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New Vid: Dive (Doctor Who)
I'll admit it, when series five of Doctor Who began, I was nervous. I was on my last nerve with the show. I didn't even watch "The End of Time". The only thing that made me think about tuning in was the fact that The Moff was taking over (okay, and that Tennant was gone).
But I did tune in. And as I watching, I realized that I had a feeling welling up inside my chest that I wasn't used to feeling. It was GLEEE. Not happiness, not joy, but GLEEE. Capital G, capital L, capital triple E, GLEEE! I hadn't felt like that since "The Doctor Dances". AND IT WAS AWESOME.
Shortly afterward, I heard the song "Dive", by Steven Curtis Chapman. In addition to the things I could see in myself on a personal level, I could also see Eleven and Amy, and how much I loved watching them. And yes, there are 10 seconds in the very centre of the song that don't work at all, but I've worked around that to the best of my ability (ie. left it blank).
In terms of process, this vid was a bit funny. I had a perfect picture in my head for the "story" of the vid...but the story ends with two minutes left in the song. I was able to shed 30 seconds, but still, quite a bit of shifting on my part.
The good news is that Eleven practically vids himself, and Amy is beyond cute 99% of the time. The bad news is that they DON'T STOP TALKING, so this vid suffers a tiny bit from "talking head" syndrome.
Basically, this is the story of how I met Eleven, how I met Amy, and how much I loved watching them in that first episode. I did cheat a bit and use other episodes, but I tried to stick primarily with scenes from "The Eleventh Hour" where ever I could. There are six or eight clips that I was absolutely set on, and I think they've worked out. The song makes me happy, the vid makes me happy, the show makes me happy! Good times all around.
And notice that this time I tried for short clips! Nothing over five seconds (except for the 10 second black clip, which is on purpose)! ;)
Or you can download it here.
But I did tune in. And as I watching, I realized that I had a feeling welling up inside my chest that I wasn't used to feeling. It was GLEEE. Not happiness, not joy, but GLEEE. Capital G, capital L, capital triple E, GLEEE! I hadn't felt like that since "The Doctor Dances". AND IT WAS AWESOME.
Shortly afterward, I heard the song "Dive", by Steven Curtis Chapman. In addition to the things I could see in myself on a personal level, I could also see Eleven and Amy, and how much I loved watching them. And yes, there are 10 seconds in the very centre of the song that don't work at all, but I've worked around that to the best of my ability (ie. left it blank).
In terms of process, this vid was a bit funny. I had a perfect picture in my head for the "story" of the vid...but the story ends with two minutes left in the song. I was able to shed 30 seconds, but still, quite a bit of shifting on my part.
The good news is that Eleven practically vids himself, and Amy is beyond cute 99% of the time. The bad news is that they DON'T STOP TALKING, so this vid suffers a tiny bit from "talking head" syndrome.
Basically, this is the story of how I met Eleven, how I met Amy, and how much I loved watching them in that first episode. I did cheat a bit and use other episodes, but I tried to stick primarily with scenes from "The Eleventh Hour" where ever I could. There are six or eight clips that I was absolutely set on, and I think they've worked out. The song makes me happy, the vid makes me happy, the show makes me happy! Good times all around.
And notice that this time I tried for short clips! Nothing over five seconds (except for the 10 second black clip, which is on purpose)! ;)
Or you can download it here.
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Also, I keep meaning to ask you, why did you dislike Tennant so much as the Doctor? Is it a dislike for him in general or something else?
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As an actor, I found Tennant on the creepy side.
As a character, Ten and I got off to a very bad start, because pretty much the first thing he did was ruin Harriet Jones for no particular reason other than he could. Then he and Rose were mean to Queen Victoria, whom I also adore. Then the whole Rose/Ten thing happened, and I found that extremely distasteful.
In the Martha year, we got Emo!Ten to the MAX, and I found him to be desperately uninteresting. It was okay for a bit with Donna, but then the end of her storyline just made me SO ANGRY.
I hate the way Ten was always "I am so much better than everyone, because even if you're about to kill someone I like, I won't kill you. And the fact that someone else would use a gun in a defensive way makes them the worst person alive."
When Adelaide killed herself, I was happy, because for once someone had stood up to him and said "No. This is the way I want my story to go. You do not get to write it."
I haven't seen the End of Time because I have no interest in any more angst and stupid loss.
Um...that's the short version, if you can imagine. ;)
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(Anonymous) 2010-08-26 04:20 pm (UTC)(link)And I really agree with your thoughts about DTennant... I actually had a lot of other likes about him to balance some of the dislikes, but everything you said above, I agree with. I tend to palm off a lot of that stuff on RTD... but emo!ten and IAMAGOD!ten really irritate me no end. eleven really was an absolute breath of fresh air for me.