Vids, Vids, Vids
As the multifandom vid-a-thon festivids went online, this multifandom person is rejoicing.
My personal selection of favourites so far:
Blade Runner:
November Rain : captures the gorgeous visuals (Ridley Scott at his best) and the intense messed-up ness of that favourite sci fi film of mine beautifully. I think the most striking and unexpected transition for me between the Deckard/Rachael kiss and Roy Batty kissing his creator before he kills him. Considering that I always felt considerable emotional violence in the scene with Deckard and Rachael, this was especially effective.
The Hours:
Eyes Wide Open: The story of Laura, and of Richard, to put it as unspoilery as possible for those who don't know either Michael Cunningham's novel (which in turn is a clever fictional meditation on Virginia Woolf's Mrs. Dalloway and V.W. herself) or the film based on it.
Das Leben der Anderen/The Lives of Others
Slow Burn: David Bowie is perfect for this vid based on another favourite film of mine, and the three main characters therein. Wow. Great vid.
Profit:
A Well-Respected Man: a Jim Profit character portrait, doing his manipulative screwed-upness justice. Why did this show not even get a full season?
The Sarah Jane Adventures:
After All: warm and beautiful Sarah Jane portrait, capturing her various relationships - Luke, Maria, Clyde, Rani, Jo, the Brig, and the Doctor (in all the regenerations she knew), too.
Star Trek: DS9:
Who Needs Enemies: Julian Bashir, the harmless obsession with fictional spy-playing and the anything but harmless real spies, Garak and Sloan, and their games. Excellent.
Star Trek: TNG:
Sound of Silence: a First Contact basid vid dealing with Picard, Data and the Borg, matching the Simon & Garfunkel song eerily well with the footage to great emotional intensity.
Want you bad: this, on the other hand, is just joyfully hilarious, giving us Q's frustrated (or is it...?) pursuit of Picard through the years. As the vidder says, when you're omnipotent, it's hard to get someone else to top. Also, Patrick Stewart does the best facepalm ever as Picard.
West Wing:
High School Never Ends: speaking of joyfully hilarious, the West Wing staff are such dorks, and we love them for it. Just the way to round of your vid-watching day with a wide grin.
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My personal selection of favourites so far:
Blade Runner:
November Rain : captures the gorgeous visuals (Ridley Scott at his best) and the intense messed-up ness of that favourite sci fi film of mine beautifully. I think the most striking and unexpected transition for me between the Deckard/Rachael kiss and Roy Batty kissing his creator before he kills him. Considering that I always felt considerable emotional violence in the scene with Deckard and Rachael, this was especially effective.
The Hours:
Eyes Wide Open: The story of Laura, and of Richard, to put it as unspoilery as possible for those who don't know either Michael Cunningham's novel (which in turn is a clever fictional meditation on Virginia Woolf's Mrs. Dalloway and V.W. herself) or the film based on it.
Das Leben der Anderen/The Lives of Others
Slow Burn: David Bowie is perfect for this vid based on another favourite film of mine, and the three main characters therein. Wow. Great vid.
Profit:
A Well-Respected Man: a Jim Profit character portrait, doing his manipulative screwed-upness justice. Why did this show not even get a full season?
The Sarah Jane Adventures:
After All: warm and beautiful Sarah Jane portrait, capturing her various relationships - Luke, Maria, Clyde, Rani, Jo, the Brig, and the Doctor (in all the regenerations she knew), too.
Star Trek: DS9:
Who Needs Enemies: Julian Bashir, the harmless obsession with fictional spy-playing and the anything but harmless real spies, Garak and Sloan, and their games. Excellent.
Star Trek: TNG:
Sound of Silence: a First Contact basid vid dealing with Picard, Data and the Borg, matching the Simon & Garfunkel song eerily well with the footage to great emotional intensity.
Want you bad: this, on the other hand, is just joyfully hilarious, giving us Q's frustrated (or is it...?) pursuit of Picard through the years. As the vidder says, when you're omnipotent, it's hard to get someone else to top. Also, Patrick Stewart does the best facepalm ever as Picard.
West Wing:
High School Never Ends: speaking of joyfully hilarious, the West Wing staff are such dorks, and we love them for it. Just the way to round of your vid-watching day with a wide grin.
This entry was originally posted at http://selenak.dreamwidth.org/648917.html. Comment there or here, as you wish.