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October 5, 2010

Fox has officially announced plans to bring James Cameron‘s “Avatar: Extended Collector’s Edition 3-Disc set to Blu-ray Disc on November 16th.

The tech specs for the release include full 1080p (2D) in the 2.35:1 aspect ratio and DTS-HD 5.1 Master Audio sound.

Below you’ll find a list of the contents to this set as well as new exclusive bonus materials and cuts of the film and such:

Disc One & Two

• Original Theatrical Version
• Special Edition Re-release
• Collector’s Extended Cut
  • Over 15 more minutes and exclusive alternate opening

Disc Three

• Capturing Avatar: An in-depth feature length documentary with James Cameron, Jon Landau and cast and crew
• Deleted Scenes: Including over 45 minutes of new never-before-seen deleted scenes

Disc One

• Original Theatrical Version
• Special Edition Re-Release
• Collector’s Extended Cut
  • Over 15 more minutes and exclusive alternate opening

Disc Two

• Capturing Avatar: An in-depth feature length documentary with James Cameron, Jon Landau and cast and crew
• Deleted Scenes: Including over 45 minutes of new never-before-seen deleted scenes
• Production Materials

Disc Three

• Open 'Pandora’s Box' and go deeper into the filmmaker process
• Interactive Scene Deconstruction: Explore the various stages of production through 3 different viewing modes
• Production Shorts: 17 featurettes covering performance capture, Scoring the film, 3D Fusion Camera, Stunts and much more
• Avatar Archives including original scriptment, 300 page screenplay and the extensive Pandorapedia
• BD-Live Portal with additional bonus materials

As above, plus:

• Limited Edition, numbered solid box with exclusive artwork
• Exclusive James Cameron signed film cell
• Making of Avatar hardback book

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that looks tasty. a must have

Blu-ray discs typically come loaded with more features than DVDs, which is the primary reason why I purchased one last Christmas.

So it's three versions of the film? And is the additional Collector's Extended Cut 15 minutes longer than the theatrical rerelease, or the origina?

Never mind... I think I found my answer...

162 min | 171 min (special edition) | 178 min (extended cut)

So it's actually only 7 minutes longer than the rerelease... I think.

Also, those deleted scenes can't be completed. They'd be cut into the movie if they were. So I'm expecting a lot of actors on green screens wearing head gear and partially rendered CGI. Whatever, I'll be buying it. I made myself wait to get a decent version, not the original movie only release.

Never seen the movie. And I don't think that I want to either as the footage that I've seen looks too much like a cheap computer game.

SuperFunk59 said:

Never seen the movie. And I don't think that I want to either as the footage that I've seen looks too much like a cheap computer game.

Oh wow! NOBODY has ever said that before!

SuperFunk59 said:

Never seen the movie. And I don't think that I want to either as the footage that I've seen looks too much like a cheap computer game.

Yea you hit the nail on the head. Cameron is a good director, but this film is going to be looked back on in years to come and people are going to laugh at how bad the cgi special effects were.