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That was an excellent one.

In truth, there is barely enough story here to make a film.

This story has more twists and turns than a second-rate soap opera.

Yes, absolutely, there is fun to be had, as well as many, many things to go boom, all amid an atmospheric urban jungle.

BEYOND THE MINDS EYE is a surreal voyage bridging the gap between reality and imagination. Travel through the inner depths of the human psyche to the outer reaches of the universe. BEYOND explores worlds that may exist in alternate dimensions - or only in the minds of the worlds leading computer animators. "Brilliant" - Steven Churchill"Surreal" - Michael Boydstun"Real, yet imaginative" - Jan Hammer"As 'modern Fantasia' this video steps BEYOND" - G. Paul SullivanComprised of mini-stories; including Afternoon Adventure, Theater of Magic, and Nothing But Love.You will have some real afternoon delight.

I was quite interested to seeing 'Beyond The Mind's Eye' strictly to see if the computer animation would hold up. I mean, this was released in 1993 (causing a bit of a fuss if I remember), and of course, computer animation has grown in tremendous leaps and bounds since then. After watching this, I have to say I enjoyed it, the whole thing followed a curious pattern (It seems that 75% of the time we were either following something or going for a ride). About the animation itself, it seemed to flow quite smoothly, with some slow motion happening. Not too sure if this was done intentionally or if this was too much for the computer to handle. The whole thing actually plays out like an extended demo reel, with scenes usually not lasting more then a minute then going to the next "look what else we can do!" moment. I have no idea how influential this was, but I am sure I've seen some of these ideas used since.. Like the running cat? The kissing couple that twist and turn into one abstract being? The instrument players? Someone help me.

The tracks and ideas in this video are much better defined than in the original Mind's Eye. This series of videos really were on the cutting edge of the ray-tracing technology available. So what you see in this video is probably some of the best ray-tracing/modeling that could be done at that time. But as this series goes on, you can see most of the artists moving towards a style of realism and away from the surreal.

I feel "Beyond The Mind's Eye" is the best one out of the series. I know that computer graphics are changing each year & they are getting better & better, but what made this one better than the others is one big thing. The music of "Jan Hammer". It was excellent. From the opening track to the closing credits, this music flows nicely from chapter to chapter.It's a great disc for anyone's collection.