Customer Reviews

A Perfect Circle - Lost in the Bermuda Triangle

5 star:		(7)
4 star:		(1)
3 star:		(3)
2 star:		(5)
1 star:		(7)

 

 

For those of you crying about the DVD not having live footage, maybe you should try reading the next time you buy something; it was never advertised as anything other than that. It is a DVD single. You get one song.

For the rest of you crying about it being immature or objectifying women.... just shut up and realize that someone who makes serious music is capable and ALLOWED to have fun and joke around. Quit being so uptight about everything.

I also fail to recognize how Maynard has "sold out" by releasing an uncensored version of a video that isn't allowed to be played on your precious MTV. Just about everything he's done in his career has proven that he's a lot more intelligent than any of you idiots bashing this.

With the infinite amount of clone-like video games and cheesy pop-princesses videos this one definitely stands out. Bravo to A Perfect Circle for taking a risk with this video and standing behind it. That Maynard is something!

I really excited when I heard APC was coming out with a DVD. When I put it in the player, however, I was a bit disappointed with the results. It's basically just Bikini Bandits stuff and APC happened to help them with the music. It's not exactly an APC DVD as I was lead to believe.

The Bikini Bandits stuff is entertaining to some extent. It's basically low comedy porn (...). I wouldn't recommend unless that's what you're into.

However, I will say that I don't think this is Maynard "selling out" as this is something he enjoys. It's deliberately cheesy and over the top and he wanted to do it for fun. It's not the usual great art we get from APC (or Tool, Maynard's other band), but it isn't meant to be.

there has been quite a bit of whining and complaining related to this dvd single/video. too bad. i bought this dvd and laughed [a lot]. i liked it so much that i also bought the "bikini bandits experience", i laughed some more, you get the picture. this is actually a pseudo-cheesefest that has its roots in the work of seventies exploitation flicks, specifically the work of russ meyer. the video for "the outsider" is actually very well done - crisply filmed with gorgeous color with the obvious bonus of scantily clad women beating up defenseless lawn decorations. because the video is in no way a morose examination of the subject matter, it manages to inject a little levity into a very serious and sad song which only strengthens the impact of the song itself. for those of you out there in [e]m[pty]-tv land, this means the video adds to the song, instead of merely providing dull window dressing or existing only as a "sales tool". well done "bikini bandits" and apc, you have done yourself proud and confused your own fans in one swell foop. russ and the pussycats say thanks.

This DVD is described as a DVD single (one song), but it does contain a 3 part short movie with the Bikini Bandits to go with the full and extended Outsider video. It also has a trailer of an animated Bikini Bandits Christmas movie coming out in December (Maynard lends his voice to this project). For what is considered a video single, it is definitely worth buying.

All the people who gave this a bad review don't get the point.......it's a DVD SINGLE!!!!!!! You get an uncut music video, some movies, trailers etc. It's not a full movie, it's just a single, just have some fun

TOOL ROCKS!

This Dvd is... Um... Well, it's terrible. And in a lot of ways, it's great. No... Wait... It's just terrible... Basically, it's a dvd for a Perfect Circle video, "uncut and uncensored" and then a couple of the Bikini Bandits and the Golden Rod episodes that are about 5 minutes a peice.

Basically, the video is an add-on to The Bikini Bandits stuff, and the Bikini Bandits are a bit like a fire... They're somewhat intriguing and cool from a distance, then you get up close and they burn you and show how much they really suck... And metaphorically speaking, this dvd is ON FIRE in that sense.

Now, if you're a Perfect Circle fan and you want to watch some twisted S#!t that does have a couple of 10 second Maynard cameos and also has APC music in the background... Then try as hard as you can to find this in the discount bin. If you're a Bikini Bandits fan (they exist, kind of like how there are people who love A Kentucky Fried Movie), then you'll probably love this disc and the strange stupidity that it seems to spawn. Me, I'd rather have had live concert footage, or more than ONE APC video for the regular cost of a DVD...

I love "the outsider" but this video ruins the song. i could care less about the bikini bandits. if you want a real good DVD by a perfect circle, on november 16 they will release a live one calle AMOTION. pass on this and wait

if your a fan buy it, if not then just get aMotion, its got some stuff thats not on aMotion but most of it is.

This dvd was everything i expected it to be. So it earns a 5 star rating in my opinon.

Tool and APC are 2 of the most artistic bands to date. Can't they have fun and not make an artsy video for once.

Look at Judith, 3 Libras, and Weak and Powerless. Those are all beautiful artsy videos.

Same with all of Tool's.

Billy howerdell stated in an interview that mjk was trying to make this a tottaly artsy video and billy just said why dont you call the bikini bandits director.

Thats how the video was made.

Those who were surprised by no live footage or music videos need to read the fine print.

Perfect