This Tweet showed up today and I was thrilled to see it (Amazon, why didn’t you alert me as promised that The Hobbit was now available for pre-order? As dedicated a customer as I am, I feel a bit disappointed. But Ali at Richard Armitage Net didn’t let me down!)
“Links to the Hobbit DVD from Amazon.com here bit.ly/Va0OSC released March 19 #richardarmitage
— RichardArmitageNet (@RAnetdotcom) February 27, 2013“
Of course, if you order through the link provided by Ali, a portion of your purchase will go to Richard’s designated charities.
Yeah, I know a lot of people are waiting until October to get the extended edition, but as someone who has only seen Thorin once on the big screen, I am shelling out the bucks now so I can enjoy him six months sooner, in Blu-ray, on the flat screen. Pause. Rewind. Slo-mo . . . Pause. No distractions from 3D or 48 FPS.
Really soak up every moment of Richard being majestic, brooding, fierce, bad-ass and beautiful onscreen.
Besides, I saved so much money by missing those extra trips to the theatre, I’m coming out ahead even if I do break down and buy the extended version, too–right?
Oh, humor me.
I want to see some serious hair acting! (courtesy of RA Net, my editing)
Yeah, I am envious of the camera. *sigh* Oh, the INTENSITY. (courtesy of RANet)
courtesy of Graham McTavish via Twitter
I just can’t wait.
Just preordered mine.my DiL found the pack with the 3D Thorin Oakenshield picture! Yes!
You absolutely should buy it now. I’m sooo preordering it and will still buy extended addition in October.
Here are my excuses for buying it twice:
1. it’s for charity right? (come on, we need to find excuses where we can!)
2. I’ve seen it 4 times at the cinema so can’t use your excuse there but I figure the many, many (many) hours I will spend watching it between now and October will save money as I won’t be going out spending money on other things.
3. March – October are our autumn/winter months and I really want to cuddle up by the fire with Thorin! ( pause, rewind, pause, *sigh*, rewind…)
4. My final excuse? It’s THORIN! How can I not have it now?!
Bechep, you’ve convinced me, my darling!! 😀
Hooray! 😀 Thorin Thursdays may have to be taken to the next level and become a weekly viewing of The Hobbit (selected parts) in my house once I get my hands on that DVD!
Thorin Thursdays–private viewings over and over and over . . . LOL
I had pre-ordered the Blu-ray edition from the UK store, then discovered I’ll possibly get it delivered from Amazon US a week earlier, so cancelled the first and pre-ordered again with the latter. Every single extra day that I have Thorin counts! Like Bechep, I look forward to snuggling up with him through the colder months. Pause, rewind, slo-mo, pause, rewind…being able to watch on my own and make as much noise as I like…aaahh, heaven!!! 😀
Mezz, will the Blu-ray from the US also play on your system? I know I ordered the Strike Back Blu-ray from Amazon UK and it would not work in our BR player. So I had to get the DVD version. I wasn’t thinking about the fact all Blu-ray players weren’t compatible.
I wondered about that too, but IIRC the description said that it was region free.
Maybe they’ve changed the format a bit, then. I just know the SB Blu-ray would not work on our PSP/Blu-ray player here. Hope it does work just fine for you!