Vids!

festivids , for someone like me who can't vid but loves watching, is a joyful occasion every year, and here are some of my favourites this year:


Around the World in 80 Days

I loved the 2021 miniseries, not least for the mixture of joy, angst, silliness, suspense and presenting me with a genuine OT3; the narrative treats not only each of its three main characters but also their relationships with each other as important, it's not a case of two of them only caring for the third but not for each other, and each of the relationships is different, with every character bringing something different to the overall story as well. *chef's kiss* The two vids, one more intense and one more lighthearted, capture this beautifully:

Tightrope

I'm gonna be (40 000 Miles)


For all Mankind:

An abundance of riches re: one of my new shows! (Now if someone would also vid Foundation....)

Daughters: a great portrait of the women in seasons 1-3. (The other vids all include s4 footage as well.)

Bad Reputation: an ode to Molly Cobb, of course.

I carried this for years: Margo and her legacy. I loved the other Margo vid as well, but this one is my fave, pinging so many of my favourite things abouto Margo's storyline.

Think: Danielle Poole being great in a very different and equally compelling way from Molly.


Robin and Marian

Out with a Bang: A Marian character study. If you don't know the movie, it's from the 1970s, script by James Goldman, aka the same bloke who wrote The Lion in Winter, starring Sean Connery and Audrey Hepburn as the aged lovers reunited one more time, and very aware of their mortality. Goldman had the great idea of making Marian the nun of the Robin Hood legends who does the spoilery thing, and then showing us why.


Wheel of Time

Velodrome: White Tower politics and an ensemble portrait of the Aes Sedai and their relationships, both political and personall, with each other. Superb.

best friend: Moraine and Lan, bff. Funny and true at the same time.

Put on a Show Wherein Lanfear enjoys being fabulously evl in a way that reminds me of Servalan in ye olde Blake's 7 days.