Return of the King Extended Edition Support Group! (Why not?)

[Liriodendron]

Well, I certainly want to see all, or ANY of the scenes you all have mentioned! But the main reason this wait is annoying, is because I want to OWN RoTK! Of course, I refuse to purchase the annoying theatrical version. I want my set complete! I want to watch it again..and again...and again.....

[Laitoste]

*still waiting patiently* I'm kind of glad that I have school & all of my other activities to keep me busy. I haven't been thinking about the EE recently, because of grades & prom & all kinds of other problems...

I can't wait for it to come out, but I probably won't get it 'til Christmas anyway, because I have no money, and I have to save for college. I really would like to see more of Eomer & Eowyn. But now that I think of it, I'm glad stuff like Tom Bombadil got left out. I can keep my own image of that without movie images getting in the way.

[Mad Baggins]

Arg! You people are making me so excited about the Extended Edition! I'm hoping for the HoH, the Scouring (yes, I know it won't happen, but hey! You never know), more Faramir and Eowyn...et cetera. Bloopers would be lovely.

[The Saucepan Man]

Knight, I would add to your list of possible EE material the confrontation with Saruman at Isengard (which we have been promised) and also the confrontation with the Corsairs at Pelargir (as I believe that more Corsair material was filmed). Any possibility of the Druadan making an appearance, I wonder. I know that Ghan-buri-Ghan appeared on some early cast lists, but I'm not sure that any material in this regard was actually filmed.

Oh and, of course, hand-in-hand with the Houses of Helaing scenes goes Eowyn and Faramir's romance.

In TTT extended edition, Galadriel makes a point to tell Frodo that the keeper of the third elf ring "is to be revealed". In ROTK that is never really revealed. The end scene shows Gandalf wearing the ring, but nothing is ever said about it. I saw ROTK the other day for the third time and noticed a strange camera shot of Galadriel in that same ending scene. She had a strange look on her face as if she had just said something that we, the audience, missed. I wonder if Gandalf as the third ring bearer gets mentioned here.

[airetari]

things that I no will certainly be in the ROTK EE: merry pleding allegiance to rohan, and some thing to do w/ arwen and elrond ( ya i no didnt she get enough screen time already?) when the could be focusing on more important things like THE SCOURING OF THE SHIRE!!!!!!!!!!!! come on PJ wat was up w/ that? he better put that in the EE or im gonna spaz! houses of healing is a definite must and legolas singing his little To the sea! to the sea1 song ( you no that whole part) otherwise i shall be very put out1

[Knight of Gondor]

Do not set yourself up for the Scouring, because it won't be there. I doubt Legolas's song about the sea will be there either. Perhaps we can just work on expecting little more, and be surprised by what we get. Does anyone agree with me that it does not befit Legolas to drink??

[Oddwen]

Yeah, well I hope Gimli drinks him under the table! Someone needs to set that "elf" up for some humiliation.

Does anyone agree with me that it does not befit Legolas to drink??

Is it wrong for a stuntspiece to get drunk? That's all he ended up being. *sob*

Anyway, the Lack of the Scouring is one of the first facts I heard waaaaaay back in the beginning.

Although, I read that they filmed three deaths for Saruman, one on the RSWD, one other, and in the Shire. Dunno if that's wishful thinking or what.

[Liriodendron]

I thought it was odd that Legolas was the picture on the April 1 page on my "page a day" 2004 calendar. Last year, it was Saruman....an excellent choice for an "April Fool", but Legolas......? (He is on horseback, with his sword drawn, in a sea of uruks. )

[Elentári_O_Most_Mighty_1]

Yeah, I was going to say that about the length. <P> <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>I do hope, though, that the put in th escene where Aragorn finds the young seed of the White Tree of Gondor and the part when Arwen gives her necklace to Frodo. I love those parts.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Was I the only one who noticed that at Aragorn's coronation the white tree was in bloom again? And the pendant was given to Arwen's son in her vision, but was shattered in Aragorn's vision. Either way, I don't think it will go to Frodo.

[Rouroni]

On top of everything else mentioned earlier, I would like very much to see a blooper reel. <BR>I hope, for the love of all that is good, that it doesn't show up in a trilogy box set. <BR>I do not have the money for that, but I would go broke buying it anyway.

[HCIsland]

Actually, something I would love to see is Jackson's and Walsh's 70-odd page treatment that they originally pitched to Miramax. I think it would be great to see how the films were invisioned at the very beginning and how much their ideas evolved over time.<P>H.C.

[peonydeepdelver]

List of things I would like to see:<P>1. Houses of Healing *duh*<P>2. Mouth of Sauron *double duh*<P>3. Voice of Saruman <P>4. Maybe some sort of farewell to Treebeard from Merry and Pippin... I mean they spent practically all of their screentime in the last film sitting on him. <P>5. Aragorn giving Pippin his brooch back<P>6. Merry swearing allegiance to Theoden<P>7. Some mention of the Pukel-men<P>8. Closure on Bill the Pony! It'd be nice to find out that Bill did get home all right, though I doubt it'll make the DVD.

[Finwe]

The scenes that I want to see the most are:<P><UL TYPE=SQUARE><LI> Houses of Healing (well, that's a no-brainer!)<BR><LI> Merry swearing allegiance to Rohan and Theoden (should be as tear-jerking as Pippin swearing allegiance to Gondor)<BR><LI> Aragorn giving Pippin his brooch back.<BR><LI> Mouth of Sauron (another no-brainer)<BR><LI> The drinking contest at Meduseld with Legolas and Gimli<BR></UL>

[Jjudvven]

1) The Mouth of Sauron<BR>2) The encounter with Gandalf and the Witch King at the Gate of Minis Tirith<BR>3) Merry swearing allegiance to Theoden<BR>4) The Watchers at the Gate when Sam goes in<BR>5) The Houses of Healing<P>Those are all I can think of right now.

[Elentári_O_Most_Mighty_1]

I swear I saw the Pukel-men!!!! Did anyone else see them???

[Finwe]

Where were the Pukel-men? I don't remember seeing any. The only men that I saw who remotely resembled what I had imagined the Pukel-men looked like, were the Corsairs of Umbar, during that shot where you see the Black Fleet sailing up towards the Anduin.

[Lachwen]

I saw the Púkel-men! When Elrond is going up that lovely switchback road at Dunharrow, you can see them at the turns. It made me giggle. <P> <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR> I do hope, though, that the put in th escene where Aragorn finds the young seed of the White Tree of Gondor <HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P>Like has been said, at his coronation, we see that the White Tree has just magically come back to life. COP OUT!!! <P> <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR> I think I saw a picture in the ROTK visual companion where there was gandalf on Shadowfax with Pippin behind and they seemed to be facing the Nazgul King. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P>In <I>Weapons and Warfare</I>, the section about the Witch-king's mace says he uses that to break Gandalf's staff, so I'm guessing that will be an EE scene.<P>I want to see the Mouth of Sauron (of course!), the Crossroads, Sam and Frodo getting caught up in the marching orcs, Éomer finding Éowyn, Théoden's funeral, the Houses of Healing, and just about everything else that's been mentioned already. And, though I know it won't be there, the Scouring of the Shire. I'm having a hard time forgiving PJ for leaving that out. <P>The rumor I've heard says there will be an über-extended, full-trilogy, fourteen-hour, eight-disk DVD set next year. *salivates*

[Knight of Gondor]

Yes, I saw the Pukal-men. <A HREF="http://forum.barrowdowns.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=4&t=002628" TARGET=_blank>Did you see Pukal-Men?</A><p>[ 5:01 PM January 11, 2004: Message edited by: Knight of Gondor ]

[Essex]

Ressurected (topical phrase eh?) this thread, as I've been reading the Weapons and Warfare book and it seems to give a few clues as to what will be in the EE.

1/ It mentions the WK breaking Gandalf's staff. I can't remember but do we see Gandalf's staff after Pippin finds him and tells him about Faramir as this is where the confrontation will probably be.

2/ Aragorn looks into the Palantir in MINAS TIRITH after the battle of pellenor fields and confronts Sauron.

3/ This in turn causes Orcs to catch up with Frodo and Sam, but as they are in Orc costume they get away with it (as we all know)

4/ Mouth of Sauron is taught a lesson by Aragorn at the black gates

5/ Denethor's Palantir is also mentioned in the book as the thing that started to send him mad, so we may see this.

6/ It mentions that Merry stabs the WK twice??????

7/ It mentions Houses of Healing - Eoywn being waylaid by the effects of killing the witch king (but nothing on merry so maybe he's left out of house of healing as he was at the black gate)

8/ it mentions the love of faramir and eoywn, and faramir becoming the prince of ithilien, and eoywn his wife.

9/ funnily enough it gives 3 possible endings (ie rumours) for Saruman. 1 is that he's killed by Wormtounge at isengard, one is that his end comes in the shire (!!!!!!), and one that he ventured into the East.

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Thing I picked up from TV shows

7/ Hopefully we will see the Crossroads as I saw this being filmed on a documentary.

8/ I saw a great shot of Sam sadly throwing away his saucepans in a documentary. hopefully this will be in the EE.

Things I picked up from the editing

8/ The Captains of the West are on horse back at the end of one scene at the black gate and then on foot when we go back. Will something happen in between?

9/ You can see the Watchers when Sam goes into the Tower. Will we see anything of his struggle?

10/ If we have a MoS, then what about the Mithril shirt? I don't remember Frodo having it on his way to Mount Doom, so hopefully this will stay as in the book.

11/ The ending, to me, seemed RUSHED. Will we have anything else in the Shire?

12/ what about goodbyes from the fellowship. or will this be too much?

13/ an epilouge on what happened to the characters at the end of the film. PB and FW have mentioned on the ain't it cool website that this could well be in the EE.

Roll on November...............

[Finwe]

The rumor I've heard says there will be an über-extended, full-trilogy, fourteen-hour, eight-disk DVD set next year. *salivates*

*salivates too* I'm going to be the first person in line to buy that!!!!!!!!

[Lathriel]

It would be funny if they showed Elijah's auditioning tape. I really want to see what he thought a hobbit should look like before the whole movie image of a hobbit came along.

I am also curious about the interviews. Can't wait.

[Jjudvven]

*drools at the prospect of everything mentioned above*

I canny wait until the Extended Edition!!!!

I really want to see the confrontation between Gandalf and the Witch King.

[TheBladeThatWasBroken]

i wanna see...
...everything which was previously mentioned...

damn... cant wait...

anyone know if they have any plans for a 3-in-1 boxed set?

[Knight of Gondor]

Hey, Bladethatwasbroken, could you watch the language? Gondorians and free peoples of Middle-Earth in general speak in tongues fair for all to hear.

Has anyone heard rumors about a song by Arwen in the RotK:EE??

[Gorwingel]

Well good news... according to www.theonering.net, New Line is going to be making an announcement about the release schedule of the ROTK DVD (or DVD's, I do not yet know if they are going to be talking about the extended edition, but it is a most likely) this Monday, March 8.

All I have heard is that they are going to be coming out earlier because they are done, and they have only been working on the EE, etc... etc...

We may have the theatrical out as early as May, and then my Dad said something about when he went to the record store today, them saying something about the theatrical coming out in a month.

They are coming... ...soon!

[TheBladeThatWasBroken]

Originally posted by Knight of Gondor
Hey, Bladethatwasbroken, could you watch the language? Gondorians and free peoples of Middle-Earth in general speak in tongues fair for all to hear.

RotK:EE??

But we're not Gondorians and free peoples of Middle-Earth in general... last time I checked, you're a Ghos Prince of Cardolan and I'm an Animated Skeleton

We may have the theatrical out as early as May, and then my Dad said something about when he went to the record store today, them saying something about the theatrical coming out in a month.

May? Just in time for summer and marathons for hopeless addicts!

Heylo!! from what ive heard.. i think the dvd is out around 25th May and the EE is out around middle of september .. not totally sure if its right but its kewl tht its coming out early!!! YAY!!!

[Oddwen]

There will be more Arwen at Rivendell, I know...

CoE has a few pictures of EE content, including Aragorn laying his hands on Faramir in the HoH, cool stuff!

[Knight of Gondor]

Glad to see this support group still has, uh...support!

Has anyone heard about Arwen singing a song in RotK: EE??

[Lalwendë]

Yes, the theatrical edition of ROTK is out on 25 May, here's what a certain well known shopping site said is on it in terms of 'extras':

Special Features


A Journey Completed: A Director's Vision

A Filmmaker's Journey: Making "The Return of the King"

The National Geographic special feature

Multiple Lordoftherings.net featurettes:
Aragorn's Destiny feature
Minas Tirith feature
Battle of Pelennor Fields feature
Samwise the Brave feature
Eowyn, White Lady of Rohan feature
Digital Horses feature

Original theatrical trailers and TV spots

Lord of the Rings Trilogy super trailer

Closer look at Electronic Arts video games

DVD-ROM: Lord of the Rings weblink

[mollecon]

Well, May 25. seems to be the fixed date for RotK-theatrical. But some doubt still remains concerning RotK-EE, it seems. Some says September, others 'around Christmas'. Maybe the truth is that even PJ & New Line doesn't know, if it isn't finished yet. And PJ is probably busy with "King Kong" already.

But if the EE doesn't turn up untill Christmas time, at least the 'short version' can comfort us while we wait! It's great it's coming in May .

[Knight of Gondor]

The song! The song! Does anyone know about this supposed Arwen song?

[Essex]

Just a note on A Filmmaker's Journey: Making "The Return of the King". I taped it off of ITV a month or so ago. It is absolutely brilliant, and I use it to keep my 5 year old son happy until May 25th, as there are a lot of shots from the movie in it, including quite a lot of 'give aways' if you haven't already seen the movie.

Not sure if the National Geographic one has already been shown as well. I found this one a bit weak really (if it's the one I'm thinking about), as they try to compare certain parts of the book with real historical characters (I suppose it's the only way they can make this sort of programme for a factual TV channel)

I've not been that impressed with the 'extras' in the theatrical release dvds of any of the films, bu of course the EE extras make up for this.

Bets on the statue we'll get with the EE this year? I'm going for King Elessar.....

[Finwe]

Oh my God, I'm going to cry! (Tears of joy that is)

[Oddwen]

Regretfully I can't remember where I heard it, but Arwen's song will be in the EE.

[Sapphire_Flame]

She will? *starts crying* No!!! She's gonna ruin the movie!!!

So, do we know if the Legolas/Gimli drinking game is gonna be in the EV for sure? I just barely saw it, and it looks pretty kewl.

Hey! I brought soda and chips! Dig in everyone!!

Abedithon le,

~*~Aranel~*~

[The Elusive Spirit]

Hi, I love chips thanks!

I heard something about those release dates that mollecon mentioned. I think they are
correct.
I really hope to see development of the relationship between Eowyn and Faramir, heck, any evidence of a connection would be nice! That’s what I most hope to see. I also want to see the Mouth of Sauron.

Kinda off topic, but does anyone know where I can find clips of ROTK, particularly the bit where Frodo leaves for the undying lands? If so please pm me. I’ll be in your debt forever!

[The Only Real Estel]

Hmm, a list, eh? How about:

1. Saruman/Grima (I'll never accept any excuse of PJ's on this one, & no matter how good the EE version of this is, I doubt it will make up for Jackson's editing shenanagins (sp? close enough...)

2. House of Healing (hopefully they'll have enough time alotted to it to do it justice...

3. The Mouth of Sauron (he better be freaky!)

4. The Witch-King vs. Gandalf confrontation (It should be cool, especially if the WK brakes Gandalf's staff with his mace, like I've heard he does)

5. Legolas & Gimli drinking contest (I could imagine an elf getting tipsy after just a few ales. Wine, no doubt, is a different matter for elves, but ales seem strong enough to knock the 'prissy creatures' of their feet )

6. Easterlings (not that I really care that much, but I would like to see the race that plays a dramatic part in TTT [of course I mean them nearly catching Frodo & Sam] at leats show up in the battles in RotK )

I would like very much to see a blooper reel

Me too! That would be really awesome...not sure if it's been mentioned before or not, but I think PJ & co. gave all of the cast members a blooper real of their own, with their best (or worst, depending on how you look at it) screw-ups.

Hey! I brought soda and chips! Dig in everyone!!

Oh please say there's Pepsi Blue! Oh please, Oh please, Oh please, Oh please!!! <------a chat room thing

[Sapphire_Flame]

I think PJ & co. gave all of the cast members a blooper real of their own, with their best (or worst, depending on how you look at it) screw-ups.

YES!!! That would be so incredible! can'twaitcan'twaitcan'twait...

And, yes, there is Pepsi Blue. I didn't know what everyone wanted, so I brought everything! And today I brought popcorn too.

Abedithon le,

~*~Aranel~*~