Powderfinger Posted March 10, 2012 Share Posted March 10, 2012 Purchased a copy of the 2112/Moving Pictures Classic Albums DVD earlier this evening. Watching it now. Pretty damn cool so far! I read a review on Amazon that criticized this documentary for not really expanding on the Beyond the Lighted Stage material. But I'm only about 15 minutes in and I'm seeing all kinds of unique footage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Presto-a RUSH fan! Posted March 10, 2012 Share Posted March 10, 2012 (edited) This DVD is awesome! (I got the BluRay/DVD combo) I LOVE when they play the each instrument individually on 2112 and then put it together. Just so cool. Edited March 10, 2012 by Presto-a RUSH fan! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Echoes Posted March 10, 2012 Share Posted March 10, 2012 Yeah, it was definitely a good buy and really interesting DVD. And wat? If people want BTLS, then go watch it. It's already jam packed with extras Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
An Enemy Without Posted March 10, 2012 Share Posted March 10, 2012 MONEY-GRAB! MONEY-GRAB! MONEY-GRAB! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Presto-a RUSH fan! Posted March 10, 2012 Share Posted March 10, 2012 QUOTE (An Enemy Without @ Mar 10 2012, 12:50 AM) MONEY-GRAB! MONEY-GRAB! MONEY-GRAB! Seriously, is the all caps necessary? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
An Enemy Without Posted March 10, 2012 Share Posted March 10, 2012 QUOTE (Presto-a RUSH fan! @ Mar 9 2012, 11:05 PM) QUOTE (An Enemy Without @ Mar 10 2012, 12:50 AM) MONEY-GRAB! MONEY-GRAB! MONEY-GRAB! Seriously, is the all caps necessary? Just messin' with you guys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enemy Within 77 Posted March 10, 2012 Share Posted March 10, 2012 It's alright. I was really disappointed all of side 2 of MP was completely ignored. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phantom Posted March 11, 2012 Share Posted March 11, 2012 QUOTE (Enemy Within 77 @ Mar 10 2012, 02:03 AM) It's alright. I was really disappointed all of side 2 of MP was completely ignored. This surprised me too. I'd have thought that each of those albums would have warranted a classic album treatment of their own, as opposed to combining them into one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metaldad Posted March 11, 2012 Share Posted March 11, 2012 (edited) QUOTE (Enemy Within 77 @ Mar 10 2012, 02:03 AM) It's alright. I was really disappointed all of side 2 of MP was completely ignored. If your not going to do it right , don't do it . I was Pissed when i watched it . They should have sold the 2 dvd's separately Edited March 11, 2012 by metaldad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Powderfinger Posted March 11, 2012 Author Share Posted March 11, 2012 Having finished the DVD, I have to say I absolutely love it. It's not perfect, sure. But it's not a cash grab either. It's two hours of mostly unique footage and material that I picked up for ten dollars. As a musician, I especially enjoyed the segments at the mixing console with Terry Brown and the in-depth analysis of some of the master tracks. I also found Neil's discussion of his lyrical development intriguing. Not anything I didn't already know, but I appreciate hearing him explain the arc of his development as a lyricist in his own words, with the benefit of hindsight. I agree with others that it's a shame we don't get side two of Moving Pictures. The Camera Eye and Vital Signs are my second and third favorite songs from that album, and I would have appreciated their inclusion. But notwithstanding that criticism, I think this is a great set. A lot of fun! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Presto-a RUSH fan! Posted March 11, 2012 Share Posted March 11, 2012 QUOTE (Powderfinger @ Mar 11 2012, 12:43 PM) Having finished the DVD, I have to say I absolutely love it. It's not perfect, sure. But it's not a cash grab either. It's two hours of mostly unique footage and material that I picked up for ten dollars. As a musician, I especially enjoyed the segments at the mixing console with Terry Brown and the in-depth analysis of some of the master tracks. I also found Neil's discussion of his lyrical development intriguing. Not anything I didn't already know, but I appreciate hearing him explain the arc of his development as a lyricist in his own words, with the benefit of hindsight. I agree with others that it's a shame we don't get side two of Moving Pictures. The Camera Eye and Vital Signs are my second and third favorite songs from that album, and I would have appreciated their inclusion. But notwithstanding that criticism, I think this is a great set. A lot of fun! Couldn't agree more with all your statements, especially the Terry Brown mixing segment! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColdFireYYZ Posted March 12, 2012 Share Posted March 12, 2012 I still haven't seen it. I don't know what I'm waiting for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bastille Dave Posted March 12, 2012 Share Posted March 12, 2012 QUOTE (Presto-a RUSH fan! @ Mar 11 2012, 06:39 PM) QUOTE (Powderfinger @ Mar 11 2012, 12:43 PM) Having finished the DVD, I have to say I absolutely love it. It's not perfect, sure. But it's not a cash grab either. It's two hours of mostly unique footage and material that I picked up for ten dollars. As a musician, I especially enjoyed the segments at the mixing console with Terry Brown and the in-depth analysis of some of the master tracks. I also found Neil's discussion of his lyrical development intriguing. Not anything I didn't already know, but I appreciate hearing him explain the arc of his development as a lyricist in his own words, with the benefit of hindsight. I agree with others that it's a shame we don't get side two of Moving Pictures. The Camera Eye and Vital Signs are my second and third favorite songs from that album, and I would have appreciated their inclusion. But notwithstanding that criticism, I think this is a great set. A lot of fun! Couldn't agree more with all your statements, especially the Terry Brown mixing segment! it's cool indeed. But it's no different than the dozens of other "Classic Albums" DVD's out there. They all have the producers playing with the mixing console, the band members playing along side the songs, and they only document about 5 or 6 of the 10 or so songs on each album (in Rush's case it was 4 of the 7 tracks). I love the Classic Albums series but I wish they were more different from each other. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drbirdsong Posted March 12, 2012 Share Posted March 12, 2012 I thought it was a nice companion for Beyond The Lighted Stage because it digs deeper into the technical side of things. I would like to see a longer version for each album. It takes a week to get through a Neil Peart DVD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unattractive Truth Posted March 12, 2012 Share Posted March 12, 2012 I thought it was very interesting, but yes it could have been longer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Presto-a RUSH fan! Posted March 12, 2012 Share Posted March 12, 2012 QUOTE (Bastille Dave @ Mar 12 2012, 06:24 AM)QUOTE (Presto-a RUSH fan! @ Mar 11 2012, 06:39 PM) QUOTE (Powderfinger @ Mar 11 2012, 12:43 PM) Having finished the DVD, I have to say I absolutely love it. It's not perfect, sure. But it's not a cash grab either. It's two hours of mostly unique footage and material that I picked up for ten dollars. As a musician, I especially enjoyed the segments at the mixing console with Terry Brown and the in-depth analysis of some of the master tracks. I also found Neil's discussion of his lyrical development intriguing. Not anything I didn't already know, but I appreciate hearing him explain the arc of his development as a lyricist in his own words, with the benefit of hindsight. I agree with others that it's a shame we don't get side two of Moving Pictures. The Camera Eye and Vital Signs are my second and third favorite songs from that album, and I would have appreciated their inclusion. But notwithstanding that criticism, I think this is a great set. A lot of fun! Couldn't agree more with all your statements, especially the Terry Brown mixing segment! it's cool indeed. But it's no different than the dozens of other "Classic Albums" DVD's out there. They all have the producers playing with the mixing console, the band members playing along side the songs, and they only document about 5 or 6 of the 10 or so songs on each album (in Rush's case it was 4 of the 7 tracks). I love the Classic Albums series but I wish they were more different from each other. I agree, I wish it was an in-depth analysis of every song, but as you know from seeing other Classic album specials, they are usually 1 hour long made for TV so they are what they are. I'd much rather have it as it is, than not have it at all. If anything, I wish on the DVD they would include complete interviews with the different people as extras. You know they probably have 4 hours of interview with Terry Brown alone and they probably talked to him about all the songs on MP's, but they had to cut it for time. So my only criticism is that they should include all those complete interviews as extras on the DVDs for those of us who would watch them. Like for me, that last scene in BTLS where they are at dinner, I was so glad they included it as an extra. That said, I would have watched them at dinner talking for 10 hours if they included it. Granted there would be parts they'd edit out because they might be personal, but all the general conversation, I'd watch every second of them just BSing at dinner. But that's just me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HowItIs Posted March 13, 2012 Share Posted March 13, 2012 QUOTE (Presto-a RUSH fan! @ Mar 9 2012, 09:47 PM) This DVD is awesome! (I got the BluRay/DVD combo) I LOVE when they play the each instrument individually on 2112 and then put it together. Just so cool. Ditto. I really enjoyed when they did this with YYZ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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