Fox Home Entertainment just officially announced the April 22nd release of Avatar on DVD and Blu-ray. It’s a date that we’ve known for a while, but something no one considered was that it’s actually releasing on a Thursday. The reason for this? April 22nd is Earth Day. Commence eye-rolling, as I’m sure the film was carbon neutral and made with the Earth’s best interests. Cameron will be announcing some sort of environmental campaign with producer Jon Landau at a press conference on March 23rd.
One questionable decision for this release? Both the dvd and blu-ray are utterly devoid of features- including trailers and animated menus- so that they can fill the disc with a better audio/video 2D presentation.
It’ll certainly be a pretty blu, one to show off your system, but this is just the start. At the press conference on the 23rd the director and producer will talk about the next release of the film, an “ultimate” edition that’s planned for a November release, and could potentially contain the additional content that will appear in the upcoming theatrical re-release of the film.
Another interesting thing is that neither of these releases will be in ALIEN-BANGING 3D. No, that will presumably be saved up for yet another release of the film on home video.
What do you guys think? Will you splurge on this one, or just hold off till the best release hits?
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At least they are concerned about the earth but not about raping the pocketbooks of dweebs everywhere. Also this movie isn't going to play well at all on the small screen.
Hm. If they're being sincere about getting max picture quality out of the Blu-Ray, I'm actually impressed with the bare-bones release. But I'm more inclined to believe they just want to double, triple and quadruple-dip the public to death on releases of this. Yeah, I know – a movie studio raping and pillaging the buying public. Unprecedented.
If you don't want to buy it, then don't. It's funny how you guys complain about the home video industry stealing your money. Are you so willing to admit you're brainless morons who can be convinced to do anything?
"What!?! That's not the product I want! I have to wait to November!?!" Do you know how long we had to wait for Star Wars on home video!?! Kids, today, I tell ya'.
When I saw the clips in HD during the Oscars, I have to admit it looked better than I thought it would. Oddily it seemed like a cleaner and crisper picture than what was in the theater(which was already pretty impressive). I might wait for the Special Edition, but I have a feeling this will look better than you would initially think.
I have no problem with double-dips as long as the studio and filmmakers let fans know they're coming. We know there's going to be some super-duper editions of Avatar, so this is not a big deal. And anyway, a lot people probably just want the movie itself and aren't particularly concerned with making-of featurettes, documentaries, etc. This is an easy call. If you want the super deluxe treatment, it won't hurt to wait.
If only they could have a second disc to put the special features on! Then they wouldn't have to compromise on the film's quality. Oh well.
I'm actually more interested in watching the "Making of" videos than I am in watching the film itself, so this news disappoints me greatly. But I agree that Fox deserves kudos for talking about the November release to let people make an informed choice.
If the Ultimate Edition has both cuts, I'll wait.
When does the 3d version come out for home?? (Capcha attempt #3)
Doesn't matter none. I have no intentions of owning this anyhoo. It was a good watch-once movie on the big screen in 3D. I don't owe Cameron anything in repeat viewings anyways, I've seen ALIENS more times than Hudson says 'fuck' in the same movie.
I'll wait for the ultimate edition myself. I may have disliked the movie, but I can't imagine many NOT wanting to see the 'making-of's.
People are still talking about this piece of shit?
Hello rental.
To support Earth Day and to help the environment I'm going to purchase a high priced luxury item that is produced with environmentally unfriendly petroleum, and that I will soon have to needlessly replace with another luxury item also made from petroleum. Nothing says DOWN WITH CONSUMERISM AND DAMAGING WASTEFUL HABITS like greedy corporate double dipping the push to sell unnecessary hard copies to keep the third world factories ticking over.
Nice fail Cameron.
So, a completely bare-bones release, with nothing extra added of any value. And yet the price will remain the same as any other BD. Netflix, here I come!
@3 – The only thing I'm willing to admit today is that you're a kool-aid drinking craptwat.
The movie's only true appeal was as a 3d spectacle on the big Imax screen. For 2d home viewing, one would think it's gaping absurdities, plot contrivances, and insipid storytelling would be more evident.
This write-up seemed pretty balanced and coherent. It took me a moment to realize it was Alex, rather than Devin, who wrote it. That explains it.
The irony could be that they'll sell a lot of copies (rental or otherwise) that no one will want come November…and they'll all end up in the landfill.
Simple solution: download the BR rip torrent in late April, purchase the UE in November. Done and done.
The movie studio's would never purposfully take advantage of consumers, and on a side note, Jake Sully is the best character ever conceived for film or otherwise.
Which version is Devin gonna get? *Tee hee*
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