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easterlingchief1
Rivendell
Feb 7 2013, 7:19am
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How is this ANY different than how the LOTR DVDs were released a decade ago?
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The DVDs releases of the films in the (first) Trilogy were released in pretty much the same way: first a standard DVD with the theatrical cut plus a few very minor extras, followed a few months later by the special editions with their extended cuts and a mountain-load of in-depth extra features. I fail to see how doing this for the Hobbit films makes Warner Bros look more "greedy" than New Line did a decade ago. Also, compared to some other DVD releases, this Hobbit DVD may be skimpy, but it's not bare bones. If you want to see a bare bones release that practically spat in the eye of its purchasers, see the Avatar DVD from a coupe years back. At least the first Hobbit Blu will have the Vlogs, the trailers, and a few other things that'll interest fans. Avatar had a play button, a scene select submenu, and audio/language options function. Thats it. Thank you Rupert Murdoch and James Cameron. On that note, and this is mostly incidental, but I wanted to say this here since your sentiment about the studio is being repeated a lot in these forums: Hollywood studios are not our friends. Studios are not in the business of being nice to fan bases or being bastions of ethical business practices. They're in the business of making money, and if they feel that milking fans for all their worth will ensure more profits, they'll do it. It's extremely naive to proclaim that Jeff Robinov and his cadre of thugs in Burbank are greedier than Smaug. All studio suits at the end of the day are solely interested in making their quarterly reports look good, and that's the bottom line.
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Sneak Peek at Desolation of Smaug with Peter Jackson
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Vangalad
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Feb 5 2013, 9:27pm
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I know where I will be
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Elessar
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Feb 5 2013, 9:28pm
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I have a feeling this is for those in the US only
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Carne
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Feb 5 2013, 9:48pm
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I hope you are wrong too!
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Vangalad
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Feb 5 2013, 9:58pm
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You might be right
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Estel78
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Feb 5 2013, 11:33pm
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Time will tell
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Verbal_Daggers
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Feb 6 2013, 9:15am
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UK release date on April 8, so no DOS live stream with PJ for us. Really annoying.
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Gorbag
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Feb 6 2013, 6:09pm
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It stinks that you have to buy the bluray/dvd...
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Estel78
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Feb 5 2013, 9:51pm
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why?
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Lindele
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Feb 5 2013, 9:52pm
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Coz i'm not buying it.
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Estel78
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Feb 5 2013, 9:55pm
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Me too
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Nira
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Feb 5 2013, 10:31pm
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I always buy the initial...
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MasterOrc
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Feb 5 2013, 11:33pm
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Question
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Jeremy
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Feb 6 2013, 2:11am
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For LotR
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arithmancer
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Feb 6 2013, 2:35am
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What I find interesting is that
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namarie
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Feb 6 2013, 7:40am
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That's my birthday!!
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Joe20
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Feb 5 2013, 9:57pm
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I'm marking my calendar.
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Eowyn3
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Feb 5 2013, 10:12pm
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Woot! Called it!
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Ardamírë
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Feb 5 2013, 10:41pm
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One thing this post proves is
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MasterOrc
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Feb 5 2013, 11:40pm
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Only that grosses are becoming bigger and bigger.
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Estel78
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Feb 5 2013, 11:53pm
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And we have a lot more
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MasterOrc
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Feb 6 2013, 12:10am
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One word: inflation
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Kristin Thompson
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Feb 6 2013, 4:18am
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It's more than one word
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Estel78
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Feb 6 2013, 1:01pm
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That's so true
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Ardamírë
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Feb 6 2013, 12:33am
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Saw it too, unlike
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fingolfin_nc
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Feb 6 2013, 12:32am
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Sorry, any true home theater has a projector. ;) //
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Estel78
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Feb 6 2013, 12:53am
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I much prefer the look of the flat panels to projectors.
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Patty
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Feb 6 2013, 9:33am
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Hmmm
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fingolfin_nc
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Feb 6 2013, 9:25pm
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I was planning to buy the 3D Blu-ray anyway, so this is a great bonus!
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Kimtc
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Feb 6 2013, 1:07am
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Just the hair :)?
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Loresilme
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Feb 6 2013, 4:54pm
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*fist in the air* YES!
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grammaboodawg
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Feb 6 2013, 1:27am
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Im confused
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rings7
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Feb 6 2013, 6:17am
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I'm glad this won't be till March 24th...
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Patty
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Feb 6 2013, 9:36am
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USA/Canada...
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TheHutt
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Feb 6 2013, 12:08pm
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It'll be on Youtube
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stoutfiles
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Feb 6 2013, 1:25pm
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yeah there is no need to worry
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imin
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Feb 6 2013, 1:26pm
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They will release something, but not the exclusive content
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utku
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Feb 6 2013, 2:51pm
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Yeah i was meaning
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imin
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Feb 6 2013, 3:05pm
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Hypocrisy beyond comprehension...
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Danielos
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Feb 6 2013, 3:31pm
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I'm going to politely disagree...
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Owain
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Feb 6 2013, 8:12pm
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I agree.
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Escapist
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Feb 6 2013, 8:28pm
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Agree also; why doesn't anyone have patience any more?
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belfalas
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Feb 6 2013, 9:46pm
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Adding my agreement
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Kirly
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Feb 7 2013, 12:35am
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I also agree.
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Eowyn3
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Feb 7 2013, 1:10am
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I know I will be waiting for -
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Hanzkaz
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Feb 7 2013, 5:12am
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How is this ANY different than how the LOTR DVDs were released a decade ago?
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easterlingchief1
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Feb 7 2013, 7:19am
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That's not what's bothering some of us
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Estel78
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Feb 7 2013, 11:22am
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I'll wait
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Rostron2
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Feb 6 2013, 5:06pm
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Initially I thought
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namarie
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Feb 7 2013, 4:12pm
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A bummer for Europeans
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Vangalad
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Feb 7 2013, 4:46pm
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