I think it's a strong contender for my favourite vid of the year--but obviously I can't quite say that yet or people will think I've given up watching other vids. ;)
OK, so THOUGHTS!
It's hard to move past my initial fangirling of your insanely great editing and the smooth way in which you mesh the different fandoms together in a coherent argument. There was no moment I found jarring and I felt such a strong consistent argument through the whole piece--it feels so 'unified' aesthetically, from the font choices through to your control of movement.
Your use of other source material was really exciting too. I sometimes find that a struggle in vids, but not here. I particularly loved the worm on the branch intercut with the Cylons swooping in on New Caprica. I love the strength with which you show that humans are reduced to helpless insects in the face of predatory machines.
I also love the sequence where you show the lone humans (Derek and the BSG cast) in the desolate future.
And despite the disturbing subject, this is a FUN view! Is that bad? ;) I really loved a couple of insertions of humour (or what I found humorous) in the 'rock me, Joe!' moment and the little in-joke about 'Six'. I absolutely adore that that was thrown in there as the very last 'the devil is Six'--almost like an afterthought. The subtle downplay made it funny.
Then I love the way you tie BSG and T:SCC together. I love both shows but am biased in finding Terminator a more succesful/interesting exploration of killer machines. That's just me. But this totally worked for me because the parallels between the two made it not about specific canons (and their limitations) but about the commonalities. At a visual level, I loved moments like the cut from Kara bowing her head to John comforting Charlie.
One of the interesting parallels is the aspect of religion--I hadn't really thought deeply about the way that both shows also draw on classical Christian imagery and references. Both Gaius and Ellison looking towards monotheism.
The final stages where the line 'the one most adaptable to change' comes up are where your argument lifts to a new level, taking it even further. I love that you show human self-destruction in the face of the conflict between man and machine, humans killing themselves, humans killing other humans. And then machines taking over their role: reproducing themselves. Also love the way you use the turtle imagery, showing the Terminators holding the turtle now, not humans.
Cool shot to end on--the ultimate way that machines become 'human' by becoming mortal.
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OK, so THOUGHTS!
It's hard to move past my initial fangirling of your insanely great editing and the smooth way in which you mesh the different fandoms together in a coherent argument. There was no moment I found jarring and I felt such a strong consistent argument through the whole piece--it feels so 'unified' aesthetically, from the font choices through to your control of movement.
Your use of other source material was really exciting too. I sometimes find that a struggle in vids, but not here. I particularly loved the worm on the branch intercut with the Cylons swooping in on New Caprica. I love the strength with which you show that humans are reduced to helpless insects in the face of predatory machines.
I also love the sequence where you show the lone humans (Derek and the BSG cast) in the desolate future.
And despite the disturbing subject, this is a FUN view! Is that bad? ;) I really loved a couple of insertions of humour (or what I found humorous) in the 'rock me, Joe!' moment and the little in-joke about 'Six'. I absolutely adore that that was thrown in there as the very last 'the devil is Six'--almost like an afterthought. The subtle downplay made it funny.
Then I love the way you tie BSG and T:SCC together. I love both shows but am biased in finding Terminator a more succesful/interesting exploration of killer machines. That's just me. But this totally worked for me because the parallels between the two made it not about specific canons (and their limitations) but about the commonalities. At a visual level, I loved moments like the cut from Kara bowing her head to John comforting Charlie.
One of the interesting parallels is the aspect of religion--I hadn't really thought deeply about the way that both shows also draw on classical Christian imagery and references. Both Gaius and Ellison looking towards monotheism.
The final stages where the line 'the one most adaptable to change' comes up are where your argument lifts to a new level, taking it even further. I love that you show human self-destruction in the face of the conflict between man and machine, humans killing themselves, humans killing other humans. And then machines taking over their role: reproducing themselves. Also love the way you use the turtle imagery, showing the Terminators holding the turtle now, not humans.
Cool shot to end on--the ultimate way that machines become 'human' by becoming mortal.
Just: SO MUCH AWESOME!