New vid: "The Future" (Doctor Who)
I'm useless but not for long.
A Daleks - Oswin Oswald vid
Vid Title: The Future
Length: 3:37
Fandom: Doctor Who
Song/Artist: Buoy remix of "Clint Eastwood" by Gorillaz
Spoilers through the series 7 premiere.
Download the M4V
Notes
I had watched a few episodes of Doctor Who before, but none really hooked me until the S7 premiere, "Asylum of the Daleks," I guess in part because I knew that the guest actress would be returning as the full-time companion so that added another layer to everything that was going on. Something about the concept of the episode just grabbed me - I'm pretty much a sucker for triumph-of-human-nature themes. Plus, it was gorgeous.
So for the vid I just tried to give a broader context to the episode's themes of humans and Daleks, the history there, the Daleks' past attempts to use the human body in one way or another, and the role the Doctor's companions have played in that. I went through every Dalek-related ep from the new Who for that and ended up with waaaaay more footage than I could have possibly used in five vids. Also discovered along the way that this show is pretty good (!) and has had some really memorable characters and actors.
Thanks very much to milly for the constant encouragement and beta thoughts, and for not complaining when I watched the show over her shoulder.
Lyrics:
I ain't happy, I'm feeling glad
I got sunshine, in a bag
I'm useless, but not for long
The future is coming on
Finally, someone let me out of my cage
Now, time for me is nothing cause I'm counting no age
Nah, I couldn't be there, now you shouldn't be scared
I'm good at repairs (s'all simple), and I'm under each snare
Intangible, bet you didn't think so I command you to
Panoramic view, look, I'll make it all manageable
Pick and choose, sit and lose, all you different crews
Chicks and dudes, who you think is really kicking tunes
Picture you getting down in a picture tube
Like you lit the fuse, you think it's fictional?
Mystical? Maybe, spiritual
Hero who appears in you to clear your view when you're too crazy
Lifeless to know the definition for what life is
Priceless to you because I put you on the hype shit
You like it? Gunsmokin', righteous with one toke
Psychic among those, possess you with one go
The essence, the basics, without it you make it
Allow me to make this, childlike in nature
Rhythm, you have it or you don't that's a fallacy
I'm in them, every sprouting tree, every child o' peace
Every cloud and sea, you see with your eyes
I see destruction and demise, corruption in disguise
From this fucking enterprise, now I'm sucked into your lies
Through Russel, not his muscles, but the percussion he provides
With me as a guide, y'all can see me now cuz you don't see with your eye
You perceive with your mind
That's the inner, so I'mma stick around with Russ and be a mentor
Bust a few rhymes so motherfuckers remember
Where the thought is, I brought all this
So you can survive when law is lawless
Feelings, sensations that you thought was dead
No squealing, remember: that it's all in your head
EXTERMINATE!
I mean, thanks for watching!
A Daleks - Oswin Oswald vid
Vid Title: The Future
Length: 3:37
Fandom: Doctor Who
Song/Artist: Buoy remix of "Clint Eastwood" by Gorillaz
Spoilers through the series 7 premiere.
Download the M4V
Click to viewNotes
I had watched a few episodes of Doctor Who before, but none really hooked me until the S7 premiere, "Asylum of the Daleks," I guess in part because I knew that the guest actress would be returning as the full-time companion so that added another layer to everything that was going on. Something about the concept of the episode just grabbed me - I'm pretty much a sucker for triumph-of-human-nature themes. Plus, it was gorgeous.
So for the vid I just tried to give a broader context to the episode's themes of humans and Daleks, the history there, the Daleks' past attempts to use the human body in one way or another, and the role the Doctor's companions have played in that. I went through every Dalek-related ep from the new Who for that and ended up with waaaaay more footage than I could have possibly used in five vids. Also discovered along the way that this show is pretty good (!) and has had some really memorable characters and actors.
Thanks very much to milly for the constant encouragement and beta thoughts, and for not complaining when I watched the show over her shoulder.
Lyrics:
I ain't happy, I'm feeling glad
I got sunshine, in a bag
I'm useless, but not for long
The future is coming on
Finally, someone let me out of my cage
Now, time for me is nothing cause I'm counting no age
Nah, I couldn't be there, now you shouldn't be scared
I'm good at repairs (s'all simple), and I'm under each snare
Intangible, bet you didn't think so I command you to
Panoramic view, look, I'll make it all manageable
Pick and choose, sit and lose, all you different crews
Chicks and dudes, who you think is really kicking tunes
Picture you getting down in a picture tube
Like you lit the fuse, you think it's fictional?
Mystical? Maybe, spiritual
Hero who appears in you to clear your view when you're too crazy
Lifeless to know the definition for what life is
Priceless to you because I put you on the hype shit
You like it? Gunsmokin', righteous with one toke
Psychic among those, possess you with one go
The essence, the basics, without it you make it
Allow me to make this, childlike in nature
Rhythm, you have it or you don't that's a fallacy
I'm in them, every sprouting tree, every child o' peace
Every cloud and sea, you see with your eyes
I see destruction and demise, corruption in disguise
From this fucking enterprise, now I'm sucked into your lies
Through Russel, not his muscles, but the percussion he provides
With me as a guide, y'all can see me now cuz you don't see with your eye
You perceive with your mind
That's the inner, so I'mma stick around with Russ and be a mentor
Bust a few rhymes so motherfuckers remember
Where the thought is, I brought all this
So you can survive when law is lawless
Feelings, sensations that you thought was dead
No squealing, remember: that it's all in your head
EXTERMINATE!
I mean, thanks for watching!