Animorphs - We Can't Tell You Who We Are (by stephantom)

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Vid Title: We can't tell you who we are ~ Animorphs DreamCast
Vidder: stephantom
Fandom: Animorphs
Summary: Dedicated to everyone who loved the crap out of these books as a preteen in the late 90s.
Reccer's Comments:
Vid for the book series of my childhood!! (There was also a tv show, but we don't talk about that.) The vidder does a fantastic job melding such a variety of sources into a cohesive vid. (I'm especially impressed with the way she found footage that looked like some of the more unique aliens in the series.) The colouring used creates a consistent "look" without being distracting. It's just a pretty vid.

The casting is also interesting to me. Keke Palmer has long been my choice for Cassie, and this vid provides further evidence of her perfection for the role. But even the casting choices I was hesitant on worked for me in the context of the vid. Andrew Garfield, whose face is so full of emotion, seemed an odd choice for Tobias, who, while sensitive, is notably for rarely making facial expressions when in human form. Stephantom managed to pick out moments with just the right subtlety of expression.

I honestly think this vid would be enjoyable even to people unfamiliar with the books. The series involves a group of teenagers with the ability to turn into animals, which they use to battle a secret invasion of Earth. The aliens they fight are slug-creatures that infest the brain, taking control of other sentient beings. Cue trauma.