Recs and a tech question

[ishtar79]

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 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.

Comments

[ishtar79.livejournal.com]

That's not what I got out of it, but YMMV. I personally find it especially interesting as a commentary on the sort of thing fandom gets enthusiastic about.

[shiv5468.livejournal.com]

Well the first half of the meta is nothing but a commentary on the fact that Holmes is a bright egotists, and then No problem is ever solved collaboratively. No assistance is helpful. No other types of intelligence are acknowledged. There is no such thing as society, only individual problems, and individual problem solvers.

Yanno, that's not what Holmes does. It just isn't.

[ishtar79.livejournal.com]

To be honest, I didn't focus on that part, since I'm not familiar enough with UK politics for the full context. I did like the bits on class, gender and race-I feel that a lot of aspects of the original were transplanted as they were, only the result is a lot more jarring in a modern day context.