I, for one, adore the over-the-top golden coloring in Rivendell. It might be my nostalgia, but... Rivendell is supposed to be the coolest place in the world that isn't Valinor, and it's supposed to FEEL magical, and the unnatural golden light just brings it all home for me. Regardless - you're doing god's work, thank you so much :)

i am soooooo glad that somebody besides me noticed the weird colour grading. and I'm so glad that Chris hartwell is the one to revisit the changes - i cant imagine it being in better hands. I can't wait to reexperience these films the way they looked on the big screen when I saw them as a kid.

The latest Remastered 15 disc Blu-Ray Trilogy of the Lord of the Rings Extended Editions has proper color range. The box cover has a black and grey map background with portion of the ring with glowing lettering. The top of the box has a gold banner with REMASTERED BLU-RAY TRILOGY in silver. The 15 disc set contains 3 blue storage cases with 5 discs in each. 6 Blu-Rays for 3 films and 9 DVDs of extras. No greenish grey tint in the Fellowship of the Ring. Beautiful white clouds and snow as seen by the human eye when sunlight is broken down into all visible colors and scattered in multiple directions.

I want to rewatch all these movies in your colour grade because they look surprisingly better than the extended edition colour grade

Ah you legend, thank you so much for doing this for our community! =D I did notice something was off when I watched the extended editions, and your grading is just the perfect mix of both worlds!

It's crazy how a simple color grade change the mood of a scene.

I'm so pleased I don't notice the green overtones at all when i watch the actual film.

I'm so glad someone is on my side with the color grading! I was beginning work on a video talking about it soon, especially with the 4k transfers of the film being released. The extended editions were mostly easy to ignore but some of the 4k grading, Jackson has said recently, was to make the LOTR films look more like The Hobbit films, so that they look like they were all shot at the same time. I'm sorry, what!?

I'm so excited to see this. Bravo!

Other important thing to point out, the "theatrical grade" blu-ray isn't actually the colors seen in theaters. Even the theatrical Blu-Rays alter the original grading, just not quite as significantly as the Extended Blu-Rays. So the first DVDs and 4Ks, being partially scanned from the original negative in the latter instance, are ironically the closest to theatrically accurate colors.

THE REMASTERED 15 DISC BLU RAY EDITION FIXES THIS HOLY SHIT IVE BEEN WAITING YEARS FOR A HD ORIGINAL GRADING OF THESE MOVIES

Ahh, I love the Bilbo edit at the end 💙

ooh snaps I'm excited

That scene swap of The Hobbit Bilbo was a great touch

bravo! looks amazing!!!

Thank you for sharing!! I love films where there is as much natural light as possible, what is the point in color grading some of these scenes and giving it this blueish/greenish wash??

I would love to be able to pick and choose, scene by scene - maybe even shot by shot - my preferred color grading. Some scenes I prefer theatrical, others extended.

Any chance on an update to this video comparing the previous versions with the new 4k grade? It seems they did fix the blueish green tint from the extended blurays, but I'm not sure if they kept the improvements, such as the gandalf on orthanc sequence.

What’s your opinion on the colour grading of the 4K release? Seems to me like it reverted much of the greenish tint and now it’s looking much closer to the original release including great HDR/DV.

Curious to hear what you think about the new grade Jackson has done for the new release.

The Hartwell Grade is by far the superior of the two, sign me up! Just wish I could get it on disc....

Nicely done! I would really like to see the final project/job!

I wholeheartedly approve!

Now that the 4k editions have come out with new color grading, would you be making an updated version with that as the base?

I'll stick to my extended blu-ray's, it might not be perfect but neither is the 4K version, My setup consist of a 4K Mini LED TV that does HDR10 and Dolby Vision and a Oppo 4K player and a Pioneer Elite Blu-ray player which upscales better than my 4K player

Have you done this with either of the other two?

Please tell us you've applied this much love, care and dedication to the other 2 films?!

Any plans on grading the other two as well?

These are dope Chris - when you say Extended Ed Blu-rays, are you referring to the newest 4k edition release? Or the original Extended Edition release

Did this green tint happen to all blu ray extended versions? I just looked at my boxset version and don't notice the green tint at all. colours look great.

Thank you

Will you share your thoughts on the new 4k release? I'm hoping the green tint will be improved

I do not miss the theatrical grade at all. After I learned there was a difference, I rented the version with the theatrical grade because everyone talked about how much they hated how it changed in later versions, but honestly, the newer grade feels so much better to me. I love the tint and darkness of the newer versions. It adds a really appropriate mood to the story that I love. I think flatter, whiter grades are much more boring and a missed opportunity to add atmosphere.

I’m so glad someone noticed! The colour grading on the Netflix versions are absolutely awful too!

Chris, maybe it would have been best to wait for the upcoming UHD presentation and see it that will have a more pleasing colour grade?

Would love the link :)

Do you think they'll fix the color grade for the upcoming 4k release?

I'm really glad for you that you are up to 15.9k subscribers. I'm just kinda mad at the other 15.899k others for infringing on my territory. BACK THE HECK OFF, FOOLS! 😉

All three Lord of the rings films being released again with color corrections and bonus features and more on November 16th 2021!!

I don't mind the green in the Shire, but for the rest of the movie it just looks worse.

But its a night time shot in the moon light. It's supposed to look a little bit blue.

Now it’s fixed in the 4K

Wow this was amazing! How can we watch Hartwell version?

Okay I just gotta ask since we all know now that the 4K cuts are coming. Will you take your 1080p cuts of the Hobbit at LotR and do the same with the 4K release?

In the theatrical edition without color grading, it just looks like it was shot on an iPhone

But what about the extended DVD edition, do they also have the same colour grading as the BR?

Is this green tint only in first film or across all 3?

Hey Chris, i was wondering if your Extended cut of the Hobbit films are finished.? and yeah, editing around the Lord of the Rings would in truth feel kinda wrong.

how much green would you like? yes

is this colour grading only on the blu-rays or do the extended edition dvds have it as well?

woooow👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

do the other two need fixing as well?

Wow! Hartwell Grade is ridiculously better!!

That part at the end with the addition of Frodo from the horrific _Hobbit_ movies _was_ a joke... right? Please?

I just want a crisp extended blue ray version

The password was not working for me.

i love to see Martin Freeman in the lord of the rings! i hope i can se your edits!

Is the "extended grade" present on the DVD extended edition or only the new blu ray?

But if you're editing the films, why not put the Prologue at the beginning of the Hobbit where it really belongs?

I think I prefer the theatrical color grading over the extended one on almost every scene.

Mate, I need my hard drive space back! lol

I loathe regrading that they seem obsessed to do on so many movies these days. I have gone back to the theatrical bluray. Thank goodness the recent star wars 4k remasters have corrected the awful special editions blue/crimson dominance with the cold pink flesh tones, back to a much more natural palette. I just wish they would leave the movies alone and just do the best transfers they can.

So have you seen the 4K masters, color changes have been done there, so I think it looks better now, at least what I saw from some reviews. But the movie grain was removed by a filter which makes them look less sharp and removes the movie's atmosphere. Can you fix that?

No more weird tint in the 4K versions. The 4K Extended Editions is the only way to watch the trilogy.

I hope they fixed this in the UHD 4k re-release. Otherwise I'm not buying it.

When you separate skin tone from overall color of the scene it looks odd and fishy.

4k color grade woot

I sent an email request for your Hobbit extended editions

it’s a great improvement and done by peter Jackson and same that was done to the international cut of the shining and great upgrade and stunning in 4K love the great lord of the rings franchise movies

They rave about DOLBY VISION, BUT IT ORANGES THINGS UP

I would be upset if they replaced the scene where Bilbo finds the ring. I prefer the original version so much more because its creepy. It's dark, grey, Bilbo looks more how I imagined him in the book, and Gollum's screams sound more disturbing. Gollum in Fellowship I'd argue is creepier and less cute than his design in TwoTowers/ROTK/Hobbit. Just my opinion.

Can you do one with Blade runner and give the final cut the directors cut colors?

1:07 I like Gandalf's face being washed out though. It makes him feel powerless, which helps the scene.

Its great, but I just feel that the addition of the Hobbit part its too much.

HARDCORE

Loved what you did at the end. It’s more appropriate. Hope Peter Jackson would consider haha

Oh my gosh what have they done At least they made it easy to just chroma-key everything back to the original

Rally not a fan of these colours they are way over saturated in places !

Color grading in modern hollywood just straight up ruined cinema. Why they want to put an unnatural hue over every scene is beyond me

It is look like they just drop in hurry a green filter all over the film that it doesn't excuse the improvements made for a few scenes in the film and completely screw all the others. At least they didn't screw the other two extended editions films in such horrible way.

I couldn't even watch the extended version of fellowship, it is terrible

I'm glad they got Jackson's approval, but is it really necessary to do this, I'd rather they just leave it the way it was, you remember it a that way as well and you nostalgia is built on that look. I'm fine with a certain amount of remastering or cleaning up but things age and flaws show, it's fine let them. I prefer seeing older films that have scratches and film moving around over the static flat clean look of over doing it today.

Just watched the regraded "Fellowship of the Rings". I didn't watch every Scene but skipped throuh all chapters to get a general sense. I'm really impressed. Looks far better that the original Version. There is still one Problem but i think it's more a Problem with how the First movie was graded. It feels a little Bit inconsistent with skin tones. In some scenes they are orange, in others natural and in a few scenes quiet muted. And it has nothing to do with overall color vibes which are used to get a certain atmosphere. The Two Towers and Return of the King feel more consistent. Picture quality otherwise (sharpness and details) are top notch. Why can't we have a theatrical cut which looks as good ? The original bluray is a blurry DNR-mess

An absolute crime. All those were involved should be held accountable, including Peter!

You can adjust the color on your TV set duh