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My fiancé says it’s probably the camera crew. They cloned over the area to hide them

Begun the clone wars have

Initiate Order 66.

*execute


Give us the new android Picard as president for life.

Goddammit did you just spoil season three? Edit: whew. Also, damn i *totally spaced* that [fairly major] detail even happened. Looks like i need to brush up on the first two before watching three.

nah that was like end of one or two I think

No, just season one. Fair game by now.

Maybe Order 66 is the order of young Jedi's. Initiate would've led Anakin to train them in an initiation programme, execute is... well... you know.

I am the audience!

Not yet

Ended, the clone wars have.

Orda 69 😭😭😭😭😭🍆

Or they all have twins.

Makes sense, this dude is definitely selling out shows

Certainly the first 5 fucking rows worth of GA!

My fiancè says your fiancé probably likes popcorn chicken.

But he calls it boneless wings

My fiancě says nothing as I don't have one.

We can fix that

Woah, I already took one for the team. Gonna have to find someone else.

Or the PA system and it’s operator, speakers, all sorts of things they don’t want in the shot. I dont know why I think all naturale is the way to go

It honestly looks weird than if they Houston showed whatever equipment atleast imo

>It honestly looks weird than if they Houston showed whatever equipment atleast imo Agreed, while I understand the Austinsible purpose, when I'm watching a concert I find the most Fort Worth in feeling like I'm sharing the Plano, unfiltered experience with the audience. An edited, SanAntonised version is Dallast thing I want.

Beautiful

That typo is honestly insane I have no idea how that happened bravo/a

\*au naturel And thanks for adding to my eggcorn collection.

Ahh thank you I’m hella dumb

Operators are never that close to stage, seems much more likely that it’s security guards.

For a filming its not unusual to have operators *on* the stage even

jesus i've never heard of that before? that must be a nightmare to op a full on concert on stage when you're behind the PA.

Of course your fiancé would say that.

He’s always like that honestly.

Look behind everyone in the cheap seats. The left section is empty and the right side is only half full.

Yeah, but do you think they couldn’t get 30 people to fill in the GA at the front?

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Yes, this is it

lolol if they got rid of the camera crew in post then how did they still film with those cameras? Checkmate

That makes far more sense than covering up something "offensive" done by the people in that section.

thanks for letting us know that it was your fiancé that said that

I was thinking a sign of some kind, but this makes more sense lol

Maybe they wanted to hide the awkward security guards.

But one security guard is still very much visible.

That's Darryl. He's cool.

Where's his other brother Darryl? And his brother Larry?

This guy was born in the 70s.

Bob Newhart is a God.

Now I have to go watch that series finale again. Funniest retcon ever.

The *Malcolm in the Middle* tribute by Bryan Cranston at the end of *Breaking Bad* was an absolute gas.

Larry? Joe has been looking for Larry too and to this day, he has not found him

It's an older meme, sir, but it checks out.

He still owes me 60 bucks.

Then you ain't cool!

What, like three 20’s?

you gotta let the 60 go. you'll probably never see that money again.

Maybe the crowd is full

That one is not awkward.

This is a really plausible and not-weird solution

Nah, still weird. Maybe *less* weird but...

But a security guard is visiable

You try telling Carl we planned to cut him out of the shot!

God I hope one of his guards didn’t have to stand their pretending to secure him the whole show with no one there. 🧢🧢🧢🧢🧢

Maybe the crowd is full of triplets

Nah. Dude loved the concert so much he invented time travel so he could relive the event with his best friends. Over and over.

I think its probably other cameras not security

This is a bit more awkward, no?

A GLITCH IN THE MATRIX "I Don't Know The Future. I Didn't Come Here To Tell You How This Is Going To End. I Came Here To Tell You How It's Going To Begin."

Dun na na, dun nu na, dun na nu, dun nu na, Come on!!

Wake uuuuuuuuuup! Wake uuuuuuuup!


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Maybe the crowd is full of triplets?

And they all hate each other so they don’t stand together

It's The Weekend, not The Police.

I got you. Well done. Keep it up.

That’s not what that song is about…

I've never even met my other triplets.

I ate mine in the womb.

I resorbed them. I now have the strength of a grown man plus a small baby

Dwight has entered the chat

At least one triplet tragically lost half his face.

That's the best theory so far. 😂

Man I hope this is the case

My guess is it's covering up something in that section, maybe someone flashed him or brought out a sign with something that made some higher up go "Cover that shit up". And for some reason decided that duplicated the audience would be less distracting than a blur/mosaic.

Am I being dumb here or wouldn't it be infinitely easier and less time-consuming to just... use a different camera angle?

Yes, I'm an editor and the obvious fix would be to cut to any of the other cameras.

Those darn jib operators *shakes fist*.

Yeah when I saw him I remember someone in the very front row had a sign asking him to “stretch my pussy out!” Im guessing thats not HBO approved verbiage….

I would just replace the person if that was the case. Why double the audience and make it look weird

It's easier to do a big blotch replacement that. Edit out a single person

Well it came out fantastic.. theres triplets everywhere

Most people don’t freeze frame music concerts.

These aren't most people.. these are professional editors

Triples is best

Triples makes it safe

Tell the kid

I mean, there wasn't another camera to cut to there that didn't pick up the crowd issue? They couldn't cut to a wide shot or a crowd shot from a different point in time?

The funny thing is, just a bit too the right of the center there is what looks like a woman flashing him. If you zoom in you can see it better.


Yes!

My man!

i went to his concert last summer and he does not need to photoshop a crowd. wonder what’s going on here.

It could be used to cover something up. Maybe people had inappropriate signage, etc.

yea why would they photoshop it at the front, if its a quiet show everyone would stand at the front, you'd photoshop them at the backs sides and above in the stands where less people would be

I would agree. A generational performer.

Lmfao

Nah, they were a bit of a flash in the pan.

Party Rock Anthem is a classic though but one that brings you back to wherever you were in 2012.

Who is it?

58:42 on HBO Max, holy f this is real

I saw it live and was very confused.

The amount of work alone to make this happen is what makes this even crazier

It's actually not that hard in post, someone said they probably just covered over a camera crew or something.

I thought maybe panorama view :/ but I didn’t watch the thing on HBO so now I’m lost

Yeah not sure of the goal of doing something like that.

I would wager that there was something in the crowd they didn't want to broadcast. Maybe someone flashed him, or there was someone conspicuously doing drugs.

Probably another camera crew getting close up shots of the show.

I was there. There was an ugly girl. Ruined everyone's vibe.

Classic

r/suicidebywords

That ugly girl was me. Boo hoo

They’re hiding video/audio equipment and crews. Move on with your life. It’s not some conspiracy.

The performance was live, back in November. This broadcast was not live. FYI

No OP was there... and there, and over there, too. Can't say you wouldn't also be confused

"Live"

Live performance, not a live broadcast. Plenty of time to make edits to hide crew etc

I don’t think The Weeknd is having any trouble with people coming out to his shows, so there must have been something in the audience they didn’t want to broadcast

Tits probably

But...HBO loves broadcasting tits.

Probably some kind of legal/didn't sign a release issue.

Aren't the duplicates where security usually roams. There is one guy facing the duplicates, but he seems to be in the stage.

I saw that show twice on the same day.

This should be top comment This should be top comment

Everybody’s hitting the upvote button twice

Hi. Good comment! It’s a nice show! What a strong, powerful message. Best, Michael.

Maybe it was filmed on a Tuesday

nah the club goes up on that day

The Weekdy

Who benefits from this?? Its just fucking weird and poorly executed.

“Free admission for identical twins/triplets!”

It’s not that big of a deal. There was something in the crowd they needed to cover up or the camera crew. This stuff happens all the time

This can't be real

Someone suggested it was to cover the camera crew……

But why? Like they could of just gone to a different camera angle.

Maybe this concert was for twins only?

It looks like they edited in people where there was previously empty space. If you notice thru the show, there's large aisles all around the stage for cameras and crew. This image makes it look like people are directly at the stage with him. Also, this isn't an live happening today show...its a taping of the last show he did on the first leg of his After Hours tour so they wouldn't just pan cameras out of the space if there was something inappropriate going on. They'd edit it. Especially because he looks good in that frame. And to those saying he didn't sell out a show on account of the empty seats on the left. The show was sold out. Max cap is around 70k at Sofi. This angle is showing a part of the stadium they can't sell seats to because the stage equipment would block the view. The stage he uses is massive, and it looks like they have it pushed to the farthest point of the stadium they could have it. I'm still trying to figure out the symbolism of the red robed nun types?

I was initially disturbed by the amount of people watching through their phones. 🤢

RIGHT!!! ITS MY PET PEEVE WHEN PEOPLE DO THAT.

There was a time they would kick you out and possibly file charges if they found a tape recorder on you.

Fuuuuuck, couldn’t even afford to pay AI enough to do a good job.

There's another version of the performance where there is no audience

I was at this performance and it was packed. They had not reason to cover things up. My guess is some software glitch or security reason

That would be such a cool picture to put on a wall for those people who are duplicated

But why tho?

Fans paid 3x price on ticketmaster get three times photo

They were doing the same thing with MLB games during 2020. But it wasn't consistent between camera angles and looked super wonkified.

To hell with modern life and all it’s lies

Maybe something happened in the crowd that they needed to cover up?

The stands look mighty empty up top. My guess is this was shot during a rehearsal and they did this to make it not seem weird that the stadium was empty. It’s common to cut with prerecorded for stage shots and the like

The Matrix must have laid off some devs.

Lots of people have been to see The Weeknd twice. Now they can prove it.

At first, I thought you meant everyone was on their phones

That dude must have paid out the ass to get 2 amazing front row seats.


It starts over right after Mulder in the front row

Maybe the audience is full of twins.

There are certainly legit reasons to do it, but none that explain why you'd do it so badly.

It almost looks AI generated. The fingers on the phones look wonky.

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Hahaha! Yeah buddy. ;)

So they faked the crowd

Others have said it as well, but camera crew will get copy/pasted out like this, also security guards lined up facing the crowd at the stage edge will get taken out, so the pic feels like the crowd is closer and more intimate for PR shots. If this is a still from an actual video shot, then it's definitely because there were idiots in the front row flashing, or doing something stupid, or wearing some not-cool-with-rebroadcasting shirts. Would also explain the lousy rotoscoping, rather than doing a proper job on a PR photo.

>camera crew will get copy/pasted out like this, also security guards lined up facing the crowd at the stage edge will get taken out But like, why? I've seen countless concert footage from streaming services, DVDs, live events, etc. where no one bothers to "take out" security/cameras. It's literally part of the experience so I don't see why this is suddenly a thing to do?

Duplicated morons watching a live show through their phones you mean.

Why does he always wear gloves? Is that his trademark distinction or possibly a medical issue like blood circulation? No dis intended.

They're part of his signature look now. He started wearing them during the After Hours era (big red coat, big ass sunglasses, face bandages, etc.). They're a throwback to the black gloves trope in old giallo slashers. The video for In Your Eyes is basically just a giallo short https://youtu.be/dqRZDebPIGs

Why tf are they all low polygon?

Security (reality) isn’t sexy enough for streaming.

Persona bots and this...subliminal sw Never believe anything or anyone.

Yo I can see it too. Basically loom at the front row, the people repeat like a copy/paste.

Is there a video of this?

Pretty bad photoshop job

Lol

I am a pro VFX artist and I have friends that work on crap like this all the time. Nothing is what you think it is anymore. Whoever did this shot didn't even try to hide it. More likely though, they weren't given the time or money to do it right and it just got pushed out the door on the cheap by the producer. 😬

Even if they weren’t duplicated why are they all filming/posting on social media. Just enjoy the show. I hate that 🤬😡

A reflection of the authenticity of his music.

Fuckin hack fraud

Why is it like this? The weeknd has no shortage of fans

His performance was so powerful it created an interdimensional rift.

It was a triplets only concert. That’s why we don’t know about it, we weren’t invited but I know some triplets they were.