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Beloved Tim Burton Movie Finally Gets 4K Release Date 30 Years Later
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A beloved sci-fi Tim Burton movie is finally getting a 4K release
after three decades. This upgrade will let audiences experience
Tim Burton's sci-fi film with clearer visuals and more clarity.

What Tim Burton movie is finally getting a 4K release?
Tim Burton's Mars Attacks! will hit its 30th anniversary in 2026.
The movie made its theatrical debut in 1996. To celebrate its 30th
anniversary, Warner Bros announced that Mars Attacks! 4K Ultra HD
Blu-ray discs can be purchased online or at major retailers in-store
from August 11.

Additionally, the film will also be digitally available for purchase
on streaming platforms, including Prime Video, Apple TV, Google Play,
and Fandango at Home. With the Ultra HD 4K features, viewers can
enjoy a wider and more lifelike color spectrum.

Disc box image

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The 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray Disc will also contain new features like
'Looking Back on Mars Attacks!' and 'Ack! Ack! Aesthetic'.

'Looking Back on Mars Attacks!' will follow commentaries by
filmmakers who worked with Tim Burton on "one of the wackiest 90s
alien invasion films". While 'Ack! Ack! Aesthetic' takes a closer
look at the distinctive creative style used to make Mars Attacks! and
the then-cutting-edge CGI technology that shaped the movie's overall
look.

This Tim Burton movie combines its sci-fi themes with satire and dark
comedy, associated with most of his films. The movie features Jack
Nicholson, Annette Bening, Glenn Close, Danny DeVito, Michael J. Fox,
Pierce Brosnan, and more.

Mars Attacks! is one of Burton's cult classics, inspired by the
trading card game of the same name. The movie focuses on Martian
spacecraft that hover over major cities across the globe. The world
leaders, including the U.S. President James Dale played by Jack
Nicholson, initially assume that the Martians come in Peace. However,
things unfold as the ulterior motives of the alien invasion are
revealed.



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On Wed, 24 Jun 2026 20:05:27 +1200, Your Name wrote:

Mars Attacks! is one of Burton's cult classics, inspired by the
trading card game of the same name.

When I first saw it, I suspected it was some kind of send up of
something that came before, but I didnrCOt know what. It was years later
that I found it was based on these old trading cards from the 1950s or whatever.

IrCOve seen cleverer and funnier send-ups. This one was, I donrCOt know, relying too much on the star power of its cast to carry the
performance?

Reminds me of another movie, the one with rCLWillrCY from rCLWill & GracerCY
in it: rCLAlien TrespassrCY. Another attempt at a send-up that didnrCOt rCLsendrCY very much and wasnrCOt rCLuprCY enough.

Or is it that the very idea of faithfully recreating some USian 1950s
cheesy aliens-versus-humans scare flick is already considered funny in
its own right?
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On Fri, 26 Jun 2026 05:40:59 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D|Oliveiro
<ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:

On Wed, 24 Jun 2026 20:05:27 +1200, Your Name wrote:

Mars Attacks! is one of Burton's cult classics, inspired by the
trading card game of the same name.

When I first saw it, I suspected it was some kind of send up of
something that came before, but I didnAt know what. It was years later
that I found it was based on these old trading cards from the 1950s or >whatever.

IAve seen cleverer and funnier send-ups. This one was, I donAt know,
relying too much on the star power of its cast to carry the
performance?

I've always connected it /Attack of the Killer Tomatoes/. It certainly
stands in the tradition of defeating the Aliens with Really Bad Music.
As opposed to the tradition of viruses, including a computer virus.
As to "star power", that would be Jack Nicholson, who plays three
roles.
I did think the assassination of Jack Nicholson's POTUS was worth
watching. But maybe, by then, I was tired of wall-to-wall Nicholson.

Or is it that the very idea of faithfully recreating some USian 1950s
cheesy aliens-versus-humans scare flick is already considered funny in
its own right?

"Camp" is generally considered funny, yes.
--
"Here lies the Tuscan poet Aretino,
Who evil spoke of everyone but God,
Giving as his excuse, 'I never knew him.'"
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