G R O W Y O U R W I N G S

Someone on my flist posted a link just the other day to an article about fan vidding.  It may have been about either or both the history of fan vidding and/or how the Star Trek franchise contributed to it's birth and/or growth.  I'm not exactly sure.  I opened the link in a tab for later reading and then accidently closed that tab--so I'd only glanced at the title before I lost it.

I'm really interested in reading it.  If anyone has any clue what I'm referring to and can re-link me to it, I'd appreciate it.

Thanks again. 

Happy Winchester Day everyone!

And as a present...here's a new vid by one of my favorite vidders, ChevyBabe!

Winchesters Kissing!!!! (girls, people, girls....*wags finger*)

dualbunny has a great BSG fanvid posted here called Cuz I Can.  It's really worth downloading to view.  It's Starbuck centric and fits her so well.  It is a sequel to her God is a DJ vid (which is also awesome).

Decided to post links to some of my favorite BSG fanvids.

One of my favorite characters on BSG is Starbuck--who in this version is a woman. This is one of the first BSG fanvids I ever found and it shows Starbuck with "Six" one of the Cylons. Here is the link on Youtube.


This next one is my all-time-favorite BSG fanvid. It does portray a lot of the battle and violent scenes from the show (again--it's the backdrop to the human drama.) It opens with words from a speech given by Bill Adama (leader of Battlestar Galactica) about the first Cylon War questioning humans assumption that they will not have to face up to the consequences of their actions.



The next one is a tribute to S1 & S2 of BSG with some editted Bear McCreary music from the show. Even the music that is not Bear's is similar to the type of music in the show. I'm probably scaring away the sci-fi haters since so many of these clips look so sci-fi intense. But the sci-fi is the background against which the human drama plays. Also? I really am not usually a huge fan of battle scenes. But in BSG? I sit on the edge of my chair for all battle scenes. Between the special effects, the pacing, and the MUSIC (especially the music) I am ENTHRALLED by the battle scenes.




Finally, this one uses Bear McCreary's piece from S3--All Along the Watchtower. It shows scenes from the S3 finale (which looks a little like an acid trip--which in a way..I guess it was.)

Don't watch this if you haven't seen 3x16 yet. And if you do watch this--be prepared, very ANGSTY and powerful.

By meimei42 on YouTube

Supernatural 101

I put this together several months ago for a friend I was trying to convert to the show.  This weekend I decided to code it for online reference.  If you notice errors please let me know.



Supernatural is a show introduced on the WB (now the CW) in the fall of 2005. The creator of the show, Eric Kripke, envisioned a show that showcased American Urban Legends and Myths. The show chronicles the story of the brothers Sam & Dean Winchester. The show is in it’s third season as of January 2008.

Dean & Sam travel across the country in a 1967 classic Chevy Impala searching for their father, John Winchester, the supernatural, and the thing that killed their mother, Mary Winchester.

This show appeals on so many levels--it is a one-hour thriller movie per episode with all the creepiness and yes some of the gore of the genre.  It follows a five-year myth-arc that is intricately woven through almost every episode.  Sometimes so subtlely that you won't even see it until later shows review secrets and you find as you re-watch previous episodes there were clues just "laying around" in plain view.

It is a show that also doesn't take itself too seriously.  It pokes humor at itself, at the genre, at it's fans (which the fans love), and at the characters themselves. 

But *more* than anything it is a show about family, about love, and about devotion and sacrifice.  You will come to love the brothers Winchester.  I don't love or even much like modern-day horror shows--too much blood and gore.  But this show--I love. 

If anyone is an X-Files fan--you'll find similarities.  The show has some X-Files alumnae as writers/directors.  And for those of you who are Buffy or Whedon fans, you'll find a clone of Joss in Supernatural's creator, Eric Kripke, who is dearly loved by the fans.

Please note that I link to various fanvids throughout this post.  I try to note when those vids may be spoilery for certain episodes/seasons.  But I may have missed something. 

Below the cut is a longish introduction to this show.  If you find yourself interested, be sure to watch Supernatural on The CW, Thursdays at 9pm.  If you start with S1 DVDs, give yourself until after the first episode of S2 before you pass full judgement on the show.  Many folks find that by mid-season 1 they are intrigued or hooked--but almost all who make it to the premier episode of season 2 are full-on addicted.



 Wow if you lasted through all that--you're definitely either a Supernatural fan already or you are a prime candidate.  Go watch some--Thursdays, 9pm on the CW.

The other day I spammed a few folks when I was de-compressing from work by surfing YouTube for Supernatural vids.  Thought I'd post them here:

Really liked this one.


Battlestar Galactica-Under Pressure-ZZ Top

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VvJ-ROvSxl0