Last night Cineplex was kind enough to invite me to a showing of the new Daft Punk video at their brand new UltraAVX theatre at John and Richmond (no need to mention a bank here, is there?). Impressively, the video clocked in at over two hours (!) and included quite a strong narrative. Truth be told, I found the narrative to be more compelling than Daft Punk’s appearance in the piece which, given the otherwise engaging effects laden production, seemed a little unnecessary and a lot cheesy.

It can certainly be said that this is otherwise a step in the right direction for the twosome. Moving forward from their performance pyramid, it appears they’re now touring with an entire city that can fit inside a very compact traveling package, the size of a standard standup arcade game case (not one of those newfangled large screen behemoths with guns and straps and shaking chairs).

Speaking of shaking chairs, there sure was a lot of low-end with that UltraAVX audio system. I was a little concerned with our neighbours who were trying to watch someone chop their arm off in solitude. To ease my stress, I tried to recline in the fancy chair I fell into earlier in the evening, but it just kept popping me back up as though we were approaching a runway.

Thankfully, the perfectly sized screen and middle row seating grabbed my attention once again as I discovered we’re not actually 3D until we’re Daft Punk 3D. Staring at my hands now is still rather confusing. No body suit, no light strips on my arms, but I still feel a whole dimension more than director Joseph Kosinski implied. What could this mean?

One thing’s for sure, I didn’t expect the greatest 80s soundtrack ever made to be released in 2010. If you’re a fan of Moroder’s Midnight Express or the soundtrack to Michael Mann’s Manhunter, you’ll dig this one.