Vid - Attention: Gotham City [Batman: The Dark Knight]

[cherry]

Title: Attention: Gotham City
Fandom: Batman: The Dark Knight
Music: There's A War Going On For Your Mind - Flobots

Attention: Gotham City
There is a war going on for your mind.

Many thanks to the ever fabulous elynross for beta.

Links: Download (41 MB, DIVX, zipped) | (BAM Coming) | Stream (Blip)

There's A War Going On For Your Mind
There's a war going on for your mind
Media mavens mount surgical strikes from trapper keeper collages and online magazine racks
Cover girl cutouts throw up pop-up ads
Infecting victims with silicone shrapnel
Worldwide passenger pigeons deploy paratroopers
Now it's raining pornography
Lovers take shelter
Post-production debutantes pursue you in nascar chariots
They construct ransom letters from biblical passages and bleed mascara into holy water supplies

There's a war going on for your mind
Industry insiders slang test tube babies to corporate crackheads
They flash logos and blast ghettos
Their embroidered neckties say "stop snitchin'"
Conscious rappers and whistleblowers get stitches made of acupuncture needles and marionette strings

There is a war going on for your mind
Professional wrestlers and vice presidents want you to believe them
The desert sky is their bluescreen
They superimpose explosions
They shout at you
"pay no attention to the men behind the barbed curtain
Nor the craters beneath the draped flags
Those hoods are there for your protection
And meteors these days are the size of corpses

There's a war going on for your mind
We are the insurgents

Comments

[bendtothesun.livejournal.com]

Oh wow. Gorgeous, powerful and I find somehow very telling about Batman (especially those movies). The editing was very very sharp as well. I've watched it about three times now and I think my favorite... part? idea? is that Bats despite being a part of the vid is very much a background character in it. Also the lovers take shelter was perhaps even more powerful with the joker/bats in there.

Wow. *watches more*

[cherryice.livejournal.com]

Thank you kindly.

[bionic.livejournal.com]

Wow! Your editing is fabulous and amazing and sharp. There's a lot here to think about, and a lot of it too quick to catch on a first viewing alone. Wonderful stuff.

[cherryice.livejournal.com]

Thank you ever so much for watching.

[zephyrprince.livejournal.com]

G-d, I love the Flobots and I love this vid so freaking much. I'm very, very interested in possibly seeing what I could come up with in the way of analysis for it in the next round of vid_commentary. How would that grab you?

[cherryice.livejournal.com]

The Flobots appear to be made for vidding. I'm so glad that you liked it, and I'd be absolutely honoured if you did a piece for vid_commentary.

[zephyrprince.livejournal.com]

Yeah, no kidding, right? I wonder if they're aware of what vids are.

As for the commentary, excellent & I'll let you know when they announce the next round so you can fill out the short permission form :D

[cherryice.livejournal.com]

Hey there! I just wanted to check in and see if you were still interested in doing a commentary for this. It's a paired challenge, however -- it is not what you had indicated interest in. If you'd rather wait for another round, or are busy, or would just rather not do it for any reason, that is entirely cool.

[zephyrprince.livejournal.com]

oh, somehow i missed the post just before the new monthly vidder profile. yes, i'd love to do it with you. are you interested? i know the deadline is tomorrow.

[cherryice.livejournal.com]

I'm certainly interested in doing a commentary on something -- if you're interested in doing a pair, that tips the balance for this one. I've never attempted a commentary before, so I hope that it shall turn out all right.

[zephyrprince.livejournal.com]

oh yes, well I found it really fun last time though we all sort of did slightly different things with it. of course, since then i've actually made a vid myself so i have a bit more of an eye for the technical aspects (though only a bit!) so I can balance things a bit more. but yay for new project!

[cherryice.livejournal.com]

We are now signed up.

Eeep!

[zephyrprince.livejournal.com]

:D

[zephyrprince.livejournal.com]

hmm, also, do you know of other people who have done vids to Flobots songs besides the Doctor Who and Iron Man "Handlebars" vids? I'm currently downloading their entire discography.

[cherryice.livejournal.com]

Hrm. Off the top of my head, I can think of three BSG ones:
kiki_miserychic - So Say We All (Handlebars) (http://kiki-miserychic.livejournal.com/119273.html)
beccatoria - There's a war going on for you mind, Laura (http://beccatoria.livejournal.com/58261.html)
My own Mayday! (http://cherryice.livejournal.com/215806.html)

I will let you know if any others come to mind.

[zephyrprince.livejournal.com]

Yay! I'm not familiar with BSG (though I want to be because I'm super interested in cyborg stuff) but I shall watch them anyway for Flowbots goodness.

[cherryice.livejournal.com]

kiki_miserychic and beccatoria really knocked it out of the park.

[kuwdora.livejournal.com]

This is phenomenal and I've downloaded to watch over and over again because wow - it's so sharp and to-the-point and extremely engaging and damn those lyrics are out of this world awesome.

[cherryice.livejournal.com]

Thank you ever so much.

[gigglemonster.livejournal.com]

Whoah! So powerful and so much intense, intricate editing packed into such a short space. I really love this - to be honest I love this worlds more than i did the actual film. ;) Definitely going to have to watch this again. I have a feeling it's going to be one of those where I catch something new every time. Very awesome!

[cherryice.livejournal.com]

Thank you ever so much.

[aurora]

Whoa!! That was so intense.

[cherryice.livejournal.com]

Thank you.

[tearful-eye.livejournal.com]

WOW! this is amazing. the editing & song are so different, but absolutely stunning. i love it! lots & lots.

[cherryice.livejournal.com]

Thank you kindly.

[counteragent.livejournal.com]

This was so interesting! The editing was very sharp and compelling, and I especially loved the intercutting you did of Maggie's character--chilling!!!

[cherryice.livejournal.com]

Thank you ever so much.

[julii-wolfe.livejournal.com]

that was pretty freaking cool. I love the way the clips you juxtaposed with the tragedy displayed in the pictures. did I mention the cool part? a very powerful piece. does a great job of reinforcing the message of the song.

[girl-wonder.livejournal.com]

Brilliant editing, this is very dense. Well done.

[missyvortexdv.livejournal.com]

really good choice of song and love the fast pace, flickering through all that is going on

[forsweatervests.livejournal.com]

I just wanted to say that, no matter how many times I watch this vid, my mind is blown every single time.

[cherryice.livejournal.com]

Thank you ever so much.

[forsweatervests.livejournal.com]

No, thank you. Seriously.

[feverblue (from livejournal.com)]

This was great!

[cherryice.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

[secretlytodream.livejournal.com]

Came here by the rec of gigglemonster. I really loved this vid! I especially loved the editing and beat use in the second part.

[cherryice.livejournal.com]

Thank you ever so much.

[cribbins.livejournal.com]

Oh wow, this is unbelievably good.

[cherryice.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

[lilly-the-kid.livejournal.com]

Absolutely stunning!