Davidson, Paul (15 May 2001). "LOTR Footage Wows Journalists". IGN. Archived from the original on 15 February 2012 . Retrieved 30 April 2010. The folding cases are decorated with drawn concept art behind each DVD and an in-sleeve map of the Fellowship's travels during the film; a folding booklet includes guides to the menu options. A slipcase to enclose all three box sets was sold online. The Fellowship of the Ring Extended Edition was released November 2002, while the theatrical release DVD was released August 2002 Brew, Simon (9 October 2020). "Lord Of The Rings and The Hobbit set for 4K release in November". filmstories.co.uk. Archived from the original on 21 October 2020 . Retrieved 30 November 2020. Film Crew Embarks on Tolkien Adventures". Herr der Ringe Film. Archived from the original on 19 December 2020 . Retrieved 19 December 2020.

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The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on 11 November 2020 . Retrieved 11 November 2020. New York film critics honor 'Rings' ". Today. 15 December 2003. Archived from the original on 31 December 2014 . Retrieved 19 January 2022. The Lord of the Rings Trilogy Hits Blu-ray April 6!". ComingSoon.net. 14 December 2009. Archived from the original on 16 December 2009 . Retrieved 19 January 2022.There'll be plenty of subplots throughout, though. Nori and The Stranger, Arondir's relationship with Bronwyn, and other side stories will appear frequently throughout each season. Interestingly, Nori and the Stranger's subplot may even tease the arrival of the first Middle-earth wizards. Each extended edition features scenes which do not appear in the corresponding theatrical edition, as well as scenes which are simply expanded upon. These scenes are as follows: Gaughan, Liam (2 February 2022). "The 15 Greatest Film Trilogies Of All Time Ranked". /Film . Retrieved 21 August 2022. There isn’t a wasted shot in the theatrical edition of The Fellowship of the Ring. It’s a near-perfect movie. The first act is perhaps the greatest example of seamless exposition in filmmaking ever produced, as the production covers 6,000 years of history, a textbook’s worth of world-building, and the introduction of a dozen immediately compelling lead characters. Warner Bros. released a box set of the trilogy's theatrical versions on Blu-ray on 6 April 2010. [130] The four-disc extended sets were released on Blu-ray in a box set on 28 June 2011, with an additional disc including the feature-length documentary. [131] [128] In 2014, Blu-ray steelbook editions of the five-disc extended editions were released. [132] [133] In 2016, a six-disc Blu-ray was released containing only the theatrical films of both The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit trilogies, as well as a 30-disc bookshelf-themed set of the extended versions of both trilogies and all the special features from previous releases. [134] The Blu-ray releases were criticized for colour-timing issues which degraded the look of the films. [135]