Apparently I wasn’t the only one that got Avatar – so did 5.5 million others, with 1.5 million of that being Blu-ray copies, beating The Dark Knight‘s 1st-day sales record – despite the promise of the 3D Blu-ray (and expanded) version later this year. I’m watching right now, so read on for an live in-progress review (check for updates) from someone who hasn’t seen the movie yet (yes, shame on me…)
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In a surprise move (given the possibility of a re-release), blockbuster Avatar may be poised to break more records soon as it sees both a Blu-ray and DVD release on April 22nd, 2010. Follow those links and pre-order now!!!

Haven’t got enough of Pandora yet? It looks like you’ll be able to get a little more this summer – in the form of 10-12 extra minutes that might be added for a summer re-release of Avatar. James Cameron and Fox are reportedly discussing the possibility. This could be a big boost to Avatar as well, which has been evicted from most IMAX theaters to make room for Tim Burton’s Alice In Wonderland.

I was going to post something early this morning on the Oscars, but had to give up when there were too may fires to fight…anyways, although the SF&F genres had a good chance to take some top prizes last night, The Hurt Locker ended up the big winner. Avatar did take prizes in Cinematography, Art Direction, and Visual Effects, while Star Trek did get Best Makeup. Avatar and James Cameron did get a lot of attention, however, including Ben Stiller as a snazzy dressed Na’vi.

It’s official now – James Cameron has outdone himself. Avatar has officially become the largest grossing movie of all time, beating Cameron’s own Titanic which previously held the record of $1.843 billion.

Avatar is breaking all sorts of records, about to win for the fifth consecutive week, surpassing $1 billion worldwide in just 21 days, and surpassing Star Wars in unadjusted domestic sales. Now Avatar technology may make old actors young again (or dead ones alive), but it has also been blamed for depression and even suicide. Can the blue juggernaut be stopped? Update: And now it has won the Golden Globes for Best Motion Picture – Drama and Best Director…

The Producer’s Guild Of America named 10 nominees for their top award, the Darryl F. Zanuck Producer of the Year Award, and it includes three SF films: Avatar, District 9 and Star Trek. Also, the remake of The Prisoner was nominated for long-form television.