Vid Recs posted in November, Part 3 Original poster: par_avion
Vid Recs Posted in November (Part 3) [x]
yuletide: Help the needy! (fandoms that is) AKA Pimp Your Fandoms Here: The Motorcycle Diaries is one of my favorite movies. The two main characters are Ernesto Guevara and his friend Alberto Granado. The two of them travel around South America together first on a motorcycle and then on the back of trucks, ferries, prop planes, etc. You guys, it's young Che Guevara being all idealistic and noble and humble and sexy and played by Gael García Bernal, and the Ernesto/Alberto is slashy as all hell. Ernesto has asthma and there is seriously beautiful canon hurt/comfort. The scenery is breathtaking and the guys get to meet and learn from people from all different walks of life in the countries they visit. There's a great score by the composer Gustavo Santaolalla (who also did the music for Brokeback Mountain and Babel) and a song by Jorge Drexler that won the Oscar for best original song that year. Here's a YouTube video with some good clips.
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yuletide: Help the needy! (fandoms that is) AKA Pimp Your Fandoms Here: True Colors is a 1991 film starring John Cusack and James Spader. Cusack plays a morally-grey politician, and Spader is the District Attorney he went to school with. The film follows their relationship from law school onward. Oh, and this youtubed fanvid is great if you need slashy incentive to watch this film--I especially love the creator's comments in the description. <3
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pheebs1: Fall Fandom Free For All Master List: This is the master list for the contributions to the Fall Fandom Free-For-All. Vid, Doctor Who/Torchwood, Dance Commander = Electric Six by such_heights for green_wing Vid, Stargate SG-1, Scientists by sg_betty for sg_fignewton Video, Doctor Who/Torchwood, Become by in_the_bottle for jadesfire2808 Video, Firefly, Paper Cups Video by lovelyhera for zooey_glass04 Video, Supernatural, Damaged by thandie for gekizetsu Video, Supernatural, Lucky Man by el1ie for pdragon76 Video, Supernatural, Iko Ikoby el1ie for kimonkey7 Video, X-Files, The Rainbow Connection by abby82 for juniperphoenix [N.B. Not quite a rec, but I wanted to pass it along anyway]
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ubixtiz: Links to stuff! Absence of original content!: thesamefire just posted with a reminder of how awesome thejumpcut's Frank/Gerard vid to Toxic is. Which is a fairly high level of awesome. It's kind of mesmerising to watch Gerard Way appear to sing Britney's lyrics. And do, er, other things.
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daybreak777: Do You Need Cheer?: What else? Crack vids! Chewbacca/Han Solo.
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Supernatural Vid Recs - Runs in the Family by gembat: Runs in the Family by gembat. Song by Amanda Palmer (Dresden Dolls). Holy wow. In 56 seconds, gembat manages to pack in so much about Mary and the cycle of Winchester martyrdom. Great editing, great clip choices, and particularly great use of the song. All and all, a skillful and dead on character study.
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[some kind of title] - youtube vidder recs (sg-1/dw): Stumbled across a couple vidders I'm liking. By polvoice on YouTube: Stargate SG-1: Fluorescent Adolescent. Vala, (Vala/Daniel) Doctor Who: Mr. Brightside. Jack/Doctor/Martha/Tom/Master/Lucy craziness...a love hexigon? It's like insane POV musical chairs! (Ow, my brain.) Black and Gold. Doctor/Donna. Smiley Faces. Ninth Doctor. (Aw, I miss Nine. He was my first Doctor.) And the vids below are all by valamd on YouTube. Stargate SG-1: The Story. Cam/Sam. I love that this is from Cam's POV. Aw, he was made for her. (Note: The music for this was pulled. Look in the sidebar there for a download link.). Are You Gonna Be My Girl. Vala/Cam, Vala/Daniel. No Sleep Tonight. I'll just make this a little more obvious. Vala/Daniel.
This is an inclusive newsletter: I attempt to include all of the vid recs that I find. It is not, however, exhaustive. If you have suggestions for particular communities or journals to watch (particularly ones that use tags) or are interested in helping to collect links, please let us know.