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Monsters vs. Aliens Blu-ray Details and Package Art

By brenden ⋅ July 10, 2009 ⋅  Email This Post ⋅  Print This Post ⋅ Post a comment

So much stuff to get to today! I’m gonna keep my blethering short and sweet in an effort to get as much news out to you as possible.

And top of the list today, is some animation news. Paramount and Dreamworks have previously announced the release date of Monsters vs. Aliens but now they’ve given us the full details for the Blu-ray disc. The really interesting thing about this release is the lack of 3-D on the feature.

Much has been made of the theatrical 3-D experience lately, with almost every new animated feature turning up in the format on the big screen. In the cinema, we get to experience the film through polarized lenses, colours staying true and image fidelity relatively uncompromised. The best we can do at home at the moment is the old school, blue/green lens anaglyph 3-D format, which changes colours and generally looks a bit shifty on screen at the best of times. While Monsters vs. Aliens was released in 3-D in the theatres, Paramount/Dreamworks have decided to hold off downgrading the film’s image for the Blu-ray release. Instead, issuing only the 2-D version, and keeping the 3-D version on the drawing board, ready to rerelease when the Blu-ray consortium has ratified and standardized a method to bring the experience home.

For those a little peeved that they’re missing out on an opportunity to wear their anaglyph glasses, the studios offer up a little taste of 3-D in the new short film, B.O.B.’s Big Break.

MONSTERS VS. ALIENS

(September 29, 2009)
Video: 1080p AVC
Audio: 5.1 Dolby TrueHD

Special Features:

• B.O.B.’S BIG BREAK in Monster 3D & 2D
• Paddle Ball Game in Monster 3D
• Modern Monster Movie Making
• Three Never-Before-Seen Deleted Scenes

◦ Monger’s Plan
◦ War Room Turns on Monsters
◦ If You Don’t Know

• DWA Music Video Juke Box
• Filmmaker Commentary
• The Tech of MONSTERS VS. ALIENS
• Top Secret Sneak Peek Files

◦ How To Train Your Dragon (HD)
◦ Shrek The Musical (HD)
◦ Kung Fu Panda World (HD)
◦ The Penguins of Madagascar (HD)
◦ Shrek The Halls (HD)
◦ Secrets of the Furious Five
◦ MONSTERS VS. ALIENS Activision Game trailer

• Karaoke Music Party with:

◦ “More Than A Woman” with B.O.B.
◦ “Born To Be Wild” with Dr. Cockroach & Missing Link
◦ “I Will Survive” with Ginormica

• Exclusive Blu-ray Extras

◦ Animators’ Corner - Picture-In-Picture
◦ Trivia Track

Tags: 3-D, 3D, Animation, Anime, Dreamworks, Monsters vs. Aliens, Paramount