Gift Vid: The Monkey's Paw - for seekingferret

[chaila]

Title: The Monkey's Paw
Recipient: seekingferret
Vidder: Sanguinity
Music: Laurie Anderson, "Monkey's Paw"
Summary: Life is just a roll of the die, and a terminator can roll any number it wants.
Notes: canon-typical gore, no violence, spoiler-lite

Link: Link to signed vid post.

Comments

[seekingferret]

Wow... Thank you so much for making this for me! I love it! I love the way it intermingles the mystery of life with the mystery of death. And I love how much of Cameron's physicality you use, her hands, her gait, her eyes. And I love how you use the cars! And I love many other things about it. And I'm already on the third rewatch.

[ghost_lingering]

Oooooh, this is fascinating.

[no_detective]

What a fantastic mix of funny and poignant! I always felt that in some ways, Cameron had more in common with the Blade Runner replicants than the Terminators, and this vid does a beautiful job of portraying how she crosses that line. Great vid.

[caramarie]

ROBOTS. I love this. Especially the moments where we see that the terminators are subject to entropy too (and that humans alter themselves too, even if we're not so good at it).

Also 'would you like to be a fish?' cracks me up :D

[goodbyebird]

When this started out I though it would be a crack vid, and then it began weaving back and forth and delved into some creepy territory on the way. I love how you explored the various facets of Cameron, her evolving and interacting throughout the series.

[chaila]

I *love* the motion in this, it makes the whole thing zip along being completely fun and creepy. Cameron's POV feels almost charmingly naive, like Terminators really are not concerned about transgressing the rules of nature because they defy nature themselves and calculate perfect angles and know exactly where to hit the vending machine and roll any number they want. They've got this, it's all a controlled experiment! But there's enough twitchiness and bird-killing to problematize that perspective a little.

[beccatoria]

This vid strikes such a fantastic tone! I love the way the vid works with the bright, bouncy tone of the music in its use of motion and vibrant imagery, even though the topic is in turns poingnant, menacing and exhilarating. I also love the way the vid focuses on objects and animals as equal to people, it makes Cameron a thing, but also makes things as important as people. I really enjoyed this.

[colls]

Very nice and deceptively complex. Wonderful song choice