Vidding and TV Memes
Happy Birthday klia! I love your vids and think you are a kind and awesome person :) And yes, I'm going to try to do these this year since I will hopefully be posting more.
Know what's wonderful? Being out all day (including reading some interesting/inspiring books in the local bookstore) only to come home to read my amazing Flist. Just reading LJ, reading comments and seeing lots of vidding love puts me in such an awesome mood as I saw once again yesterday. It's just nice reading about so many things I'm interested in and that feels like *home* to me in a community way. I love it and don't know what I did before fandom.
If you haven't seen by now (have you been living under a rock?), the The Great Vidding Truth Meme is going around again where you can tell listed vidders anonymously what you think of their vids including (and encouragingly) constructive criticism. My thread is here and I would LOVE to receive any comments especially any thoughts on how I can improve as I'm always looking to get better. But everything is definitely appreciated. So if you'd like to make any comments on any vidders work and maybe find some new vidders, it's a great place for it. I really love to read the various opinions on vidders' work, it's always interesting to see what people think.
SPOILER ALERT: I precede spoilers (including quotes) by the name of the show.
Back in the Day: 5 TV Shows You Loved As A Kid
1 - Hey Arnold
2 - Doug
3 - Sabrina the Teenage Witch (Salem! I loved that cat)
4 - Sesame Street
5 - Mr. Roger's Neighborhood
Who Would You Do?: 5 TV Characters You Would...Well, It's Self-Explanatory
1 - Brian Kinney, Queer as Folk US
2 - Stringer Bell, The Wire
3 - Fraser, due South
4 - House, House M.D
5 - Lex Luthor, Smallville
What? No, No, I Don't Watch That...: 5 Guilty Pleasure TV Shows
1 - Dante's Cove (it's short but pretty and gay)
2 - So Notorious (actually funny)
3 - Any reality show besides Project Runway that I randomly watch
4 - The OC S3 (and later half of S2)
5 - Grey's Anatomy S3 and sometimes S4
Wow: 5 TV Moments You Still Remember (And Probably Won't Forget)
1 - Queer as Folk, Brian and Justin dance at the Prom in the most romantic scene of all time, I squee endlessly
2 - The Office, Michael and Jan "come out" in Cocktails with that kiss and bathroom and car scene, I freak out
3 - The Wire, Stringer Bell is shot by Omar and Brother Malzone, I cry and cry
4 - Torchwood, Jack dances with his namesake and gives him the most spectacular leaving kiss
5 - Highlander, Methos slams Duncan up against a car and gives him the sexiest evil death speech I've ever heard
"Tossed Salads and Scrambled Eggs": 5 TV Theme Songs You Know (and Love) By Heart
1 - Firefly "You can't take the sky from me"
2 - The Office *hums*
3 - The Wire "You gotta keep the devil down in the hole*
4 - Veronica Mars
5 - Due South
Eh: 5 Shows You Just Can't Get Into
1 - CSI (any version)
2 - Law and Order (any version)
3 - Bones
4 - NCIS
5 - Numb3rs
The Starting Line-Up: 5 Channels You Go To First When You Sit Down to Watch TV
1 - Sci-Fi
2 - Bravo
3 - ESPN (mostly for the poker)
4 - FX
5 - MTV
This Is An Environment of Welcoming, and You Should Just Get the Hell Out Of Here: 5 TV Characters You Could Do Without
1 - Cameron, House. PLEASE. I hate her.
2 - Izzie, Hahn, Alex- I could fill this whole section up with people I hate on Grey's Anatomy
3 - Owen, Torchwood
4 - Jack, Lost
5 - Jonathan Kent - Clark Kent, Smallville -my hatred shifted depending on the time of the show
5.5 Not a character, but Jeffrey Sebelia times infinity. Slimy, asshole, misogynist idiot *hates*
That's What She Said: 5 Quotes That Still Resonate
(I really, really suck at this. I could barely think of anything. So the list is mainly some awesome The Wire quotes I found and love)
1 - The Office, "Downside, I uh date Michael Scott publicly and collapse on myself like a dying star. Why is this so hard? That's what she said. Oh my God, what am I saying." Never gets old!
2 - The Wire, "Why don't they fly away?" "Their wings are clipped"
3 - The Wire, "We don't need to dream no more"
4 - "The Wire, "A life, Jimmy, you know what that is? It's the shit that happens while you're waiting for moments that never come."
5 - The Wire, "All in the game yo, all in the game."
Gimme More: 5 Shows You Can Never Get Enough Of
1 - The Office
2 - Firefly
3 - The Wire
4 - Arrested Development
5 - Pushing Daisies
Speaking of TV theme song, I am in LOVE with the S4 theme of The Wire. I can listen to it over and over for hours nonstop. It's just so emotionally resonant especially with the singers. I uploaded it here if anyone needs it. Also, does anyone have the Due South theme with words that I could download? I only have the instrumental and the words make all the difference in this case.
Know what's wonderful? Being out all day (including reading some interesting/inspiring books in the local bookstore) only to come home to read my amazing Flist. Just reading LJ, reading comments and seeing lots of vidding love puts me in such an awesome mood as I saw once again yesterday. It's just nice reading about so many things I'm interested in and that feels like *home* to me in a community way. I love it and don't know what I did before fandom.
If you haven't seen by now (have you been living under a rock?), the The Great Vidding Truth Meme is going around again where you can tell listed vidders anonymously what you think of their vids including (and encouragingly) constructive criticism. My thread is here and I would LOVE to receive any comments especially any thoughts on how I can improve as I'm always looking to get better. But everything is definitely appreciated. So if you'd like to make any comments on any vidders work and maybe find some new vidders, it's a great place for it. I really love to read the various opinions on vidders' work, it's always interesting to see what people think.
SPOILER ALERT: I precede spoilers (including quotes) by the name of the show.
Back in the Day: 5 TV Shows You Loved As A Kid
1 - Hey Arnold
2 - Doug
3 - Sabrina the Teenage Witch (Salem! I loved that cat)
4 - Sesame Street
5 - Mr. Roger's Neighborhood
Who Would You Do?: 5 TV Characters You Would...Well, It's Self-Explanatory
1 - Brian Kinney, Queer as Folk US
2 - Stringer Bell, The Wire
3 - Fraser, due South
4 - House, House M.D
5 - Lex Luthor, Smallville
What? No, No, I Don't Watch That...: 5 Guilty Pleasure TV Shows
1 - Dante's Cove (it's short but pretty and gay)
2 - So Notorious (actually funny)
3 - Any reality show besides Project Runway that I randomly watch
4 - The OC S3 (and later half of S2)
5 - Grey's Anatomy S3 and sometimes S4
Wow: 5 TV Moments You Still Remember (And Probably Won't Forget)
1 - Queer as Folk, Brian and Justin dance at the Prom in the most romantic scene of all time, I squee endlessly
2 - The Office, Michael and Jan "come out" in Cocktails with that kiss and bathroom and car scene, I freak out
3 - The Wire, Stringer Bell is shot by Omar and Brother Malzone, I cry and cry
4 - Torchwood, Jack dances with his namesake and gives him the most spectacular leaving kiss
5 - Highlander, Methos slams Duncan up against a car and gives him the sexiest evil death speech I've ever heard
"Tossed Salads and Scrambled Eggs": 5 TV Theme Songs You Know (and Love) By Heart
1 - Firefly "You can't take the sky from me"
2 - The Office *hums*
3 - The Wire "You gotta keep the devil down in the hole*
4 - Veronica Mars
5 - Due South
Eh: 5 Shows You Just Can't Get Into
1 - CSI (any version)
2 - Law and Order (any version)
3 - Bones
4 - NCIS
5 - Numb3rs
The Starting Line-Up: 5 Channels You Go To First When You Sit Down to Watch TV
1 - Sci-Fi
2 - Bravo
3 - ESPN (mostly for the poker)
4 - FX
5 - MTV
This Is An Environment of Welcoming, and You Should Just Get the Hell Out Of Here: 5 TV Characters You Could Do Without
1 - Cameron, House. PLEASE. I hate her.
2 - Izzie, Hahn, Alex- I could fill this whole section up with people I hate on Grey's Anatomy
3 - Owen, Torchwood
4 - Jack, Lost
5 - Jonathan Kent - Clark Kent, Smallville -my hatred shifted depending on the time of the show
5.5 Not a character, but Jeffrey Sebelia times infinity. Slimy, asshole, misogynist idiot *hates*
That's What She Said: 5 Quotes That Still Resonate
(I really, really suck at this. I could barely think of anything. So the list is mainly some awesome The Wire quotes I found and love)
1 - The Office, "Downside, I uh date Michael Scott publicly and collapse on myself like a dying star. Why is this so hard? That's what she said. Oh my God, what am I saying." Never gets old!
2 - The Wire, "Why don't they fly away?" "Their wings are clipped"
3 - The Wire, "We don't need to dream no more"
4 - "The Wire, "A life, Jimmy, you know what that is? It's the shit that happens while you're waiting for moments that never come."
5 - The Wire, "All in the game yo, all in the game."
Gimme More: 5 Shows You Can Never Get Enough Of
1 - The Office
2 - Firefly
3 - The Wire
4 - Arrested Development
5 - Pushing Daisies
Speaking of TV theme song, I am in LOVE with the S4 theme of The Wire. I can listen to it over and over for hours nonstop. It's just so emotionally resonant especially with the singers. I uploaded it here if anyone needs it. Also, does anyone have the Due South theme with words that I could download? I only have the instrumental and the words make all the difference in this case.