h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

I guess I'll settle for the cheap first offering and maybe rent the extended version later. After all, three hours was straining me a little bit. My wife (less of a fantasy fan than I) laughed when she heard they were releasing the special extended version. "They need MORE than three hours??"

After 2 hours in the theater, I was already thinking, "Three hours isn't that long. Those people who complain about movies longer than 2 hours are just HASTY people with short attention spans." But my bladder was telling me after about 2.6 hours that it had a shorter attention span than my brain anyhow.

At least with a DVD you can stop it at a convenient point and do whatever needs done before restarting.

It's strang with these version. The paper said this morning that when the shops were almost sold out, people were stealing the DVD from each others carts. I rather wait for the extended version.

well, since I want to have both the version I saw and loved in the cinema, AND the extended version I'm getting both DVDs - and I don't really begrudge it too much, though I would have loved it if they'd put both versions in the same set. As it is, this "bare-bones" DVD is a helluva lot better than plenty of others I own.

The way I understood Peter Jackson's spiel was that they shot all the scenes for the film, and cut it to just under 3 hours for the cinema, and for November they're just reinserting it. The stuff he said was done specially for the DVD was the extra features for the other two discs - all the book to screen stuff, NOT the film itself.

Does anyone know what extra footage the extended version will have? From the teaser on the DVD just released I remember there's going to be the first meeting with elves in the Shire, and some scene with Aragorn and Boromir in Rivendell...anything else?

I'll probably rent the extended version or bum it off one of my fanatic friends. It is a little annoying that they constantly release better versions to drain your wallet, but nobody *has* to buy them. The people that feel obliged to are the ones who are in trouble.

One scene that will definitely be in there is the gift-giving scene in Lorien. It was even in a tv advert, but got cut for the theatrical release. Also more on Legolas and Gimli's from-enemies-to-best-buds relationship.

Frodo and Sam seeing the Elves leaving for the Havens is apparently in it. And some singing/dancing in the Prancing Pony...

*Fingers crossed for more back story on Bill the pony*

I watched it again at the weekend and honestly I never notice the three hours go by. They could make it a nine hour epic and it really wouldn't bother me at all.

I know I am a very sad woman!

I'm looking forward to the back to back screenings (with toilet breaks). Perfect for a rainy day or an all nighter. Our local cinema used to do this for the Star Trek films and finish off with bacon sarnies for all.

you truly aren't Abi...
I've seen it twice in a week, and they had it on soundless at the airport today - at which point I realised I didn't need the sound I know the music and script so well...

4 easter eggs or observation
http://www.eeggs.com/tree/4817.html

Swiv you are so right.

I was on my way to the Ladies this morning and I found that the techies on the other side of the room have it on their tv. (They have a video and a playstation as well!) I was transfixed.

Mina had to come and physically drag me back to my desk!

I'd always thought an "easter egg" was a hidden bit of the DVD, like the earth blowing up silently on the Hitchhikers DVDs. They were only facts about the film itself. Very interesting of themselves, but I wouldn't have called them easter eggs.

I'm surprised that everyone hadn't already heard about the 'special special edition' in November - after all, they announced both of them at the same time, and the first one has a preview of the extended DVD.

I'm slightly disappointed I can't buy one package that contains everything - but look at it this way: The extended version is so big it needs to fit across two discs, something that's always annoying. If they did it with seamless branching the same would be true, so those punters who only wanted the movie they saw in the cinema (possibly the majority) would have to suffer a disc swap along with everyone else.

Basically, I'm OK with multiple releases as long as I know the score ahead of time. What I hate is studios rushing out a crap, no-extras disc, then a year later releasing a special edition.

Still, this isn't much different from VHS. Full-frame, then widescreen, then remastered widescreen, then special edition widescreen (step forward Star Wars). Still, at least our local garden fete makes a few bob out of them.

I was aware of the release in November, but couldn't wait that long, neither could the sons so we have 3 copies currently and will no doubt be getting another 3 in November.

Although they may have left home by then

Or we may have

I knew about the November one too... 'twas an entirely conscious purchase on my part.

now here's the question - are TTT and ROTK also going to have two DVD releases d'you think?

More, if you include the boxed set and the "special edition" boxed set...

Come 2003/2004 there's going to be some fanatical fan sitting in their living room, staring grimly at a groaning shelf of DVDs and thinking 'By God, I did it though, didn't I? Every single one...'

do not forget the older version of the LotR

I think I saw atleast one!

millions of posts ago someone mentioned the prices in US dollars. were they real or was that just a generalistation

becuase MAN that was cheap!

sorry for spelling

i'm sure you can translate!