Help!

[icepixie]

Okay, so I thought I knew what I was going to use as my examples of fanvids for class the week after next, but I was wrong. We're doing a day on sci-fi fan culture (well, we're doing a bit more than that, but one day of thorough discussion of it) and since my classroom this semester has TECHNOLOGY,* I would like to show some vids. I've got Lim's "Us" lined up, because it's so awesome and very much about fan culture, but I could use two more. I'd like to have one that offers a really different interpretation of the source material--a slash vid would probably work well, but also a constructed reality vid or something like that would work--and then perhaps one that's just hilarious, like, I dunno, a Scorpius vid to "I'm Too Sexy" or something.

We're watching Serenity for the same class period, so Firefly vid suggestions would be especially appreciated. Others would be great too; I imagine canons that have mass rather than cult popularity--Star Trek, X-Files, etc.--would be better choices as more of my students would know of them, but I'll entertain just about anything. (I'll probably throw up links on our Blackboard site for any I don't assign to the whole class or show in class.)


* Seriously, last semester I had chalkboards, and that was it. Now I not only have dry erase boards, but I have a "sympodium" that will let me project a laptop screen, and some kind of digital overhead projector that feeds into the same unit. Oooooh.

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[munditia.livejournal.com]

"How Much Is that Geisha in the Window?" has already been recced, so I give you:

Doctor Who -- Handlebars (http://flummery.org/) -- rather critical character study of the Tenth Doctor

BSG -- "War for Your Mind" by beccatoria -- political hip-hop + humans vs. Cylons + Laura's POV

BSG -- "Slow Down Ghandi" by obsessive24 -- more political hip-hop + Felix Gaeta + mutiny arc in S4

FF -- "Working-Class Hero" by bradcpu -- a less than upbeat look at heroism in the 'Verse

Heroes -- "Jack" by lcsbanana -- deliberate reading against the source material to empower the show's female characters

Star Trek -- "The Long Spear" by jmtorres -- excellent take on Star Trek old and new and forty years of fandom history

and my favourite:

BSG/Terminator (TV) crossover -- "Unnatural Selection" by charmax -- Cylons + Terminators + religion + evolution

[icepixie]

Oh, fanTAStic! Thank you! I think the Star Trek one in particular is going to work very well. I like "Handlebars" as well, but I have a feeling it would fly over the heads of most of my students--few people over here have heard of Doctor Who, even New Who.

I aodre charmax's vids--they make the part of me that geekgasms at perfectly timed clips really happy--though I think instead of "Unnatural Selection" I might use "Seven Nation Army," if only because with more fandoms, it goes even further into a consciously constructed reality. (Plus we're watching I, Robot later in the semester, so that's nice to have.)

I really like the idea of "Jack," but as I've never seen the show, I don't think I'll be able to use it/talk much about if I show it in class, so it'll probably go on my list of "pick one to watch before this class," and those who know the show can watch it and discuss it on the discussion board for that day.

Thanks again!