Vividcon premiere: Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me

[bop_radar]

Title: Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me
Fandom: Smallville, Oliver Queen (Green Arrow)
Artist: U2
Spoilers: to mid season 9
Access vid: via direct download (90MB) or streaming at YouTube, vidders.net (once cleared) or Blip
Credits: With heartfelt thanks to supacat, who has wanted an Oliver vid to this song for years: I finally made it for her. She also betaed it more times than I can remember, so it's kind of her baby as much as mine. I'd also like to thank the Vividcon audience for being so receptive to the vid and to clarify that Oliver is BOTH the guy with the dark, angsty redemption plot and the guy who can't find his pants. And therein lies his appeal! *nod nod* talitha78 gets a special mention for being the only person to mention Batman to me so far.
Lyrics:
You don't know how you took it
You just know what you got
Oh Lordy you've been stealing from the thieves
And you got caught in the headlights of a stretch car
You're a star

Dressing like your sister
Living like a tart
They don't know what you're doing
Babe, it must be art!
You're a headache in a suitcase
You're a star

Oh no, don't be shy
You don't have to go blind
Hold me, thrill me, kiss me, kill me

You don't know how you got here
You just know you want out
Believing in yourself almost as much as you doubt
You're a big smash
You wear it like a rash...star

Oh no, don't be shy
It takes a crowd to cry
Hold me, thrill me, kiss me, kill me

They want you to be Jesus
They'll go down on one knee
But they'll want their money back if you're alive at 33
And you're turning tricks with your crucifix
You're a star (Oh child)

Of course you're not shy
You don't have to deny love
Hold me, thrill me, kiss me, kill me
(orgasms to fade)

Comments

[bop-radar.livejournal.com]

YAY! Glad you liked it! I am sorry I couldn't go there with the Chloe/Oliver (just not my thing) but I'm glad you at least connected with the Oliver I showed in this vid. Who can pass up a hot, emotionally tortured, antihero billionaire?! I MEAN REALLY.

[transtempts.livejournal.com]

There was chair dancing. :)

[bop-radar.livejournal.com]

AN ENTIRELY APPROPRIATE RESPONSE. *beams*

In prep for Vividcon I mostly thought 'what do I most want to watch myself on a big screen?' and clearly the answer was THIS.

[bop-radar.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I have to say I've been really frustrated with Oliver's plot when watching Smallville week by week, but when I rewatched it in isolation (skipping the A and B plots of each episode most of the time!) there actually was a LOT more subtelty and continuity in there than I'd remembered, and I really feel like they had some great content there that was well worth teasing out and showcasing. Sometimes Smallville just flails around and doesn't know what it's doing with its cast: who it is focusing on when.

his pretentious little plans and attempts to make his intentions mysterious and everything
HAHAHAHA that's such a good way of putting it. *hearts his pretentious little plans so much* I can see why people find him annoyingly arrogant but I think there's such humility underneath that I always just find it endearing (largely thanks to Justin's capacity to play for comedy as well as emotional poignancy).

[bop-radar.livejournal.com]

Oh god, yes, Oliver and Tess are STEAMY. I always wanted more of them. It's weird, normally I would absolutely hate Oliver's multipartnering (is he canonically in love with four women? I THINK SO, YES), but from him/Justin it just comes across so incredibly sincerely that I really ship him with everyone (or just about). And yes, I know, there have been a lot of problems with Oliver's plot (I was livid when they had him explode Lex with the monkey bomb, even if I *do* reclaim it here) but as with all things Smallville, if you sift through the shit for the vein of gold it pays off!

Glad you enjoyed, hon!

[bop-radar.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much! (Beautiful icon)

[bop-radar.livejournal.com]

LOL LOL LOL. Best comment/icon response!

I'm glad you enjoyed it despite not seeing his arc yet. It kind of gets buried beneath a lot of Smallville craziness (as you can imagine) but I was determined to make him the centre character in a story somewhere!

[bop-radar.livejournal.com]

Thanks dear!!

[bop-radar.livejournal.com]

I really did. Phew. *wipes brow* Home is all welcoming and restful though I'm fighting KILLER jetlag still. *hugs heaps* I got packages from you! And owe you stuff!! Expect long rambly email shortly... I just have so much love for you and Jessica for putting me up after Vividcon--that was one of the highlights of my trip, even if we did spend much of the time dozing on the sofa and staring blankly into space and (me at least) thinking 'did that really happen?!'

[bop-radar.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much!! I totally understood when I undertook it that many people are not Oliver fans and it would be a hard sell to many. I respect that, I do, even if he hits all the right notes for me (despite craptastic Smallville writing around him, as it is with all characters on that show).

[bop-radar.livejournal.com]

Dude, I edited AROUND the nekkid most of the time, I SWEAR. In this vid he is mainly clothed. Far, FAR more clothed than in the actual show.

[bop-radar.livejournal.com]

Gah! Your icon! I wanted to use that moment, you know, but never quite found the right place for it. I also wanted to use (of course) Oliver buying Clark from the caviar mafia but again... somehow couldn't work it in. Clearly this just means I've got another Oliver vid in me somewhere...

[bop-radar.livejournal.com]

Oliver really comes across here as Lex 2.0, in every possible way, AND HE KNOWS IT. And it's eating him from the inside, but no matter how he fights it, he just winds up reinforcing it.
OMG I LOVE YOU! ((HUGS)) Thank you, yes, THAT. I'm so glad that came through to you (or to someone)--I really REALLY got into his Epic Angst about that while making this vid, which I think gets somewhat buried on the show because they shove his plot into corners in most episodes and then randomly showcase it occasionally without proper development. I will be honest--his plot is not as coherent as this vid makes out (I'm not being boastful--it's just Smallville, you know how it is), but there was some absolute GOLD in the Oliver plot in early Season 9 that sustained me with the show long after everything else had pissed me off.

The thing I really get into is that he becomes the man he destroys, and is painfully self-conscious about it, and that is just SO fascinating/sexy/angst-ridden in the best possible way.

[bop-radar.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much! I feel really flattered. I am well aware that many people have Epic Issues with him (I appreciate how that can be--I have Epic Issues with other characters so it's all good. *G*)

[serenography.livejournal.com]

YAY! I finally get to see this vid!

Oh, Ollie... I really do love the guy, and your vid is filled with reminders of why. I was blown away by how amazing your editing was with this vid. Stellar work, my friend. I love that you showed the importance of both Lois and Tess to Ollie. Wow, I almost forgot how he really kissed the hell out of Lois. Blasphemy or not, I loved those two together. Then again, he and Tess had some nice chemistry in the beginning too.

What a great song you chose for an Ollie vid. The ending shot was just perfect!

[bop-radar.livejournal.com]

Oh that's lovely of you to say--I was kind of worried that it could only disappoint after expectation! The song is honestly EVERYTHING with this vid--in making it whenever I got off track I just had to ask myself 'what is most true to the song?' and then I could find the best solution. Thank you so much, I'm glad you liked it!

[bop-radar.livejournal.com]

Hell yes!! That would be awesome if you think it would work! :D

[bop-radar.livejournal.com]

Wheee! WIN!

[bop-radar.livejournal.com]

Awwww, thank you SO much! I am so glad the colouring worked--I kind of went crazycakes with it, I know it's really over the top but I wanted that comic book aesthetic to be diled up REALLY high and I squeeed so much when people said that's how it came across.

What I understand about this show from this vid is that there is a hot guy who fires arrows and gets to be all mopey and tragic, right? :D
CORRECT. What you also need to know is that he is naked MOST OF THE TIME. Seriously! I had to actually fight hard to find clips of him with clothes on! Which gives the strange impression that I was opposed to his nudity but as I explained to someone at the con, he's so objectified on the show with his shirtlessness that it actually throws you 'out' of the character in the vid--whereas I wanted to really draw people in to his world and perspective--i.e. I wanted subjectification/empathy not objectification. However as a viewer most of the time? I'll take the objectification, oh yes I will. :D Cassidy Freeman (who is a darling) once commented that Justin (who plays Oliver) is 'what girls are like on most shows' and apparently has a long-suffering attitude towards his constant nudity: 'You want me to be shirtless AGAIN? REALLY?!'

[bop-radar.livejournal.com]

EXACTLY! I had to work hard to find those shirted shots. *nods*

Thank you so much! Feedback from you always makes me squeeeeeeeee.

[bop-radar.livejournal.com]

Oh wow, thank you so so much! I'm thrilled you enjoyed it, and there needs to be more Oliver love in the world. I'm really glad you could go there with both Lois and Tess. When I started I honestly wasn't sure how I would manage to juggle Oliver's many women but it happened really organically. I also had to give in to my massive Lollie shipperness and confess that I just want them to be together FOREVER AND EVER OMG. But Ollie can bring sexual chemistry with anyone and he uses his powers for good! He's Michael-like that way.

[sisabet.livejournal.com]

You posted it! FINALLY! YAY!

*scampers off to rec*

[bop-radar.livejournal.com]

MWAH! Thank you! We're going to form the mutual fangirling society because I shall in due course be loving on/reccing your vids too! And I was just *nodnodding* in bradcpu's journal just then about how you totally PWND the whole con.

[sisabet.livejournal.com]

I don't know how much I PWND the con since I spent thursday/friday unable to loosen up even a little bit and omg tense in the crowd. Luckily, I got a reality check before CVV and after that? Fantastic con.

Also, I think this was the year to vid SV. People are ready for SV again. It only took 9 years!!! REVIVAL!

[cass404.livejournal.com]

This was amazing.