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From: Paul S Person <psperson@old.netcom.invalid>
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Subject: Re: SEVENEVES at Legendary
Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2024 08:45:31 -0700
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On Sun, 11 Aug 2024 11:57:44 -0400, Cryptoengineer
<petertrei@gmail.com> wrote:

>On 8/10/2024 11:51 AM, Paul S Person wrote:
>> On Fri, 9 Aug 2024 21:31:07 -0400, Cryptoengineer
>> <petertrei@gmail.com> wrote:
>>=20
>>> On 8/8/2024 2:19 PM, The Horny Goat wrote:
>>>> On Tue, 6 Aug 2024 10:40:08 +0200, D <nospam@example.net> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Sigh... why would they make 3 seasons of a book that one reads in a=
 few
>>>>> days? It will only be like the Hobbit a long and tedious wait =
between
>>>>> actual scenes from the book. =3D(
>>>>>
>>>> I was mostly irate at the movie version of Lord of the Rings since =
one
>>>> of the scenes they filmed but left on the cutting room floor was the
>>>> death of Saruman (who a lot of people considered a rip-off of the
>>>> death of Mussolini) after the fall of the Dark Tower.
>>>>
>>>> No question it was my favorite LoTR scene though the "Speak Friend =
and
>>>> Enter" scene was the funniest from the books.
>>>
>>> You can see the scene in the Extended Edition, integrated in its =
proper
>>> place (in the movie chronology, not the book's).
>>>
>>> I do recommend the Extended Edition. And disrecommend *any* version
>>> of the Hobbit trilogy.
>>=20
>> I've never seen them -- I checked for years but I could not rent them
>> for streaming (or from RedBox on disc). They were a for-sale item
>> only.
>>=20
>> I have long since lost my interest in seeing them.
>
>The Extended Editions of LOTR can be "bought" (about $15 a pop)
>on several online services.
>
>The only other option appears to be a subscription to MAX (ie, HBO's
>streaming service), which is often bundled with Hulu or Amazon. You
>might check if you have those.

As I said, I have lost all interest in them.

They /almost/ sold me on the combined DVD (both theatrical and
extended), but, as far as I could tell (or maybe I even got this
confirmed by asking online), this was done so that /both/ versions
were now spread over two discs. Yet another triumph of marketing over
sanity.

>I use the 'JustWatch' app to find what services carry what movies and
>shows.

I just find what I can on the sources I have.
--=20
"Here lies the Tuscan poet Aretino,
Who evil spoke of everyone but God,
Giving as his excuse, 'I never knew him.'"