ALL Unreleased & Deleted Scenes from Lord of The Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring [NEW Edition]

[@MiddleEarthUpdates]

Putting this video together took an unbelievably long time. Researching, finding all the material from its original sources, and editing took forever as well. Please help spread the word and share this video with as many fans as possible!

[@_anneli_]

So grateful for it! Thank you so much for putting in all of this work!

[@seanmiller5460]

Well done!!! Always looking forward to more LOTR content... except for rings of power.

[@LarryFlathmann]

​@@seanmiller5460 Ya rings of power kinda stinks

[@CaptDingDong]

Good job archiving all this together in one video. I remember in the Two Towers audio commentary it being mentioned there was a lot of stunt work for the Helm's Deep battle that did not make the final cut, and it was hoped it would eventually see the light of day.

[@shereemcclelland2186]

I vote yes, if you can manage to find it, I will watch it, can’t wait to see “ Hunt for Gollum” , and any extra footage of Thranduil love to see it, for example I have seen some glimpses of him dressed in white battle armour not black as in the battle of 5 armies.

[@pixiesinc743]

- Can we get a extended edition of the lord of the rings? - You already have one - What about a SECOND extended edition?

[@lyannawinter405]

Hehe :D 🍎

[@ff.mychael]

saw what you did there and it was good as potatoes stew😛

[@jacobwegener8561]

Don''t think they know about a second EE Pip!

[@ultimateshipper8997]

Not an extended edition, a FULL EDITION!

[@speardagger]

Yes! We want!!!

[@Hashakgig]

We need an Ultimate Edition. I don't care if it will be 4 or 5 hours long. Edit: I love how we are getting more and more insane with the hours. From my low ball 4-5h to 10h to 40h-50h and eventually 1300h. I think we can all agree on one thing. We want more no matter how long.

[@WillowsVeganBakery]

I don't care if each movie is 10 hours long I still want it

[@Hashakgig]

@@WillowsVeganBakery Preach!

[@MalcolmCookInk]

Tv show with as many episodes a sit needs mate... 😉

[@MaullerTwin]

The extended editions are almost 4 hours long each if you average them out. We neee more!

[@_anneli_]

Hell yeah ❤❤❤

[@williamwebb580]

Seeing Gil-galad's death would've shown the audience that not only does Sauron have the ability to kill his enemies using only the heat from his hands, but that he actually prefers to use that method, at least to the people he really doesn't like. Which would answer a lot of questions regarding why Sauron reached down towards Isildur, allowing the ring to be cut from his finger, rather than just finishing him with his mace. Something that wouldn't be obvious to anyone not into the deep lore.

[@davidstone-haigh4880]

There's some Alan Lee pre production artwork of this scene. Would be amazing to see more of the battle and it's characters.

[@TheMinskyTerrorist]

That isn't the "deep lore." Sauron was beaten by Elendil and Gil Galad and they died in the attempt, then Isildur cut the ring from Sauron’s finger afterward.

[@williamwebb580]

@@TheMinskyTerrorist How the ring was cut from his finger was not what I was referring to when I said deep lore, I know that Isildur took it after his body was already struck down. Merely that he would kill his enemies by burning them with his hands, which is not shown in any present cut of the movie. "The Ring misseth, maybe, the heat from Sauron's hand, which was black and yet burned like fire, and so Gil-galad was destroyed;" _- The Council of Elrond, FotR_

[@TheMinskyTerrorist]

@williamwebb580 But there's nothing in the books or movies that has anything about him having a "preferred method." In the movie he's already hitting people with his mace, so it wouldn't explain anything.

[@williamwebb580]

@@TheMinskyTerrorist Exactly, we don't know anything about the weapons Sauron used in this battle in the books other than his own hands, if he even went out with any at all, but in the concept art for the movies we clearly see he has his mace while facing off with Gil-galad. I don't know exactly how this scene was meant to be choreographed, so perhaps _somehow_ it was more convenient for Sauron to manhandle the High-King of the Noldor to death rather than simply clobber him to the ground, but all evidence I've seen points to this scene being filmed to explain a.) the deadly nature of his touch, and b.) an instance where Sauron intentionally chooses the less practical, but more personal (and probably moral-devastating) method of dispatching a leader of the force that dared to oppose him in his own land. Again, this is a preference that I believe was present in the *movie's* original narrative, not the book's, with it only being necessary to include because of their wish to heighten the tension and desperation leading up to Isildur cutting the ring from Sauron's finger in the film, while still giving him a big flashy mace to swing around.

[@WMfin]

"..if there's enough interest from people." How do we tell him? There was this petition I already signed.. Peter, do it, I will PAY to see more!

[@katerrinah5442]

Everywhere I go anywhere this is mentioned people are screaming for this. Like yes Peter, people want this

[@HelloRando]

@@katerrinah5442 Yeah, hearing him say that was just like 🙄 dude, there's BEEN demand for this for like 15 years or so…come on now lol.

[@Critter145]

Gil Galad and Elendil dying at Sauron’s hand would only emphasize how dangerous Sauron was. Sometimes the audience is not given enough credit.

[@kojinaoftheinvertedeye810]

100% I wouldn't be confused lmao, I would love it

[@WraYth-1776]

Also, having them die while defeating Sauron, & having Isildur cut the ring from Sauron’s hand would have been, not only lore accurate, but way cooler.

[@rustyhowe3907]

@@WraYth-1776 Ikr? It emphasize the desperation of the situation.

[@egillskallagrimson5879]

Are you telling me all cool scenes in the movie were cut down to make it reasonably in length? well after 20 years I think we all agree we want an unreasonably lengthy version of Lord of the Rings.

[@rustyhowe3907]

Legit, if there'd been 10 hours to a movie I'd sit and watch it all.

[@hejnye]

yeah lets see it all like a TV series

[@aaronrivas7977]

This trilogy truly is the gift that keeps on giving Makes me wonder how much different, and better the hobbit would have been if the studio and their execs had given it an equally good of a chance and amount of time to be developed

[@studkickass513]

Just enjoy it. The Hobbit is fantastic. Martin Freeman's acting is fire. It's got great action and great dialogue. Hating it is just the "cool thing" to do. Promise ya that. Same goes for The Rings of Power.

[@lawrenceliang1111]

I would watch 1300 hrs if there is a 1300 hrs version.

[@DoctorDewgong]

they should just let you watch all the raw footage somewhere online. that would be sick

[@indalcecio]

Most of that would just be the same scene over and over again with very slight changes in inflection, and aerial/establishing shots

[@Dousch]

Several times a year

[@DoctorDewgong]

@@indalcecio that sounds awesome

[@hannibalb8276]

I would spend the rest of my life watching an infinite length version if it were possible

[@JordanBeemMusic]

It seems like Jackson had a super clear vision of the tone he was going for. Which is what made the movies so great. But 100% as a nerd I wanna see ALL this stuff 😂

[@PeterRichardsandYoureNot]

Don’t have to be a nerd to want it all!! It’s a great movie based on amazing source material. Releasing this would help wash away the sour taste of “rings of Power” billion dollar mistake

[@mercedesmaguire1413]

So do I, especially since I'm sick. It will suck to not be around for this.

[@lurventut]

If each movie would be 12 hours long, i would still buy that version of the movie. Because it is so much that happens in the books , that probably thousands of lotr fans would love to see in movie version.

[@J040PL7]

They should have done something like that for the 20 year anniversary

[@camotophat]

Do it. Make a mini series out of it. Everyone would watch it, everyone would pay for it.

[@youngtotem]

I dont think there has ever been a better adaptation of a book made into a film. These are a masterpiece of a series! Thank you for doing this for fans to enjoy and appreciate the hard work put into these films.

[@BaronessJames]

I agree about the film, there is no better book to movie adaptation. Otherwise an exceptionally well done book into a short series is Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austin in the BBC 1996 adaptation. Of course it is a completely different type of story.

[@strale216]

I don't think so. Elvs in helms deep?

[@alexgaskin4723]

Dude, these are insanely interesting unseen shots from the movie! Thanks for going into detail on each of them too. LOTR has so much content. Very cool!

[@MiddleEarthUpdates]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@alexgaskin4723]

No prob! Was a battlefront 2 viewer for a while but LOTR has always been my thing. Thank you!

[@turoczizsofia337]

I remember watching Return of the King in the cinema 2003 and praying in the last scene” please never end this movie”😄

[@metalvalar]

You were not alone on that one mellon nim!

[@rovertorrov3217]

The rest of us were praying for the bathroom lol. Definitely a bladder stress test. Could have made it longer with an intermission.

[@jenniedarling3710]

I was just thinking what, where's the scouring of the Shire?

[@mtnhowie]

I had the same feeling the first time I read the books when Sam says ‘Well, I’m back.’ Read it again every year for about 10 years, timing it so Sam gets home on Christmas morning. My mom bought me a Brothers Hildebrandt calendar for Christmas until the 90’s.

[@DesiCrypto-u9u]

Lucky dude 🫂

[@Trisbeeee]

That narration gandalf had similar to galadriel gave me goosbumps, gaddamn!

[@ladyvaderkmc1]

Yes! I was just about to post how I would love to hear the rest of Gandalf's prolog - different mood altogether, much "darker" scarier tone...and to quote you, "goosebumps"

[@mach2223]

I think they went well with having Galadriel narrate the prologue. It's one of the most iconic lines in all of cinema history. "The world has changes. I feel it in the water. I feel it in the earth. I smell it in the air." Those words are etched into my memory. Sure, the Gandalf one is really good too. But man, the final one just cannot be beat.

[@johnhernandez284]

Some stories never die but every time they are revisited they feel even more alive.

[@hannibalb8276]

Howard Shore's music is so incredible

[@n2darkness]

This is a great video and a ton of research has definitely gone into it. I've love to see a database or gallery of these images in one place for future reference.

[@mortimerbrewster8575]

I would enjoy a three season tv series with all of the deleted scenes. That would show Amazon’s Rings of Power how to do it correctly.

[@robthetraveler1099]

0:52 I'm struck by how similar that version of Gil-Galad looks to the one in Rings of Power, played by Benjamin Walker. I find it hard to believe that's a coincidence.

[@TheTexasDice]

Damn that is better journalism that anything in actual fandom pages.

[@krazyconjor]

The amount of research you must've done to make this video is insane. Been catching your videos here and there for a while and this one is takes it to the next level. Kudos man, subscribed!

[@pleopod]

30 seconds into the prologue and I knew we were in for something special - magical.

[@v1e1r1g1e1]

Lothlorien Elves Vs Moria Goblins..??!??! YES, please! Actually, let's be honest: we all know I'd spend gold to get a whole new Blu-Ray DVD filled with ''cutting room floor'' scenes!

[@Dousch]

I applaud your continued efforts on this project. The day we do see more scenes (and hopefully new extended anniversary cuts) released, I trust many of us will gather here and thank you for your continued interest and passion for this trilogy and all its lost fragments of gold. If there's anything that's ever going to give all this lost material a good push toward being released, it's this. This undeniable display of passion. You look at these compilation videos being updated again and again as more material surfaces over the years, and it couldn't be clearer. Hundreds of comments. Hundreds of thousands of views. This kind of passion doesn't just die down quietly over time, there's too much good stuff out there to keep folks like us up at night. I'm glad to see the torch is still burning bright. Also, hearing a fellow Swede narrate this really resonates with the whole Nordic Middle-Earth vibe.

[@MiddleEarthUpdates]

Thank you very much for your kind words, it really made our day :) We hope to be able to do this for a long time with both new and old material as the passion for LOTR and Middle Earth really is something special!

[@jaideepshekhar4621]

I wholeheartedly agree! ❤

[@kagudarzell4571]

things im willing to buy again and again : skyrim and peter jackson's lord of the ring

[@SingingWraith98]

Until you reach black reach and encounter the falmars again

[@camgoode9996]

Bloody twisted snow elf's 😂😂 proper piss me off ​@@SingingWraith98

[@JP-1990]

I have a similar thing except its Kingdom Hearts.

[@MichaelFrenchCPA]

This video is gold. Thanks so much!

[@MiddleEarthUpdates]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@oOKomuiOo]

Still sad that Maxi Mark didn't end up in the movies as Gil Galad!

[@Andromedes]

Imagine casting the guy, make a special costume for him, record minutes/hours of material with him, tell him he is an important character for the story and then give him a one second of screen time.

[@jaideepshekhar4621]

​​@@Andromedes He was never really going to be an important character.

[@auntlynnonline6206]

I would gladly watch all 1300 hours of footage! And, yes, PLEASE make a similar video for The Hobbit. I can’t get enough of this stuff. Thank you for an excellent video. ✨💖✨

[@MortredMaul]

Can we take a second to acknowledge the perfect casting of so many characters? I mean Gandalf, Saruman, Aragorn, Gollum. They were casted with utter perfection. I am convinced that there wouldn't have been any better actors fitting into these roles during these times.

[@ErikBjornSmith]

Listening to the director's commentary of the Extended Edition, the toffee bag idea was because PJ didn't like the idea of potentially promoting and encouraging people to get into smoking. He couldn't get it to work, so he kept in Gandalf smoking. It's why in RotK, we see Gandalf coughing and putting down his pipe when talking to Pippin at night in Minas Tirith.

[@acharley]

I'd love to see more of these for the other two movies of the lotr trilogy and hobbit trilogy if possible, I love this channel 🙏

[@MiddleEarthUpdates]

Thank you so much! We already have both of the other LOTR movies' deleted scenes videos up. Check them out! We are also working on a video for the Hobbit trilogy, which has lots of interesting content! ☺️

[@onlinealiasuk]

An extra extra extended edition is my top want

[@saladinbob]

No apparently the Scouring was meant to be in the movie but was taken out because the ending was already extremely long and they felt it would confuse audiences to have a second ending.

[@ryanbeck5014]

Third Age is a great rpg game, also loved hearing Gandalf doing the narration on the movies cutscenes of the game

[@Brejan]

It's a fun game, but it's very silly with the "dollar store Fellowship" following the real one, and then the ending where you just appear on top of Barad-dur and have a fight with the Eye of Sauron is just bonkers.

[@ryanbeck5014]

@@Brejan true but i did like the idea of them telling another story while following the path of the main story

[@kojinaoftheinvertedeye810]

@@Brejanit felt unfinished there, I would have loved a better ending, that game was so fun and nostalgic

[@protogenesys9985]

I would pay so much for an extended extended edition with as much of these scenes as possible jammed in. We need this

[@metalvalar]

I would watch a 13, 000 hours cut from Peter Jackson's LOTR!

[@breeinatree4811]

He didn't go with Elrond & Co. He led them. I believe that Elrond was his second.

[@maciekmmj]

1 thing RoP s2 did good was make me look for this and watch this, great vid!

[@FacelessWarrior86]

WOW, just WOW! Guys, you did an amazing job. This video is gold! Being huge fan of the trilogy and the books for 30 years this is quite a treat. Hopefully we'll see some of this footage in a new extended editions.

[@MiddleEarthUpdates]

Thank you so much!

[@Lornext]

The focus of the final cut and the extended cut are so perfect, no wonder, since they had over a thousand hours of material.

[@thomasbarca9297]

Bryan Blessid would of been an awesome Tom bombadil

[@MatthewPalanca]

It's mindblowing how Gil Galad in Rings of Power looks so similar Gil Galad in LOTR

[@m_f_luder]

A lot of these scenes are alternatives to scenes that made it in, meaning that they'd have to remove stuff that we're familiar with in order to use them, which is probably the reason that they didn't make it into the extended edition the first time around. I think it would be cool if they did an R-rated version of the extended editions that included more of the bloody shots. I don't think adding gory scenes would necessarily be an improvement, but replacing kid friendly fighting scenes with more realistic alternative versions might. The absence of blood always seems odd considering the number of characters we see getting killed with swords and axes up close. It makes you aware when you're watching it that it's been intentionally toned down.

[@mach2223]

I'll take your entire stock. I don't care if the total runtime is 20 hours. I NEED IT. I want every deleted scene, every single detail, every character. I am willing to personally deliver my life savings to Peter Jackson.

[@kadartcostumes9842]

I love that you used the Official Fan Club Magazine as a source of inspiration information (among else) ! Such an underrated gem !!!

[@MiddleEarthUpdates]

The official Fan Magazines was super helpful! Lots of hidden (and forgotten) gems in those magazines.

[@lars.design]

5:09 “But it was not always so” and then the music swelling bro LITERAL CHILLS & GOOSEBUMPS

[@mathijnd]

I would love to see the original prologue. It sounds so cool. I also dont mind Galadrial being the narrator. But it is a bit weird since she isn’t in the trilogy a lot. I think Gandalf or Frodo narrating would make mote sense but i still like Galadriel doing it so it doesn’t really matter to me.

[@CyberUK]

However, I absolutely love Frodo being the final narrator - after the adventure / perilous journey is over, by making him the author of the LOTR book, following Bilbo's path, but with an even greater story / hugely greater benefit to the world. At that point, he is a much wiser character with FAR more knowledge of the world.

[@Kynokefalos]

18:04 Scary shots of ghosts faces, hideous goblin faces and Gollum scream face YES, a tiny jet of blood NO. I was traumatized with your movies, PJ

[@blitzercreg]

In that same scene in the extended I believe Aragorn cuts off the head of a goblin/orc and blood shoots out from the body like a fountain. One of my favorite clips actually haha.

[@Kynokefalos]

@@blitzercreg Omg that was very scary back when i was a kid XD.

[@martalaatsch8358]

Not to mention how Denethor dies... which actually struck me as toned down compared to the book

[@janysmahoney1271]

no other film compares ; it stands alone as the GOAT

[@imitradisv]

This made me so emotional … god I would really love to see the trilogy with these deleted scenes included!

[@violetnoire8253]

I need that effing extended extended cut more than anything in this life.

[@mitch4672]

You know, 1300 hours.. make a bloody series out of this. It be so much better than rings of power, and i kid you not, everyone would watch it. Have like hour long episodes, have multiple seasons (not six episodes per seasons, but actual series seasons), it would be the greatest thing ever. Longevity, long lasting, long celebrated. It 'd be unlike anything that has ever come before.

[@jaideepshekhar4621]

Most of it would probably be slight differences in same scene reshoots. The actual content would probably be 1/10 or probably much less of that.

[@thorr18BEM]

​@@jaideepshekhar46211/10th of 1300 still gives you 130 episodes which is multiple seasons 😁

[@banehog]

@8:22 I am actually quite impressed that he managed to say that *after* being beheaded tbh

[@mnsd928-e9b]

I think Frodo's Bedroom is where he kept the ring while Gandalf was away. In the brief shot from the fellowship Frodo gets the ring from a chest, could be the one in the bedroom?

[@MiddleEarthUpdates]

I don't think so. It looks like the chest is outside Bilbo’s office if you look carefully. Still, we can’t figure out where his bedroom could have been in the film originally. It feels odd to build that whole set-when would such a set be needed?

[@Ali-mv3jc]

It could have been a scene of them preparing to leave

[@sha_663]

I dare to say that getting glimpses of all the unused scenes back then already contributed to our memory of the movies

[@KenWojcik]

Finally, the trilogy is complete

[@yakamoooo]

It will be never completed, this is the magical beauty of this trilogy..there is always something new..

[@OvertheHedge06]

Something LEGO Hobbit will never be

[@354Entertainment]

Part 1 is the best from all three Parts. Really good video, i like that hidden stuff!

[@jkl1202]

I always thought the scene with Arwen and Legolas was just a behind the scenes and not part of a deleted scene. They were great mates and Liv said that because they lived close she would get Orlando to drive her everywhere because her driving in new Zealand wasn’t the best. If you hear the audio she’s telling him off. Very unlike Arwen would tell Legolas off. More like Liv telling Orlando off. That’s my theory anyway!

[@janysmahoney1271]

Only trilogy where I've watched all original 12+ hrs an immediately rewound an watched over an over again. Amazing cinematography, unsurpassed in a mth of Sundays an probably the greatest trilogy an storyline ever told.

[@bealotcoolerifyoudid7217]

Even if it's 75 hours dude. Are you kidding me?? I'm taking all the holiday to watch it

[@travisrhoton7013]

I would watch any extended edition that they would release. Even if it's 5-6 hours long.

[@maylapaty]

Chills with Gandalf and The Prophecy.

[@Brianf66999]

This channel is such a gem! Thank you for compiling all these scenes. Your commentary is excellent as well!

[@MiddleEarthUpdates]

Thank you so so much!

[@sascenturion]

Excellent work ...thanks very much for posting .

[@koenbax3221]

This video makes me happy to the core of my being. I do not think i ever loved anything in the realm of public heritage as much as lord of the rings. Thank you for this.

[@MiddleEarthUpdates]

Thank you for watching!

[@stretchinghabits]

How does this video not watched a billion times!? This is art

[@StathiDandis_]

Those dancing auditions were worth it because the best scenes they took ended up being great on film; that one where Frodo does that drop down is natural and wholesome

[@bend.7590]

They’re sitting on a gold mine with these and need to release them

[@harryb.3940]

1.300 hours of lotr? No problem, I will lean back and enjoy every second

[@ONormanO]

if they could push 1-3 hours more into every movie, everyone would love them for it! ❤

[@memberberrie3356]

Its crazy that these 3 movies still hold up to this day

[@Brejan]

Nothing crazy about it. There are movies from the 30s and 40s that still hold up.

[@winterunterseher8937]

Imagine getting a cut where you can watch the entire trilogy where each scene has a different/alternate camera angle than the final ones chosen. Surely a lot of the 1300 hours of footage would be stuff like that I feel.

[@MiddleEarthUpdates]

Yes a large amount of the footage is that and different takes. Imagine watching the whole movie, exactly the same, but with different angles or takes - would be a mind flip!

[@DefyyyTTV]

I need a 5 hour ultimate version in my life

[@emjbelle]

Thank you! Great video.

[@MiddleEarthUpdates]

Thanks!

[@ImmersiveReactionsShorts]

4:46 I literally got goose bumps ... If they use that narration in a future 1st age movie or show... that would hit different

[@MikeFean]

We want an ultimate extra extended superior edition.

[@ddespair]

I’d watch a 12 hour version even if it included Frodo using the outdoor hobbit hole.

[@DamienDrake2389]

Jackson saying "if there is enough interest they might consider it" is crazy! Of course there is enough interest! There will never be enough!

[@ta6k989]

Большое спасибо за вашу работу! Захотелось вновь пересмотреть всю трилогию

[@TeieHellum]

Frodo's bedroom is actually shown in the movie. In movie nr. 1, when Gandalf returns from his brief visit to Minas Tirith, Frodo starts packing his backpack in a hurry to flee to Bree. He is actually fetching clothes from that wardrobe and standing by his bed when he's packing.

[@TheDistractingGamer]

I would give literally anything for that alternate view on Saruman's conversation with Gandalf. I've always interpreted it as Saruman planning to overpower Sauron in a long con, and Gandalf would help. The movie makes it seem like Saruman was spooked and joined Sauron out of fear, which makes no sense at all.

[@RiverKinn]

i would literally watch a 100 hour cut of these films

[@redreaper2752]

Though some look interesting, messing with perfection would be a mistake. And that’s what the extended editions are, perfection. Though I’ve never been able to get through the books, as an avid reader of many other series I can totally understand why book fans would want to see everything that was filmed. But maybe they could finish the scenes and release them on their own dvd with context and commentary. My inability to read the books has been one of my biggest literary disappointments. Not even listen to the abridged audiobooks, which I paid for, could keep me rivited. But I’ve never liked old books or movies, the huge difference in tone, writing style, and acting too jarring for my dyslexic/ADHD mind apparently. I’m lucky to have even read the thousand or so books I have considering I graduated barely able to read and it was only Harry Potter after a health scare that encouraged me to find a method of reading that worked for me. Which ended up being sight reading, and though I still can’t spell or sound out words for shit, I now posses the largest vocabulary of anyone I know. But the deep love of the books still encourages me to get through them one day before I die! There’s just always something else I’d rather be reading.

[@DesiCrypto-u9u]

Goated movie of all time ❤️‍🩹

[@c-really-h1859]

As a film major, I can kinda try to explain why I think we don't have an extended extended version and most likely never will. Editing is insane guys. Like genuinely it's crazy. Everything in the extended cut was most likely edited with or immediately after the theatrical cut. A lot of it was probably even edited for the theatrical cut, then... well, cut. So all the clips were already lined up coherently and ready to use and had gone through multiple editing stages already. Most of the other deleted scenes probably aren't at that level. Not just unfinished VFX, but a lot of them literally might not be synced to the audio. Like you would need someone to go through and line up the audio track to the video one by one. And even after that's done, there's picture lock, sound editing (again for fine tuning), color grading, and honestly it just never ends. So at this point digging up all the footage and having people re-edit hours upon hours of the film just isn't viable. And it wasn't done years ago because paying to get all that footage to a watchable point would have been a very risky financial gamble and just taken so much time.

[@nellinightshade3358]

Party pooper! Sometimes logic sucks.

[@jaideepshekhar4621]

Just put out the raw footage. That's good enough!

[@GrippaNL]

Dude, these scenes are awesome! Especially the lothlorien elves ones.

[@dawnhall3822]

Sure nook one wants to go to the movie theater that's has crappy seats for over three hours, but videos to have at home? Heck yeah! Those of us that love LOTR will be beside them sofa with excitement! Thank you for putting this video together. I will be sharing it with the fam.

[@hiatushernia666]

i would love to see a 132 hour version of it

[@joshhardy]

Assuming an average of 18 takes per scene, 1300/18=72 hours of individual scenes. Now assume 10 episodes a season and you get 6-7 seasons. Imagine 6-7 seasons of LOTR-caliber episodes. It’d be the greatest series of all time.

[@mikekolasa6625]

They could just release all 1300 hours uncut, unedited and we would buy it

[@DuDa-rr2hl]

the moment when a yt video of the lotr is 10 times more interessting than the rings of power serie...😒😒

[@mazikainen]

A TV series version would make a lot of sense. It would be easier to distance from the movie version and they wouldn't have to worry about pacing that much. 6-ish episodes per movie to a season, three seasons, probably enough to make sense for the business side of things and get enough of a budget to work on a modified score, finish of effects etc.

[@MiddleEarthUpdates]

That’s exactly what we’d want!

[@mazikainen]

Might run into some rights issues tho. Like Amazon having all rights to a tv adaptation of lotr etc.

[@MiddleEarthUpdates]

@@mazikainen That's true. Do they have the exclusive rights, tho?

[@tanikokishimoto1604]

Today it would end up Rings of Power -ish.

[@What.in.a.name.of.Tolkien]

I thnik we all would eat all those unleseased and deleted scenes as cakes ! it doesnt matter extra 1300 hours i would enjoyed totally! Hoppefully one day Jackson will do it for all Tolkien fans! Great video friend with great informations! Thanks a lot! 🙏 🔥

[@Alex-hz2xg]

There are a few times where Saruman speaks to us (the audience) more as a kind of narrator in the movies. “Gandalf the Grey rides to Isengard” and “ "So, Gandalf, you try to lead them over Caradhras. And if that fails, where then will you go?". There are also instances where he talks in himself “Gandalf the White. Gandalf the fool.” I think the quote “The Grey Wizard is dead. His rag-tag Fellowship is leaderless. There is none left to defend it.” is something similar (probably toward us the audience)

[@blackviper9093]

Damn - Benjamin Walker (TROP) and Mark Ferguson (LOTR) - both look so much like each other... And both played Gil-galad.

[@ОлександрМорозов-й2г]

1,300 hours of raw footage? That's like... they could have made 10 films or more with that! I really hope that with advancements in AI processing, editing, and cleaning up raw footage, the public release quality will reach a much higher level in the coming decades. Imagine seeing versions of these films with way more scenes, where everything that was filmed and written in the books is brought to life. That would be just incredible! A huge thank you to the author of this video, by the way. It would also be amazing to see a similar video for The Hobbit trilogy.

[@ecanavessi]

Impresive video! Would like to rewatch the extended cut, which would you think is the longest and best quality version of this first part today? Is it the bluray one? Thanks!