Posted by whynotsmile99 at 24-205-34-13.gln-eres.charterpipeline.net on November 18, 2002 at 23:33:49:
In Reply to: One more LOTR question..... posted by discogranny on November 18, 2002 at 23:29:44:
: Actually, more of a dvd question. How come if they added only about 30 minutes or so, the new version of the movie has to be split up onto 2 discs? The first release had the movie plus a bunch of extras. I don't really understand the technical aspects of dvd, so maybe it's just me, but it seems like they just wanted to put out a "4 DVD SPECIAL EXTENDED BRANCHING EDITION INCLUDING THE DIRECTOR'S CUT OF THE THEATRICAL VERSION" cuz that sounds cooler. Don't get me wrong, I've got the new release and it's excellent, I just don't know why it couldn't be 3 discs, time-wise.
: dg
first of all, 3 and a half hours is a long time. there is 4 commentary tracks. that is totally unable to fit on one dvd. well, maybe they could have put it on the dvd, but it would have been a poor transfer. so they spread it to two disks, kept the great sound/picture and had the long cut plus all comenatry tracks