{"id":2072,"date":"2003-12-28T12:13:53","date_gmt":"2003-12-29T04:13:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/12\/28\/lotrtrotk-ee-dvd-4h50m\/"},"modified":"2019-12-06T15:03:35","modified_gmt":"2019-12-06T23:03:35","slug":"lotrtrotk-ee-dvd-4h50m","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/12\/28\/lotrtrotk-ee-dvd-4h50m\/","title":{"rendered":"LotR:TRotK EE DVD &#8211; 4h50m+?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:12558,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.dvdtown.com\\\/announcement\\\/DVD_version_of_Return_of_the_K\\\/249&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20240803064504\\\/http:\\\/\\\/www.dvdtown.com\\\/announcement\\\/DVD_version_of_Return_of_the_K\\\/249\\\/&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-11 23:51:15&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-27 05:17:00&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-05 11:01:29&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:503}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-05 11:01:29&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:503},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:12559,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/discuss.jarretthousenorth.com\\\/2003\\\/12\\\/28#a3018&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20100712043655\\\/http:\\\/\\\/discuss.jarretthousenorth.com:80\\\/2003\\\/12\\\/28\\\/&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-11 23:51:16&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-27 05:16:58&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-05 11:01:27&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404}],&quot;broken&quot;:true,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-05 11:01:27&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p>I think I just wanted to make the most cryptic post title possible. ;)<\/p>\n<p>Apparently, Peter Jackson recently revealed that the DVD Extended Edition of Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.dvdtown.com\/announcement\/DVD_version_of_Return_of_the_K\/249\/\" title=\"DVD version of Return of the King - 5+ hours?\">will be longer than 4 hours and 50 min<\/a>&#8221; long!<\/p>\n<p>Wow.<\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s see. About 3:28 for the extended TFotR, about 3:43 for the extended TTT, and possibly over 4:50 for the extended TRotK. We&#8217;re rapidly approaching a solid twelve hours for the full saga when all is said and done.<\/p>\n<p>Sweet. I&#8217;m all for it. Bring it on!<\/p>\n<p>(via <a href=\"http:\/\/discuss.jarretthousenorth.com\/2003\/12\/28#a3018\" title=\"Longer than 4 hours 50 minutes? Oh my aching keister\">Jarret House North<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Apparently, Peter Jackson recently revealed that the DVD Extended Edition of Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King &#8216;will be longer than 4 hours and 50 min&#8217; long!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2037],"tags":[23,1853,2412],"class_list":["post-2072","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tv-and-films","tag-film","tag-the-lord-of-the-rings","tag-the-return-of-the-king"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2072","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2072"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2072\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2072"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2072"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2072"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}