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The Voyager Odyssey: An Interplanetary Music Video Experience [VHS]

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I have owned the VHS version of this for over a decade and never tire of watching it. Yes, its a bit dated on the graphics, but the emotions it produces are timeless. This is not some dry documentary. Rather, the viewer is provided with an imaginary seat on the Voyagers as they pass by the four outer planets. You see these worlds as Voyager saw them. You feel the excitement of the discoveries as they are made, and you are told about their significance with subtitles. No human voices here -- that would only detract from the effect. While all of this is going on, a set of fantastic classical music selections plays in the background. Each planet has its own piece, chosen to elicit a specific emotion from the viewer. The selections are awesome and should be cranked up to be enjoyed to their fullest. In the end, you can't help but nod your head that this truly was an epic voyage of discovery. If you are looking for mere facts, then you would do better to read an encyclopedia article. If you want to experience the awe of the encounters in a truly unique way, this production is for you. I can't recommend it enough.

I can't believe some of the reviews I've seen on this title. Opinions are like rear ends, everybody has them, but keep in mind a panel of film reviewers named The Voyager Odyssey the 6th Best Documentary of all time (See The Greatest Movies Ever Made published by Entertainment Weekly). For somebody to think that aol Time Warner would award such a high merit to a video that some say an 8th Grader could do is ludicruous. The Voyager Odyssey defies every cliche of documentary making. It creates an emotional bond between the viewer and the Voyager Spacecrafts. I had tears in my eyes, when I realized that these ambassadors of humankind, would never return to Earth. This video represents outside the box thinking. It is far superior in its own artistic way to anything you will see on the Discovery Channel of TLC. But then there are people who hated Citizen Kane. I guess they just didn't get it.

The only thing that saved this DVD from a single star rating was the fact that you can turn off your video and listen to the music. This is by far the worst proffesional production I've ever seen.

Here is the idea... take some pretty cool voyager pictures of planets... cut them out and place them on a make believe star field. THEN super-impose cheep 3D renderings of the voyager spacecraft. HORRIBLE HORRIBLE HORRIBLE!

That's not to say you won't be entertained... you'll get a good laugh. The most spectacular thing about this DVD is the number of people in the credits. One guy in his basement would have made sense...

Seriously though, it would have made an excelent 8th grade video project.

Please please please... save your money and buy a DVD that took more than a week to make.

Don't listen to the others. They're just cranky. Combine inspiring music and awesome pictures of the plaets and what do you get? A great movie that surpasses the ratings of two fellow watchers. Hey, there were bad reviews for EVERY great movie, but sometimes, you just have to look for the good ones.

For the record: The Voyager Odyssey won an American Film Institute award for Best Documentary of 1990. It was also named the 6th Best Documentary ever made by "The Entertainment Weekly Guide to the Best Movies Ever Made". What some viewers don't understand that this isn't some dry voice over film, such as you see everyday on The Discovery Channel or TLC. Its creator has won 5 Video of the Year awards from such disparate sources as TV Guide, Billboard Magazine and the American Film Institute. Some of the reviewers that put it down simply missed the point. The Voyager Odyssey is an experience which blends music and visuals to bond the viewers to these Ambassadors of Humanity. To the reviewer who thought the music didn't go well with the video, I can only tell you that the creator is an Oxford Education PhD in Musicology. Maybe you ought to stick with rap. By all means settle back turn up the sound and let yourself become immersed in the greatest mission of discovery in human history. If the special effects are not Star Wars II calibur, remember, those effects weren't available when the video was made.

This was released on LD.

It is a very poor compilation.

It has no structure, the music does not fit at all, and the sloppy editing does nothing to enhance this film. There are very much better space compilations on this subject on the market.

One should expect that an important achievement such as the journey of voyager I and II through the planets would bring unvaluable data and reveal exciting images from other planets. However it was rather disapointingly to watch a great scientific event through pale images in the age of digital video and poor data information in the turning of the century. If you wish to have an up-to-date news about our solar system and see astonishing images I would recomend "The Planets" produced by BBC.

The Voyager Odyssey was ranked #6 in the Entertainment Weekly guide to the greatest movies ever made (documentary). That put it 20 places ahead of Cosmos, 50 places ahead of The Astronomers and well ahead of A Brief History of Time. Why? Those other programs blazed no new trails. They were essentially show and tell pieces. The Voyager Odyssey has what these other shows lack, emotion. Emotion about a hunk of iron? My kids wept at the ending and my husband shed a tear. This is an experience; not simply a dvd to be watched and discarded

The Voyager Odyssey was named in the top ten documentaries ever made by Entertainment Weekly. It's not surprising, it defies every cliche of documentary programming. It's closer to Fantasia than the average television doc. A work of art that will endure.

An AFI Video of the Year Award Winner, this title was also voted the sixth best documentary ever made by the editors of Entertainment Weekly. A complete review can be found in the Entertainment Weekly Guide to the Greatest Movies Ever Made.

Sensational in every aspect. Dolby Surround used to create wall of sound. Truly a unique experience