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icepixieHave I mentioned lately how happy I am that there exists a show where the epic romance is key to the very sci-fi story arc? Because I love that. And I love Olivia, and Peter, and Olivia/Peter. Thus, this vid.
Title: In a Barrel at Sea
Artist: Hem
Pairing: Olivia, Olivia/Peter
Length: 1:48
Summary: "Let the storms keep rising wherever I go / As long as you're here with me."
If you watch, I'd love to know what you think!
Download in Quicktime format at Mediafire (23 MB).
Title: In a Barrel at Sea
Artist: Hem
Pairing: Olivia, Olivia/Peter
Length: 1:48
Summary: "Let the storms keep rising wherever I go / As long as you're here with me."
If you watch, I'd love to know what you think!
Download in Quicktime format at Mediafire (23 MB).
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Date: 2011-10-10 01:54 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2011-10-09 12:22 am (UTC)Also, the epic romance that is key to the sci-fi plot is one of the reasons why I love this show as well.
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Date: 2011-10-09 01:36 am (UTC)Also, the epic romance that is key to the sci-fi plot is one of the reasons why I love this show as well.
I remember watching S2 (...basically all at once) and S3 and just growing more and more amazed by how integral the romance was to Olivia's powers, the machine, and the war between the universes. So many other SF stories throw in a romance because they think they need one on the side, or spend all their time preventing one from growing. It's incredibly refreshing to see a show not only giving a love story the same level of development as any other important plot point, but making so much of the rest of the story arc depend on it.
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Date: 2011-10-09 03:01 am (UTC)It's incredibly refreshing to see a show not only giving a love story the same level of development as any other important plot point
This. Because way too often, it's like the writers of sci-fi's think they have to slap it on the main plot in order to keep people invested. Which in my opinion, they don't if they do their jobs right. Good shows shouldn't necessarily need a romantic B plot to be good. But a well-written romantic arc skillfully written into an already intriguing A plot? That's like icing on the cake for me.
What boggles my mind with Fringe is the fact that throughout the whole first season, during all the interviews with the cast, directors, writers, etc, practically everyone (or everyone I was listening to, and yes, I'm looking at you, Joshua Jackson) was saying, 'they'll never get together', 'I don't think they should get together', 'it's completely platonic' or 'they're like family', which is pretty normal for a 'will they, won't they' type show. It was one of the reasons I was only catching an episode here and an episode there. Except then season two rolls around and suddenly it's instrumental to the plot. And...I just don't get all the denial during S1, unless they don't have things as well planned out as I wish they did.
(Heck, at one point in season three, Sam even tells Nina that the fate of the universes depends on which Olivia Peter chooses.)
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Date: 2011-10-09 05:07 am (UTC)You can listen to basically everything they've ever recorded at Grooveshark. They haven't ever made a bad song, IMO, but some of my favorites are "Pacific Street," "Redwing," "Strays," "He Came to Meet Me," "Half Acre," and "Leave Me Here." /pimping :D
But a well-written romantic arc skillfully written into an already intriguing A plot? That's like icing on the cake for me.
I feel the same way.
And...I just don't get all the denial during S1, unless they don't have things as well planned out as I wish they did.
Wasn't there quite a bit of creative turn-over at the end of S1? I seem to recall reading that Abrams and several others left to make other shows then. Maybe things changed. I don't think they'll give us a horrible downer ending where Peter/Olivia is concerned, though; not only do so many of the episodes end rather hopefully for a series that can be kinda grim, but they probably know they'd have a bunch of pissed off fans beating down their metaphorical doors if they did. ;) Personally, I want an epilogue with Peter, Olivia, and the "little tribe of Bishops" he mentions in "The Day We Died." :D
(Heck, at one point in season three, Sam even tells Nina that the fate of the universes depends on which Olivia Peter chooses.)
I have to admit, that didn't thrill me. Here we were with this amazing woman who got all this agency and development (in both universes!), and suddenly the fate of the universe is reduced to which version of her the guy chooses? I was so glad that wasn't the case at all. (Heh, I might have cheered loudly at the point in the final trilogy last season when Nina says, "But I thought our universe was going to be okay because you and Peter are together!" and Olivia just gives her this look like, "Excuse me?")
But I really like that, for instance, Walternate couldn't have started the machine without Henry's blood, and Henry wouldn't have happened had Peter not loved Ourlivia and believed Fauxlivia to be her. And once the machine was started, Peter couldn't do anything on our side until Olivia unlocked it, and she can't use her powers unless she feels a specific combination of fear and love, which Peter provides. Sometimes I have a hard time believing there's a show on network TV that actually giving us things like that.
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Date: 2011-10-09 01:59 am (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2011-10-09 02:31 pm (UTC)And thank you! I'm glad you enjoyed the vid.
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Date: 2011-10-09 10:14 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-10-09 02:39 pm (UTC)going with the tempo of the music was kind of against the feel of those moments
Hee, with the quick way this show is often cut, I was a little worried I wouldn't have enough footage in spots to linger like the music demanded. I'm happy the relatively slow pace worked for you.
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Date: 2011-10-09 01:07 pm (UTC)I like the cleanness of the editing and your clip selections - you showed just the moments needed, at just the right pace. You gave them time to breathe, if that makes sense. It really suited the understated, quiet tone of their romance on the show - which I love, and which persists no matter how much crazy epic stuff is going on around them ;)
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Date: 2011-10-09 02:44 pm (UTC)You gave them time to breathe, if that makes sense.
It does make sense. Part of that was my own laziness, because I didn't want to bring more clips than I had to into iMovie :), but it was also a deliberate response to the music, which demanded lingering shots in places.
It really suited the understated, quiet tone of their romance on the show - which I love, and which persists no matter how much crazy epic stuff is going on around them ;)
I love the understated nature of their romance as well. Romance works best for me when it works hand-in-hand with the other aspects of a story, rather than trying to take over or getting entirely shunted aside by other plot events, and theirs is usually note-perfect.
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Date: 2011-10-09 07:42 pm (UTC)*laughs* Reminds me of learning to edit on 16mm film - *actual* film, with the razors and tape and everything. It was nervewracking, but you really learned deliberation in choosing your shots. Laziness has the same effect, apparently! ;)
Romance works best for me when it works hand-in-hand with the other aspects of a story
Not to mention, hand-in-hand with characterization! Melodrama is antithetical to Olivia's personality, and I always think of the pilot, where she wasn't able to tell John "I love you" until well after he told her, and after bracing herself up for it. Peter could easily have a drama queen streak, I think...but not in a relationship with Olivia.
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Date: 2011-10-09 08:17 pm (UTC)Oh maaaaaan. I could never do that; I like my "undo" function and saving multiple drafts of things way too much. :)
It was nervewracking, but you really learned deliberation in choosing your shots. Laziness has the same effect, apparently! ;)
Indeed! There are plenty of little clips in my vids that are the result of, "Okay, I need something for this half-second here, but I don't know what...let's see what I've already got imported."
Not to mention, hand-in-hand with characterization!
This too! I'm so glad the characterization on this show doesn't really allow for melodrama, at least in this department.
Peter could easily have a drama queen streak, I think...but not in a relationship with Olivia.
Peter could be a bit of a drama queen back in S1, I thought. Just a bit, though. And I agree, he'd never be one with Olivia; a couple of the "seriously?" looks she usually directs at Walter would knock him right out of that. ;)
BTW, we seem to have a lot of interests and fandoms in common, so would you mind if I friended you? :)
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Date: 2011-10-11 03:37 am (UTC)God, yes, me too. Bizarrely, we did do the sound editing in FinalCut (since we were shooting film without sync sound) through this hilarious roundabout method of recording the projection of our final cut, then editing sound against the shitty digital recording, then transferring the track to mag tape for the final version we turned in. It *worked*, it was just crazy. *g*
BTW, we seem to have a lot of interests and fandoms in common, so would you mind if I friended you?
Not at all! I was just thinking I needed more Fringe fans around :)
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Date: 2011-10-11 04:06 am (UTC)It sounds thoroughly bizarre!
Not at all! I was just thinking I needed more Fringe fans around :)
Awesome! :)
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