We have received unconfirmed reports that sales of the FoTR theatrical DVD at David Jones in Australia may include a bonus mystery limited-edition book. [More]
If anyone can either confirm or debunk this rumour, e-mail me!
Month: July 2002
K writes: A friend of mine was asking staff at David Jones (Woden, ACT, Australia) if they took pre-orders for FOTR. They said no, because they had a limited edition book which would be given out on a first-in, first-served basis to people buying FOTR once it’s released.
I’ve heard nothing about this anywhere else. I pre-ordered my copy from the ABC Shop and nothing was said about any gift with the DVD or video. I’m hoping I’ll get a copy and they just aren’t mentioning it because they can’t guarantee every pre-order will get it.
Heren Istarion (The New York Smial of the Tolkien Society) recently presented Viggo Mortensen and Billy Boyd with lifetime membership and a bust of their respective characters. Just click on the Fellowship image on the main page to view the report. [More]
The animated film Tom Thumb and Thumbelina will be available on VHS and DVD August 6. This movie featured Elijah Wood’s voice as Tom Thumb. Thanks to Wizardlex for the information.
Quinn and Wizardlex wrote in to add to VenusXL’s comments about the extra’s on the FOTR theatrical DVD. [More]
Quinn took the time to write this review of the Extras on the newly released FOTR theatrical DVD.
“I got my preview copy this afternoon and I’m afraid I have to agree with VenusXL. The film itself looks amazing and sounds better but the ‘extras’are terrible. No commentary is just unforgivable. The features are just recycled bits that we’ve all seen a zillion times and which were just different versions of each other anyway. The web snippets are better but most real fans will have seen them already. Only the TT preview is worth the price of admission and it is great.
The casual fan who doesn’t know that this is just a tease for the November version (as is now abundantly clear) is probably going to be wondering why this monster film that they spent untold millions of dollars to make ended up with such a lightweight DVD version. Then again though, maybe they will have not seen those ET TV special things already. They’ll definitely be hunting all over the place for the commentary though. I sure was. I somehow missed that there would not be a commentary on this one and tried every menu I could find looking for it.”
Quinn
Alexis also sent in this review:
This is what the new TV Guide Aug 3-9 2002 had to say about the Lord of the Rings DVD in their Now Showing on Video and DVD column:
The Lord of the Rings
(VHS and DVD, available August 6)
The first installment of Peter Jackson’s visually stunning adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien’s fantasy trilogy is a magical spectacle that makes the realm of Middle-earth seem utterly fantastic yet completely real. The elaborate DVD is truly one to rule them all, loaded with documentaries and a preview of the December 2002 “Rings” movie.