Death of a vid

[icepixie]

I had the idea for this great Oliver-centric Slings & Arrows vid, done to Whitacre's "Sleep." I thought it would be perfect for Oliver, because the composition originally used the text of Frost's "Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening" (which is about death), only copyright interfered and Whitacre got a friend to write a new text for it, all about going to sleep. (Spoiler: Also a metaphor for death.) There is even inclusion of "what dreams may come," so of course it would be perfect for Oliver!

Except for the part where Oliver's tragi-comic story is a little heavy on the "comic" for that music. "Death by pig truck" just doesn't work with "slow, dramatic choral piece." I put some pieces on the timeline and most just didn't work...although some of them did. I have a nice little section at the end I'm rather fond of.

Anyway, let this be a lesson: Not only does the canon have to make sense with the story you're using the music to tell, but the tone has to match. (Unless you're intentionally going for funny, but that's a whole other .mov file of fish.)

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Assorted other things from the past couple days:

- Yesterday I watched The American President, which is a romantic comedy written by Aaron Sorkin and directed by Rob Reiner. It is...exactly what you would expect from that combination. Quite good, although IMO the romance part got shortchanged for the benefit of the political story. Anyway, I mention this because wow, Michael Douglas looks and sounds (especially sounds) a hell of a lot like Bruce Boxleitner, and his President Shepherd is basically whom John Sheridan would be if he were president of the US instead of the ISA. BB fans (*glances at nhpw and kungfuwaynewho*), you might enjoy this film.

- There is going to be a new Muppet movie! Trailer. Sadly, it also stars Amy Adams, whom I have never warmed to, but MUPPETS!

- I watched the season premiere of Rizzoli & Isles mostly on a whim, and...hey, the show kind of got good! Or maybe I was just so overwhelmed by all the subtext that I didn't notice the giant plot holes I remembered from last time I watched the show. I think every scene Jane and Maura shared contained at least one innuendo, with bonus cute bits (like Maura spit-cleaning Jane's uniform tie!) when the innuendo wasn't enough.

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[spockette.livejournal.com]

Firstly, a vid rec - Skinny Genes (http://charmax.livejournal.com/132855.html) by charmax.

Now, the fic recs:
The More Things Change (http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6945975/1/The_More_Things_Change) by spoowriter. Tracing Jane's recovery from her physical injuries & Maura from her emotional ones after the end of last season.
When Maura Isles Made It Rain (http://archiveofourown.org/works/219700) by harper_m. Jane goes undercover as a stripper/lesbian prostitute, Maura goes along as her john.
The Seduction of Jane Rizzoli (http://lears-daughter.livejournal.com/43919.html) by lears_daughter, in which Maura attempts to woo Jane.
Oh, It's Love (http://archiveofourown.org/works/112186) by lears_daughter. Jane Rizzoli isn’t a lesbian. She simply happens to be in a loving and committed relationship with a woman.
Conclusions (http://jane-maura-ff.livejournal.com/67276.html?style=mine) by ainsleyaisling. Jane's family is disappointed in Jane. Jane jumps to conclusions as to why.
Untitled (http://snuffnyc.livejournal.com/415022.html) by snuffnyc. Also, Interference (http://snuffnyc.livejournal.com/427525.html) also by snuffnyc.

Are there any episodes without Men of the Week?

Indeed there are. Boston Strangler Redux was actually the worst episode they've done so far. 01x03, Sympathy For The Devil had Joe Grant (although he left at the end), but it also had Jane's mother setting her up on a blind-date with him, and Jane taking one look, and immediately leaving for Maura's with wine and flowers, oh and Maura & Jane spending the night together again.

01x04, She Works Hard For The Money had no men of the week, just Harvard students becoming prostitutes to pay their tuition and Maura looking at Jane like she's completely in love with her.

01x05 had Jane & Maura fighting over money/class and still managing to be ridiculously subtexty. It had Maura's ex-boyfriend, Zach from Saved By The Bell, but she only spends time with him to prove to Jane that she's got her back.

01x07 had Jane & Maura running a marathon together and their first on-screen hug, and no men as far as I can recall.

01x08 had Agent Dean returning and once again being slightly creepy and having no chemistry with Jane, but it also has Maura spending the night with Jane again, Jane teaching Maura how to shoot her gun and hand-holding.

01x09, had no men, just Jane freaking out when Maura's kidnapped, Jane & Maura holding hands(and Frankie showing up and looking completely unsurprised to see Maura once again spending the night in Jane's apartment), and lots of gratuitous touching.

01x10 also featured no men, but had plot holes you could drive a truck through (apparently, nobody in the entire police department has a cell phone?) and lots of Jane/Maura gayzing at each other.

[icepixie]

Oooh, thanks for all this! I haven't read almost any of them. I did discover snuffnyc's fic a little while back, and love it.

I think I've actually seen most of the shippy scenes you mention in clips on YouTube, but it sounds like I might have to stick the DVDs in my Netflix queue. I can always do something else while the boring plot- and men-related bits are on. ;)