deleted post, arguing with upoading of images

Got it on blu-ray today. Its an incredibly well put together concert movie no question about it. I've seen a lot of good concerts over the years that have been committed to celluloid and Don't Think is definitely one of the best. I think partly because it concentrates on the audience, it really focuses on you experiencing what they're experiencing, and it does it so creatively.

I agree that it does seem rather short now that you see it outside of the cinema. I guess that's the trade off of capturing it at a festival where the shows tend to be a bit shorter. They obviously picked a great festival to shoot it at though. A bit more original that choosing Glastonbury say. The Japanese crowds look so into it all.

As to the quality of the footage being really grainy. Its all low light hand held footage for the most part, I think the grainy look really adds to the atmosphere of it. It would just look like the usual TV coverage you get at Glastonbury if it was done any differently. A bit dull.

Its just a shame you can't recreate the volume of a Chems gig without seriously annoying your neighbours. I guess its nice being able to hear all the details you miss when its at massively high volume though so a good trade off there.

ThePumisher, on 26 March 2012 - 4:14 AM, said:

Dam that's big! Good one on the score!

Ben_j, on 26 March 2012 - 6:05 AM, said:

Is there a way where you can call your peeps that you ordered from, and have them deliver the correct one! I assume there will be a delay in getting it to your pad!

ThePumisher, on 26 March 2012 - 10:03 AM, said:

Try adjusting the sharpness, or maybe it's the transfer!

So I got trouble uploading an image to my post so I need to describe my problem. I just recieved the 10" book but a picture in the book is missing which is used as a promo. It the screaming Japanese actress in yellow with the fold open page of the Saturate visuals. It's the fourth picture in this link. Does anyone have the 10" book and the small DVD book?
http://www.amazon.co...&pf_rd_i=468294

Joslyn, on 26 March 2012 - 10:48 PM, said:

Maybe that won't help you but consider this: you may have the ultimate collector's item! THE 10" limited book with THE missing picture!

ThePumisher, on 26 March 2012 - 7:03 PM, said:

Hey pum, you using VLC and individual video card settings with it? I turned off all of that and it somewhat helped. I solely adjusted the contrast to make it a bit darker and reduce the gray haze.

Btw, are you able to use your mouse cursor with the right hand thumbnail pictures within the track select menu? Everything after, I guess Escape, is not responding to any clicks. I have to move there by arrow keys.

I was so excited about the 10" release but now I got it and I'm a bit disapointed. The discs keep falling out, the round things where you lock your discs in are pressed through the photos in the book and there are photos missing. Why is this a limited edition containing exclusive photos when not even al photos are included in this one?

What baffles me is that I didn't notice any grains during the cinema screening.
Another thing I wonder is: Both the CD and DVD have almost the same running time but yet have different editing. For instance, the segue between Believe and Escape is missing, no intro (I know, probably due to CD capacity issues). But then again, the DVD is about the same length. So, what happened to the rest in respect to the DVD?

Also, I'm really pissed about our German law makers who decided to have put on these ugly FSK labels for youth protection. The sticker was stuck so firmly on the cover that the material in that very spot had become wavy after I removed it. Can't they just put these labels right on the plastic wrapper?

Joslyn, on 26 March 2012 - 11:05 PM, said:

Do you say your pics have been damaged? Everything's fine with cd lock mechanism with my paper back case. In fact, they're sitting pretty tightly in that (English term).

Apart from all the criticism, this package is pretty neat! I love it!

Ben_j, on 26 March 2012 - 11:05 PM, said:

I bought the Limited Edition Japanese version, they only had 3 options, DVD, Limited DVD and Blueray, and mine is the smaller one like yours Ben_j. I was shocked when I saw Pum's picture. Now I need the bigger one, dammit.

Joslyn, on 27 March 2012 - 6:48 AM, said:

That is the center picture in the book, and you should definitely contact your supplier to get a complete copy.

Csar, on 26 March 2012 - 11:18 PM, said:

The round locks have been pressed in the book so you can see the pressing of the round locks al the way through...

Krisper, on 26 March 2012 - 11:23 PM, said:

I got the big book and the center picture is a Saturate picture but without the balloons, a much tighter shot.

Joslyn, on 26 March 2012 - 11:25 PM, said:

Oh damn! That's bad. Maybe you should turn it in for another copy.

ThePumisher, on 26 March 2012 - 1:14 PM, said:

What Saturate photos do you have in your book? Also the one with the balloons?

Joslyn, on 27 March 2012 - 7:29 AM, said:

It's all very confusing, I see the same picture that is in mine shown in both this DVD sized edition and this Large Book Edition. Odd that yours is different.

Krisper, on 26 March 2012 - 11:35 PM, said:

That picture which is shown by the large book edition is a picture from the dvd sized edition judging by the shape of the actual book. It's looks smaller and the Saturate photo looks like an fold open page

Csar, on 26 March 2012 - 10:58 PM, said:

No, i'm not watching it on my PC. I have a stand-alone bluray-player (samsung bd5300).

Csar, on 26 March 2012 - 11:09 PM, said:

I wasn't at the cinema for watching so i can't say anything to this. But after seeing inchemwetrust's linked video i'm not sure what to think about the grain. Still annoyed with the "colour blocking" artifacts, don't know if this is the correct name for it - talking about block artifacts you have on solid colour areas (like black sky) which you receive when converting dvd's to avi with poor converters and/or poor codecs. But you shouldn't have them on a bluray - that's why i bought bluray, to get an improved quality compared to dvd.

Csar, on 26 March 2012 - 11:09 PM, said:

yes, this really sucks. after reading your post about removing it i won't do the same.

Joslyn, on 26 March 2012 - 11:30 PM, said:

Exploding yellow balloon. It's in the center of the book. And i also don't have the screaming woman, but it looks like it is only in the smaller sized book.

Csar, on 26 March 2012 - 11:09 PM, said:

Joslyn, on 27 March 2012 - 7:45 AM, said:

Yeah, you're right, that is a pic from the smaller book. Very misleading.

Krisper, on 26 March 2012 - 2:23 PM, said:

Csar, on 26 March 2012 - 2:30 PM, said:

Joslyn, on 26 March 2012 - 2:30 PM, said:

Krisper, on 26 March 2012 - 2:35 PM, said:

Joslyn, on 26 March 2012 - 2:45 PM, said:

Krisper, on 26 March 2012 - 2:54 PM, said:

For some reason or another, I knew something like this would happen!

It sucks that some of you got mixed results and some not-so-good results!

I'm antsy right now for the driver to get here and bring me my copy! I assume my DVD sized edition will be altered as well after intensive inspection once it gets here!