I don't think the desire of fans was ever to have the longer cut instead of the shorter one, the idea was to have BOTH versions available, like the Legend release. I highly doubt this will be the last release of this film with two more Lord of the Rings titles due in the next few years. I...
With the rumours recently that an SE was planned, it is dissapointing that no extra effort for supplements or the extended cut are being made. I'll probably pass on this for now, since I suspect this is another attempt at double dipping. I agree that an anamorphic transfer in the correct aspect...
While it does look like we're getting an anamorphic 2.35:1 transfer of the 99 minute cut, there are no other special features listed, and the $19.99 price point looks like a bare bones effort. 9/24 street date.