![]() ![]() Rather than the formal documentary structure of other editions, they consist of off-the-cuff interviews with Peter Jackson, Alan Lee, and others, and random bits of behind-the-scenes action and special-effects work. What's new? Each film has a second disc with a documentary directed by Costa Botes, who was personally selected by Peter Jackson (about five hours for all three documentaries. Also lost are the meager features included on the theatrical edition, plus the four commentary tracks, two discs of bonus features, and DTS 6.1 ES sound from the four-disc Extended Editions. The downside is that whichever version you watch, you have to flip over the disc halfway through the film breaks at the same spot it did on the Extended Edition. But because both versions of the film don't have to be stored on the disc in their entirety (which would be six or seven hours total for each film), both versions together fit on two sides of one disc. The viewing experience is the same because the branching is imperceptible. What does this mean to the viewer? Not much. If you choose to watch the extended version, the disc "branches" out to the added or extended scenes. The versions use seamless branching, meaning that the scenes that are common to both versions are stored on the disc only once. What do you get? Both the theatrical and extended versions of all three films-The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, and The Return of the King-are on three double-sided discs. This "triple-dip" 2006 Limited Edition trilogy falls far short of that standard but is still of interest to devoted and casual fans. Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings films gave "double-dipping"-releasing a DVD then releasing an improved version shortly afterward-a good name by offering both a better film and stupendous extras in the Extended Editions.
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