Fanvid: "Grapevine Fires" (Star Trek)

[skywaterblue]

I couldn't think, of anywhere I would have rather been, to watch it all, burn away...

Fandom: pan-Star Trek (movies, 24th Century Prime timeline)
Characters: Spock, Kirk, Picard, Sisko, Janeway...
Song: "Grapevine Fires" by Death Cab for Cutie
Length: 4:19
Downloads: 60.6 mbs in .mpg / 76 mbs in .avi (best)

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Star Trek - death, rebirth, death again.

It took almost nine months to make, though I did scrap a first draft when I switched from Premier Pro to Sony Vegas. I could have made a human being in that time. Special thanks to sarken who I forced to watch, cheerlead, and suggest Voyager clips where my knowledge ran dry. Couldn't have done it without her.

This video may seem like I'm deeply ambivalent about the new canon - I am not. Overall I appreciate the effort made by the Supreme Court of Bad Robot to ensure that the Trek I grew up with still 'happened' and matters. That said, I feel a deep sense of finality and regret about the movie: in redefining Star Trek to only be about the original crew, we're both saying goodbye to all the other characters and their journeys, and in some ways limiting the palette of what Star Trek can be about to the mass audience.

Here's to the journey, though! The Undiscovered Country! There really is no place I would have rather been, to watch it all burn away.

Comments

[jekesta]

Oh, that's brilliant. I didn't like the film very much at all, but it how it sort of meant the end of star trek I know and love that was the worst bit of it, and you've caught that brilliantly, without actually making it seem bitter, just sad.

Is this still uploaded anywhere? I'd love a copy I can keep.

[jekesta]

Also, I'm putting together a small vid show for Redemption, a sci fi con in a week's time and I was wondering if you'd mind me including it. I've been struggling to find a star trek vid that really worked for me, and this totally does.

[skywaterblue]

Sure! Let me email it to you. My email is tori(at)anbaric dot com.

[skywaterblue]

I loved it, but have a negative feeling about the way it negates the existence of the spinoffs in the public's eye. Which... is obvious from the vid and author's notes. ;) Glad you liked it, and no it's not uploaded anywhere but BAM but I can send you a copy. See comment downthread.