BSG Vidlet: I have weird memories of you (Crossover with Hancock)

[beccatoria]

So, I'm finished (again) with my thearchive2 vidlet project. A cylonic dozen! One for each challenge plus mod's choice plus bonus challenge. Go me!

Title: I have weird memories of you
Video: Battlestar Galactica (2003) / Hancock
Audio: City Middle - The National
Summary: Hancock is the final cylon.
Editor's Notes: Yay betas! :) This was made for thearchive2's bonus crossover challenge.

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Cross-posted to thearchive2, vidding and galactica_vids.

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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

Never seen Hancock, but a quick trip to Wikipedia fixed that.

I loved it and got most of the connections character-wsie, though I was unsure of the narrative/the story you are trying to tell (i.e. where does each story fit in the other's universe?). The moments at 0:15 and 0:44 where you connect the Hancock universe to the scorched Earth we find in BSG makes me think this is a "future-vid" of sorts? (future-fic/future-vid, whatever. :) )

Favorite moments:

0:37- flash of Sam's cylonic eye on "you said." Because that moment in the ep was really all about the communication. (OT: I loved your Scar/Kara/Sam vid, BTW. It's now my OT3.)
1:14-1:15- LOVES. All you see are her eyes over Hancock's shoulders, and it's SUCH a BSG-shot. (Most of the Hancock clips have the BSG shaky-cam thing going on, too.)
1:51- I love that it ends with more scorched earth over the heart monitor. The beating heart reminds me of the signal that led them there.

I also really like the general musicality of it, too. Like from 0:57-0:59, where the movement of the fingers follows the singer's voice. Nice.

Thanks for a great vid, and sorry about the confusion.

--Vanita

[callmeonetrack.livejournal.com]

I haven't seen Hancock so I'm curious as to what inspired you to do this particular crossover/choose him as the final cylon.

But I think the emotions of his confusion/restlessness really come through and matchup with the final four's feelings. I really also dug the shot of the van on the highway fading into the viper coming out of the launch tube at the 30-sec mark. I rewound and watched that tiny slice 3 times because it looked at first like you faded from the interior of a car to the interior of the viper...anyway just thought that was especially cool.

[chaila.livejournal.com]

Your deadly serious crack is on, like, a completely different level than any other crack. This wasn't necessarily haha kind of crack but it was a little insane and yet worked. I haven't seen the movie but this character seemed to really fit in with the Final Four, all sort of freaking out and not really understanding themselves. The song also worked, particuarly the "I wait for the click" refrain and the drinking and general emo.

[emmiere.livejournal.com]

I LOVE Hancock as the Fifth. The mythologies and visual styles mesh to such a weird degree and I love the sense of seeking out that connection that I got from this. I wish that he could be there to explain ruined Earth to them!

Moments:
- the "click" at :58, and also when Hancock's been shot at 1:05. My stomach might have dropped just a little at that one, I like the time you spent on that scene.
- the "parking/overwhelmed" refrain from :30 to :50 or so.

Hancock is terribly underrated. Actually, I see that your Hancock tag has one for movie reactions, I might pop over there to be excited about this for a bit, if you don't mind.