On the Cusp of Newzbin... LOTR FLOOD on Horizon

[Beck38]

Just in case anyone fergot...

The LOTR Blu-Ray sets are being released next week (US/RegionA, don' know about any others) and the FLOOD of 50GB rips are starting to flow already...

Take a week or so for the recodes to flow. :w00t:

[ericab]

so-far the best is:

The.Fellowship.of.the.Ring.2001.BluRay.1080p.DTSMA.x264.dxva-FraMeSToR

and

The.Two.Towers.2002.Bluray.1080p.DTSMA.x264.dxva-FraMeSToR

third one not yet :/

[ipa]

The third one should be up relatively soon, it just came out on torrents. There is also this collection Lord.of.the.Rings.Trilogy.Theatrical.1080p.DTS-HD.MA.x264-FLAWL3SS-HD, which could be posted at some point.

[whiteboy]

There are already a bunch of re-encodes up on BT and newsgroups.

[yuit]

this trilogy might just be worth getting the whole 50gb bluray

[Beck38]

Since I haven't seen the Blu release 'physically', I don't know if there are the two 'cuts' like the SD versions, i.e. standard and director's.

The length of the thing will tell which one it is, 178m v. 208 for Fellowship, etc. for the rest.

I'm also wondering exactly how large the original m2ts files are, although I'd think at 208m (for the 'extended' version on Fellowship), it's going to be pretty steep size wise.

I haven't seen any reviews yet on any of the disc review sites, they're keeping things pretty nailed down. I'm for one hoping that they'll have all the commentaries as the SD extended versions, and be DTS-HD/MA and NOT Dolby.

They will be big sellers, one can bet, and multi-disc IF the extended versions (and if they do it RIGHT, how about BOTH versions PLUS all the extras, say 4 BR discs per film).

One can hope they aren't going to pull a double-triple dip on these things!

For those folks getting recode versions out this quick, they either have some stunningly fast/expensive silicon out there, or use x264 settings that trade off quality for speed.

Just 'fer fun' I was at my primary PC shop today getting an upgrade set up for a machine, and had them run a cost curve on a 12+ core Xeon workstation, and with decent ram and such it came up to somewhere in the ballpark of $5K.

But it sure would be a jaw dropper!

[whiteboy]

Since I haven't seen the Blu release 'physically', I don't know if there are the two 'cuts' like the SD versions, i.e. standard and director's.

The length of the thing will tell which one it is, 178m v. 208 for Fellowship, etc. for the rest.

I'm also wondering exactly how large the original m2ts files are, although I'd think at 208m (for the 'extended' version on Fellowship), it's going to be pretty steep size wise.

I haven't seen any reviews yet on any of the disc review sites, they're keeping things pretty nailed down. I'm for one hoping that they'll have all the commentaries as the SD extended versions, and be DTS-HD/MA and NOT Dolby.

They will be big sellers, one can bet, and multi-disc IF the extended versions (and if they do it RIGHT, how about BOTH versions PLUS all the extras, say 4 BR discs per film).

One can hope they aren't going to pull a double-triple dip on these things!

For those folks getting recode versions out this quick, they either have some stunningly fast/expensive silicon out there, or use x264 settings that trade off quality for speed.

Just 'fer fun' I was at my primary PC shop today getting an upgrade set up for a machine, and had them run a cost curve on a 12+ core Xeon workstation, and with decent ram and such it came up to somewhere in the ballpark of $5K.

But it sure would be a jaw dropper!
The full BD's have been out there for almost two weeks. So a guy could have done plenty of encodes that were perfect. These are not the extended versions.

And all the reviews say that the transfers were shit. Everyone has been very disappointed with the quality.

BTW they are VC1 with DTS-MA. The fellowship MT2S is 38gb and its about 2:58 in run time.

[Beck38]

The full BD's have been out there for almost two weeks. So a guy could have done plenty of encodes that were perfect. These are not the extended versions.

And all the reviews say that the transfers were shit. Everyone has been very disappointed with the quality.

BTW they are VC1 with DTS-MA. The fellowship MT2S is 38gb and its about 2:58 in run time.

Extremely interesting... so they've already set the thing up to double-dip from the get go, like 'Avatar' is going to be.

>>>>> Avatar is being released on a single disc with no or virtually no extras whatsoever, then there will be a double disc set around the end of the summer, then a MASTER disc set sometime next spring. Triple-Dip from the get go! :whistling

Guess that LOTR is going the same route. It's sad to hear the quality is so bad... and yes, the 2:58 is the running time (178min) of the 'standard' cut.

I think a message, in the form of 'DO NOT BUY' needs to be sent to these 'marketeers' who seek to sell these cut down versions. DO NOT BUY! Wait until the CORRECT versions are released.

But of course, that's what we're all doing here, right? :D

[iLOVENZB]

ESiR 720p up, I suspect 1080p to follow soon.

[whiteboy]

ESiR 720p up, I suspect 1080p to follow soon.
I think CtrlHD is doing them but yes they should be out any day I would think.

(Unless of course esir does some "internals" like they did for inglorious basterds and release straight to usenet)

[iLOVENZB]

ESiR 720p up, I suspect 1080p to follow soon.
I think CtrlHD is doing them but yes they should be out any day I would think.

(Unless of course esir does some "internals" like they did for inglorious basterds and release straight to usenet)

You would've thought with such a highly anticipated movie you'll see waves of posts - like the Avatar DVDSCR.

Here's what's been filled on AltBin: http://www.gotnzb4u.me.uk/search/index.php?search=lord%20of%20the%20rings

On trackers (not all):

CBGB
The Lord of the Rings The Fellowship of the Ring 2001 1080p Bluray x264-CBGB
The Lord of the Rings The Two Towers 2002 1080p Bluray x264-CBGB
The Lord of the Rings The Return of the King 2003 1080p Bluray x264-CBGB

CHDBits
The Lord Of The Rings The Fellowship of the Ring 2001 BluRay 1080p VC-1 DTS-HD MA5.1-CHDBits
The Lord Of The Rings The Two Towers 2002 BluRay 1080p VC-1 DTS-HD MA5 1-CHDBits
The Lord Of The Rings The Return of the King 2003 BluRay 1080p VC-1 DTS-HD MA5 1-CHDBits

DOWN
The Lord Of The Rings The Fellowship Of The Ring 2001 1080p BD9 x264-DOWN
The Lord Of The Rings The Two Towers 2002 1080p BD9 x264-DOWN
The Lord Of The Rings The Return Of The King 2003 1080p BD9 x264-DOWN

KOADIC
LOTR1.The.Fellowship.of.the.Ring.1080p.BluRay.WMV-HD.MultiBD-KOADIC
LOTR2.The.Two.Towers.1080p.BluRay.WMV-HD.MultiBD-KOADIC
LOTR3.The.Return.of.the.King.1080p.BluRay.WMV-HD.MultiBD-KOADIC

FLAWL3SS (Lord.of.the.Rings.Trilogy.Theatrical.1080p.DTS-HD.MA.x264-FLAWL3SS-HD)
The.Fellowship.of.the.Ring.2001-FLAWL3SS-HD
The.The.Two.Towers.2002-FLAWL3S-HD
The Return of the King 2003-FLAWL3SS-HD

Private search: http://toptorrents.org/search/lord-of-the-rings.html

[unoriginal]

I think the lack of excitement stems from the fact that these are the standard theatrical releases. The extended ones are what I'm waiting for.

[whiteboy]

How long can you watch a movie for though. Ev eryone is up in arms that the extended versions aren't out. I've never seen these and am reluctant since they can be up to 3 1/2 hours long. Thats already too long for me. How could someone watch a 4 hour movie sheesh.

[unoriginal]

Ask all the people that went to go see Titanic when it was out years ago. That sucker was 3 hours long and was number 1 at the box office that year. Nowadays we can download at our leisure and watch things when we want. No one said you had to watch the entire movie in one sitting. Heck, I have 30 minute shows on my Tivo that might take me a couple weeks to see all of it because I watch in bits and pieces.

Do you always view everything you get straight through? I doubt it.

[heiska]

Ask all the people that went to go see Titanic when it was out years ago. That sucker was 3 hours long and was number 1 at the box office that year. Nowadays we can download at our leisure and watch things when we want. No one said you had to watch the entire movie in one sitting. Heck, I have 30 minute shows on my Tivo that might take me a couple weeks to see all of it because I watch in bits and pieces.

Do you always view everything you get straight through? I doubt it.

Well since I am a white boy, I can answer:
I personally have never ever paused watching a movie for more than five minutes and then continued watching it. If a movie/tv episode is boring, I just hit stop and delete the piece of shit. If it's good, I will watch it till the end.

Not to sound rude but ... are you sure you don't have ADHD if you can't watch a 30 minute show at once :D?

Oh and by the way, I personally dislike the LOTR saga. Titanic is okay I guess. Btw I watched it straight through, many times. Feel free to flame fanboys.

[unoriginal]

Nope, I've got two small kids under the age of three living with me. So while I might not ADD I think I having something that is just as distracting.

[whiteboy]

Ask all the people that went to go see Titanic when it was out years ago. That sucker was 3 hours long and was number 1 at the box office that year. Nowadays we can download at our leisure and watch things when we want. No one said you had to watch the entire movie in one sitting. Heck, I have 30 minute shows on my Tivo that might take me a couple weeks to see all of it because I watch in bits and pieces.

Do you always view everything you get straight through? I doubt it.
If I'm going to watch a movie then I watch the movie. Kind of ruins the flow of the whole thing. Like the above poster said maybe five minutes but thats about it. And a 30 minute show over a couple weeks, thats wild.

3 hours is one thing, I watched braveheart the other night which was very long. But once you get into the four hour range thats just insane.

[iLOVENZB]

No one said you had to watch the entire movie in one sitting. Heck, I have 30 minute shows on my Tivo that might take me a couple weeks to see all of it because I watch in bits and pieces.

...

Do you always view everything you get straight through? I doubt it.

You know you either miss out on key points of the movie or it takes longer to watch it. By taking longer to watch, I mean by going to a point that you remember.



3 hours is one thing, I watched braveheart the other night which was very long. But once you get into the four hour range thats just insane.

Haven't you seen Spartacus (1960), Ben-Hur (1959), The Dark Knight (2008), Gladiator (2000)? :P

[whiteboy]

No never seen those old ones from the 60's but Gladiator and Dark Knight were only 2 1/2 hours (gladiator extended 171)

Still think anything after lets say 3:30 is crazy.

[iLOVENZB]

Maybe I thought Gladiator was long because it was a bore-fest except for the Battles.

[whiteboy]

Maybe I thought Gladiator was long because it was a bore-fest except for the Battles.
lol, yah Braveheart was long too but epic. The battles were bad ass. My wife was cringing the whole time :yup: