AX AMV rant
Jul. 5th, 2009 04:17 pm
We did one-day AX on Friday, which included the AMVs, and because AX's willful stupidity when it comes to any category except comedy (and refusal to adjust their categories beyond adding new ones) is an annual irritant, I'm posting at great length about it. Other things - like Emma season two, the month-ago trip to Japan, and the fact we finally have a caterer, will all wait.
As ever, the people what pick the finalists don't seem to understand how drama videos work, or like them (the emcee made a comment about drama videos as making you want to slit your wrists. STICK TO GOOD DRAMA VIDEOS AND MAYBE YOU WON'T HAVE THIS PROBLEM.) "Action," as always, is defined as "video set to metal or some other type of music with a pounding bass line," while the "pro" or "AMTV" category means "videos more about matching visuals to music than about any kind of theme or development" - some I liked, some I didn't, but remember back when the category was created because "Wizard of Ozaka" and a subsequent video by the same guy were essentially stepping away from any of the existing categories, creating original storylines out of multiple series - essentially coming up with fanfic in animated form rather than anything based on the originals? This year, the "pro" videos would have worked better as action than the existing action videos did. Agh.
Also, they didn't have enough pencils for everyone. So I can do atl;dr detailed tl;dr write-up because I still have my ballot! Woot!
So.
( Action )
( Drama )
( Comedy )
( Pro )
So, the highlights for me: Tick Tock, We Need You, Death Note Rhapsody, Assumption Song, and The Good Ship Lifestyle. The Nanoha and (both) Miyazaki videos were also good. Also, the fact that none of the best drama videos were IN DRAMA, that the labeled drama videos were not all that good, and that, judging by a comment on AMV.org, Death Note Rhapsody (a COMEDY) won drama. If by "highlight" I mean "LIRI SMASH" for that second part...
As ever, the people what pick the finalists don't seem to understand how drama videos work, or like them (the emcee made a comment about drama videos as making you want to slit your wrists. STICK TO GOOD DRAMA VIDEOS AND MAYBE YOU WON'T HAVE THIS PROBLEM.) "Action," as always, is defined as "video set to metal or some other type of music with a pounding bass line," while the "pro" or "AMTV" category means "videos more about matching visuals to music than about any kind of theme or development" - some I liked, some I didn't, but remember back when the category was created because "Wizard of Ozaka" and a subsequent video by the same guy were essentially stepping away from any of the existing categories, creating original storylines out of multiple series - essentially coming up with fanfic in animated form rather than anything based on the originals? This year, the "pro" videos would have worked better as action than the existing action videos did. Agh.
Also, they didn't have enough pencils for everyone. So I can do a
So.
( Action )
( Drama )
( Comedy )
( Pro )
So, the highlights for me: Tick Tock, We Need You, Death Note Rhapsody, Assumption Song, and The Good Ship Lifestyle. The Nanoha and (both) Miyazaki videos were also good. Also, the fact that none of the best drama videos were IN DRAMA, that the labeled drama videos were not all that good, and that, judging by a comment on AMV.org, Death Note Rhapsody (a COMEDY) won drama. If by "highlight" I mean "LIRI SMASH" for that second part...