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[fajrdrako]

Last night I was able to have another fannish evening with commodorified, auriaephiala, raynedaze, and Shelley, whom I've been wanting to have over for about twenty-five years. Better late than never.

The highlight of the evening was watching three music vids from the DVD that commodorified brought back from Vividcon. We started out with a Torchwood vid, which was good, and a vid based on The Right Stuff, which was terrific, and a Doctor Who vid that just might be my favourite vid ever. It's made by Seah and Margie, done to the song "Handlebars" by Flobot, and you can find it here, you lucky people. What I loved most - besides the good editing and the thought that went into it - was the way they take the themes of Doctor Who, put them together in a way that looks all light and fluffy and cleverly funny, and then you realize that it isn't that way at all.

Just like the show.

We also watched an episode of Due South, "Heaven and Earth". It's been a while. For each of the last Due South episodes I've seen, I've thought they were getting better all the time. And so they are.

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[catslash.livejournal.com]

Oh, god, yes. I never bother with fanvids, but I'm so glad I checked that one out. I must have watched it a dozen times by now and it still blows me away. And I keep wondering why it never occurred to me to associate that song with Ten. Once you've seen the video, the link is so obvious.

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

Isn't that amazingly good? It captures the two - no, three - things I think are most important about the Doctor: his sense of play, his sense of caring, and his dangerousness. A beautiful, dramatic and terrifying mix.

And yes, the song is perfect - might have been written for him, if the TARDIS had handlebars.

[auriaephiala.livejournal.com]

A lot of vids seem to me to just be a collection of pretty pictures (and kissing), but the Doctor Who one was psychologically correct. The combination of music and images worked together, and there was a disquieting progression as the song went on.

I had a great time, and I really liked your soup. Lashings of tea, ginger cookies and other yummy victuals, great conversation, and Due South: what could be better?

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

A lot of vids seem to me to just be a collection of pretty pictures (and kissing)

Yes. Those are the less successful ones.

Then there are the ones where the words are very appropriate, but there isn't much structure to it - you can't really tell what it was trying to say.

Then there's the rare few like that one, where the point is strongly made, and, as you say, psychologically correct. And the words were perfect.

There's another "Handlebars" vid on the DVD, not nearly as successful or artful. (The fandom is Iron Man.)

Lashings of tea, ginger cookies and other yummy victuals, great conversation, and Due South: what could be better?

Doing something similar next week, that's what!

[walkingowl.livejournal.com]

Can I come? I'll bring butter-and-sugar corn.

[filkferengi]

norabombay is also big with the Due South love.

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

We few, we happy few.