In space, no one can hear you preen

[gwyn]

I just posted a new Battlestar Galactica vid, this one for a character I don't even like because of all the terrible suffering he's responsible for: Gaius Baltar. It's kind of freeing in a way to vid someone you despise, because to tell a story, you have to learn to love the characters you're telling about; you see different things in them than just fannish objects of affection. And it forced me to see all these things about Baltar I'd never really seen before.

Digging in the Dirt
Artist: Peter Gabriel
File: Divx avi, 37MB (I recommend VLC media player, which you can find a link for at the site)
Dr. Gaius Baltar, scientist, narcissist, wackjob: It really is all about him.

Thanks for feochadn for the halftime beta; I hope the rest of it lives up to your standards.

Comments

[aycheb.livejournal.com]

I need to sit down and write proper commentary but I love it and you really nail Baltar. The (sees himself as) little boy scientist who keeps “digging the dirt” because it’s what he does, what he's rewarded for doing and he can’t resist knowing. The little boy who can never quite accept that things are for real and that he’s responsible, not the voices in his head. The good/bad mother duo of Roslin/Six. More people should vid people they hate if this is the result.

[gwyn-r.livejournal.com]

Thank you! I really did enjoy this, which I never expected to -- I might just start vidding people I hate all the time!