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BSG Vidlet: Saul Tigh: A & B

Oct 23, 2008 20:13

Here's my ninth response to thearchive2's challenges!

Title: Saul Tigh: A & B
Video: Battlestar Galactica (2003)
Audio: A & B Song - Tom McRae
Summary: Colonial officer or Cylon infiltrator: which is real? Is the difference only a projection?
Editor's Notes: My thanks to cyborganize for giving me an easy ride on this one because changing anything would have been ( Read more... )

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Comments 17

pellucid October 23 2008, 12:40:25 UTC

Oh Saul!!!!!!! What a perfect song for him, too! Lovely!!!

beccatoria October 24 2008, 09:51:58 UTC

Thank you! I'm so pleased you enjoyed it, and the song choice. This was one of those vids where I had to go hunting for a song and I was totally, totally stuck until I remembered this one and BAM. :D

It's so weird that he's now one of the characters whose story I'm most excited about watching. o_O

callmeonetrack October 23 2008, 23:36:15 UTC

Tigh isn't my favorite character but I really enjoyed this vid. I especially liked your use of black-and-white versus color. It felt very artful.

beccatoria October 24 2008, 09:53:22 UTC

Thank you! If Tigh's not your favourite and you still enjoyed it, that's a wonderful compliment to receive. I was a little worried about being repetitive since my Tory vid was B&W vs color too, but decided it was too perfect for the vid not to use it, and this way it sort of linked both of the "OMG I'M A CYLON!" vidlets in the series. So yeah, thanks for commenting on that. :)

Also, your icon = win!

callmeonetrack October 24 2008, 14:08:52 UTC

They're so cute, I couldn't resist. (I think it's my only non-Starbuck icon!)

Ooh, since you say series, does that mean there are Anders and Tyrol BW to Color vids too? I would love a Tyrol vid. There's not enough love for the Chief. And my appreciation for Anders has grown of late too.

beccatoria October 24 2008, 14:45:10 UTC

Alas, no, there are no B&W vs color vidlets for Chief or Sam in the series because the prompts didn't really move me to do so. I was actually against using the BW&Color thing initially because I'd just done so for Tory, so it wasn't a deliberate decision from the outset.

HOWEVER, one of the reasons I wanted to do Tigh is that I realised there were already vidlets that dealt with both Sam and Chief (and Tory, obvs) in the context of season four and their cylon identities but separate from the mass of "final four!" And I liked the idea of having a vid that gave space to each of the FF independently. So I wanted to do one for Tigh too.

Tyrol's vid is probably the least focused on him, sorry, but it's about the parallel journeys of Natalie, Kara and Tyrol (human, cylon, final five cylon), to a famous Mario Savio speech that BSG actually used nearly verbatim for Chief in Lay Down Your Burdens.

ManifestoSam's vid is actually Kara/Sam/Scar the Cylon Raider OT3 from Scar's POV! But I promise, Sam and his cylonicity is an ( ... )

yokiem October 24 2008, 00:58:39 UTC

I'm enjoying your vidlets a lot! Really great song choice for Saul, he's been through a lot!

beccatoria October 24 2008, 09:55:17 UTC

Thank you! I'm so glad you're enjoying the vidlets and that the song choice worked for you! :D

dualbunny October 24 2008, 02:53:32 UTC

Very nice! Wonderful job exploring who Tigh is now. :}

beccatoria October 24 2008, 09:55:57 UTC

Thank you! I'm very glad you liked it and thought it did a good job exploring Tigh's situation.

everyday above ground is a good day kiki_miserychic October 26 2008, 00:48:16 UTC

I knew you would do something interesting with Tigh. I like how your vidlets seem to have common themes and styles, like the black and white with color. It really ties the series together for me. As always, the short time frame didn't hold you back from getting deep into the character ( ... )

Re: everyday above ground is a good day beccatoria October 27 2008, 10:03:54 UTC

Wow, thank you for such awesome and detailed feedback! I'm also super pleased that the series is coming together with a sort of...seriesy feel. I wanted to be diverse but also be aware that it was a sequence, somehow, even if I can't quite sum up how ( ... )

Re: everyday above ground is a good day kiki_miserychic October 27 2008, 15:12:04 UTC

I'll certainly be lining vids up to watch the whole series when it's completed.

I viewed your use of color versus black and white as Tigh's own perception. He doesn't want to be Cylon and he views it as the worst possible thing in his world.

I love reading your "ramblings". Feel free to ramble to me all the time.