Avatar on BR

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  • nooshinjohn
    nooshinjohn Posts: 25,461
    edited April 2010
    Finally got to watch the whole thing, and on my TV the picture was superb, and sonically it is easily the best BluRay I currently have.... simply amazing. The story does still suck, but I could watch it several times over and still enjoy the imagery and sound. I could not be happier I bough the film.


    Is it just me or does Neytiri get hotter each time you watch the film or not.:eek::p
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  • BIZILL
    BIZILL Posts: 5,432
    edited April 2010
    tried watching this again last night and fell asleep right away. this movie is purely eye candy for me.

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  • DeusExa
    DeusExa Posts: 491
    edited April 2010
    http://www.flickr.com/photos/22410004@N04/sets/72157623948146666/

    Met James Cameron tonight - he gave an incredible, insightful panel discussion on the science and thinking going on behind Avatar.
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  • Toxis
    Toxis Posts: 5,116
    edited April 2010
    Thinking behind Avatar? Easy. I'll take the creatures from the latest Star Wars, mix in the ships from Aliens, splice in the plot of dancing with wolves and dash in the characters from titanic. Yes it's a good movie but the hype is waaaaay over done for this rehashed out movie because he made it all flash. Glad I didn't see it in the theater and used a free rental at blockbuster to see it tonight.

    But I do gotta say the pq/aq were pretty damn impressive.
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  • DeusExa
    DeusExa Posts: 491
    edited April 2010
    Toxis wrote: »
    Thinking behind Avatar?

    It was a largely technical/scientific talk (held at CaltecH), and I was impressed at Cameron's deep grasp of technical details.
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  • Ron-P
    Ron-P Posts: 8,520
    edited April 2010
    Toxis wrote: »
    Thinking behind Avatar? Easy. I'll take the creatures from the latest Star Wars, mix in the ships from Aliens, splice in the plot of dancing with wolves and dash in the characters from titanic. Yes it's a good movie but the hype is waaaaay over done for this rehashed out movie because he made it all flash. Glad I didn't see it in the theater and used a free rental at blockbuster to see it tonight.

    But I do gotta say the pq/aq were pretty damn impressive.

    You could pretty much take any handful of movies and do a similar comparison.

    That being said, yes, the storyline behind Avatar was about as basic as they come, but other then that, the visuals were amazing and the 3D, by far the best I've ever seen.
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  • Tony M
    Tony M Posts: 11,184
    edited April 2010
    I'm glad I saw it in the theater. I only regret not seeing it in 3d in an IMAX..
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  • kuntasensei
    kuntasensei Posts: 3,263
    edited April 2010
    BIZILL wrote: »
    tried watching this again last night and fell asleep right away. this movie is purely eye candy for me.

    Pretty much. Glad I bought it, but compared to my other purchase for the week, Minority Report, it doesn't stand up as a great science fiction story. I'm sure Minority Report will get way more play for me. Still, for sheer "Oh my Gandhi, check this out" value, there is nothing better out there.
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  • BIZILL
    BIZILL Posts: 5,432
    edited April 2010
    kuntasensei wrote: »
    Pretty much. Glad I bought it, but compared to my other purchase for the week, Minority Report, it doesn't stand up as a great science fiction story. I'm sure Minority Report will get way more play for me. Still, for sheer "Oh my Gandhi, check this out" value, there is nothing better out there.

    no doubt, brother. been keepin' an eye out on a good deal on the blu-ray. i will watch this many more times than avatar.

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  • Hillbilly61
    Hillbilly61 Posts: 702
    edited May 2010
    I received the BR within a day or so of the official release date from Amazon. My local "Mom & Pop" video rental store had the regular DVD three or four days before the official release date.

    About this BR: Plays flawlessly on my mainstream, "nothing to write home about" BR player. The picture and sound quality is superb!
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  • Ern Dog
    Ern Dog Posts: 2,237
    edited May 2010
    What are the odds if I buy a cheap brand new Blu ray player that it will play Avatar?
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  • FTGV
    FTGV Posts: 3,649
    edited May 2010
    Ern Dog wrote: »
    What are the odds if I buy a cheap brand new Blu ray player that it will play Avatar?

    See if you can still find a basic Sony S360 on clearance somewehere.Great budget player and will play Avatar.
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  • PerfectCreature
    PerfectCreature Posts: 1,456
    edited May 2010
    I played it on my ps3 just fine. It was amazing, even on just a smaller tv.
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  • zingo
    zingo Posts: 11,258
    edited May 2010
    The disc worked great on the Samsung BDP and the sound and picture quality was stunning.
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  • Ern Dog
    Ern Dog Posts: 2,237
    edited May 2010
    Took a gamble on the Panny BP45 and it works with Avatar :)
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  • george daniel
    george daniel Posts: 12,096
    edited May 2010
    eh,, had to download the software update for Avatar to play on my Pioneer BDp-51.
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  • tommyboy
    tommyboy Posts: 1,414
    edited June 2010
    My friend has the BR version and let me borrow the dvd (since I obiously don't have br with my analog tv). It looked and sounded great, the movie however was too much for me to handle. So many cliches it made me sick. If you're watching for the visual and sound effects, its a good buy... But there are much, much better movies that have a similar story (dances with wolves, last samarui).

    On a side note, my buddy had me watch the first 10 min of the BR version and it looks amazing, almost 3d like. Sooner or later I'll finally be able to afford HDTV:(
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  • Tony M
    Tony M Posts: 11,184
    edited June 2010
    tommyboy wrote: »
    My friend has the BR version and let me borrow the dvd (since I obiously don't have br with my analog tv). It looked and sounded great, the movie however was too much for me to handle. So many cliches it made me sick. If you're watching for the visual and sound effects, its a good buy... But there are much, much better movies that have a similar story (dances with wolves, last samarui).

    On a side note, my buddy had me watch the first 10 min of the BR version and it looks amazing, almost 3d like. Sooner or later I'll finally be able to afford HDTV:(

    :rolleyes:I agree 100%
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  • Slinger182
    Slinger182 Posts: 512
    edited July 2010
    http://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=4846

    Seriously....:rolleyes:
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  • kuntasensei
    kuntasensei Posts: 3,263
    edited July 2010
    Yeah... 'cause that movie needed to be 8 minutes longer, right?
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  • bsoko2
    bsoko2 Posts: 1,449
    edited July 2010
    And in 10 years they add yet more minutes and new footage and keep it going forever.
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  • mole'
    mole' Posts: 3,160
    edited August 2010
    just picked up Avatar on BD and it was awesome.
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