Marketing wizards often dump standard DVDs on the public with their initial release. The DVDs will be packaged with scene selection and a couple of trailers and few to no extra features. The initial release of "Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring," subscribes to no such mantra.

The first disc of the two-disc set features the 178-minute feature-length "Lord of the Rings" in widescreen. The transfer uses Dolby Digital surround for maximum quality, the visuals are seamlessly integrated to digital with Peter Jackson's epic.

Jackson took the opportunity to revisit the film and remove an error from the theatrical release. In one of the film's early sequences, Sam and Frodo are navigating a farmer's field and in the background the slight trace of dust from a car was visible. On the DVD that trace of dust and automobile have been removed. No doubt Jackson took the opportunity to make any other minor tweaks to the theatrical release as he saw fit.

The second disc of the set is chock full of special features. There are three in-depth looks at "Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring," unfortunately, the content on these three features gets a little repetitive, and some of the voice over work is a little cheesy.

The disc also contains 15 featurettes ranging in topics from "Finding Hobbiton," to features on specific actors in the film. The best featurette of the lot is undoubtedly the "Two Wizards" short. It contains some of the only commentary from the legendary Christopher Lee on the DVD. His appearance is comical and painfully short. The "Two Wizards" feature also includes commentary from Academy Award Nominee Ian McKellen.

Of the disc two features, the best is without a doubt, the mouth watering glimpse at "Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers," due in theaters December 18th. The 10-minute glimpse begins with a series of shots from "The Two Towers" and will whet DVD owners appetites for the upcoming film. In the glimpse Peter Jackson takes viewers on a brief tour of the film, showing how the production team created the creature Gollum.

Nearly as cool as the "Two Towers" foreshadowing is the inside look at the Platinum edition four disc set. The inside look begins with a series of shots from deleted scenes that will be included on the extended version of the film included in the Platinum edition release.

Interestingly, New Line's initial release of "Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring" is the only DVD planned for the film that will carry the film's theatrical release. The four-disc platinum edition due Nov. 12 will not contain the theatrical version of the film. Instead, two of the set's four discs will be devoted to a director's cut of the film, rumored to feature an additional 30 minutes of unseen footage and four different audio commentary tracks from the director and writers, the design team, production team and the cast of the epic fantasy film.

Other special features include: A brief look at the upcoming EA video game for "The Two Towers," Enya's music video for "May it Be," (from the soundtrack) and theatrical trailers and TV spots for "Fellowship."