New Vid: "The Pioneers" (Torchwood)

[giandujakiss]

This vid was created for rivkat for the care_faith_hope auction.

Song: The Pioneers by Tunng
Fandom: Torchwood

Summary: Three times bad and three times good.

Length: 3:38

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Password: retcon


Thanks so much to such_heights and sol_se for beta-ing.

Comments welcome.

(Crossposted to LJ)

Comments

[stellastars]

Here via such_heights's rec. I've watched this vid several times now and the first words that come to mind are powerful and intense.

I loved your choice of clips that correspond with the first lyrics about broke/fixed. Early, early Torchwood there, but even then, when trying to fix broken things, it still just seems to go wrong for the poor team.

All the clips of team members walking away from the morgue really caught my attention, too. I'm certainly aware of all the Torchwood deaths, but to see it quantified visually in a condensed span of time (as opposed to being spread out of three seasons) had quite an impact.

Also, much love for the Donna/Gwen parallel. It took me a few viewings before I noticed it, but it's a great comparison and I quite like the subtlety of it.

The part of the vid that I found to be most poignant where the scenes of the team during the We promised the world, we'd tame it, what were we hoping for? section of the song. For me, that really captured the essence of Torchwood, always trying and hoping for the best -- and so rarely achieving their goals.

I thoroughly enjoyed this vid. Thanks for sharing it!

[giandujakiss]

Thank you so much for such lovely feedback! I am so happy you've enjoyed the vid enough to rewatch it, and that you felt the vid captured Torchwood well! The lyrics - like "We promised the world we'd tame it" - really suit the show, don't they? I'm so happy rivkat suggested the song. And I'm happy to hear you liked the Donna thing - I was nervous about whether it was too subtle, or not subtle enough, so it's great that you liked the final product.