"This World" by Buffyann, commentary by nushanakt

[nushanakt]

The vid opens with shots of the human fleet gliding through the vastness of space, setting up the expansive scope of the vid right from the first shot. The matching of the synth piano notes to the flashes of the fleet ships arriving after an FTL jump is just inspired, and the Galactica and the other ships glide past the camera to the ghostly

Comments

[bop_radar]

Oh it's so lovely to see a commentary of this wonderful vid!

The complex expression on Starbuck’s face here just speaks volumes about what this vid is trying to say: fear, awe, and most importantly, hope.
So true! That shot really does sum up the vid for me. And I was amazed at how Buffyann was able to make that image work for me personally as I kind of hated it in canon! But it works here the way I think it was supposed to work, ideally, in the show. But I do think this vid is a good example of a vidder lifting all the best aspects of one emotional thread (the hope of human survival despite the odds) out of a problematic and, as you point out, bogged down canon. It's at once true to the source and more powerful than it in its purity. Which is one of the greatest things that vids can achieve, imho.

[nushanakt]

Laughs - exactly what I was trying to say. Glad it came through to you, Bop. Thanks for the comment. :-)

[buffyann]

Thank you for so much details, it was lovely to read and to see a viewer's POV :)