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

[bananainpyjamas.livejournal.com]

Whee, it's posted!! Yay now I don't have to bust out my DVDs to watch. :D :D Like I told you at the con, this was immense fun to watch and is IMO your best in terms of motion. I think you did a good job of taking us through Ollie's story and showing how he ended up in such a dark place.

The Black Canary section at 1:08? Totally baited the shipper in me whether you meant it or not. Seriously, I got chills. :D :D But I have to say, the sexiest moment of the vid was probably the bit with Hawkman at 2:33. And that's saying a lot coming from someone with a complete lack of slash goggles.

The ending is also especially evocative. My favorite bit is the cut from the eyes closeup to "MURDERER" and then the shaky flashback montage. The mood is very "ME AGAINST THE WORLD" which is pretty reminiscent of Batman, so if you wanted to show the Ollie is SV's Dark Knight, mission accomplished. ;)

[bop-radar.livejournal.com]

*so blushy and thrilled* I have to tell you that your feedback at the con meant more to me than anyone else's. When you said my motion had improved? Internally I was all 'ok nothing else needs to happen now--I can go home happy!' Because a) I know you wouldn't bullshit me, and b) You have really high standards. :) I was thrilled!

I am SO HAPPY that the Black Canary section popped for you! I really did deliberately want to turn things up high with them. It was really hard because she couldn't be in the whole vid but I wanted to make sure she held signficant ground (even if Oliver is off being lost with others right now!). I kept asking supacat if it was too much but she backed me up that the vid could carry it. BC has such presence!

Heeeee re. Hawkman at 2.33! Hilariously you're the only person to mention that so far (presumably everyone else takes it for granted). And yeah, I couldn't resist. :p

Getting 'Murderer' in the right place was haaaaaard. Glad it worked! And that's exactly the feeling I was going for with the ending. :) YAY!!!