Comments on: Peter Jackson Suggests Even Longer Cuts Of ‘The Lord Of The Rings’ Could Be Released

By: PlanetRings

PlanetRings — Mon, 23 May 2016 05:58:34 +0000

I wouldn\’t mind this at all. It would be more of something I like. How is that a bad thing? It\’s not like buying them again will bankrupt me. A lot of people are captivated by Jackson\’s vision (as well as the source material) and would love to see more of Jackson\’s hard work. And there are definitely places where you can see that painful cuts were made, particularly in odd, rushed pacing of RotK in the last hour or so. Maybe some additions could improve the films?

By: JP

JP — Mon, 23 May 2016 05:58:34 +0000

I would buy an extended 5-hour edition of all six films IN A HEARTBEAT. I would hope Jackson would include the whole Tom Bombadil and Barrow Wight scene – the scariest scene in the whole book!

By: Justin

Justin — Mon, 23 May 2016 05:58:34 +0000

Dude! Just let it go man! Obviously it's a cash cow, but how about you create another cash cow?

By: Elidih Jett

Elidih Jett — Mon, 23 May 2016 05:58:34 +0000

I would love to see more. Cant wait for the extended Desolation to come out and of course Battle of Five Armies. I have studied JRR for a long time and have started an Elvish reenactment group here in Texas. Love you Peter.

By: ioerr

ioerr — Mon, 23 May 2016 05:58:34 +0000

Fine by me. Assuming what he's going to add is drawn from material actually found from the books and not more of the apocryphal extravaganzas he apparently loves to throw in there

By: pat conlin

pat conlin — Mon, 23 May 2016 05:58:34 +0000

How about the version where treebeard was not a stoner, but a wise and ancient being, denethor not a glutton but an ascetic, theoden not a suicidal militarist but a redeemed man seeking a heroic end, and faramir didn't want to turn frodo over to his dad.

By: SP

SP — Mon, 23 May 2016 05:58:34 +0000

Only if I get to see an extended scene with Tom Bombadil and Lady Goldberry and also the Barrow Wights.

By: Maddt

Maddt — Mon, 23 May 2016 05:58:34 +0000

If these longer cuts don't include Tom Bombadil and/or the Scouring of the Shire, then Peter Jackson can go stuff it.

By: simon

simon — Mon, 23 May 2016 05:58:34 +0000

well the originals were too long.

I felt that the last one is still going on and on, with 38 different scenes of people saying goodbye that we didn't need.

By: James

James — Mon, 23 May 2016 05:58:34 +0000

Enough! These bloated Hobbit movies have already been the "Star Wars prequels" to the original LOTR movies, diminishing their reputation retroactively. (Do you know anyone who has been excited about the Hobbit movies? I don't. People seem to be going to them out of a sense of obligation.) The last thing we need is for the corpses of the LOTR movies to be dug up and strung from wires and made to dance again, like what happened with "Arrested Development". Leave them be.