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I’ve been watching two adorable I’m on a Boat ST:Reboot vids. Some thoughts: (1) I like the movie best when I can focus on (a) the Enterprise, (b) Uhura’s smile, (c) Spock’s expression that goes along with how he makes “live long and prosper” sound exactly like “fuck off and die,” and (d) Kirk’s smile, with occasional moments of (e) McCoy’s disgusted expression. And when I don’t have to think about the plot, especially the disregard for institutional structure, at all. So the vids are perfect for me.
(2) I really love seeing two or more artists take the same strictures and play with them! The vidders here sometimes use the same shots, but in different places, and they use Old Spock to very different narrative effect; they choose different moments for the mothers; and they use “If you're on the shore,/then you're sure not me-oh” quite distinctly, with one humorous and one kind of painful. It’s a little more repetitive than the three Body vids in three different fandoms, or the three Handlebars vids, but still neat to watch.
(2) I really love seeing two or more artists take the same strictures and play with them! The vidders here sometimes use the same shots, but in different places, and they use Old Spock to very different narrative effect; they choose different moments for the mothers; and they use “If you're on the shore,/then you're sure not me-oh” quite distinctly, with one humorous and one kind of painful. It’s a little more repetitive than the three Body vids in three different fandoms, or the three Handlebars vids, but still neat to watch.