My rating might influence two things: the fact that I'm of the biggest fan of Dream Theater and that this is not a movie, it's a music show. But I don't care, I watch concerts like if they were movies so... And plus, this one is not even one single show, it's three hours of music played live in a bunch of different cities with tons of bonuses and documentaries. But I still watch this like if it was a movie, see like putting the DVD in the player, press Play in the menu, making some popcorn and a beer on the side. But that's probably the bad side (so not important it is) of this show. It would be perfect if it was one single show, and this brings aspects like the image quality of the songs, which some of them is just bad. But you know what? I still don't care. This video is perfect even with all the small imperfections. It is definitely my favourite music DVD so far.
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Portnoy's worst moment
Duke_Of_Monton21 December 2020
Drummer and DVD creative director Mike Portnoy plumed his personal archives for footage in order to provide fans with the ultimate tour souvenir. He assembled over three hours of complete live performances, taking footage from shows in Rotterdam, Buenos Aires, Toronto, Boston, Bangkok and Vancouver. The tracks were mixed and effectively brought to life by Kevin Shirley.
The end result is. DVD with poor visual quality chopping and changing scenes too often and the sound mix does not 'fit' with the video. Although it is definitely a live sound you are not convinced it is from the same gig as you are watching. There seems to be a disconnect between the two. There is no presence to the audio so it doesn't'feel' live at all. What is also unpleasant, and I remember this from seeing this tour live is Portnoy's constant spitting across the stage. He doesn't need to do this. I never saw any other drummer spit like a soccer player every five or ten minutes. It even gets a mention in the documentary as the roadie walks around cleaning it off the equipment calls Portnoy' the camel'.
It was about this time Portnoy started to take more control over what the band did. The rest of them should never allowed the release of this sub standard DVD. It doesn't look authentic. At first I thought it was my equipment but no.
Portnoy was a great asset to the band for many years and he was fantastic with the fans and I will always remember and thank him for his contribution to Dream Theater. This DVD however was played once and will now gather dust.
The end result is. DVD with poor visual quality chopping and changing scenes too often and the sound mix does not 'fit' with the video. Although it is definitely a live sound you are not convinced it is from the same gig as you are watching. There seems to be a disconnect between the two. There is no presence to the audio so it doesn't'feel' live at all. What is also unpleasant, and I remember this from seeing this tour live is Portnoy's constant spitting across the stage. He doesn't need to do this. I never saw any other drummer spit like a soccer player every five or ten minutes. It even gets a mention in the documentary as the roadie walks around cleaning it off the equipment calls Portnoy' the camel'.
It was about this time Portnoy started to take more control over what the band did. The rest of them should never allowed the release of this sub standard DVD. It doesn't look authentic. At first I thought it was my equipment but no.
Portnoy was a great asset to the band for many years and he was fantastic with the fans and I will always remember and thank him for his contribution to Dream Theater. This DVD however was played once and will now gather dust.
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