CyberWorld (2000)

User Rating:

6.6/10   

Directors:

Colin Davies
Elaine Despins

Writers:

Hugh Murray (story)
Charlie Rubin (screenplay) ...

Release Date:

6 October 2000 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Short

Tagline:

The biggest motion picture experience just got better

Plot:

While our host hunts for destructive computer bugs, various shorts and clips of computer animation are featured.

Plot Keywords:

The Simpsons | Computer Animation | IMAX | 3 Dimensional | Compilation

Cast

Jenna Elfman	...	Phig (voice)
Matt Frewer	...	Frazzled (voice)
Robert Smith	...	Buzzed / Wired (voice)
Dave Foley	...	Hank the Technician (voice)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Woody Allen	...	Z-4195 (voice) (archive footage)
Hank Azaria	...	Police Chief Clancy Wiggum / Prof. John Frink (voice) (archive footage)
Nancy Cartwright	...	Bart Simpson (voice) (archive footage)
Dan Castellaneta	...	Homer Simpson / Abraham 'Grampa' Simpson (voice) (archive footage)
Julie Kavner	...	Marge Simpson / Patty Bouvier / Selma Bouvier (voice) (archive footage)
Chris Lowe	...	(archive footage)
Cara Pifko	...	Computer (voice)
Harry Shearer	...	Ned Flanders / Dr. Julius Hibbert / Rev. Timothy Lovejoy (voice) (archive footage)
Yeardley Smith	...	Lisa Simpson (voice) (archive footage)
Sylvester Stallone	...	Weaver (voice) (archive footage)
Sharon Stone	...	Princess Bala (voice) (archive footage)
Neil Tennant	...	(archive footage)

Runtime:

44 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.44 : 1

Sound Mix:

IMAX 6-Track

Certification:

Malaysia:U | South Korea:All | Australia:PG | New Zealand:G

Company:

IMAX Sandde Animation

Quotes:

Homer Simpson: Holy Macaroni!

Movie Connections:

Features "The Simpsons: Treehouse of Horror VI (#7.6)" (1995)

I thought IMAX had some kind of quality control...

March 2004: I'm in Melbourne by myself, having seen the Grand Prix the day before, exploring this new museum complex in the city that had an IMAX theatre. An IMAX movie was definitely on my itinerary as I loved the IMAX films I saw back in America a decade ago on a family holiday. Thought I couldn't go wrong with whatever I chose to see, the poster for Cyberworld 3D had Antz and Simpsons characters on it, a winner no doubt I thought.

I came back an hour later when the session started, collected the well-used 3D LCD-flicker goggles and took my seat. The sequences tying the assorted 3D clips together were OK, and the clips of Antz and the bit from the Simpsons where Homer discovers the 3rd dimension behind the bookcase were great. The rest was boring, somewhat depressing filler, I thought Cyberworld 3D must have been made in the mid 90s as the rest of the clips had pretty basic and unevolved computer animation. The clip with Pet Shop Boys music was the sort of thing I would expect from a computer animation demonstration circa 1990 ("why am I seeing this up on an IMAX screen?" I was thinking to myself at this point).

Overall Cyberworld 3D is a pretty lazy effort using yesteryear's computer graphics, sucking in customers through prominently displaying Simpsons and Antz characters on their posters (when together they only make up about 10 minutes of the total runtime). Only recommended for kids age 10 and down who have never seen a 3D film before.