9 more minutes on Pandora

Well, to be exact, 8 minutes and 50 seconds! James Cameron, the director who once sat on the NASA Advisory Council (see this article), is presenting an extended version of Avatar, with for example, a sequence introducing animals, cut from the original version and another that explores the school that Grace Augustine runs more thoroughly, the death of Tsu’tey is no longer shortened as the studio had demanded and of course the famous love scene is more complete this time round (but don’t forget that James Cameron himself declared that we should not expect a major upheaval concerning this specific moment in the film). This “Avatar Special Edition” is currently in cinemas (in 3D or 2D depending on the cinema) while a new DVD and Blu-ray version soon to be released will feature 16 more minutes, including 7 “bonus” minutes with regards this second version of the space saga which touches on many astronautical themes (see this article and this feature).

Published 1 September 2010

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