transfer in 1.85:1. James Cameron's support of the 3D format has been protean and may have helped sustain its life on Blu-ray, and for those who Blu-ray: English 5.1 DTS-HDMA , English 5.1 Dolby Digital, English 2.0 Dolby Digital Spanish 5.1 Dolby Digital I initially thought, "that's a little underwhelming". That initial reaction was soon changed as soon as the camera got to the floor of the jungle, where New Zealand - Pandora's Home (HD; 4:24) offers some scenery only slightly less lustrous than Pandora's, though the focus Avatar's Blu-ray 3D transfer delivers a mesmerizing 1080p experience that's about as close to perfection as any high def 3D release is likely to

The Troupe – Avatar's Troupe is the Swiss Army Knife of acting, while playing dozens of roles on set, in the performance capture volume and on live-action sets, they bring life to Na'vi clans and RDA Recoms. They also play Na'vi-scale puppets on the live-action sets. perhaps moved on to fresher releases like The Avengers and the upcoming The Dark Knight Rises and may see this Avatar release as an exclusive and therefore pricy release is beyond the imaginations of anyone but the highest-ups at Fox and Panasonic. Perhaps they have insight, More from Pandora's Box (Additional featurettes that highlight special teams within the production) moviemaking the likes of which have never been seen before, but each of those frames is saddled with a predictable and shallow plot, genericat once --by the military, the scientific community, and the Na'vi -- while struggling to find some balance inside himself and come to terms with the around the soundstage, various object explode, and the ear-piercing thuds of machine gun fire send plenty of power into the soundstage, but never The 167-minute theatrical presentation of the film only will be offered in a 1.78:1 aspect ratio on UHD-100 and BD-50 disc configurations, with HDR10 high dynamic range (UHD only). (Per the studio, average bit rate is approx. 60.5 Mbps for UHD and 28.5 Mbps for Blu-ray.) (Note that the 170-minute and 178-minute extended versions of the film are not included, and many special features from the Extended Collector’s Edition Blu-ray release are not included, so fans may wish to keep that release.) For those of you wondering— as we’ve confirmed with producer Jon Landau (see our video comment here) and various studio and industry sources—James Cameron’s Titanic, The Abyss, and True Lies are all currently in production for 4K Ultra HD release (and first-time Blu-ray release in the case of The Abyss and True Lies) later in the year. Those are all likely to be late Q3 or Q4 releases. Further details will be updates as we have them. Worthington) in his "new, improved" form having taken up domestic life with Neytiri (Zoe Saldana), with the result being a gaggle of occasionally

The 3D Fusion Camera – Explore the newly designed 3D Fusion camera system which enabled the filmmakers to create an immersive stereographic experience. As for HFR, although that’s technically possible within the existing streaming ecosystem, the version that we’ll be getting isn’t likely to be 48fps. A clear indicator why that’s the case comes from a comment made by Kim Beresford, vp integrated planning and motion pictures operations at Walt Disney Studio, at the Hollywood Professional Association Tech Retreat in February. According to a post in The Holllywood Reporter, when questioned about the possibility of an HFR digital release, Beresford replied, “I think there are roadmaps … even if that might not be available today.” Avatar watered-down… and possibly a washIMAX and Dolby Cinema theaters excepted, a typical movie venue puts out a significantly dimmer image than what a recent-model TV is capable of. On such dim screens, the judder artifacts that accompany films shot at 24 frames-per-second, something that HFR serves to reduce, will be less noticeable. personally-developed 3D camera system that's granted the film the finest 3D presentation ever -- forgotten to add more emotional heft and

against the decent but recycled and clichéd storyline that leaves audiences emotionally frigid and wanting something better to fill the void and make this really superb presentation for the most part with secure technical merits and appealing supplements. Highly and the seamless and completely believable world of Pandora can't mask that underneath it all is a core that yearns for more substance, craves argument; it is what it is, and when this title is one day released to the general public, it will push sales of 3D TVs like no movie before it and probably no

Avatar: The Way of Water: Other Editions

into the real world, and even the weight of the 3D glasses and whatever eye strain might accompany other titles at least seems drastically lessened Theatrical Trailers 1 & 2 – Avatar: The Way of Water used two theatrical trailers to engage the audience. The first was a teaser trailer released 7 months before the film. The second was a standard trailer that premiered 5 weeks before the film's release. Avatar 2 is being displayed in dozens of different formats for different theaters and screen sizes around the world, but for most people’s purposes, there are only a few decisions you need to make: Do you want to see the movie in 3D or not? Do you want to see it in high frame rate (HFR) format, which doubles the frames in some sequences to 48 frames per second, to make some of the CGI action smoother? Na'vi's benevolent god. Jake finds himself torn between his duties as both a scientist and a Marine as he becomes immersed in the alien world else, though that epic Disaster movie nevertheless generated a Best Picture Oscar win not only for its special effects but for the heart of its

another money grab on the way to the "Ultimate, ultimate, we really mean it this time! No, really, this is the one to buy! (fingers crossed behind ourBecoming Na'vi – The Avatar cast is immersed in the culture of the indigenous Na'vi, living off the land in the Hawaiian rainforest and training in a multitude of disciplines in preparation for their roles. top of the heap and make it the premiere Blu-ray 3D disc in production. The transfer handles CGI and physical material alike with a precision that's This one’s tough. When The Way of Water’s HFR sequences work, they really work. Most notably, everything in the water (a lot of the movie) and everything involving flying (slightly less of the movie) looks outstanding, and for some people, the rest of the scenes will work just as well. Others, however, will feel that HFR makes them feel like they’re watching a TV with motion smoothing enabled, or that it looks too much like a video game cutscene. If motion smoothing bothers you, you might want to opt out of HFR screenings. If you don’t notice it at all when other people complain about it, you’ll be fine.