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• Member: Wassu
• Title: Filter feat KOS-MOS Method: (Can't You) Trip Like U-DO
• Premiered: 2004-04-25
• Categories:
  • Action
  • Character Profile
• Song:
  • Filter & The Crystal Method (Can't You) Trip Like I Do
• Anime:
  • Xenosaga (PS2)
• Comments: OK, wow, where do I begin? I guess I should start off with: THIS VIDEO IS EXTREMELY SPOILING, DO NOT WATCH IT UNLESS YOU'VE PLAYED THIS GAME OR ARE 135% SURE YOU NEVER EVER WILL.
  
  Alrighty then! This video was a collaboration between my husband and I. We're both HUGE Xenosaga fans. I've actually had the idea for this video in my head since I played the game... and I had it beat less than a week after its release. Feels so good to get it on "film". Also, thanks to the AMV forums for information on how to rip videos from the game.
  
  This video in no way, shape, or form is meant to go through the plot of KOS-MOS's role in Xenosaga. It is strictly a character profile on KOS-MOS, the scenes were chosen for their relevance to the lyrics or the way they went with the music, and are in no particular order. So, please don't judge with a "story" frame of mind.
  
  The digital effects... well, they're there. There are only a few and I used it to break up the scenes a little so they weren't so static. I really have a love/hate relationship with digital effects. I feel that too often they bog down a video. I prefer to let the footage speak for itself. But, there are digital effects here and there, just not many.
  
  A lot of hours and a LOT of effort went into this video. Just the fact that I had to work AROUND subtitles (there is NO footage with subs in this video) and I still managed to never repeat a same exact scene should say something. There was lots of footage I would have loved to have used but there were subtitles over it. I was only using PowerDirector and not thousand dollar video editing programs, either.
  
  All in all, I'm pleased. I hope you will be too. Please leave opinions on this one!
  
  ***NOTE ABOUT DIRECT LINK***
  
  I've found that though the direct link will start streaming without slowdown right off the bat, it WILL cut off early. Its weird though, it won't play all the way, but I noticed on my media player that I could jump through the entire video, so its all there. I would recommend right-click>save or let it stream through what it will and then watch it again. I've gotten a link problem report, but the full file IS THERE. If all else fails, just use the local link.