I just watched the 4+ hour ROTK special extended edition, ask me anything!

[pres2032]

[Emops]

1. Can I have some of your pot?

[pres2032]

4. hehe, sure

[RevolutionaryActs]

2. You act like that's something special.

Foolish mortal. :eyes:

[pres2032]

5. and i suppose you've watched all three extended editions

back to back to back?

[RevolutionaryActs]

8. I have not done that yet.

But it will happen one day. :7

[pres2032]

11. you need to speak to Mark414 then

[RevolutionaryActs]

20. I saw.

It's just hard for me, the movies are awesome, for sure... but there are so many things missing and so many stupid things that were changed that shouldn't have been changed. It's hard for me to shut my brain off and enjoy them. x(

[pres2032]

23. you're not an anal purist, are you?

I've been on some LOTR forums that have people SHREDDING the movies apart for every little thing.

[RevolutionaryActs]

26. Not anal.

I understand that things had to be different, movies and books are very different, but there were things he changed for no reason.


Like Faramir for example. In the movie he is tempted by the ring, in the book he is never once tempted. Nor does he capture Frodo and Sam with intent to take then back to his father, he doesn't capture them at all!

What Peter Jackson had Faramir do in the movie, goes against the character completely.

[pres2032]

27. ah ok

yeah, he may have done that to test his character, to fill time? but probably as an excuse to have Sam's speech, which is really good.

[RevolutionaryActs]

28. Fine, fine.

Of course Sam's speech is awesome, it's Tolkien. ;)

[pres2032]

29. yes, yes

I'm still amazed at all that Tolkien created: an entire world with different races and languages, which he made up.

[RevolutionaryActs]

30. Yup.

I believe he was crazy, but in a good way. :7

[DerekG]

31. Those purists are wretched

Seriously, Jackson's LOTR adaptations are as good as genre films get. I'd like to see these Tolkienites try their hand at such an endeavor--it would look worse than Bashki's version.

[nytemare]

3. How many bathroom breaks?

That sounds like a 3 bathroom break movie.

[pres2032]

7. none, actually

i went before the movie and i was good the rest of the way.

[nytemare]

9. Dang. No soda during the movie, I suppose!!

:)

[pres2032]

13. nope, didn't have any in my room

i did have a blizzard from friendlies though

[mark414]

6. not impressed

have you ever sat down and watched all 3 special editions in one sitting...breaking only between movies....?

was housesitting...for a week...in the heart of the chicago suburbs; i'll stay inside thank you very much

[pres2032]

10. wow

i would love to do that one time. I'd also love to watch the first 3 seasons of the West Wing in one sitting, which would last almost 60 hours.

[mark414]

12. it really fucks with your head

like when i was halfway into the 3rd movie i said to myself "dude...you've been at this for the last 10 hours and you still have 2 hours to go"

it really wasn't that bad...mostly cause i kept myself just real high during the whole thing...otherwise i don't think i would've had the attention span to make it happen

[pres2032]

16. ah, ok, i imagine

my attention was wanning during the some of the slow parts here. I was drawn to DU to see what was being said.

[7th_Sephiroth]

14. got that beat

i sat through every dragon ball/z/gt episode in one sitting, no sleep breaks, thats 648 standard 30 min. episodes

[mark414]

17. my math might be a little shaky...

but do you mean to say that you stayed awake for 13 days?

[7th_Sephiroth]

19. yup

13 days without REM sleep, they say i changed after that period

[pres2032]

21. holy crap, that's insane

[7th_Sephiroth]

22. i was legally insane at the time

it was quite a dark period in my life

[Placebo]

15. Oh my GAWD.

Why is it so long?

[pres2032]

18. because the books are so long

Tolkien wrote in so much detail and plot that it's hard to shorten the movies too much.

[RevolutionaryActs]

24. AHHHHH!

No, it's not easy to shorten them but it is easy to change things that don't need to be changed, keep in stuff that could be cut and leave out REALLY important shit! Damn you Peter Jackson, I love you for making the movies and I hate you for making the movies! x(


Edit typo.

[pres2032]

25. yeah, but you have to understand the limitations of movies

There's a ton of stuff that Speilburg should've taken from Jurassic Park the book, but left out, or changed. Why? because it would have brought the energy of the movie way down, or forced the movie to be 4 hours. There's just some stuff in books, that while exciting or important, does not translate well to movies.