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Amiga computer related discussion => General chat about Amiga topics => Topic started by: AmigaOldskooler on November 02, 2016, 08:07:35 PM
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The date for release is January 6th, 2017. Pre-orders begin in December. Looking forward to get that DVD in the post! :)
https://oldschoolgameblog.com/2016/11/02/viva-amiga-release-date/ (https://oldschoolgameblog.com/2016/11/02/viva-amiga-release-date/)
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well, it's actually available online as of today. at hulu. seriously.
http://www.hulu.com/watch/1013368
-- eliyahu
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Apparently, can only be watched from the USA, according to the message I'm getting.
Doesn't matter though, once its on Hulu, it will be ripped in no time.
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Just finished watching it .. not overly impressed by it, others might think differently. Always great to see Dave and R.J.
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Where's my copy of Bedrooms to Billions: The Amiga Years? It's got to be shipping any day? Any updates Kickstarter peeps?
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Where's my copy of Bedrooms to Billions: The Amiga Years? It's got to be shipping any day? Any updates Kickstarter peeps?
Received yesterday:
Hi all,
A quick update to keep you up to date!
Firstly the remaining Blu-ray and DVD stock arrived on Wednesday as planned along with remaining slip cases so we now have everything.
Secondly despite spending the entire week (and long hours each day) on shipping it is taking a bit longer than we envisaged to get everything out. It is still much faster than our last campaign thanks to Royal Mail helping us so much but we ask that you bear with us as we get this all out to you as we are very much on this!
Best wishes!
Ant & Nic
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Just finished watching it .. not overly impressed by it, others might think differently. Always great to see Dave and R.J.
Saw it at Amiga30. Thought it was beautiful. Might have cried a little. Who was cutting onions in the room? ;)
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Where's my copy of Bedrooms to Billions: The Amiga Years? It's got to be shipping any day? Any updates Kickstarter peeps?
Mine arrived this morning. I'm sure you'll be receiving yours soon.
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@paul1981
Wow, cool beans! Can't wait for my Floppy Disk Beer Mat :drink:
... oh, and the film of course :razz:
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The date for release is January 6th, 2017. Pre-orders begin in December. Looking forward to get that DVD in the post! :)
https://oldschoolgameblog.com/2016/11/02/viva-amiga-release-date/ (https://oldschoolgameblog.com/2016/11/02/viva-amiga-release-date/)
How are they going to know how to find me. I submitted money for this years ago.
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How are they going to know how to find me. I submitted money for this years ago.
Update your shipping preferences on the Kickstarter page.
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Update your shipping preferences on the Kickstarter page.
THis ain't cool. I've not logged into Kickstarter since 2008 or 09, and now it says that I am backing nothing.
I know I sent money, and I also remember e-mailing the guy and snail mailing him scans from promotional paper work in regards to the Gateway Amiga that never surfaced.
E-mail sent. :/
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THis ain't cool. I've not logged into Kickstarter since 2008 or 09, and now it says that I am backing nothing.
You'd have had to log in to be able to back the project. Wrong email address, maybe?
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Just finished watching it .. not overly impressed by it, others might think differently. Always great to see Dave and R.J.
Same here. Always nice to see our favorite machine being talked about on the big screen, but way too much CGI and most glaring to me when they did shoot real iron, the shabby condition most everything was in! Surprised nobody took the time clean up the machines. What's up with that? :lol:
Didn't realize, but was nice to see how passionate RJ is about the Amiga. I mean REALLY passionate! Looked like he was about to let the waterworks flow in a few scenes. lol
And poor Dave... not sure if some Head and Shoulders is in order or what, but someone should have cleaned that up before shooting. Overall a good show with some decent content and footage, but a few photography errors throughout IMO. DVD might not be so revealing though! :laughing:
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"pre orders" as if lol
I was routing for this project. being a professional producer im not quite sure where all the money went? Ill have to see it before casting judgement on that.
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Just finished watching it .. not overly impressed by it, others might think differently. Always great to see Dave and R.J.
I have to agree. It's worth watching once, but IMO it doesn't live up to all the hype and it certainly was not worth the long wait.
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I'm annoyed its not on sharing sites yet, since I can't watch it online.
Maybe its not interesting enough for pirates :)
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My Bedrooms to Billions: The Amiga Years Special Edition Blu-Ray arrived today + Floppy Disk Beer Mat!!!! Awesome!!! Will settle down to watch it on my laptop now. Thank God for laptops with optical Blu-Ray drives as the Mrs is hogging the TV!!!
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I've seen about a third and Bedrooms to Billions is bloody brilliant! Seriously pick up a copy. It nearly redresses the pro-Apple / pro-IBM rewrite of history that has happened. They say the victor takes all but the Amiga has had opportunity to put a different angle of history forward and that can only be a good thing. This has high production values, audio and editing. Nice!
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I've seen about a third and Bedrooms to Billions is bloody brilliant! Seriously pick up a copy. It nearly redresses the pro-Apple / pro-IBM rewrite of history that has happened. They say the victor takes all but the Amiga has had opportunity to put a different angle of history forward and that can only be a good thing. This has high production values, audio and editing. Nice!
Just watched Viva Amiga and Bedroom to Billions is superior in every way. After all of the wait Viva was disappointing.
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Just watched it on Hulu tonight (must have released it early?).. it was ok, but was hoping for more real detail rather than what seemed like a lets all feel warm and fuzzy mini advert.
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Yes, this was bad. I was excited to see the film but after I saw the 20 minute teaser on YouTube he gave at some Amiga show I became concerned. It was a chaotic mess and I hoped he would work it out in Post but atlas he did not.
After seeing the entire film on Hulu these are my thoughts:
There was no structure to the film and he set no rhythm to the narrative. The pace was just chaotic.
The few Commodore people he had in the film gave little to no information that would have offered some depth to the film.
For films like this, the fans do not offer much in terms of substance to the heart of your narrative. People like Jeff Porter could have really anchored the film with insight into Commodore, the Amiga, and the rise and fall of the company. Sadly, there was very little of this here.
I do not know if the the filmmaker left that information on the cutting room floor or did not know how to ask the questions to get that information out of Jeff. It appeared that Jeff was outgoing and knowledge so I would have thought interviewing him would have elicited a wealth of material for a film like this.
We saw very little of Bryce Nesbitt which was also a shame, though, he seemed introverted so his interview would have had to be approached differently than Porter.
Dave Haynie was larger than life but he has been interviewed so much that you either have to find new material to ask him about or sprinkle his comments throughout the film (which they sort of did).
Tim Jenison was also in the film but haphazardly which is kind of a shame. When I saw him in another documentary (Billboards I think) he had a wealth of content to share which was great. I felt he probably had a lot more to offer which I hoped this film would tap into but again it seemed like a missed opportunity.
Finally, the "Computer Historian" was just terrible. He was really just a fan with a made up title. He got a few facts wrong and just gave poor credibility to the film.
If you look at successful documentaries you have people who play certain parts to a film like this: fans, subjects, eye witnesses, and experts. These mix together to create a symmetry to the narrative of the film. You go to your experts to give credibility to the fans or the eye witnesses. These experts are usually somebody with a title at a university or an established place of knowledge.
Without getting to deep, Ken Burns does a great job of this in his many documentaries.
In the end, it was an ok film made by fans for fans. I think many of us would like to see a more detailed documentary on Commodore and the Amiga. I realize that we should be grateful anybody is doing something like this and it is a labor of love.
-P
PS - One of my degrees is in film and I won the Sundance film festival with my first film so that is how I know so much about film...
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PS - One of my degrees is in film and I won the Sundance film festival with my first film so that is how I know so much about film...
very cool. what was the film? perhaps i've seen it?
-- eliyahu