Vid Recs! Hex! Smallville! Angel!

I am so behind on vid pimpage - I still have to sit and watch the Escapade show and I will, it is just... things happened this weekend and that actually is a separate post I should make later.

There are a bunch of other vids I need to watch, that I have DLed and on hold and God - lierdumoa will finish another vid in the time it takes for me to compose a thought about her Firefly vid. Just so you know - I suck.

But I need to do some pimping today and I have three vids for your viewing pleasure.

Let's start with Flo:

Hex

f1renze has been pushing this 5-ep series called "Hex" (is it BBC??) of late. Seriously pushing - as in if you want to watch she will practically come over to your house and play the show for you.

Watching this vid, I think she is on to something and as soon as I can get away from all the space-boys and cylons and wraiths and whatnot, I think I'll watch this show as well - mainly because of her vid.

There is an extremely interesting dynamic between the principle female characters - Flo nails that right away. There are supernatural events - an evil man and pure and true love that death cannot separate. At least this is what I got. Also - very pretty femmeslash.

So go - watch the vid, even if you haven't seen the show, because I think it is one of those interesting narratives that just gets deeper the more you puzzle it out. Flo vidded this very deliberately and I don't think there is one wasted scene or lyric here. Everything means what it means and then, you turn around, and it means something else as well. Very satisfying.

http://www.livejournal.com/users/f1renze/



Smallville

piper47 finished a vid!! Whee! And she posted it. I am so proud.

Now - besides me being proud - there are many reasons you should watch this vid, but mainly because she took an idea (Clark's reaction to and deliberate use of Red K) and she takes the audience on an emotional exploration of this idea. I seem to keep going back to the narrative today, but this is an emotional narrative: What does Red K do to Clark? Why would he ever choose to use it when the side-effects are so dangerous? Why does he need to feel this way? What is the fallout?

She explores all of this and it is another satisfying vid.

http://www.livejournal.com/community/vidding/186500.html


Angel

I saw this vid rec'd in several places and downloaded it with a mind to watch it later, when Flo told me, no, watch it now. So glad I listen to Flo.

millylicious tackles Angel and Connor and gives this extremely stylized look at how Connor came into the world, what he brought with him and how it all falls apart and it is just... wow. Very exciting. She uses color and music to actually smack the audience on the head and say "Hey! You! Pay attention - this is important. Get ready for some pain" and I just love it when vids are abusive in that good way. And pretty - mmmm. And violent. And... well this works extremely well.

My only complaints are in the length (and this is quibbling - the vid would be tighter for general audiences if it was shorter, but then the vidder would lose so much cool stuff, so I get the choice made here) and I want to see this on a big screen, so I really hope she does post a big version soon. I'll DL and keep it for sure.

http://www.livejournal.com/community/vidding/184747.html

Lost Fannish Weekend: Stargate Atlantis and Battlestar Galactica (just miniseries as B-track)

I am missing big chunks of this weekend.

Normally, my lost fannish weekends are very carefully supervised affairs with tzikeh making certain there are breaks, b-track programming, and plenty of cake.

I shouldn't be allowed to attempt this at home. I mean, I think I looked at some vids and made comments and I know I did some work on the Clark-Is-Confused vid Friday... wait, I didn't. Not at all. I didn't touch Premiere all weekend, I am fairly certain.

And woe is me, for Clark is still confused. Luckily for all concerned the purpose of my vid was never to actually explain things to him. So at least I didn't leave him hanging. Of course now I have "The Purpose of this Vid is to Flip Out and Kill People" running through my head, but that isn't even appropriate.

::no longer in control of thoughts::

I had big huge important plans, y'all. I was gonna wallow in Smallville for a while, actually make some of the vids I have been planning for a long time now and build up my confidence to make the Deadwood vid...

OMG DEADWOOD!!! I FORGOT TO WATCH DEADWOOD!!

Three guesses what I watched instead? And I am taking away 2 of those guesses. At least I didn't miss Arrested Development (and the person who decided to give Buster a hook? I want to french kiss that person) and I can watch Deadwood tonight.

Just so you know the extent of my confusion right now: There is a key-lime green suit hanging on my closet door as I type this. I paid money for this suit in an apparent insane, caffiene and McKay and fic induced fit of buying suits. I have no idea. I think the idea is "Easter is next weekend, I shouldn't wear black again" and hence I just went out and picked out the monstrosity that is the furthest I can get away from black and still maintain my retinas.

There is not enough self-tanner in the world that this suit will not wash me out. There are bows involved in the jacket. I HAVE NO IDEA WHY I BOUGHT THIS SUIT AND I BLAME SIEGE 2!!! Obviously, I was thrown by that episode and off my usual game.

What kind of shoes does one wear with a key-lime green suit? The cut is actually nice - looks like something Emily Gilmore would wear, but still it is nicely cut. Just...bright. With bows.

::boggled::

Also - no matter how much I may want it to be, OutKast's Southernplaylisticadillacmuzik is NOT about Atlantis. Although both are fun, they are not interchangable.

::sees vid in head::

Also 2 - I really need, need, need the Mary Cherry who lives in my head to stop chiming in "Hotlantis" every time I think "Atlantis" - I don't care how much pr0n I have read - she needs to stop doing that. It is very distracting.

And finally: Battlestar Gallatica needs to sit tight and wait its turn. No fair with it giving me vid ideas from the credits alone. So, shush.

::stern look at BSG::