Miles better than the last one, but really disappointing editing
I was really excited when this DVD was first announced, because number one, it would give mau5 a chance to redeem himself after the atrocity that was the Earl's Court DVD, and number two this was the tour I saw him on.
The footage itself is much, much better than the Earl's Court DVD. Looks like the cameramen actually knew they were filming a concert and not a random mass-collection of people. The setlist, audio quality and video quality are also much better.
What really disappointed with this DVD is that many songs are edited short or were even cut out all-together. WTF (To Play Us Out) and Limit Break were completely cut out of the DVD, and Where My Keys, Raise Your Weapon, Some Chords and many more were cut short. The most obvious point in the film where this is notable is during Reward Is More Cheese, the film literally just cuts right into Some Chords, skipping WTF entirely. Also, language was censored (As can be noted during Sofi's stage banter and...
Better than the last one, except for...
This video shows WAY too much of the crowd, the drop of a song will come on and it will be showing the crowd who will usually just be waving their hands... It is infuriating the amount of time this DVD spends on the crowd. I want to see his fantastic light show, not people waving their hands, people sitting on other peoples sholders, not some idiot sticking his tongue out at the camera.. In addition to this, they do stupid movements with the camera or move it too close to the stage in a lot of scenes and it makes it really hard to enjoy how awesome Deadmau5's concert really is.
I have to say I am really disappointed with this DVDs camera work, it was like a 10 year old with A.D.D chose what cuts to put onto the DVD...
On the bright side the audio quality is a HUGE improvement from the last DVD.
"Joel, you're home!"
Finally, a great Mau5 DVD!
The audio quality is A+! (phew); great performace, and song selection. Still a few things that 'urk' be about some of the production stuff that i'll never understand; like why it's never possible to have a static stationary view of the FRONT of the stage?! there's SO much going on! Also, there was another anlge (which is probably the only thing i liked about live @ Earls) that was beside him, near his nobs and hands, inside the cube, that this DVD kinda lacked. You never really knew what he was going back there.. :( I still think there's too much 'audience time' and not enough awesome Mau5 show, but maybe thats just me being a mau5-brat. Still, i thoroughly enjoyed this DVD and am able to finally bring a memory home with me of an incredible night (yes, i was there!). Conclusion: way better than 'Live @ Earls', still no great inside-cube Mau5 shots, not enough extras, fantastic show with great songs (some unreleased! )- and you can tell he was very happy...
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