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@Brutus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brutus)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2003, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rotk-ee-dvd-information-spoilers/221310/27 "2003-12-30T05:37:44Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by RikWriter \* > \*\*I believe Wormtongue pushes him, IIRC. They aren’t including the Scouring of the Shire, so Saruman has to be dealt with SOMEHOW… \*\* A damned shame that they won’t be dealing with the Shire. That was one of the better parts of the book, IMO. Less Gollum character development hoopajoo would certainly open up a bit of room for the Shire scene… ---
**Author:** ![FaerieBeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e95f7d/32.png) [@FaerieBeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FaerieBeth)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2003, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rotk-ee-dvd-information-spoilers/221310/28 "2003-12-30T05:47:29Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by vandal \* > \*\*In the film, Theoden asks Eomer to take the left, Gamling to follow the king’s banner, and Brimbo (sp?) to take the right. > > (I checked the [Encyclopedia of Arda](http://www.glyphweb.com/arda/); the closest name that resembles what Theoden said is _Brego_. Although, I could’ve swore I heard an ‘M’ in the name.) \*\* Brimbo = Grimbold, I believe. ElfHelm should have been the other marshall, but you may be right, and they had Gamling in his place. In the films, he’s not the old codger he is in the books. Grimbold and ElfHelm were the two capains under Theodred at the Battle of the Fords of Isen, and along with Eomer and Erkenbrand are the chief marshalls under Theoden. FB ---
**Author:** ![RikWriter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/49beb7/32.png) [@RikWriter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RikWriter)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2003, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rotk-ee-dvd-information-spoilers/221310/29 "2003-12-30T12:35:34Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Brutus \* > \*\*A damned shame that they won’t be dealing with the Shire. That was one of the better parts of the book, IMO. Less Gollum character development hoopajoo would certainly open up a bit of room for the Shire scene… \*\* Frankly, I never liked the Scouring of the Shire. It didn’t work for me in the books and I don’t think it would have worked well in film either. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rotk-ee-dvd-information-spoilers/221310.md?page=1)