# Two Towers Extended Edition

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-towers-extended-edition/213628>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [November 17, 2003, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-towers-extended-edition/213628 "2003-11-17T03:09:36Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 14\
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**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:** [November 18, 2003, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-towers-extended-edition/213628/21 "2003-11-18T05:32:04Z")

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I got NO extras (just the booklet)  
there is a rebate offer if you bought both the theatrical and extended edition

Brian

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**Author:** ![Primaflora](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/898d66/32.png) [@Primaflora](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Primaflora)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2003, 6:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-towers-extended-edition/213628/22 "2003-11-18T06:46:58Z")

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I watched it today after buying it first thing this morning.

I think it rocks. There’s lots of cool stuff which makes some of the decisions in the theatrical release make sense.

Lots of cool Ent stuff. Wish I could watch it all over again and not have to pretend to be grown up and do parenting stuff.

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**Author:** ![lilbtagna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4491bb/32.png) [@lilbtagna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lilbtagna)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2003, 7:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-towers-extended-edition/213628/23 "2003-11-18T07:27:42Z")

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I just bought mine about an hour ago. Is there a hidden ROTK preview anywhere on it? I remember there was a TTT preview last year on one of the FOTR discs.

I can’t wait until I have time Wednesday to sit down and enjoy the movie. 😃

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**Author:** ![squeegee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/squeegee/32/14537_2.png) [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2003, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-towers-extended-edition/213628/24 "2003-11-18T13:31:25Z")

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Gollum’s acceptance speech to the MTV awards is hidden on the one of the movie disks. It’s quite funny (and quite vulger).

I think you insert disk 1, go the chapter menu, arrow to the very last chapter and press Down once more, and another menu item appears. I don’t have my TTT EE yet, so I’m working from something I read online.

I can tell you that you can get to another hidden short (an MTV spoof of Elrond’s council) on the FOTR EE using the same steps.

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**Author:** ![Miss\_Mapp](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miss_mapp/32/369_2.png) [@Miss\_Mapp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miss_Mapp)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2003, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-towers-extended-edition/213628/25 "2003-11-18T14:25:51Z")

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> \*Originally posted by squeegee \*  
> \*\*Gollum’s acceptance speech to the MTV awards is hidden on the one of the movie disks. It’s quite funny (and quite vulger). \*\*

Oh, goody! I was hoping they’d have it.

I’ll pick my copy up on the way home this afternoon. Suncoast called me Sunday night to taunt me (“The DVD you ordered is in, but you can’t have it `til Tuesday… nyah, nyah.”)

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**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2003, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-towers-extended-edition/213628/26 "2003-11-18T15:19:41Z")

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I saw a TTT pictoral companion book at Barnes & Noble a while back and it had pictures that looked like back story about Gollum when he was Smeagul and killed his friend for the ring.  
Did this make it into the extended version??

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**Author:** ![SuperNova](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea666f/32.png) [@SuperNova](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuperNova)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2003, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-towers-extended-edition/213628/27 "2003-11-18T15:49:58Z")

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Off to the store right now…

Can anyone fill me in on exactly what seens were added? I may not get a chance to watch till this weekend.

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**Author:** ![NE\_Texan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/e99b99/32.png) [@NE\_Texan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NE_Texan)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2003, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-towers-extended-edition/213628/28 "2003-11-18T15:51:41Z")

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We saw in an ad that both the “extended edition” and a “collector’s edition” of TTT are available. Anyone know the difference?

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**Author:** ![SuperNova](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea666f/32.png) [@SuperNova](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuperNova)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2003, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-towers-extended-edition/213628/29 "2003-11-18T15:51:48Z")

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Argh… “scenes” were added…

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**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2003, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-towers-extended-edition/213628/30 "2003-11-18T16:16:39Z")

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> \*Originally posted by NE Texan \*  
> \*\*We saw in an ad that both the “extended edition” and a “collector’s edition” of TTT are available. Anyone know the difference? \*\*

The “extended edition” is the one that comes in a nice box that looks like an old book. I believe the “collector’s edition” is the extended edition packed in a bigger box also containing a polystone statue of Gollum. I’m not sure what other goodies come with the “collector’s edition”; the statue is the most obvious.

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**Author:** ![NE\_Texan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/e99b99/32.png) [@NE\_Texan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NE_Texan)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2003, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-towers-extended-edition/213628/31 "2003-11-18T18:16:19Z")

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Goodies aside, are the DVD’s in the “collector’s edition” the same as:

- The extended edition
- The original release
- Neither?

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**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 18, 2003, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-towers-extended-edition/213628/32 "2003-11-18T18:18:01Z")

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The extended and collectors have the exact same DVD content.

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**Author:** ![Mikahw](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Mikahw](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mikahw)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2003, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-towers-extended-edition/213628/33 "2003-11-18T18:21:47Z")

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> The extended and collectors have the exact same DVD content.

Well, the first four are the same. The collector’s one also has a fifth DVD that (I believe) goes into the production of the Gollum statue.

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**Author:** ![NE\_Texan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/e99b99/32.png) [@NE\_Texan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NE_Texan)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2003, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-towers-extended-edition/213628/34 "2003-11-18T21:31:38Z")

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Thanks! Now I know that I just want the extended - I don’t really care about the statuary.

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