JT: But MTV were looking for big production values.
"Those are big productions, with big production values and big budgets.
"You'll be hearing boom boom, whiz whiz, big production values and everything, and then there's going to be silence".
It's funny because I already knew I liked a lot of those elements; I like music, dancing and big production values and sparkly things, but when you put it all in one place it's so heady, it's brilliant.
Television is splitting into two, between high-end entertainment with big production values, ranging from glamorous dramas to documentaries and boxset comedies, on the one hand, and live, event-based news and sport on the other.
"The competition these days isn't just other bands, but the big production values in movies and other forms of entertainment," said U2 manager Paul McGuinness last week.
"The show's budget has gotten bigger, so production values are better, but basically we shoot the same way, down-and-dirty, so to speak.
The show is slick and American, big on production values but low on content.
Using traditional hand-drawn animation with limited integration of computer-generated imagery, "Destino" feels like an experimental film with big-studio production values.
