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runawaynun ([personal profile] runawaynun) wrote2018-05-28 08:49 pm

[Vid] The Body Electric || Battlestar Galactica

The Body Electric

Song: The Body Electric by Hurray for the Riff Raff
Source: Battlestar Galactica
Content Warnings: Depictions of suicide, sexual assault and a metric fuckton of violence against women. Premiered at [community profile] wiscon_vidparty

Summary: Fuck you, Ron Moore.

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Password: bsg


The Body Electric from runawaynun on Vimeo.





Said you're gonna shoot me down, put my body in the river
Shoot me down, put my body in the river
While the whole world sings, sing it like a song
The whole world sings like there's nothing going wrong

He shot her down, he put her body in the river
He covered her up, but I went to get her
And I said, "My girl, what happened to you now?"
I said, "My girl, we gotta stop it somehow"

Oh, and tell me, what's a man with a rifle in his hand
Gonna do for a world that's so sick and sad?
Tell me, what's a man with a rifle in his hand
Gonna do for a world that's so gone mad?

He's gonna shoot me down, put my body in the river
Cover me up with the leaves of September
Like an old sad song, you heard it all before
Well, Delia's gone, but I'm settling the score

Oh, and tell me, what's a man with a rifle in his hand
Gonna do for a world that's just dying slow?
Tell me, what's a man with a rifle in his hand
Gonna do for his daughter when it's her turn to go?
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[personal profile] bironic 2018-05-30 01:27 am (UTC)(link)
Oof. That can't have been easy to make.

And, hoo, yeah, that show got dark fast.
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[personal profile] caramarie 2018-05-30 07:41 am (UTC)(link)
Argh, all my BSG feelings! This is really beautifully put together and bleak af. /never going to stop being mad
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[personal profile] gabolange 2018-06-01 03:33 am (UTC)(link)
OUCH. But really beautifully put together.

(And yes, FUCK YOU, RON MOORE.)
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[personal profile] thingswithwings 2018-06-03 03:05 pm (UTC)(link)
Thank you for making this - I had long wished to have a vid like this that expressed my anger and sadness about where the show went, especially with all the women characters. It's beautifully made and expresses those feelings perfectly.
pellucid: (I will not be afraid of women)

[personal profile] pellucid 2018-06-03 08:37 pm (UTC)(link)
I have been mentally working myself up to this, and...fuck. Yeah. I'm not sure what I feel is even anger anymore--at least not primarily--but more despair and regret and, okay, yeah, still a whole lot of anger. This is so well done, though. I definitely couldn't have done it (I mean, even if I could vid as well as you can, I couldn't have managed it emotionally). Thank you for your stamina in doing this.
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[personal profile] sophygurl 2018-06-04 07:50 pm (UTC)(link)
Wonderful, thank you for this.
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[personal profile] siljamus 2019-11-03 12:17 am (UTC)(link)
I have had this bookmarked for a long time and only now I have I finally worked up the courage to watch. I cannot imagine how hard it must have been to actually put this together, but thank you for doing it. And doing it so well; the clip selection is top notch and the song choice is so very appropriate.

I am surprised by just how angry I still am more than 10 years after the finale aired, but watching this vid I remember just why it is that I am so angry.