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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Password: exigentcircumstances


Comments welcome.

(Crossposted to LJ)

Comments

Wow

[(Anonymous)]

Hi I hope you don't mind annoynmous comments? I don't have a LJ account but am going to sort that out.

This vid really brought me up cold. I have to be honest the violence in the show didn't shock me. I tend to watch stuff like The Shield and The Sopranos so this is a cakewalk. But it has bothered me a lot that the cops on this show do what they like. In The Shield that is shown too but it is in a complex way that makes you think as a viewer.

In HFO it's more of a 'aren't these crazy guys cool'.

I have to say the show doesn't bug me as much as 24 did. Now that was full on horrendous but I had to watch because it was such an addictive story line.

I never thought HFO was that bad but this vid has made me re-evaluate it and you know that comment about how the 'hot' looks between the guys are linked to the violence. It makes me actually a bit disturbed about myself and what I like about it. And the fact that AOL's mucho pretty blinded me to what a psycho McGarett actually is.

Great, thought provoking video and comments.

Re: Wow

[giandujakiss]

Of course I don't mind anon comments - thank you! I'm really glad the vid made you look at the show a new way. Because yes, it's not the violence per se - it's the fact that it's shown in this "rah rah yay America" way, like we're supposed to cheer that this is being done by cops.

I couldn't watch 24, and partly it was for the same reason.

Anyway, I'm happy you found the vid thought-provoking - thanks for commenting!