New Vid: "Shock the Monkey" (Hawaii Five-0)

[giandujakiss]

AKA, how I spent my Sunday....

Song: Shock the Monkey by Peter Gabriel
Fandom: Hawaii Five-0

Summary: Full immunity and means.

Spoilers: Through 1x18

Sizes: 30 MB (540 x 360 .divx), 14 MB (420 x 280 .wmv)
Length: 2:14

Download from Sendspace: The .divx file is here and the .wmv file is here.

Notes: Honestly, this vid is more catharsis for me than anything else. I can't help 'shipping Steve and Danny, but I really resent the show for making it impossible for me to love them guilt-free, and for making me feel so ashamed about liking the parts that I like. So I felt like I had to at least register my objections in some way, however weak the effort may be, in between all the devouring of Steve/Danny first-time fic. IDEK.

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Comments welcome.

(Crossposted to LJ)

Comments

[amalnahurriyeh]

This vid is amazing. I share all of your ambivalence about the show--that it is so objectively wrong all the fucking time, and yet it's got these tremendously compelling characters. Often, I am angry at it for doing all these things wrong, and yet managing to hit exactly the story notes I need to feel comfortably enwrapped in story. (On my journal, my tag for the show is "why did a terrible show get a tag?" Because, lord, is this a terrible show. Often on both aesthetic and moral grounds, which is saying something.) At the same time, it is frequently the highlight of my TV-watching week.

And this vid is the condensation of it. It's slickly put together and very shiny, but at the same time, seeing all that police brutality lined up in a row? Yeah. I also like, as other people have said, how this foregrounds that Danny is not the good guy here. And all the shots of glee. Stacking all the shots of glee together is really effective.

[giandujakiss]

Often, I am angry at it for doing all these things wrong, and yet managing to hit exactly the story notes I need to feel comfortably enwrapped in story.

Yes, exactly - I actually stopped watching it for a while, then got sucked into the fic, and then got sucked back into the show against my will! (Although they didn't torture anyone in this latest episode, so that was ... good?). Anyway, I'm very glad you thought the vid was effective - thank you!