Miscellany

[frayadjacent]

I finished The Peacekeeper Wars and almost immediately turned around and re-watched the Farscape pilot. I've never done that before (much as I've been tempted at times), but it's been over two years since I started the series, so I hardly remembered it. Needless to say, it held my attention much more this time around. I especially was overwhelmed with Moya feels the first time John sees her, and felt a lot of sadness/excitement for John. The part I'd remembered best was the UST filled conversation between Zhaan and D'Argo, which I very much enjoyed again.

Also, I hadn't realized that Rygel had been the one to break them out of their cells! Good for him. Now he's done like five things I approve of. (I am not a Rygel fan.)

Oh, and the PKW was pretty good too! Some silliness, but also some really fun comedy and action for Aeryn. I felt like she got more agency in the PKW than she did in, like, all of S4, so that was cool too. And I finally found out where the "shooting makes me feel better" line came from -- I always assumed it was from S1 and I'd missed it.

Um, there were a few moments that also made me very sad. I won't say which.

Also I've now watched all the Farscape vids I know about (so, like eight) and they are great. I still never know if people appreciate comments on old vids, which I then often use as an excuse to not do it, but...I might be leaving comments on some of your old vids, folks.

My Orphan Black vid is basically done, but my brain has decided that I have to color and gamma-correct basically every clip. Probably overkill, but it is *so* satisfying to adjust the black levels and see how much prettier the image becomes.

Festivids! I am Festivids-adjacent again this year, which means that if you want to squee/rant/ask for beta at me, I'm up for it!

ETA: I tagged this entry with vidding: history because that topic makes up the bulk of the discussion in the comments.

Comments

[alwaystheocean]

*incoherent gurgling about PK Wars*

(Sorry, all I have this morning.)

[grammarwoman]

FARSCAPE!!! \o/

I have such an intense love for Farscape and Peacekeeper Wars. I was a fan from the beginning, and had to suffer through the heartache of the cancellation and the cliffhanger ending. So when I heard about the miniseries, my joy went through the roof. Just to add to the experience, I was nine months pregnant and due any day when I watched the miniseries, so I felt a pretty intense connection to Aeryn right then.

Farscape was even my first vid (five years ago this month, wow).

[laurashapiro]

Yay, Farscape! I totally get your rewatch impulse; it seems to me I'm always rewatching Farscape, ever since I first saw it.

There are a TON of Farscape vids, but they weren't made in this community. Farscape, like Xena, spawned its own fandom and vidding aesthetic not part of what I call traditional vidding fandom. Links to over 500 of them can be found at Farscape Fantasy. Many are quite lovely, but the style is different to what you may be used to.

[brokenmnemonic]

I'd caught the odd episode of Farscape over the years, but it was m_a_r_i_k_s who made me sit down and watch the show through - she was over here for several months, and we used to meet up and watch episodes in all sorts of places. The Cornish Pasty Co. cafe at Paddington Station was good, so long as I kept buying hot chocolate! I don't think they noticed us discretely using the plug socket behind their couch...

Watching Farscape through multiple episodes at a time was pretty intense in places, particularly as S1 turned. I'm very glad I watched it, but having bought the complete box set a few years ago, I haven't rewatched it yet. I found the show remarkably intense in places and I find myself oddly twitchy about reliving the experience of watching it.

Apparently Farscape was really popular in Russia, and there are/were a lot of fan communities for it. I got pointed at a couple of really good Farscape vids from one of the communities - if you'd like to see them, let me know and I'll dig out the links from an old vid recs post (and upload the subtitles for the one in Russian). Although for something more lighthearted, I'd very much recommend Weapon of Choice by jagwriter78.