Gift for Kass by Sanguinity (The Middleman)

[fv_poster]

Title of vid: Pugnantos Malos Nehos Pugnetis
Recipient: Kass
Vidder: Sanguinity
Fandom: The Middleman
Music: The Mounties by Ron Sharpe
Summary: They always get their man, zombie, gorilla, puppet, tuba, and flying pike.
Content notes: Physical triggers (e.g., epilepsy or migraine: strobe lights, bright lights, "stuttery" cuts between 2-3 stills)
Signed length: 02:38
Signed URL:

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Lyrics
Far over the snow,

What are those voices?

(Over the snow!)

They sing as they go,

What are those voices?

(Sing as they go!)



Look out for the Mounties!

Here come the Mounties!

We come,

Somebody hide,

Somebody better hide!



On thru' the hail

Like a pack of angry wolves on the trail!

(We are after you!)

Dead or alive

We are out to get you dead or alive!

(And we'll get you soon!)



If you're the one

Better run, better run away

Son, you are done

Throw your gun, throw your gun away

Here come the Mounties

To get the man they're after now.

Comments

[kass]

*dying of glee*

I can't tell you how many times I literally laughed out loud while watching this vid -- so many fabulous perfect moments. The song choice is PERFECT. And you did such gorgeous things with the beautiful comic-book ridiculousness of this show. And all of the biff-bang-boom fight scenes, the tuba, the UFOs, you name it -- it's all in here, and I love it ALL.

Thank you so much, mystery vidder! You have totally made my week!

[sanguinity]

YAY! I could only hope that it make you laugh several times over, and I am so glad that it did! \o/

Isn't that song AMAZING? If you are going to re-record Eddy and MacDonald's greatest hits, you should GO BIG. And oh, did they ever!

You're very welcome, and I am so pleased that you enjoyed it!

[purplefringe]

Omfg this is HILARIOUS and I haven't even seen The Middleman yet. What beautiful timing, and fantastic use of some truly DORKY faces :-D I love it.

[sanguinity]

Matt Keeslar is the MASTER of the dorky face. And to add to the wonderful, there's a bodyswap episode and a mirror!verse episode, and Keeslar's not!Middleman and mirror!Middleman are utterly distinct from this one (but still both hilarious): it's such a joy to watch.

Yay, I'm glad you enjoyed it!

[isweedan]

Love this, love themmmm <33

[sanguinity]

<33

[livrelibre]

Hahaha ridiculously fun!

[sanguinity]

Hee, so glad you enjoyed!

[thingswithwings]

lol, this is just as goofy and fun as the show! love it.

[sanguinity]

I could ask for no better praise than "as goofy and fun as the show." :-D So glad you enjoyed!

[cofax7]

::cackles::

[sanguinity]

Oh, good! :-D

[chaila]

This is adorkable and delightful. :)

[sanguinity]

Hee, they really are. :-)

[cupidsbow]

Hahahaha! That's so much fun. :)

[sanguinity]

Thank you! I'm glad you enjoyed!

[rosaxx50]

The song choice! I grinned through this, and how my face hurts because I was smiling SO HARD.

[sanguinity]

Isn't that song amazing? If you're going to re-record Eddy and MacDonald's greatest hits in this day and age, GO BIG. :-D

I'm so glad you enjoyed it!

[valoise]

Fantastic!

[sanguinity]

Thank you!

[leanwellback]

GLORIOUS.

[sanguinity]

THANK YOU.

[were_duck]

This is so funny and great! I smiled a bunch :)

[sanguinity]

Oh, hooray! :-)

[sasha_feather]

This is really cute!

[sanguinity]

Yay, I'm glad you enjoyed!

[fairestcat]

This is delightful.

[sanguinity]

Thank you! I'm glad you enjoyed!

[starlady]

This is hilarious. I miss the show even more now. :D

[sanguinity]

Making vids for the show was a strange mix of "yay, I get to revel in the showness of the show" punctuated by intense moments of "why is this all there was??" (I especially miss not having footage of the finale. The table read is great, I'm glad to have that and the comic, but I would have loved to have the legions of Middlemen bursting out of the Underworld for this.

(Well, maybe. I thought I was going to have lots more Ida, and '69 Middleman, too, and... It didn't happen because reasons. BUT. I would have liked the option!)

But I digress! Thank you, and I'm glad you enjoyed!

[aris_tgd]

That was perfection. Laughing out loud over here!

[sanguinity]

Aw, thank you! I'm glad you enjoyed it. :-D

[skygiants]

Oh man, Matt Keeslar really is the platonic ideal of a Mountie, isn't he? This is DELIGHTFUL. Ace use of comic timing.

[sanguinity]

HE IS TRUE AND LOYAL AND VALIANT AND DOGGED AND INCORRUPTIBLE AND ALSO WHOLESOME. (His face and his expressions and his face!) Thank you!

[bingeling]

[sealclapping intensifies]

[sanguinity]

Hooray!

[echan]

The gravitas! The honour! The crime fighting! The absurdness! The awkward moments! The LAUGHTER OMG THE LULZ!!

[sanguinity]

Crime fighting is a VERY SERIOUS BUSINESS! Even when it's gorillas and pikes and vampire puppets and cursed tubas, the fate of the world HANGS IN THE BALANCE, DUBBIE!

I'm so glad you enjoyed, thank you! :-D

[usuallyhats]

This is a delight! I especially loved the bit with the collapsible cone - the timing on that was PERFECT. :D

[sanguinity]

Pretty much all of the sequences made me cackle when I first laid them down, but his DELIGHT and SATISFACTION in that traffic cone...! And Wendy's "FINE we will save the world with the proper placement of a TRAFFIC CONE."

I couldn't find a way to cram in his burning passion to do card tricks for the crowd, but the TRAFFIC CONE OF HIGH DRAMA makes up for it. :-D

Thank you, I'm so glad you enjoyed!

[metonymy]

Oh man. I'm not sure how Mr. Apple Pie and Cowboys Middleman would feel about being identified with that most Canadian of symbols besides maple syrup and ice hockey, but this vid was hilarious and really well put together.

[sanguinity]

Given how earnestly and respectfully he takes cross-cultural protocols, I imagine he would take it as the compliment it is.

(And it wouldn't surprise me AT ALL if he's got RCMP identification in the Middlemobile Filebox o' Fake IDs.)

I'm so glad you enjoyed it, thank you! :-)

[franzeska]

As square-jawed, morally upright, and 100% serious as the song!

(Man, I've got to watch The Middleman some time.)

[sanguinity]

YES, YES HE IS. :-D

The characterizations in the pilot are very slightly different than the characterizations thereafter, and I think the next couple of episodes are weak, but by the time you get to the fifth episode, it is nothing but joy and delight and big-hearted ridiculousness until the day they stopped filming it.

[credoimprobus]

This is brilliant and hilarious, omg. Your comic timing is impeccable. :D

[sanguinity]

Oh, thank you! Comic timing is kind of a squirrelly thing, and that is a lovely compliment. :-)

[swizzlespoon]

"They always get their man, zombie, gorilla, puppet, tuba, and flying pike."

Indeed they do.

I love this song choice and the title and the summary and this show and this vid!

Man, I miss this show.

[sanguinity]

Oh, thank you! I'm glad you enjoyed the summary -- it was that or Wendy's line about not waiting in the car while he does his "Dudley Do-Right thing" -- but I felt this was closer to the earnestness -- and the mechanics! -- of the fight against evil.

Making both of these vids, I almost almost forgot to miss the show. (Almost.)

Thank you, and I'm so glad you enjoyed!