Crystal Ball by Polarbear

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• "Crystal Ball" 04-08-2007
  Desmond struggles with the responsibilities of his past and present weighing heavy on his shoulders. Has he changed his future for the worse?
• Fandom: Lost
  Song: Crystal Ball by Keane
  Vidder: Polarbear
  Length: 3:51 (14.6MB WMV)
  Program: Sony Vegas
• Characters/Ships: Desmond Hume, Penny Widmore, "Despenny"

Comments:

• Aislynn posted on 13.04. at 06:06
  Downloading! Resisting...urge...to...ask...for...hints...
  
  (At least until after I have a look at the hi-res version! )
• Polarbear posted on 13.04. at 06:02
  Added a new high quality link with which you should be able to see the easter egg clearly
• Polarbear posted on 13.04. at 05:12
  Thanks for noticing those things Ais
  
  Here's the inscription I put on Eko's stick: "Be strong and do not lose courage for there is reward for your work." A real quote from Chronicles
  
  I'm glad you liked the nightstand pic. That wasn't so easy to get the picture fading in from black in relative time with the lamp turning on
  
  As for the easter egg that noone has caught. I just realised you can't actually see it properly on YT :/ Try watching/downloading the putfile link hopefully it will be better.
  
  Thanks for the comments Ais!
  
  

  wolffootball37 wrote:

  Its funny, i was looking back at some old old vids and noticed that the vids nowadays comming in just kept getting better and better. It must be either you guys have set the bar for the type of quality vids should be comming in, or you guys just improved tremendously as vidders, or both! Anyway Paul ive watched it like 23 times and still love it!!!

  
  
  oo a number it's all coming together *rubs hands* Glad you enjoy it Trey
• Aislynn posted on 13.04. at 03:52
  Whoooooooa. [/end Keanu voice]
  
  I love that opening with the half-naked Des on the flying carpet! Seriously, that was just amazing animation that fit the song and vid so well! (The "half-naked Des" thing didn't hurt either... )
  
  Man, I barely know where to begin! I loved all the little bits where the "usual" pics were changed! The one on Penny's nightstand where she's turning on the light made me go "Hey, wait a minute!" and have to go back and watch it again! And I loved how "Make your own kind of music" was scrolling on the jukebox! And I believe there was a new inscription on Mr. Eko's staff, now wasn't there? *squee!* So cool!
  
  And this isn't even to mention the PWNatious (word of the day, lol ) beat use! *wild applause* Yet another fabulous vid from the House of Polarbear!
• wolffootball37 posted on 11.04. at 05:59
  

  Polarbear wrote:

  Tell me about it The quality of the tons of videos we've got has been excellent though Thanks KC!

  
  
  Its funny, i was looking back at some old old vids and noticed that the vids nowadays comming in just kept getting better and better. It must be either you guys have set the bar for the type of quality vids should be comming in, or you guys just improved tremendously as vidders, or both!
  
  Anyway Paul ive watched it like 23 times and still love it!!!
• Polarbear posted on 10.04. at 22:17
  Tell me about it The quality of the tons of videos we've got has been excellent though Thanks KC!
• SuperKC posted on 10.04. at 22:14
  Dude! That was awesome! It's crazy getting through all these new vids but I swear I'll get to them. Glad I saw this. Didn't even know it was yours till after I watched it pauly! I should have known! Great work!
• Polarbear posted on 10.04. at 05:05
  Ash Thanks hun!
  
  Leylin He does doesn't he Thanks!
  
  meandi I love Desmond videos aswell. I guess it's because he is still something of a noob. It's exciting to be learning new stuff about his character Thanks for the comments!
  
  Elle Well you are a princess Elle I'm sure you could knight me
  
  Brilliance at it's best I'll have to remember that one nice alliteration
  
  

  Quote:

  One question: How long did it take you to make?

  
  It took me about a month off an on. I'm a terribly slow vidder these days though. I fuss over a lot of things and I also find it hard to vid for long periods of time so I just do a couple of hours every day or so. Thanks for comments!
  
  Maria Really glad you thought the song was fitting. I thought so too ^_^
  
  

  Quote:

  I love how you managed to tell about his whole future-predicting-superpower (and how no one believes him - "vacant stares")

  
  Yep it's that noone believes him and sees him as weird I guess. I mean that's all he gets from people WTF? lol The poor guy *hugs Desmond*
  
  The idea with Liam was that somehow Des had changed the past and written himself out of the photo but by the end time had reversed and the original photo returned. It's okay if you guys didn't catch that cause it wasn't very clear
  
  Thanks!
  
  Phew this is tough work commenting *goes for tea break*
  
  Okay back now..
  
  Cinthia Glad you like the effects. They were just a tad indulgent so it's okay if people think they were a bit amateurish but you didn't so that's perfectly fine too I'm really enjoying this storyline too let's hope Des can save your man Charlie. Thank-you!
• cylune posted on 09.04. at 19:47
  Penny and Liam???? Crackship!!!!
  
  Amazing video Paul, loved the effects as usual (flying carpet Desmond!!). This is my favorite storyline of Lost ever and having a vid made by you about it is just icing on the cake. Great job and great video again!
• PsychoCynic posted on 09.04. at 16:54
  Wow, Paul.
  
  This was such great work!
  
  An amazing tribute to one of the best characters of "Lost" with such a frightening accurate song just for Desmond. I love how you managed to tell about his whole future-predicting-superpower (and how no one believes him - "vacant stares") as well as how his past with Penny (and Liam, supposedly ) haunts him. Fantastic editing too! A great vid to help us sympathize with the guy.