COOL STUFF

Mine just arrived via Amazon.com. I watched the first 20 minutes on my 46" HD. Wow. Just wow.

nvm, and the delete link disappeared, , yay

Can't wait to enjoy, I just picked up my copy for next to nothing.  Use your Bestbuy rewards wisely...only cost me $3.99 lol! 

From what I was reading in the contents is the movie cut into two discs again? For example, the theatrical DVD was one disc and the DVD EE was cut into two so that you had to swap out discs halfway into the movie. When I read this on the box it said that each EE bluray movie was in two discs, a part 1 and a part 2. If so why is it cut again? Bluray should be able to run it without having to swap dics halfway. If that's the case Ill probably pass and just buy a 1080P download so I dont have to swap out discs. Can anyone confirm if its a 2part or single disc movie? Thanks!

If I didnt mention this, you might not have noticed it on the extended edition: Reviewers claim there has been a color change on Fellowship. It's such a degree of change, reviewers do not know if it is an error(!) in the transfer or a possible change to match the upcomming Hobbit films(?). There seems to not have been a real comment on this change from Jackson, only that 'all is well'. The changes to Fellowship are of such a noticeable degree, that the video quality gets a score of 4/5, where the rest of the triologys video quality gets 5/5's. If you have the standard edition on Blu-Ray, and watched it recently, the difference is quite notable. If you have not seen LotR since in a theatre(or on DVD 5 years ago) do not worry. The films are still great, but when one finally gets a jumbo pack one has been waiting for for years; one really wants it to be perfect. You will most likely not 'notice' any changes or even care. I just thought I'd mention it, and maybe others could add comments if they see something different.

Got it yesterday at Costco for $59.75 and after watching The Fellowship spread out over 2 discs last night; I am now convinced that those who complain about the picture in any way are natural born complainers.  I have never seen The Fellowship with such depth in colour, detail and over all splendor. It buries the theatrical Blu Ray version.  As for being spread out over 2 discs, if this picture and sound quality is why, then they did the right thing.   As for the way the picture is supposed to look, here's what Harry Knowles of AICN said about it and his reply from Peter Jackson: OF "Earlier this month there was some hub-bub about some of the Blu Ray forums that the FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING EE Blu-Ray mastering was completely f--ked with an ugly green hint over everything, oblitering any real whites and messing up the entire gorgeous color palate of the film. I wrote Peter Jackson to alert him to the rumors. Peter had Andrew Lesnie look into it – you see… of the 3 films, FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING EE was the only film of the trilogy that did not go through the extensive and expensive Digital Color Grading process. They did that for this. Peter had seen the new mastering of FELLOWSHIP – in fact anyone that had seen it on HD broadcasts recently was looking at the gorgeous master sans any tinting. In Peter’s opinion the film has simply never looked better – including theatrically, because this new digital color grading was something that Peter wanted from the very beginning." THE RING EE Blu-Ray mastering was completely f--ked with an ugly green hint over everything, oblitering any real whites and messing up the entire gorgeous color palate of the film. I wrote Peter Jackson to alert him to the rumors. Peter had Andrew Lesnie look into it – you see… of the 3 films, FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING EE was the only film of the trilogy that did not go through the extensive and expensive Digital Color Grading process. They did that for this. Peter had seen the new mastering of FELLOWSHIP – in fact anyone that had seen it on HD broadcasts recently was looking at the gorgeous master sans any tinting. In Peter’s opinion the film has simply never looked better – including theatrically, because this new digital color grading was something that Peter wanted from the very beginning." "Earlier this month there was some hub-bub about some of the Blu Ray forums that the FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING EE Blu-Ray mastering was completely f--ked with an ugly green hint over everything, oblitering any real whites and messing up the entire gorgeous color palate of the film. I wrote Peter Jackson to alert him to the rumors. Peter had Andrew Lesnie look into it – you see… of the 3 films, FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING EE was the only film of the trilogy that did not go through the extensive and expensive Digital Color Grading process. They did that for this. Peter had seen the new mastering of FELLOWSHIP – in fact anyone that had seen it on HD broadcasts recently was looking at the gorgeous master sans any tinting. In Peter’s opinion the film has simply never looked better – including theatrically, because this new digital color grading was something that Peter wanted from the very beginning." THE RING EE Blu-Ray mastering was completely f--ked with an ugly green hint over everything, oblitering any real whites and messing up the entire gorgeous color palate of the film. I wrote Peter Jackson to alert him to the rumors. Peter had Andrew Lesnie look into it – you see… of the 3 films, FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING EE was the only film of the trilogy that did not go through the extensive and expensive Digital Color Grading process. They did that for this. Peter had seen the new mastering of FELLOWSHIP – in fact anyone that had seen it on HD broadcasts recently was looking at the gorgeous master sans any tinting. In Peter’s opinion the film has simply never looked better – including theatrically, because this new digital color grading was something that Peter wanted from the very beginning."

I guess they didn't want to release a perfect version (1 disc per movie, right colors). Fanboys have already bought these movies 3-5 times, maybe they'll be happy to buy 1-2 more releases. I recorded these movies from SDTV, and they were theatrical versions. I love them!