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Planetary Traveler [VHS] | VHS Tape

Starring: Nathan House
Directed By: Jan Nickman

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$9.98

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VHS Tape

Rating:

Run Time:

40 minutes

Format:

Animated, Color, NTSC

Studio:

Winstar

Number of Discs:

Release Date:

September 05, 2000

Sales Rank:

50,273th

EDITORIAL REVIEWS

Description
A mesmerizing fusion of "hyper-real" computer animation and originally scored music from Jan Nickman, one of the creators of The Mind’s Eye. Experience the awe inspiring artistry of nature on a cosmic scale as a spectacular planetary landscapes overwhelm the senses.

CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 3.0 based on 21 reviews)

Get this for the music! by Fredrik Montelius (Dalby, Sweden)

2 Stars
January 18, 2006
Paul Haslinger, for a few years member of Tangerine Dream, has made a very good musical soundtrack which really kicks off in 5.1. If you dislike synthetic music, don't bother with this; if you do you will undoubtedly find that Haslinger has great musical talent, something which is hard to prove in this genre. So turn off your tv set and just listen.

disappointing by Jon Norris (Oregon, USA)

2 Stars
January 16, 2004
I was somewhat disappointed when I watched this DVD. Apparently, it was created with a very early version of Bryce around 1997. It shows very little advancement over a similar work called "Cyberflights," done with VistaPro on the Amiga about five years earlier. While it may have been cutting edge for desktop computers in the very early 1990s, it is quite out of date today. In fact, for a look at what was being done on the Amiga with New Tek's Lightwave in the early 1990s, check out Todd Rundgren's DVD, "The Desktop Video Collection." There really is no story line, and very little is shown of the alien "mothership," which is the high point of the 3D artwork and a very interesting object. I would rather have seen much more of it. I also found the music, while well done, not to my taste and not very fitting for the animations. The different worlds seemed very much alike to me, with lots of orange seas and skies and similar terrain.While I don't like to pan anyone's work, particularly when I know how difficult such a piece is to create, I would not recommend this DVD except as a historical piece to demonstrate where desktop computer animation was in the 90s compared to today. If you expect any kind of story line or lots of detailed looks at well rendered spaceships, you will be disappointed. If I had seen this before I bought it, I would not have gotten it.I have not looked at the DVD-rom (computer only) parts yet, they may be better.

UNDERWHELMING!! by Danny Casson (Chula Vista, CA United States)

2 Stars
June 24, 2003
This title was a big dissapointment. With all duerespect,the people giving this dvd 5 stars must notwatch too much CGI. This is basically multi-coloredterrain done completely on desktop computers. The music is even worse. The only way to salvage thisdisc is to put on some music of your own and hopefor the best!

Good but not perfect by John C. Devera (Asheville, NC USA)

3 Stars
October 07, 2002
Liked the story line but I guess I was hoping for better music. The graphics are good. The Roller Coaster part I saw at the Sinsheim Museum in Germany. I recommend The Gate, Odyssey and Beyond.

Nice, not great by Lee Strain (Corpus Christi, TX United States)

2 Stars
September 10, 2002
A good watch, but next to the minds eye series which is ultra fanatastic, it pales in a serious way. I recommend The Gate, Odyssey and Beyond.

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