Space Chimps Blu-ray

Space Chimps

 (2008)

Adventure | Animation | Comedy | Family | Romance | Sci-Fi



Three NASA chimps are sent to a galaxy far, far away. Two have 'The Right Stuff,' and the other, a good natured goofball, has 'The Wrong Stuff.' They find themselves on a strange, uncharted planet, where they embark on a fantastical journey to save its inhabitants from a tyrannical leader.

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Starring: Andy Samberg, Cheryl Hines, Patrick Warburton, Jeff Daniels, Omid Abtahi
Director: Kirk De Micco

Space Chimps Blu-ray, Video Quality

 


Space Chimps swings onto Blu-ray with a fine looking 2.35:1-framed, 1080p transfer. Colors are fabulous, rich and bold, the all-digital transfer never failing to render each one with precision. The digital artists did a great job of making the movie look nice and detailed without becoming too overdone or busy. There is a simplicity to the animation when compared to the complexities of something like the richly detailed and lifelike realism of WALL●E, particularly those early scenes on Earth. Still, Space Chimps looks pleasing enough; its bright, easy-on-the-eyes animation will satisfy younger audiences. The characters are nicely detailed, too. Wrinkles and creases in space suits and the colors and gizmos that make up the control panel in the shuttle's cockpit also look very good. The blu-ray reveals all the fine details as the image is sharp and crisp and features a rather nice feeling of depth. If there are any drawbacks, one may note a few cases of banding, and a bit of the image sometimes looks hazy. Nevertheless, the transfer is very impressive, another in the ever-growing list of great looking animated titles on Blu-ray.

Space Chimps Blu-ray, Audio Quality

 


Space Chimps blasts onto Blu-ray with a surprisingly robust DTS-HD MA 5.1 lossless soundtrack. This soundtrack features a fantastic sense of spacing and depth; an announcer at a circus introduces Ham at the beginning of the movie, and his voice reverberates throughout the rear channels, as does ambient crowd noise and the film's pleasing, exciting music. The soundtrack is incredibly active and virtually every scene features a loud, discernible rear channel presence. Bass is also ridiculously powerful at times, many scenes rumbling and rattling the furniture, though others seems slightly more reserved than one may expect. A scene in chapter five featuring the chimps training to withstand 10 G's features a swirling, bass-heavy sound that travels around the room in a loop, a completely immersive experience that's a blast to listen to. The shuttle launch in chapter seven also features a fantastic amount of bass. Dialogue reproduction is never a problem throughout the film. Space Chimps offers yet another fantastic DTS-HD MA lossless experience.

Space Chimps Blu-ray, News and Updates

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