what the?... i dont have this problem, maybe my awesome tv and blu ray player helps i dont know. play with the settings, not just tv. blu ray players have their own settings as well
@synapticflow what I did was buy the theatrical versions for less than $5 each this black friday. And I'll buy the extended editions later when Jackson fixes these types of errors and presses them on one disc and not two. If tons of directors and companies like Criterion and others can press 4 hours worth of film on one disc while maintaining quality, I don't see who LOTR can't be done. Warner Bros. and New Line just like to half-ass releases though.
Gosh. What the heck? Why can't people just stop screwing with finished movies and let us happily buy them they way we remember first seeing them. Has Peter Jackson been sucking George Lucas toes or something?
If you watch the trailer for The Hobbit, if you see the starting with Frodo and Bilbo you'll see that it also has a green "tint"-ish which means that Peter Jackson only did this to try and make it resemble the look of his new film The Hobbit.
The reason you people sticking up for the tint who say it's not as bad as it is, is because you are not watching it side by side with the original theatrical release. This video shows the differences exactly. Even the titles and credits are green too...
it looks green in comparison, but its also because the right side is too magenta, it meeses with your eyes a bit. For example, look at the bricks @0:16. And tell me which looks neutral, it should be obvious. Also look at Gandolf's cloak, the version on the right is very red. @0:37 the sky on the right definitely has more red in it where as the one on the left has about equal green and blue.
@ZidaneSteiner The right side is not magenta, it is accurate color grading and matches the natural look of the rest of the films, only the fellowship of the ring has this green grading applied to it, and I suspect it was to match the upcoming Hobbit film.
However, even the opening Title logo and credits are green as well. The fact that the snow during the scenes at Caradhras is now green and not white/blue is ridiculous. This resembles the green tint of the Matrix.
I have to be honest, but I think this makes it look far worse than it really is! I have used this comparison to judge and it's not as bad as people make it out to be.
would you say it is worth paying an extra £30 for the blu ray ? i was gonna get the dvd extended, but if the difference in quality is HUGE, then maybe ill get the blu ray... :/
Take a look at the flyover at Isengard. DVD=natural looking stone. Blu-ray=dark mossy aquamarine mess You kind of get used to it but it is as bad as the video.
For those who say that the green is exaggerated, and their set doesn't look like this, try covering one side of this video. Your eyes adjust and sky will look blue again.
I was fooled myself and did not buy this Extended Blu-Ray edition because of this video. I bought it today because it was on sale for $50.00 and was expecting to see the same kind of green tint. I didn't do my own compare and contrast, but rest assured it DOES NOT look like the picture in this video.
Sorry to sound retarded but isn't this on the DVD as well? I noticed extremely washed out colours on my copy - especially in the mines in the first movie - a blue tint all through it and it just looked colourless. It was really annoying on an otherwise good movie.
Leave it to American's to let a little green tint get in the way of a truly wonderful experience. It's not that bad at all, and if you pull your heads out of your asses, you might find it to be an interesting play on the tone of the film as a whole.
It's fricken nuts how people are trying to defend this. I guess when some people drop cash on a pig's ear they have a vested interest in pretending it's a silk purse.
I really think this depends on what you're watching the movie on. I watched it for the first time last night on my 40" LCD TV and the only parts where a tint of green was SOMEWHAT noticeable was during the snow parts and maybe the Mines of Moria too. Other than that I thought looked perfectly fine. Maybe it's because my expectations were that there would be just this big green cover across the whole screen, like you see on YouTube, but that wasn't the case at all.
I saw these in a special showing in Los Angeles, and things were definitely strange. The sound was very bad in places. Sometimes I couldn't understand the dialogue, at all. But there were some places where things I had never noticed before popped out at me. It was almost like a movie I'd never seen. I never bought the blu rays, either version.
It does look EXACTLY like that. It's greener and it's significantly darker. The Shire now looks overcast and dreary instead of sunny and happy.
If people are cool with that, fine. But to say that it doesn't look like this is simply inaccurate. Go to any A/V discussion forum and look at the hundreds of screen captures people have posted.
i received the bluray ext. edition for my birthday and watched fellowship yesterday. looked great up until shire - something in my head kept saying "something is off". I kept watching and throughout the movie (especially during bright or outdoor scenes) this thought kept coming back. then it hit me: everything looked green! i thought i had a bad copy but after googling i see hundreds of people complaining about this issue. i have horrible eyes and even *i* noticed this. what the hell happened?
Too bad, guess I'll keep my EE DVD of FotR, which looks 100x better. I'm sitting here looking at this on my 22" 1080p monitor, and it's just horrible. Sad.
This looks absolutely fucking atrocious. Wow! I'm guessing neither Peter Jackson (who's busy working on The Hobbit), nor Andrew Lesnie saw this, because they would be absolutely fucking pissed that their cinematography on FotR is destroyed.
I finally sat down and watched a Blu-ray copy of the extended FOTR this week after holding off and sticking with my DVDs in the meantime. Crikey. The colour timing issue is very noticeable. Perhaps, being primed months in advance, I was super sensitive to the change, but it's certainly noticeable enough to me to detract from the film. I'm still of the opinion that there's been a goof somewhere, and the ambiguously-worded bit of PR BS that was released by the studio bolsters my feelings.
Pretty much every professional review of this BD set has commented on the green cast in FotR, so it does objectively exist. The eternal internet snarks can just pull their heads in.
Whether WB will (or can) do anything about it is another matter. Maybe it was the only in-budget way to fix other colour issues in that film, even at the expense of the loss of white points in the image? Or maybe we'll quietly get a new, corrected version in the next release, when The Hobbit comes to Blu-ray?
This is terrible- it strips all contrast from the film- and makes some scenes just plain dark- aside from it just being annoying, it really changes the viewing experience- makes it quite tedious.
This video is about the extended edition on VHS? I have the Bluray and nothing in this video is true. The color and sound are fantastic, do not believe everything they post on youtube.
@albertoriverablog no, it's comparing the extended Blu Ray with the extended DVD. I'm sorry but the colour is different, the definition definition is fantastic, the colour is definitely distracting in a bad way.
ok i just need a simple answer i own the theatrical versions on blu ray. does the extended version blu rays look better then the first blu ray release. is there a difference in transfers?
I'll be honest, I thought this would ruin it. But when your actually watching it in Blu Ray 1080p, you dont even notice it enough to bother you. In my opinion. ;)
@Vincecouk After watching it a few times, I actually like the green tint. The only part I dont like is when they are in the mountains with teh snow and it has that Blue tint for that scene, I think that was a bit too much.
man....If i didn't see this It never would have bugged me....now whenever i see something white i'll think it should look whiter. is this going to get fixed over time or is this what we get? Is this an accident or did they really want the extra green?
What the Hell? hopefully they fix this, I was gonna buy this but I think I'll wait. I really want this but I want a Movie only version minus the bonus features. plus since it's Blu-ray I was expecting both parts of each movie on one disc.
I could not believe my eyes when I read on Wikipedia that the Blu Ray Extended Edition of FotR is over 220 minutes long. How is it possible that they keep adding stuff?
@StarCraft2GamerKing do you wish to post some screenshots from the bluray to confirm this?
Otherwise it's most likely because you have no reference point so you haven't noticed, i've seen no evidence on any of the normal forums to suggest that there is a different version out there at the moment.
@unsunghero83 could you please tell me if it happens on the aussie version. I've been considering buying it on blu-ray but this green tint thing has thrown me off. Thanks.
Looks almost like hardeware calibration issue. It might be some thing as simple and stupid as the monitor, or rather calibration tools they were using to calibrate the monitors were little off at the time.
This doesn't make any sense, I have the extended editions on Blu Ray and they look nothing like this, not in the slightest. The sky is very blue, and the whites are extremely white on mine :P
I can't believe people are actually defending this awful mistake and pretending it's either intentional or 'not that bad'. It just goes to show that some people are simply not functioning on all cylinders when it comes to critical thinking.
@BeeryUSA can't believe the shit you're trying to start here. Get a life and go file a complaint or something. Why don't you jump at Mr. Jacksons throat for this like a good fanboy. An artist only needs one bummer to lose the "core fans". Some fans. Go do critical thinking where no one wants a good day or something.
The green tint is NOT this pronounced. In fact it's barely noticeable, and in a lot of scenes it's not even there. Despite the internet frenzy, this is a phenomenal remastering of Fellowship. I was floored at how crisp the details look.
This is atrocious. I hope a disc exchange is offered. There's no way that tinting the entire film with green is related to color timing. There are no true whites. It's like your average joe messing with their color or tint setting on their tv and going too far toward the green side of things. So, theatrical cut blu-ray DNRed to hell. Extended cut blu-ray green tint but no DNR. Looks like a loose loose situation for Rings' fans.
@TooBokoo And I have a bridge I can sell you. Any video editor NEVER, and I repeat -- NEVER -- applies a single, constant colour tint to an entire production. It's ludicrous to suggest such a thing and it insults the intelligence of thousands of people who do video editing and/or colour correction as a profession. What sane person would want snow or the sky to be green-tinged? I was just about to purchase this but cancelled at the last minute, thank God!
Geez, how does this much green push get past the color grading process??? Will be waiting for a fix before purchase, or just stick with my Extended Edition DVDs since there are no new extras to speak of.
Got my copy yesterday the green tint is slight on my tv nowhere near as bad as this,but I still wish it wasn't there like on two towers and return of the king,
I'm hoping they do a replacement program of sorts?
@DeeZnutz83 of course I did you imbecile and i guess i tinted all the comparison screen shots that are posted by various members of avsforum included in the link in the description.
If you want to know why it is that way (And that is intended) go to Dark Horizons website and look up the article "Lord of the rings has color issues"
Have to say, just got my extended blu-ray edition today in UK, and am happy to say on an LG PX990 the colour is right inbetween these two shots...a brilliant mix of blue and green but no way is there too much green. Might be a good telly or my settings, but it looks FAB. I was worried, now I am excited.
In 2001, Peter Jackson added a magenta tint to the shire scenes to make them more vibrant. For Blu-ray, FOTR was to be given a director-supervised remaster and new color timing.
If it was the other way around, fans would be making "pink-ray" jokes because everything has a magenta tint. Just look at that sky. The green was meant to balance things out, so the skies are greener.
To me, it looks blue. I always felt like the first film looked unnaturally warm so I accept the changes.
@JoeNostalgiaReturns But they rarely, if ever, do fullscreen tinting. Peter Jackson typically does very specific coloring changes, so the sky will always be a normal color, even if the greens are brought out in the foliage, or the flesh tones are made a little more pink. None of his films have ever had this sort of apply-to-all look to them, even if it was intentional.
Don't see this as a massive problem. In fact the levels seem to have been improved - the naturalistic sunlight of the original has some clipped highlights - albeit at the expense of some contrast. The green tone seems to be a thematic decision on behalf of Mr Jackson/Lesnie probably emphasising the homely innocence of The Shire, just hope it doesn't last the entire film.
@bogtrotter22 ###the green tone has nothing to do with choice. If it's on the prints, it's on the disc. Hence why some films have it and some films don't.
Horrible. Wait for the official explanation from Jackson/WB Home Video. If it's truly the director's vision, then we'll have to live with it. If there's a replacement offer in the works or even a reissue, it'll be worth the wait. Personally, I can't deal with the green sky etc. But more power to the less picky among us. :)
@filmfreak3000 There is a quality difference of course and i mentioned that in the description, but the video is not here for the quality differences, its here for the colour changes and the youtube clip accurately shows the differences between the two.
The new tint is just about tolerable in this scene, in the already-green Shire (even though the sky looks bad). It's the later sequences, with blue snow and fade-to-green, where it has a really galling impact.
This HAS to be a mistake. I refuse to believe this blanket tint across the entire movie is what Jackson intended...
this video doesnt do it justice, first of all the green isn't THAT big, second you guys have to watch the entire film before complaining, its a lot better than before
Oh dear... The new green color looks unnatural. I don't like it and will probably not buy the Extended Editions anyway now. I always preferred the Theatrical ones but also wanted the Extended ones. Now I don't. Not only does it look different than I want (and remember) LOTR to look like (BTW my TV is calibrated), but it's STILL split across 2 discs..... in 2011..... yeah :( I love these movies but this is just, just...
@hagindor This is the version that is currently shipping, regardless of what zone the discs come from or whatever a pro reviewer says, this is unfortunately how it looks. Check the video here /watch?v=AIDfw6LfdaE this is from the North American Release and uploaded by somebody else, you will notice the colour change is exactly the same as in this version.
The green cast is throughout the Bluray but its not as apparent during other scenes. Check the thread at avsforums for more details.
I hate this green tone,looks stupid.There was always such a nice golden glow during the fellowship of the ring. Now thats more the Harry Potter and the prizoner of Askaban stile. Just doesnt fit.
I would have thought the extended edition would look better than the theatrical??
00daveyr 6 days ago
Like is going to ruin the film or anything... stupid people.
Hessianoct 2 weeks ago
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fuckingjudge 2 weeks ago
what the?... i dont have this problem, maybe my awesome tv and blu ray player helps i dont know. play with the settings, not just tv. blu ray players have their own settings as well
5tateOfEmergency 2 weeks ago
glad I saw this, guess I will wait for the extended extended release lol which is bound to happen after the release of the hobbit
GregMonster17 1 month ago
I guess it's the theatrical Blu Ray for me and extended for the others.
synapticflow 1 month ago
@synapticflow what I did was buy the theatrical versions for less than $5 each this black friday. And I'll buy the extended editions later when Jackson fixes these types of errors and presses them on one disc and not two. If tons of directors and companies like Criterion and others can press 4 hours worth of film on one disc while maintaining quality, I don't see who LOTR can't be done. Warner Bros. and New Line just like to half-ass releases though.
BoondMarh91 1 month ago
@synapticflow its for both versions of the blu-ray
Rajonty 3 weeks ago
Gosh. What the heck? Why can't people just stop screwing with finished movies and let us happily buy them they way we remember first seeing them. Has Peter Jackson been sucking George Lucas toes or something?
synapticflow 1 month ago
If you watch the trailer for The Hobbit, if you see the starting with Frodo and Bilbo you'll see that it also has a green "tint"-ish which means that Peter Jackson only did this to try and make it resemble the look of his new film The Hobbit.
The reason you people sticking up for the tint who say it's not as bad as it is, is because you are not watching it side by side with the original theatrical release. This video shows the differences exactly. Even the titles and credits are green too...
BoondMarh91 1 month ago
it looks green in comparison, but its also because the right side is too magenta, it meeses with your eyes a bit. For example, look at the bricks @0:16. And tell me which looks neutral, it should be obvious. Also look at Gandolf's cloak, the version on the right is very red. @0:37 the sky on the right definitely has more red in it where as the one on the left has about equal green and blue.
ZidaneSteiner 1 month ago
@ZidaneSteiner The right side is not magenta, it is accurate color grading and matches the natural look of the rest of the films, only the fellowship of the ring has this green grading applied to it, and I suspect it was to match the upcoming Hobbit film.
However, even the opening Title logo and credits are green as well. The fact that the snow during the scenes at Caradhras is now green and not white/blue is ridiculous. This resembles the green tint of the Matrix.
BoondMarh91 1 month ago
I have to be honest, but I think this makes it look far worse than it really is! I have used this comparison to judge and it's not as bad as people make it out to be.
cowboy1282 1 month ago
Bilbo Bags it.
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Cr0miX24 2 months ago
would you say it is worth paying an extra £30 for the blu ray ? i was gonna get the dvd extended, but if the difference in quality is HUGE, then maybe ill get the blu ray... :/
AlecTheConfused 2 months ago
very very green
saundersco 2 months ago
is this the extended on the left and the theatrical blu ray on the right ? or is it the dvd version on the right ?
AlecTheConfused 2 months ago
@AlecTheConfused They are from the blurays, both sides
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wolftchaikovsky 2 months ago
Take a look at the flyover at Isengard. DVD=natural looking stone. Blu-ray=dark mossy aquamarine mess You kind of get used to it but it is as bad as the video.
mra57 2 months ago
This is exactly what it looks like. I updated my Sony blu-ray firmware and it did not help.
mra57 2 months ago
For those who say that the green is exaggerated, and their set doesn't look like this, try covering one side of this video. Your eyes adjust and sky will look blue again.
KayleLang 2 months ago
WARNING! This movie DOES NOT look this bad.
I was fooled myself and did not buy this Extended Blu-Ray edition because of this video. I bought it today because it was on sale for $50.00 and was expecting to see the same kind of green tint. I didn't do my own compare and contrast, but rest assured it DOES NOT look like the picture in this video.
Assaulter982 3 months ago
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Its not as abad but the green tint is surely there. Not consistent with the other two parts.
thepiecesfit 2 months ago
Sorry to sound retarded but isn't this on the DVD as well? I noticed extremely washed out colours on my copy - especially in the mines in the first movie - a blue tint all through it and it just looked colourless. It was really annoying on an otherwise good movie.
scottylans 3 months ago
Leave it to American's to let a little green tint get in the way of a truly wonderful experience. It's not that bad at all, and if you pull your heads out of your asses, you might find it to be an interesting play on the tone of the film as a whole.
evanodson 3 months ago
Is this the film with Gandalf the green vs Saruman the tinted?
StudentOfObjectivism 3 months ago
@StudentOfObjectivism LOL!
It's fricken nuts how people are trying to defend this. I guess when some people drop cash on a pig's ear they have a vested interest in pretending it's a silk purse.
BeeryUSA 3 months ago 3
Well this sucks a lot! Pretty noticable, e.g. look at the sky, it's not blue
Jacob011 4 months ago
I really think this depends on what you're watching the movie on. I watched it for the first time last night on my 40" LCD TV and the only parts where a tint of green was SOMEWHAT noticeable was during the snow parts and maybe the Mines of Moria too. Other than that I thought looked perfectly fine. Maybe it's because my expectations were that there would be just this big green cover across the whole screen, like you see on YouTube, but that wasn't the case at all.
JaziB 4 months ago
buy the god damn extended non-bluray then
sauron176 4 months ago
I just got the blu ray extended set today, and put it up against the digital standard extended copy i downloaded...theres no tint.
TimAyro 4 months ago
By a "special showing" I mean I got to see them on the big screen in blu ray.
Primswood 4 months ago
I saw these in a special showing in Los Angeles, and things were definitely strange. The sound was very bad in places. Sometimes I couldn't understand the dialogue, at all. But there were some places where things I had never noticed before popped out at me. It was almost like a movie I'd never seen. I never bought the blu rays, either version.
Primswood 4 months ago
I forgot about Gandalf the Green
Digbotron 4 months ago 28
I found a place that let me rent the boxed set.
It does look EXACTLY like that. It's greener and it's significantly darker. The Shire now looks overcast and dreary instead of sunny and happy.
If people are cool with that, fine. But to say that it doesn't look like this is simply inaccurate. Go to any A/V discussion forum and look at the hundreds of screen captures people have posted.
dirtymeansteve 4 months ago
Maybe I should just stick with my old VHS tape...
ToastedCigar 4 months ago
i received the bluray ext. edition for my birthday and watched fellowship yesterday. looked great up until shire - something in my head kept saying "something is off". I kept watching and throughout the movie (especially during bright or outdoor scenes) this thought kept coming back. then it hit me: everything looked green! i thought i had a bad copy but after googling i see hundreds of people complaining about this issue. i have horrible eyes and even *i* noticed this. what the hell happened?
winwinningwon 5 months ago
I got the extended trilogy on Blu-ray, and it DOES NOT look like that.
hindd95 5 months ago
lol stupid fucking fanboys its been proven that FOTR is a better transfer overall
SomeTotalRandom 5 months ago
You are fucking exaggerating the fucking green tint...It DOESN'T LOOK LIKE THAT...
pachinko1972 5 months ago
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SomeTotalRandom 5 months ago
I think Peter Jackson has been struck with George Lucas syndrome.
danny6290 5 months ago
Too bad, guess I'll keep my EE DVD of FotR, which looks 100x better. I'm sitting here looking at this on my 22" 1080p monitor, and it's just horrible. Sad.
peaceandmetal88 5 months ago
This looks absolutely fucking atrocious. Wow! I'm guessing neither Peter Jackson (who's busy working on The Hobbit), nor Andrew Lesnie saw this, because they would be absolutely fucking pissed that their cinematography on FotR is destroyed.
peaceandmetal88 5 months ago
lol personally I prefer it, if it really bothers you alot then change the colour setting on your tv!
fracturedtime777 5 months ago
I finally sat down and watched a Blu-ray copy of the extended FOTR this week after holding off and sticking with my DVDs in the meantime. Crikey. The colour timing issue is very noticeable. Perhaps, being primed months in advance, I was super sensitive to the change, but it's certainly noticeable enough to me to detract from the film. I'm still of the opinion that there's been a goof somewhere, and the ambiguously-worded bit of PR BS that was released by the studio bolsters my feelings.
mat562 5 months ago
Dam you George Lucas dam you....
pachinko1972 5 months ago 12
@pachinko1972 What has George Lucas got to do with this?
littleman787 1 month ago
looks better on the left anyway
gibsonz0 5 months ago
they release it on dvd, then blu ray, then extended blu ray and its like watching the whole thing whilst wearing a welders mask. ha ha.
highlandcommando 5 months ago
Is this even approved by Peter Jackson or is he too busy with The Hobbits to supervise the transfer?
aquapendulum 5 months ago
I know it was done on purpose, maybe to add a more "unearthly" effect
gibsonz0 6 months ago
I don't understand... What that "Green Cast Comparison" means..??
Meovah 6 months ago
Pretty much every professional review of this BD set has commented on the green cast in FotR, so it does objectively exist. The eternal internet snarks can just pull their heads in.
Whether WB will (or can) do anything about it is another matter. Maybe it was the only in-budget way to fix other colour issues in that film, even at the expense of the loss of white points in the image? Or maybe we'll quietly get a new, corrected version in the next release, when The Hobbit comes to Blu-ray?
ShadowinaCave 6 months ago
I have Maraton every months :D
LOTRnSTUFF 6 months ago
I just checked my UK discs, no green tint to the scene above, guess it was sorted?
CathodeAddict 6 months ago
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You2Too 6 months ago
Eh, looks fine on my TV, I'm not complaining.
joshsirjoshules 6 months ago
This video is frankly misleading. I own the blu-ray set. FOTR looks terrific.
Plathismo 6 months ago
This is terrible- it strips all contrast from the film- and makes some scenes just plain dark- aside from it just being annoying, it really changes the viewing experience- makes it quite tedious.
jimmneedle 6 months ago
I dont remember Gandalf the green ??
chilly101 6 months ago
the right side is the dvd?
osheem 6 months ago
@osheem Read the title.
TheHornyHomunculus 6 months ago
This video is about the extended edition on VHS? I have the Bluray and nothing in this video is true. The color and sound are fantastic, do not believe everything they post on youtube.
albertoriverablog 6 months ago
@albertoriverablog no, it's comparing the extended Blu Ray with the extended DVD. I'm sorry but the colour is different, the definition definition is fantastic, the colour is definitely distracting in a bad way.
Vincecouk 6 months ago
ok i just need a simple answer i own the theatrical versions on blu ray. does the extended version blu rays look better then the first blu ray release. is there a difference in transfers?
C815richard 7 months ago
The George Lucas Syndrome, glad we got Adywan to fix George's mistakes...
sirgerry 7 months ago
If the left one was released before, everybody would complain about the washed out colors now. ;p
oxking0815 7 months ago
COMPLETE BS!!! New blu-ray is tons better. You can't even see a diff, it just looks better and not 10 years old....which I suppose is the whole point
swils108 7 months ago
Hate to break it to you guys, but the new transfer... looks better. Now the color is bold and vivid, and doesn't look washed out.
ajfedderly 7 months ago
Does not really look green. They just bumped up the contrast. Makes the colors and shadows really pop.
kadrik0 7 months ago
lol "you haven't aged a day..."
In other news Martin Freeman will be playing Bilbo in LOTR prequel, The Hobbit.
fracturedtime777 7 months ago
I thought it looked brilliant, that is until I saw the green sky...
Unreal786 7 months ago
I feel like I put on half a pair of glasses from Emerald City.
NiceGuyKeath 7 months ago
dude they just fuck up everything on those blurays .. the german audio line is also totally fucked up on the extended version, fuck this
xsichtsbash2k6 7 months ago
I'll be honest, I thought this would ruin it. But when your actually watching it in Blu Ray 1080p, you dont even notice it enough to bother you. In my opinion. ;)
TheOnePistol 7 months ago
@TheOnePistol well I noticed it because everyone talked about it and I got distracted, but yeah I'm sure otherwise it would have been ok
Vincecouk 6 months ago
@Vincecouk After watching it a few times, I actually like the green tint. The only part I dont like is when they are in the mountains with teh snow and it has that Blue tint for that scene, I think that was a bit too much.
TheOnePistol 6 months ago
man....If i didn't see this It never would have bugged me....now whenever i see something white i'll think it should look whiter. is this going to get fixed over time or is this what we get? Is this an accident or did they really want the extra green?
jfachris 7 months ago
CONGRATS YOU'RE ON WIKIPEDIA LOL
WontonRice 7 months ago
What the Hell? hopefully they fix this, I was gonna buy this but I think I'll wait. I really want this but I want a Movie only version minus the bonus features. plus since it's Blu-ray I was expecting both parts of each movie on one disc.
rainwolf66 7 months ago
I could not believe my eyes when I read on Wikipedia that the Blu Ray Extended Edition of FotR is over 220 minutes long. How is it possible that they keep adding stuff?
shadowofanight 7 months ago
@shadowofanight I couldn't believe it either, I saw theatrical version, Extended version, Blu-Ray extended edition?! I'm like wtf?
rainwolf66 7 months ago
The 2021 Ultra HD Blu-ray 2.0 edition of FotR will just be a blank dark green screen and 50% of customers will still say it looks great.
j3ff86 7 months ago
it got realesed in Norway today, and i dont have any green tint:P
StarCraft2GamerKing 7 months ago
@StarCraft2GamerKing do you wish to post some screenshots from the bluray to confirm this?
Otherwise it's most likely because you have no reference point so you haven't noticed, i've seen no evidence on any of the normal forums to suggest that there is a different version out there at the moment.
toytown69 7 months ago
@toytown69 After looking around it appears there may be versions without the cast . I may have to purchase the Australian one to see if it's OK
unsunghero83 6 months ago
@unsunghero83 could you please tell me if it happens on the aussie version. I've been considering buying it on blu-ray but this green tint thing has thrown me off. Thanks.
DhampirParadox 5 months ago
Looks almost like hardeware calibration issue. It might be some thing as simple and stupid as the monitor, or rather calibration tools they were using to calibrate the monitors were little off at the time.
CoolWJL 7 months ago
This doesn't make any sense, I have the extended editions on Blu Ray and they look nothing like this, not in the slightest. The sky is very blue, and the whites are extremely white on mine :P
axlslash514 7 months ago
@axlslash514: Well, I think your extended editions are broken, I would return them.
lupofoxgolf 7 months ago
@lupofoxgolf lol I thought that perhaps my version was defected or something because it looks good :D I think I'll hold onto mine :D
axlslash514 7 months ago
@axlslash514: Okay, keep your editions, but at your own risk ;-)
lupofoxgolf 7 months ago
I can't believe people are actually defending this awful mistake and pretending it's either intentional or 'not that bad'. It just goes to show that some people are simply not functioning on all cylinders when it comes to critical thinking.
Get a clue folks - this is BAD!
BeeryUSA 7 months ago 14
@BeeryUSA can't believe the shit you're trying to start here. Get a life and go file a complaint or something. Why don't you jump at Mr. Jacksons throat for this like a good fanboy. An artist only needs one bummer to lose the "core fans". Some fans. Go do critical thinking where no one wants a good day or something.
BomimoDK 7 months ago
@BomimoDK What on Earth are you talking about?
Don't do drugs.
BeeryUSA 7 months ago
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justanotheraccount 3 months ago
The green tint is NOT this pronounced. In fact it's barely noticeable, and in a lot of scenes it's not even there. Despite the internet frenzy, this is a phenomenal remastering of Fellowship. I was floored at how crisp the details look.
GarionOrb2 7 months ago
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Vincecouk 6 months ago
What a load of crap. I cant believe they would screw up such a big movie, and its double as bad considering this is the EE versions....
benz1980i 7 months ago
In my german Bluray box i honestly don t see the green ... seriously. I wish i had a bluray drive for my pc to make screenshots.
falkenfluegel 7 months ago
This is atrocious. I hope a disc exchange is offered. There's no way that tinting the entire film with green is related to color timing. There are no true whites. It's like your average joe messing with their color or tint setting on their tv and going too far toward the green side of things. So, theatrical cut blu-ray DNRed to hell. Extended cut blu-ray green tint but no DNR. Looks like a loose loose situation for Rings' fans.
schmicky85 8 months ago 9
green de iindayo!
linax777 8 months ago
It's like they put a moldy filter on the movie.
RPGgamerVII 8 months ago
I don't believe for one second that Jackson and Lesnie authorised this abomination. It looks like a two-bob hack job from a WB colorist.
Scaremite 8 months ago 3
Should there be something on the left side? I can't see anything but a green area. Only green, nothing else.
lupofoxgolf 8 months ago 2
i dont think its bad enough to complain about. if it had been released that way, we wouldnt know it any differently.
ieetemos4breakfast 8 months ago
Guh, I like the deeper green grass, but now the epic sun rays are gone :(
surenintendo 8 months ago
hahaha im color blind so suck it I think the left one is clearer
R35T4RT 8 months ago
Gandalf the Green....
turboyb7 8 months ago 2
@turboyb7 Lmao, good one =p
Sallyallie89 8 months ago
I think the left side looks better...
Raphy90 8 months ago
@Raphy90 Do you think the left side looks better at 0:37? The green tint also crushes some shadow details.
j3ff86 8 months ago
i like the green color!, except the skies, they look to grey :)
Ienstien965 8 months ago
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AmH032uTuBe 8 months ago
It's a real shame because the other two films look fantastic
oll666 8 months ago
@oll666 why, i think the green color is nice, it looks more fantasy like :)
Ienstien965 8 months ago
This was not an accident. The green push was done and approved by Peter Jackson. There's not going to be any replacement program. LOL!
TooBokoo 8 months ago
@TooBokoo And I have a bridge I can sell you. Any video editor NEVER, and I repeat -- NEVER -- applies a single, constant colour tint to an entire production. It's ludicrous to suggest such a thing and it insults the intelligence of thousands of people who do video editing and/or colour correction as a profession. What sane person would want snow or the sky to be green-tinged? I was just about to purchase this but cancelled at the last minute, thank God!
NASCreations 8 months ago
Geez, how does this much green push get past the color grading process??? Will be waiting for a fix before purchase, or just stick with my Extended Edition DVDs since there are no new extras to speak of.
Vamphaery 8 months ago
Gandalf the Wizard of Oz eh? Is Frodo off the the Emerald City in his ruby slippers, instead of going to Mordor?!!
Or maybe everyone spent sooo long in front of the green screens that their eyes went funny and all they see is green anyway!
I really can't believe it! Lets just spend £60 on the blu ray box to watch a big bogey!
martianboy 8 months ago
scheisse
TheDashBash 8 months ago
Got my copy yesterday the green tint is slight on my tv nowhere near as bad as this,but I still wish it wasn't there like on two towers and return of the king,
I'm hoping they do a replacement program of sorts?
oll666 8 months ago
Just adjust the tint on your tv and it should be fine!
TeamworksProduction 8 months ago
hmm....is this the new weed version?
Barscheck 8 months ago
this is so bad...i hope they rerelease....
BOOSTRED 8 months ago
that looks like shit! shame on them. I have no intentions of buying the extended version now. looks awful!
STAGEIIGN 8 months ago
I'm happy with what I got and that's all that matters.
mburlock 8 months ago
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DeeZnutz83 8 months ago
@DeeZnutz83 of course I did you imbecile and i guess i tinted all the comparison screen shots that are posted by various members of avsforum included in the link in the description.
toytown69 8 months ago 3
@DeeZnutz83 Enjoy your green skies, imbecile.
j3ff86 8 months ago 2
If you want to know why it is that way (And that is intended) go to Dark Horizons website and look up the article "Lord of the rings has color issues"
/news/20886/-lord-of-the-rings-has-color-issues
MLBuckProductions 8 months ago
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CodyIzAplayer 8 months ago
Have to say, just got my extended blu-ray edition today in UK, and am happy to say on an LG PX990 the colour is right inbetween these two shots...a brilliant mix of blue and green but no way is there too much green. Might be a good telly or my settings, but it looks FAB. I was worried, now I am excited.
bjim217 8 months ago 3
LOTR Blu-ray Extended Edition Sample: watch?v=inLmoGxBuUw
xIAkumaxX 8 months ago
In 2001, Peter Jackson added a magenta tint to the shire scenes to make them more vibrant. For Blu-ray, FOTR was to be given a director-supervised remaster and new color timing.
If it was the other way around, fans would be making "pink-ray" jokes because everything has a magenta tint. Just look at that sky. The green was meant to balance things out, so the skies are greener.
To me, it looks blue. I always felt like the first film looked unnaturally warm so I accept the changes.
JoeNostalgiaReturns 8 months ago
@JoeNostalgiaReturns But they rarely, if ever, do fullscreen tinting. Peter Jackson typically does very specific coloring changes, so the sky will always be a normal color, even if the greens are brought out in the foliage, or the flesh tones are made a little more pink. None of his films have ever had this sort of apply-to-all look to them, even if it was intentional.
siliconmaster482 8 months ago
Unless you are literally running them side by side, like in this video I really doubt you will notice the difference.
DaveSimonH 8 months ago
"One-hundred and eleven years-old! You haven't aged a day... but I don't seem to recall that sickly green look on your well-preserved visage. Hmm..."
MaybeYesNo90 8 months ago 2
Honestly couldn't care less. If it was in black and white I'd still love it.
thatflamingo 8 months ago
I LOVE IT!!!
mitabo 8 months ago
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Thumbs up so people can know that they can change the contrast/saturation/white balance on their tvs...
TheStuartCarson 8 months ago
Don't see this as a massive problem. In fact the levels seem to have been improved - the naturalistic sunlight of the original has some clipped highlights - albeit at the expense of some contrast. The green tone seems to be a thematic decision on behalf of Mr Jackson/Lesnie probably emphasising the homely innocence of The Shire, just hope it doesn't last the entire film.
bogtrotter22 8 months ago
@bogtrotter22 ###the green tone has nothing to do with choice. If it's on the prints, it's on the disc. Hence why some films have it and some films don't.
greatone1987 8 months ago
Horrible. Wait for the official explanation from Jackson/WB Home Video. If it's truly the director's vision, then we'll have to live with it. If there's a replacement offer in the works or even a reissue, it'll be worth the wait. Personally, I can't deal with the green sky etc. But more power to the less picky among us. :)
bps3013 8 months ago
Oh god, the people who complain are worse than audiophiles
COBRARocky 8 months ago
.... what is this... saving private ryan with wizards, hobbits, and a huge fiery eye?
zeozionistic 8 months ago
This comment has received too many negative votes show
No one should look at an overly compressed YouTube video and think it even comes close to matching what it looks like on a Blu-ray.
filmfreak3000 8 months ago
@filmfreak3000 There is a quality difference of course and i mentioned that in the description, but the video is not here for the quality differences, its here for the colour changes and the youtube clip accurately shows the differences between the two.
toytown69 8 months ago 38
The new tint is just about tolerable in this scene, in the already-green Shire (even though the sky looks bad). It's the later sequences, with blue snow and fade-to-green, where it has a really galling impact.
This HAS to be a mistake. I refuse to believe this blanket tint across the entire movie is what Jackson intended...
spartacuslives 8 months ago
this video doesnt do it justice, first of all the green isn't THAT big, second you guys have to watch the entire film before complaining, its a lot better than before
Rodan16 8 months ago
David Fincher did all of this
Sanaa2k 8 months ago 12
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Vincecouk 6 months ago
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@Sanaa2k or the guy that graded The Matrix movies?
Vincecouk 6 months ago
Oh dear... The new green color looks unnatural. I don't like it and will probably not buy the Extended Editions anyway now. I always preferred the Theatrical ones but also wanted the Extended ones. Now I don't. Not only does it look different than I want (and remember) LOTR to look like (BTW my TV is calibrated), but it's STILL split across 2 discs..... in 2011..... yeah :( I love these movies but this is just, just...
disappointing.
MaybeYesNo90 8 months ago
The whole damn movie is green!
cghulk 8 months ago
So it's a Green-ray now....
Starglance 8 months ago 70
@Starglance More like the Shire in the Matrix
droidhunter 8 months ago 2
@Starglance LOL!
cool2thetouch 6 months ago
I really hate this green tone! I saw pictures when the went through the snow hills, and even the snow was greenish :-(
I think I am NOT going to buy the extended Version on BD I rather keep my DVD Extended Versions
Starglance 8 months ago
is this the final version? does this green tone last? i hope not :(
hagindor 8 months ago 4
@hagindor This is the version that is currently shipping, regardless of what zone the discs come from or whatever a pro reviewer says, this is unfortunately how it looks. Check the video here /watch?v=AIDfw6LfdaE this is from the North American Release and uploaded by somebody else, you will notice the colour change is exactly the same as in this version.
The green cast is throughout the Bluray but its not as apparent during other scenes. Check the thread at avsforums for more details.
toytown69 8 months ago
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creejay 8 months ago
Are they in the Matrix? Wasn't there always a green tint in that movie anytime they were in the Matrix?
aaronwt 8 months ago
Let's be honest. We as hardcore fans, purists, and those that like things being done well are the minority.
For every one of us, there are one million other people ready to pay corporations to spoon feed them shit.
RandomAccessMemories 8 months ago
I hate this green tone,looks stupid.There was always such a nice golden glow during the fellowship of the ring. Now thats more the Harry Potter and the prizoner of Askaban stile. Just doesnt fit.
ChristineLotte 8 months ago
Digitalbits just posted there review, no mention of green tint
philzilla2k 8 months ago