New Vid: "Pompeii" (The Martian) / VVC Premieres '16

[milly]

Description: "In the face of overwhelming odds, I'm left with only one option, I'm gonna have to science the shit out of this."
Source: The Martian (2015)
Song: "Pompeii", Bastille
Length: 2:45
Size: 135 MB
Format: m4v
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Lyrics

Eheu eh-o eheu eh-o [x8]
I was left to my own devices
Many days fell away with nothing to show
And the walls kept tumbling down
In the city that we love
Great clouds roll over the hills
Bringing darkness from above
But if you close your eyes,
Does it almost feel like
Nothing changed at all?
And if you close your eyes,
Does it almost feel like
You've been here before?
How am I gonna be an optimist about this?
How am I gonna be an optimist about this?

Eheu eh-o eheu eh-o [x4]

Oh where do we begin?
The rubble or our sins?
Oh oh where do we begin?
The rubble or our sins?

And the walls kept tumbling down (oh where do we begin?)
In the city that we love (the rubble or our sins?)
Great clouds roll over the hills (oh where do we begin?)
Bringing darkness from above (the rubble or our sins?)

But if you close your eyes,
Does it almost feel like
Nothing changed at all?
And if you close your eyes,
Does it almost feel like
You've been here before?
How am I gonna be an optimist about this?
How am I gonna be an optimist about this?

If you close your eyes, does it almost feel like nothing changed at all?

Eheu eh-o eheu eh-o [x8]

Notes

I found myself going into VividCon vidding season without any firm plan for premieres, or any other show. To be frank, I didn't really think I would be making a vid this year since I was busy with the baby, my concon duties and work.

Then one day, while doing reports for work I had the tv in the background and "The Martian" came on... And I actually to log off my work server and watch the movie. Halfway through the movie, I was like "I have to vid this".

The optimism of this movie really resonated with me, and I tried to find a song that had the same type of hope while also reflecting the horrible situation that he found himself in. I really tried to fight the song because it got so much radio play... but it just worked so well.

I'm happy with the result, and the fact that it spoke to so many people at the con. 
renenet made me cry at vid review in a very good way, and I never knew there were so many The Martian (mostly the book!) fans. This was really a lesson i just vidding what my heart tells me to vid nd not take premieres plans so seriously all the time, because you never know what will resonate with others!  This entry was originally posted at http://milly.dreamwidth.org/590944.html. Please comment there using OpenID.