random miscellanea, bsg vid recs
Nov. 14th, 2011 11:35 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
bedlamsbardThe Plague (a.k.a. The Common Cold) has decided to make its presence definitively known as of, oh, last night. Hate you, Plague! Will be going to get Dayquil/Nyquil later today, though I'm never actually convinced that it works that well. Until then, well, at least I have a lot of Kleenex.
Need to go back through my browsing history for the past week and put together a list of all the BSG vids I watched, to keep from losing them all. -- even though I'm still using Delicious, I now don't want to add anything to it because I love the recently bookmarked Delicious toolbar a lot, and if I add new stuff, then the stuff that's already there will go away. I wish there was a way to customize that toolbar aside from "recently bookmarked" or "most visited", and wow, I just realized there is, so I'll do that later today. (As you can see, I am totally on top of stuff today.)
Other things to do later today, aside from thesis stuff and a giant chunk of Greek because my Greek professor hates us (she probably doesn't, she brought us Laffy Taffy last week): cut up this mango, make biscuits, e-mail my first and third readers (stopped into my second reader's office after class today). Ugh, school, hate you. Go to library and print MacKay article and scarf pattern. Make dinner; eat. Read more of the Meyerson book.
...actually, since this post is still open, will make vid list now.
Jolene by![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
nicole_anell, Cally/Chief/Cylons, all seasons. Oh, Cally, honey. Cally on Chief/Boomer, then the slow creep into Chief as a Cylon as a romantic/sexual betrayal. (There's only one clip in here that really doesn't work for me, which is Athena in the CIC because I feel like it should be a Boomer scene, not an Athena one.)
Girl Next Door bysabaceanbabe, Cally/Chief, Boomer/Chief, through season three. Boomer as the hot cheerleader and Cally as the girl next door. This one's not as polished as "Jolene", but it's fun and does some interesting things. (The vidder kind of hates on Cally in the comments, though, which is sort of a downer.) Download only, no streaming.
Glittering Cloud by Txlsplash (no LJ or DW link), Boomer, through the series finale. Oh, Boomer, honey. The slightly dreamy quality of the music here is perfect for Boomer, for the disaster her life turns into. And there are some really great lyric/scene matches, too -- the artist's impression looks just like me, only better setting up the contrast/comparision with Athena, here it comes now, wish me luck when she's dying in Chief's arms. Love this vid. Streaming only, no download.
Wicked Game byobsessive24, Dee, through season four. Dee, always pinning her hopes and dreams on things. The repetitions of red are lovely -- better than showing the actual suicide.
Brand New You're Retro byhollywoodgrrl, Caprica (show). Shiiiiiiny. Mostly Caprica footage, but it has some bits from BSG in too -- the shape of things to come. It also does something interesting in that it uses scenes from the opening credits; I'm still on the fence about how well those work here.
Slow Down Gandhi byobsessive24, Gaeta, Zarek, everyone below the top ranks, through season four including Razor and Face of the Enemy. This is fascinating -- it's basically the view from the lower ranks (or what we see of them, anyway), and it really manages to justify what people were thinking during the mutiny two-parter.
there's a war going on for your mind, laura bybeccatoria, Roslin, Cylons all, through season four, including Razor. I am not entirely sure how I feel about this one, but it's...interesting. In a positive way, not a negative one.
so say we all I (Handlebars) bykiki_miserychic, all, through season four mid-season finale. Another interesting one.
Sons and Daughters byheyiya, Cylons, through season four mid-season finale. ANOTHER INTERESTING ONE. I feel like there was a big chunk of vids made after "Revelations" and those are the ones I keep running into.
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Why, yes, I did write this post over the course of many hours in between classes and homework. (Also, yes, I've seendualbunny's BSG vids, I just have them on the external hard drive and I don't want to dig the links up when I...already have them.) And now, to do school-related things.
...also I think I may have run into a pile of vids/commentary that does not match up with my own viewing of the show, woe. I think it is a very good thing that I was not actually watching this show while it was on the air, because I suspect I would have either hated the show or hated the fandom or both. I'm also actually pretty glad I took that year, year and a half long break between the front third of S4 and the back two-thirds, and that when I went back into it, I watched (nearly) the entire run of the show from the miniseries to Daybreak, because I don't think I would have handled it that well the first time. Going back through it meant that while I was invested in the characters, I wasn't going to be shocked and spoiled and personally aggrieved by their choices. Also, I'm older and more mature, or something. (I am a whole TWENTY-ONE YEARS OLD. The last time I watched this I was NINETEEN. That extra two years? Clearly a great improvement. By the time I am twenty-five I expect to be zen and calm, or something like that.)
Need to go back through my browsing history for the past week and put together a list of all the BSG vids I watched, to keep from losing them all. -- even though I'm still using Delicious, I now don't want to add anything to it because I love the recently bookmarked Delicious toolbar a lot, and if I add new stuff, then the stuff that's already there will go away. I wish there was a way to customize that toolbar aside from "recently bookmarked" or "most visited", and wow, I just realized there is, so I'll do that later today. (As you can see, I am totally on top of stuff today.)
Other things to do later today, aside from thesis stuff and a giant chunk of Greek because my Greek professor hates us (she probably doesn't, she brought us Laffy Taffy last week): cut up this mango, make biscuits, e-mail my first and third readers (stopped into my second reader's office after class today). Ugh, school, hate you. Go to library and print MacKay article and scarf pattern. Make dinner; eat. Read more of the Meyerson book.
...actually, since this post is still open, will make vid list now.
Jolene by
nicole_anell, Cally/Chief/Cylons, all seasons. Oh, Cally, honey. Cally on Chief/Boomer, then the slow creep into Chief as a Cylon as a romantic/sexual betrayal. (There's only one clip in here that really doesn't work for me, which is Athena in the CIC because I feel like it should be a Boomer scene, not an Athena one.)Girl Next Door by
sabaceanbabe, Cally/Chief, Boomer/Chief, through season three. Boomer as the hot cheerleader and Cally as the girl next door. This one's not as polished as "Jolene", but it's fun and does some interesting things. (The vidder kind of hates on Cally in the comments, though, which is sort of a downer.) Download only, no streaming.Glittering Cloud by Txlsplash (no LJ or DW link), Boomer, through the series finale. Oh, Boomer, honey. The slightly dreamy quality of the music here is perfect for Boomer, for the disaster her life turns into. And there are some really great lyric/scene matches, too -- the artist's impression looks just like me, only better setting up the contrast/comparision with Athena, here it comes now, wish me luck when she's dying in Chief's arms. Love this vid. Streaming only, no download.
Wicked Game by
obsessive24, Dee, through season four. Dee, always pinning her hopes and dreams on things. The repetitions of red are lovely -- better than showing the actual suicide.Brand New You're Retro by
hollywoodgrrl, Caprica (show). Shiiiiiiny. Mostly Caprica footage, but it has some bits from BSG in too -- the shape of things to come. It also does something interesting in that it uses scenes from the opening credits; I'm still on the fence about how well those work here.Slow Down Gandhi by
obsessive24, Gaeta, Zarek, everyone below the top ranks, through season four including Razor and Face of the Enemy. This is fascinating -- it's basically the view from the lower ranks (or what we see of them, anyway), and it really manages to justify what people were thinking during the mutiny two-parter.there's a war going on for your mind, laura by
beccatoria, Roslin, Cylons all, through season four, including Razor. I am not entirely sure how I feel about this one, but it's...interesting. In a positive way, not a negative one.so say we all I (Handlebars) by
kiki_miserychic, all, through season four mid-season finale. Another interesting one.Sons and Daughters by
heyiya, Cylons, through season four mid-season finale. ANOTHER INTERESTING ONE. I feel like there was a big chunk of vids made after "Revelations" and those are the ones I keep running into.*
Why, yes, I did write this post over the course of many hours in between classes and homework. (Also, yes, I've seen
dualbunny's BSG vids, I just have them on the external hard drive and I don't want to dig the links up when I...already have them.) And now, to do school-related things....also I think I may have run into a pile of vids/commentary that does not match up with my own viewing of the show, woe. I think it is a very good thing that I was not actually watching this show while it was on the air, because I suspect I would have either hated the show or hated the fandom or both. I'm also actually pretty glad I took that year, year and a half long break between the front third of S4 and the back two-thirds, and that when I went back into it, I watched (nearly) the entire run of the show from the miniseries to Daybreak, because I don't think I would have handled it that well the first time. Going back through it meant that while I was invested in the characters, I wasn't going to be shocked and spoiled and personally aggrieved by their choices. Also, I'm older and more mature, or something. (I am a whole TWENTY-ONE YEARS OLD. The last time I watched this I was NINETEEN. That extra two years? Clearly a great improvement. By the time I am twenty-five I expect to be zen and calm, or something like that.)