Australia: Land Beyond Time (IMAX) [Blu-ray]
Australia: Land Beyond Time (IMAX) [Blu-ray]
Studio: Razor Digital Ent Release Date: 11/13/2007
User Ratings and Reviews
3 Stars Australia: Land Beyond Time (IMAX) [Blu-ray]
I enjoyed this Imax presentation. The piture quality in the 45 min main feature is pin sharp, although it becomes a bit soft on the Imax “big horizon” flying scenes, the sound clear and powerful.
It presents a good insight to the history and evolution of the landscape and the animals in the various zones around Australia.
Additional features included a making of and a B roll, presented in std def and didn’t add much to the package.
1 Stars Cover mislead me, not for 2009 HDTVs
The cover says this is a 75 minute DVD. Well, the program is only the usual IMAX 40+ minute version. Also, this says “large format widescreen” and “16×9 widescreen” format.” It would have been better quality if they stuck with the original IMAX dimensions, as this low-detail letterbox is not anamorphic and has relatively low quality by today’s standards (it has been for some years now!). The program itself is OK to good in places but not exceptional. Some years ago (right after VHS), this would have been acceptable. Production standards have increased substantially (see BBC productions like Planet Earth and Galapagos, for example).
5 Stars Australia: Land Beyond Time
As an ex-patriate Australian living in the USA, it made me very homesick.
Beautifully composed, with a wonderful dialogue (though done by an Englishman for international appeal, I think) and technically correct, it should be part of all Elementary Schools’ video library!
3 Stars Australia: Land Beyond Time (IMAX) - Blu-ray Info
Version: U.S.A / Region A, B, C
Aspect ratio: 1.78:1
MPEG-2 BD-25 / AACS / 1080p24
Running time: 0:42:00
Feature size: 14,40 GB
Disc size: 19,71 GB
Average video bit rate: 40.00 Mbps (Constant bit rate)
Subtitles: English / Chinese (Traditional)
Number of chapters: 7
English Dolby Digital 5.1 (48 kHz / 448 kbps)
Czech Dolby Digital 5.1 (48 kHz / 448 kbps)
Dutch Dolby Digital 5.1 (48 kHz / 448 kbps)
French Dolby Digital 5.1 (48 kHz / 448 kbps)
German Dolby Digital 5.1 (48 kHz / 448 kbps)
Hungarian Dolby Digital 5.1 (48 kHz / 448 kbps)
Korean Dolby Digital 5.1 (48 kHz / 448 kbps)
Mandarin Dolby Digital 5.1 (48 kHz / 448 kbps)
#Deleted Scenes: B-Roll
#Featurettes
–Director’s Commentary
–The Making of Australia: Land Beyond Time
4 Stars Australia
I give this one three and a half stars. Great I-Max photography as usual, however maybe just not enough time to cover more of Australia, being such a vast land. Seemed to be focused on just a few points. But, great family show. Glad to have it in the collection.
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