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rionaleonhart April 13 2010, 13:00:38 UTC
I initially thought the video message was from the future as well, but I think that she actually recorded it in between learning the truth about the ship and wiping her memory. There was a 'RECORD' button in the voting booth. I don't know why there would be, but apparently it was there!

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johnnypurple April 14 2010, 11:18:31 UTC
Strange. Also why didn't we get to see her recording it? I might have to watch it again.

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uk_sef April 13 2010, 16:06:01 UTC
I noted the record button earlier and assumed that it was for that exact purpose of leaving a message: either for posterity if protesting; or to oneself if choosing to forget (because of the need to reassure oneself that that really had been done, eg lest one imagine one hadn't voted at all!). However, I thought the scene did rather rush over those events actually taking place.

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uk_sef April 13 2010, 16:07:55 UTC
If you have video of Gene Hunt dancing, I have the technology to make animated GIFs (including down to userpic icon size with some wrangling).

I don't know what you would count as a nice icon of Dr.Who Eleven.

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uk_sef April 13 2010, 17:59:13 UTC
Actually, any bit of video where Gene Hunt moves from one pose to another can be edited to make him go backwards and forwards - and hence appear to dance. Obviously some poses/clips will be better than others though.

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johnnypurple April 14 2010, 11:37:44 UTC
Anything from this bit really:

Anything with Gene, that is! Say, from when the lyrics kick in at 0.07...? Or from 0.29(ish) to 0.31 (the hand-around-face shakes!) I must have imagined some swinging the spanner over the crotch-area dance moves because I can't seem to see them here unfortunately. It sounds like the kind of thing my brain would think up. ;)

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uk_sef April 14 2010, 18:42:11 UTC
I've uploaded to temporary photobucket space a version which fits within LJ's userpic limits. It uses frames 18-25 (ie the hand around face section) forwards and backwards, preserving the rhythm quite well.

If you ever saw an original of that clip which went on a little longer, it does look (right at the end) as though the next "dance" move might have involved the spanner in front of his crotch.

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wolfy_writing April 13 2010, 19:26:54 UTC
Yeah, she did the message between voting and having her memory wiped, with the record button they put in for whatever reason. If it had been afterward, she'd probably have given a different message.

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johnnypurple April 14 2010, 12:24:23 UTC
Hmm. It still doesn't quite make sense to me. May have to watch it again! ;)

Hey, how's everything going with you? How's Fiji these days? :)

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wolfy_writing April 14 2010, 19:21:53 UTC
May have to. It seemed fairly clear to me, but I've got a knack for the narratives that other people get confused by. In high school English, I was confused by the teacher saying Chronicle of a Death Foretold was a confusing book.

Fiji's wet, but I get a week in Tonga, which is sunny and lovely.

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subsequent April 14 2010, 14:17:12 UTC
'Lo!

I've had a bit of a squiz for the Life On Mars .gifs and found these, and you can always check here for the icons.

Also, Eleven icons here, here and here for your pleasure. ♥

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