vid - Ain't No Reason - BSG: Razor

[kiki_miserychic]

Vid Title: Ain't No Reason
Vidder: kiki_miserychic, miserychic47@hotmail.com
Musical Artist: Brett Dennen
Fandom: Battlestar Galactica: Razor
Characters: Kendra, Cain, Gina, Kara
Summary: A character and relationship study of the women of Battlestar Galactica: Razor.

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There ain't no reason things are this way
'S how they've always been and they intend to stay
I can't explain why we live this way
We do it everyday
Preachers on the podiums speaking of saints
Prophets on the sidewalk begging for change
Old ladies laughing from the fire escape, cursing my name
I got a basket full of lemons and they all taste the same
A window and a pigeon with a broken wing
You can spend your whole life working for something
Just to have it taken away
People walk around pushing back their debts
Wearing pay checks like necklaces and bracelets
Talking 'bout nothing, not thinking 'bout death
Every little heart beat, every little breath
People walk a tight rope on a razor's edge
Carrying their hurt and hatred and weapons
It could be a bomb or a bullet or a pen
Or a thought or a word or a sentence.
There ain't no reason things are this way
'S how they've always been and they intend to stay
I don't know why I say the things I say,
But I say them anyway.
Keep on building bombs
Gonna drop them all
Working your fingers bare to the bone
Breaking your back, make you sell your soul
Like a lung is filled with coal, suffocating slow
The wind blows wild and I may move
But politicians lie and I'm not fooled
You don't need no reason or a 3 piece suit
To argue the truth
The air in my skin and the world under my toes
Slavery stitched into the fabric of my clothes
Chaos and commotion wherever I go
Love, I try to follow
There ain't no reasons things are this way
'S how they've always been and they intend to stay
I can't explain why we live this way;
We do it everyday.

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Comments

[buffyann.livejournal.com]

Wow, that was beautiful ! and I figure it didn't take you too long to vid this given that Razor is all new so all the more impressive.
I was particularly impressed with the seamless transition, you really played well the the movement of the scenes. Like at 0:36, or the beautiful 2:04. The clip choices are great. I especiallyt liked the "People walk a tight rope on a razor's edge, Carrying their hurt and hatred and weapons" section.
The vid has a really nostalgic and painful feeling with it. Really great vid to start my sunday ! :)

And question: why this random shot of Atlantis towards the end ?

[aycheb.livejournal.com]

This was great! I'm just beginning to process Razor and this vid captured everything I loved about it.

[hollywoodgrrl.livejournal.com]

First of all I'm just psyched at the prospect of finally getting some new BSG vids!!! Not only because I myself am gonna vid it (as soon as that DVD comes out) but because great editors such as yourself are making them now! Yes!!!

That said, I must agree with the comment up top regarding the nostalgic feel of this vid. You can see it in the shots of Kendra that you chose. My favorite has to be that shot of Cain at 0:53. That is so moving.

Also this song. If Razor was a motion picture nominated for an Academy Award, this song would be nominated for Best Original Song. As in, it feels like it was written for Razor. Incredible.

[bradcpu.livejournal.com]

Argh. Must avoid spoilers, but... must download Whitney vid!

What to do... *sigh*

[kuwdora.livejournal.com]

You blow me away with everything you do. I can't even begin to describe how awesome I find this vid. not to mention, like, WTF--the movie just aired on Saturday! How can your vid be that good in such a short amount of time! I hate you a little for that, but oh my god, I admire you all the more.

I especially love the pacing of the vid. and and and the texture of the vid. and and and.. well. Yeah. Just about everything I love.

[williwawz.livejournal.com]

Very nicely done vid. The first Razor vid I have seen and the investigation of Kendra's choices and world view were well matched for this song. Very tired and saddening vid-you really got the feeling that Kendra was tired of carrying the weight of the actions the world required of her. Very artful.

[aurora]

Oooh, I liked this a lot.

[projectcyborg.livejournal.com]

this is a beautiful and gently political meditation on Razor -- love the song choice. and I thought you did a great job of evocatively incorporating its larger context of war and heartbreak via clips from further afield. putting it on the femslash masterlist!

[dualbunny.livejournal.com]

The rhythm/pacing of this pulls me in and doesn't let go. I thought the way you changed the coloring complimented the sound of the song really well. It makes the source feel much more nostalgic. "There ain't no reason things are this way" on Cain and Gina is gorgeous and more heartbreaking for me here than on the show. I though the whole sequence from "razor's edge" through that section was really stunning. And your continued/echoed movement from one shot to another hits me perfectly throughout the whole vid.

[bananainpyjamas.livejournal.com]

This is a beautiful vid and is definitely one of the most emotional I've seen from you. I loved the coloring, it gave the whole thing a kind of grungy feel that complimented the music very nicely. There's some really nice work with cross-dissolves too, like at 2:15. The song choice is inspired; I almost thought it was written for Razor. Fantastic work as always, I'm crossing my fingers that you'll be bitten by the BSG vidding bug again. :)

[daybreak777.livejournal.com]

Wow, you really captured the Pegasus and Kendra’s POV. Certain lines just hit for me. I really like at around minute 1:20 the way the lyrics are cut with “It could be a bomb or a bullet or a pin,” and at minute 1:52 with the line “suffocating slow.” If that line’s not Kendra, I don’t know what is. Everyone has said it but this song, this song! They say song choice is everything and they’re right, just this one line got me on my 3rd viewing, “Slavery stitched into the fabric of my clothes.” That’s the Pegasus too. Excellent, excellent choice.

I want to say the vid made me happy, but no. It rightly captured the despair, hopeless determination of one Kendra Shaw. Like the above commenter, I hope you keep vidding for BSG.

[sol-se.livejournal.com]

I somehow missed this when you posted it, so I'm just seeing it now. And WOW. I love this so much. Really, really wonderful!

[chaila.livejournal.com]

The download doesn't appear to be working for me, any chance of a reupload? Pretty please?

[frolicndetour.livejournal.com]

This is really powerful. It's been a while since I saw Razor, but I think you captured Kendra's quiet despair perfectly, with lines like "suffocating slow." And I absolutely love how Kara was brought in at the beginning and the end, when Kendra spares her. And the pigeon with a broken wing is both perfect in context, and, as chaila43 points out, oddly appropriate. ;) Excellent work!

[clueless-02.livejournal.com]

Hi, I'm surfing in on a rec from daybreak777

And um... Wow! This vid is so very good! The imagery and the song are just perfect!

I have watched it twice now and there are moments that hit you over the head with their awesomeness; and then there are subtle moments like 'A window and a pigeon with a broken wing' and the flash to Kara that you catch on the second time round.

Anyways, this vid is brilliant and you did such a wonderful job with it!