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The Lord of the rings memes communitiy on Lemmy. Share memes about Lord of the rings and be respectful.

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[–] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 21 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I came across this interesting video and thought folks here might enjoy it as well. I was not aware of the changes between the DVD, Blu-Ray, and 4K releases.

[–] smeg 12 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I was getting ready to be annoyed by this not being a meme, then found myself fascinated by a twenty minute video about something I'd never even considered!

[–] i_love_FFT@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 months ago

Now you will not be able to unsee green tint in old LOTR memes

[–] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

My apologies :) Is there a recommended LOTR community for more serious non-meme discussion?

[–] smeg 6 points 2 months ago

There's !lordoftherings@lemmy.world and !tolkien@lemmy.world but they're pretty dead, I'm not seeing any complaints about it being posted here though!

[–] maniacalmanicmania@aussie.zone 11 points 2 months ago

It makes me sad too Sam.

[–] ShortN0te@lemmy.ml 9 points 2 months ago

So basically the 4k remaster is not a remaster. I am disappointed.

[–] dditty@lemm.ee 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

So are there any good 4K extended editions fanedits that retain the original look without the mixed bag DNR, muted color-grading, digital artifacts, etc?

[–] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Well, without access to the source material, the best that we could hope for would be a superior upscale of the HD edition.

It turns out that some folks over on the Star Wars Original Trilogy forums are doing exactly that, in the Presevation of Other Properties section section. A user named DrDre has created "deremastered" releases of the theatrical editions, and is (slowly) working on the extended editions:

[–] DigitalGemini@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 months ago

Thanks for sharing the video. This makes me want to hold onto the DVD extended editions for the rest of my life.