Beyond the Mind's Eye
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Movie Reviews of Beyond the Mind's Eye
Movie Review: COLOR-FILLED FEAST FOR THE EYES
Summary: 5 Stars
Being a Sci-Fi illustrator in the traditional and computer medium I can appreciate the work that goes into creating art like the one contained in this CD. Who would have ever thought that mathematics could produce beauty like this (science has known it all along....and science fiction has provided us with limitless possibilities), but now everyone can explore the beauty of equations!And even if you're not an artist, mathematician, or scientist...you're sure to enjoy all the colors and shapes for what they are...a visual feast. I used to own "Beyond The Mind's Eye" on VHS before I bought the DVD; the quality is so much better.
I enjoy this and my many other digital animation CD's in many ways...There are times when I feel like sitting in front of my big screen TV and just feeling transported to all the fantastic places created by the animators. Other times I enjoy playing it as background while I cook or chat with friends. It is a great ambiance enhancer.
I started collecting digital animation tapes back in 1994 because playing them made me feel so futuristic...living in a world where technology is in complete harmony with nature. I am such a technophile. I say technophiles of the world UNITE! Buy "Beyond The Mind's Eye" and enjoy the future today!
Movie Review: Excellent!
Summary: 5 Stars
This is one of the original in the Mind's Eye series and it is _STILL_ the overall best. While the animations might look slightly dated, the quality of the work is all top-notch, mostly taken from commercial CG outfits like PDI, Symbolics, Alias, Robert Abel & Associates, BUF, Mental Images, etc. The animations are brilliantly arranged to flow into each other cohesively and form something resembling a storyline or concept. You do not get the impression that you are watching a bunch of disjointed pretty pictures as in the videos that followed.
Jan Hammer's music score is really the best part of this DVD. The score follows the imagery and scene changes perfectly, and Hammer is truely a master of evoking mood through exotic scales and nuance.
He is most known for his catchy music for Miami Vice, but anyone familiar with his Mahavishnu Orchestra and Jeff Beck days knows he is also one of the most influential jazz fusion keyboardists of all time. This is a must whether or not you are a computer animation fan.
Bad Points: Low quality video transfer to DVD. Corny bonus video.
Movie Review: Fantastic!
Summary: 5 Stars
Just like its predecessor, "Odyssey Into The Mind's Eye," this DVD has astounding computer animated graphics that will leave the viewer's eyes delighted in a feast of colors and light. What sets this DVD apart from the first one is the soundtrack. While "Odyssey" had a ho-hum soundtrack, this one features a soundtrack written by Jan Hammer. In fact, the music is from one of his albums by the same name. The graphic overtures in this DVD were modeled around Hammer's music, and not the other way around. That, I think, is the big difference. In the first DVD the music seemed to be more or less an afterthought where as in this one it is integrated much more artistically into the sequences (not to mention the music itself is of a much higher calibre than the first DVD).
I would highly recommend this DVD to anyone interested in computer generated graphics. It's a fun and exciting excursion into virtual reality; one which will make full use of both the impressive picture and CD quality sound offered by DVD.
Movie Review: Beyond The Mind's Eye
Summary: 5 Stars
A wonderful rendition of a well loved video. The video quality as well as the sound track lived up to the high standards set by the DVD format. The DVD version is NOT a replacement for the VHS version as there many noted differences. The DVD version contains many 5 to 15 second "snippets" which are never seen in the VHS version and likewise, some items in the VHS version are omited from the DVD version. There is a full selection in the VHS version which does not appear in the DVD version, and likewise, a full selection in the DVD version which does not appear in the VHS version. Missing the "Bonus" video would not be a great loss although it was somewhat amusing. Jan Hammer's music is soothing, upbeat, and strong enough to stand on it's own merit without the animations being necessary complete the experience. The high tech (of the time) cira 1990 Apple motherboard with it's 4 Mb of RAM in Brave New World serves as a reminder of the progress in technology of this past decade.Movie Review: A Rembrandt for the 90's
Summary: 5 Stars
Although the technology used to create this mind-bending computer animated journey is a little out of date, the artistic creativity makes up for it. Ian Hammer did a fantastic job of setting the musical ambiance - which is like a Syntho-musical van Gogh. After 5 minutes of watching the animation I was totally entranced, unable to take my eyes away even for a minute. The musical video cast's some kind of techno-hypnotic spell that draws you in and keeps you engrossed to the very end. This is a must-have for any DVD enthusiast.