I haven't seen this yet. And, that being said, I love how they're doing this disc, and wish that more would be done this way. That is, with other discs for special features of course.

Also, thank god that the BD logo at the top is reduced. As much as I love Blu-Ray, I've always hated its insistence on peacocking that with it's packaging.

Avatar Proves One Thing 1 GREATEST Thing That If The Script Is C**p then 3D Visuals Won't Help I Truly Believe Avatar Is A C**p Compared To Cameron's Earlier Masterpieces Such As Aliens And T2 Judgement Day

I have a feeling FOX just wanted to get this out primarily for the rental market and for people who don't care about extras.  I will wait until a more complete edition comes out.

Typical Fox, going for 2,3,4 grabs of the money tree. I'll wait until the Special Limited Director's Cut 3D Edition comes out. Shame as I really enjoyed this, but don't want to buy 2 or 3 versions.

saydenie wrote: JosephNYC wrote: Not buying this. I think I'm the only person on the planet who didn't like this film. It was enjoyable, but not as great as some are making it out to be. Big disappointment for me.

If you read through these posts, it appears that alot of people didn't like it that much.  I personally thought it was okay, and pretty to look at, but I have not desire to buy it or watch it again.  I was so happy that The Hurt Locker won the Oscar instead.

No, all it shows is that the people who don't like Avatar are more compelled to share with us their negative comments. More so than the people who like the film are to say what it is they like about the film. I'm also sure that there are negative comments here from people who like the film but are responding to the bare-bones-ness of the DVD/BD release. This is giving the impression that 'a lot of people don't like Avatar'.

A lot of people do like Avatar. A lot of people who don't like Avatar like to tell us all about it so we're all good and clear about 'what they reckon'.

Some of us, choose not to live through our days with the victim mentality of thinking about all the ways in which the evil corporations (Fox in this case) are f**king us over. They are doing that but living under that cloud isn't where I personally want to be.

If you like Avatar, then buy it. Shop wisely. You'll still be getting the film to watch in exchange for your money. It's a monetary transaction, a business  and you are in fact getting something for you money. People react like they're handing money over and getting nothing in return. I don't mind paying £15 to own a film that a lot of people worked hard on for 3-4 years. As I've said before, as far as the BD is concerned, we are getting an additional DVD copy as well for the price. That in itself is useful to me and probably to a lot of other people.

If you don't like Avatar don't waste your time on this thread. Try to positive on a thread that interests you. There's loads of news items and threads on this site I don't have an interest in. Horror, Asian and Manga stuff leaves me cold. I do sometimes have a look at the articles but I would really worry if I spent any time deliberately writing negatively on something I was completely agnostic about.

I am the thread killer! Hear me shuffle and squeak.

I'm actually interested to see this 1.78 and in 2D as I wanted to see it 2D for the sake of comparison but never got the opportunity. Seeing it in 2D will I think focus attention on the film itself by losing the distraction of the 3D effect. I'm curious to see what's left after the extra dimension is stripped away.

There will be no 3D release untill 3D TVs release. No use converting it to Red/Blue 3D when the TVs are right around the corner.

Though as far as Avatar goes, it was alright, but Im in no hurry to buy it. The Hurt Locker may have not made as much as Avatar, but its definitely a more satisfying and realistic film.

Awesome movie!!! A old story retold, but they are always retold. A breathtaking beautiful film with a great message.

Many fans with they could live on Pandora and in many ways Pandora is America/Canada before the Europeans arrival. Modern civilization does have it's major flaws. We need to return to a simpler life. I too sometimes wish I lived in early America/Pandora as a hunter/gatherer competing with other tribes.

This movie deserved to win SFX at the Oscars. But The Hurt Locker definitely deserved that Oscar.

I will definitely be picking this up. Just breath taking.

prozacnation wrote: sad to see this but when it comes down to it i want the movie, i only watch the extras once, bought the 3 disc of 2012 and for what??  
i will get the movie in april  pass on november but might get the 3d next year when it comes out  i am just curious  how the single disc is suppose to be a super bit,  i thought that is why blu ray is?? and with all the space on the disc left, i am curious to find out how better they can make the movie on blu ray making it a super bit disc,  i still think that the studio heads are just saying that to make a excuse for a bare bones disc,
but to put out not one but three different releases in the next 2 years is just plain wrong,  specially in the economy the way it is, to take advantage of the customers like that, that bad boy  disc in april better come to be a damm steel book!!! at least and no price of 24 or 25 dollars barebones should be 19.99 for bluray

I have to agree that double dipping, or "triple dipping" seems like a slap-in-the-face to customers, but that's just how business is. Imagine if you created the most successful movie in your state/country and you could make millions of dollars off of it. You would, wouldn't you? I'm not pointing the finger at you specifically, because I'd do it too and pretty much everyone else will. Since Cameron knows he can make billions off this thing, he's taking advantage of it.

Although, I find it kind of pointless how the studio would release a 2-disc Blu-ray, and then a 3-D Blu-ray with the same extras? I know they're milking it, but at least some milking makes sense. This makes NONE.

Intergalactic Ponce wrote: "Thankyou for playing. Next contestant. How annoyed will you be on a scale of 1-10 when you find out that the aspect ratio on the Avatar DVD & BD is going to be 1.78? No conferring. Start the clock".

Where did you hear or read this? Only the IMAX 3-D was in 1:78. All others were in 2:35 according to IMDB. I would think it would be in 2:35.

JackJackMN wrote: Intergalactic Ponce wrote: "Thankyou for playing. Next contestant. How annoyed will you be on a scale of 1-10 when you find out that the aspect ratio on the Avatar DVD & BD is going to be 1.78? No conferring. Start the clock".

Where did you hear or read this? Only the IMAX 3-D was in 1:78. All others were in 2:35 according to IMDB. I would think it would be in 2:35.

I found this on Digital Bits after I posted the above:
Also today, we've checked with the studio and have learned that James Cameron's Avatar will be presented on Blu-ray in the 1.78:1 aspect ratio, with DTS-HD MA 5.1 audio. Run time is 162 minutes, which appears to be the theatrical cut. Now, before anyone gets their panties in a bunch that it's 1.78 and not 2.35... our information is that the 1.78 ratio is the preference of Cameron. In his mind, the IMAX presentation is the preferred theatrical ratio - not the 2.35 ratio seen in traditional theaters. By using 1.78, all of that original IMAX presentation image area can be presented. So essentially, you're not losing anything in the image by having it 1.78 vs. 2.35... you're actually gaining more image. So that's the deal.

I'll pick this up because I just got an HDTV in December and a Blu-ray player in January. No way am I replacing those for 3D by November.

I'm just glad it is coming out on Blu ray now instead next fall. I'l be more then happy to double dip for the 2-3 disc then.

Also, I love all the, I am waiting for the 3-D release next year. OK, so your going to buy a NEW 3-D LCD tv to watch that 3-D movie on that will cost probably $2,000 plus. I think there will be very few people upgrading to 3-D TV's this fall. If you think Blu ray is a niche market, 3-D TV's is going to even more of one. Also the the PS3 is the only Blu ray player announced, that I've heard that will have a 3-D downloadable upgrade.

YkymfMF,

You're right. I'm sorry. It just feels like it's been a while, (lol), and Sherlock Holmes is coming even sooner, but it's a much shorter movie. I guess I was just too impatient.

Sorry about that!

JosephNYC wrote: Not buying this. I think I'm the only person on the planet who didn't like this film. It was enjoyable, but not as great as some are making it out to be. Big disappointment for me.

it was nowhere even close to being as AWESOME and AMAZING as everyone was saying. i personally did like it but it was just good, thats it. the 3D was pointless and added nothing, it was like watching a moving Viewmaster.

but sadly there are always movies that "everyone" thinks is amazing and mind blowing and then you finally see it and realize they were wrong, lying, high or all three.

also i just realized the cover is like old art or something. other than being yellow, her eye looks like a normal human eye there. while in the movie they have these big, cat-like eyes that sorta go up.

interesting.

I LOVED the movie, I don't really care it's not in 3D, but lack of extras are a turn off. Not to mention the awful poster they used for the cover... still, its a crime not to get this in HD...

I'm hoping for a lenticular splip cover

It honestly kind of upsets me that they'll release the better version much later, af if we haven't been waiting enough. I'll probably buy the first version (probably cause I love the movie so much), and see what the 3-d one is like based on a review or something.

I actually enjoyed this. Do you really need a special TV and Bluray player to buy 3D Home Entertainment, cause I really don't need to waste $$$ just for this.

Also I wonder what are plans for Toy Story 3 if they will release just regular or 3D Bluray?

Confirmed that no extras will be included on either

The artwork sucks

I hope they use the French movie poster as the artwork for the special editions.


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This is absolute s**t. It isn't enough that throngs of people have put this film beyond any other, they can't give us a decent Blu-Ray release for this film? Instead, we get a single no frills disk and then the double dip in November. Supposedly they are going to use every single bit of the 50mb of space on the April 22nd Blu-Ray relase. I HIGHLY doubt that. So they expect we will buy that mess and turn around and buy it again in the same year? No thank you 20th Century Fox, you will only get my money once and it isn't going to be until November.

I dislike the trend of releasing a bare-bones version whilst telling us there'll be a Special Edition down the track. Why not wait just a little longer and release one definitive version and be done with it?

I find it extremely disappointing that Cameron used this movie to build the buzz for 3D and now he says it won't be out on 3D Blu-Ray until at least next year because Fox wants more 3D hardware penetration in the market first. Thanks a lot Jimbo.

So what, we're gonna see 3 separate Blu-Ray releases for Avatar? Great.

I'm sick of the excessive milking that goes on and the consumer being treated with such disrespect.

I'll watch it again even without the 3D.

The movie is a technical achievement in and of itself, but the plot was just highly derivative. The most overrated movie of the decade (in my opinion), with "The Fantastic Mr. Fox" trailing alongside it.

Really great film. I'll wait for the Nov/Dec release, not for the possibility of it in 3D but b/c I'd like to see the extras they'd add to it.

Enjoyed the movie. Special effects amazed me. HOWEVER, the story/plot was extremely unoriginal. It was almost an EXACT copy of Dances with Wolves.

I do not think there will be a 3D home release until at least 2011. It simply makes no sense to release it at the moment.

There will be a multi-disc feature rich version in November/December however. Extended cut is rumoured, but not definite (Cameron says they are thinking of doing an extended theatrical re-release... if that happens, then I would expect an extended cut on the Ultimate edition)

I'll hold off until the 3D versions come out. I just hope they can perfect the 3D DVD/Blu-Rays for this release. The Red/Blue glasses are never good enough!