[DreadLadyFreya]

Well, we just got back from Comic Con International (a convention devoted to all things comic book, sci fi/fantasy, anime, and pop art, held in beautiful San Diego, CA), where New Line Cinema showed us a first glimpse of the extended version of ROTK. I’ve got one word for you - AMAZING! According to the New Line people the December release will include 50 minutes of additional footage (new & extended scenes), and 20 hours of supplemental material. Here are some of the new elements (in no particular order) - **WARNING, do not read any further if you want to be surprised next December. You have been warned. No whining!

Additional footage of Aragorn’s confrontation with the Undead

Merry swears fealty to Theoden King

Gandalf & Co. confront Saruman at Orthanc

Gandalf confronts the Witch King in Minas Tirith

The Mouth of Sauron confronts Aragorn & Co. at the Black Gates

Frodo & Sam (in disguise) on the forced march with orcs

Aragorn using the Palantir

Additional footage of Eowyn in battle on the Pelennor

Faramir and Eowyn in the Houses of Healing ( my personal favorite)

Remember, this list is by no means exhaustive. I was torn between going giddy with excitement and attempting to take notes, knowing y’all’d wanna hear about it.

Enjoy!

[Anna]

*squee!!!* Can´t wait!

Thanks Freya, for sharing.

[queenoftheshire]

How was the Eowyn and Faramir romance anyhoo??
I'm so excited about that!

I'm so jealous that you got to go to ComicCon...
Dom was there damnit!
Did you see him?
Are you gonna send me anything? Lmao!

[NancyBrooke]

Excellent! Although I found ROTK in the theater cool and Minas Tirith in particular SO Bee-u-tee-ful I was ultimately dissapointed. From what you say I think the extended EE is just what I have been waiting for.

Any more Boromir?

[Eyborg]

WEEEEEEEEEEE! More Merry and more Éowyn & Faramir!!!

Three more months to wait *sigh*

[queenoftheshire]

[Roisin]

I want to see that scene with Eomer wailing inconsolably over Eowyn's apparently lifeless body. I will not be satisfied without it.

Roisin

[Amlee]

* jumps up and down like a kid* I can't wait! I can't wait!!

I have to ask and this has been bothering me since I saw the ROTK opening weekend. When Faramir sees Gandalf and Pippin for the first time and tells them where Frodo and Sam are. Gandalf tells Faramir to tell him more than the screen cuts to something else. That scene as always been one that I thought would be in the EE. It just leaves you hanging there. My question being is that in there?????

[Anna]

I´ve heard something about a drinking-game between Legolas and Gimli....

[Amlee]

I have heard that also. In an interview Jackson did a list of his fave scenes that he cut and would like to add back. The drinking game was one of them. But he didn't know if he would be able to work them back in and make the film run smooth.

[Ellbee]

I must be about the only one I know who wasn't disappointed with the theatrical version. I've never found the whole Eowyn/Faramir thing terribly moving or believable in the books, so I wasn't heartbroken that it wasn't in the movie. Sure there were some things I would have liked to see, but there wasn't anything that I would have been willing to see cut. That said, more is always better, and I'm planning a day long, wine and pizza filled film festival when the last EE comes out.

-Ell

[queenoftheshire]

[Thuriniel]

There might be as well a scene of Arwen looking around in Elrond's library and finding a book with the story behing "The Paths of the Dead." Apparently that's the book she drops in the movie, but they edited Arwen finding it.

[Amlee]

[DreadLadyFreya]

Sorry for the delay in replying, had RL issues today!

What little we saw of Faramir & Eowyn looked very sweet, full of longing gazes and tender touches. *starry-eyed sigh* Didn’t get to see Dom, he was there today (Saturday), but we did see David Wenham & Billy Boyd. Both seemed very down-to-Earth, David was a little on the quiet side, but Billy was very gregarious, telling little anecdotes and generally playing to crowd. He had his own little fangirl cheering section! *lol* And as for sending you anything, Lexba, you have my eternal attitude – oops, I mean gratitude for checking out this forum.

Unfortunately, I don’t think there’ll be much more Boromir (like there was in TT EE). But don’t lose hope! There is an additional scene where Denethor and Faramir seem to be arguing about The Ring, and we see a flash of Boromir in the background. As for me every additional second of Boromir is

We did see Eomer wailing over Eowyn, now whether they mean it or not, we’ll just have to see. . .

We didn’t see anything more of that scene with Faramir & Gandalf, but they didn’t show us EVERYTHING, so there’s always hope.

As for a drinking-game between Legolas and Gimli, we did see L & G in what seemed to be Meduseld doing some SERIOUS drinking.

All in all, I’d have to agree that “More is better”! I know that after watching the EE movie and the 20 hours of supplemental material, I’ll sigh and think, “Gee, is that all there is?”