Devin just fisted my brain. The Retinal Circus.
Posted: Tue Sep 16, 2014 9:23 am
Finally got a chance to just sit my ass on the couch and watch the Retinal Circus all the way through. Good lord. I really wish I could have been at that show. Absolute insanity from start to finish. The way he poked fun at himself, both in the present tense and in the past tense, was completely hilarious.
"We've even got a giant vagina on stage!" Right as he points at himself.
The fangirls fighhting during War was awesome.
The choir was awesome.
The Animals were awesome.
The apes rounding up the animals and putting them in a cage were awesome.
The giant penis launching ballon sperm into the giant vagina to create baby Ziltoid was awesome.
The Strapping Young Lad denial as Jed Simon sneaks up behing him shushing the crowd right before launch was awesome.
The Addicted sequence was awesome.
Devin making fun of himself for forgetting his lines was hilarious.
"It's like a White Lion concert in here! GET THOSE DAMN LIGHTERS BACK OUT!"
"If you listened to a Black Metal album today you're excused from being involved in the arm waving."
The show closer was amazing. Just having everybody chill and hang out while they did a little family style sing-along was great.
Even the fan talk during the credits was cool. The guy drunk out of his mind, "I don't even know what show you're on about, but I'm sure it was FUCKING AWESOME!"
The little half hour documentary about putting it together was pretty cool too. Funny how much of it happened in less than seventy-two hours. No real rehearsals until Friday, and the show was a Saturday night. Devin talking about forgetting lyrics because of all the women bouncing around on stage.
"All those women's butts, and I am a man." And then literally making this face 
. Dude gives zero fucks about anything but having a good time. Which even showed when they chatted with the other people involved.
The one dancer that got a fist bump from him then ran to the other dancers and popped off, "Devin just fisted me!"
What a group. They all said he was just really chill and reassuring and easy to get along with. You'd think with a production like that with such short notice he'd be ramped up a bit, but apparently not.
About the only negative I'd cast on the whole thing is Vai's intros got a little tedious at points. I get why they did it, but it probably could have been reigned in a bit here or there.
If you've ever been into Devy, it's worth a watch. A great retrospective on his whole career even if it didn't touch on every album, and a great big production show from start to finish. Hell, there's even a point he calls himself out for trying to cover up that it's really just a career review for himself right in the middle of the show. Honestly, more of the skits are about ribbing himself than anything else except for maybe the Ziltoid->baby Ziltoid stuff. Even there he manages a few digs at himself.
A really awesome show for fans. For non-fans, the dialog might get a bit
, and some of the giggle inducers during songs might put you off if you're all about the SRS ALWAYS in metal. If you're into goofy, funny, self-deprecating humor, and don't mind a few in-jokes passing you over, give it a spin sometime. It's great fun. The wife even enjoyed some of it, and she's not a huge metal fan and barely knows Devy other than the stuff I've attempted to cover over the years.
Way too much fun for a DVD/Bluray.
"We've even got a giant vagina on stage!" Right as he points at himself.
The fangirls fighhting during War was awesome.
The choir was awesome.
The Animals were awesome.
The apes rounding up the animals and putting them in a cage were awesome.
The giant penis launching ballon sperm into the giant vagina to create baby Ziltoid was awesome.
The Strapping Young Lad denial as Jed Simon sneaks up behing him shushing the crowd right before launch was awesome.
The Addicted sequence was awesome.
Devin making fun of himself for forgetting his lines was hilarious.
"It's like a White Lion concert in here! GET THOSE DAMN LIGHTERS BACK OUT!"
"If you listened to a Black Metal album today you're excused from being involved in the arm waving."
The show closer was amazing. Just having everybody chill and hang out while they did a little family style sing-along was great.
Even the fan talk during the credits was cool. The guy drunk out of his mind, "I don't even know what show you're on about, but I'm sure it was FUCKING AWESOME!"
The little half hour documentary about putting it together was pretty cool too. Funny how much of it happened in less than seventy-two hours. No real rehearsals until Friday, and the show was a Saturday night. Devin talking about forgetting lyrics because of all the women bouncing around on stage.
"All those women's butts, and I am a man." And then literally making this face . Dude gives zero fucks about anything but having a good time. Which even showed when they chatted with the other people involved.The one dancer that got a fist bump from him then ran to the other dancers and popped off, "Devin just fisted me!"
What a group. They all said he was just really chill and reassuring and easy to get along with. You'd think with a production like that with such short notice he'd be ramped up a bit, but apparently not.About the only negative I'd cast on the whole thing is Vai's intros got a little tedious at points. I get why they did it, but it probably could have been reigned in a bit here or there.
If you've ever been into Devy, it's worth a watch. A great retrospective on his whole career even if it didn't touch on every album, and a great big production show from start to finish. Hell, there's even a point he calls himself out for trying to cover up that it's really just a career review for himself right in the middle of the show. Honestly, more of the skits are about ribbing himself than anything else except for maybe the Ziltoid->baby Ziltoid stuff. Even there he manages a few digs at himself.
A really awesome show for fans. For non-fans, the dialog might get a bit
, and some of the giggle inducers during songs might put you off if you're all about the SRS ALWAYS in metal. If you're into goofy, funny, self-deprecating humor, and don't mind a few in-jokes passing you over, give it a spin sometime. It's great fun. The wife even enjoyed some of it, and she's not a huge metal fan and barely knows Devy other than the stuff I've attempted to cover over the years.Way too much fun for a DVD/Bluray.
