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Peter Jackson Suggests Even Longer Cuts Of 'The Lord Of The Rings' Could Be Released
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Posted on 07/27/2014 6:10:27 AM PDT by Perdogg

Many many epochs past, before claiming its rightful status as the beloved Oscar-winning trilogy known the world over, "The Lord Of The Rings" was planned to be a single movie, directed by John Madden ("Shakespeare In Love," "The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel"). Obviously, that didn't come to pass, and Peter Jackson went in the opposite direction.

Given a nearly unlimited canvas to paint on, and buoyed by global success, the theatrical cuts of each movie were supplemented by extended footage on home video. And when Jackson returned to helm "The Hobbit" after Guillermo del Toro's exit, it wasn't long until the planned two-movie saga was expanded to yet another trilogy. In short, Jackson has an inexhaustible supply of J.R.R. Tolkien's material to put on the big screen, and today at Comic-Con he suggested even more could be coming from "The Lord Of Rings."

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To: Perdogg

Thanks but no thanks!

I already have my non-BLUGH-Ray dvd’s with whatever morsels you tossed us, with that bunch.

Y’all don’ git no mo’ of my dough!


21 posted on 07/27/2014 9:25:55 AM PDT by Terry L Smith
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To: Perdogg

I received the Extended Version DVD box set for Christmas 4 years ago. I am satisfied with that.


22 posted on 07/27/2014 9:30:56 AM PDT by hoagy62 ("Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered..."-Thomas Paine. 1776)
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To: Perdogg
*sigh*


23 posted on 07/27/2014 9:39:37 AM PDT by Caipirabob (Communists... Socialists... Democrats...Traitors... Who can tell the difference?)
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To: Perdogg

Who can blame him? It’s like printing money.


24 posted on 07/27/2014 9:42:55 AM PDT by Moonman62 (The US has become a government with a country, rather than a country with a government.)
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To: Perdogg
I was a bit disappointed with the film adaptations by this Jackson fellow. Especially how the battle scenes dominate the movie. He should have spent much more time developing the plot and characters.

Maybe some day it will be done right. About an hour of film for every 100 pages is what you need to do a book adaptation justice. So we are talking about an 11 1/2 hour movie here.

25 posted on 07/27/2014 9:49:50 AM PDT by SamAdams76
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To: SamAdams76

Agreed, such a long movie would be preferable. My concern now is the creep of social issues into the versions. I do not know his political persuasion, but it seems invariably that most movie makers are lefties.


26 posted on 07/27/2014 12:11:12 PM PDT by SgtHooper (This is not my tag!)
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To: Drew68

They are magnificent, but they’re a spectacle better suited for a large screen than a 19” laptop. I have never seen a cavalry charge like the one Jackson filmed. The music is splendid as well. These movies, like the bs, deal not just with ordinary adventure plotting but with the great themes of Christianity and Western Civilization in its battles for the true, the good, and the beautiful. You should sit down and watch them on the biggest screen you can find.


27 posted on 07/27/2014 12:39:16 PM PDT by ottbmare (the OTTB mare, now a proud Marine Mom)
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To: Perdogg

If you like watching the characters walk and walk and walk or ride and ride and ride then the extended version is for you. The movies could have been cut in half and be better for it.


28 posted on 07/27/2014 4:30:00 PM PDT by minnesota_bound
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To: huldah1776
My only complaint was that the other Rangers weren’t included. Aragorn was not a lone ranger.

I thought the fact he left out the Scourging of the Shire was criminal.

29 posted on 07/27/2014 5:14:30 PM PDT by zeugma (It is time for us to start playing cowboys and muslims for real now.)
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To: zeugma; huldah1776

No Tom Bombadil or Goldberry either


30 posted on 07/27/2014 5:29:11 PM PDT by Perdogg (I'm on a no Carb diet- NO Christie Ayotte Romney or Bush)
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To: zeugma

Leaving out the scourging was very, very disappointing. Could be a 4 movie series. But might as well read the books!


31 posted on 07/27/2014 5:38:51 PM PDT by huldah1776
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To: Perdogg

What we really need is a holodeck version of lord of the eings....


32 posted on 07/27/2014 5:40:43 PM PDT by GraceG (No, My Initials are not A.B.)
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To: Delta Dawn

This sums up “Rings” better than anything I’ve ever seen...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GorLBm35ZkE
(Warning: Language !)


33 posted on 07/27/2014 6:26:33 PM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (Resist We Much)
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To: Perdogg

What, 20 additional minutes of Hobbits walking through the shire? It’s like the director’s cut of “JFK” with 20 more minutes of “back . . . And to the left”


34 posted on 07/28/2014 3:53:36 AM PDT by LS ('Castles made of sand, fall in the sea . . . eventually.' Hendrix)
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To: fieldmarshaldj

That was excellent. May the Force be with you...


35 posted on 07/28/2014 2:52:33 PM PDT by Delta Dawn (Fluent in two languages: English and cursive.)
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