Has Lord of The Rings ever aired on Irish Television?

flazio · 24-08-2010 10:42PM #1

I know Channel 4 has aired the trilogy at least 3 times since they got the rights, oddly enough though only on Channel 4, never on Film4,E4 or More4.
Has any Irish station ever aired what is one of the biggest movie events of the noughties. And if not, Why not?

Dman001 · 24-08-2010 11:43PM

I believe TV3 has showed it in the past, although I could be mistaken.

humanji · 25-08-2010 12:00AM

I don't think they did. Isn't it due to air soon? I thought I saw it on the RTE autumn listings ads.

Dman001 · 25-08-2010 12:05AM

humanji wrote: »

I don't think they did. Isn't it due to air soon? I thought I saw it on the RTE autumn listings ads.

Really how odd? Anyone know why it took this long, it must have something to do with the rights?

Richard Dower · 25-08-2010 01:12AM

Never seen it on RTE, but as stated C4 have done all three movies....the add breaks kill it though.

Borneo Fnctn · 25-08-2010 02:58AM

They'll probably fucking show all 3 at christmas time. Shite films.

Richard Dower · 25-08-2010 03:06AM

^ you sir, are off yer rocker!

(ps. - how are you able to swear?....i thought **** was censored?)

Brendog · 25-08-2010 03:12AM

RTE, RTE2, TV3, 3E have all shown the three lord of the rings films.

they are always on at christmas...

BigBenRoeth · 25-08-2010 04:01AM

I dont think theyve been on either of the rte twins

DOC09UNAM · 25-08-2010 04:04AM

Richard Dower wrote: »

^ you sir, are off yer rocker!

(ps. - how are you able to swear?....i thought **** was censored?)

Seven years you have been here and don't know how to bypass the fúckin filter?

Shítecrack :P

Numerous ways to do it really, i find the easiest to be the altgr and any vowel to be the easiest.

Elmo · 25-08-2010 12:06PM

Brendog wrote: »

RTE, RTE2, TV3, 3E have all shown the three lord of the rings films.

they are always on at christmas...

I don't think they have been on either of the TV3 twins either.

Perhaps Channel 4 bought the Irish rights as well.

Minstrel27 · 25-08-2010 12:20PM

Richard Dower wrote: »

(ps. - how are you able to swear?....i thought **** was censored?)

You are not cool enough to swear on boards.ie.

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar · 25-08-2010 02:30PM

the films are fairly crap though
fellowship was quite good, but they just got boring as sin after that

monkeypants · 25-08-2010 02:33PM

Easily summarised as "Walking up hills and crying." Why Galdalf didn't just fly over the volcano on one of the eagles and drop the ring in is beyond me.

DOC09UNAM · 25-08-2010 02:57PM

NSFW

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b0sc-gS9AqM

Perfectly describes the lord of the rings.

Dman001 · 25-08-2010 03:24PM

Brendog wrote: »

RTE, RTE2, TV3, 3E have all shown the three lord of the rings films.

they are always on at christmas...

I know for a fact 3e haven't shown it. They never show any recent, half decent films.

irishh_bob · 25-08-2010 10:58PM

chanell 4 obviously have exclusive rights , btw , has anyone ever noticed that no chanell ever shows disney movies , i.e , the lion king , aladin or even beauty and the best , not that im itching to see singing tea pots or wisecracking genies but i find it curios that disney have such a grip on their movies

irishh_bob · 25-08-2010 11:00PM

Brendog wrote: »

RTE, RTE2, TV3, 3E have all shown the three lord of the rings films.

they are always on at christmas...

incorrect on every count , not only is chanell 4 the only chanell to have ever shown any of the three movies , they have never screened them at christmas

filmfan · 25-08-2010 11:02PM

irishh_bob wrote: »

chanell 4 obviously have exclusive rights , btw , has anyone ever noticed that no chanell ever shows disney movies , i.e , the lion king , aladin or even beauty and the best , not that im itching to see singing tea pots or wisecracking genies but i find it curios that disney have such a grip on their movies

That's a good point, I love Disney movies it's a shame! I thought that RTE screened LOTR at Christmas but it must have been Ch4, I like watching the extended versions myself:)

Dman001 · 26-08-2010 12:36AM

irishh_bob wrote: »

chanell 4 obviously have exclusive rights , btw , has anyone ever noticed that no chanell ever shows disney movies , i.e , the lion king , aladin or even beauty and the best , not that im itching to see singing tea pots or wisecracking genies but i find it curios that disney have such a grip on their movies

I believe some Disney films aren't shown on TV due to the "Disney Vault". Some films are released on DVD for a limited period, then they are placed in the Vault and are not released again for another few years. This may affect TV rights too.

amacachi · 26-08-2010 12:42AM

Why would anyone want RTE to spend money on the rights and then broadcast it in SD, with a slow framerate, ruined with ads and possibly wrong aspect ratio leading to cropping?

26-08-2010 01:31AM

irishh_bob wrote: »

chanell 4 obviously have exclusive rights , btw , has anyone ever noticed that no chanell ever shows disney movies , i.e , the lion king , aladin or even beauty and the best , not that im itching to see singing tea pots or wisecracking genies but i find it curios that disney have such a grip on their movies

That's not true, both Oliver and Company and the Fox and the Hound were on RTE last week and Robin Hood was on the week beforehand.

Dman001 · 26-08-2010 01:33AM

Deleted User wrote: »

That's not true, both Oliver and Company and the Fox and the Hound were on RTE last week and Robin Hood was on the week beforehand.

According to Wiki, they aren't part of the Disney Vault films

26-08-2010 01:46AM

Dman001 wrote: »

According to Wiki, they aren't part of the Disney Vault films

I've seen many of the vault films on tv also, I have both Beauty and the Beast and Aladdin on my old dvd recorder hard drive.

Elmo · 26-08-2010 01:24PM

amacachi wrote: »

Why would anyone want RTE to spend money on the rights and then broadcast it in SD, with a slow framerate, ruined with ads and possibly wrong aspect ratio leading to cropping?

Lord of the Rings TV rights would have been before HD TV availability ????

irishh_bob · 26-08-2010 01:58PM

Deleted User wrote: »

That's not true, both Oliver and Company and the Fox and the Hound were on RTE last week and Robin Hood was on the week beforehand.

im talking about blockbuster disney movies from the early nineties , not minor successes

thenakedanddead · 26-08-2010 04:19PM

DOC09UNAM wrote: »

Seven years you have been here and don't know how to bypass the fúckin filter?

Shítecrack :P

Numerous ways to do it really, i find the easiest to be the altgr and any vowel to be the easiest.

I'll remember that advise in the future

RolandIRL · 26-08-2010 04:24PM

Borneo Fnctn wrote: »

They'll probably fucking show all 3 at christmas time. Shite films.

Richard Dower wrote: »

^ you sir, are off yer rocker!

(ps. - how are you able to swear?....i thought **** was censored?)

DOC09UNAM wrote: »

Seven years you have been here and don't know how to bypass the fúckin filter?

Shítecrack :P

Numerous ways to do it really, i find the easiest to be the altgr and any vowel to be the easiest.

yes but the person richard was asking didn't do the fada, italics, or bold. see the first quote

.SONIC. · 26-08-2010 04:48PM

Pretty sure tv3 have shown them, not sure about the rte's

Agricola · 26-08-2010 10:25PM

Pfft, RTE.

Watching these films in the wrong aspect ratio, in SD, and with ads every ten minutes should be against the law.

Extended edition Blurays, a 40" 1080p LCD, a dark room and some beer. That is all.

Tails142 · 26-08-2010 10:44PM

pretty sure I've seen the fellowship on tv

p.s. fuck the filter

Has Lord of The Rings ever aired on Irish Television?

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