Bikini Destination – Triple Fantasy (Blu-ray)

 

Picture: B     Sound: B     Extras: C-     Feature: B-

 

 

A popular series on the HDNet cable/satellite network, Bikini Destination is HD’s answer to swimsuit magazines and Magnolia Pictures is even ahead of the XXX companies by releasing Bikini Destination – Triple Fantasy to Blu-ray among their first releases in the format.

 

Running about 90 minutes, these are very beautiful women, enough so that you can spend all that time looking at them.  I commend the company for producing classy entertainment, but there is something additionally funny about this release.  When you get over how good these women look, consider when you see this if the camera is as interested in the “sexiness” of HD shooting as it is of the women themselves.  At first, I thought I was imagining this, but the travelogue effect becomes more obvious in repeat viewings.  Well, at least it is a fun disc.

 

The 1080i 1.78 X 1 digital High Definition image just makes its letter grade, with that beautiful shooting looking pretty good, though once again, daylight still never looks like daylight since HD has the Video Red limit and you can imagine with all the nudity how that can be an issue with flesh tones.  This is a cleaner shoot than many, though.

 

The sound comes in DTS 2.0 and lesser Dolby Digital 2.0, so you have the choices, but the DTS is warmer, matching the locations and camera subjects.  This is not the greatest 2.0 mix in the world with its acceptable Pro Logic surrounds, but works nicely and is professional enough like PCM 2.0 Stereo off of an old 12” LaserDisc.  The only extras are some HD trailers, but the main attraction is the eye candy and on that level, Bikini Destination – Triple Fantasy delivers.

 

 

-   Nicholas Sheffo