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Avatar (DVD + Blu-ray) [2017]

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The big companies and their associated Private Military Corporations have decided to rape Pandora for all its worth, and with their lacklustre outreach program failing to negotiation a peaceful resolution with the locals, a more violent approach is set upon. Still, the distinct lack of extras, and the 2D limitations, together with numerous press releases from Cameron himself, led me to believe that this was double, probably triple-dip territory, and that not only were we likely to get an eventual 3D release, but also a 2D special edition, and then, possibly a 3D special edition some way further down the line to tie in with the inevitable sequels. Unfortunately, this only made me even more disappointed that he chose to anchor all this work around such a derivative and simplistic story. Every idea, every character and story arc, has been ripped from another movie – hell from half a dozen other movies, most of them much better. La imagen se ve fabulosa y es una buena mejora desde el blu-ray convencional, ganando enteros en nitidez, brillo y saturación del color.

When all is said and done, there is nothing here to justify the double-dip of this title – the original Theatrical Cut is easily the best cut, the marginally longer Special Edition marking the next best version (it does not have the distracting Earth opening) and the Collector’s Edition is just too much.You may even see deceased actors brought back to life on the big screen, with the permission of their estates. Most of these are very short and insubstantial extensions to existing scenes, and would not have improved the movie any. However, Cameron thankfully mixes in a whole host of other vibrant colors here, many you'll rarely see in other movies. If you have the stamina, do yourselves a favour and wait a while; first build up your 3D equipment slowly, then pick up the imminent 3D cut and see this movie the way that it was made to be seen. Most of the rest of the additions come in the form of added story arcs, rather than stand-alone scenes.

Additionally, it looks like this release comes with a digital copy and packaging features a slipcover. Once again, the director has opted to present the picture in an open-matte 16:9 framing, which I still think looks awkward and unbalanced. This realization caused a minor freakout in some internet quarters, among people who assume that bit rate is the only factor important to determining video quality.Sigourney Weaver gets a few more lines, and we do get some more Na’vi sequences, complete with subtitles, but these are generally fairly poor animatics, sometimes with inset shots of the corresponding actor’s motion capture footage.

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