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  • june
    Senior Member
    • Feb 2005
    • 907

    #1

    Avatar: Special Director Edition???

    hello all,

    anyone know the running time difference?
    T2 & Aliens director editions was worth the purchases.
    June
    "IF YOU FAIL TO PLAN, YOU PLAN TO FAIL"
  • George Bellefontaine
    Moderator Emeritus
    • Jan 2001
    • 7636

    #2
    I read somewhere that one was coming but I haven't seen anything on it.
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    • Kevin D
      Ultra Senior Member
      • Oct 2002
      • 4601

      #3
      Well the re-release at the theater contain 9 extra minutes. Cameron has said this will not be the directors edition later this year. Cameron has said that would probably be over an hour longer.

      Kevin D.

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      • David Meek
        Ultra Senior Member
        • Aug 2000
        • 8934

        #4
        Here we go. Milking the multi-release cow for everything it's worth. :nonod:

        Full disclosure: I'll buy the hour-plus longer Director's Edition if it eventually exists.
        .

        David - Trigger-happy HTGuide Admin

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        • David Meek
          Ultra Senior Member
          • Aug 2000
          • 8934

          #5
          Went looking for tidbits on the 'net and found these comments from the IMAX CEO.
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          David - Trigger-happy HTGuide Admin

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          • Kevin D
            Ultra Senior Member
            • Oct 2002
            • 4601

            #6
            Originally posted by David Meek
            Went looking for tidbits on the 'net and found these comments from the IMAX CEO.
            Confirmed, with info on added 9 minutes:

            http://www.joblo.com/index.php?id=33387

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            • Brandon B
              Super Senior Member
              • Jun 2001
              • 2189

              #7
              THere are some trailers online with some shots of the news scenes.

              They did announce this release at the same time the last came out, so I wouldn't judge them too harshly.

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              • june
                Senior Member
                • Feb 2005
                • 907

                #8
                16 minutes Extra

                hello all

                June
                "IF YOU FAIL TO PLAN, YOU PLAN TO FAIL"

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                • George Bellefontaine
                  Moderator Emeritus
                  • Jan 2001
                  • 7636

                  #9
                  The version I now own is long enough. In fact, I wasn't all that enthralled with the story. It was the eye candy that kept my attention. I'll be sticking with what I now have.
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                  • Burke Strickland
                    Ultra Senior Member
                    • Sep 2001
                    • 3159

                    #10
                    I like the original theatrical cut of "Avatar" and am glad to have that version on an excellent BluRay. If the added material of an extended edition, ahem, materially enhances the story line, character development and/or the "gee whiz" factor without unnecessarily slowing down the narrative pace or making the whole thing just seem too long (as long as the original is, it flies by, even on repeated viewing, unlike the extended edition of Return of the King, for example) then I'll be in line to purchase the extended edition to add to my collection.

                    But it is hard to predict what an hour of extra footage would do to the story or the character development. It really depends on what the extra scenes entail, and how they fit in with what was already there. Francis Ford Coppalla gave us a remarkable new look at "Apocolypse Now" with his "Redux". Cameron's own "Aliens" benefited greatly from the added material in the "Director's cut", while Milos Foreman nearly destroyed his masterwork "Amadeus" with the bogged down pace, too-obvious exposition and recapitulation, and some scenes that played like an SNL parody of the original movie in the "Director's cut".

                    So I'll wait to find out what we're getting before I promise to plunk down any money for an extended version of "Avatar".

                    What you DON'T say may be held against you...

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                    • june
                      Senior Member
                      • Feb 2005
                      • 907

                      #11
                      hello,

                      when is this version coming out:
                      June
                      "IF YOU FAIL TO PLAN, YOU PLAN TO FAIL"

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                      • ShadowZA
                        Super Senior Member
                        • Jan 2006
                        • 1099

                        #12
                        Originally posted by june
                        hello,

                        when is this version coming out:
                        http://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=5056
                        On November 16, 2010 according to blu-ray.com

                        Avatar Blu-ray Release Date November 16, 2010 (Extended Collector's Edition). Blu-ray reviews, news, specs, ratings, screenshots. Cheap Blu-ray movies and deals.

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