I didn't see "Scissors", a machinima by acclaimed metaverse artist Bryn Oh, when it went online last August -- and if you haven't either, drop what you're doing and watch it right now:
I love the perfect blending of the music with dark shadows, the silhouette figures, the insects, the rain, all taking advantage of Second Life's best features, while avoiding its weak points. Some more on the machinima from the description:
A girl drops her scissors onto the grass when startled during a lightning storm. The scissors land in the soil, one blade piercing it, creating an almost religious symbol or icon which draws forth an Emperor Moth to perch upon it. From there other insects are slowly drawn to the mysterious artifact and soon begin to worship the symbol and its moth. Soon they begin to fight amongst themselves. The girl looks down upon the tiny world at her feet and is dismayed to see what her scissors have caused. A seemingly innocent tool taken and then distorted into something quite different. After seeing how they have changed, she ponders for a while, then eradicates them. A girl transformed into a Goddess for a little world of insects.
Easily the best SL machinima I've seen in months, maybe the best this year. And definitely among my favorite Bryn Oh machinimas, maybe right behind this one she did in 2010 for an online contest featuring music by Moby:
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