Another Vid!

[purplefringe]

Ça Plane Pour Moi
edited by purplefringe
fandom: Stargate Atlantis
characters: John Sheppard
music: Ça Plane Pour Moi - Plastic Bertrand
summary: This is Lt Col John Sheppard. He is your commanding officer. Trust him!
notes: There are many, MANY fabulous vids out there about John, but almost all of them focus on the guilt and darkness in his character - so I thought it was high time that someone made a vid about the other side of Lt Col John Sheppard, and showed him up as the ridiculous dorkface he really is. I mean, seriously, look at the guy - how is he the head of military operations in a secret base in another galaxy? How? This is the guy who climbs the tower because 'Batman did it all the time', who frequently quotes from geeky movies, and whose summary of his job is 'I fought a scary monster. It's what I do best.' I have a personal crack theory that John wanted to be an action hero starring in Hollywood blockbusters, before joining the airforce in a fit of pique after being continually cast as the wacky sidekick. But that's a story for another day. Warning: contains high doses of JOHN'S FACE.

The song is in French, and consists entirely of slang and silly phrases. 'Ça Plane Pour Moi' roughly translates as 'that works for me'. The original lyrics and a pretty good translation can be found here, if you're interested, but I have mostly ignored them, apart from when really obvious words stood out.

Thank you to such_heights for the beta and for appreciating John's face with me!

download: 31MB @ mediafire

password: face

stream:

Ça Plane Pour Moi from Phoebe on Vimeo.

Comments

[mific]

THIS IS BRILLIANT!
Perfect song, and the edits and clips are totally on the mark. Quintessential dork!John.

[gaffsie]

Feel good vid of the year. No contest. :D

[danceswithgary]

Thanks so much for the smile that's stuck on my face! :-D

[harpers_child]

i like this. john makes the best faces.

[schneefink]

Heee, fun! I want to co-sign your notes (except the part about the acting career, even though it would be hilarious - there must be an AU fic like that out there, right?) The "trust him" - photograph in the end was just perfect.

[eccentricweft]

Oh MAN! This makes me want to watch the WHOLE SERIES AGAIN!!!!!

[sixbeforelunch]

Hah! I'm on a borrowed computer, but I just sent an email to myself as a reminder to download this when I get back to my laptop cause it's funny and brilliant. Great job! :)

[semielliptical]

John's FACE!! And his body language and dorky, adorable attitude - all perfectly captured. This vid was so much fun to watch!! :D

[scrollgirl]

SO ADORKABLE! I'm amazed by *how many* dorkface shots you found and edited into a wonderfully harmonious, hilarious whole. Great job!

[calvinahobbes]

This makes me grin so hard \o/ What an awesome job you've done. Lieutenant Colonel Dorkface FTW!

[ladysorka]

This is ridiculously fun. John is such a gigantic dork, and you've illustrated it so well.

[januar]

Heeee! Oh, John. Now I miss my SGA dvds.

[nellacitta]

HEE, FACE!!!!!! Really wonderful.

[toft]

This song is SO DELIGHTFUL AND FUNNY. I laughed like a drain the first time thingswithwings showed it to me, and I am doing it again now.

[niyalune]

I've just been getting into SGA, so I went looking for vids, and yours is SO MUCH FUN :D It makes me smile every time I watch it!

[starlady]

I've been watching old vids as part of a mad vidding spree of vidding love, and this one is so great. The final clip of the photograph is GOLD, but then, the whole thing is GOLD. Oh John Sheppard, how were you even REAL. :D