I haven't watched enough vids to have especoially strong critical opinions. I know there's a Connor vid set to the Dixie Chicks song "Godspeed" that always makes me cry. And the "Closer" vid is wonderful.
No. You're missing the point. The design of the thing is functional. The plan is not to shoot you. The plan is to get the girl. If there's no girl, then the plan, well, is like the room.
Early ,'Objects In Space'
Fan Fiction: Writers, Readers, and Enablers
This thread is for fanfic recs, links, and discussion, but not for actual posting of fanfic.
Lyra Jane - May 25, 2004 8:14:26 am PDT #8170 of 10000
Up with the sun
Atropa - May 25, 2004 8:39:46 am PDT #8171 of 10000
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
I still want a Harmony-centric vid done to Voltaire's When You're Evil.
§ ita § - May 25, 2004 9:22:45 am PDT #8172 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I just bumped into an LJ entry by LauraShapiro that's really detailed and kinda offputting about vids.
Not saying she's wrong -- it's obviously hard and there's a lot of stuff going on in creation I couldn't even dream of understanding.
But DAMN. She has a high bar.
Which might just explain the quality of her work.
Dana - May 25, 2004 9:24:29 am PDT #8173 of 10000
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
But DAMN. She has a high bar.
Which might just explain the quality of her work.
Exactly. On both counts.
Consuela - May 25, 2004 9:24:50 am PDT #8174 of 10000
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Which might just explain the quality of her work.
Well, yeah. She's among the very best around. And hanging out with her has, frankly, spoiled me for a lot of vids.
Vids are like fic, like writing, like almost any artistic endeavor; and Sturgeon's Law applies. But it took a while for me to begin to develop the tools to evaluate them.
Katie M - May 25, 2004 11:20:38 am PDT #8175 of 10000
I was charmed (albeit somewhat perplexed) by the fannish sensibility of many of the music choices -- it's like the director was trying to vid Canada. --loligo on the Olympic Opening Ceremonies
sumi - May 25, 2004 11:34:18 am PDT #8176 of 10000
Art Crawl!!!
Thank you Katie -- these are just amazing.
Lyra Jane - May 26, 2004 3:44:13 am PDT #8177 of 10000
Up with the sun
Thanks for the rec, Katie. Those are lovely.
Is anyone else rapidly becoming annoyed with the "...and then an army of Slayers shows up and saves the day!" ending to post-"Not Fade Away" fics? I understand why people want to see it, but on the asspull scale it's up there with having all the demons suddenly discover they're allergic to water.
§ ita § - May 26, 2004 3:45:21 am PDT #8178 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I don't think it's an asspull (seeing as they've had contact with those people as recently as a couple episodes ago).
I think it's cheap, and really misses the point, though.
Lyra Jane - May 26, 2004 3:49:53 am PDT #8179 of 10000
Up with the sun
To me, it's an asspull because we got no indication that a)the MoG even thought about contacting the Slayers or b)that the Slayers would gather in L.A. to help Angel. I think it would be possible to make it believable, but I'd want to see more groundwork for it, not just them suddenly being there.
I think it's cheap, and really misses the point, though.
This I absolutely agree with you about. I think part of what bugs me is it makes the ending of Angel All About Buffy, and that's *wrong.*