Vid: "These Are Days" [Northern Exposure]

[icepixie]

aka "My FEEEEEEEEELINGS about this series, let me show you them!" :D

Title: These Are Days
Artist: 10,000 Maniacs
Length: 3:37
Characters: Everyone. And I do mean everyone.
Summary: Cicely, Alaska: wild, weird, and full of magic.

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Comments

[amaresu]

I forgot how much I used to love that show. I think I need to see if it's available on Netflix now.

[icepixie]

This is basically my perfect show. I've never seen anything else that can compare to it. (Slings & Arrows comes close, but not quite.)

It is indeed on Netflix!

[amaresu]

I never got around to watching Slings & Arrows.

I think this is going in my Netflix queue. It's one of those shows I worry won't be as good as I remember though. So I'm trusting you here.

[icepixie]

I never got around to watching Slings & Arrows.

Ooooh, you should. It's really great. Smart, surreal, funny, touching...much like NX. But with Shakespeare! And Paul Gross!

It's one of those shows I worry won't be as good as I remember though. So I'm trusting you here.

Well, I can't say for sure it'll hold up for you personally, but I first watched it in reruns on some cable station when I was about 16, then didn't come back to it for about six years, when I bought my first set of DVDs (third season, my personal favorite). It was actually better than I remembered, because I got way more of the jokes and references at 22 than I did at 16. Also, I better understood the nuances of the episodes, how the storylines tied together into a cohesive whole, or how characters were developing over the course of the series. Now I've seen all of the episodes at least twice, and some probably eight or ten times, and I still get something new out of them pretty much every time I watch. You can tell from the clothes and hairstyles that it was made in the early nineties, but it really does have a timeless feel to it. None of the humor or plot components feel dated, I guess because none of it was dependent on current events.

Caveat: The sixth season, as you probably know, stinks to high heaven. As far as I'm concerned, the show ends with "Zarya," which I think is the fifth or sixth episode of that season.

[china_shop]

Eeeeee, that's so lovely! Now I want to rewatch the show. :-D

[amnisias.livejournal.com]

This was perfect, it captures the quirkiness of all the characters and the community spirit of Cicily. Love the series, and love the vid!

[valoise.livejournal.com]

You've made me all nostalgic for the show now.

[icepixie]

Thank you!

I've been sporadically rewatching for the past couple of weeks. This is the perfect show to dip in and out of. No matter which episode I land on, I enjoy myself for about forty-five minutes. :)

[icepixie]

Thank you! That was exactly what I was going for; the spirit of community and the sheer quirkiness of the things that happen to these characters are my favorite aspects of the show.

[icepixie]

Awww. It's a good one to be nostalgic for. :)

[rowdycamels.livejournal.com]

Omg, lookit all the plaid! (Today at Target I saw not only a rainbow of plaid shirts, but overalls. OVERALLS. Oh the '90s, curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal!)

[icepixie]

It is indeed a plaid convention up in there.

Wait, so did you see overalls, or PLAID overalls? Because the regular jean kind are horrible, but in PLAID.... Heinous.

[rowdycamels.livejournal.com]

At least Cicillians had the excuse of living in Alaska!

I saw regular denim overalls, plus pastel-stripey overall shorts. Nooooooooo!

[icepixie]

At least Cicillians had the excuse of living in Alaska!

Not to mention filming in Washington state at the height of the flannel vogue!

I saw regular denim overalls, plus pastel-stripey overall shorts. Nooooooooo!

NOOOOOOOO!!!! Let me guess, you're supposed to wear brightly-colored tights under them.

[gelliaclodiana]

Aw! Now I want to watch the show all over again! the vid really captures how happy it was!

[diarmi.livejournal.com]

Oh, this is wonderful! So lovely, warm and touching!

[icepixie]

Thank you! :D

[icepixie]

Thank you! :D

[ladysorka]

This is lovely and so happy and yeah, I totally dug out my copy of the first season DVDs.

[icepixie]

Awww, yay! :) (Season three is my personal favorite, but the finale of S1, "Aurora Borealis," is all kinds of awesome too. Bernard! Adam! Chris's sculpture!)

[dualbunny.livejournal.com]

I really enjoyed this! What a joyous visual feast to celebrate the show! :D

[icepixie]

Thank you! I'm glad you liked it. :)

[rabid1st.livejournal.com]

That was beautiful. I really liked the touching home movie feel that you had going on here. And it is great to see a vid done on a show that hasn't been vidded to death and back. This vid took me back to the days when I watched this show and reminded me of how much I loved it. Thanks for that.

[icepixie]

Thank you! I hadn't thought of the vid as having a home movie feel, but now that you mention it, I see it, and I like it! I'm glad it was a good reminder of the show for you.

P.S. Your icon is gorgeous.

[rabid1st.livejournal.com]

Well, my companion saw your vid, too, and now he wants us to watch Northern Exposure together. And I'm glad you like the icon.

It came from...

http://wild-plums.livejournal.com

...an uber-talented icon maker. Lots of pretty.

[icepixie]

Well, my companion saw your vid, too, and now he wants us to watch Northern Exposure together.

That's wonderful. :) Hey, if y'all feel like watching in a group, I actually just started nx_rewatch today. We're going to rewatch and discuss the series at the rate of one episode per week, starting with the pilot next Sunday, Sept. 18th. Feel free to join in or lurk!

And thanks for that link. I will be spending a lot of time at that journal!