Tuesday, April 6, 2010

A Reel Release, or a Reel Ripoff?




THE LORD OF THE RINGS trilogy finally hits shelves in glorious Blu-ray today (4.6). The catch? These are the theatrical versions, not the vastly-superiour Extended Editions.

With all the legal-wrangling between New Line and Warner Bros., which has left Peter Jackson out of the DVD decision-making processes, it's clear that these editions were just a ploy to get people to buy the movies twice. With no clear release date on the horizon for the REAL versions of the films, here's hoping this release falls flat on its face and teaches some group of bastards a lesson.

On a sidenote, Ralph Bakshi's animated (and somewhat bizarre) LORD OF THE RINGS is also released today in Blu.

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