The Atmos elements regularly inform both the interior moments in

Veritable whirlwind of activity helps to elevate an already exciting experience. Right off the bat, even in the relatively 'quiet' opening moments with long pans across the Martian landscape, there'sĬlearly more sonic information wafting overhead, but the first real test of the Atmos speakers comes in the devastating storm sequence, where a Point of this new version, especially since both the original Theatrical cut as well as the new Extended Cut are included on this release.įor my thoughts on the film (which equally pertain to this new version as well), please see our original The Martian Blu-ray review.īoth The Martian and The Martian 4K Blu-ray review featured fantastic sounding DTS-HD Master Audioħ.1 mixes, but that excellence has only been upgraded (with an emphasis on up due to those overhead speakers) with the new Atmos The first release, those facts may be the true selling Provide some new supplemental material (detailed below), and this 4K UHD finally provides an Atmos sound mix, so for those who didn't pick up While the material added to the film may not amount to all that much, this new release does also Provides anything overwhelmingly thrilling or meaningful, instead doling out a few more tidbits on Watney's predicaments on Mars as well as the The fact is, none of the ten or so minutes added to this new version really Now offering this so-called 'Extended Edition' of the acclaimed film. Just in case Mark Watney's stay on the so-called Red Planet wasn't quite interminable enough in The Martian, Fox has gone back to the drawing board (and/or launching pad) and is Reviewed by Jeffrey Kauffman, June 20, 2016

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