Celebratory vids (not surprisingly) work best for me when I share the enthusiasm for the fandom.
I'm the same way, so it's been interesting to see other people in this comment thread mentioning vids for shows that they don't know well. I suppose I've had a couple of those over the years, but for me the joy of celebratory vids is that they distill something I already love into a single pure hit of unadulterated happiness.
I dimly remember Silence, although I'm not sure I still have a copy. BtVS: Abridged I know I still have; it's one of my favorites too.
Both of these vids are basically saying "Remember when this happened? And that? And wasn't it awesome?"
You're making me think about the different ways that vids can be celebratory, or things that they can celebrate; "Walking On Sunshine" is all about the excitement of new directions, a new season starting, new possibilities, but like you I find that many of my favorites are partly about nostalgia—meaning not just that they make me nostalgic for the show (although that too!) but that they were always nostalgic: they're about celebrating the whole run of a show.
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I'm the same way, so it's been interesting to see other people in this comment thread mentioning vids for shows that they don't know well. I suppose I've had a couple of those over the years, but for me the joy of celebratory vids is that they distill something I already love into a single pure hit of unadulterated happiness.
I dimly remember Silence, although I'm not sure I still have a copy. BtVS: Abridged I know I still have; it's one of my favorites too.
Both of these vids are basically saying "Remember when this happened? And that? And wasn't it awesome?"
You're making me think about the different ways that vids can be celebratory, or things that they can celebrate; "Walking On Sunshine" is all about the excitement of new directions, a new season starting, new possibilities, but like you I find that many of my favorites are partly about nostalgia—meaning not just that they make me nostalgic for the show (although that too!) but that they were always nostalgic: they're about celebrating the whole run of a show.