The Commodore Story

How could you get so many great Commodore personnel and make such a dreadful hash of it. I backed the kickstarter for this and it was a real lesson for me. Could have been done better over Skype.... I remember sitting at a paid-for viewing and half way through there is footage of the whole clueless team riding around the States laughing...i'd helped them to buy expensive equipment and have a massive holiday... they were laughing at me. At some point I really hope that somebody takes the History of Commodore while there are still some key players left to tell it and not leave it to scenesters like this who understand nothing of the significance of the company. Commodore have often been written out of history due to revisionism and Apple/Microsoft success. This low grade crud only helps cement them being considered an historical triviality which couldn't be further from the actual truth.

It is confusing. Difficult to follow who is who. The models are not really secribed or compared. No games are shown as examples or music or demos showed.

It could have be much more interesting and nostalgic. Difficult to watch this long.

But all in all thank you for making it as it shows so much infos we could not knwo before. And also for paying respect to these beautiful creations.

The film maker appears at the start introducing and narrating but he is not skilled in front of camera and it starts off on the wrong foot. Then we get choppy cuts on interviews, accidental shaky cam on constantly annoying slider shots and strange zooms on static photos. A lot of recent Commodore films have been made so this is too little too late and unfortunately badly executed.

I was so excited about this. Worth watching, but could have been so much more. Poor script and lack of narration.

A lot of content included that does not add value to the Commodore story.

Many of the reviewers criticise the cuts, camera, storytelling etc, etc but it worked for me, really enjoyed it. Maybe because everything told here is known for me so just enjoyed it once more in a different way.

The interviews with well know Commodore and Amiga folks are good, the ad-hoc style make them feel spontaneous and genuine.

The early years of Jack Tramiel told by his son are great, touchingly told by his son, as a holocaust survivor starting calculator business and him being a harsh businessman rather stumbling into the first home-computers and chip fabs that later explodes and his exodus from Commodore.

RJ Mical's testimonial's are awesome as well as many others here, I'm sure they told them many times but still fun to hear them.

This story been told many times and this is yet another well told story.