Space Girl
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| Vid | |
|---|---|
| Title: | Space Girl |
| Creator: | Charmax |
| Date: | 30 May 2011 |
| Format: | digital vid |
| Length: | 03:54 min |
| Music: | Space Girl - The Imagined Village |
| Genre: | |
| Fandom: | Multifandom/Science Fiction |
| Footage: | |
| URL: | Space Girl (LiveJournal) Space Girl (YouTube) |
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Space Girl is a multifandom vid by Charmax, that focuses on women in science fiction film and television. The vid premiered at Wiscon 2011.
Summary
My momma told me I should never watch Sci-fi but I did, I did, I did.
Source in order of appearance
Recs and Reactions
If you only watch one vid, watch the one that opened our Premieres show, Charmax’s “Space Girl”[1]
I laughed and I cried. That's not hyperbole. I was totally crying by the end. It's just fantastic.[2]
[...] it's a fascinating look at female characters through half a century of sci-fi and how far we've come, and in some cases, how far we haven't.[3]
It's a history of women in science fiction and it is brilliantly executed. It starts off with black and white footage and then makes this seamless transition to colour that is brilliant to watch. [...] The music that its set to is integral to the vid and there are some fantastic sequences in this.[4]
[...] a heartfelt celebration of women in science fiction going back to the 1950s, but it's also a wickedly critical piece of work, showing the problematic roles (and problematic outfits!) women have historically had in sci fi. The song choice is inspired, allowing all sorts of deliciously ironic juxtapositions. Funny, sad, exuberant, saucy.[5]
It is, of course, an amazing vid. It's basically the entire history of televised science fiction as seen through the lens of female characters, with all the kitch and tropes and awesomeness and awe that suggests. Amazing.[6]
One of my favourite vids ever, that takes a modern performance of a 1952 song and shows us how far women in science fiction have come.[7]
such a fantastic song, and such an amazing timeline of women in space on screen, from the beginning. I could watch this ten times in a row, and I actually have.[8]
This is one of my top 5 vids of all time.[8]
This vid is a classic: a joyous tribute to women in sci fi, inviting us on a journey through female characters in sci fi history, with seamless editing to a pitch-perfect song. I love the overall celebratory feel of watching this, but at the same time it doesn’t shy away from acknowledging the ways that sci fi as a genre has treated its female characters. I was surprised to realize that it was first posted back in 2011 (what even is time!); I remember this one so vividly, and have returned to it multiple times![9]
References
- ^ WisCon Vid Party / Space Girl post by skud, 3 June 2011. (Accessed 25 Nov 2011)
- ^ Vid Rec: Run don't walk etc. by cesperanza, 30 May 2011. (Accessed 25 Nov 2011)
- ^ Vid recs by netgirl-y2k, 2 Oct 2011. (Accessed 25 Nov 2011)
- ^ Female Centric Multifandom Vids: Recs and Meta post by kiki-eng, 20 Sep 2011. (Accessed 25 Nov 2011)
- ^ Vid Rec: Multi-Fandom by laurashapiro, 30 May 2011. (Accessed 25 Nov 2011)
- ^ "Eyes Turned Skyward, July 10, 2011 Livejournal post". Archived from the original on 2022-06-05.
- ^ "March 25, 2020 Tumblr post". Archived from the original on 2022-06-05.
- ^ a b Rec by intransitive posted to Fancake
- ^ "Vid rec: Space Girl (multifandom) by Charmax". Archived from the original on 2023-07-12.