I like to have my mind blown. When I saw Cave of Forgotten Dreams in theatres a while back my mind got severely blown. Werner Herzog’s 3-D journey into the Chauvet cave documents some of the most amazing art on the planet. It left me speechless. 30, 000 year old cave art rendered in amazing 3-D amplifying all the contours of the caves took my breath away. I would have been amazed had contemporary artists crafted such masterpieces. Needless to say, I was excited about the Blu-ray release. …Continued…
What a week! If not for the lack of 3D version of Avatar, I think we could officially claim this as the most massive outing for the new three-dimensional format do date. Even still, with eight films new on 3D Blu, James Cameron’s Pandoran epic, with its multiple cuts, bevy of extras and near perfect presentation, still reigns supreme. …Continued…
Yeah, I know you’ve all heard about this Avatar Extended Collector’s Edition Blu-ray by now – the one we all predicted earlier in the year, when the initial release of the film on Blu-ray turned up to be a tad light on the special features – but this wouldn’t be a proper Blu-ray Blog without giving you a run-down of all the details of the 3-disc set, due to hit shops on November 17th, now would it? …Continued…
Remember how I had trouble getting inspired to pick up one of last weeks new Blu-ray releases? Well, let me tell you, that’s so far from being an issue this week. There’s actually just way, way too many quality discs coming out over the next few days, from a couple of new Criterion releases, an Oscar winner and the biggest box office blockbuster of 2009. This is a going to hurt my wallet something fierce. …Continued…
I’ve got to admit, this trailer for Fox’s upcoming Avatar Blu-ray makes the release look pretty tasty. Is it just me or have they bumped up the saturation here? It’s all a lot more vivid and … blue than I recall it looking in the cinema. Perhaps the Imax 3D glasses I was wearing dulled the image down sufficiently to sap some of the blue from the alien skin. Anyway, I’m now sold on this Avatar Blu-ray. Even though this edition will only be in 2D I have a feeling these visuals are going to be pretty spectacular on Blu-ray. We only have to wait until Earth Day, April 22nd to find out for sure. …Continued…
Well, now look at that. It’s official. Fox has finally admitted it. Avatar is being released on Blu-ray and DVD on Earth Day, April 22nd, just like director James Cameron said it would. Just like every media outlet under the sun was reporting. Sigh…I hate these PR games. Why can’t we all just get along? …Continued…
All right. I guess I’ve been avoiding a couple of things on the blog lately. Specifically, I haven’t posted any of the multitude of rumours about James Cameron’s epic hit film, Avatar coming to Blu-ray. And I’ve also been avoiding the whole 3D thing. While the two topics seem to be intrinsically attached, I’m going to try to focus on Avatar alone today. I’ve got so much to say about this whole 3D-in-the-home business that I think it warrants its own article. …Continued…
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Who doesn’t love a giant IMAX film? One of the thrills of hitting up a museum or science centre is often getting the opportunity to chill out, after a day of exploring old bones and ancient pottery, by relaxing into a soft IMAX theatre chair and enjoying a big-screen science-related documentary. Dinosaurs Alive!, one such film, is now on Blu-ray disc and, while heavier on the paleontology than CGI thunder-lizards, will most likely not disappoint the young dino-enthusiast in the family. …Continued…
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. …Continued…