Recs and a tech question
I’ve been having a problem for a while from videos fro YT, VM and the like-when I try to go full-screen, I get a wide screen, regardless of whether the video is embedded or at the main site, and with all my browsers. Does anybody have any idea why that may be?
Meta rec: Neoliberal Holmes, or, Everything I Know About Modern Life I Learned from Sherlock by![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
magnetic_pole I watch BBC’s Sherlock, but have been both unable to truly enjoy it and growing increasingly uncomfortable with fandom’s over-the-top reaction to it. This post shines an unforgiving light on every issue with the show I had, plus a few I hadn’t before reading it. Beyond its brilliant breakdown of Sherlock, there’s something to the core of the message that can be applied to fandom in general. At any rate, brilliant and thought-provoking.
Vividcon vid recs:
Things have changed bytrelkez Ats The compelling tragedy that is Wesley’s story.
Around the Bend bydanegen Multi Shiny fun of women behind the wheel.
Bad Romance bysisabet Smallville Even before watching I was “yay!”, because sisabet and Lady Gaga! What’s not to like? What I didn’t expect was going through a rollercoaster of emotions and left in a daze, unsure whether to cheer, cry or desperately read hunt down every single fic I ever loved when I was SV-obsessed.
Prowl bysisabet and sweetestdrain Multi There’s a reason this has been recced all over the place and generating all that discussion. Very clever look at fandom, in message and in delivery. ETA: The vidders chose not to warn, but that doesn't mean the video has no triggery content. Proceed with caution
Tandemonium byjarrow BSG If you’re even a little disappointed by how BSG’s final seasons went, this is guaranteed to have you standing up and going ‘fuck, yes!’.
For Your Entertainment bydualbunny BSG The song might seem like an odd fit for Tyrol, but it’s no more bizarre than the way his arc went. I still don’t know what the writers were going for, but this vid brilliantly highlights what they actually did.
Meta rec: Neoliberal Holmes, or, Everything I Know About Modern Life I Learned from Sherlock by
magnetic_pole I watch BBC’s Sherlock, but have been both unable to truly enjoy it and growing increasingly uncomfortable with fandom’s over-the-top reaction to it. This post shines an unforgiving light on every issue with the show I had, plus a few I hadn’t before reading it. Beyond its brilliant breakdown of Sherlock, there’s something to the core of the message that can be applied to fandom in general. At any rate, brilliant and thought-provoking. Vividcon vid recs:
Things have changed by
trelkez Ats The compelling tragedy that is Wesley’s story.Around the Bend by
danegen Multi Shiny fun of women behind the wheel.Bad Romance by
sisabet Smallville Even before watching I was “yay!”, because sisabet and Lady Gaga! What’s not to like? What I didn’t expect was going through a rollercoaster of emotions and left in a daze, unsure whether to cheer, cry or desperately read hunt down every single fic I ever loved when I was SV-obsessed. Prowl by
sisabet and sweetestdrain Multi There’s a reason this has been recced all over the place and generating all that discussion. Very clever look at fandom, in message and in delivery. ETA: The vidders chose not to warn, but that doesn't mean the video has no triggery content. Proceed with caution Tandemonium by
jarrow BSG If you’re even a little disappointed by how BSG’s final seasons went, this is guaranteed to have you standing up and going ‘fuck, yes!’.For Your Entertainment by
dualbunny BSG The song might seem like an odd fit for Tyrol, but it’s no more bizarre than the way his arc went. I still don’t know what the writers were going for, but this vid brilliantly highlights what they actually did.
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From reading that, it looks like Sherlock has all the issues that Moffat has in general but amped up even more because Sherlock isn't a "kid's show". I was already at ease with my disinterest in his new show but it's always... I don't know... validating?... to have someone who appears to have had no feelings about his writing one way or the other prior to watching something of his to notice the same issues that I do.
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That's generally how I feel about Moffat's writing. He's not impossible to watch - he writes clever lines and such - but hard to love. Because of the looming issues.
We all have different things that ping us, though, for sure. I mean, I watched SPN for... four years? Maybe three, I can't recall at the moment, despite the build-up of issues that I had with it.