The release of The Lord of the Rings trilogy on Blu-ray seems to have been given the cold shoulder by the majority of Middle Earth fans.
Amazon.co.uk knocked the price down within a month of the release date from £74.99 to just £29.99 following 454 mostly negative reviews left by British fans.
At the time of writing the Amazon.com site has a staggering 3320 customer reviews, again the vast majority complaining that these are not the extended versions of the movies. It’s worth noting though that the price hasn’t been dropped.
2974 have given it just a 1 star rating and there seems to be some discussion as to whether Amazon tried removing written reviews where the reviewer left a 1 star just before release date.
One customer wrote:
“Very disturbing indeed. Amazon removed my 1 star lord of the Rings Blu ray review too. It was there for the last couple of weeks with a high helpful rating ratio and now its evaporated. As far as I recall there were well over 2600 total LOTR-TE BR reviews last time I looked. Now there are 2271. Is Amazon covering up for the studios’ ripoffs or is it even worse – Is Amazon.com neglecting the freedom of speech and constitutional rights of its customers?”
So when can we expect the extended versions to be released on Blu ray?
Well don’t hold your breath. It is widely expected that they would be out shortly before The Hobbit movie was due in the cinema to help build up a Middle Earth frenzy.
With The Hobbit continually being put back though you could be waiting for some time. latest rumors say The hobbit will be out for Christmas 2012 rather than the expected Christmas 2011.
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