Vividcon vids

[jmtorres]

I took two vids to Vividcon this year!

Premieres:
1985, right-click and save as. (Link updated 6 March 2019)
fandom: fringe
music: bowling for soup
blurb: the road to hell, paved with, etc.
runtime: 2:49
file size: 46MB mp4
notes: so this is a Walter vid, it's equal parts comic and tragic, I started it three years ago and when I picked it up again this year I went through and had all my Fringe feels all over again. I am totally down for talking about Fringe feels, btw. I understand this vid makes some people have them. (omg, \o/)

Challenge:
The Edge of Glory, right-click and save as. (Link updated 6 March 2019)
fandom: leverage
music: lady gaga
blurb: parker x gravity OTP (but I mean. it's an open relationship.)
runtime: 1:37
file size: 26MB mp4
notes: the theme for Challenge this year was "descent," and when I was poking through my journal for old vid bunnies to see if anything fit the theme, I ran across a mostly joke notion of a vid about Parker jumping off of things. The idea of doing an interpretation that literal cracked me up, so I did it. this is an unsigned copy because Challenge vids are anonymous until the show at Vividcon and because I might never get the thing posted if I wait to when I feel like cranking up Final Cut to add chyron, so, have it as is and maybe I'll edit this post later.

Comments

[alexseanchai]

parker x gravity OTP (but I mean. it's an open relationship.)

looool

is good vid. I should watch the show more.

[jmtorres]

Thank you!

Confession: I didn't actually watch most of s5, for this vid I was like based on the patterns in previous seasons the finale will give me the shots I need" and lo, it did. Heh. Like, I like many parts of the show! But even in just skimming and clipping for this, I was reminded how much mehhhh I have for Nate

[kass]

I love this Fringe vid a LOT. SO many Fringe feels! And Walter feels. And Peter and Olivia feels. And just -- all of it.

[jmtorres]

Thank you! Feeeeeeeels.

[azurelunatic]

... I hadn't realized that that was the year that, etc.

That is perfect Walter.

[jmtorres]

Heh, someone else commented that in Vid Review too, I was like, Aha! I am brilliant! Also, yay, the gravestone was up long enough to be readable, I was totally worried about that!

Thank you :)

[rivkat]

Confession: I was never a huge fan of Walter the character, though I liked many of the plot points he generated. This vid is great--I love the weird appropriateness of the song and the way you interpreted the lyrics.

[jmtorres]

Walter has done so many awful things! Like, he didn't just experiment on children by giving them a drug of uncertain effects, he also applied emotional abuse to see if that helped! (And then it turns out he had parts of his brain removed to stop his monsterishness, and like, if we are the sum of our memories is he no longer that person since he doesn't remember all the things he did? Or?) But yeah, he's also so plot-necessary that like. For me, to watch the show all the way through, I couldn't deal with him as a monster all the time, I had to watch him as a jester for a lot of it.

Thank you!

[seekingferret]

1985 is such an amazing vid. Oh, Walter, you adorable monster.

[jmtorres]

Thank you! He so is.

[milly]

Both your vids were such breaths of fresh air this year.

Your challenge vid had me laughing and smiling so big the first time I watched it. The theme could be really dark, and your take on it was so fun. As nice as more metaphorical interpretations are, I love the heck out of literal ones.

I loved your premiere too. The song choice was so unexpected for Fringe but worked so well... The lighthearted song somehow made the tragic parts more tragic in a way? I really need to watch and rewatch Fringe.

[jmtorres]

Thank you! Heh, I'm beginning to suspect my vid niche is unlikely fandom pairings to humorous story songs that work with absurdist literalism. (How's that for an overly detailed genre offering from Netflix.)

I am so glad to hear you laughed. That is always my favorite vid reaction.

[niqaeli]

I mean, that description does apply to Highway Cafe, Want You Bad, Boy King, and 1985 at least. And I Drink Alone and Industrial strength Tranquilizer totally fall under the same general umbrella, actually. I don't think Long Spear quite qualifies on the humourous song bit, but yeah...

[jmtorres]

Well, it's a story song?

[luzula]

Oooh, I love that Parker vid. Yum.

[jmtorres]

Thank you!

[jb_slasher]

Oh my dear goodness I have not heard "1985" in a looong while. I CAN'T BELIEVE I STILL KNOW THE LYRICS. ALSO, THEY ARE SO APPROPRIATE OMG! <3

Also: PARKER. <3<3<3<3<3

[jmtorres]

Hi, I know I am a million years late answering this, but thank you!

[sholio]

I just discovered the 1985 vid and it's AWESOME. I would never have thought of that song for Walter, but once you do think of it, it's so amazingly perfect. Equal parts comic and tragic, that's Walter all over the place.

[jmtorres]

Thank you!