Vid Recs! Hex! Smallville! Angel!

[sisabet]

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

Comments

[londonkds.livejournal.com]

Hex is certainly not BBC. It's what I believe is the first attempt by Sky (Rupert Murdoch's British subscription TV channel) to come up with it's own high-profile SF/fantasy show instead of buying US ones.

[sisabet.livejournal.com]

Well - whoever is making it - I certainly like the idea of more high-profile SF/fantasy shows.

Battlestar Galactica

[coffeeandink.livejournal.com]

I'm amazed. Clearly something was in the air.

[piper47.livejournal.com]

::blushes:: I feel all warm inside. :-D

Oh! And you should watch Hex. ;)

Totally thought I should throw that in there as well. ;)

Thank you for recing my vid. That means a lot. :)

[milly.livejournal.com]

So...I was sorting through your recs and I stumbled upon this, and it made me all giddy, so I had to comment. First, thank you so much for the rec!

I might actually remaster the vid, because there's some bits I'm not satisfied with, and the quality *is* very shitty. The file just wouldn't save in another format, there'd be glitches and stuff. Had it been in a better quality, I probably would have submitted it to Color Explosion at Vividcon this year... but the quality is just so, so bad, lol.