LOTR EE movie marathon!

***Rían*** · 02-04-2005, 05:26 PM

So has anyone watched all 3 EE versions back-to-back yet? I'd like to do it one of these days, but I don't know when - with 3 kids in the house, I know they would leave me alone during the crummy parts, then suddenly come up with an emergency during the good parts *sigh*

Are there any theaters that are doing this?

brownjenkins · 02-04-2005, 05:33 PM

i was thinking the same... you're looking at somewhere between 10-12 hours, so you'd really need a lack of distractions... maybe in 15 years or so

The Wizard from Milan · 02-04-2005, 05:58 PM

I did it on Xmas day, but I slept in the middle, so I am not sure it counts as "back-to-back"
I also skipped two fighting sequences at Helm Deep. IMO the second movie improves enormously if you skip any two of the fighting sequences

ItalianLegolas · 02-04-2005, 06:02 PM

I'm probably gonna do it on my birthday, it coming up on the 13th!!

***Rían*** · 02-04-2005, 06:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by brownjenkins

i was thinking the same... you're looking at somewhere between 10-12 hours, so you'd really need a lack of distractions... maybe in 15 years or so

No kidding! My parents are too old to take the kids for more than a few hours ... Rats!

Pytt · 02-04-2005, 08:18 PM

I am definetley going to do it. But sometimes when the weather is bad. maybe as soon as tomorrow.who knows?

Elemmírë · 02-05-2005, 02:04 AM

Not likely.

I'd need a DVD player, and I only have that at school.

Fortunately, I also have the Internet at school.

Well... you can figure it out.

Pytt · 02-05-2005, 11:15 AM

Don't you have an DVD player on your computer, Ellie? You could watch them there, though the experience is not the best maybe.

Elemmírë · 02-05-2005, 12:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pytt

Don't you have an DVD player on your computer, Ellie? You could watch them there, though the experience is not the best maybe.

Last time I did that... I got bored halfway through and started to watch battle scenes with the music from Grease in the background...

So, it probably wouldn't work.

***Jonathan*** · 02-05-2005, 03:02 PM

I watched the EE versions back-to-back except RotK - the extended version of RotK hadn't come out at that time so we had to do with the original version. Next year we'll watch all three EEs.
If you watch the movies with friends, it requires a little bit of planning before you embark on a LotR marathon

. Like, when are you going to have lunch break? What about dinner? How do you tackle the problem with people's toilet breaks?

Lizra · 02-05-2005, 06:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by brownjenkins

i was thinking the same... you're looking at somewhere between 10-12 hours, so you'd really need a lack of distractions... maybe in 15 years or so

Right!

Except by then I won't be able to stay awake that long!

(I doubt I can now.....

) I bet the only family member who'd be interested in to doing this with me is my 8 year old son!

Varda · 02-07-2005, 05:31 AM

I went up to get dinner today and noticed by the dining hall "from 10 am to 10 pm LOTR (extended edition) screening in the Baobob Lounge, February 12th."

Is that worth spending my Saturday on? I think I'd go if I didn't have a comprehensive exam for graduation on the same day!

Snowdog · 02-16-2005, 04:31 PM

I heard roumor that a theater in minneapolis was going to show the three extendeds, and that it may happen in Seattle at the Film Festival.. which reminds me that I should go check this out....

Edit: This from The Seattle Cinerama

*SCREENING CANCELLED*
THE LORD OF THE RINGS TRILOGY

Because of circumstances outside our control, we regret the February 12, 2005 screening of The Lord of the Rings trilogy (benefiting Seattle Mental Health) has been cancelled. It is possible the event will be rescheduled at a future date.

REFUNDS: Ticketholders who purchased tickets at the Cinerama box office will receive a refund by visiting Cinerama's box office during their business hours of Monday-Friday, 1:00-8:00 p.m., and Saturday-Sunday, 12:30-10:00 p.m. Please have your tickets with you to exchange. If you purchased tickets online or via telephone, please go to the box office or call 206.441.3653 with your credit card and reservation number to arrange an electronic refund.

So i'm actually happy about this because I didn't hear of it initially. Now to hope for a reschedule.

Manveru · 02-16-2005, 07:47 PM

i watched them all back to back to back with my friends after christmas.
we did it at night because everyone was too busy during the day. we started it around 9 30 and it took like 12 hours. i definately recommend doing it. it was cool cuz i hadnt seen the rotk ee yet as i had just gotten it for christmas so i was really trying to stay awake for that.

tolkienfan · 02-28-2005, 01:53 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ItalianLegolas

I'm probably gonna do it on my birthday, it coming up on the 13th!!

I'm doing it on my birthday too! I just need to find some friends who would actually agree to watch the whole thing with me.

I'm working on convincing my cousins parents let her fly halfway across the country just to come to my birthday party.

tolkienfan · 03-28-2005, 07:28 PM

It was awesome!

Haradrim · 03-29-2005, 12:11 AM

sigh. Novices. Ive seen them back to back twice in a row. I slept all day saturday then I just stuck them in on sunday. Did it once liked it so muchj I did it again. Almost died I think. Also Ive done it once about three times. THen again I am nto really all that busy being a 16 year old LOTR geek.

Last Child of Ungoliant · 04-06-2005, 12:08 PM

i would like to do it, but so far have only RotK on EE, although TTT EE is in the library at my college - I have got to get FotR and TTT EE's soon

Manveru · 04-10-2005, 12:17 AM

and theyre the best ones too

Adonai Dragonwagon · 04-30-2005, 01:30 AM

... you all have more stamina than I. I have tried, many times, to watch all of the movies, but they give me headaches. I don't watch any TV at all, and very few movies, so when I do, my head starts pounding almost immediately.

02-04-2005, 05:26 PM	#1
*Rían* Half-Elven Princess of Rabbit Trails and Harp-Wielding Administrator (beware the Rubber Chicken of Doom!) Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Not where I want to be ... Posts: 15,254	LOTR EE movie marathon! So has anyone watched all 3 EE versions back-to-back yet? I'd like to do it one of these days, but I don't know when - with 3 kids in the house, I know they would leave me alone during the crummy parts, then suddenly come up with an emergency during the good parts sigh Are there any theaters that are doing this? __________________ . I should be doing the laundry, but this is MUCH more fun! Ñá ë?* óú éä ïöü Öñ É Þ ð ß ® ç å ™ æ ♪ ?* "How lovely are Thy dwelling places, O Lord of hosts! ... For a day in Thy courts is better than a thousand outside." (from Psalm 84) * * * God rocks! Entmoot : Veni, vidi, velcro - I came, I saw, I got hooked! Ego numquam pronunciare mendacium, sed ego sum homo indomitus! Run the earth and watch the sky ... Auta i lómë! Aurë entuluva!

02-04-2005, 05:33 PM	#2
brownjenkins Advocatus Diaboli Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Reality Posts: 3,767	i was thinking the same... you're looking at somewhere between 10-12 hours, so you'd really need a lack of distractions... maybe in 15 years or so __________________ Your reality, sir, is lies and balderdash and I'm delighted to say that I have no grasp of it whatsoever.

02-04-2005, 06:02 PM	#4
ItalianLegolas Tolkien-aholic Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: somewhere in the solar system... more specifically NJ... Posts: 712	I'm probably gonna do it on my birthday, it coming up on the 13th!! __________________ What was lost is now found.

02-04-2005, 08:18 PM	#6
Pytt The Supreme Lord of The Northern Eagles Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: trondheim, norway Posts: 1,388	I am definetley going to do it. But sometimes when the weather is bad. maybe as soon as tomorrow.who knows? __________________ Don't Panic!

02-05-2005, 02:04 AM	#7
Elemmírë avocatus diaboli Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Himring Posts: 1,582	Not likely. I'd need a DVD player, and I only have that at school. Fortunately, I also have the Internet at school. Well... you can figure it out. __________________ ~ I have heard the languages of apocalypse and now I shall embrace the silence ~ Neil Gaiman

02-04-2005, 05:58 PM	#3
The Wizard from Milan Elven Warrior Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 421	I did it on Xmas day, but I slept in the middle, so I am not sure it counts as "back-to-back" I also skipped two fighting sequences at Helm Deep. IMO the second movie improves enormously if you skip any two of the fighting sequences

02-05-2005, 11:15 AM	#8
Pytt The Supreme Lord of The Northern Eagles Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: trondheim, norway Posts: 1,388	Don't you have an DVD player on your computer, Ellie? You could watch them there, though the experience is not the best maybe. __________________ Don't Panic!

02-05-2005, 03:02 PM	#10
*Jonathan* Entmoot Attorney-General, Equilibrating the Scales of Justice, Administrator ♎ Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Stockholm, Sweden Posts: 3,891	I watched the EE versions back-to-back except RotK - the extended version of RotK hadn't come out at that time so we had to do with the original version. Next year we'll watch all three EEs. If you watch the movies with friends, it requires a little bit of planning before you embark on a LotR marathon . Like, when are you going to have lunch break? What about dinner? How do you tackle the problem with people's toilet breaks? __________________ An unwritten post is a delightful universe of infinite possibilities. Set down one word, however, and it immediately becomes earthbound. Set down one sentence and it’s halfway to being just like every other bloody entry that’s ever been written. ☻

02-07-2005, 05:31 AM	#12
Varda Elven Warrior Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Carmel Valley, CA Posts: 146	12-hour screening at my school I went up to get dinner today and noticed by the dining hall "from 10 am to 10 pm LOTR (extended edition) screening in the Baobob Lounge, February 12th." Is that worth spending my Saturday on? I think I'd go if I didn't have a comprehensive exam for graduation on the same day! __________________ "Life's a journey, not a destination." --Steven Tyler, Aerosmith, Arwen's daddy MySpace Last edited by Varda : 02-07-2005 at 05:45 AM.

02-16-2005, 04:31 PM	#13
Snowdog Dúnedain Ranger of the North Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: The Ruins of Arnor Posts: 892	I heard roumor that a theater in minneapolis was going to show the three extendeds, and that it may happen in Seattle at the Film Festival.. which reminds me that I should go check this out.... Edit: This from The Seattle Cinerama SCREENING CANCELLED THE LORD OF THE RINGS TRILOGY Because of circumstances outside our control, we regret the February 12, 2005 screening of The Lord of the Rings trilogy (benefiting Seattle Mental Health) has been cancelled. It is possible the event will be rescheduled at a future date. REFUNDS: Ticketholders who purchased tickets at the Cinerama box office will receive a refund by visiting Cinerama's box office during their business hours of Monday-Friday, 1:00-8:00 p.m., and Saturday-Sunday, 12:30-10:00 p.m. Please have your tickets with you to exchange. If you purchased tickets online or via telephone, please go to the box office or call 206.441.3653 with your credit card and reservation number to arrange an electronic refund. So i'm actually happy about this because I didn't hear of it initially. Now to hope for a reschedule. __________________ "I am an outlaw, I was born an outlaw's son. The highway is my legacy, on the highway I will run." Last edited by Snowdog : 02-16-2005 at 04:35 PM.

02-16-2005, 07:47 PM	#14
Manveru Elven Warrior Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Canada Posts: 256	i watched them all back to back to back with my friends after christmas. we did it at night because everyone was too busy during the day. we started it around 9 30 and it took like 12 hours. i definately recommend doing it. it was cool cuz i hadnt seen the rotk ee yet as i had just gotten it for christmas so i was really trying to stay awake for that. __________________ Earendel arose where the shadow flows At Ocean's silent brim; Through the mouth of night as a ray of light Where the shores are sheer and dim He launched his bark like a silver spark From the last and lonely sand; Then on sunlit breath of day's fiery death He sailed from Westerland

03-28-2005, 07:28 PM	#16
tolkienfan Elf Lord Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: The Internet Posts: 803	I did it! It was awesome! __________________ Don't be hasty! Thanks so much to Last Child of Ungoliant, Twista, and BeardofPants for my avatar!

03-29-2005, 12:11 AM	#17
Haradrim The Official Court Jester of the Entmoot Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Far Harad Posts: 1,006	sigh. Novices. Ive seen them back to back twice in a row. I slept all day saturday then I just stuck them in on sunday. Did it once liked it so muchj I did it again. Almost died I think. Also Ive done it once about three times. THen again I am nto really all that busy being a 16 year old LOTR geek. __________________ A Bit More Grown Up This Time...

04-06-2005, 12:08 PM	#18
Last Child of Ungoliant The Intermittent One Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: here and there Posts: 4,671	i would like to do it, but so far have only RotK on EE, although TTT EE is in the library at my college - I have got to get FotR and TTT EE's soon

04-10-2005, 12:17 AM	#19
Manveru Elven Warrior Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Canada Posts: 256	and theyre the best ones too __________________ Earendel arose where the shadow flows At Ocean's silent brim; Through the mouth of night as a ray of light Where the shores are sheer and dim He launched his bark like a silver spark From the last and lonely sand; Then on sunlit breath of day's fiery death He sailed from Westerland

04-30-2005, 01:30 AM	#20
Adonai Dragonwagon Hobbit Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: If you ever want to find me, look in the clouds. I'll probably be there. Posts: 28	... you all have more stamina than I. I have tried, many times, to watch all of the movies, but they give me headaches. I don't watch any TV at all, and very few movies, so when I do, my head starts pounding almost immediately. __________________ "The world is held together with sheets of paper!" -A very wise person. Me! Although I'm not really wise. Too bad.

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