I love my t-shirt! Thanks for the great service Dan, and I now have a
box full of little polystyrene packing things to play with!
I also like the way you hid the extra sections, and the hidden section
(with the main extra footage, not the little one) is much better than
U2s hidden section, and was exceptionally funny.
Another excellent point about this video is you can very easily use it
as a instructional video for extreme riding, for 2 main reasons...
Firstly you repeat any obscurly angled shots (Ryan Atkins' Block -> Bin
-> Wall line comes to mind right away) to show technical detail, and
you also use fisheye and zoomed instant replay to get closer to the
action. I can play your section particularly at 1/4 speed on my dvd
player and get a very good overview of how you manage to defy gravity
so convincingly 🙂.
An excellent feature, packed with fantastic extras that are worthy of a
DVD all of thier own (I thought the bonus footage was much harder to
distinguish from the main feature this time, it was of equal quality).
And it was so good of you to embarrass me my showing Tony Torchia
riding rails better than I can...
Thanks for that 😉 :p.
All in all, more that deserving of the title of best extreme sports dvd
ever. Everything from the titles to the musical selection (I loved to
see 800 octane return, and with such an excellent tune) fitted in with
the feel of the feature perfectly, and for the first time ever I feel I
know the riders in the film. Through the commentary, the interviews and
the clips you used I now feel that I could at least recognise the
riders in the street, and maybe even hold a short conversation! I think
the riders came across as much more human than in the universe
features, and its the little things like showing kris riding with brew
that make the feature work so well. I couldn't have watched U2 twice in
a row, but I've basically watched Defect all afternoon and it still
surprises me...
Nice burp talking too, I thought that was great. Especially the "Are
you ready for this, baby?" - Foot to tyre, face to floor. Classic.
Loose.
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