[LaserDisc 60fps Widescreen] The Gate to the Mind's Eye (1994, Constant Image Height)

More on The Mind's Eye: • [60fps] The Mind's Eye
More 16:9 LaserDisc edits: • 16:9 LaserDisc edits
Timestamps
0:00 Warning and Opening Logos
1:08 Title Card
1:27 Armageddon
6:24 Planet of Lost Souls
9:38 Big Bang Backwards
11:58 N.E.O.
16:09 The Ascent of Man
24:37 Valley of the Mind's Eye
29:18 Nuvogue
33:57 Quantum Mechanic
39:04 Moon Base
45:47 Credits
56:10 Color Bars
It's like • [LD 60fps] The Gate to... (link was originally • Video , a blocked video of mine) but optimized for widescreen displays so as to avoid windowboxing (black space on all sides). Also, the audio is different, it's now from the DVD (with the surround mix)! Turns out the DVD looks worse than the LD, but I will compare them in a future video before the end of July 2020 hopefully. EDIT: I did: • [60fps Ultrawide] DVD ...
In hindsight, I would have stretched the Mesoamerican temple at 22:47. But that would may have made the Idiosyncratic Wipe that follows slightly awkward
For uncompressed captures, see archive.org/details/the-minds...

[@williambreeden4805]

90's computer animation has a 'feel' all its own that has never been duplicated. Today's CGI is much clearer, but something basic was lost somewhere. The shimmering silvers, the 'lo-def' water, the plain backgrounds, the unnatural movement - it all feels other-worldly to me. I had this '94 and I wasn't a kid then, either LOL. I still find it fascinating. The music is great too. I have since discovered the other 3 videos in the Mind's Eye Series. Great fun!

[@agnidas5816]

It's the artists touch. This stuff was all done by the pioneers of tech - that is a very special group of people. The kids who went on to college to try to pretend to carry the same title of animator are just cheap imitators. They don't teach you how to grow talent and ability in college - they only test to see how much you can do with what you got.

[@llezmollah217]

I was only 2 when this was made. I'm mad I'm just now discovering this

[@tookeydookey]

What a perfect description of 90s CG! I have and always will love this style of CG, there's nothing quite like it! It's the kind of a fever dream that takes you into another world and lets you firmly grasp it (if that made any sense whatsoever LOL)! Whenever I want a break from reality, I usually put stuff like this on!

[@jnnx]

@@llezmollah217 If you were only two when it was made, how would have you discover it sooner? Be glad you know about it MEOW!

[@thegamesninja3119]

AI generated video can go surreal.

[@whatimlisteningto3420]

My brother and I watched this film so much when we were kids. Armageddon in particular was my favorite part as I was just getting into Star Wars and loved seeing the space ships battling. We also had the soundtrack on CD which we both listened to like crazy. I used to ride my bike around the neighborhood listening to it pretending I was one of those space ships. Those were the days...

[@erinloveswendy]

I usually prefer The Gate to the Mind's Eye came out on Thursday, June 30, 1994 not on Tuesday, October 25, 1994.

[@jessephiri7834]

I feel you bru

[@jenadiahdavenport2212]

Adore you 🤗

[@angelsartandgaming]

I swear this is one of the things that hit me into surreal stuff. I watched this all the time as a kid

[@Xxjoseph1029xX]

So you were a kid in the 90s and have that as your wallpaper? That series is abysmal

[@angelsartandgaming]

​@@Xxjoseph1029xX you mean my PFP? Ah yeah it's one of my drawings I did back in 2019. Haha!! I'm not as much into it anymore as I was, but I'll admit I'm too lazy to change it (plus it's kind of one of my favorite pieces I did as kind of an inside joke). May one day to one of my other drawings. Also I liked it back when it came out. Thought it was fun especially when I watched it with my brother. It's seriously okay if you don't like it.

[@UNBOUNDWR]

same here

[@ohnoherecomesthehotstepper]

vividly remember watching this over and over and over again as a child with my little brother. its still just as surreal and beautiful as it was back in 94

[@DerickSnow]

This is my version of Fantasia. So many core 1994 memories lurk in this shiny rendered spectacle

[@slackingstacker]

Same, me and my friends would always watch this as little kids when we were bored and try to piece together a story from all of it haha

[@safedrivingisforlosers]

Dolby has always been a pioneer. Also...27:44 "YOU'RE WATCHING....THE SCI-FI CHANNEL"

[@xBINARYGODx]

lol yup

[@weoniq]

I was about 7-8 years old when parents got the cassette with this video, and I only remembered the clip that starts on 17:00, the running tiger and the dreamy music that accompanies this moment. It was veryyyy hard to find it because I only knew that it was a "computer music video", and never knew the name of it. But I'm happy that I finally found it! Thank you for bringing back the childhood magical moment! Greetings from Russia :)

[@Southern_Ural]

Тоже очень долго не мог найти его. Родители включали кассету на повтор, когда уходили в заповедник, и я смотрел, смотрел, смотрео. Мне было 3-4 года. Позже мама вспомнила, что на кассете была надпись "GATE".

[@aBlackboywithRedeyes]

Awe man...I can remember the day my father brought this home allowed me n some friends to Watch it. One of the coolest video I've seen in the late 90s.

[@anniereginald4184]

I had this video back in the 90's still looks amazing

[@diamonddave16]

Same. First time I’ve seen it since 96. Too cool

[@whydontmynameswork]

Thank you for uploading this in HD. Used to go to a club on Sunday Nights called “Underlight” and they always had this on while the best DJs played trance/house/techno music.

[@ZAPcon]

All these years and I'm just now noticing the Sonic the Hedgehog BEER billboard @2:47 lol

[@scotts9691]

Saw the theatrical release back in 94' in San Diego with my family. Good memory

[@TheFirebirdinator]

4:03 you can see sonic the hedgehog, I don't know why I never saw that when I was younger.

[@mileidyclass]

Thank you, DeadwingDork, for introducing me and others to this gem!

[@EZClap_PWRU_Sargas]

На вхс кассете в 90-х был у меня этот шедевр. Для 94 года несомненно шедевр.

[@NewWaveEnthusiast]

One thing I can say about the Mind's Eye series is that the music is always top-notch, and it's enhanced with the enthralling visuals.

[@The-E-Base]

My mom has at least 3 VHS tapes of this "The Mind's Eye" series.

[@doctordothraki4378]

Actually, there are 4 entries

[@oskarmonteropareja5378]

thanks so much for having this video on KZbin. This is a classic of animation videos.

[@nonopeeplesstudios4695]

This was probably the only Mind's eye movie I didn't have as a kid so this was my first time watching it

[@Phaota]

One of the best soundtracks to the early CGI films, which is even better with Thomas Dolby doing the songs.

[@colonelsanders82]

I find it funny that so many people in the comments talk about watching this *as kids.* I sure as hell watched it as a kid. Might be kids are the ones curious enough to try a weird VHS like this.

[@bobrob1825]

I remember watching this stuff back in the day. It built a lot of imagination then. Great times.

[@_skysick_]

I got a pirated VCD of this from the local flea market in like 2000. It wouldn't play to the end but I still watched it over and over.

[@StarlitSwamp]

Thank you so much for putting the whole thing here ! I’d been wanting to see it again for something like 20 years ! I watched it so many times with my family when I was a kid and it brings back tons of beautiful memories. I’ve always found these animations and the accompanying music tracks so incredibly captivating...

[@coldplaybabeh]

This brings so many memories back!!! We used to watch this all the time when I was a kid, thanks for the upload! 🙏🏽

[@ngtflyer]

I remember first seeing this in the local stereo shop (Hi Fi Buys) as a demo for the high end big screen surround system they had in the demo room. Of course they used the laserdisc version. And I bought the disc. :) Ahh memories.

[@hayleelewis2641]

Love that there’s like 1000 mid rolls on a video that you ripped and uploaded to KZbin

[@venomousslayer8663]

This stunning video is even better if you watch this video in 1440p60 HD!

[@megaheroes3611]

I could careless if people consider stuff like this "outdated" or "archaic"! This has ultimate charm! Hell, Pixar and Dreamworks early 3D movies and shorts, Star Wars prequals and Special Editions, Jimmy Neutron, early Tekken and Soul Calibur, PS1 and PS2 Final Fantasy games, CGI special effects and other CGI stuff from the 80s - 2000s oozes charm that will never be replicated nowadays! Honestly I would be against remakes for this series, Toy Story 1 and 2, Incredibles 1, Finding Nemo, Shrek and few other series/movies! Sure they'll look like CGI movies of today, but the charm will be taken away!

[@TheBermudaMan]

9:38 had an odd emotional resonance for me when I first saw it as a kid, even though I couldn't really describe what I felt until much later: That pivotal moment when Alloy realizes everything is fucked, but instead of succumbing to despair, he becomes fired up with the grim determination to stop this nihilistic hellscape from ever coming to pass.

[@LordAurix]

Is it from something, then? If so, whats the source material?

[@slackingstacker]

Yeah and the way it's implied that the timeline got fixed from there. That scene where Space Satan retreats from the horizon has the exact same camera work as the opening sequence except this time nobody's fighting each other

[@supershottyproblems]

Thank you so much for uploading this. Back in the early 2000s when I was growing up I was obsessed with a Dolby demo DVD we had (I don't think it was actually in the Mind's Eye series because it included a clip from the movie Televoid, Too Far from Beyond the Mind's Eye, and a clip from a documentary on rodeo clowns) that had some of the sequences from this DVD. For a very long time I thought I'd never see some of these sequences again, so it's really nostalgic to be able to watch this in such high quality.

[@endthelogin]

14:40 I must of played this little section on repeat many times. Something about the music and the formation of Earth captured my imagination as a kid, I thought it was so beautiful.

[@jack_bench]

Aaaaw yis, thank you for this 16•9 edit! Looks miles better without the window-boxing on my widescreen TV. Thank you so much for the upload!!:D

[@GeorgiaCav]

This “computor animation” stuff may have a future. Eventually we might even see entire movies animated this way, without any hand drawings at all! Probably still a long ways off, though.

[@-EndlessHorizon]

What really stands out is not just impeccable ascetic but the religiosity of it. Its as close to as you can get to a shamonic voyage. Theres not really a whole lot of similar experiences in modern times given the context of the 90s.

[@Kevin93.]

4:04 Sonic!

[@mariobros113]

2:47

[@emmasappho9006]

this shit is so trippy i love it

[@diamonddave16]

Totally. 14:00 I just can’t get enough of it! 😄😄 🍄 😁

[@emmasappho9006]

@@diamonddave16 yeah I’m hoping to watch this or another movie in the series with some friends when we take acid or shrooms next

[@jnnx]

@@emmasappho9006 I miss the days when the underground culture was smart enough to use coded language, and didn’t have to snitch on themselves in a 24/7 panopticon military intelligence surveillance society. So much for the Enlightenment Age!

[@heresiarch.]

I've been thinking and searching for this for about 15 years and I finally found it. I used to watch this when I was little and I have so many memories of my dad setting everything up for me to watch this. Today I asked my dad if he remembers an early film where this silver guy with no legs was flying in a dystopian city and tunnels. He immediately knew what I was talking about and with his help I found this. We watched it together for old times' sake. Thank you for uploading.

[@onecentman]

I only ever saw and knew about Beyond TME, been missing out on this

[@Dormul]

Gotta love those dancing parrots. Thanks for uploading.

[@Clarkillustrations]

I was obsessed with this is a kid, I don't think I usually made it past the first 25m though lol

[@mosespray4510]

I used to lie in bed watching this, mesmerized. I got the CD and listened to the music too. The animation still has a hypnotic quality to it, and the music is as great as ever.

[@slackingstacker]

EYE EYE EYE EYE!

[@odranoelmusicremixes8453]

wow! i finally found it! saw this when i was little so many years ago. its been a trip to rewatch some of these clips. these kinda films are one of the main reasons i got into composing. along with koyaanisqatsi.

[@Doom963]

Same here nothing beats this perfect pass gold mine.

[@odranoelmusicremixes8453]

@@Doom963 nice! What kind of music do you make?

[@Doom963]

@@odranoelmusicremixes8453 Classic things and unusual things I'm getting ready to make 2 new types of music genres

[@jonathanlopez2650]

Dr. Terenzi made her parts so memorable!

[@user-ve9ly8in2m]

Man I remember my mom buying the vhs for my dad for Christmas

[@mandynader3937]

Thank you for sharing these links! My husband had the VHS tapes years ago, but he watched them so much that the quality is shot. I'm excited to share the high quality versions with him!

[@Bothrops_Asper_89]

I remember staying awake watching TV at late night, and coming across this video in a show from Discovery Channel called Splat!. I remember thinking why videogames didn't look like this.

[@UNBOUNDWR]

So nostalgic, I probably wouldn't be the same person if my uncle never showed me this as a kid lol, I wish there was stuff still made in this style

[@Doom963]

So true my parents got me into this.

[@vesper7526]

Omg I’ve been looking for this ages!! 😱Thank you!😆

[@Castorios]

@37:32 , I remember this part nearly 30 years ago at age 15 ! I loved these clips and would record them on our VRC. Today I work as an engineer in computer graphics... they probably paved my way.

[@kizzume]

Thank you so much for uploading this!

[@saumadeorderedchaos802]

This feels like the old version of adults swims of the air.

[@Doom963]

It's amazing guys that almost all of us mainly watched this when we were kids this is like PS1 and PlayStation 2

[@slackingstacker]

To this day I would still watch a feature-length film that expands on the opening Armageddon sequence... Like why are the police chasing aliens in the hood while Space Satan watches nondescript ships shoot at each other?

[@joeyjoe308]

31:44 How to Make a Decision

[@briskdarthmaul]

Better animation than Megamind vs. the Doom Syndicate and Megamind Rules!

[@deckofcards87]

Reminds me of Johnny Mnemonic, very cool

[@doctordothraki4378]

Parts of Johnny Mnemonic were featured in this video's sequel, Odyssey into The Mind's Eye

[@thecommisarstabwound1287]

Yes! I remember watching odyssey into the minds eye all the time when I was a kid and forgetting about it, and when I saw Johnny mnemonic later in life(some decade later) it reminded me of that gem! That was a mind blowing experience!!!

[@alexkotas7486]

A version exists[ I think it's the original VHS copy I have or something similar] where the message says " I

[@bioRex21]

I also saw this when I was 7 or 8 years old. But just a clip (like form 4:00 to 6:00). There was a cable TV program called Splat, it was about animation. This was shown and it became my favorite, almost 30 years later (I haven't done the math) and still remember the name of this. It was until today that I decided to look for it. Thanks for uploading. I didn't imagine this was a film!

[@pervertjamboree]

this shit rules thank you for uploading

[@phaneserichthoneus8895]

37:32 has always been my favorite part of this video -- with the army of synchronized computer men spinning around in a strobing environment.

[@raphiepie]

Wow, I loved this so much when I was growing up

[@scottcook2568]

Worked at radio shack we played this on the tvs... amazing but 2 things catchy songs and the eyeball mom crying was sad...it is amazing how many different people and companies made different parts of this video the list is long but amazing

[@Jeddit]

LOVE THESE

[@jonathanlopez2650]

If a sonnnng was a road... I would ride through the night to youuu!

[@StarlitSwamp]

I love that song so much ! So nostalgic... Ever since I found it again, I've listened to it so many times that I know it all by heart.

[@michaelricketson1365]

@@StarlitSwamp The whole soundtrack should be more widely known!

[@PashaHeaven]

NEO is a piece of music art

[@CulturaCosplay]

es una joya esos videos

[@MSwolfdog158]

They have been used in computer graphics CGI animation on Softimage 3D.

[@BeckhamProductions2004]

4:39 That's the actual Sci-Fi channel ident

[@mr.pavone9719]

I used to throw this in just for background music all the time. I recently added it to my MP3 playlist in my car. At 37:32 begins a really cool sequence. Once the runners are up to full spin, if you unfocus your eyes, like with those magic eye posters, it very briefly looks as if it's in 3D.

[@jimbotron70]

True!

[@xaxsimplexescapex]

I HAVEN'T SEEN THIS IN 20 YEARS

[@mastergirl922]

I was so confused watching this as a kid

[@alonsohinojosa1511]

X2

[@melodypope3422]

The dvd audio has unnecessary sound effects imo but I did grow up watching the vhs version so I'm biased

[@herohamza1196]

2022

[@krislong9338]

I'd love to sit in on the discussions where this was brainstormed. "After zapping the fiery fleshy looking thing into exploding, I want to become and armored spermatozoon."

[@slackingstacker]

"Yeah there's Space Satan and a screwdriver knight robot guy. And there's a bunch of ships dogfighting in a Bladerunner-like city where SWAT vans hunt down space aliens in the hood. Let's also have a POV shot of the screwdriver knight guy as he needlessly rear-ends some poor guy's spaceship until it crashes and explodes"

[@mr.pendleton7121]

For some reason your non widescreen Laserdisc upload of Gate Into the Mind’s Eye has been universally geoblocked

[@LeeONardo]

Not as enjoyable or interesting as the previous two entries (the minds eye and beyond). The first two used a variety of shorts taken from when the medium was still very experimental and people were trying to do things with the technology. This resulted in very surreal and abstract imagery that still told a story no matter how convoluted it may seem. Other clips were very dreamlike but all were nice and restful to watch, quite comfy to go back to. This stuff is far more direct in it's approach and telling obvious stories, still some fun stuff here but you can tell already they were getting into more standard fare. I would say though that att he halfway mark we start going back to the more previous style.

[@youngyadie]

classic

[@jonathanlopez2650]

9:38 bad asss!!

[@justinmurter7781]

Grateful Dead at 8:25

[@gnargnargnar]

nice catch!

[@PhriekshoTV]

Definitely one of the most important films of my childhood

[@danielzguitar]

CRANK IT UP!!!

[@DoktorWoron]

Very beautiful cartoons like PlayStation movies

[@PradaKicks]

Can stuff like this ever be recreated with todays technology?

[@doctordothraki4378]

Basically, yes

[@MaxUgly]

Everything you can think of is true! -Tom Waits

[@theblah12]

You’d have to use a older non-pathtraced renderer like the Maya Hardware renderer instead of something modern like Arnold, but it’s definitely possible. Maya and 3ds Max still have all of the old procedural noise textures, and the basic blinn and phong shaders which would go a long way to completing the look.

[@jnnx]

No, not really. It’s like in the early 2000’s when LCD Soundsystem tried to recreate that late 70’s early 80’s punk funk sound, but only ended making music for tryhard hipsters with too much money. It becomes something different.

[@Realsovietholyman]

I use to do DXM every other day for a summer and we watched this non stop. wouldda been 2003ish I thought it was amazing. now though...

[@chantrelllaw894]

Show begins at 0:46

[@side_character_c1787]

not enough people talking about 29:18 damn banger

[@unseenabyss2824]

You should put the dvd surround sound in the background of the laser disc visuals. Would be perfect

[@doctordothraki4378]

That's exactly what I did here. LaserDisc visuals, DVD audio.

[@erinloveswendy]

@@doctordothraki4378 47:43 What kind of Production was "Carpet Stains" by Eugene Jeong from?

[@doctordothraki4378]

@@erinloveswendy I have no idea, but my best guess is it was a commercial. Maybe for steam cleaning carpets

[@Eclectronicschannel]

I remember being very disappointed when I bought the DVD to replace the laserdisc, the picture was great but the audio was rubbish by comparison. It seemed like they had added a load of echo/reverb to the DVD version and it completely destroyed the punch and clarity of the original. For me the combination of dynamic audio and unusual CG imagery was what made Minds eye an immersive experience so I was gutted ☹️ . For me the Laserdisc audio (PCM stereo) is where it’s at, is that version still uploaded anywhere? I regret no longer owning the laserdisc or player anymore.

[@doctordothraki4378]

@@Eclectronicschannel I actually uploaded the LaserDisc with its original audio. It's in 4:3, and it's meant to be as close to the original as possible.

[@slackingstacker]

My god it's the one being more evil than Satan... Space Satan.

[@ted3681]

Strapped on the VR, took a big glass of milk (If you know what I mean)

[@MrNoosphere]

0:18 Good, that means its legit.

[@geetarman]

Thomas Dolby did the music no one else could have done better!!! I have the othe dvd,s in the Minds Eye series with music by Kerry Livgren, and Jan Hammer while good not comparable to the Thomas Dolby soundtrack.Livgren was guitarist for Kansas an Jan Hammer from Mahavishnu Orchestra among otgers and did Miami Vice theme song

[@samuelshock6292]

My comment list: 37:41-28:20 How was this Laserdisc approved for sale? This section contains intense strobing. I myself am not prone to having seizures, but SOMEONE out there would definitely get one from the rapidly flickering lights.

[@Bulacanos]

Simple. They didn't have to think about it.

[@Bobban]

17.35 is that the exact same animation from when Aris drops holy materia when she dies in final fantasy 7 on the ps1?

[@cyrisorevlamdan]

No, almost definitely not. This was produced in 1994 and Final Fantasy 7 came out in 1997. I think that animation is part of The Fascinating World of Materials, the animation featuring the tiger; you can see what part is from where in the end credits

[@Bobban]

@@cyrisorevlamdan perhaps the animators that worked on ff7 took that animation? Because its very similar

[@davidforshaw4810]

Exellent video!" 👍 A man that never dreams goes slowly mad! 🍄🔑🧩

[@DoktorWoron]

Liminal space

[@NozomuYume]

Wonder what this would look like with AI upscaling...

[@doctordothraki4378]

Well, back when I made this, I used Sony Movie Studio's upscaling. Since then, I started using nnedi3_rpow2 for upscaling. That means "Neural Network DeInterlacer 2 - Resize Power of 2". Though it doesn't do artificial detail.

[@NozomuYume]

@@doctordothraki4378 NN deinterlace is good as it applies motion vectors to each previous field to bring it into current field. Good stuff. The real power is artificial detail though. The best algorithms train on frames from the same video you're upscaling, so for instance if in one shot they see a pattern up close it knows that it's the same pattern later in lower resolution, so it can add the detail learned from the close up frames.

[@151mcx]

very first music video that used CGI, back in the 80's, was money for nothing....

[@sharptoothtrex4486]

32:55 Here comes street harassment whistling. In the present year women take this kind of whistling as street harassment.

[@tsm688]

Don't recall many women ever saying they liked it