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[personal profile] luminosity posted, for a short while, her magnum opus Scooby Road online. For the uninitiated, that's the Beatles' album Abbey Road, all of it, providing the musical background to some of the most brilliant vids made from the show Buffy The Vampire Slayer - all seven seasons - I've had the pleasure to watch. About 43 minutes, and everyone worth seeing. some details that particular stuck in my mind, and bear in mind I'm not a vidder, so there is no technical analysis, just audience reaction:
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[livejournal.com profile] andrastewhite has finished her Babylon 5 vid, and it is fabulous beyond the telling of it. Which I don't just say because it's dedicated to me.*g* B5 had multiple storyarcs going on, some of which never touched and some which were entwined, and her vid manages to do justice to all. Mind you, I don't think people who never watched B5 will get the full emotional impact. The image of, say, Londo removing his collar or Talia Winters turning away from a departing Susan Ivanova with a half smile only gets its full devastating effect if you know why Londo is making this seemingly harmless gesture, or what words were just exchanged between Talia and Susan. But for B5 fans, this is such a wonderful treat. She makes connections I never would have thought of before and which seem logical in hindsight, as between Delenn's reaction to Dukhat's death and Delenn's reaction to Sheridan's departure.

Just watch it. It's amazing.
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Since I beta'd the two vids in question, I might be prejudiced, but I think they rock and are accessible even if you're not so familiar with Alias, and haven't even heard of Crusade. If, otoh, you do know either, you appreciate how [livejournal.com profile] andrastewhite connects Jack Bristow and the most important people in his life, or presents a show that, like Firefly, got shafted by the network in every way possible (wrong order of broadcast episodes, original pilot not shown and hastily written new first ep shown instead, bad slot, etc.) and that not many people ever heard of.

American Tune, her Alias vid, is a Jack character portrait with spoilers until and including Breaking Point of season 3. If you love Spydaddy already, you'll love this vid. If you have no idea what all the squealing about the middle-aged get in a great many people's icons is all about, check it out. My own favourite bits are the transition from Sydney rising to Irina rising at one particular point, and the way Andraste uses Emily's funeral (at which three of the four people this vid connects were present, after all).

Holy Grail, otoh, is an ensemble vid, and puts forth a great argument why you should watch Crusade. (Only not in the order the blasted network showed it in, and put it on DVD in. The perfect Crusade watching order is here. Crusade was a spin-off from Babylon 5 which like Angel in regards to Buffy might be set in the same universe as the first show, but tried at the same time to do something different, to find its own style. The vid presents said style, and the characters, with flair. Extra bonus point for including a clip from the homage to the X-Files (check out Alien!Scully and Alien!Mulder, you'll recognize them at once).

Both vids are available for downloading here.

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