Special BitTorrent Edition of Buffy vs Edward

I’m excited to announce a special BitTorrent exclusive edition of my remix video “Buffy vs Edward: Twilight Remixed“. It’s an example of fair-use transformative storytelling where The Slayer takes on Edward Cullen’s character and generally creepy behavior.  Since its release at the Open Video Conference in 2009 the mash-up has been seen well over 3 million times, nominated for a Webby Award and subtitled into 30 languages by fans from all over the world.

So to celebrate the one-year anniversary of the video going viral, I’m releasing a special BitTorrent edition that includes higher-res video, better sound quality all 30 fan-subs, line-of-sight corrections and five deleted scenes that did not make the final cut (complete with audio commentary).

Download the Buffy vs Edward Special Edition torrent file here
Video formats: mp4, H.264, 720 x 405, AAC, Stereo, 48.000 kHz, 29.97 fps

Files included in the torrent:
• Buffy vs Edward: Twilight Remixed  – (mp4  | 273.6MB)
• Deleted Scenes from Buffy vs Edward – (mp4 | 86.8MB)
• McIntosh Interview on Remixing – (mp4 | 92.7MB)
• About Buffy vs Edward – (txt | 4KB)
• SUBS folder – (str | 290KB)

NOTE: You will need a BitTorrent client application to download the special edition remix – something like Transmission (MAC) or uTorrent (PC) or the super easy-to-use Miro (MAC/PC/LINUX). It’s a a simple two step process. First download this .torrent file to your computer.  Second open that file with one of the above mentioned client applications and then wait for your copy of the Buffy vs Edward Special Edition to download to your computer! After you have it please seed to share with others.

UPDATE: You can also download the special Buffy vs Edward torrent file from the appropriately named kickasstorrents.com

Buffy vs Edward (Twilight Remixed)

Well over 3 million views & subtitled into 30 languages!

NEW - Download the Special BitTorrent Edition with Deleted Scenes

Description:
In this remixed narrative Edward Cullen from the Twilight Series meets Buffy the Vampire Slayer at Sunnydale High. It’s an example of transformative storytelling serving as a pro-feminist visual critique of Edward’s character and generally creepy behavior. Seen through Buffy’s eyes, some of the more sexist gender roles and patriarchal Hollywood themes embedded in the Twilight saga are exposed in hilarious ways. Ultimately this remix is about more than a decisive showdown between the slayer and the sparkly vampire. It also doubles as a metaphor for the ongoing battle between two opposing visions of gender roles in the 21ist century.

Press:
• NPR Radio – When Fair Use Isn’t Fair
• LA Times – Meet the man who staked ‘Twilight’s’ leading vamp
• Boston Globe – The remix is better than the Hollywood movie Vampires Suck
• Jezebel – Buffy Shuts Down Edward Cullen In The Best Clip Ever
• LA Weekly – Pop Culture Hacker Jonathan McIntosh on Buffy vs Edward
• Entertainment Weekly – Twilight and Buffy: Together at last!
• Perez Hilton – Edward Cullen meets Buffy Summers
• After Ellen – Buffy vs Edward: Place your bets now
• Washington City Paper – Buffy Vs. Edward Cullen: A Feminist Mash-Up
• Slate – Jung, Buffy, Twilight, Virginia Woolf—and Happiness
• Change.org – Buffy vs Edward Cullen
• Vanity Fair – Buffy Could Kick Edward Cullen’s Precious Sparkly Ass
• New York Post – Edward Cullen, Dusted by Buffy
• Technology Review Magazine – Open Video in Practice
• Sociological Images – Is it Romance, or Stalking?

In Depth:
• Bitch Magazine / WIMN – What Would Buffy Do? Notes on Dusting Edward Cullen
• Compare the original stalking scenes from Buffy and Twilight on Critical Commons
• Check out my answers to frequently asked questions about the remix

Awards:
• Won the Short Mr. Pointy Award for WWBD? essay from the Whedon Studies Association
• Nominated for Best Remix/Mashup Video in the 2009 Webby Awards

Other Video Formats: (right click and save)
• higher-res special BitTorrent edition 435mb
• iphone/ipod version 40mb
• 3gp cell phone version 5mb
• web streaming on blip.tv

Subtitles & Translations:
• Closed caption option available on the youtube version for those that find it useful
• Link to the full english transcript from “Buffy vs Edward”
• Subtitled in – Czech, Russian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Swedish, Hebrew, Ukrainian, Slovak, Lithuanian, Chinese, Malay, Dutch, Danish, Romanian, Tagalog, Slovenian, Arabic, Japanese, Turkish, German, Italian, French, Hungarian, Portuguese (Brazil & Portugal), Indonesian, Finnish & Spanish via DotSub.com
• You can help by adding, editing or fixing the translations here

Fair-use Notice & License:
This is a transformative work and constitutes a fair-use of any copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the US copyright law. “Buffy vs Edward (Twilight Remixed)” by Jonathan McIntosh is licensed under a Creative Commons BY-NC-3.0 License permitting non-commercial sharing with attribution. Find out more about fair use at the Center for Social Media and more about fan based transformative works at the Organization for Transformative Works.

Discussion & Reviews:
A quick list of some of my favorite reactions and debates on the remix: jezebel.com, pandagon.net, smartbitchestrashybooks.com, pixiepalace.com, whedonesque.com and this Twilight fan blog. I’m sure there are many more out there – feel free to comment with links.

“It’s really good, I liked the girl power it showed. I’ve watched it like 10 times and showed it to my friends. It’s the best thing I have ever seen on the internet!”
— Dawi Zarni, age 10 Twilight fan on Buffy vs Edward

Special Thanks:
Thanks to Ryanne Hodson for all her help with the video encoding. Also to Anita Sarkeesian for consulting throughout the project, as well as to Francesca Coppa and Martin Leduc for help beta testing the narrative. Although this work is not a “vid“, it was influenced by vidding and vidders like Laura Shaprio. Thanks to bell hooks for her inspirational writing on pop culture, feminism, racism and love. And lastly, of course, to Joss Whedon for writing Buffy as a strong complex female character on television.

“..it’s true that Edward hasn’t come up against a kick-ass woman like Buffy. I’m really glad that she didn’t end up doing the smoochies with him.”
— Marti Noxon, executive producer of Buffy on the remix