Not 24 hours since The Smurfs officially cracked the $500 million mark worldwide, along comes the announcement we've been waiting for: "The Smurfs On 3-Disc Holiday Gift Set, Blu-ray 3D™, DVD and Digital on December 2nd," blares the press release just over the transom at Movieline HQ. Three. Discs. Who the smurf needs three smurfing discs of The Smurfs for the holidays? Well, like so many things, it depends on whom you ask.
Technically, we should be able to settle this pretty quickly with the handy Should I See The Smurfs Flow-Chart Review. But to Sony's credit, they really are piling on the special features for Smurf obsessives and completists young and old, thus transcending our painstaking objectivity and acquiring an irresistible quality more akin to shock and awe.
Straight from the source, here's what to expect this fall:
Disc 1 (Blu-ray)
· Smurf™-O-Vision: Second Screen Experience - Interact with the Smurfs™ as they take over your TV, iPad, iPhone or iTouch while you watch the movie!
· The Smurfs™ Fantastic Adventure Game - Help Clumsy race through the village and Central Park to stop Gargamel and his evil plans!
· Deleted Scenes & Extended Scenes
· Blue-pers
· Happy Music Montage
· 2 Commentaries
· 3 Featurettes: "The Smurfs™: Comic Book to the Big Screen"; "Smurf™ Speak: Meet the Cast"; "Going Gargamel"
· Progression Reels
Disc 2: DVD - Feature Film & Special Features on Stand-alone DVD
Disc 3: DVD - The Smurfs™: A Christmas Carol - All-new mini-movie starring the Smurfs™!
The Smurfs™: A Christmas Carol DVD is an all-new mini-movie, exclusive to the 3-Disc Holiday Gift Set and starring the Smurfs™. Based on the timeless holiday classic, The Smurfs™: A Christmas Carol is available for a limited time only.
The Smurfs™ will be among the first titles to offer UltraViolet™ so owners of the Blu-ray will be able to add The Smurfs™ to their free cloud-based UltraViolet Digital Accounts, enabling them to stream or download the film most anywhere they can access the Internet!
Blu-ray special features include a one-of-a-kind Smurf™-O-Vision: Second Screen Experience. Experience the Smurfs™ taking over your television and iPad, iPhone or iPod Touch! While you watch the movie, Smurfs™ will appear on-screen to sing, dance and do all kinds of Smurf™-tastic things! The adventure also extends to your second screen device where you will be able to interact and engage with the Smurfs™, Gargamel and Azrael - popping bubbles, dropping smurfberries, zapping Gargamel, and much more!
So! Basically every stoner in your life is accounted for gift-wise. Such a relief. Pre-order it at Amazon.