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THe Hobbit: AUJ Blu-ray/DVD confirmed for 19th March in USA - NO AUJ: EE or DOS previews

Shagrat Gondor Feb 5 2013, 5:46pm Views: 2403 THe Hobbit: AUJ Blu-ray/DVD confirmed for 19th March in USA - NO AUJ: EE or DOS previews As expected really. We'll probably get the previews at SDCC in July. http://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=10413 (This post was edited by Shagrat on Feb 5 2013, 5:50pm)

Aragorn the Elfstone Tol Eressea Feb 5 2013, 5:52pm Views: 1643 clickable link here http://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=10413 "All men dream; but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds awake to find that it was vanity; But the dreamers of day are dangerous men. That they may act their dreams with open eyes to make it possible." - T.E. Lawrence (This post was edited by Aragorn the Elfstone on Feb 5 2013, 5:53pm)

Carne Tol Eressea Feb 5 2013, 6:04pm Views: 1623 I think I'm actually going to pass on this one I'll be in the air force by the time it's released anyways, and I'm a big fan of bonus material, which this release lacks. Will wait for the EE. (This post was edited by Carne on Feb 5 2013, 6:04pm)

Elessar Valinor Feb 5 2013, 6:05pm Views: 1555 Comic-Con Was hoping we might get a preview of the EE. I do think we'll see that and of course something dealing with DoS at Comic-Con in July. So I plan to camp out the night before the big panel again.

Arandir Gondor Feb 5 2013, 6:30pm Views: 1556 So I guess the box art has been confirmed as the possible "fake" one announced a week ago ... ? Looks great! 'The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey' Review

Elessar Valinor Feb 5 2013, 6:34pm Views: 1522 It appears that way I'm not sure which version I'll go with. I like that Gandalf cover and usually the 3D ones come with the 2D version. If thats the only way to get the digitial version I'll do that. I'm surprised they're not doing multiple covers to be honest.

Rostron2 Gondor Feb 5 2013, 6:42pm Views: 1522 I'll probably wait for the EE I got one of the FOTR theatricals, but didn't opt for the others after that. I just owned the Extendeds.

Estel78 Tol Eressea Feb 5 2013, 6:52pm Views: 1471 Same here //

Ardamírë Valinor Feb 5 2013, 7:20pm Views: 1483 Air force, eh? Thank you for serving! I'm going to skip this one, too. Unless there's additional bonus features not being disclosed, it's not worth the price, IMO. All the vlogs are available online (unless they're planning to take them down?). Hopefully the EE has the same amount of behind-the-scenes material as the LOTR ones. I'll happily wait for that. There's a sad sort of clanging from the clock in the hall and the bells in the steeple, too. And up in the nursery an absurd little bird is popping out to say coo-coo (coo-coo, coo-coo).

FrodoEyes Rivendell Feb 5 2013, 8:10pm Views: 1445 DVD covers Odd choice of covers. I'd have preferred that Bilbo leaving Bag End teaser as the main cover. Very odd that Beorn is on a cover as he wasn't in the film. Bizarre. 'I wish the Ring had never come to me. I wish none of this had happened.' 'So do all who live to see such times but that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us.'

Elizabeth Half-elven Feb 5 2013, 8:16pm Views: 1418 I sold my LotR theatricals. I got them all, but sold them after the EEs came out. Haven't decided about TH yet. I am loving the movie less than LotR, but the skip button may work wonders.

Aragorn the Elfstone Tol Eressea Feb 5 2013, 8:16pm Views: 1422 The Beorn one was just a temp cover... ...from months back (it even says "Artwork TBA"). It will not be used on any of the Blu-ray/DVD releases. Blu-ray.com just hasn't received the final art for the 1-disc version yet. "All men dream; but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds awake to find that it was vanity; But the dreamers of day are dangerous men. That they may act their dreams with open eyes to make it possible." - T.E. Lawrence (This post was edited by Aragorn the Elfstone on Feb 5 2013, 8:17pm)

FrodoEyes Rivendell Feb 5 2013, 8:37pm Views: 1377 Ah ok... I thought it said that artwork was final? 'I wish the Ring had never come to me. I wish none of this had happened.' 'So do all who live to see such times but that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us.'

Aragorn the Elfstone Tol Eressea Feb 5 2013, 8:41pm Views: 1414 The new ones in the press release are... The new ones - the 2D cover with Bilbo, Thorin, Gandalf, and a few of the dwarves and the 3D cover with Gandalf are final covers. But the Beorn cover for the single disc release is months old and not a final design. "All men dream; but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds awake to find that it was vanity; But the dreamers of day are dangerous men. That they may act their dreams with open eyes to make it possible." - T.E. Lawrence (This post was edited by Aragorn the Elfstone on Feb 5 2013, 8:42pm)

Owain Tol Eressea Feb 5 2013, 8:44pm Views: 1381 Thanks for the alert! Exciting to see it available for home... I am one of those fans that will be waiting for the Extended Edition but still very exciting nonetheless! Middle Earth is New Zealand! "Question everything, embrace the bad, and hold on to the good."

Lindele Gondor Feb 5 2013, 9:53pm Views: 1345 i wouldn't call over two hours of production videos 'lacking' when it comes to the theatrical release

Estel78 Tol Eressea Feb 5 2013, 10:02pm Views: 1327 I would Since it's nothing new.

Elessar Valinor Feb 5 2013, 10:04pm Views: 1317 Its not new But having them in 1080p to wach on my TV is still pretty nice. (This post was edited by Elessar on Feb 5 2013, 10:08pm)

Estel78 Tol Eressea Feb 5 2013, 10:15pm Views: 1315 It's nice... ...for people that haven't seen them yet or for the collectors that want to own every media neatly packaged. As far as myself goes, they were awesome pre-release hype builders and i loved watching them but that's the past, i dunno if i'll ever watch them again. We'll get much more in-depth featurettes on the SEE that cover much of the same ground and more (at least i hope). (This post was edited by Estel78 on Feb 5 2013, 10:17pm)

Lusitano Tol Eressea Feb 5 2013, 10:16pm Views: 1280 You already can just get a cable that connects ur pc to your television. Vous commencez ŕ m'ennuyer avec le port!!!

Lusitano Tol Eressea Feb 5 2013, 10:18pm Views: 1285 I concur i watched them because i knew they would feel poor and lacking once extended dvds are released. They are promotional material, for me. Not in depth documentaries. Vous commencez ŕ m'ennuyer avec le port!!!

Ardamírë Valinor Feb 5 2013, 10:48pm Views: 1277 Promo material One of the reasons I wasn't wanting them to be on the blu-ray. They were shot and edited to build up to the film, not to look behind the scenes afterward. I mean, lots of stuff was blurred out because we weren't meant to have seen it at the time. I still think they're great and look forward to the ones for DoS and TABA, but I also want some real documentaries in the same vein as the LOTR ones. There's a sad sort of clanging from the clock in the hall and the bells in the steeple, too. And up in the nursery an absurd little bird is popping out to say coo-coo (coo-coo, coo-coo).

Aragorn the Elfstone Tol Eressea Feb 5 2013, 10:52pm Views: 1270 Yeah, but it's not like the Lord of the Rings dvds were any different... The theatrical editions for those films were the same - promotional material, trailers, etc. It wasn't until the extended cuts that we got more in-depth material. "All men dream; but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds awake to find that it was vanity; But the dreamers of day are dangerous men. That they may act their dreams with open eyes to make it possible." - T.E. Lawrence

Lusitano Tol Eressea Feb 5 2013, 10:57pm Views: 1230 Me too. Watching documentaries with things er dont really see after we have all seen the film is weird. But like my previous poster says, it was similar with the lotr dvds. Vous commencez ŕ m'ennuyer avec le port!!!

Ardamírë Valinor Feb 5 2013, 11:08pm Views: 1228 That's true. But then, I guess I'd rather have all the good stuff all in one package than to have to buy two copies of the same movie to get all the good bonus material, so it works out. There's a sad sort of clanging from the clock in the hall and the bells in the steeple, too. And up in the nursery an absurd little bird is popping out to say coo-coo (coo-coo, coo-coo).

Ardamírë Valinor Feb 5 2013, 11:11pm Views: 674 I expect great documentaries on the EE Specifically ones that talk about the finished film rather than just about the filming and whatnot. Commentaries are generally good for this type of thing. Hopefully we have such great commentaries again! There's a sad sort of clanging from the clock in the hall and the bells in the steeple, too. And up in the nursery an absurd little bird is popping out to say coo-coo (coo-coo, coo-coo).

Elessar Valinor Feb 5 2013, 11:26pm Views: 657 It can also be nice For people like me that while still having them on computer would love to have super nice hd ones built for tv. I don't know if ill watch the, a ton but I will watch them again. Probably when I get the BR to be honest and especially the comic-con one since I was there for that. I expect the EE to have even more but I'm glad to get these with the TE. I go back and watch some of the lotr stuff and especially the docs on the EE once in a while just to go back for the sole reason I love the material. I expect I'll do that with The Hobbit. (This post was edited by Elessar on Feb 5 2013, 11:29pm)

Elessar Valinor Feb 5 2013, 11:27pm Views: 664 No thanks I don't care to hook my Mac up to my tv. Much easier and better hq quality just putting a disc in.

Estel78 Tol Eressea Feb 5 2013, 11:32pm Views: 651 You can get equal quality hooking up your computer It just depends on the source material.

Elessar Valinor Feb 5 2013, 11:50pm Views: 642 I'd still rather Just have the nice BR quality on a disc instead if hooking my Mac up. Ill be a little lazy that way. Lol

fingolfin_nc Bree Feb 6 2013, 12:39am Views: 643 I'll have to have them both Besides being able to watch AUJ multiple times (which unlike FOTR I was only able to see once in the theater), I found that the theatrical edition cases made excellent travel cases for the much larger EE releases. So.... when you want to pack up your EE treasures, you can leave the nice cases at home

imin Valinor Feb 6 2013, 12:56am Views: 634 Will be waiting for the EE I am hoping the EE will change the flow of the film adding in more character moments which they felt had to be cut for the super important action scenes like the stone giants , lol. I think by then i will be ready to watch the film again and get hyped up for DOS. Not to mention all the extra stuff the EE has that this wont.

Kimtc Rohan Feb 6 2013, 1:03am Views: 616 Do we know when Amazon will take pre-orders for day-of delivery? All the links are inoperable, and Amazon has nothing about it yet.

Elessar Valinor Feb 6 2013, 1:04am Views: 608 Ditto I loved the TE. It worked very very well for me on so many levels. While I think it was at least a 9/10 I think the EE will be even better. Ill be owning both for sure.

Brethil Half-elven Feb 6 2013, 1:17am Views: 611 amazon (?) Even though it comes up in the search box it doesn't exist. Gave up. No information at all so I tried mall FYE and they were just taking preorders, so I'm picking up in person. ...she took the point at once, but she also took the spoons.

Silmaril Rohan Feb 6 2013, 8:53am Views: 552 i'm sure there will be documentaries in the style of the SEE! the 13 minutes TV special is like that and there has to be MOOOOOOOOORE!

Silmaril Rohan Feb 6 2013, 8:59am Views: 565 what about the non combo packs? what's the advantage of a dvd-and-blu-ray-pack? same bonus stuff on the blu ray only release? cover?

Verbal_Daggers The Shire Feb 6 2013, 9:33am Views: 566 EE blu-ray & dvd? Do you guys think the EE will be released on blu-ray and DVD? Probably, right?

Valandil ed Imladris Lorien Feb 6 2013, 11:20am Views: 547 I'll wait for the EE, too EE has always been better.

Ardamírë Valinor Feb 6 2013, 11:59am Views: 524 Yep Looking forward to that goodness! There's a sad sort of clanging from the clock in the hall and the bells in the steeple, too. And up in the nursery an absurd little bird is popping out to say coo-coo (coo-coo, coo-coo).

Ziggy Stardust Gondor Feb 8 2013, 1:57am Views: 444 Just saw the news on TORn I'm looking forward to it, but I am rather surprised. Isn't March 19 too soon? I was expecting April.

Elessar Valinor Feb 8 2013, 2:07am Views: 550 I expected April as well However, the average is 120 days so its not terribly early as far as that goes. Plus you have a EE version later in the year so you've got to have space between all three.