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Coraline Blu-Ray DVD Review – First Glance

So one of my dark minions got a hold of the Coraline DVD in Blu-Ray format. Unforeseen circumstances have prevented me from playing the DVDs yet, so you can expect a full report soon, but not today, unfortunately. What I can say, however, is the little I’ve seen so far is really cool. I’ve also taken photos of the case and the contents of the Blu-Ray package (which Universal Pictures has also decided to dub a “Collectors Edition” of the Coraline DVD.)

Coraline DVD Slipcover Front

Here is the front of the slipcover for the Coraline DVD.

Coraline DVD Blu-Ray Back Cover

And the back.

Coraline Blu-Ray Contents

Here’s what you get in the box:

4 pairs of 3D glasses. As you can see, they are the purple and green type of 3D Glasses. I’ve read that with the purple and green 3D process, although there is still a lot of color quality loss, the quality is better than the old fashioned red and green.

A guide to the digital copy of Coraline. This works with a Mac via iTunes or a PC with Windows Media Player. The instructions are given and are pretty basic. There is an authorization code printed on the bottom (I painted over mine in the picture above, but it can be found in the white rectangle at the bottom.)

The set includes two disks. One is the Blu-Ray disk. It contains the Hi-Def version of both the regular-format move and the 3D format movie. It also includes all the special features in Hi-Def (which is cool!) Here is a post where I talk exhaustively about the Coraline DVD Features. Basically, you get: deleted scenes, “The Making of Coraline”, “Voicing the Characters”, “Creepy Coraline”, feature commentary, D-Box Motion, U-Control, and BD-Live. The last three need some explaining.

D-Box – D-Box is motion code included in the movie that will instruct a motion platform how to move and shake the chair you’re sitting in depending on what’s going on in the movie. Check the D-Box website for more details.

U-Control – This is one of those features I never use, but basically it provides extra content on the making of the movie that you can watch while the movie is playing if you want to.

BD-Live - If you have a Blu-Ray DVD player that can use online features, you’ll be able to do things like access extra online content and interact with your friends.

That’s it for tonight. Part two of this review is up. Click here for the rest of the Coraline DVD 3D Review. Don’t forget to check out Coraline Central on Dark in the Dark.

Coraline on Amazon

Published on July 21, 2009 in Coraline. 0 Comments Tags: , , .

Coraline DVD Release Tomorrow!

Some news items to correspond with the DVD release:

First up, Coraline eBay auctions to benefit the Starlight Children’s Foundation. Memorabilia from the movie including limited edition Coraline Nike Dunks (some of which were signed by Dakota Fanning) and original Coraline books and film posters signed by Teri Hatcher and Dakota Fanning.

There are three new Coraline “making of” videos up on YouTube. All three are really cool!

Making Faces: About the process they used to animate the faces in Coraline. It actually looks quite dizzying. I had a mental picture of intense animators squatting over tiny sets and painstakingly choosing the next face, perhaps mouthing the lines from the movie over and over to themselves. Not so. Link to movie on YouTube is here.

The 360 Shot: An intense animator tells how they did what appears to be the 360 degree shot where the Other Father plays the piano and makes up a song for Coraline. YouTube link.

Wrapping Up Coraline: Henry Selick talks about the crew and how hard they worked to make it a great movie. Strangely enough he does not thank the Other Mother. Of course, he didn’t thank any of the other stars, so I guess that’s only fair, but I kept waiting for him to mention her. YouTube Link.

Dark in the Dark’s central source for information on Coraline: Coraline Central.

Coraline on Amazon

Published on July 20, 2009 in Coraline. 0 Comments Tags: , , .

Coraline Lenticular Cup Giveaway

Coraline Lenticular CupThis morning I announced a cup giveaway happening at Evil Buttons. Tonight I find myself giving away two of the same cups. The cups are lenticular, which is the kind of thing where the picture moves or changes when you look at it from different directions. These cups are being given away on behalf of Universal Home Entertainment to help announce the July 21 (next Tuesday!) release date of the Coraline DVD. To enter, comment on this post. Two winners will be chosen randomly. USA residents only, sorry! The giveaway ends July 21 at midnight Pacific Standard Time.

There is also a sweepstakes going on. Enter Coraline’s Secret Door Sweepstakes for a chance to win $10,000 cash grand prize, plus great daily prizes like DVDs, gift cards from iTunes, Amazon and more! – http://universal.promo.eprize.com/coraline/ You can enter once a day. I already did mine. If you play the game and you don’t get a prize, as a consolation you get to see the lovely Other Mother. And that is exactly what I say when I see her: “Yikes!” I also say “Ouch my broken heart.”

Coraline Sweepstakes Other Mother Yikes

Universal is also promoting the DVD release with this strange site http://www.coraline3dgarden.com To use this site you print out a page and then hold it in front of a webcam. Then when you move the paper, the website shows you Coraline’s 3D Garden. I haven’t been able to check it out because I have a Mac. (Don’t act all shocked. Most monsters use Macs.)

Do it! NOW! And report back to me. You might win a free cup. Then go order a Coraline DVD. Preorder at Amazon! Don’t miss my central source for information on Coraline on Dark in the Dark: Coraline Central.

Published on July 16, 2009 in Coraline. 52 Comments Tags: , , , .

Coraline Giveaway at Evil Buttons

Coraline cupEvil Buttons is doing a giveaway of two Coraline cups. They also have details of some other fun Coraline stuff to do winding up for the July 21 release of the Coraline DVDs (AT LAST.)

Speaking of which, the Coraline DVDs are available for preorder at Amazon, cheap!

Published on July 16, 2009 in Coraline. 2 Comments Tags: , , .

MAD TEA: Paul Pape Designs

Last week I deviated from my usual MAD TEA format and featured an awesome HP Lovecraft sculpture. This week I’m going to do it again. Normally, MAD TEA would stand for Monster Art Dolls Toy Etsy Artists. See this page for details about MAD TEA.

Paul Pape Designs has a few items of interest. For starters, Pape has created an Other Mother “final form” doll, here is a gallery of images of the Other Mother.

* Sigh *

She is so good looking in the final form. It makes me heartsick. Oh why hasn’t she contacted me!?!

Other Mother Final Form by Paul Pape

Other Mother Final Form by Paul Pape

There are details about how he made the Other Mother figure on his blog. He has also designed and sells some other interesting Coraline items. He has created button eyes so that you can see what it’s like to be a ghost girl or boy. Paul sent me a pair of these button eyes to sample and they’re really cool (see my disclosure policy). His wife, who is a costume designer, has created an Other Mother dress. These are available in his web store. More photos of the Other Mother dress here.

Other Mother Dress Paul Pape Design

Button Eyes Paul Pape

Well that’s it for another edition of MAD TEA. See you again next Monday for more monster art dolls. Don’t miss my central source for information on Coraline on Dark in the Dark: Coraline Central.

Do you make monster art, monster dolls, monster toys, art dolls, artist toys, or stuff like that? Send an email with details to thedark (at) darkinthedark dot com. Obviously it should be something that people can buy and be weird!

Published on July 13, 2009 in MAD TEA. 3 Comments Tags: , , , .