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.

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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*

[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.

[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?

[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.

[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!

[aurora]

Whoa!! That was so intense.

[tearful-eye.livejournal.com]

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

[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!!!

[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.

[feverblue (from livejournal.com)]

This was great!

[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.

[cribbins.livejournal.com]

Oh wow, this is unbelievably good.

[lilly-the-kid.livejournal.com]

Absolutely stunning!