Moonraker Catalog # 219 Release Year 1997 CDrom Length 528MB Date/Venue Moonraker Catalog and Live Videos Source Media Quality EX- / EX+ |
Comments
Deane's Comments (rates this release
4.5/5.0)
Pretty damn cool! The graphics are
wonderful and the content is great. The interface has some of the problems that
digital works have when made in MFactory rather than MacroMedia Director. Each
Moonraker release for The Artist or Prince has graphics from the packaging, a
short sample of the audio, location information and a few even have video
samples. A great reference piece and very enjoyable.
Dale's Comments (rates this release 3.5/5.0)
This is
a nice release, but honestly I would prefer to have more in-depth info in one
area or another rather than the 'little of this, little of that' approach.
Mike's Comments (rates this release 3.5/5.0)
An
interesting mix of videos. The Hard life mini-film is a real
curiosity - directed by Prince it stars most of his band at the time of filming
plus various members of Madhouse (with Madhouse tracks supplying the
soundtrack). Without wishing to give too much away of the 'plot', a couple of
criminal bums (Wally Safford and Greg Brooks) are bailed out of prison by rock
star Jill Jones who then invites them to her party... The end credits reveal
that it was 'Misdirected by Prince', which just about sums it up. It's
interesting to watch (in the same way a train wreck is interesting to watch) but
it's no lost classic! There's much of interest in the rest of the video material
but the fixed-size windows they play in are all very small, sometimes around
only 200px wide. It's a fairly minor gripe though, and if you need to be
entertained for an hour or so there are worse things to choose than this.