In this re-imagined narrative, Edward Cullen from the Twilight Series meets Buffy the Vampire Slayer. It's an example of transformative storytelling serving as a pro-feminist visual critique of Edward's character and generally creepy behavior. Seen through Buffy's eyes, some of the more sexist gender roles and patriarchal Hollywood themes embedded in the Twilight saga are exposed - in hilarious ways. Ultimately this remix is about more than a decisive showdown between the slayer and the sparkly vampire. It also doubles as a metaphor for the ongoing battle between two opposing visions of gender roles in the 21ist century.

• Read my post on why I made this remix via WIMN:
http://www.wimnonline.org/WIMN sVoicesBlog/?p=1272

• Frequently Asked Questions post about the remix, including why I intentionally left the color differences:
http://www.rebelliouspixels.co m/2009/faq-on-buffy-vs-edward

• Download this remix for your ipod/iphone, cell phone or get a large take home version: http://www.rebelliouspixels.co m

• Help by adding, editing and correcting subtitle translations into other languages on: http://www.dotSUB.com

• This transformative remix work constitutes a fair-use of any copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the US copyright law. "Buffy vs Edward (Twilight Remixed)" by Jonathan McIntosh is licensed under a Creative Commons BY-NC-3.0 License - permitting non-commercial sharing with attribution. http://creativecommons.org/lic enses/by-nc/3.0/

• Learn about fair-use at the Center for Social Media: http://www.centerforsocialmedi a.org
• Learn about fan based transformative works at the Organization for Transformative Works:
http://transformativeworks.org
• Though this is not a "vid" it is inspired by vidding. Learn about the long history of fannish vidding:
http://www.fanlore.org

• Since people are asking for the music snippets:
0:05 'Panic Attack' - X-Ray Dog
0:39 'Clandestine Spirit' - X-Ray Dog
1:45 'Play it by Ear' - Summercamp
3:10 'Mercy of Darkness' - Two Steps from Hell [&]
3:39 'Power of One' - X-Ray Dog (Twilight Trailer)
5:00 'Gothic Power' - X-Ray Dog (LOTR Trailer)
5:35 'Eyes on Fire' - Blue Foundation (Twilight Soundtrack)

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Jonathan McIntosh (Team Buffy)
http://www.rebelliouspixels.co m
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A new reality television show where candidates compete for American votes!

Presidential hopefuls must present their positions on major issues in front of our live studio audience then face hard-hitting critiques from our panel of judges. Viewers at home will delight in the spectacle as candidates are challenged in ways never before seen in mainstream media.

In this week's episode, only two weeks before the election, Senator Obama and Senator McCain have their feet held to the fire over shockingly similar positions on energy and foreign policy.

Who will be this season's champion and take home the grand prize? You'll have to watch and decide for yourself, then participate in the show by casting a vote* for your favorite performer on November 4th!

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*Some restrictions may apply. In certain areas these include, but are not limited to, faulty electronic voting systems, racist voter laws and/or voter roll purges. See your local polling place for details.



FAIR USE NOTICE:
This video is a satirical transformative work and constitutes a 'fair use' of any copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the US Copyright Law.

APPROPRIATED SOURCE MATERIAL:
So You Think You Can Dance Season 3 & 4
2008 US Presidential Debates 1, 2 & 3 PBS, BBC, PBS
Road to the White House MSNBC
"The Politics of Dancing" sung by Re-Flex

PRODUCTION INFO:
It is an example of a Political Remix Video and was created by re-cutting and re-framing fragments of pop culture media to construct a new re-imagined narrative.

Remixed by Jonathan McIntosh
For widescreen and higher-res see:
www.rebelliouspixels.com

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A new reality television show where candidates compete for American votes!

Presidential hopefuls must present their positions on major issues in front of our live studio audience then face hard-hitting critiques from our panel of judges. Viewers at home will delight in the spectacle as candidates are challenged in ways never before seen in mainstream media.

In this week's episode, only two weeks before the election, Senator Obama and Senator McCain have their feet held to the fire over shockingly similar positions on energy and foreign policy.

Who will be this season's champion and take home the grand prize? You'll have to watch and decide for yourself, then participate in the show by casting a vote* for your favorite performer on November 4th!

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*Some restrictions may apply. In certain areas these include, but are not limited to, faulty electronic voting systems, racist voter laws and/or voter roll purges. See your local polling place for details.



FAIR USE NOTICE:
This video is a satirical transformative work and constitutes a 'fair use' of any copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the US Copyright Law.

APPROPRIATED SOURCE MATERIAL:
So You Think You Can Dance Season 3 & 4
2008 US Presidential Debates 1, 2 & 3 PBS, BBC, PBS
Road to the White House MSNBC
"The Politics of Dancing" sung by Re-Flex

PRODUCTION INFO:
It is an example of a Political Remix Video and was created by re-cutting and re-framing fragments of pop culture media to construct a new re-imagined narrative.

Remixed by Jonathan McIntosh
For widescreen and higher-res see:
www.rebelliouspixels.com

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EN has released Joss' speech when he received his award last month.

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This was part of my senior media studies thesis at Vassar College.

It is a recut trailer of what the images in Pretty Woman could have also communicated.

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Well, it's sort of hard to ignore.

My Star Trek review. Song: "Too Many D!cks on the Dance Floor," Flight of the Conchords

http://sloanesomething.livejou rnal.com

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Video Showing how Hollywood dehumanized arabs and muslims.

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It's Bush as you've never heard him before in a re-mix of U.S. foreign policy, created from the Commander-in-Chief's "Moment of Truth" speech delivered on the eve of the invasion of Iraq.

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My video has been featured on this website:
http://www.politicalremixvideo .com/2009/03/07/kirk-is-a-woma nizer/

"This vid, by 16 (at the time) year old ImaginarySanity, casts James T. Kirk from the original 1960s Star Trek series as the subject of Britany Spears hit song Womanizer. It layers appropriated clips of the Starship captains romances-of-the-week combined with a series of colored filters and motion effects to match the video to the beat of the audio. It is no secret that sexism plagued the first Star Trek series and considering Kirks notorious skirt-chasing, we think the vid exposes his inner womanizer perfectly.

ImaginarySanity also playfully hints at a mass media double standard: while its acceptable (and often expected) for men to be sexually available and have multiple partners without settling down, women who engage in similar sexual activity are criticized and often portrayed as sluts. As the ending credits indicate this vid characterizes Kirk as the male slut and portrays his Casanova ways in a more critical light."

This project has taken me about 3 months to finish, and it's probably the craziest editing I've ever done. This video is symbolizing the stereotype of Captain James T. Kirk being a womanizer. (of course in reality he only sleeps with about 2 women, but he usually uses the women he kisses in one way or another for the benefit of the good in the episode)

Oh yes, and this video is NON-SLASH....although there are hints of it at the beginning & end.

Download this video from my website:
http://www.imaginarysanity.blo gspot.com

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A Political Remix Video commercial targeting the US Army's role in American acts of torture around the world and the negative effect on our children. This video is parody and criticism and constitutes a 'fair use' work under Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107.

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Video Showing how Hollywood dehumanized arabs and muslims.

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On December 13th, 2005 Stanley 'Tookie' Williams was put to death after final request for clemency by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger were denied. This work is in opposition of the death penalty.

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http://www.mediaed.org

bell hooks is one of America's most accessible public intellectuals. In this two-part video, extensively illustrated with many of the images under analysis, she makes a compelling argument for the transformative power of cultural criticism.

In Part One, hooks discusses the theoretical foundations and positions that inform her work (such as the motives behind representations, as well as their power in social and cultural life). hooks also explains why she insists on using the phrase "white supremacist capitalist patriarchy" to describe the interlocking systems of domination that define our reality.

In Part Two, she domonstrates the value of cultural studies in concrete analysis through such subjects as the OJ Simpson case, Madonna, Spike Lee, and Gangsta rap. The aim of cultural analysis, she argues, should be the production of enlightened witnesses - audiences who engaged with the representations of cultural life knowledgeably and vigilantly.

"The issue is not freeing ourselves from representations. It's really about being enlightened witnesses when we watch representations." -bell hooks

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renowned intellectual bell hooks examines popular culture in the context of patriarchy, white supremacy, and capitalism.

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renowned intellectual bell hooks examines popular culture in the context of patriarchy, white supremacy, and capitalism.

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