Fanvid: Buffy vs Edward: Twilight Remixed by rebelliouspixels / Jonathan McIntosh (PG-13)
Title: Buffy vs Edward: Twilight Remixed
Fandom: Buffy: The Vampire Slayer, Twilight
Pairing: gen
Categories: meta, crossover
Length: 6:03 minutes
Warnings: stalking, main character death
Author on LJ: unknown
Author Website: rebelliouspixels on youtube, http://www.rebelliouspixels.com/ & http://blip.tv/rebelliouspixelscom
Author's Summary:
In this re-imagined narrative, Edward Cullen from the Twilight Series meets Buffy the Vampire Slayer. It's an example of transformative storytelling serving as a pro-feminist visual critique of Edward's character and generally creepy behavior. Seen through Buffy's eyes, some of the more sexist gender roles and patriarchal Hollywood themes embedded in the Twilight saga are exposed - in hilarious ways. Ultimately this remix is about more than a decisive showdown between the slayer and the sparkly vampire. It also doubles as a metaphor for the ongoing battle between two opposing visions of gender roles in the 21ist century.
Review:
This vid is wonderful on so many levels. It's a great mash-up of two canons, showing how Buffy would react to Edward's "courtship" style. It's vampire slayer versus vampire, but it's also an empowered woman against a creepy guy. Go, Buffy, go! Further, it's a great example of a transformative work, showing how you can take video from various sources and create something new and meaningful.
This remix vid has been around since 2009, and has been discussed by many others far more cogently regarding both its excellent social commentary and how it's a great example of a transformative work under fair-use in copyright law. But beyond all that, it's a great vid. I admit I'm not a Twilight fan; Edward's romancing style of watching people while they sleep and following them around always creeped me out, and it's so fun to see Buffy commenting on it, being concerned, not putting up with it,
and finally taking care of business.
[Note: recced previously on epic_recs by jane_elliot here]
Buffy vs Edward: Twilight Remixed
bonus materials:
creator's original post with commentary
FAQ post about the remix
creator's blog post about the recent erroneous DMCA take-down and reinstatement of the vid
Fandom: Buffy: The Vampire Slayer, Twilight
Pairing: gen
Categories: meta, crossover
Length: 6:03 minutes
Warnings: stalking, main character death
Author on LJ: unknown
Author Website: rebelliouspixels on youtube, http://www.rebelliouspixels.com/ & http://blip.tv/rebelliouspixelscom
Author's Summary:
In this re-imagined narrative, Edward Cullen from the Twilight Series meets Buffy the Vampire Slayer. It's an example of transformative storytelling serving as a pro-feminist visual critique of Edward's character and generally creepy behavior. Seen through Buffy's eyes, some of the more sexist gender roles and patriarchal Hollywood themes embedded in the Twilight saga are exposed - in hilarious ways. Ultimately this remix is about more than a decisive showdown between the slayer and the sparkly vampire. It also doubles as a metaphor for the ongoing battle between two opposing visions of gender roles in the 21ist century.
Review:
This vid is wonderful on so many levels. It's a great mash-up of two canons, showing how Buffy would react to Edward's "courtship" style. It's vampire slayer versus vampire, but it's also an empowered woman against a creepy guy. Go, Buffy, go! Further, it's a great example of a transformative work, showing how you can take video from various sources and create something new and meaningful.
This remix vid has been around since 2009, and has been discussed by many others far more cogently regarding both its excellent social commentary and how it's a great example of a transformative work under fair-use in copyright law. But beyond all that, it's a great vid. I admit I'm not a Twilight fan; Edward's romancing style of watching people while they sleep and following them around always creeped me out, and it's so fun to see Buffy commenting on it, being concerned, not putting up with it,
and finally taking care of business.
[Note: recced previously on epic_recs by jane_elliot here]
Buffy vs Edward: Twilight Remixed
bonus materials:
creator's original post with commentary
FAQ post about the remix
creator's blog post about the recent erroneous DMCA take-down and reinstatement of the vid