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A cluster of comments came in on Starships! this weekend. Industrious Googling tracked down the likely culprit: a nice post at Moviepilot.com.* Given that it appeared alongside posts about Guardians of the Galaxy and Blade 4, that seems cool.
Some responses were lovely. At least as many were the usual collection of "Why no [insert unrepresented source here]?" Sigh. I'm still not sure whether to be more bothered by the rudeness/entitlement or by the refusal to read the notes right there in the video description explaining the project constraints. I mean, it shouldn't be bothersome at all, like the way the potshots at the song choice slide right off me, but it does bother me that I couldn't include
*Nor does it help when a reccer makes promises the vid does not deliver, such as, "If you're a fan of any starship and crew at all, you're almost certain to find them in this video." Not to be ungrateful; just that commenters direct their dissatisfaction as often to (or about) the vidder as to the reccer.
And then I wonder whether I am the one who needs to keep the ego in check, because a comment is a comment and that means a total stranger not only wanted to watch a vid I made but also cared enough to say something about it. And I understand the feeling of watching or reading a compilation that doesn't include a personal favorite.
Even so: The positive responses outweigh the disappointed, complainy and dismissive ones. It makes me happy that this vid, and the shows and movies of my heart that it contains, make many other people happy.
Starships! went live two years ago this coming weekend. It just broke 150,000 views if you combine YouTube & Vimeo hits. That is nothing on a scale of 1 to YouTube, but it's head and shoulders above anything else I've posted. I am really proud of it.
ETA: Oh! And it seems a segment of the vid showed during an OTW panel at Comic-Con this year? Heidi Tandy contacted me while I was on vacation and I gave the OK, but am not sure in what context it was chosen or how the panel went. Was anyone there?
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Date: Aug. 6th, 2014 01:40 am (UTC)Some people are so rude. You give them free art, and all they do is complain. WTF.
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Date: Aug. 6th, 2014 03:11 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: Aug. 7th, 2014 12:51 am (UTC)Re: the second part: Yeah, sometimes it feels that way. And yet even then, I can't blanket-hate those kinds of commenters because it seems a portion of them might not realize how they come across. Like, I replied to a few "you're missing X" yesterday because I was feeling piqued, and those who replied in turn were perfectly sweet about it.
For example:
COMMENTER: forgot andromeda ascendant as well
ME: Didn't forget - didn't have a chance to include, as this was made in 1 week on deadline with only the sources I could obtain in that time. Hope you enjoyed anyway.
COMMENTER: oh not a problem i loved it
*throws up hands*
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Date: Aug. 6th, 2014 02:19 pm (UTC)(And we dance to it at my house every new year's eve now!)
The negative comments are so frustrating. First of all -- no single vid can contain every source in the universe. It's a gorgeous vid. People should enjoy what's there instead of grousing about what isn't. :P Also, if you expanded it now, then jetpackmonkey's b&w remix wouldn't match it as well as it does! ;-)
Also, omg, I cannot begin to imagine 150,000 views of anything I have ever made. You are a rockstar.
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Date: Aug. 6th, 2014 02:58 pm (UTC)>>if you expanded it now, then jetpackmonkey's b&w remix wouldn't match it as well as it does
Indeed, that is one of the reasons I decided not to do it.
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Date: Aug. 6th, 2014 08:08 pm (UTC)(Being annoyed by the "Why no X?" comments doesn't sound like an over-inflated ego. That sounds like people poking you in a sore spot that you've explained is sore. If they can take the time to leave a comment, they can take the time to read your vid notes; otherwise they're asking you to listen to them when they aren't bothering to listen to you.)
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Date: Aug. 9th, 2014 08:30 pm (UTC)Vividcon 2014
Date: Aug. 11th, 2014 12:43 pm (UTC)Vividcon 2014
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Date: Aug. 13th, 2014 08:44 pm (UTC)I also wanted to shyly confess that I was thinking of this vid as I was making my own Fembots, so thank you for the inspiration!
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Date: Aug. 13th, 2014 11:47 pm (UTC)*cough* I enjoyed it, is what I'm saying. And that is so cool that Starships played some part in inspiring it.
Also thanks for describing what it was like to dance to it this year. ♥ That is joyous.
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Date: Aug. 14th, 2014 02:45 am (UTC)I am completely geeked out that you liked my vid. 'Scuse while I go all Muppet arms around here. \o/ \o/ \o/
Sometime you will return to VVC, and everyone at Club Vivid will surround you (in a completely nonthreatening way) and share the raucous glee of "Starships". EPIC TIMES AHEAD! :)