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.

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[blnchflr]

Prowl by [personal profile] sisabet 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.
I haven't seen it recced, and talking about warnings, I really wished someone had warned me about this :o(

ETA: I missed the message, since I had to scramble to turn it off.

[kryptyd.livejournal.com]

Ahh, now I won't be able to watch Sherlock. Still, if I hadn't by now I probably wasn't going to. I am however, going to try and friend Magneticpole. She's cool. I wish I was articulate about my dislike of capitalism!

[olympia-m.livejournal.com]

For me, though, these are exactly the points I like in Holmes - not because I agree with his sexism, classism etc, but because there are all traits that were in the original ACD stories and these, more than anything, make it a successful and faithful adaptation, in my opinion.

I like how Holmes is still Holmes and how he's basically a cold-hearted bastard that sees the world as his playground.

(I have to agree, though, London has never been whiter! That does get to me even more than the portrayal and reaction to women)

[embers-log.livejournal.com]

Well I love 'Sherlock' because it is such a throw back to the original books by ACD... Doyle thought that Dr. Watson would be the hero, and instead all his readers loved and respected Holmes (who was supposed to be drug taking anti-social freak). Stephen Moffat is trying to get us to see that Sherlock is NOT an admirable character, except in that he has learned to value Watson. Watson is the admirable character, and Holmes is a misogynistic freak. I think that complaining about the Sherlock Holmes character means that the writer doesn't understand that. JMPO of course.

I think partly I like this so much because I've always disliked making Holmes the hero... I mean I love Robert Downey, Jr, but he is definitely from the tradition of making Holmes the hero (and I'll continue watching all movies RDJ makes, naturally).

I do agree that London could be more gritty, showing the under belly more (as it were)... I loved that about the RDJ movie: that really looked like dirty stinking Victorian London!

[butterfly.livejournal.com]

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.

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.

[heather.livejournal.com]

growing increasingly uncomfortable with fandom’s over-the-top reaction to it.

Yes, this is a large chunk of my discomfort. That post could be applied to so many of the shows fandom eats up with a spoon and ultimately, it all makes me a bit queasy.

I have enjoyed and been fannish about plenty of problematic sources - even now I'm in Merlin fandom - but in order for me to compartmentalize (and I don't think there's anything wrong with compartmentalizing, our choices would be slim if we didn't), I need something in the source that is wholly unique, or that I can relate to even if it's underused or underwritten. With Sherlock, there's nothing unique. I can get subtextual teasing and pretty camera work anywhere. Hell, I can even get HOLMES elsewhere. And anything on the show I might be able to relate to is either dead or looked at with derision by everything from the narrative to the leads.

It's just not for me.

[shiv5468.livejournal.com]

Er that meta sounds like she's blaming Holmes for being Holmes which ... well that really does come under Do't like don't watch. If you want team work don't look to a series about a loner genius to provide it

[aegflota.livejournal.com]

I pretty much flinch every time I see someone squeeing over OMG THE SLASHINESS of Holmes/Watson in that series and I've developed an almost Pavlovian response to just seeing the word Sherlock I don't care if this is me being too sensitive: after what Moffat & the actors said about how they're TOTES NOT GAY, it feels like being kicked in the fucking face.

Not that I expect fandom to give a shit about anything but the pretty white boys, of course.