The Return of the King DVD Release

Just wondering if you guys have heard anything on the ROTK DVD like the release date and extras. Do you know when the release date will be announced? Any insight would be helpful.

Sometime this year.

That sure helps. You could have verified a bit. At least give me a month or even a season like summer or something.

like tim said, sometime this year.

Some "sources" say maybe around May for the theatrical cut.

Here's a cut and paste from thedigitalbits.com

"This falls in the category of rumor, because New Line has yet to officially announce the title. But we've heard from a number of retailers, indicating that they've been told by the studio to expect the theatrical version of The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King on May 25th."

More than likely going to be in August, then November, like the past 2 movies. And ROTKFan is correct, you guys could do without being smart asses, and just give a more clear response.... 'some time this year' no really?

We covered this in a news article from Jan. 30. this year.

You can find more here:
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Here a May / June release date for the theatrical cut is mentioned. But nothing is confirmed from New Line yet.

Like Eddie said, calm down.

there are a lot of rumors floating around, but as henning said, new line hasn't made an official announcement yet. therefore, calm down.

Hey guys, I was just over at dvd.ign.com and they have ROTK listed for a May 25th release. Do you guys have any news of this. It was just put on the site today so it isnt old news or speculation.

OK, you better sit down...
PJ is so busy working on "King Kong" that the DVD's won't be available 'til 2006, E.E. probably late 2006. And that's if he doesn't start on another project, like "The Hobbit" right away.
oooooh 160 over 95! ;)
**Seriously, I've seen "May 25" and also "this summer".
During the past few weeks, ROTK has been doing better than TTT, almost as well as FOTR.
So my guess is.........AUGUST.

Don't worry dude, they're just trying to get under your skin cause they like being asses. It's best to just let it go.

like we said, calm down.

What do you mean calm down? I was just stating some facts on the dvd. Cant I show some enthusiasum on a film. Jeez.

hi, i went onto dvdsoon.com, cuz i was looking for the release date, and you could pre order it there, it said the 25 of may, which is what someone else said too

YCH,

Your concerns are noted.

As I mentioned, I'll be sure to include the :D emoticon when I make jokes in the future.

Eddie

posters5,

Yes I realize there is no need for the use of harsh language here, but I did not comment on that in my last post, nor was it my intention to talk about DrunkenMonkey's use of the word ass and its plurals. That is between the both of you.

My point was you and Tim made a joke (supposedly), rotkfan took it the wrong way (can't really blame him, none of us except you staff guys found the joke funny), and the both of you just continued in the same manner. Granted rotkfan might be a little enthusiastic/impatient, but the both of you needn't have kept acted mean (or is that funny for you guys?). Let's have a look and see what I'm talking about, shall we?

rotkfan:
"Hey guys, I was just over at dvd.ign.com and they have ROTK listed for a May 25th release. Do you guys have any news of this. It was just put on the site today so it isnt old news or speculation."

posters5:
"there are a lot of rumors floating around, but as henning said, new line hasn't made an official announcement yet. therefore, calm down."

Tim Raynor:
"Like Eddie said, calm down."

rotkfan:
"What do you mean calm down? I was just stating some facts on the dvd. Cant I show some enthusiasum on a film. Jeez."

posters5:
"like we said, calm down."

Now tell me if you think the exhange above was appropriate. I think it wasn't. Rotkfan, irritating as he may be, was serious in his inquiries. You and Tim on the other hand, decided to play some games, and he didn't like it. As I see it, neither you or Tim gave any real information or help (at least Henning and I tried to give some info). It seemed like you guys were, to use a common internet lingo, "trolling" in this thread. But I cut some slack - nothing about the release date is confirmed. And fine if you guys want to have some fun and aren't into speculation in this matter (because you DO speculate on other stuff as evidenced by other threads). The question is, why toy around with a user who obviously isn't up for it?

OK fine I will repress the need to elaborate in the future. I'm just expressing how I feel in the matter and speaking my mind.

YCH,

Take a look at the thread again. rotkfan asked about a release date. Tim replied with a joke. rotkfan became irritated. I followed Tim's lead with a repeated, good-natured joke.

Now, it's entirely possible that, without the use of emoticons, the joke that Tim and I used could be taken the wrong way. If that's the case, then I'll remember to use a big grin for my jokes in the future. However, a misunderstanding over tone does not give DrunkenMonkey any excuse for calling people names.

Notice how no one else felt the need to use the word "ass" in a disparaging manner.

Eddie

I think the reply "sometime this year" might have been funny the first time around, but when used repeatedly it loses the jest factor. With all due respects Eddie, Tim's initial reply might be a cheeky one, but your reply "like tim said, sometime this year" sounded...negative and irritated. If you prefer not to speculate, then it is best not to reply at all. After all, the DVD release *might* not be this year; we can't say with certainty that the DVDs will arrive in stores this year, so in the end, a reply in the vein of "sometime this year" is neither enthusiastic nor is it totally objective.

And by the way, I visit DVDTown regularly, and yet I did not know Tim was a big fan of the LOTR series. I also did not know what to make of Tim's first reply; I really didn't know whether he was annoyed or otherwise. I'm bringing this up just as an aside.

Tim's "Sometime this year." post was made in pure jest. Given that you seem to visit DVD Town with regularity, you should know that Tim is a big fan of the "LOTR" series. Therefore, to have rotkfan throw a hissy fit was rather awkward, and to have you come in here calling people names did not help the situation at all.

As for re-entering under another name...unless you keep quiet the second time around, it'd be easy to tell who it is that is calling people "ass".

Dude, you are one to talk about rude people. This guy is simply asking some questions on return of the king and you and tim give the thickly sarcastic 'sometime this year' response. I'm fairly sure he knew that. You could've at least did what I said and guessed maybe that it'd be later in the year as the other movies have been (surprisingly I was wrong on that anyways). Then you tell him to calm down? As he said, for what? HE'S JUST ASKING A QUESTION. Sometimes I wonder if YOU should be allowed to post replies on here. Often you aren't any help at all. Go ahead and ban my name, I'll just re-enter else where.

hey monkey, try calling others names again and see what happens to rude people who abuse forum privileges.

8)
I went to New Line's LOTR's site. I believe when I clicked on "Home Entertainment",
TTT EE came up, but a NOT SO PESKY popup window also erupted. It has a picture of the DVD's and videos (theatrical), and next to them a brief statement saying ...there will be more details on ***MARCH EIGHTH, 2004.***
Until then, it is playing at a theatre near you, yes, right now!:)

Ever notice how when someone says "calm down",
you know WW3 is about to start?
[:.(]

Alex,

I've already explained to you why you were not eligible for consideration as a DVD Town reviewer (this was probably almost a year ago). If you need me to list the reasons again, then let me know. Otherwise, don't come in here trying to sound all high-and-mighty when in reality, it's a matter of your ego being bruised.

Eddie

^ poster5, again that was uncalled for. I have my reasons for not getting along with you, as you well know. I am more than happy to defend and be friendly with anyone else. How about not posting anything else in this thread so the whole issue is over.

I would be careful about allying yourself with Drunken Monkey.

However, apologies all around from everyone to everyone. None of us should've gotten into a hissy fight. :)

And DrunkenMonkey thanks for defending me man.

Hey guys just saying that im sorry for causing such a stir. Just got a little irritated. Im not mad at you guys or anything. Hopefully this hasnt made a bad impression of me. I can get pretty enthusiastic on films I will admit. Especially LOTR. Ill try not to get mad like that again.

Night Creature:

No, we can't get along.

:p

Eddie

Wow. We movie fans can be pretty emotional about our movies eh? All joking aside, I think a lot of people (staff included) may forget that without the visual and audio keys that humans use in interpreting meaning behind spoken word often get lost in written text. With respect to all parties involved... CAN'T WE ALL JUST GET ALONG?!!

Oh, I suppose I should state, that that last line was meant sarcastically.;)

- Nachtkriechen

Alex,

You misunderstood my offer of helping you finish one review for the actual application process. At any rate, your writing abilities would not have gotten you on to the site's staff because a) DVD Town has a certain standard that needs to be met and b) it's not practical to have someone babysit another writer full-time.

Eddie

Ego has really nothing to do with it. The simple fact of the matter is. Although yes, I did show doubt about the whole thing, you pushed me on, which I appreciated. I finished the review, and felt better about it having gotten through it. When that was all said and done, I had the impression that I still had a shot at getting in. You never said you were moving on to anyone else. So yeah I'm ready, ask what you want me to do now, and then suddenly you're like "oh yeah don't worry about it I've moved on to hire someone else". And acted like it was some big joke, as you seem to like to do on this site.
You should've been more clear in what you were doing and not have me wasted my time writting for no reason what so ever. Hell the least you could've done is post my review on here so what I wrote wasn't pointless.... Whatever I'm sure you don't care, I don't all that much either anymore, just don't appreciate your attitude on things.

Ha, you really are full of it, you know that? You know fully well that was my 1st go at writing, and coaching me on the 1st one did not mean in any way that I needed your help on every one there after. Have you always been this arrogant or is it just on this site?

Alex,

Well, prove me wrong by writing a couple of reviews that are worth posting here at DVD Town.

Eddie

oh, that's so sweet--alex wants to be the people's defender.

fine, just stop being rude to other people and maybe you won't hear from me.

Good, then be quiet about the matter already.

Whatever, I have better things to do than "prove myself" to you.

yup :)

THE END

:D

Not to speculate on your actual intent, but it seemed more like a "last word" reply than anything. Guess that's why the lack of visual context in posting often leads to misinterpretation.

Seems to me that Nachtkriechen's post was as good a stopping place as any, but one of you just had to make a return appearance.

Let's hope the next post (if there is one) in not one of you simply typing something like "Last Word" or some kind of smiley. Now THAT would be lame.....

Sean ;)

Ummm, actually I was agreeing with Nachtkriechen and making light of the whole ordeal by saying it was fun. How is that feuding? How about we all just leave this as the last post.



THE END :)

And the feud just keeps going..................

Dear Lord, MAKE IT STOP! :(

hehe, yeah, true enough. But it was fun :)

No offense to either Posters or Drunken Monkey, but I hope you guys at least feel better, and hopefully got that out of your systems. Again no offense, but if you guys are going to "duke it out" it might be more appropriate to open up a "personal gripe" topic in the main menue. I like to hear differing opinions on any given topic, but in this instance it turned into a whirlwind of gauntlet slaps, and left the objective topic so quickly that it dominated the thread. At least you both kept it clean and unoffensive.

Neutrally yours

- Nachtkriechen

Not really. I also saw what you were 'setting up' and decided to message anyways. As I said I was simply responding to the last guys message. You see, this is a message board and you post these things called messages. It was in no way a taunt of any kind, simply a reply to what he said. That in fact ended it before you came along so please shut up with YOUR juvenile comments and 'manholes' and just let this posting end.

I'm done checking out this post, good bye :p

Nope. Got what you were going for there. Your juvenile response simply proved my very point. And you say I'm not very bright?

On your way home, be sure to look for open manholes, my friend. You fell into this one pretty easily.

Sean ;)

Actually it was more in spite of what you just said. You aren't very bright are you. So ummm...


THE END?

Man, do I hate being right all the time!

Sean 8)

DVD date to be announced in NINE DAYS.

:p:p:p:p:p:p:p:p:p

Wow, he really does ruffle easily!

Sean:D

heh, looks like I'm not the only one intent on the 'final word'. Whateva :D

Never said I wasn't. Figured you'd be back!

Sean ;)

Man talk about falling through a manhole. Thanks for proving you're a moron, and also very creepy. You looked at all my previous posts? Man you need help.

I know I'm the last poster on this thread, but DrunkenMonkey2K2, I just looked at some of your posts over the past year or two. Dude, are you volatile! Posting to you is like shaking nitroglycerin in an oxygen-rich bariatric chamber with acid dripping from the ceiling!

I'm definitely ending now. I know you said you wouldn't revisit this thread, even though you did (natch), but I actually mean it!

Sean (signing off of this thread out of sheer salvation of sanity)

P.S.: so you don't think it's a slur or anything, "natch" means "naturally." Don't want any more gasoline on your fire.:o

Wow, you really take this stuff seriously.

Okay, I'll drop it before you pop a blood vessel.

Sean (The End, good Doors song):D

Yeah, just thought I'd drop by, see when you'd message as I knew you would. Only a complete moron would just keep going after I repetedly tried to end this thread with the uppercased THE END at the end of every message. So let's try this again and see how shallow you are.

THE END

Alex,

Your last post alone proves my point about your "abilities" as a writer. Keep writing, buddy, and keep sinking. :)

Eddie

Oh my God, will you just let this go? For the sake of clarity, I shall write in caps...

I NEVER SAID I WAS A GOOD WRITER, WHEN I TRIED FOR THIS SITE IT WAS BASICALLY MY FIRST TIME. JESUS CHRIST, ARE YOU THAT STUPID THAT YOU CAN'T UNDERSTAND THAT? ARE YOU SO FULL OF IT THAT IF ANYONE ELSE'S WRITING DOESN'T MATCH YOURS THAT THEY ARE A FAILURE? HERE'S A LITTLE FACT FOR YOU, YOUR REVIEWS AREN'T THAT GREAT, THAT'S WHY YOU'RE ON A SIMPLE WEBSITE AND NOT A PROFESSIONAL REVIEWER! HOW ABOUT LEARN SOME COMPASSION NEXT TIME AROUND AND YOU WON'T GET DISGRUNTLED PEOPLE SUCH AS MYSELF.

You are by far the most arrogant person I've come across, and I truely hope that someday you get over it. This page has gone on long enough, and only because I was simply defending another member of this site that you decided to pick on. So unless you have something positive to say, just let this go, I was done before you decided to pop up again and be an @$$.

:)

Alex,

You're the one who can't "let it go", especially with your repeated attempts to get the "last word".

I write reviews as a hobby, not as a profession. You mistake venue for ability.

Earlier, you challenged me by writing that you might not need help with your grammar after your first review, but given your current sentence compositions, I see no indication of improvement.

Eddie

P.S. :D

How about not posting anything else in this thread so the whole issue is over.
How about we all just leave this as the last post. THE END :)
THE END :D
THE END?
...and just let this posting end. I'm done checking out this post, good bye :p
THE END
(The End, good Doors song) :D
(signing off of this thread out of sheer salvation of sanity)

Hmmmmmmmmmmmm...
And people complained because ROTK has "so many endings". :o

Dude, this is a message board, I'm not writing a piece of literature. I don't think composition is really the issue here. And I'm not trying to get "the last word". I believe skspence came up with that. The post right before his was, and I swear by this, a simple comment to the post right before mine. I had no intention of continuing until he kept provoking me into responding. He was correct about one thing, I do ruffle easily and I don't appreciate being made fun of, so I will defend myself and speak my mind. Apparently, an atrocity on this site. I'm fed up with this whole ordeal so if you would please, stop with the puns and put downs, because it is very VERY old. I don't care if you or anyone else posts again as long as it won't provoke another response out of me.

P.S. lol, mra :)

:x

Nachtkriechen, I agree completely. Thanks for the advice.

Man! Forget gasoline! People are chucking in grenades, C4, white phosphorus, and any other "iritant" you can think of! I have to admit, it is a bit fun to read it... but only in the "Jerry Springer" sense. Which is sad really, because what that ultimately translates into is 'how low can our IQ's go'? Oh well... to quote DM "people are people".
Drunken... man, I'd forget what everyone's saying. Be confident in your own ability, and don't let what they write ring through as truth to you, or think that other people that read it will think the same. There's no need to defend yourself over someone else's 'opinion'. People are going to think what they want no matter what you write in defense. If you know that you're "easily ruffled", don't let the people out there that get off on it, ruffle you. Think about how much wasted time, effort and energy you're expending by not only writing back in defense of what other people write or think, but the wasted time being angry afterwards as well. Anger tends to feed off of itself. No one can get under your skin, you unless you let them.

Just a thought.

- Nachtkriechen 8)

Alex,

You're telling people to be quiet because they might upset you? How old are you, anyway?

Eddie

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So are any of you going to sit through all 9 hours of LOTR extended editions if theaters release them as one long marathon? I don't know if I could hang. I'd need a lazy boy to get maximum comfort! Not to mention a defibrilator for my butt!

I can't seem to find the information on the net for the DVD release of ROTK extended edition. I thought I remembered someone here saying it was pushed back to December. Is that right?

- Josh

The most logical rumor I've heard is it will come out in December.
I also heard **speculation** that all three EE's will be shown in theatersin October.
Perhaps one each week, with a one day super {extended} trilogy?

I think I could probably handle one per day.

- Josh

There is a report at torn stating...

"...this week's Video Store magazine (9/5 -9/11 2004) contains a 2 page spread confirming the street date for the 4-disc extended edition of Return of the King of

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December 14. ..."
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When it's done, it's done. But damn if I would have liked to have it in September. ;)

im happy with just star wars for september, thank you. i gues i can wait a month or two to allow my wallet to puff back up.

ps-icant wait for after star wars comes out, and its on everyone's top 6 dvds on their profile :p

There is an error that Video Store magazine ran in their current issue and they are printing a retraction next week. :o

A thousand apologies! :.(

Just as:
"Better for a thousand innocent to die, than for one guilty man to go free"

"Better for a thousand untrue rumors to be posted than for one to get by" ??;)
I'll be quiet now

glad to see that 'who-know-who' ticks more than just me off. I'm with you 'whats-your face'!