Posted by Vincent at bg-tc-ppp1693.monmouth.com on November 18, 2002 at 23:34:36:
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.
But the original release had the 3-hour movie on one dual-layer disc, and all the extras on a second disc.
: 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.
They *COULD* have crammed the 3:30 minute new cut of THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RINGS onto a dual-layer DVD, but that would have resulted in heavy digital video compression. By splitting the movie onto two discs, the video doesn't need to be compressed nearly as much, resulting in better video quality.
Vincent