This film represents the first time I have ever seen fully-digital characters that actually seem to have genuine life in them, and a soul behind their eyes. The shameless double dip bothers me a bit, especially since we all know that a 3D release is just around the corner. On my review of the original release, I noted how Cameron had changed his aspect ratio from the broad 2. review how that film may have outstayed its running time welcome, though I personally found it a rather brisk viewing experience.

But in the meantime, if you haven’t got Avatar already, and are a few years away from full 3D conversion, you could do worse than picking up this near-definitive release and gorging on the extra material. On the first disc we still get only the movie (albeit presented in its 3 different flavours) but there is also the nifty option to watch just the extra scenes, presented with a few seconds of final film footage to bookend them and give them some context. There’s also some bits of dialogue which get across the whole US allegory in an even more blunt fashion. Additionally make sure your User-Agent is not empty and is something unique and descriptive and try again. Because while the industry is working hard to deliver a 3D experience at home with new HDTVs and Blu-ray players, I find it hard to believe that they can truly capture the full sensory experience I enjoyed this weekend while viewing Avatar in 3D IMAX.Across the movie we get more background into what happened to the school that Sigourney Weaver’s doctor set up, and a revelation about Neytiri’s personal involvement in the slaughter. It’s a blunt and grating approach to passing social commentary on the US and its ‘ Team America’-style approach to policing the world, and, this somewhat pretentious preaching, coupled with the Braveheart-styled clichéd dialogue and ‘rousing’ speeches did not work on any level.

The editors needed to learn how to cut together the actors' performances without shot compositions, which would be chosen later. Let me say it plainly: I think this is the best looking presentation of Avatar you could ask for on a single BD disc. The bass is, not surprisingly, pervasively active too, adding to the power of the experience, and really coming into its own during the more explosive battle segments. The film's ensemble cast, featuring Sigourney Weaver and Stephen Lang, further contributes to the film's overall brilliance. The sound mix is just a little too cold and sterile for my liking, and a number of important scenes are curiously uninvolving from an auditory standpoint.Jake Sully, a paraplegic marine, is dispatched to join the outreach program, ostensibly to help them with their work, but with the secret agenda of getting an inside look at their camp so that the military attack can be more decisive. The species are introduced, discussed, and eventually hunted, as an extra initiation for Jake’s character. It’s pointless and, worse still, it is horrendously crowbarred-in immediately after the brutal climax between Jake, Neytiri and the Colonel. I still think the only way to really rate this movie is by seeing it in 3D – Avatar will go down in film history only because of its success pioneering the format – but if you can’t wait, then this is now the new definitive edition to own.

But will he be able to stop the greedy corporations and their over-eager military attachment from proceeding with a full-on invasion? Becoming Na'vi (HD; 10:51) looks at some of the training and/or mentoring done to establish "tribal" identities. Most of the rest of the additions come in the form of added story arcs, rather than stand-alone scenes. As an Avatar, a human mind in an alien body, he finds himself torn between two worlds, in a desperate fight for his own survival and that of the indigenous people.Now if we are to believe him, then there surely isn’t any room to accommodate a further 16 minutes of re-mastered Deleted Footage (each minute apparently cost a million Dollars to render and integrate), as is present on the Extended Cut. For the week that ended on July 8th, Lionsgate Home Entertainment's John Wick: Chapter 4 reclaimed the top spot on the Blu-ray-only chart, while Universal Pictures Home Entertainment's The Super Mario Bros. Additionally, it looks like this release comes with a digital copy and packaging features a slipcover. This track still does not quite meet the sheer perfection standard set by the video, but it is a superior, demo-quality offering nonetheless. I've watched 'Avatar' three times now, and the new Extended Cut did nothing to change my opinion one way or the other.