Posted by Cletus The Slack-Jawed Yokel at pcp01919045pcs.wilmsc01.tn.comcast.net on May 21, 2002 at 21:35:04:
In Reply to: LOTR comes out Aug. 6th.. posted by ElfGirl on May 21, 2002 at 19:11:58:
: but if you wait 6 whole months..you get all the trimmings. How they reel you in with the first one is, thirty minutes of unseen footage and a ten minute trailer of the Two Towers. Hold out..you get even more.
According to what I've read, the two releases don't share anything. The second release only will have the longer version of the film while the earlier release has the theatrical one. If you want both, you have to get both. Also, I believe that they don't share a single feature between them. Personally I like this approach. It's understandable that they have to release two different times, but I like how they make it so the releases compliment each other. Even knowing that a better version is coming out, I probably will buy both.