Project Awesomesocks
I've been working on this for the past several days, and I believe it is the coolest thing I have ever or will ever produce in my lifetime. (Sorry, hypothetical future children, if you're reading this and feel jilted. But you are just not as awesome as this video.) Watch, please; I want it to become so popular on YouTube that the SciFi channel is so overcome by its awesomeness that it has no choice but to hurl huge sacks of money at Joss Whedon and Tim Minear (I'm so much a fan that I know the other guy's name, too!) so that they will write more shows.



EDIT January 11, 12:15 AM: Holy mother of all that is sweet and buttery, somebody dropped the internet on me. Thank you to everyone who commented! This was a ton of fun to make, and I'm so happy that other people enjoy it as much as I do. My dad deserves a lot of thanks for helping me learn the video editing software, and of course none of this would be awesome at all without the extreme talent of everyone involved with both Wicked and Serenifly.

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	The Wicked Firefly (Anonymous) 2008-01-10 06:40 am UTC (link)
	This is actually much better than your inevitably fine children. This was sent to me by Tim. Joy. -joss. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	Re: The Wicked Firefly ladybrick 2008-01-11 05:39 am UTC (link)
	And proof that this comment was left by Joss... he personally posted a link on Whedonesque. Wonderful video, by the way :) I haven't seen Wicked as of yet, but I've listened to the soundtrack more than a few times. (Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)

Re: The Wicked Firefly - (Anonymous), 2008-01-15 03:55 am UTC

Re: The Wicked Firefly - pandoradeloeste, 2008-01-11 07:04 am UTC

Re: The Wicked Firefly - sunshineguinn, 2008-01-11 04:36 pm UTC

Re: The Wicked Firefly - morgan303, 2008-01-14 09:59 am UTC

Re: The Wicked Firefly - morgan303, 2008-01-14 11:56 am UTC

Re: The Wicked Firefly - pandoradeloeste, 2008-01-14 03:29 pm UTC

Re: The Wicked Firefly - morgan303, 2008-01-15 08:42 am UTC

Re: The Wicked Firefly - meoinya, 2008-01-11 07:32 pm UTC

Re: The Wicked Firefly - alanajoli, 2008-01-12 03:44 am UTC

Re: The Wicked Firefly - y_fish, 2008-01-12 04:07 pm UTC

	jahura 2008-01-10 01:34 pm UTC (link)
	I kow tow before your awesomeness. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	y_fish 2008-01-12 04:40 pm UTC (link)
	Thank you, Jahura-- I'm really glad you liked it. (Reply to this) (Parent)

(no subject) - fluffymaru, 2008-01-16 11:45 pm UTC

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	elysia_starlit 2008-01-11 05:36 am UTC (link)
	That - is awesome. XD Really brilliant! Thanks for posting! (Reply to this) (Thread)

	y_fish 2008-01-12 04:08 pm UTC (link)
	Thanks for the compliment! (Reply to this) (Parent)

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	Hey, I love Firefly..... (Anonymous) 2008-01-11 05:48 am UTC (link)
	But that song is dreadful. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	Re: Hey, I love Firefly..... softfoot 2008-01-11 11:12 am UTC (link)
	Try the entire musical (at least the songs... I haven't SEEN it, just listened to the soundtrack. Blah. Sondheim! MAKE SOMETHING NEW!!! PLEASE!!!) But this is relevant to my interests. Hooray Firefly! (Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)

Re: Hey, I love Firefly..... - mikepictor, 2008-01-12 04:57 am UTC

Re: Hey, I love Firefly..... - softfoot, 2008-01-12 07:37 pm UTC

Re: Hey, I love Firefly..... - galleon_lore, 2008-01-11 03:25 pm UTC

Re: Hey, I love Firefly..... - y_fish, 2008-01-12 04:09 pm UTC

Re: Hey, I love Firefly..... - (Anonymous), 2008-01-12 07:36 pm UTC

Re: Hey, I love Firefly..... - softfoot, 2008-01-12 07:37 pm UTC

Re: Hey, I love Firefly..... - y_fish, 2008-01-13 06:09 am UTC

Re: Hey, I love Firefly..... - y_fish, 2008-01-13 06:10 am UTC

Re: Hey, I love Firefly..... - hiddenbeauty07, 2008-01-27 09:47 pm UTC

Re: Hey, I love Firefly..... - y_fish, 2008-01-28 08:28 pm UTC

	ancientsong 2008-01-11 05:50 am UTC (link)
	Totally awesome! Thank you for putting two of my favorites together like that. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	y_fish 2008-01-12 04:10 pm UTC (link)
	Thanks! They're two of my favorites, too (pretty obvious, I'd think--lol) (Reply to this) (Parent)

	theirishcowgirl 2008-01-11 05:56 am UTC (link)
	Awe.......some........ Cheers to you! -TIC (Reply to this) (Thread)

	y_fish 2008-01-12 04:10 pm UTC (link)
	Thank you! (Reply to this) (Parent)

	Sorry to be anonymous.... (Anonymous) 2008-01-11 05:58 am UTC (link)
	Just wanted to comment while the video was still playing. Fantastic. Phenomenal. Defying Gravity is entirely appropriate for Firefly/Serenity, and you did an amazing job editing the clips! (Reply to this) (Thread)

	Re: Sorry to be anonymous.... y_fish 2008-01-12 04:12 pm UTC (link)
	Thanks! No need to apologize for anonymity. Glad you enjoyed the vid. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	tacnukesoul 2008-01-11 06:06 am UTC (link)
	Impressive...most impressive. I loved both the series and the musical - you've made them work very well together. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	y_fish 2008-01-12 04:17 pm UTC (link)
	Thank you so much! (Reply to this) (Parent)

(Anonymous) 2008-01-11 06:07 am UTC (link)

Lovely - just lovely. Made me tear up. It's that great phenomenon of one good thing combined with another making something so much... more. Thank you. I don't love everything about the musical, but this song has a lot going for it, and Serenifly is better than almost anything. My only quibble it with this: "and I believe it is the coolest thing I have ever or will ever produce in my lifetime." I hope not and I doubt it. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	y_fish 2008-01-12 04:17 pm UTC (link)
	Oh, there's plenty about the musical that's not perfect, I agree. But I'm glad you liked the song and the clips, and thank you for the optimistic predictions :) (Reply to this) (Parent)

	Amazing (Anonymous) 2008-01-11 06:13 am UTC (link)
	That was amazing.... ~San Diego Browncoat (Reply to this) (Thread)

	Re: Amazing y_fish 2008-01-12 04:17 pm UTC (link)
	Thanks! (Reply to this) (Parent)

	you_lose_fool 2008-01-11 06:21 am UTC (link)
	That was all kinds of excellent. The timing was perfect, and they just go so unexpectedly well together. Wonderful, wonderful job. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	y_fish 2008-01-12 04:17 pm UTC (link)
	Thank you! (Reply to this) (Parent)

	embers_log 2008-01-11 06:28 am UTC (link)
	that is definitely made of awesome... and I really teared up at Zoe flying solo. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	y_fish 2008-01-12 04:17 pm UTC (link)
	Thank you-- and that's probably my favorite moment in the whole thing. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	So I linked it to Joss (Anonymous) 2008-01-11 07:01 am UTC (link)
	I sent it to him via e-mail. And this is what he wrote me back: Joss replied: "First of all, that was awesome, and as a fan of awesome, I enjoyed it." I feel okay posting that here because he linked you over at Whedonesque. Thanks for all the work! Tim (The Other Guy) Minear (Reply to this) (Thread)

	Re: So I linked it to Joss (Anonymous) 2008-01-11 09:53 pm UTC (link)
	I put this on digg - http://digg.com/television/Joss_Whedon_Tim_Minear_give_thumbs_up_to_Firefly_fan_video (Reply to this) (Parent)

Re: So I linked it to Joss - jinglechelle, 2008-01-12 01:53 am UTC

Re: So I linked it to Joss - y_fish, 2008-01-12 04:43 pm UTC

	curlymynci 2008-01-11 07:06 am UTC (link)
	Goddamn fabulous. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	y_fish 2008-01-12 04:41 pm UTC (link)
	Thanks! (Reply to this) (Parent)

	lusciousspike 2008-01-11 07:11 am UTC (link)
	Trust me as amazing as this is (and it IS amazing) you're sure to be doing cooler things in your life (things to tell your future lovely kids "It was the rush...the rush. Joss people!" they'll get it) lol. Thanks for this. It made me teary for Firefly to fly again and to check out Wicked (a great experience for those who had yet to see it!) once more. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	y_fish 2008-01-12 04:44 pm UTC (link)
	Thank you! Heh, and I thought the coolest story I'd be able to tell my grandkids would be about that time I was in the elevator with Dennis Kucinich. :) (Reply to this) (Parent)

	spikesgurl 2008-01-11 07:22 am UTC (link)
	Wow. Wowowow. When fandoms collide :) That was brilliant. Thanks so much for sharing it. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	y_fish 2008-01-12 04:45 pm UTC (link)
	Thank you so much for watching it! (Reply to this) (Parent)

	flake_sake 2008-01-11 07:26 am UTC (link)
	Wow, That video is brilliant!!! I think, I could watch it all day. Also I have to get myself the Wicked soundtrack, because I did not know the song. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	y_fish 2008-01-12 04:47 pm UTC (link)
	Oh, the soundtrack is full of many wonderful delights of which you should immediately avail yourself. Thank you for the compliments! (Reply to this) (Parent)

faith5by5_1013 2008-01-11 07:34 am UTC (link)

Wow. This gave me chills. It's beautiful in so many ways. The song fits Firefly and Serenity perfectly. You also made me cry thanks to a combination of personal stuff and the brilliance of the video. I love how you matched both the lyrics and the music to the clips you used. As a vidder, I have to say, it takes a lot of attention to detail to do that effectively. I especially noticed it in the clips where River was fighting the Reavers. I'm posting a link to this on my LJ because, even though I don't think I have more than one or two people into vidding there, I think every single one of my LJ friends will love this. Plus I think every single person on there who loves Firefly and Serenity (and just Joss's work in general) is also a huge Wicked fan. (Reply to this) (Thread)

y_fish 2008-01-12 04:50 pm UTC (link)

Thank you for watching and linking, and I'm really glad you enjoyed it! Funny you should say that about River and the Reavers, because that's where I had to do the least editing. In fact, as soon as I matched the wall's collapse to "bring me DOOOOOWN!", the cuts of the original footage matched the beats of "So we've got to bring her... dooooown!" perfectly on their own. I think Joss must have had this song playing in the editing room while making the movie. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	maryangel200 2008-01-11 07:37 am UTC (link)
	Loved it. And since both Joss and Tim commented, you do win the internet. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	y_fish 2008-01-12 04:50 pm UTC (link)
	Thank you! Now I haz a new shiny internets! (Reply to this) (Parent)

	(Anonymous) 2008-01-11 07:43 am UTC (link)
	Well, (y_fish), you've had BOTH Firefly creators - Joss and That Other Guy Tim - commenting here on your beauteous creation, so that should make you pre-ty, pre-ty proud. If we could get Stephen Schwartz over here for you, that would be a hattrick. Your 06:07 am Anonymous, QuoterGal (Reply to this) (Thread)

	y_fish 2008-01-12 04:53 pm UTC (link)
	I'm still having trouble comprehending the awesomeness of two, I think three would make me explode and die. :) (Reply to this) (Parent)

	kit_maxel 2008-01-11 07:46 am UTC (link)
	Damn. That is unpronounceably awesome. I'm all bibbly with happy from it. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	y_fish 2008-01-12 04:54 pm UTC (link)
	Thank you, I'm happy you enjoyed it! (Reply to this) (Parent)

	shadowhuntress 2008-01-11 07:52 am UTC (link)
	::wild applause:: INSPIRED! (Reply to this) (Thread)

	y_fish 2008-01-12 04:54 pm UTC (link)
	Thanks! (Reply to this) (Parent)

	jaynedancing 2008-01-11 07:52 am UTC (link)
	Wow *Standing ovation* (Reply to this) (Thread)

	y_fish 2008-01-12 04:54 pm UTC (link)
	Thank you! (Reply to this) (Parent)

	selasphorus 2008-01-11 08:09 am UTC (link)
	I'm another one hopped over here from Whedonesque. That was amazingfulness. Well done. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	y_fish 2008-01-12 04:56 pm UTC (link)
	Thank you! I'm glad you liked it, and your icon is adorable :) (Reply to this) (Parent)

	auryn29a 2008-01-11 08:18 am UTC (link)
	Ooh. I'm normally not much for fan-made videos, but that had me in tears. Well done. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	y_fish 2008-01-12 05:03 pm UTC (link)
	Thanks! I'm glad you enjoyed it. (Reply to this) (Parent)

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