I proclaim this a SNOW DAY

[pyroyale]

No official snow day today but due to how bad the little roads around my house are, I've given myself a snow day.

I tried - I dug my car out and even drove it but after it refused to stop when I asked it to and started to drift into what could have been oncoming traffic I gave up.

I felt a little guilty about flaking out of work but felt slightly better when a DHL delivery van had similar trouble and got stuck trying to turn around at the end of my street.

Although I must admit that I did feel bad for the driver because the reason he was driving down my street was to deliver these -



Girugamesh's artwork is awful isn't it? I have the limited edition version with the DVD but I have no clue what's on it, other than a couple of PVs.

The Gackt single is a nice package though. 3 discs (1CD + 2DVD) and has a nice little booklet with interviews with Gackt and Masahiro and with Gackt alone. There's also some nice behind the scenes shots from the PV shoot but I'm not going to scan it. It's a lot like the DIABOLOS booklet where the pages are so bloody stuck together that the only way to get a good quality scan would be to risk tearing it apart.

The Journey Through the Decade and The Next Decade PVs are included and there are SIX, yes SIX different versions of the Stay the Ride Alive PV.

My favourite by far is the Stay the Ride Alive multi angle version GACKT angle one.

It's just Gackt.

No cuts to the hobo orchestra (who get their own version of the PV).

No cuts to Masahiro (who also gets his own version).

Just Gackt.

Marvellous.

And other than one single cut and change of shot about 20 seconds in it's all shot with ONE camera, no cuts. It's very, very well shot really as it's all filmed by the crane camera so there are lots of sweeping shots over the scene which flow into close ups and then sweep out again.

The Behind the Scenes clip is pretty fun too, mainly because of the usual stunt bike riding.

I think I'll listen to Girugamesh now.

Day off work tomorrow. I was planning on shopping but now, I think I'm just going to stay in the warm!

Comments

[karadin.livejournal.com]

Thanks for detailing the contents of the memorial STRA disc!

[cmsgackt.livejournal.com]

Would you care to upload the PV versions???? Pretty pretty please I so want to see them and can't afford the money right now. *cry*

[pyroyale.livejournal.com]

My Net connection is being very temperamental right now but I'll try and upload something... I'm not going to promise how much but I'll try!

[cmsgackt.livejournal.com]

That would be awesome. *_* I know the problem with the internet in the moment... It is fucking cold here and the internet connection loves to die in the badest moments. :(
So thanks in advance for any upload. *smile*

[pyroyale.livejournal.com]

I'd love to claim the term "hobo orchestra" but I've seen it used by a few people and it just fits so well!

I kinda want to see Avatar, just to see what all of the fuss is about. The story doesn't grip me but I've heard mainly good reviews, especially from those who've seen it in IMAX.

[satsukiyatoji.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the info about the single *_______* Now we're more impatient for it to arrive!!! We want it now T__T, we'll have to wait at least untill the end of the month u_u

[wongkk.livejournal.com]

Cool!! Ya got it! There's no stopping the Japanese Amazon when she gets going! (even it she cheats and uses DHL slave labour)

Thanks for showing the treasure. Y, the contrast in visual style between Gackt and the Not Gackt really notices! Both lovely stuff to have though. Glad your grotty day had a good ending.

Wow - that MV disc sounds pretty packed. SIX versions??? You need to grow four more eyes ;=)

Keep warm and well fed!

[pyroyale.livejournal.com]

I think the poor DHL slave labour wishes he had been stopped, the poor thing was pretty pale in the face when he knocked the door thanks to slipping and sliding in the snow!

I think the contrast between the two artworks is quite amusing. Both have one person on the cover, both are making a point of showing their hand... Yet one is pretty awful and the other just plain pretty XD

Six versions does seem a little extravagant (two are near enough the same though) but hey, value for money!

[camui-love.livejournal.com]

A snow day once in a while is okay methinks xp;

You're right, the artwork for girugamesh isn't really great.. xD;
On the plus side, 6 versions?! Holy cow, that's just amazing <3
Have fun watching all of them again and again and again... x]