Blog by Sumana Harihareswara, Changeset founder
Some Fanvids I've Enjoyed Recently
Hi, reader. I wrote this in 2014 and it's now more than five years old. So it may be very out of date; the world, and I, have changed a lot since I wrote it! I'm keeping this up for historical archive purposes, but the me of today may 100% disagree with what I said then. I rarely edit posts after publishing them, but if I do, I usually leave a note in italics to mark the edit and the reason. If this post is particularly offensive or breaches someone's privacy, please contact me.
Many of these came to my attention thanks to singlecrow's link to a rec post; thanks!
"Level Up", a Buffy vid by such_heights. A great match of song and topic, with an inspiring focus on the courage and growth of the whole gang.
The "Every Frame a Painting" series by Tony Zhou, analyzing various uses of film form. In particular the "What is Bayhem?" analysis helped me enjoy Hot Fuzz on a new level when Leonard and I re-watched it the other day.
"It's Still Science Fiction to Me", a multifandom vid by azurish. A funny, joyous, clever, and celebratory tour of the last several decades in film and TV speculative fiction. Partially inspired by bironic's mindblowing "Starships" vid, have you seen it? and also by:
"Hey Ho", a Marvel Cinematic Universe vid by thuvia ptarth. As chaila puts it, a "completely scathing critique of the way Marvel sells the military-industrial complex." I also agree with tardis_stowaway -- it "manages the tricky balancing act of being enjoyable to watch while delivering a powerful, disturbing critique."
