Hey, it's down to $720 now on Amazon, just like Gaith said!
Humorous comment on TheOneRing.net about the set:
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Warner Brothers Insults LOTR and Hobbit Fans With ME: UCE
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Humorous comment on TheOneRing.net about the set:
Put a Ring on it.
Surely the goal is to put all the Rings on it?
Are you mocking a 10% price reduction?!
It does look that way.
I think for NORMAL people, this price is ridiculous, and don't know anyone who would waste their money, especially if they have the DVDs and/or watch at least a few minutes every time it reruns on TNT.
But are these overpriced Blu rays pre-printed, or will they manufacture them based on pre-sales.
Because based on my math, it only takes 1000 bored/unaware/and/or wanting to pass on the next generation. Millionaires to make this worth doing (at least for SOMEONE)
And if they drop purchases in Amazon easily, it's doable
But are these overpriced Blu rays pre-printed, or will they manufacture them based on pre-sales.
Because based on my math, it only takes 1000 bored/unaware/and/or wanting to pass on the next generation. Millionaires to make this worth doing (at least for SOMEONE)
And if they drop purchases in Amazon easily, it's doable
At least it is coming down in price, the original $800 pricetag was likely a placeholder and it'll be revised down closer to release.
Aaaaaand goodnight.
Aaaaaand goodnight.
It was not a placeholder. The price was directly confirmed with Warner Brothers by Bill Hunt of DigitalBits.com, as reported. The reasonable assumption of the placeholder, giving benefit of the doubt, only further illustrates how unreasonable WB is with this release.
From another post on TheOneRing.Net, a website which TORN member "wzzardly" calmly describes and understates as "I've come to learn that strongly voiced opinions against the decisions of PJ and the movie studio are not generally favored around here," yet there is a surprising amout of venting going on there:
http://newboards.theonering.net/for..._time;so=DESC;forum_view=forum_view_collapsedTORN member nusilver said:
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Sounds like a reasonable discussion to me.
Maybe there is another TORN site that I don't know about
Maybe there is another TORN site that I don't know about
Agreed.
TheOneRing.Net, the TrekToday/TrekBBS of Middle-earth, is undergoing no small amount of ambivalence or cognitive dissonance with a touch of schizophrenia over this $800 $720-on-Amazon!-get-it-cheap!-Tell-them-Gaith-sent-you! drama.
After an emotionally desperate and in-denial puff piece from "JPB" via "News From Bree" wrongly attempted to speak for fans:
http://www.theonering.net/torwp/201...o-hope-moving-beyond-the-new-blu-ray-release/
Comes this far more critical piece via "News From Bree" by the infamous Quickbeam (Clifford Broadway):
http://www.theonering.net/torwp/201...d-or-bemused-the-uce-blu-ray-galvanizes-fans/
Very interestingly, QuickBeam's article includes a link to an open letter to Warner Brothers from a former Warner Brothers employee "published last week calling out their C.E.O. for mishandling many properties and losing the course of their ship," which applies to other discussions on these forums about all their DC movies of late trying to keep up with Marvel and failing. Link here:
http://www.pajiba.com/think_pieces/...hara-about-layoffs-zack-snyder-and-donuts.php
And to this quote I reported yesterday:
These responses from the mightiest of the mighty TORN admins:
Interesting times over at TORN over this nit about the Orwellian "Ultimate" Collector's Edition.
After an emotionally desperate and in-denial puff piece from "JPB" via "News From Bree" wrongly attempted to speak for fans:
http://www.theonering.net/torwp/201...o-hope-moving-beyond-the-new-blu-ray-release/
Comes this far more critical piece via "News From Bree" by the infamous Quickbeam (Clifford Broadway):
http://www.theonering.net/torwp/201...d-or-bemused-the-uce-blu-ray-galvanizes-fans/
Very interestingly, QuickBeam's article includes a link to an open letter to Warner Brothers from a former Warner Brothers employee "published last week calling out their C.E.O. for mishandling many properties and losing the course of their ship," which applies to other discussions on these forums about all their DC movies of late trying to keep up with Marvel and failing. Link here:
http://www.pajiba.com/think_pieces/...hara-about-layoffs-zack-snyder-and-donuts.php
And to this quote I reported yesterday:
These responses from the mightiest of the mighty TORN admins:
Altaira (TORN Superuser/Moderator) said:
Earl (TORN Forum Admin/Moderator) said:What Altaira said
Interesting times over at TORN over this nit about the Orwellian "Ultimate" Collector's Edition.
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QFT
Hey, if it inspired you to post and drive more ad revenue to the site with every page load (or get a Premium membership), I've done my job.
Or let me fix-quote Mage:
Mage said:
Then you need a better hobby.
My thoughts exactly. I saw some friends post about it on FB. Already got all the movies on blu ray. Not gonna bother with this.
Okay, I admit it; I was wrong about that. I didn't think WB would actually try to list this for $800, even before the inevitable immediate markdown. Point for you. And yet:
"Orwellian"? Dude, it's a blu-ray release, not a Project Censored item.
"Ultimate" is a buzzword in consumerism. Something is ultimate until the next ultimate something comes along.
I find the term ultimate insulting.
I find the term ultimate insulting.
I'd prefer something with the Costa Botes documentaries (which I don't think are there), the theatrical versions on disc rather than as digital downloads, the National Geographic specials (which came with the LOTR extended editions), and (for fun) the animated Rankin-Bass and Ralph Bakshi films to bring it closer to "ultimate." But even then, if I could afford this (and I can't), I'd be happy enough with this set.
Does this "newly produced content" actually exist, though? If "WB scuttled it," I'm guessing that it doesn't because they didnt' want to pay for it. They can't sell something that they don't have.