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

[mresundance.livejournal.com]

Every time I watch this vid I fall in love with it a little more. You carry the narrative so well and everything is so transparent. The colors are DELICIOUS in this and it's probably the best argument I have seen in vid form to watch Smallville. 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

Sexy as heck vid and great work. Massively entertaining and well edited. This is no small feat!

[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?!'