vid tricks

[deird_lj]

Is it just me, or does anyone else hate vids that trick you?


I was watching a Spuffy vid recently, and stopped halfway through in digust, because, mid-vid, Buffy told Spike she loved him.

Except this wasn't last-minute fiery-hands I-love-you - this was sitting at a table and looking up seriously to say I love you.
Because they'd stolen the Buffy-and-Angel "I love you" and pretended that Buffy was saying it to Spike instead!

I just can't stand it. Even if you can't, right then, see what the character's looking at, they were looking at something particular in the original clip, and changing it is just wrong.


So, is it just me?

Comments

[cereta.livejournal.com]

It really depends. There have been vids where knowing the context of a clip too well kept me from going where the vidder wanted to lead me, and other vids where it's worked just fine. Such is the tricky element of transformative works ;).