Vid Commentary Challenge

Title: Brick House
Vidder: deirdre_c
Fandom: Supernatural
Link: http://deirdre-c.livejournal.com/351190.html
Commentary by: yourlibrarian
Warnings:: Spoilers for the S5 finale.

The timing of this vid couldn't have been better. While there is never a wrong time for an Impala love vid, there was definitely a right time. Appearing on May 17th, the vid echoed the love and respect for this mainstay of the SPN verse that we had just seen in the S5 finale. But it also had some interesting things to say about females in the SPNverse, which remains a problematical aspect of the series.

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Vid: "Attention: Gotham City, There Is A War Going On For Your Mind"
Vidder: cherryice
Fandom: Batman: The Dark Knight
Song: Flobots’ "There's a War Going On for Your Mind"
Link: http://cherryice.livejournal.com/233207.html?view=1547255#t1547255
Commentary: zephyrprince
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Title: Ding! Dong!
Vidder: kiki_miserychic
Fandom: Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles
Link: http://kiki-miserychic.livejournal.com/142043.html
Commentary: By thuviaptarth

My apologies to kiki_miserychic and deathisyourart for missing the deadline.

( It's what she did )

Title: Weak
Vidder: charmax
Fandom: Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Link: video link
Commentary by: ebonypsyche
Warnings:: AU and yet spoilers for S3

So let's into this yeah? *claps giddily*

So confession time: Faith is my favorite character ever. Her flaws, triumphs, and...just everything. And I kinda love Buffy (the character) as she is in her eyes- flawed and yet perfect. But I am tired of seeing Buffy/Faith vids where all Faith does is hurt Buffy and Buffy is this saint. The hurt went both ways but as Faith said "You hurt me, I hurt you. I'm just more efficient." So I was kinda giddy to see this one.

( *gets off soapbox and presses play * )

title. elemental
vidder. fabella /wistful_fever
fandom. merlin
link. http://wistful-fever.livejournal.com/207922.html
commentary by.tearful_eye
warnings. i tend to ramble & also: there are 60+ pictures behind this cut...

& erh, this is late, as in very late. so sorry :/ i'm the worst deadline-keeper ever.

( arthur & merlin - insert conflict )

Title: The Wizard and I
Vidder: chasarumba
Fandom: Ashes to Ashes
Link: http://chasarumba.livejournal.com/43780.html
Commentary By: theanonsisters

( under here )

Title: What We Had
Vidder: cherryice
Fandom: Doctor Who/Torchwood
Link: http://cherryice.livejournal.com/213248.html
Commentary By: hollywoodgrrl
Warnings: Heavy on the Images and the Words, heavier yet on my own Pretentiousness. (Hell, I can't help it! This vid touches me like a lover.)

( nobody's here, just empty space )

Title: ...and The Ladies With Pretty Hair
Vidder: hollywoodgrrl
Fandom: Legend of the Seeker / Merlin
Link: community.livejournal.com/sync_slaying/14408.html
Commentary By: _deejay_
Spoilers: Seeker up to 1x11, all of Merlin s1
Warnings: Magical themes, PG violence, and so much awesome your head might explode.

Omg guys, let's talk about magical stereotypes! (Yeh this isn't the most serious commentary you'll read this week :P)

( ...and The Ladies With Pretty Hair: discuss! )

Title: "Beautiful"
Vidder: castorfate
Fandom: Memoirs of a Geisha
Link: http://castorsfate.livejournal.com/2805.html
Commentary By: zephyrprince

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Title: Who Found Mr. Fabulous?
Vidder: kuwdora
Fandom: Star Trek Reboot
Link: http://kuwdora.livejournal.com/445297.html
Commentary By: ciaan
Warnings: Spoilers for the movie, 97 screencaps, sucky screencaps, a handful of swear words, multi-ship innuendo, sci-fi violence, semi-nude people in only underwear


You've watched the vid? Yes? Okay, great, now we can move on to the commentary.

( See what we find. )

Title: Unnatural Selection
Vidder: charmax
Fandom: Battlestar Galactica, Terminator: Sarah Connor, Terminator movies.
Link: vid post
Commentary by: charmax
Warnings: From the vid post, "Images of apocalypse and violence that some may find disturbing." For the commentary, I am a ridiculous and mad person that doesn't believe in transitions and sees the world a bit differently than most. Post contains 35 300x167 still images, 8 160x90 gif images, 1 embedded youtube video, and 1 pretentious movie quote. I am not the vidder; these thoughts are from my crazy brain, so don't take them as the intention of charmax.

( Unnatural Selection - That body was made to look like a person. We were made in God's image. )

Title: Tear You Apart
Vidder: bradcpu
Fandom: Firefly
Link: http://bradcpu.livejournal.com/62250.html
Commentary By: bop_radar
Warnings: (as per the vid itself) Violent and disturbing imagery, including images that could imply rape; explicit lyrics
Note: Spoilery for the vid which involves a reveal--if you haven't seen the vid, please do watch it first before reading this or the vid notes.

( This way for image-heavy commentary )

Title: Scarlet Ribbons
Vidder: aycheb
Fandom: Buffy & Angel
Link: http://aycheb.livejournal.com/80347.html

Commentary By: alchemise

( commentary and 33 pictures behind the cut )

Title: The Pinky and the Brain - Doctor style
Vidder: Chayiana
Fandom: Doctor Who
Link: Vid post

Commentary by: rhoboat

( Commentary with 29 screencaps )

Title: Above & Below
Vidder: counteragent
Fandom: Supernatural
Link: http://counteragent.livejournal.com/55326.html

Commentary By: cee_m

I do better with song lyrics... so much of this is based on how I felt counteragent interpreted the lyrics with imagery. This is obviously IMAGE HEAVY! Like WOAH.

The mirroring she does in this vid with her placement of clips and such is just stunning. The way she starts with each brother getting his testament to pain and then showing how much those stories overlapped in a very real and visceral way.

( IMAGE HEAVY - Check out my commentary on this vid )

( LYRICS )

You can also see this how I meant for it to play out on my website at http://www.marymo.net/lj/counteragent/

Title: Half Acre
Vidders: jarrow and laurashapiro
Fandom: Six Feet Under
Links: http://jarrow272.inverteddungeon.com/videos.html or http://www.laurasha.com/vids/
Commentary by:hazelk
Warnings: Sadness and joy. Also Brit spelling, misplacement of commas and abuse of aspect ratios (sorted). 24 images, 216-653x135


( What is it that you remember )

Title: Everything's Not Lost
Vidder: trelkez
Fandom: Doctor Who/Torchwood
Link: http://greensilver.livejournal.com/517911.html
Commentary By: charmax
Warnings: None. No spoilers, no violence, just love. British spelling so slight warning for the superfluous use of the letter u.
Image heavy with 48 caps, 300x167.

( Pay it forward )

Title: Patterns
Vidder: Lithiumdoll (halcyon_shift)
Fandom: Life
Link: Website

Commentary By: deathisyourart

Warnings:
- Brief depictions of violence and screencaps of crime scene photos. All screencaps taken from Lithiumdoll's vid.
- Extremely image HEAVY with 48 screencaps (320x181 pixels each).
- Spoilers for all of season 1
- British English spelling :P

( The pattern of my LIFE, and the puzzle that is me )