james42519

didn't seen anyone talk about this and was wondering what would be the better version to get. the first one or the second extended collectors edition. the first release was all on one dvd and the second was split on 2 dvds for some reason so you have to change it in the middle. you do have extra stuff on the extended one though so guess have to get both versions maybe? i find it hard to believe they couldn't even get the version they released on 1 dvd already.

sorry if this is in the wrong area

Rypro 525

the 3 disc version has 3 versions of the movie
the theatrical
the extended version that was rereleased in theaters in the summer
and a collectors version thats about 3 hours on the nose
the 3rd disc has a 90 min doc on the making of the movie and about an hours worth of deleted scenes
Since the discs use seamless branching, thats why each version is split where you have to change discs.
If you have Blu, all 3 versions fit on the same disc.

james42519

ok don't have bluray and knew about the 3 versions and everything in the disc one but still don't know about having to change discs in the middle. kinda seems like a lot. you know where they split it at? guess i will get both anyway sometime. another thing i didn't like was they couldn't have just gave a 4th disc on dvd with everything that comes on bluray. there really isn't a reason not too besides another reason they are trying to get people to upgrade to bluray which i am not doing any time soon since i am still using a symphonic 20 inch crt analog tv with composite as the highest input.

Rypro 525

beats me, blame Fox on that one (on the reason why the dvd isn't a 4 disc set w all the blu extras.

gimme a few min and i'll see where the split is

Kevin M. Dean

Is it really that big of a deal to get up once during a 3 hour movie? I sentence you to play CAV laserdiscs which had to be flipped/swapped every half hour.

Rypro 525

ok my player says the split on the theatrical cut is an hour 24 in. I assume it splits at the same part on each version

james42519

ok thanks. wonder between what scenes that is

i actually would like to have a laserdiscs but they are hard to find here. i can live with that now but dvd is different

Rypro 525

its right when the sam worthington character is being accepted as part of the navi tribe

james42519

ok thanks

Mr. Salty

A gallon of water won't fit in a half-gallon jug.

The extended version is too long to fit on a DVD-9 without over-compressing it.

Yes, it's a huge burden to get off the couch and walk the 10 feet to your DVD player after only 90 minutes of being sedentary. However will you manage?

If you aren't interested in going Blu anytime soon, maybe investing in a DVD changer will ease your suffering.

Why? The original release is bare bones, and that version of the movie is on the special edition. You'd be wasting your money.

Rypro 525

not really. JFK is well over 200 min (so is the Return of the king) and neither of them have compression issues

Mr. Salty

Different movies compress differently.

james42519

well it kinda is a issue when you get into a movie and don't want to get up in the middle just to change a movie and was thinking of getting the first one just because of that. so i can put it in and watch a whole movie without switching discs.

Kguy1326

If you really wanna get into movies that suck having to be flipped over or changed look at the early releases of DVD's. The very first release of "Seven" was horrible for that, and it was a 2 hour movie. (Luckily the 2 disc version corrected this problem.) I have a few movies that need to be redone, cause they can fit on one side. "Sleepers", "A Time To Kill", "Wyatt Earp", and a few others.

kd5

As far as I'm concerned, the extended version of Avatar is the only version to buy, and if it means getting up off the couch to change discs in the middle of the movie, then so be it. It's not that big of a deal to me, I actually have several movies/miniseries where I have to change discs in the middle of it. I have to be up to put the disc in the DVD player, I have to get up to take it out of the player and put it away, one more time to switch discs isn't going to kill me. I'm not morbidly obese so getting my ass up off the couch really isn't that big of a deal.

The extended version is the version to buy. -kd5-