neil wilkes
2K Club - QQ Super Nova
Please post your thoughts, comments & reviews on this disc.
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It's no secret for PT fans that Steven Wilson would like to be a movie director one day and it shows on this DVD... editing and production are both very laboured, alterning a lot of angles and filtering (black and white, colour, "used" film effects...). Picture has this beautiful film look ("grainy" but not in the sense "bad compression"), and not at all the digital look.
All in all this DVD-V is a winner - I wasn't expecting less from PT but again they set the standards.
EDIT : maybe the surprise Neil was talking about is the fact that the center channel is not used at all... this is actually a 4.1 mix ! And I like that a lot, as far as I'm concerned !
This is something I wanted to add to my post. I know that Lasse is credited for the direction of the movie, but I'd be very surprised if the artistic direction wouldn't have been set - even partially - by Steven.The editing & production of the movie was all done by Lasse Hoile, not Steven - I don't know how much input Steven had here with the visuals, but I got the definite impression it is definitely Lasse's work
It's a 10. If anything defines the perfect concert DVD, this is it. When "Open Car" started I was getting tingles running down my spine which doesn't happen very often. Then "Blackest Eyes" kicked in. Heavier even than the studio version. Fantastic! The wide unwipable grin was firmly fixed. The bass is tremendous as well! Nice and low and tight. This will really give your sub a workout. In fact those without a sub will be missing a great deal I think. The drums are right up front. And everything else is where it should be. Very discrete. Yes, I am going to say it, the audio quality of this is better than any of their DVD-A's. No compression that I can detect. The instruments are very realistic. I got #1298 out of 2000, for what it's worth. Oh, and the video is very artistic as well. Best DVD I bought this year, so far................
A lot of people complain that there is a noticeable layer break, in the middle of "So Called Friend". I know that some players handle that better than others but it seems not so good to have it mid-song.
(Still waiting to arrive ... here)
The visuals were OK - Porcupine Tree aren't exactly the most visually dynamic performers
I much prefer PT for the superior sound (and less bombast).
And the 2 disc set to boot! I was going to wait and pick it up at the show, but the reviews are too good to wait. Thanks for the link!