Jolly Rogers Posted November 18, 2003 Share Posted November 18, 2003 The best price I found so far is Costco, which lists it for $49.99 at their website, 10 bucks less than Best Buy. Too bad they don't have the big box for Fellowship anymore... I'd rather have those bookends than a Gollum figure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Posted November 18, 2003 Share Posted November 18, 2003 Call around to smaller retail stores, like Tower or Blockbuster, you may still be able to find the Fellowship box. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Jenius Posted November 18, 2003 Share Posted November 18, 2003 With 30 extra minutes of stuff that didn't happen in the book? PJ sucks, he should have done the movies with puppets a la Meet the Feebles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Britai 7018 Posted November 18, 2003 Share Posted November 18, 2003 I think our local Tower Records has the Fellowship big box for $65. I'm definitely getting the EE for Two Towers but the $30 one, not the uber-box one. I watched the regular one today just to get back in the mood. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eriku Posted November 18, 2003 Share Posted November 18, 2003 With 30 extra minutes of stuff that didn't happen in the book?PJ sucks, he should have done the movies with puppets a la Meet the Feebles. Wow, that truly would have been a terrible film. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrDisco Posted November 18, 2003 Share Posted November 18, 2003 (edited) i have passed on the big boxes and have focused on the 4disc set instead. we all know a super duper box set will come out when this is all said and done so i might as well wait for that. edit - for canadian customers i believe the best deal around is from chapters.indigo. $39.19 online, $38.18 instore. for this month you can use your irewards card and save an additional % off. for online purchasers there's a $10 coupon as well. add $7 worth of goods and you'll have enough to get free shipping. Edited November 18, 2003 by MrDisco Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr March Posted November 18, 2003 Share Posted November 18, 2003 I've been getting my stuff from Future Shop. But I'm going to check out Chapters/Indigo now that Mr isco mentioned it. And yes, I'm going to be getting my boxed set today, just like the first film. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bandit29 Posted November 18, 2003 Share Posted November 18, 2003 (edited) Yes, the four disc only version. The Gollum statue was no interest to me since I bought the huge talking Gollum at Toys R Us. Edited November 18, 2003 by dejr8bud Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anubis Posted November 18, 2003 Share Posted November 18, 2003 I'm just going to get the Extended Cut itself at Best Buy tonight after my evening class. A gollum statue doesn't ring very high on my "gotta have that" scale. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blaine23 Posted November 18, 2003 Share Posted November 18, 2003 Nah, the regular extended 4-disc set is fine with me. A Gollum statue? Like I need more geek stuff to take up space on my shelves. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UNSpacy Posted November 18, 2003 Share Posted November 18, 2003 Got the 4 disc SE version from Visions for $28.88 CDN (before tax). Tried price matching with Future Shop as well, but they wouldn't do it. UNSpacy Canadian Division Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrDisco Posted November 18, 2003 Share Posted November 18, 2003 Got the 4 disc SE version from Visions for $28.88 CDN (before tax). Tried price matching with Future Shop as well, but they wouldn't do it. UNSpacy Canadian Division was that from that visions place? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UNSpacy Posted November 18, 2003 Share Posted November 18, 2003 Got the 4 disc SE version from Visions for $28.88 CDN (before tax). Tried price matching with Future Shop as well, but they wouldn't do it.  UNSpacy Canadian Division was that from that visions place? Visions Electronics. Purchased mine from the Broadway store in Vancouver. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jolly Rogers Posted November 19, 2003 Author Share Posted November 19, 2003 Thanks for the tips on the FOTR boxset, I was actually lamenting that I missed the chance when Costco had it for 50 bucks. It is still easily available elsewhere, but not for $50 or less. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bsu legato Posted November 19, 2003 Share Posted November 19, 2003 Visions Electronics. Purchased mine from the Broadway store in Vancouver. Hey, that's a damn good price! I was just going to go to Best Buy, but now I may have to look around for one of Winnipeg's few Visions locations. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wabbit Posted November 19, 2003 Share Posted November 19, 2003 I ordered the normal Extended Edition, without one with Gollum, for 34.99 euro (US$41.82). About the cheapest I could get here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yellowlightman Posted November 19, 2003 Share Posted November 19, 2003 I would, but I never watched all the crap on the first LOTR extended edition, so I doubt I'll bother with this one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JELEINEN Posted November 19, 2003 Share Posted November 19, 2003 With 30 extra minutes of stuff that didn't happen in the book?PJ sucks, he should have done the movies with puppets a la Meet the Feebles. Wow, that truly would have been a terrible film. Something like Dark Crystal could be cool... Anyway, I thought the Gollum statue looked lame, so I'll just get the extended edition disc by itself. The bookends with the first EE disc were cool, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ladic Posted November 19, 2003 Share Posted November 19, 2003 No, I alredy bought the regular version like a month ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
azrael Posted November 19, 2003 Share Posted November 19, 2003 Mines is coming with a larger order. I pre-ordered back in...August??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gnollman Posted November 19, 2003 Share Posted November 19, 2003 Picked up the non-supersized 4 disc set after work. I'll watch it this weekend when I have some time.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jolly Rogers Posted November 19, 2003 Author Share Posted November 19, 2003 Has anyone found some Easter eggs yet? There were a few on the extended version of FOTR, but I haven't had any luck finding hidden stuff on the extended version of The Two Towers yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blaine23 Posted November 19, 2003 Share Posted November 19, 2003 Has anyone found some Easter eggs yet? There were a few on the extended version of FOTR, but I haven't had any luck finding hidden stuff on the extended version of The Two Towers yet. nah... I usually wait a few days and then there will be Easter Eggs listed all over the web. I did watch the Extended Cut last night, though. The movie rocks even more. Now I find myself salivating for RotK even more... but strangely I'm wanting the Extended DVD of that already. It's great seeing movie fans spoiled this well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jolly Rogers Posted November 19, 2003 Author Share Posted November 19, 2003 With 30 extra minutes of stuff that didn't happen in the book?PJ sucks, he should have done the movies with puppets a la Meet the Feebles. Hmm. Been a long time since I read the book but I believe that the trees did go kick some orc ass at Helm's Deep in the book, Merry and Pippin did find some good weed to smoke among the flotsam and jetsam in what's left of Isengard in the book, Treebeard did whine and moan about the Entwives in the book, Merry and Pippin did drink the Ent draught in the book, etc. Where can I buy a copy of the version of the book that you read? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bsu legato Posted November 19, 2003 Share Posted November 19, 2003 From what I've heard, this version adresses many of the complaints I'd had about the theatrical Two Towers. Does it really "flow" better as a story now, especially the first hour or so? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bandit29 Posted November 19, 2003 Share Posted November 19, 2003 From what I've heard, this version adresses many of the complaints I'd had about the theatrical Two Towers. Does it really "flow" better as a story now, especially the first hour or so? Ya I'd say so. I watched it last night...much improved. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jolly Rogers Posted November 20, 2003 Author Share Posted November 20, 2003 This version made the theatrical release look like a mindless action movie. There are a lot of character moments, which made it feel more like the first film. The return of Boromir is also much welcomed, and the scenes with him and Faramir do repair the damage Faramir's character suffered in the theatrical version of The Two Towers. I am beginning to think the trilogy is the most expensive trailers ever made... for the extended DVDs! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hurin Posted November 20, 2003 Share Posted November 20, 2003 With 30 extra minutes of stuff that didn't happen in the book? For the record, I hated what PJ did to Theoden. And I didn't like the fact that there were essentially no real soldiers of the Rohirrim at Helm's Deep. Nor that in the movie, it looks like Rohan is a land of about two thousand people. . . tops. But, all that aside. . . I have to take issue with the quote above. Most of the stuff that they add in the Extended Edition is stuff that was in the book, but was cut. I only watched until Gandalf showed back up. But there was tons of stuff from the book that did not make the theatrical release. . . and I was glad to see it back. Just off the top of my head. -- Sam's elven rope coming undone by itself -- Extra Gollum scene where dialog is directly from the book -- You see Theodred's body at the Fords of Isen being discovered. Yes, they still say he was "ambushed by orcs" but it no longer looks like he was just out for a stroll and got jumped. It looks like he was defeated in a large battled (as he was in the books). -- Merry taking draught of the orc drink -- Gandalf saying (word-for-word from the book): "Yes, I am Saruman. . . or Saruman as he was meant to be." That's just a taste. It has been my experience that the Extended Editions are the ones that the book-lovers like the most. Now if I could just get over the fact that Frodo looks like he's seventeen years old. . . H Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bsu legato Posted November 20, 2003 Share Posted November 20, 2003 What about those pics of Smeagol turning into Gollumn that leaked onto the net last spring? Did that sequence make it into TTT:EE? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isamu Atreides 86 Posted November 20, 2003 Share Posted November 20, 2003 i need to get this. i'm a little broke.... are the bookends worth the extra price?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Myriad Posted November 20, 2003 Share Posted November 20, 2003 Wow! Much better version of the movie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subotnik Posted November 20, 2003 Share Posted November 20, 2003 What about those pics of Smeagol turning into Gollumn that leaked onto the net last spring? Did that sequence make it into TTT:EE? Nope, that scene is going to be in ROTK. There's some footage of Andy Serkis as Smeagol in the extras though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apollo Leader Posted November 20, 2003 Share Posted November 20, 2003 (edited) Picked up my Extended Set this evening and will probably watch this weekend. My precious!!! Edited November 20, 2003 by Apollo Leader Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Britai 7018 Posted November 20, 2003 Share Posted November 20, 2003 i really liked the EE two towers, but i also liked the original version. I agree, the new scenes do make alot of characters deeper, especially Faramir, but also Gandalf and Aragon. I donnt think the Two Towers EE comes w/ the bookends, its like a statue of Gollum. I might be wrong thouhg/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jolly Rogers Posted November 20, 2003 Author Share Posted November 20, 2003 This is the first DVD I've ever heard that comes with a BLEEPED commentary track... check out the cast commentary track. Bernard Hill (Theoden King)'s sailor mouth gets bleeped so much you can't make out what he was saying half of the time. I wonder if there is an unrated (not PG13) version of the DVD, at least commentary track-wise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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