Vid: Middleman
I really should be holding on to this to post as part of my character study challenge, but you know how it is... you work on something for months, getting nowhere, and then finally get so frakking sick of it you just have to post it NOW, dammit! And be done with it.
Title: Middleman
Artist: Bright Eyes
Fandom: Battlestar Galactica
Character: Lee ( Read more... )
Title: Middleman
Artist: Bright Eyes
Fandom: Battlestar Galactica
Character: Lee ( Read more... )
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I keep seeing it as Lee being broken down, piece by piece, doubting himself, seeing himself as a failure, and yet somehow he keeps going on...
Yeah, I guess that's the Lee I see.
you make me love him FOR his flaws
:D Perfect! I'm delighted. Thank you for the wonderful feedback! I'm so glad it worked for fellow Lee fans.
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You actually made me feel a little twinge for Lee there.
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(I don't even like Bright Eyes much myself but this song screamed Lee.)
A twinge?! \o/
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This vid is different than other Lee vids as it doesn't seem to focus on one period of time or season. The music is interesting too, it very faintly reminds me of "Wander My Friends." Makes Lee seem like an old-time hero. An old-time reluctant warrior. You may not have wanted the heroism there but it's there to me.
The first moment that got me was the salute after the funerals in Act of Contrition. That moment always gets to me. Then there was the focus on objects which I love. Jacob over at TWOP once wrote after Captain's Hand, "Well, she had her perspective," Lee smiles, looking down at the watch. "And I had mine." Maybe Apollo's just like that. Maybe he needs stuff he can hold and think about for the symbolism to sink in. I could buy that.”Never is that so much in evidence as here. From the lighter to the Olympic Carrier note, to books, his commander pins, his wedding ring, ( ... )
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I did try to make this about Lee across all three seasons--and boy, I had no idea just how hard that was going to be when I set out to make it! I see why others focus on particular periods!
Makes Lee seem like an old-time hero. An old-time reluctant warrior.
That's fascinating! I had no idea--I'm way too close to this vid to be able to see it objectively.
I think Jacob's right with: Maybe Apollo's just like that. Maybe he needs stuff he can hold and think about for the symbolism to sink in. That's something I definitely explored in the vid--it's not as obvious maybe, as Kara's statues of her gods. Lee's 'gods' are more abstract and more open to shifting interpretations but he definitely needs his touchstones. The fact that Kara's one of them makes life a lot harder for him. I know some people found Romo nicking stuff from people gimmicky, but I think that's one reason Lee and he really connected--that attention to detail and the ability to ( ... )
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Hee, you are a bit too close to it! One day someone should write meta on that. The artist's relationship to their work. It's like how one feels about their child almost, so proud and invested and full of love and criticism all at once. Or maybe that's just Adama. :-)
Yeah, Lee reminds me of an old gunslinger. Even though he's pretty young, all this responsibility has aged him. It's like he wanted to retire, hang up his guns (ooh, symbols) and just build a bar saloon. But he keeps getting pulled back in for one more last fight ( ... )
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Hahaha, doesn't his character bible say he once wanted to be a chef?! *lol*
they have a job or a kid or something or someone who counts on them and they pull themselves out of it a little, just hanging on, because they have to. That's Lee.
Exactly! I think a lot of people were shocked by Lee's depression arc in late season 2, but I think it was there all the time, and I've often argued that the kind of self-critical thinking that can be part of depression has always been an aspect of Lee's psyche. But being constantly made aware of mortality (and humanity's fragility) wears him down. It's just that he keeps on fighting most of the time anyway.
I'm a bit shallow, I found his self-righteous anger kind of attractive.
*loves you* Hell, yeah! ;)
I can't wait to watch the actual show with this perspective!
Hee! Yeah, it will be fun... such a long wait though!
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A daring vid, I think, on a couple of counts: First, the offbeat choice of music - offbeat for not being either a sentimental melody or the driving beat that suits BSG's action sequences so well. But more effective in that sense for forcing one to think about the words and who Lee is and who he's turned into. (I'm a little sad, actually, thinking of how often Lee seems to feel he's let someone down.) And second, for choosing cuts from less-popular episodes and arcs (hello, Captain Noodles and Black Market!). You're right, though - much as I choose to forget some of those moments, they still add up to Lee.
Beautifully done! Thank you for sharing your Lee with us. :0)
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I was a little distracted by the initial sequence of how-many-ways-can-Lee-Adama-pout? hee!
I have been distracted for MONTHS, yo! He pouts SO MUCH. I actually had to edit around the pout for most of the vid, but I let him have full reign with the pouting in the opening sequence. I felt he should get it out of his system. ;p ( ... )
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