Vid recs
It is possible I have spent a large chunk of today watching vids. Here are some recs:
I Can't Hear The Music by settiai Deep Space Nine - A Kai Winn character vid and it is gorgeous. Winn's a brilliant character, brilliantly played, and this manages to encapsulate her complexity and is a sympathetic and powerful look at the conflict between her faith and her ambition.
Stay Awake by laurashapiro (multifandom) - This is horrid, and creeped me out rather a lot, which I mean in a good way. It has a point to make, and does so with sharp wee needles that stab you then try to turn you inside out. It's also a great demo of the sort of point that I think the vidding medium is able to make in a way that hits home like no other sort of fannish produce.
Seven by hollywoodgrrl and ohvienna (David Lynch movies) - Confession: the only Lynch move I remember in any detail is Dune, so the subtleties here are right over my head, but it is a beautiful vid that vividly portrays parts of a whole that you feel should connect together to make a lovely picture, except it's a surreal madness that's about to leap out and pull you in.
Take On Me by greensilver (Doctor Who) - Okay, to be fair, it's QUITE HARD for me not to love a vid that is ALL OF LOVELY WHO but also it is an AMAZING VID. It's ridiculously exciting when a vidder what I know is Pretty Damn Good does classic Who, cause it doesn't happen often, and, oh, it is good. It is very, very good. And happy-making. And good. The clothes trying out section makes me GLEE and omg Kate O'Mara's face has never been more hilarious. If you like any of Who ever, watch this. Kthxbi.
Lend My Your Teeth by greensilver (New Who) - Oh, this is scarily beautiful. It is like all that fear that I had when I first watch in Blink dialled back slightly so I'm not actually going "eeek!" and hiding behind anyone, but can enjoy a deliciously tense atmosphere with one of the most fantastically creepy aliens of the Whoniverse.
A Vindication of the Rights of Women by damned_colonial Age of Sail multifandom - Ridiculously good fun. Women from more than a dozen Age of Sail (real, real-ish, and fantasy worlds) being pretty damn awesome as they fight, drink, laugh and dance through their smashing adventures. Also, many a clip from Cutthroat Island, which I'm embarrassingly fond of. Ahem.
If I Had You by dualbunny (Legend of the Seeker) - This is just hot (and, y'know, marvellously edited and a deftly constructed story and other stuff I was not concentrating on really due to the hot.) It's Richard and Rahl and everything I ever wanted from a Seeker vid if I was going to be shamelessly shallow about it.
I Can't Hear The Music by settiai Deep Space Nine - A Kai Winn character vid and it is gorgeous. Winn's a brilliant character, brilliantly played, and this manages to encapsulate her complexity and is a sympathetic and powerful look at the conflict between her faith and her ambition.
Stay Awake by laurashapiro (multifandom) - This is horrid, and creeped me out rather a lot, which I mean in a good way. It has a point to make, and does so with sharp wee needles that stab you then try to turn you inside out. It's also a great demo of the sort of point that I think the vidding medium is able to make in a way that hits home like no other sort of fannish produce.
Seven by hollywoodgrrl and ohvienna (David Lynch movies) - Confession: the only Lynch move I remember in any detail is Dune, so the subtleties here are right over my head, but it is a beautiful vid that vividly portrays parts of a whole that you feel should connect together to make a lovely picture, except it's a surreal madness that's about to leap out and pull you in.
Take On Me by greensilver (Doctor Who) - Okay, to be fair, it's QUITE HARD for me not to love a vid that is ALL OF LOVELY WHO but also it is an AMAZING VID. It's ridiculously exciting when a vidder what I know is Pretty Damn Good does classic Who, cause it doesn't happen often, and, oh, it is good. It is very, very good. And happy-making. And good. The clothes trying out section makes me GLEE and omg Kate O'Mara's face has never been more hilarious. If you like any of Who ever, watch this. Kthxbi.
Lend My Your Teeth by greensilver (New Who) - Oh, this is scarily beautiful. It is like all that fear that I had when I first watch in Blink dialled back slightly so I'm not actually going "eeek!" and hiding behind anyone, but can enjoy a deliciously tense atmosphere with one of the most fantastically creepy aliens of the Whoniverse.
A Vindication of the Rights of Women by damned_colonial Age of Sail multifandom - Ridiculously good fun. Women from more than a dozen Age of Sail (real, real-ish, and fantasy worlds) being pretty damn awesome as they fight, drink, laugh and dance through their smashing adventures. Also, many a clip from Cutthroat Island, which I'm embarrassingly fond of. Ahem.
If I Had You by dualbunny (Legend of the Seeker) - This is just hot (and, y'know, marvellously edited and a deftly constructed story and other stuff I was not concentrating on really due to the hot.) It's Richard and Rahl and everything I ever wanted from a Seeker vid if I was going to be shamelessly shallow about it.