# Avatar Special Edition - will you go see it? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 24, 2010, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatar-special-edition-will-you-go-see-it/551317 "2010-08-24T18:03:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2010, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatar-special-edition-will-you-go-see-it/551317/1 "2010-08-24T18:03:40Z")
If you weren’t already award of it, James Cameron is [rereleasing _Avatar_](http://www.avatarmovie.com/) [warning: there is audio on that link] with NEVER-BEFORE-SEEN Footage! (about 9 minutes) back on the big screen this Friday, 8/27. Will you go see it? ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2010, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatar-special-edition-will-you-go-see-it/551317/2 "2010-08-24T18:15:40Z")
Wow, I thought \*everyone \*voted like me, > [@](#): > > No, I haven’t seen it and am pretty sure I never will but it turns out I’m first. ---
**Author:** ![PSXer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/48db29/32.png) [@PSXer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PSXer)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2010, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatar-special-edition-will-you-go-see-it/551317/3 "2010-08-24T18:19:05Z")
Will there be blue boobs? ---
**Author:** ![Grumman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/43a26b/32.png) [@Grumman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grumman)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2010, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatar-special-edition-will-you-go-see-it/551317/4 "2010-08-24T18:22:16Z")
I’ve seen the original version in 3d, and own the DVD. If I hear really good things about what has been added, I might buy the new version on DVD and give the old one to someone else. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2010, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatar-special-edition-will-you-go-see-it/551317/5 "2010-08-24T19:39:41Z")
We don’t get out to the theatres much anymore - it has to be a pretty big draw. We might see three or (at most) four movies per year in the theatre. _Avatar_ already got us out twice. I will be content with checking it out on BluRay. ---
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2010, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatar-special-edition-will-you-go-see-it/551317/6 "2010-08-24T19:43:52Z")
I voted no, I already saw it once. _But_, if my wife decides she wants to see it (she hasn’t yet), I’ll probably go with her. It’s not a great movie, but it’s good spectacle. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2010, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatar-special-edition-will-you-go-see-it/551317/7 "2010-08-24T20:07:59Z")
There’s no entry for _Yes, I saw it once in 3D, and I might see it Again in 3D_, which is what I’d put. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2010, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatar-special-edition-will-you-go-see-it/551317/8 "2010-08-24T20:09:11Z")
Once was more than enough. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2010, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatar-special-edition-will-you-go-see-it/551317/9 "2010-08-24T20:22:47Z")
Man, that’s great news! The one thing I remember thinking while watching the film the first time was, “Jesus, could this thing get any longer?” And now it turns out it can! ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2010, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatar-special-edition-will-you-go-see-it/551317/10 "2010-08-24T20:54:38Z")
Once was plenty for me; it just wasn’t that good. And now, with additional footage, I have to ask: WTF??? You took $18 for the fucking 3-D ticket, and for all that fucking money _you left shit out_??? I’m not paying for a Rolls-Royce only to find out later that the ashtray is gone and a new one with the ashtray is the same cost as the shitty incomplete one, but I gotta have both, I can’t just have one or the other. Fucking prick marketing move is all it is. Fuck it. ---
**Author:** ![robardin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/43a26b/32.png) [@robardin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robardin)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2010, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatar-special-edition-will-you-go-see-it/551317/11 "2010-08-24T21:11:48Z")
Despite the long list of poll options, mine wasn’t on there: I’ve seen it multiple times on DVD (well, Blu-Ray) and enjoyed it, but have no desire to see it in the theater because I have no desire to see it in 3D, which I find gimmicky and am hoping will disappear as a trend once again within a year or two, and am content with viewing it at home in 2D. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2010, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatar-special-edition-will-you-go-see-it/551317/12 "2010-08-24T21:53:22Z")
What, no option for “No, I saw it once and that’s enough for this derivative drek”? ---
**Author:** ![multimediac17](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/839c29/32.png) [@multimediac17](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/multimediac17)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2010, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatar-special-edition-will-you-go-see-it/551317/13 "2010-08-24T22:13:17Z")
Probably not. I saw it once in the theatre and thought it was great, then bought the DVD, but haven’t watched it again yet. The DVD just sits there on the shelf, and I keep saying to it “One day”. Titanic is my favourite non-musical film of all time, so the release of Avatar was a big deal, but as time goes by I realise that Avatar wasn’t that great and my favourite thing about it was the theme song. ---
**Author:** ![GHO57](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/df788c/32.png) [@GHO57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GHO57)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2010, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatar-special-edition-will-you-go-see-it/551317/14 "2010-08-24T22:32:13Z")
I thought Avatar was nearly as deep and touching as Final Fantasy VI cutscenes… and less impressive visually; not going to pay to see more of it. ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2010, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatar-special-edition-will-you-go-see-it/551317/15 "2010-08-24T22:57:55Z")
If it had 30 extra minutes of story-relevant scenes and showed that main alien chick’s boobs, I would go back to see it. I’m not sitting through it all over again to see Sigourney Weaver smoking for 9 more minutes, though. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2010, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatar-special-edition-will-you-go-see-it/551317/16 "2010-08-24T22:59:53Z")
No, it was only an OK movie and I have no interest in seeing it again. I wish they’d re-release all 3 Lord of the Rings movies, though. I might pay to see those again. ---
**Author:** ![Equipoise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/equipoise/32/151_2.png) [@Equipoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Equipoise)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2010, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatar-special-edition-will-you-go-see-it/551317/17 "2010-08-25T03:22:41Z")
**Yes, I saw it multiple times in the theater and can’t wait to do so again.** It, and its sequel(s), are the only movies I’ll ever pay to experience in 3D because the experience is _an experience_, an astonishing experience. Its 3D is not like any other 3D of any movie ever. I’d rather ride the roller coaster, front seat, than watch a video of a roller coaster on a 13" black and white TV, which is comparable to just watching Avatar in 2D on a small screen. Not seeing it in 3D because you hate the story is like not riding a roller coaster because you hate the color scheme of the coaster. Though of course, the story of Avatar is a lot more interesting than a mere color scheme. ---
**Author:** ![Red\_Barchetta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/da6949/32.png) [@Red\_Barchetta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Red_Barchetta)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2010, 8:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatar-special-edition-will-you-go-see-it/551317/18 "2010-08-25T08:02:35Z")
> [@GHO57](#): > > I thought Avatar was nearly as deep and touching as Final Fantasy VI cutscenes… and less impressive visually; not going to pay to see more of it. This really is quite a bit of hyperbole. ---
**Author:** ![Superhal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Superhal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superhal)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2010, 8:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatar-special-edition-will-you-go-see-it/551317/19 "2010-08-25T08:05:18Z")
> [@PSXer](#): > > Will there be blue boobs? You missed the blue boobs in the first one? In an early scene, the chick is naked when shot from a distance from the side. When she’s speaking, she is clearly wearing a top. However, when Jake is taking and the camera has her from the back and side, the top is missing. I definitely saw nipple. ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2010, 8:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatar-special-edition-will-you-go-see-it/551317/20 "2010-08-25T08:28:03Z")
> [@Superhal](#): > > You missed the blue boobs in the first one? In an early scene, the chick is naked when shot from a distance from the side. When she’s speaking, she is clearly wearing a top. However, when Jake is taking and the camera has her from the back and side, the top is missing. I definitely saw nipple. Bull. My eyes are like nipple-finding radar. SETI wants to hire me to find nipples in other solar systems. I really doubt I missed one staring at me in Imax. Post a screenshot if it exists. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatar-special-edition-will-you-go-see-it/551317.md?page=2)