Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King Feanor Editionhttp://www.fanedit.org/ifdb/media/reviews/photos/thumbnail/300x300s/f6/ed/12/782_rotk-feanor-front-135135451971.jpg
More serious and maturer, with better pacing and more faithful to Tolkien's book.
Intention:
To make the most faithful edit of Tolkien's book.
Additional Notes:
AC3 and DTS sound.
720p and 1080p versions.
There are 29 new FX shots.
List of programs; Sony Vegas - SurCode DVD DTS - Audacity - mochapro - MeGUI - mkvmerge - Adobe After Effects - foobar2000 - SubtitleEdit - Photoshop
Other Sources:
Some audio from FOTR, TTT and "Game of Thrones".
Some video from TTT and "Game of Thrones".
Release Information
AVI/MKV
Special Features
720p MKV
Cuts and Additions:
There are more than 230 changes. I'm going to put the most relevant.
Saruman don't die
Frodo don't send Sam to home
Aragorn uses the palantir at Dunharrow and in a different way
Theatrical releases: I loved The Fellowship of the RIng. It was magical, and if it were a pillow, I'd hold it between my thighs every night. The Two Towers was rather OK—it did the job, but I wasn't in love. But The Return of the King was a true stinker in my eyes. . . er, nose. Aside from a few scenes that took my breath away, it seemed like a showcase for WTFish creative writing (for shame, Boyens & Walsh) and stupid CGI tricks.
In rides Mukankakuna with his Big Kahuna scissors, and now we get to see a refined version of RotK that's largely free of cringe. Denethor the Donkey Kong fireball? Extinguished. Legolas the tusk rider, Denethor the messy eater, Frodo the dismisser—all expunged, righteously expunged. No offense to Sharkey and Hal9000, but what remains is a purist edition of the movie that's even more puristy than the Sharkey editions. Yeah, whoa.
It's been a while since I've spun the RotK EE discs, so I'm sure I didn't notice all the changes and cuts. But what I saw didn't jar me out of my Middle Earth experience, and when hankering for a Lord of the Rings fix, I couldn't ask for anything more.
Enjoyjoy: 9 pelvic aero-thrusts.
P.S. Does anyone know why orcs sneaking into Osgiliath need to carry so many torches?
Theatrical releases: I loved The Fellowship of the RIng. It was magical, and if it were a pillow, I'd hold it between my thighs every night. The Two Towers was rather OK—it did the job, but I wasn't in love. But The Return of the King was a true stinker in my eyes. . . er, nose. Aside from a few scenes that took my breath away, it seemed like a showcase for WTFish creative writing (for shame, Boyens & Walsh) and stupid CGI tricks.
In rides Mukankakuna with his Big Kahuna scissors, and now we get to see a refined version of RotK that's largely free of cringe. Denethor the Donkey Kong fireball? Extinguished. Legolas the tusk rider, Denethor the messy eater, Frodo the dismisser—all expunged, righteously expunged. No offense to Sharkey and Hal9000, but what remains is a purist edition of the movie that's even more puristy than the Sharkey editions. Yeah, whoa.
It's been a while since I've spun the RotK EE discs, so I'm sure I didn't notice all the changes and cuts. But what I saw didn't jar me out of my Middle Earth experience, and when hankering for a Lord of the Rings fix, I couldn't ask for anything more.
Enjoyjoy: 9 pelvic aero-thrusts.
P.S. Does anyone know why orcs sneaking into Osgiliath need to carry so many torches?
