Feb
8
2008
Rektor Calls Upon Agens To Capture Princess
To create a Flash-animated music video for their song Princess, the Norwegian band Rektor called upon their fellow countrymen Peter Måseide and Kim Lid, directors at Agens.
Harboring a passion for C64 (Commodore 64) graphics, the Rektor team swims in 80s pop culture. Want proof? Check the band member’s names – Magnum, Don Johnson and, my favorite, Jan F. Kennedy (okay, so they slipped in one 60′s reference). So it should come as no surprise that their video is filled with allusions to Pac-Man, Track & Field, Space Invaders, Rampage, Pitfall, Chopper Command, Super Mario Brothers and even Michael Jackson’s Thriller. Any other references I missed?
February 9th, 2008 at 9:11 pm
You missed the Prince of Persia reference
February 10th, 2008 at 12:18 am
Oh yuck. This is hideously terrible. Bad music; ugly Ren-and-Stimpy-gone-8-bit animation, and bad music.
February 10th, 2008 at 2:46 pm
I think you also missed International Karate and a fleeting reference to Donkey kong in the opening!
I didn’t care for the music at all or the 8-bit look…I’m from exactly that era and those are totally my first games (actually, pong and Snake were) but this clone just couldn’t do much to keep my attention. I switched off halfway through. Sorry
Junior Senior did a much better job of it with “Move your feet”, imho.
Also, of lesser importance: Grand theft Auto: Vice City had exactly the same opening (typing in C64 screen + hacker opening). I’m sure that’s not the only place that it’s been done.
Keep postin’!
February 10th, 2008 at 2:47 pm
How does it have to do with Ren & Stimpy though!? Weird.
February 14th, 2008 at 8:14 pm
the song is brilliant!