IJVP - Day 6!

[sdwolfpup]

So it appears that yesterday's tech issues were due to the source, thankfully. Whew!

Today's vidlet was suggested by asta77, it's a Horatio Hornblower vid to Bobby Darin's "More."

For those of you who are just here for the vids - please right-click and 'Save Target As.' The file is DivX AVI. ETA: If it's not one thing...looks like my website is

Comments

[asta77]

I can't get it to download. :( Right now it's saying it will take me five hours to do so.

[sdwolfpup]

Bah! I'll upload to YSI as a temporary solution.

[mlyn]

It made me laugh, too. I love the incongruousness of the music paired with the source, and the occasional nods to 50s cheesery. And wow, Ioan Gruffudd is fuckin pretty. He didn't get enough screen time in Black Hawk Down, which is where I know him from.

[sdwolfpup]

Ioan is so fucking pretty. It's unreal. And he just gets prettier as he gets older. I'm glad the vidlet made you laugh. :)

[asta77]

We can actually discuss the vid in person later! :)

My first observation, Merc either doesn't like Horatio and Archie or Booby Darin. ;)

I adore the quick cuts you did with "My life will be in your keeping, waking sleeping, laughing, weeping." I envisioned the shot of Horatio carrying Archie with "in your keeping" and was hoping you would use it. :)

I really like the spotlight effect, I think it works well with the feeling that you are watching a theatrical production - their stroy played out - plus it tied in nicely, for me, with Bobby Darin's reputation as such a great showman on stage.

Not sure about the color changes. I don't dislike it and it makes for an interesting transition as the camera shifts to Archie, but I suppose if it wasn't there I wouldn't miss it.

Love the fireworks.

I think my favorite bit may be the clip of Bush walking in on them during their candlelight dinner discussing Sawyer and what to do about him. They just look so adorably guilty over being caught in the act. ;)

[sdwolfpup]

Woo, you liked it! And I even managed to get one of the shots you envisioned, excellent. It just fits so perfectly on that lyric.

I think overall if I were doing it again I would take out the color changes.

They just look so adorably guilty

Don't they?? I thought their looks were perfect.

[brynnmck]

Hee! The first 17 seconds had me giggling like a maniac. I adore the little credits you added, and the "Whatever" looks Archie and Horatio give each other. Hee. And the stripping is hilarious, as is the spotlight.

I love how Archie's eyes shift on "my life"--perfect timing. And you somehow managed to make Archie's fits funny, which seems vaguely wrong, but I giggled anyway. I'm kind of ambivalent about the color changes, but the cuts on "long, long, long" time are awesome. As are the fireworks--heeeeee. And pretty much everything from :54 on is fantastic (Non-Hug of Total Joy!).

Anyway, yes. Not profound, but profoundly giggle-inducing.

Who goes in to get neutered in two weeks.Eeek! Poor kitty. Merc gets to avoid that for another six months, at least

[sdwolfpup]

I will probably use that stripping scene in every HH vid I ever make. Hee.

I love how Archie's eyes shift on "my life"

To be honest, that's the part that always makes me laugh the most. His face there just kills me.

but the cuts on "long, long, long" time are awesome

Oh I'm glad. Those also make me laugh, I'm glad someone else likes them, too. I included the Non-Hug of Total Joy just for you! Since I couldnt work it into "Lullaby."

I expect us to eventually move and the house will suddenly be covered in puffballs. Poor Merc, he lost his moose! Aw.

[gobi_rex]

Hi, I'm here via Asta's rec.

The vid is such a hoot. And now I have the song stuck in my head, too :)

The boat drawing really does set the mood for the vid. And then you hear Bobby Darin and it's a great ride from then on. I really enjoyed the cuts during "My life will be in your keeping, waking sleeping, laughing, weeping," but my favorite is the sequence during "no one else could love you more," because I'm a sucker for Pellew and Bush and the other guys, and it's especially poignant considering how they tend to get in the way of Archie/Horatio.

I liked the name tags and the fireworks. I'm ambivalent about the flashing light thingie. On the one hand, it keeps with the mood of the vid and doesn't let Horatio get too serious. On the other hand, I tend to associate colored lights with disco and not the Bobby Darin era. Argh, it doesn't really matter. The boys are cute and pretty anyway.

[brynnmck]

How did I not know that you were a Hornblower fan?!

In case you missed it, SDW also has an awesome Archie/Horatio vid here, which she very obligingly made for me. If you're a fan, I'd highly recommend it.

Also, hi! *squishes you*

[gobi_rex]

Hi Brynn! Nice weather, huh? I hope you're not getting flooded up north.

Thanks for the vid rec. I'll definitely check it out.

I only recently got hooked on HH. Sometime late summer, I think. It's funny how some people got into BSG because of Jamie and I got into HH because of BSG. Actually my first foray into HH was kinda messed up. Due to a library screw up I started with Mutiny/Retribution and only then watched the episodes in proper order starting with the Duel. At least now I have the whole box set to watch whenever and in whatever order I please.

[sdwolfpup]

Hi! I'm very glad to hear you enjoyed the vid. The song was so much fun to work with, and it gets stuck in my head really easily, too.

I agree, the flashing light section was more disco than Bobby Darin. :) Thanks again for the comments!