No surprise really that the Earth Day DVD release for Avatar isn’t the only one that’s planned, especially considering that A) that release will be bare bones, B) that the film is reportedly getting a re-release with extra footage this summer and C) DVD double dips are all but mandatory these days. Recently, James Cameron revealed some of the goodies he’s planning for the “real” release for the film, which will be sometime in the fall. Among them:
– Cameron said the
boxed set will include innovations in the way it presents some of
the material that was cut during editing — not to mention the
typical extras like making-of and behind-the-scenes pieces that
show how the biggest blockbuster of all time was put
together. “You’ll be going on a journey into a whole different version,”
Cameron said Tuesday during a media junket tied to the April 22
release.
– Cameron said
the Blu-ray set has allowed him to create a “branching
experience” that will offer viewers the original version; one with
six minutes of finished footage added; or a much longer version,
with some of the new scenes not fully realized but
understandable.
– “And you’re also going to be able to look at a scene and see the
same scene with just the reference camera for the capture. Every
scene may be what you saw in the final film, but it’s just people
in black leotards.”
– He said there will be picture-in-picture technology that will allow
the viewer to see, among other things, actress Zoe Saldana on the
stage and her character in the movie as realized through CGI and
animation. “That’s when you really get what the process is,”
Cameron said, “because you can talk about it for hours, or you can
watch one scene in a picture-in-picture display and you will get
it.”
– Those who buy the Blu-ray disc will get a code that will allow them
to register online and gain exclusive access to bonus materials,
special content and more. Those who register also will be able to adopt one of a million
trees being planted as part of the Earth Day promotion.
– Finally, Cameron said a 3D version of the DVD might follow next year,
depending on how the market for those TV sets develops.
There’s more, but I was already hooked with that whole tree thing.
Plant a new Home Tree on Pandora for Earth Day on the message boards.
14 comments
Nobody gives a fuck about this boring shitfest.
I love when a movie is the most successful of all time, has made well over 2.6 BILLION dollars, and some dumb shitwad says no one gives a fuck about it! Like all those views were people who couldn't get into sold out screenings of The Blind Side.
Devin, stop posting on the comments under different nicknames… fagatar… pffft
i wish i could say, i would be shocked by someone being excited by the overwhelming amount of dull faggotry, i just mindlessly read.
The Baio makes a point; stupid fucking morons everywhere give a fuck about this, while I do not.
Whats more exciting than watching a 3 hour cartoon chock full of ThnderSmurfs? Watching 3 hours of actors in black leotards PRETENDING to be ThunderSmurfs in front of a green screen!!! Also,if you dont buy this DVD,the studio will KILL a tree in your name on Earth Day!! And it'll be one of the good ones too,like one of those South American trees than can cure cancer and shit!!!!
Scenes that are not fully realized but understandable? Why fucking bother? Either finish them, process and polish them so they fit in with the rest of the movie, or just fuck the hell off with that shit. Christ, can you imagine the extended editions of The Lord of the Rings where Peter Jackson didn't bother actually "realizing" the additional footage and the movie just cut to storyboards with some asswipe narrating the action and dialogue that would have taken place if anyone had given a shit enough to actually film, edit, process, and score the footage? Cameron is the most overrated, self-important douche in Hollywood.
I know I didn't dislike the film but everytime I see that damn yellow-eyed blue face I sigh that THIS is the film that has made SOOO much dosh. If I was 13yrs old I MIGHT have bought this on DVD/Blu-Ray but as I'm not I'll be purchasing the superior DITRICT 9 instead.
My son has done The Avatar course and he absolutely loved it , taking him through the course was the most amazing week that we have had together. My wife and I are Avatar Masters and Wizards and we love our kids more than anything but we were out of alignment with each other, not really connected and having lots of frustration and arguments that was having a very undesirable effect on our children.
Waiting to see how the 3D TV market turns out? I thought Cameron was an innovator. Why wouldn't he do a 3D release to help the market along? Oh, that's right, because the 3D thing was just a marketing ploy to get people into theaters and push back the inevitability of same day theater/home releases. Something that would actually make sense.
Who would want a same day theater/home release? Seems like some of you people are afraid of going out to the real world. Go to the movies, have a drink, spot some chicks! Geez.
I don't know. Maybe people who have kids, people who don't live near a good theater (they're not all created equal, you know), people who want a nice evening without having to deal with obnoxious 14 year olds or assholes who bring babies to theaters. Or maybe people who spent $3000 on a fucking 3D tv and want to get their money's worth.
So if I buy this, I can register, and be able to adopt a tree? Guess I'll add it to the current stack of bills including house payments, insurance, mortgage, student loans, kid's braces and all the other shit. Tell you what, you guys made billions of dollars off a film with environmental undertones, you pay for the fucking tree.
i LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE Avatar soooooooooooooooooooooooo much but i sont have it and i hat the movei for one reason and thats because its not real!!!
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