Guardians of the Galaxy vid: What You Wanted

[sholio]

I wanted to make a video to showcase how pretty these movies are. I think one reason why I've been wallowing around in these movies lately (and in space-opera-type sci-fi, generally) is because it's such a lovely, hopeful feeling to imagine this wide galaxy full of wonder and beauty, filled with gorgeous, foreign places and alien people just living their lives, out there beyond the skies of Earth. So I wanted to make a vid about that, and also about the feels, of course.

Low-quality footage will be replaced with better when I have the Vol. 2 DVD.

Title: What You Wanted
Music: OneRepublic
Movies: Guardians of the Galaxy 1 & 2
Summary: It's a big, beautiful galaxy full of loss and loneliness and love.

Download: Non-huge MP4 (32 Mb zipped) | Huge MP4 (152 Mb zipped) | DivX (122 Mb zipped)
(There's not actually THAT much visible difference between the small and huge ones.)

Subtitles: Download zipped .srt file

Streaming: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4lxbX31107Q
AO3: http://archiveofourown.org/works/11202192
Tumblr: here

Embed and lyrics under the cut.

Watch on YouTube

Lyrics:

I'll find the places where you hide
I'll be the dawn on your worst night
The only thing left in your life
Yeah I would kill for you, that's right

If that's what you wanted
If that's what you wanted
If that's what you wanted
If that's what you wanted

I'll put your poison in my veins
They say the best love is insane, yeah
I'll light your fire till my last day
I'll let your fields burn around me, around me

If that's what you wanted
If that's what you wanted
If that's what you wanted
If that's what you wanted

I'll run out of this town
Oh, my love is true
Tell me, something I wouldn't do

If that's what you wanted
If that's what you wanted
If that's what you wanted
If that's what you wanted

(repeat chorus)

Comments

[muccamukk]

Oh I do like that! The song really a great tone for the mood of the vid, and I love some of your clip/word choices. Have to watch it a bunch more when I have bandwidth.

[sholio]

Thank you so much; I'm really happy you liked it! <333 (Subtitles are up now. Next step: getting the file size smaller than "ginormous". XD)

[maplemood]

I loved this. :) Perfect song; it works with every single relationship in the films but especially Peter and Yondu and Gamora and Nebula. Really, really beautiful, and a little sad.

[sholio]

Thank you so much! <3 Beautiful and a little sad ... yes.

[shallowness]

I needed to celebrate Guardians of the Galaxy today, and this was perfect for that mood. I liked how you foregrounded emotions that are definitely there in the films, but not always what I firstly associate them with.