Holding Out For A Hero

[girlofprey]

This is an entry I've been wanting to do for a while. A while back, jekesta (at least) did a "Top 5 Favourite Vids" meme. This would be quite impossible to choose, though it would involve the Rama Lama Bang Bang vid and at least one of the Sea of Souls vids Jekesta made. So I'm going to do something a bit more manageable - My top 5 favourite "Holding Out For A Hero" vids!

My Top 5 "Holding Out For a Hero" Vids

1. Star Trek Voyager. I won't say it was the first. The first was the one in my head of Sawyer from Lost, with shots of him running and swimming and making masts and OH THE IRONY. But this was the first one that showed me what was actually out there on the net, if I bothered to look. I love it so much. I never really even watched that much Voyager. I mostly didn't know who Seven of Nine was. But I love Janeway. I love Seven of Nine. I love them together. They are great. Oh. I love the fainting montage at the beginning. I love Janeway in a vest. I love her with the big blade thing near the end. Oh. I love it.



2. Alien Resurrection. I judge it slightly for not being to the Bonnie Tyler version. But other than that it is great. Ripley is so the person you'd want popping up if you needed a hero. I love this vid quite a lot.



3. All action heroes pretty much ever. I love this vid for taking the lyrics QUITE LITERALLY. And deciding that masses of violence is what this songvid probably needs. Mostly I love that they put people lacing up boots to music. And explosions. And so many things. Including fighting with spears. Oh. It's great.



4. The rest are tricky. The problem with seeing some great Holding Out For A Hero vids is that you become critical of the rest. I judge vids that show clips of the "hero" before the first 'I need a hero!'. I judge vids that do not have another/the other characters looking sort of sad and forlorn until that point in the vid. I sort of judge vids that do not use the Bonnie Tyler version of the song. I judge vids that do not have actual reaching at the 'Some were reaching back for me' part. A lot of vids just seem sort of rub compared to 1, 2 and 3. But I recently found a Life on Mars one. Which is great. Much like Gene. I love that it is Sam/Gene-ish. I could have done with less of using Chris and Ray so much as people who aren't heroes. But I love that the car is a steed. And I love it quite a bit.



5. And the last place is a bit of a tie. At the moment I love the Brothers Grimm and love that this vid exists, but it does seem to be a lot of long clips from the movie, which don't always fit with the lyrics. So hmm. But yay. And then there's the Stargate Atlantis one, which takes ages to load. Mostly I love it because it has a lot of running and jumping in it, I think. Also I like the way Rodney looks at the gun in one clip, although I don't know why. It makes me slightly sad I never watched the show, although it's quite possible that's just the effect of the vid/song. Oh I love Holding Out For A Hero. It's great.

That is my list. Rah. Mostly I think every fandom should have a Holding Out For A Hero vid. I think it would improve things by quite a lot.

Comments

[jekesta]

Aaaaaa, I hadn't seen the life on mars one! I still haven't seen the end. that's great, though. Even if they use the wrong song.

This:

I judge vids that show clips of the "hero" before the first 'I need a hero!'. I judge vids that do not have another/the other characters looking sort of sad and forlorn until that point in the vid. I sort of judge vids that do not use the Bonnie Tyler version of the song.

I LOVE YOU FOR. It is so true. SO TRUE. Janeway makes me weak inside my middle, I can't believe how great she is, I love that she got to be on the telly for so many years.

[girlofprey.livejournal.com]

Bonnie Tyler did a GREAT song, and it confounds me why anyone would want to use ANYTHING ELSE. I just - dude. SYNTHESIZERS. There's another Life on Mars vid to an even stranger version of the song, and it's just pain.

Janeway does seem quite good. I like her in a vest. I like her with a big bit of metal. I like her being thrown to the ground by an explosion and then just getting up again. I like her in the French jumper. It's all very good.