daily comfy /LOTR/ thread
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Who here ordered the extended editions on sale yesterday? I've never owned all of them before and only have theatrical on blu ray
I heard interesting things about the transfers; some say that the theatrical versions have bad BD transfers yet others say that the extended editions are subject to too much color grading
I guess I'll find out
>>71765586
I just downloaded the 1080p yiffy torrents and they're perfect
RARBG just uploaded all the Extended Cuts in good quality + the Hobbits
>>71765609
That's not funny anon
>>71765613
Are The Hobbit movies worth it?
t. only saw the first one and know the third is dog shit
what about the second?
>>71765661
Second is objectively the best one. But make sure you watch the extended cut because the pacing is much better.
First one is boring shit and the third one is shit too other than the opening scene
you could probably make a good fancut of the hobbit films.
>>71765704
>First one is boring shit
b-but i found it comfy
>>71765704
>First one is boring shit
What's it like to be an ADHD-riddled kid?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ZbPvhOZ7_4
also the music was great
>>71765740
There is something like that already. Too bad the quality is mostly pretty bad.
https://tolkieneditor.wordpress.com/
>there are people out there that think the Witch King ever had a chance of beating Gandalf
LOL
>>71765791
What's it like to have no gf?
>>71765661
No. The Hobbit movies were shit in every way.
One or two were worse than the others but it doesn't matter when the ranks are effectively.
>dog shit
>horse shit
>whale shit
Other great moments besides the most obvious ones like "The Last March of the Ents" or "Ride Out With Me"?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Owq_aBJ9G6Q
>>71765887
I don't know, maybe you should tell us?
>>71765661
they are all complete garbage
don't even watch them out of curiosity, seriously
just forget they exist
>>71765927
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k6C8SX0mWP0
I still fucking tear up when i watch this
> i can't do this sam...
>>71765740
You could but no one has
I've seen two; the Spence edit and the tolkein edit. both were shit
Does this set only have the extended cuts?
>>71766025
Why would you watch anything other than extended desu.
>>71765927
it's harder to find moments that aren't great
>>71766025
I forgot pic.
>>71766034
The extended cuts are great but sometimes I'd rather just watch the shorter versions.
>>71766034
Because
more != better.
Quanity !=quality.
>>71766068
>>71766081
Hello embryos.
>>71766043
no it isnt, I can think of many that sucked
>nearly all the sam and frodo scenes after fotr
>pippin singing, I always skip that bit
>all the rohan scenes after haldir dies
>nearly all the shire stuff before frodo leaves
>boring rivindell scenes
>>71766136
>>71766034
Because they aren't perfect, and arguably two towers is outright bad
Fellowship spends too much time in Lothlorien
Rotk spoils the Aragon surprise for no reason and the Saruman scene is bizarre and a poor replacement for the scouring of the shire
I am still mad.
>>71766136
>Shire stuff before Frodo leaves
Take it back
>>71766136
>nearly all the shire stuff before frodo leaves
YOU TAKE THAT SHIT BACK
>>71766205
About?
>>71766229
That Aragaorn went with ARwen
>>71766205
STRIDER'D
End? No, the journey doesn't end here. Death is just another path, one that we all must take. The grey rain-curtain of this world rolls back, and all turns to silver glass, and then you see it.
White shores, and beyond, a far green country under a swift sunrise.
![The Lord of the Rings - The Two Towers [2002] [Extended Edition].mkv-0003.png](https://i.imgur.com/1Dtzzqv.jpg "The Lord of the Rings - The Two Towers [2002] [Extended Edition].mkv-0003.png")
Daily reminder that Viggo was so based as Aragorn he got the last word on the DVD's.
https://u.pomf.is/znvmhz.webm
>>71766350
>;_;
t-t-t-thank you Viggo
>>71766350
what a guy, what an image too btw. even thought its just an image it makes me feel warm and cold at the same time, it really looks like a crazy king on a cold, sunny frozen mountain. he is a lucky man to have filmed that and got paid to look good.
>>71766136
>nearly all the sam and frodo scenes after fotr
like what? most are great
the only annoying scenes is when frodo is moaning on the ground for 40 minutes
>pippin singing, I always skip that bit
you mean like when pippin sings to denethor and it's heartbreaking?
>all the rohan scenes after haldir dies
fel deeds awaken...
>nearly all the shire stuff before frodo leaves
ok now you're getting retarded, the shire intro is easily in everyone's top 3
>boring rivindell scenes
rivendell scenes were mostly great, between aragorn and boromir or gandalf and elrond
hobbit scenes were over soon enough
>>71766136
What is wrong with you, friend?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WskRAEggqkQ
>>71766553
> that preview picture
> all i can think of is "ayyy lmao"
>unironically watching singing scenes
>>71766596
CIA IS BEHIND
>>71765661
2nd one was okay, best of the three, but still majorly lacking
>>71765661
First two are pretty good. Third one not so much except for the intro and last 20 mins
>>71765985
Nah, they're not in the same league as Lord of the Rings, but I'd rather watch them than any capeshit blockbuster
When was the last time you did a rewatch, /tv/? I did one two weeks ago, then watched FotR again this past sunday.
>>71765661
Smaug was the best thing about the Hobbit movies. Definitely watch the second one.
>>71765927
charge of durin was okay
https://youtu.be/4d61BIwNal8
>>71767481
More like charge of CGI lmao
>>71767362
Yesterday
>>71765661
I'd say The Hobbit movies are to the LOTR movies the same way the Star Wars prequels are to the OT.They're obviously not as good, filled with CGI, but they're still comfy and entertaining. It's worth watching at least once, it's just a shame that they weren't good enough to make me feel like having a Hobbit+LOTR marathon
>>71766350
>he clearly got emotional at the end
I think it's staggering what an amazing performance he gave and all that considering he only accepted the role because his son convinced him to. He had never read LotR up to that point.
>implying this wasn't the best song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NUIZvAe3RBg
>>71767481
See, that's the thing about the Hobbit movies, they had plenty of fun epic scenes, but they didn't match the level of LOTR because of all the CGI.
>>71767906
This is definitely one of the best, Fellowship just had the best soundtrack for every moment.
>>71767828
Viggo please marry my mom
>>71765864
Actually he had
>parents divorced when I was 2
>be a fan of LOTR
>I will never have a cool dad like Viggo
>I will never have a cool dad at all
Time to rewatch LOTR I guess
>>71766350
>dat feel when he came up with the melody for Aragorn's coronation song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3AcZmEKHOM
>>71766048
Yeah, you can pick up the theatrical trilogy at Wallmart for like 10 bucks.
>>71768151
Theatrical cut is a massive,waste for LotR trilogy was Extended versions exist. True, only Fellowship really benefits from it, but there are worthwhile scenes in the other two movies as well.
>>71765661
All of them are shit.
>>71768173
I prefer Extended Edition actually. I think the one that benefited the most from it was RotK, because now you've got things like Saruman's death and the Mouth of Sauron
>>71768238
Plus an explanation why Gandalf's staff disappears during the battle of Gondor
>>71768238
>the Mouth of Sauron
Most useless scene ever.
>>71766241
>he wouldn't marry a cute elven girl
Cheapest place to get blu ray extended editions?
>>71768238
AND
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xDSFTugAlf4
>>71768321
It wasn't that useless, it makes the following scene more emotional because they aren't certain that Frodo can still be alive. He had his mithril vest.
>>71768368
Pirate it, you fuckwad.
>>71768459
Bad quality
Plus how will I watch it with mates
>>71768238
Saruman's death
ughI don't actually know why it's bad I enjoyed it but I'm told it's bad
>>71768497
Because it's different from the books
>>71768479
>Bad quality
Not the 40gb bluray rips. How dumb are you exactly?
>Plus how will I watch it with mates
The same way you watch it alone?
>>71768550
The film had enough endings as is, I don't need the memeing of the shire on top of it
>>71768565
Unless you can watch blu ray movies by sticking a USB into a ps4, it's probably best to get the Blu Ray discs
>>71768574
I'm not saying it was bad, I'm just saying the people who complain about his death in the movie only do so because it wasn't the way he died in the books.
>>71768614
Yeah I know, and all I'm saying is the film already had 4 endings, and couldn't afford a 15 minute scene at the shire. I felt it was tacked on in the books, but people disagree with me on that .
>>71768611
>ps4
Ahahahaha.
>>71768614
His death in the books was great.
His "shadow" looking west and just getting blown away by Manwe.
>>71769284
>Manwe
That reminds meI have to finish reading The Silmarillion
>>71768659
It was tacked on in the books. There's no adequate defense for its inclusion
Overrated trash
>>71770421
>>71768659
It was important to the theme of how war changes one permanently and unavoidably. The hobbits all believed that they were about to put the whole mess behind them when they went home, but that's not possible. Remember, Tolkien was a WWI vet and saw most of his childhood friends die at the Somme.
On the other hand, though, it would have been tough to stick it in the movie because there really were a lot of endings. I'm glad they left in the journey to west in, because it conveys the point similarly and more iconically, although only for Frodo.
>>71770690
They covered that adequately with Frodo going to with the elves, about how some wounds never heal
>>71770714
That's what I said as well, for the movie, but in the book it also has its impact on the rest of the hobbits and where they live.
>>71766136
>>nearly all the shire stuff before frodo leaves
Nigger please, the Shire bits in FotR and top-tier comfy and funny as fuck too.
>May it be the shadow's call will fly away
>May it be you journey on to light the day
>When the night is overcome
>You may rise to find the sun
>>71770476
WHAT
Where once was light
Now darkness falls
Where once was love
Love is no more
Don't say -- goodbye
Don't say -- I didn't try...
These tears we cry
Are falling rain
For all the lies
You told us
The hurt, the blame!
And we will weep
To be so alone
We are lost!
We can never go home
So in the end
I will be -- what I will be
No loyal friend
Was ever there for me
Now we say -- goodbye
We say -- you didn't try...
These tears you cry
Have come too late
Take back the lies
The hurt, the blame!
And you will weep
When you face the end alone
You are lost!
You can never go home
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UgFpHs5dGdg
>>71771294
>>71766136
I hate you so much don't post on my fucking website ever again
These threads are literally fucking reddit, goddamn you fantasyfags and capeshitters destroyed the best board on 4chan
>>71770836
i still don't know why they couldn't have filmed a small scouring of the shire scene for the EE instead of Saruman just getting impaled on Orthanc.
>>71771648
The thing about the Scouring is that there really is a lot of it, as it is in the books. If they didn't do the whole thing it would feel very tacked on, in a footnote kind of way, and it would be weird. In order to film the Scouring properly, you would need scenes for
>hobbits arriving in Hobbiton to suspicious circumstances, thuggish men everywhere and hobbits oppressed, the mayor is missing
>newly-swole Merry & Pippin convincing hobbits that they can be rid of the men if they resist, launch guerilla warfare campaign against them
>action scene of the Battle of Bywater, where Merry leads a band of ruffians into a trap filled with dozens of concealed hobbit archers
>arriving at Bag-End, discovery of Saruman
>dialogue scene between Frodo & Saruman & Grima: Grima kills Saruman and is slain by hobbit archers
Anything less would be seriously incomplete. I have no idea how you would be able to condense all of that into a scene.
>>71767422
But Smaug wasn't even a dragon in the movies. He was a wyvern.
>>71765864
stay mad bookfag, witch king completely btfo gandalf
>>71765864
>>71772091
Bookfag here, why the fuck are you trying to powerlevel wank on a series in which characters at multiple points rely on literal divine fiat to survive? Fuck off to /jp/ and start a Fate thread or something
>>71772538
it's still a valid question. Gandalf and the Witch King were ready to throw down right before Rohan's arrival. While Gandalf has the potential to be more "powerful" he was limited by his "human form" and mission to only help the people of ME, while Witch-King was said to be pretty much unkillable barring a barrow blade.
>>71771984
I still have trouble believing that bullshit.
>>71771984
I can't tell what's happening. Explain
>>71773058
Nothing, some autists claim that dragons aren't dragons unles they have 4 legs
>>71773160
No that's true, I'm just confused by the differences between the images
Did they add or remove legs or something?
>>71772964
then how did he die so easily? I mean getting stabbed in the face is kinda hard to walk off but still
>>71773368
Yeah. In the first movie when the dwarves are telling the story of how Smaug attacked Erebor there's a shot of him walking with a quadrupedal gait (including his forelegs) but then he got Lucas'd in the next two and the subsequent home video releases because WETA thought he would be more menacing if he moved like a bat.
People were really pissed because he not only is described as having four legs in the book itself but Tolkein himself drew Smaug as a traditional four-legged dragon and every illustration of him in pretty much every illustration of the Hobbit has had him as a four-legged dragon. It was the epitome of "the source material wasn't cool and contemporary enough so we changed it to make money" and caught a lot of flak.
>>71773958
>and caught a lot of flak.
Only with autists. Most media considers Smaug the best dragon ever brougt to screen and one of the few good things about the Hobbit trilogy.
>>71773396
Merry's sword was literally enchanted to be able to bind wraiths to the mortal world. His stab made the WK basically mortal, then Eowyn finished him off. Gandalf didn't have a sword like that, so it's unlikely he would be able to use it to damage the WK. He did have fire though, which might have at least made him fuck off for a while. But if WK got one good stab in Gandalf would be finished.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aVMq7ynj_64
>Try not to cry
>>71774555
>Merry's sword was literally enchanted to be able to bind wraiths to the mortal world
Where exactly was this established in the movies?
>>71774328
>Only with autists
So in other words, the only people who care about the movie for more than a week after seeing it.
>Most media considers Smaug the best dragon ever brougt to screen and one of the few good things about the Hobbit trilogy.
Even the autists agree with that, they're just mad because not only could it have been better and more faithful to the source material, it actually WAS before it was changed. It's like ordering a steak in a restaurant and then just before the waitress sets it down on your table she takes it back to the kitchen and has them put it back on the grill until it's well-done and cover it in A1. You still get your steak, but it's a sad shadow of what it could have been.
>>71774555
>sword was literally enchanted to be able to bind wraiths to the mortal world
Gee, that's quite a specific quality for a sword. Are there so many wraiths around that you can just stumble into a sword that is bewitched to kill them? you'd think someone like Aragorn or Gandald will try to find a sword like this.
>>71775961
>Gee, that's quite a specific quality for a sword.
Well, yeah. It was literally made for the sole purpose of killing the men of Angmar and the Witch-King was the king of Angmar when he was alive. That sword was literally made to kill him and his kin.
>>71771984
winging it so hard didn't even know if smaug had 2 or 4 legs 1 year before the 2nd movies release.
FUCK SAKE HACKSON. LEARN TO SAY NO
>>71776055
So why didn't Aragorn or Gandalf tried finding/enchanting those swords? was it also something that Gandalf was forbidden to do?
>>71775786
It wasn't.
>>71776104
Because the civilization that made them died out thousands of years ago, they both have famous magic swords anyway and any that are left are probably guarded by Barrow-Wights.
>>71776888
adding to this, the swords the Hobbit's were given by Tom Bombadil after the Barrow-Wights were basically daggers or dirks to men. Also, Gandalf specifically defended Merry and Pippin's joining the company against Elrond, so maybe he thought the barrow-blades would be useful later on.
>yfw Christopher Tolkien dies and the tolkien foundation can finally start milking Tolkien's work
>yfw Silmarilion directed by J.J Abrams
>>71776104
>>71776888
Actually, if I remember correctly, Merry actually received that sword in the first place from Tom Bombadil. We shouldn't assume that such a weapon would be easily acquired even by the likes of Gandalf.
>>71777167
>Actually, if I remember correctly, Merry actually received that sword in the first place from Tom Bombadil. We shouldn't assume that such a weapon would be easily acquired even by the likes of Gandalf.
IIRC he found it in the barrows (tombs). Gandalf, Elrond or even Aragorn could have possibly known where those old kings/warriors with wraith-killing blades are buried.
Merrys sword was an old sword from Arnor, the Barrows being a tomb of old Arnor nobility.
Arnor was the realm that the Witch King of Angmar (Angmar is was kingdom north of Arnor) destroyed. And when the prophesy "No man can kill me" was made.
Merry's sword wounded him, because at the might of his power and terror he was struck with a weapon made by the people who he had vanquished.
It's symbolic. And the idea that the Witch king could not have been killed is debatable.
And also, Eowyn probably didn't kill him. She just wounded him so badly he couldn't sustain his physical form and had to flee to Mordor to regain his strength. He wasn't able to regain before the ring was destroyed (thus disempowering all the wraiths)
>>71777167
Another good point. I honestly wouldn't be surprised if Gandalf decided to visit him and found him using a palantir as a doorstop and Isildur's breastplate as a serving dish.
>>71777293
There should be something here that displays the year of each graphic
>>71771479
ha
>>71777293
>It's symbolic
idk if its completely symbolic, as the text clearly says the knife was somehow 'enchanted'
>No other blade, not though mightier hands had wielded it, would have dealt that foe a wound so bitter, cleaving the undead flesh, breaking the spell that knit his unseen sinews to his will.
>>71777293
Again, WHERE THE FUCK WAS THIS ESTABLISHED IN THE MOVIE?
>>71765661
There are a few good supercuts out there. Check those out
>>71778763
Not him, but I answered that the first time you asked it.
>>71776849
