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arielmoondance March 6 2009, 01:16:16 UTC
YAY!!!! I love it!!! Thank you for taking my suggestion and running with it! The action and space battles really bring a grim reality to the 'life is beautiful' lyrics.

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m_a_r_i_k_s March 6 2009, 10:30:26 UTC
I'm happy to oblige, especially when our tastes correspond ;)

The action and space battles really bring a grim reality to the 'life is beautiful' lyrics.

He-he. That's what I like to call cheating my way out of the refrain's reiteration. :D On a serious note though, I think it was really important to channel through the daily pressures and furious pace of pilots' lives to make a point and achieving it without extra battles footage (given the rhythm of the song) would be a crime.

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cherylad March 6 2009, 01:28:15 UTC
Wow! Mariks! Beautiful job ... yes angsty but incredibly done!

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m_a_r_i_k_s March 6 2009, 10:36:51 UTC
Thank you Cheryl! Blame Jenn's music tastes and my weakness for good quality suspense - that's a deadly combination ;)

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ez_as_pi March 6 2009, 01:36:04 UTC
<3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3

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m_a_r_i_k_s March 6 2009, 10:42:51 UTC
I take it that's a good sign... :D There's gotta be something in the universe to help pick your shippy heart up off the floor after all.

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ez_as_pi March 9 2009, 14:01:07 UTC
Yes, cause my shippy heart is on the floor for sure.... I figure, go into the end with no expectations....

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m_a_r_i_k_s March 9 2009, 15:38:37 UTC
Huh, "going into the end with no expectations" has become like a mantra for many of us.

Still, there's only one person who can make her shine and smile like she smiled in the memorial hall in the last epi. If they play the sacrificial for the fleet card, at least I'll have *that* moment to cling to. And plenty of time to shit on the 4th season overall :D

Btw, I (((heart))) your icon.

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mlsky March 6 2009, 02:17:10 UTC
*picks jaw off the floor* Oh...wow...

I love everything about this vid. The beginning with the lightning and the water? Blew me away.

Also loved how the Zak/Kara/Lee scenes were mixed in together. Nicely done.

Seriously...the whole thing just rocks. Awesome job. :D

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m_a_r_i_k_s March 6 2009, 21:28:23 UTC
Thank you for commenting!

I think the funeral theme in the big Adama family as well as on this show has been prominent since the very beginning; if anything, the first time we watch Lee and Kara interact with each other on screen they discuss it like the show's starting point was actually two years prior to the events of miniseries. So I thought that working from that perspective and exploring the subject using the cycle of time as a guide that the show itself is kind of reinforcing seemed appropriate and challenging.

The lightening stuff was put together within the last few hours. I'm glad it worked because I was actually torn between leaving it there and risking to seem out of context for some viewers or deleting it and thus making the vid feel incomplete for me.

Also loved how the Zak/Kara/Lee scenes were mixed in together.This is probably my favorite sequence in this video, certainly the one I envisioned right after listening to the song for the first time when Jennifer suggested to use it ( ... )

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mlsky March 6 2009, 22:28:18 UTC
I think the funeral theme in the big Adama family as well as on this show has been prominent since the very beginning; if anything, the first time we watch Lee and Kara interact with each other on screen they discuss it like the show's starting point was actually two years prior to the events of miniseries. So I thought that working from that perspective and exploring the subject using the cycle of time as a guide that the show itself is kind of reinforcing seemed appropriate and challenging.

This works very well as the thematic undertone, IMO. The funeral clips combined with the space battles drive home the idea that death (and the end) can be right around the next corner. I hadn't thought about the cycle of time playing into it, but it really does.

The lightening stuff was put together within the last few hours. I'm glad it worked because I was actually torn between leaving it there and risking to seem out of context for some viewers or deleting it and thus making the vid feel incomplete for me.For me, the lightning in the ( ... )

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m_a_r_i_k_s March 10 2009, 20:40:47 UTC
Thanks for the B-day wishes. Please let me take a moment to wish you a happy one also. :D

Thank you. I had a nice day and my show didn't disappoint for the most part, which is also something I should treasure these days :D

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innibis March 6 2009, 02:43:26 UTC
Gritty and real. It's beautiful.

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m_a_r_i_k_s March 9 2009, 14:35:49 UTC
Thank you! They're the most real alive tv-characters I've ever seen, after all. For that alone BSG is worth many good words and vids ;)

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