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Jan. 19th, 2013 09:35 pm
selenak: (Homeland by Naushika)
Vidathons are something I enjoy as a watcher, not being able to create vids to save my life, but full of admiration the people who can. In many a fandom. [community profile] festivids went online - the masterlist is here - and a cursory glance (will watch more in days to come, of course) gave me these gems:


When you're evil: Jim Profit, sociapath at large. Witty and entertaining, and also, Adrian Pasdar. Profit the show didn't even get a complete first season, which is ever so frustrating.


Pots and Pans: Deadwood, otoh, got at least three. This vid uses footage mostly from the first one and portrays the town and the ensemble with that mixture of brutality and humanity that characterized the show.

Collage : a Homeland vid, no spoilers beyond the first season, about Carrie and Saul picking up the pieces in their morally ambiguous profession and their relationship with each other. I'm very happy one of the two Homeland vids was about the Carrie & Saul relationship, which is imo as important to the show as the one between Carrie and Brody.

Blackbird: based on the film Nowhere Boy about the young John Lennon, this vid uses a Beatles song, a Paul one which I'd never have associated with John because well, so not the subject, but it works for the emotional arc of the film.


I've just seen a face: and another McCartney-penned Beatles song, this one using footage from the film We'll Take Manhattan to portray Jean Shrimpton (as played by Karen Gilliam, aka Amy Ponds from Doctor Who) and her relationship with David Bailey. I didn't think the source material was all that (only mildly entertaining, with a great in-joke of an ending, though), but the song fits Karen-as-Jean beautifully, and the vid is charming as hell.
selenak: (Carl Denham by Grayrace)
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 was spoilery for Blade Runner ).

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.
selenak: (Library - Kathyh)
Still coughing, still wheezing, and so without further ado, more Yuletide:


Neverwhere

The Invisible City: Dark, brilliant: the Marquis de Carabas and Richard Mayhew, and an adventure that like the original uses London geography and names in a stunning way.

Mad Lord Time: this one gives us New York Below, and Door and Richard visiting.


The Prestige

Red Ball Bounces: to put it as unspoilery as possible: Alfred Borden, after. Or is he?


Prince of Egypt

I Sayeth Unto Thee: Moses and Ramses. One of the elements that made the Disney film so suprisingly poignant was to present the early fraternal relationship between them as a positive one, and this story goes for the full tragedy of it.

Profit

Breaking Patterns: Profit and Bobbi. I think what I admire most about the story is that it fully conveys just how messed up this relationship is.
selenak: (Servalan by Snowgrouse)
Conversations with both [livejournal.com profile] likeadeuce and [livejournal.com profile] wee_warrior this past week made me think about shows that basically put the villain in the central character position and pull this off without being narratively dishonest (i.e. they don’t go the simple route of just making all the good guys look stupid, incompetent and/or bland so the villain/hero shines all the more). What started the conversation was Dexter, of course, and certain things in the last three episodes of season 2, but the two other shows that came to mind for me were American Gothic and Profit.

Spoilery thoughts on both shows, and their bargain with the audience )

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