Lord of the Rings - The Fellowship of the Ring - Extended Edition - 4K Dremastered — Page 9

I’m also looking for a link, I’d greatly appreciate it. Thanks in advance

Would you be so kind to PM me a link? Thanks in advance 😃

Would love a link to this and the theatrical versions in 4K if they’re available. Excited to watch these films again!

I’m quite saddened due to the passing of Bernard Hill. Would love to see this glorious trilogy given the restoration it deserves. Hail Theoden King!

wesslan said:

Got another of those waffle? 😃 Based on what DrDre said about the quality of the theatrical blu-rays vs the extended (EE, shadows) and those who have seen both projects, is there a visual difference in quality or is extended just as good now for the first movie?

The only problem with the Extended Bluray (2011) of the first movie (Fellowship of the Ring) was the color grading (green tint, slight black crush) which got fixed for the most part by DrDre in THIS release. There is simply no better way to watch the movies imo. Sharpness and detail is better than the official 4k Bluray. And I actually like the Fixed Extended Color Grading over the old Theatrical Color Grading and the new color grading present on the official 4k Disc. It still has the dreamy look with strong color tints while being more nuanced than the old theatrical grading.

The Theatrical Edition - 4k Dremastered is fine given the bad condition of the source material (DNR, softness) but it does not come close to the image quality of this Extended Release.

Is there any update on part 2 yet and the other two movies.

Yes, I’m also curious if all of the extended editions have been/will be completed. I was able to obtain Part 1 but unsure if Part 2 is available?

mattluz said:

Yes, I’m also curious if all of the extended editions have been/will be completed. I was able to obtain Part 1 but unsure if Part 2 is available?

It is not. fellowship part 1 is the only completed part so far.

deific said:

mattluz said:

Yes, I’m also curious if all of the extended editions have been/will be completed. I was able to obtain Part 1 but unsure if Part 2 is available?

It is not. fellowship part 1 is the only completed part so far.

Thanks! Do you happen to have the links for the theatrical versions? I’m new around these parts and have been having trouble figuring out how to secure these and others (like 44rh1n’s).

This looks like the best version I’ve seen! Could you PM me a link please?

Prodrummer1603 said:

Wraths said:

Could somebody explain what all of this technology is doing to the film?

To get rid of the green tint DrDre decided to regrade the whole movie using reference camera negatives (35mm) which were delivered to cinemas back in the day.

Do you have some more info. on the negatives (straight up negatives or scans?) he is using? I mean, you say they are ones delivered to cinemas back in the day, so why use the HD EE BluRay as source and not the negative (in terms of detail)? From reading other replies I assume that the issue is that the Bluray sourced from the original camera negative, and not some copy-of-a-copy type negative:

illuvatar said:

Well, these are sourced from the Extended blurays, with a custom colorgrade based on the 35mm. The colors should be similar, but the 35mm ones will probably have a bit more grain or scratches maybe, or just general lower quality since the bluray source here used uses the original camera negative and not some copy-of-a-copy 35mm print. Just a guess though, I haven’t seen the 35mm ones yet.

So, what is Dre using? If he is using a degraded copy, does that mean that a 1080p compressed Bluray (as far as Bluray is compressed compared to full scans) sourced from original camera negatives (what about the vfx?) still looks better than 4k scans of cinema negatives like the one Dre has?

*Sorry for being an id–ot and not knowing what I’m talking about at all, but would be nice to get some explanation if anyone has the time 😛.

diegolondrina said:

Prodrummer1603 said:

Wraths said:

Could somebody explain what all of this technology is doing to the film?

To get rid of the green tint DrDre decided to regrade the whole movie using reference camera negatives (35mm) which were delivered to cinemas back in the day.

Do you have some more info. on the negatives (straight up negatives or scans?) he is using? I mean, you say they are ones delivered to cinemas back in the day, so why use the HD EE BluRay as source and not the negative (in terms of detail)? From reading other replies I assume that the issue is that the Bluray sourced from the original camera negative, and not some copy-of-a-copy type negative:

illuvatar said:

Well, these are sourced from the Extended blurays, with a custom colorgrade based on the 35mm. The colors should be similar, but the 35mm ones will probably have a bit more grain or scratches maybe, or just general lower quality since the bluray source here used uses the original camera negative and not some copy-of-a-copy 35mm print. Just a guess though, I haven’t seen the 35mm ones yet.

So, what is Dre using? If he is using a degraded copy, does that mean that a 1080p compressed Bluray (as far as Bluray is compressed compared to full scans) sourced from original camera negatives (what about the vfx?) still looks better than 4k scans of cinema negatives like the one Dre has?

*Sorry for being an id–ot and not knowing what I’m talking about at all, but would be nice to get some explanation if anyone has the time 😛.

The only 35mm-scans I know of (and have actually downloaded and seen) are those on this platform (which I think were made by a private entity and not by a high budget Hollywood studio). These LOTR-35mm-4k-Scans are quite noisy and have a lot of imperfections (scratches, brightness fluctuations, …). Cleaning them up would be a painful job and I don’t think it would give you a better source material then the Extended Bluray. The 35mm-scans are still good enough for matching color grading though.

I’m actually amazed on how much detail DrDre was able to extract from those Blurays. And how much cleaner and consistent the grain looks.

As far as I understand this is the process DrDre uses:

Source-Material: REMUX of the Extended Blurays
Reference for Colorgrading: 4k-scans of 35mm negatives

Steps:

1. Regrade the movies based on the 4k-scans (35mm)
2. Using AI to get rid of the edge enhancement to make the movie look more organic
3. Using AI to upscale the final result to 4K

Trust me: You won’t be disappointed by the resolution or encoding. Its top-notch.

can someone please dm me the link, really loved the project!!!

Nevermind this.

Excellent project though, great work.

This looks amazing, anyone kind enough to PM the link?

Excellent showcase regarding The Lord of the Blings.

waffle said:

michaelsft said:

I was planning on rewatching these films this week but will hold off if someone is kind enough to send a link? Dre’s work is always excellent!

Sent.

Hey there! I’d greatly appreciate it if you sent me the download link too please 😃
Thanks in advance !!

Sorry for duplicate post.

The screenshots of this version look amazing. Would love to watch this. Please share link if possible.

Hello,
I’m really interested to get a PM for a link please.

Thanks so much.

waffle said:

Alealealelle said:

Hello, can i please have the link to download it?

Sent you a PM

Hey can you please share the link? Thanks

Prodrummer1603 said:

samxero said:

Could I have a link to the first part of the Extended? Thank you.

Send you a Link via PM.

Hey! Any chance I could get the link? Thanks

Eyy first of all thank you for doing this great work, can I get a link to download it please?

This looks amazing! Can I get a link to download it please?

This look incredible ! Is there a resilio link for this ? Thanks