VID COMPARISON: Starships! (bironic's original) & Starships! (Monochromatic Remix)

[jetpack_monkey]

As promised, here is the side-by-side comparison vid of the original Starships! vid by bironic and my own black & white source remix.

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Comments

[laurashapiro]

I love your remix SO MUCH. Possibly because I am a giant nerd, but more likely because it is TREMENDOUS. All those cool funky I-never-heard-of-this sources with bad effects made of so much love!

[jetpack_monkey]

Bad effects? What bad effects! These are perfectly wonderful, utterly believable effects! Now excuse me, I have to go repaint the paper plate silver.

I learned a lot making this vid, which always makes me deliriously happy.

[laurashapiro]

I say "bad effects" with the utmost affection. As a classic Doctor Who fan I can hardly do otherwise.

[jetpack_monkey]

Oh, I know. I love the rickety effects myself. Love 'em. Far more than CGI, honestly.

[laurashapiro]

OMG, ME. TOO. Ugh, CGI, I have such ambivalence. I see it as oddly fakey-er looking than practical special effects, no matter how rickety, and especially when CGI is used to create people (orc armies, Iron Man, etc.). The motion never seems right. It's vaguely disturbing.

Gimme the paper plate!

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[jetpack_monkey]

There's nothing like the thrill of seeing effects where you can appreciate the physical work and expertise that went into them. I love going, "I have no idea how they did that" or "I have some idea how they did that, but man, I couldn't possibly have the patience to do it myself." Especially when you consider that these effects were often carried off by a guy and his apprentice or a handful of technicians.

One of my favorite moments of Brad's Thrift Shop vid is watching the Harryhausen Kraken rise from the sea and realizing how much cooler it is than the extremely detailed, more-mobile CGI creation.

[laurashapiro]

My favorite in your vid is the spaceships that are actually ON FIRE. With little flames coming out of their tails! \o/

I showed my partner P. the vid last night and he was entirely delighted. He says he now wants to watch the original Lost in Space.

[jetpack_monkey]

That's from Phantom Planet, as memory serves. It's kind of crazy.

The original Lost in Space is... I really wish they'd actually been Lost in Space? But they spend the majority of their time stranded on a planet. I basically chiseled out all the really great space moments from the first two or three episodes.

[bironic]

Agree. The little spinning ship at ~3:15 (parallel to Serenity) may be my favorite clip in the whole vid, separate from the ingenuity of the many many many other match-ups. ♥ ♥

[laurashapiro]

My favorite clip is THE WHOLE THING. I watched it again the other night and squeed my head off.

[bironic]

Well, yes, that too. ;D

[laurashapiro]

Your one is also my favorite!!! ::hugs both vids like crazy::

[jetpack_monkey]

This is the most adorable thread ever. Please, don't mind me. Continue.

:D

[laurashapiro]

I am not a "feels" kinda person (yet, though now that I've joined Yumblr, look out), but these vids give me all the happiest most delighted feels!

[deelaundry]

You've done such an amazing job with this. Your care is evident in each frame! Thank you for this wonderful remix.

[jetpack_monkey]

Thank you for the kind words!

[grammarwoman]

This is a phenomenal piece of work! :)

[jetpack_monkey]

Thanks!

[morgandawn]

too much fun. The Lost in Space robot vs Data. And the two Doctor Who Tardis (is the plural Tardises?) hurtling through time and space.

[jetpack_monkey]

The Lost in Space robot is amazing. I wish I could've had more of him in the vid.

[mresundance]

Watching this side by side comparison is like being in a threesome, in the middle. It's just a giant vid-gasm.

Also good God it's such impressive work, how exactly parallel your vid is to bironic's. *more vid-gasming*

Am disappoint there is not corn for this OT3/vidgasm, however.

[jetpack_monkey]

You are so strange. Never, ever change. *hugs*

[mresundance]

Takes strange to know strange.

[jetpack_monkey]

Fair enough.

[just_ann_now]

It's impossible to watch this without being filled with GLEE. Thank you!

[jetpack_monkey]

Thank YOU for the lovely comment!

[kabal42]

Thanks for putting this up as well! It's so much fun to see them side by side :)

[jetpack_monkey]

Glad to be of service! Plus, it's another way to watch bironic's amazing original.

[rydra_wong]

This is a delight and clearly a labour of love (for both the sources and bironic's vid), and the side-by-side comparison is the icing on the cake.

[jetpack_monkey]

Thanks!

[mific]

This is amazing - I watched your vid then the side-by-side and was blown away. Grinning like a fool and a lump in my throat. So great.

[jetpack_monkey]

Yay! Exactly what I hoped for!

[the_shoshanna]

This is even more brilliant when I can see your parallels with the original! Holy wow.

Both Starships!

[eileenlufkin]

This is more than twice as fun! Thank you!

[ffutures]

Just saw this linked from an article on fanlore.org and loved it.

Great to see so many series from my youth referenced - Doctor Who, Space Patrol, Fireball XL-5, etc. etc.

[lizbetann]

I am more terrified of you then ever. In the totally awesome way, of course.

[jetpack-monkey.livejournal.com]

*bows*

[renenet.livejournal.com]

Holy CRAP, Nate! You totally pwn'd this remix thing. Unbelievable!

[jetpack-monkey.livejournal.com]

Aw thanks!

[dailyalice.livejournal.com]

I was impressed when I watched the Monochromatic version and I know the original vid really really well. But seeing them side by side like this gave me chills. So awesome.

[jetpack-monkey.livejournal.com]

Thank you! I don't know if I talk about this in my actual posts, but the process for starting this vid was that I laid down the original Starships! in my editing program and then overlaid my matching clips as I went. Eventually, when the vid was about 85% filled in, I cast off the guide track and then just made my adjustments and filled in clips so the vid would work as a vid from there.

[taste-is-sweet.livejournal.com]

That's freaking amazing. How did you manage to match so many of the shots so perfectly?

I think I got at least one in-joke there. Obviously I need to watch the comparison again. :)

[isis]

I've loved bironic's vid ever since it came out, and I just found out about yours. This comparison vid was a super interesting look at not just both vids, but at technique, how you reinterpreted hers - very very cool! (Linked from this post here by cyphomandra.)

[lannamichaels]

Very cool to see them side by side!

[cesy]

Loved this!