Multifandom vid: Good guys being bad

[sholio]

Well, this was ridiculously fun to make. I'm sure I missed a ton of shows that have had story arcs like this, but I was able to easily fill up a whole video just from the ones that came to mind off the top of my head. It helps that this is a plot I don't ever seem to get tired of ...

Title: Good Guys Being Bad
Song: Kiss With a Fist
Artist: Florence and the Machine
Clips from: Buffy, Fringe, Highlander, Invisible Man, Sanctuary, Stargate Atlantis, Stargate SG1, Supernatural
Summary: Characters trying to kill their friends, going darkside, turning out to be evil doubles and so forth.
Warning: It's a happy bouncy song about domestic abuse, which pretty much sums up the whole video.
Download: 31 Mb MP4 (zipped)
Streaming: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5VZiWAnZTk

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Comments

[ldyanne.livejournal.com]

That was too much fun! Really well done, and I loved the song. As much fun as the video was seeing the scenes that you chose and knowing almost all of them!

[grav-ity.livejournal.com]

Why do I like this song so much?

In other news, I love this vid.

[sholio]

Thank you! *hee* It's more fun when you know most of the shows, I think. (I wish I'd been able to get more SG1 in there, but most of the good slots in the lyrics were already taken by the time I dug up my SG1 DVDs ... )

[sholio]

... because it's a happy, catchy song? Even if it is SO VERY WRONG. Like this vid.

And I'm very glad you enjoyed it! Making it was really too much fun.

[ldyanne.livejournal.com]

LOL

I can see how those slots would get taken quickly with the shows you've chosen! I can think of a few SG-1 episodes that would have made great editions. Maybe you should do a Part II?

[sholio]

AUGH DON'T TEMPT ME. (There were so many clips I couldn't use! I could've made a whole vid out of evil Willow alone! My narrative kinks, let me show you them ...)

[thelibraniniquity]

That was a lot of fun!

[ldyanne.livejournal.com]

*nods*

You could have a whole series of vids to this song, dedicated to different characters being bad ;-)

[tei-0.livejournal.com]

I'm sitting here grinning and bouncing to a vid full of people beating each other up, yay! Well done!

[ellenmillion.livejournal.com]

*grins and claps*

[sentientcitizen]

And this would be a bad thing because...? :D

[serrico.livejournal.com]

Hee! That was fun. :)

[holdouttrout.livejournal.com]

I love the comments, because they perfectly sum up my reaction: Whee! fun song about... beating people up. Oops. :-D

[ceitie.livejournal.com]

I've had this song bouncing around my head for a couple of weeks now, thinking how well it goes with some of my fav characters, and now, poof! You have made that vid appear! Woo! :D I love the bit with Methos tossing the Molotov cocktail!

[xparrot.livejournal.com]

Heee - that totally cracked me up! The song is a bit too appropriate. And then, all actors (and most chars) seem to have so much ~fun~ being eeeeeevil, it's infectious! XD

[lunabee34.livejournal.com]

Ooooooooooooh, nice!

Love this.

[deaka.livejournal.com]

Great vid! I'm nostalgic for SG & SGA now, although seeing as the characters were all injuring one another here I'm not sure what that says about me. Ahem. :p

(Dark Sheppard! He was always particularly effective because, let's face it, he's pretty messed up to begin with.)

[sholio]

Thank you! :)

[sholio]

Hee, exactly what I was going for! Thank you! :)

[sholio]

Thank you! :)

[sholio]

Thank you very much!

[sholio]

Hee! Pretty much what I was hoping for, actually. *g* And thanks!

[sholio]

I couldn't get the song out of my head either, so I had to vid it. *g* And thanks! That bit with Methos tossing the Molotov cocktail was one of my favorite bits from an excellent episode; there's just something about his utter lack of expression as he does it that really gets to me.

[sholio]

*laughs* Thank you! I think actors who normally play good/heroic characters really get a blast out of getting to be ~EVIL~ (I will never stop loving the gleefully hammy way that so many of them play their evil counterparts) -- it's hard not to glee right along with them!

[sholio]

Thank you very much! :)

[sholio]

Thank you! :)

I thought it was hilarious, as I was going and finding clips, just how many episodes include Sheppard trying to kill his friends.

[dualbunny.livejournal.com]

This is one of my favorite fandom tropes, so I enjoyed this vid a whoooole lot! \o/ *G*

[cupidsbow.livejournal.com]

That's a surprsing amount of fun, given the theme. :)

[horridporrid.livejournal.com]

Loved it! :D I love that song and the way you timed the various scenes was so well done.

And it reminded me, one of the things I will always love BtVS for is the weight they gave "girl-fights". (I don't know if they were the first ever, but I remember them being the first for me.) Girls hitting with focus and strength and... girls can kick ass! That kind of thing pleases me. :)

PS: Ending with evil!John was so lovely. *sigh* evil!John...

[tearful-eye.livejournal.com]

OMG YES PLEASE, this is absolutely kickass awesome & just so much evil fun *rewatches again&again*

[giandujakiss.livejournal.com]

Hee, this is such fun!

[sholio]

Thank you! :) It's definitely one of mine, too. \o/

[sholio]

Thank you! :) Hee, yeah ... "people trying to kill their friends" doesn't sound like much fun, but, er. My brain wanted to vid it to a happy, bouncy song; what can I say?

[sholio]

Thank you! :) It's such a happy, bouncy song (despite the subject matter ...) and it was a fun opportunity to dig up scenes from so many of my favorite episodes on various shows!

I need to rewatch Buffy. Going back to get clips for the vid reminded me of how much I used to love it (and as much as I love the girls-kicking-ass element of the show, I also have a deep and abiding love for seeing Giles get his badass on ...).

[sholio]

Thank you very much! :) I do love this trope a lot.

[sholio]

Thank you! :)

[horridporrid.livejournal.com]

OMG, badass!Giles was so awesome! (What was his nickname? Ripper?) I think it identified a previously unrealized type for me. ;D

[sophia-sol.livejournal.com]

This is way too cheery for a vid all about characters being nasty to each other. *grins* I really enjoyed it despite only being familiar with, like, half the shows!

[sholio]

*laughs* Thank you! :)

[saphirablue]

Cool Video!

And: I want to see Buffy again!

Thank you!

[sholio]

Thank you! :)

It was so wonderfully nostalgic to gather those Buffy clips. I kept getting distracted by watching the episodes! *g*

[lilly-the-kid.livejournal.com]

So much fun! Great vid!
:)

[sholio]

Thank you! :)

[bookwormprinces.livejournal.com]

Such a fun vid! :)

[sholio]

Thank you! :D