So Long, and Thanks for All the Hay

January 9th, 2009: Took second place in the WMM Spoof/Parody category of Momo's AMV Contest!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_zYZdaGvUA
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A Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron fanvid to "The Dolphins" and "So Long and Thanks for All the Fish" from The Hitchhikker's Guide to the Galaxy film's soundtrack.

Perhaps on Spirit's version of Earth, it goes (1) mice, (2) horses, (3) humans, and the Question is "How many horses must be in a herd?"

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Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron created by Dreamworks SKG. The Hitchhikker's Guide to the Galaxy in all its permutations created by Douglas Adams. Further credits in the video file.

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Film & Animation

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• animation
• spirit
• stallion
• cimarron
• dolphin
• horse
• mustang
• hitchikker's
• guide
• galaxy
• don't
• panic
• fanvid

[hollyshortrules]

Damn it! I'm going to be listening to this for _hours_ now... :( ah well, it's a nice change from caramelldansen.

(found you from fanvidrants :D)

[SparkyLurkdragon]

Oh dear Dog, someone who knows what a fanvid is on this video.

I may faint from surprise and happiness. :3

[wildfilly]

OMG LOL ^^ I love it ^^ very well made - where did you get the download of stallion of the cimarron ^^

[hollyshortrules]

Aww, yeah. And though a audio edit _would_ make this even _more_ awesome, it's fairly obvious what you mean here.

Also, HORSIES! (... and my backlog of things to check out got even _bigger_.)

[Zeldarulah]

Ya'know a minute ago I was wondering why ivykid said what he said, but now I see why. So I'm gonna go ahead and quote him on it.

"i don`t care.:-( "

[SparkyLurkdragon]

Perhaps I'm asking for it since I don't really like the convention of naming fanvids stuff like "Spirit: Evangelion Theme" or suchlike. Sure, it's convention on YT, but so are intros (nnngh) and calling all fanvids AMVs. I enjoy coming up with plays on either the song's name or some lyrics that tie into the video source.

Also, description, seriously. If I was singing a parody of the song instead of vidding up a crackvid I would have said so.

[Zeldarulah]

That doesn't change the fact that it's horribly misleading, a name like "So Long and Thanks for All The Hay" Well lets think for a minute, dolphins eat fish, horses eat hay, oh my, I bet this will be a parody of the song, where the audio's been edited to fit, but no, oh well.

[SparkyLurkdragon]

(darn character limit)

And, yes, I know the song's real name. It's right there in the credits. "So Long and Thanks for All The Hay" is the FANVID'S title.

[SparkyLurkdragon]

Hey, if it falls flat for you, that's fine. Can't please everyone.

And now for the grumpy defense: part of the humour's at least supposed to come from the ludicrous juxtaposition, just like serious fanvids gain their weight from appropriate matching of the song and video. Perhaps it's just too much to ask viewers to have a little imagination when watching obvious crack?

[Zeldarulah]

You may not share my intelect, which may explain your disrespect =P

but, I know exactly what a fanvid is, that doesn't change the fact that you can't just change the title of the song, and expect the music to magically change to match it, which is what makes this video not work out, I mean it's about dolphins flying into space, sorry, but doesn't particularly remind me of this movie about Spirit the Stallion.

[SparkyLurkdragon]

Why does this video seem to attract so many people who apparently have no idea what a fanvid is?