When I saw the announcement for this, I downloaded the original Starships vid (which I'd somehow never seen) and watched it with my AMV-side-of-fandom housemate. It was awesome, and hooray Fifth Element, and he was pleased by how many sources we recognized.

Then, I cued up this.

First reaction: "OH MY GOD THIS IS AMAZING oh my god look at how well this matches OH MY GOD --"

Second reaction, via my housemate: "Challenge: recognize any of the sources."

"..."

"..."

"...oh! That's --"

"-- Doctor Who, yeah!"

"That doesn't count."

"No."

"..."

"..."

"Oh my god this section is awesome."

"Do you recognize --?"

"...no."

"..."

"Oh the standy-uppy ponytail matches Amy's hair in the other one!"

"..."

"What the hell is that from?"

"..."

"--ASTRO--"

"--BOY!"

"..."

"..."

"I think that was Doctor Who again."

"Yeah!"

"..."

"I don't know any of these."

"..."

"HOW WAS THIS MADE? THIS IS MAGIC."

And then we played your awesome both-vids-playing-at-once version and I made a lot of inarticulate noises of glee. The oh-shit-space-turbulence section! Your bewildering ability to match shots not just in content but in framing! The way even the spaceships are mostly the same shape and moving in the same arcs! (The space Winnebago parallel!)

This is a really mindblowingly awesome response/remix to the original Starships vid, and also stands on its own as a fantastic, dance-y tribute to old school science fiction.

...also it's magic, how did you match all of those shots.

Thank you for sharing this! And thank you for posting the source list, omg.