New Vid: Space Girl - Wiscon premiere

[charmax]

Video Title: Space Girl
Song Title/Artist: Space Girl - The Imagined Village
Source: Multisource (complete list in notes)
Summary: My momma told me I should never watch Sci-fi but I did, I did, I did.
Length/Format: 03:54, (Xvid, Stream)
Notes: Premiered at wiscon 2011

Source in order of appearance:

Raumpatroille
Lost In Space
Outer Limits
Doctor Who
The Giant Behemoth
Twilight Zone
Attack Of The 50 ft Woman
Invasion Of The Body Snatchers
Avengers
Forbidden Planet
Queen of Outer Space
Space 1999
V
Sapphire And Steel
UFO
Star Trek
Logans Run
5th Element
Andromeda
Barbarella
Soylent Green
Star Wars
Blakes 7
Mork And Mindy
Alf
Star Trek Next Gen
Starship Troopers
Earth Final Conflict
Contact
Lexx
Terminator 2
Firefly
Farscape
Torchwood
New Doctor Who
Startrek Voyager
SGA
Battlestar Galactica
Babylon 5
Space Above and Beyond
Aliens
Matrix
Terminator: Sarah Connor
Xfiles
Crusade
Gattica
Earth 2

Links: Download 68.3 MB | Stream @ Youtube

PASSWORD: boggle

Comments

[such_heights]

This is AMAZING! What a fantastic look at sci-fi's history, and so many awesome women. Your editing is just wonderful, all the sources blend together so well. Squee!

[charmax]

Thanks! It was a fun vid to research but juggling the different sources was considerably less entertaining so I'm glad my patience seems to have paid off.

[anotherslashfan]

Wow. I had goosebumps all over while watching this.

Your editing on this is incredible.

[charmax]

Thank you! I'm glad you enjoyed it.

[were_duck]

I LOVE THIS VID!!!

[charmax]

Thanks!

[musesfool]

This is so cool!

[charmax]

Glad you think so!

[talitha78]

Wow! Boggle is right. So many sources, woven together so seamlessly. *clappyhands*

[charmax]

Haha! Actually the password was a bizarrely apt typo. I'm so pleased that you enjoyed the vid.

[mrkinch]

Utterly awesome! I'm still weepy.*blows nose*

[charmax]

Wow! Such a wonderful reaction.

[laurashapiro]

This is terrific. I love best how it's both celebratory (science! courage! friendship! ass-kicking!) and critical (miniskirts! terror! space aerobics, WTF!). The song choice is inspired, allowing all sorts of deliciously ironic juxtapositions.

Fandom needed this vid. I needed it. Now I am happy. :D

ETA: Will be reccing...

But wait, I'm not done! (:

[laurashapiro]

My favorite part is probably how the "superman" she's waited for is herself -- all our heroines become their own superpeople. But I love the nuance. You aren't just showing action heroes, but women flying and connecting and communicating with aliens (how thrilling to see Scully there!) and negotiating (Roslin!) and everything else that makes them super.

[perkins]

I'm here via Laurashapiro's rec, and I am so glad I saw the rec--this is AMAZING.

[charmax]

Thank you so much for letting me know you enjoyed it.

[kuwdora]

HOMGGG this is AMAZINGGG

my favorite part is only ALL OF ITTTTTT

[charmax]

Thanks! I'm glad you enjoyed it.

[rydra_wong]

Oh, yes yes yes. What laurashapiro said. What a delight.

[charmax]

Thank you!

[rhoboat]

How are you so awesome?! ♥

[charmax]

Well, I do try. ;)

[sinensis]

Great, great, GREATNESS.

[charmax]

Thanks!

[potted_music]

This is amazing <3

[charmax]

Thank you for saying so.

[anoneknewmoose]

Oh, wow, this was GREAT.

[charmax]

Thank you!

[marina]

Wow, just wow. This is so awesome, I love how it really tells a STORY that's both really sad and at the same time full of joy and wonder. Such an amazing vid, omg.

[charmax]

Thank you so much. This vid was such a balancing act in so many ways so it has been hugely gratifying to have people respond to it so well.

[arliss]

What a delight! Thanks so much for this. And what a perfect, poignant image to end on. Just lovely.

[charmax]

Thanks! The end image was placed before the actress died. I did wonder about changing it but I'm glad I didn't.

[futuransky]

This was AMAZING to see at WisCon in a huge crowd of feminist science fiction fans––wish you could have been there! I am already thinking of this vid as WisCon's theme song. I also absolutely love the mix of sources, the progression through the vid, the tribute to Elizabeth Sladen... all of it! <3 <3 <3

[charmax]

I'm so glad that it played well at Wiscon. Thanks for the ego boost.

[lo_rez]

So much love for this heroes' gallery and its pointed metatext. (Also: Dayna! Cally! Servalan! THE SQUEE OF IT ALL!!!)

[charmax]

Thank you! Servalan was my other half's first crush, she'd have killed me if I hadn't included her. :D

[katta]

That was bloody gorgeous - a beautiful tribute to sci fi women without leaving out the troublesome parts. I'm definitely saving this one for many rewatches.

[charmax]

Thank you. It is good to know that it manages to work as a critique and a celebration.

[siljamus]

Amazing work! And what Laura said...

[charmax]

Thank you!

[greenapple]

I wanted to say this was amazing... but it looks like everyone else already has. So. I enjoyed watching this. :)

[charmax]

I'm glad you enjoyed it!

[livrelibre]

This is absolutely amazing!

[charmax]

Thank you!

[litotease]

I have so much to say that it's too much. This was my life flashing before my eyes. This is 9-year-old me who wanted to be Will Robinson or maybe Mrs. Peel and it's 11-year-old me who snuck out into the hall to watch Star Trek past my bedtime because Spock had my heart. It's 31-year-old, single-parent me who introduced my daughter to science fiction via Next Gen, and 48-year-old me who was so, so grateful for and in love with Laura Rosylin and Starbuck, and 55-year-old right-this-minute me who's so very aware of how far we've come and how far we have to go, and you can see it all right in this mighty awesome vid you've made!

So, y'know, if tears mixed with heart-swelling love and adoration was the audience reaction you were trying for....

♥

[charmax]

Thank you so much! This is the perfect reaction. When I first heard this song and visualised the vid I imagined a 1960s feminist mother bewildered at her daughter's love of what she considered to be these appalling shows and how sticking with the genre through the rough parts eventually leads the daughter to positive role models and becoming anything she wants to be.

[astrogirl]

Wow, this is terrific! I'm particularly impressed by the wide variety of subjects you managed to include.

[charmax]

Thank you! Sourcing the vid was an absolute joy in the research phase and a bloody nightmare in the editing phase.

[giglet]

I love this! I feel like it's the anthem I've been waiting for all my life.

And thank you for reminding us of all the wonderful women in SF (even if some of them were in fur bikinis), and I was so glad to see Sarah Jane, in particular.

Best Thing Ever!

[charmax]

Thank you! It has been fabulous to have had such a fantastic reaction to a vid that means so much to me.