I...don’t know what to say about this! The editing is smashing, quite literally. I love the discord of the first three-quarters of it, particularly the way that opening with Hera making the ships collide set up that idea (what a great opening <3), and the way that theme is reflected in the form of the editing, the quick jumps and disorienting motion. And I thought the lyrics (of which there were many awesome interpretations) were actually really discordant as well, both in showing the various discontented groups and the general chaos, but also in how they're really not that hopeful? They're grim, and so much of it is about death and desperation.
But that handshake around 2:05 feels like a turning point, and from there I am of two minds and, first I'll go off on what may be a totally ridiculous interpretation. But I found it interesting that you went back to some of the same scenes on the “rise” lyrics, but they have a different, almost Establishment, context. And I sort of feel like the revolution didn’t win, and nobody with any power had to change in any way that mattered and all those deaths didn't do anything at all. But on the other hand, I realize that that’s probably not your intended interpretation and do see the "saving Hera together yay!" that's probably more logical than my interpretation, and I do like the way that fits so neatly with the opening on Hera smashing the ships together.
I...just have such a visceral reaction to pretty green Earth shots that I can’t accept them on their own terms and want very much to interpret almost everything after the handshake as ironic—there was no revolution, the status quo won in the end, there’s no redemption, suckers, you learned nothing—just because of my subjective feelings about the end. But also, none of that really fits with the last section about Earth 2.0, so I have to give up and just say that I can completely see that you’re making this a song about growing pains, and the way this ends is the way I wish I’d felt about the show at the end! So...have my random thoughts?
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Date: 2010-01-11 04:33 am (UTC)But that handshake around 2:05 feels like a turning point, and from there I am of two minds and, first I'll go off on what may be a totally ridiculous interpretation. But I found it interesting that you went back to some of the same scenes on the “rise” lyrics, but they have a different, almost Establishment, context. And I sort of feel like the revolution didn’t win, and nobody with any power had to change in any way that mattered and all those deaths didn't do anything at all. But on the other hand, I realize that that’s probably not your intended interpretation and do see the "saving Hera together yay!" that's probably more logical than my interpretation, and I do like the way that fits so neatly with the opening on Hera smashing the ships together.
I...just have such a visceral reaction to pretty green Earth shots that I can’t accept them on their own terms and want very much to interpret almost everything after the handshake as ironic—there was no revolution, the status quo won in the end, there’s no redemption, suckers, you learned nothing—just because of my subjective feelings about the end. But also, none of that really fits with the last section about Earth 2.0, so I have to give up and just say that I can completely see that you’re making this a song about growing pains, and the way this ends is the way I wish I’d felt about the show at the end! So...have my random thoughts?