Sci-Fi Short Film: We Choose to Go - DUST
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Date: 2024-04-01
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Comments and reviews: 35
marcd1981
This was very well done, up there with just about any big budget movie and very well acted. I would have gone in the cryo to keep from going mad, being the only survivor and living only as long as the food holds out. I was wondering a couple of things about the computer and it's voice, though.
Would it be preferred to have a conversational computer voice over the usual voice heard for computers in shows/movies about space Also, would you (or should you) have a computer that doesn't have to do what you instruct it to do That seems dangerous to me.
Personally, I would rather have the more traditional computer voice, especially when my life will depend on it. And I definitely would not want a computer that is responsible for my life decide on its own if it will follow my instructions or not.
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This was very well done, up there with just about any big budget movie and very well acted. I would have gone in the cryo to keep from going mad, being the only survivor and living only as long as the food holds out. I was wondering a couple of things about the computer and it's voice, though.
Would it be preferred to have a conversational computer voice over the usual voice heard for computers in shows/movies about space Also, would you (or should you) have a computer that doesn't have to do what you instruct it to do That seems dangerous to me.
Personally, I would rather have the more traditional computer voice, especially when my life will depend on it. And I definitely would not want a computer that is responsible for my life decide on its own if it will follow my instructions or not.
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MelkorHimself
6: 48 It's what I've always wanted.
I absolutely hated this line, because it made the back story less meaningful. It's one thing to travel through deep space because it's necessary and you're the only expert who can accomplish the mission, but it's a completely different story to abandon your spouse because you've always wanted to do this. Sure, such a mission probably had stiff competition to secure those three slots, but even then how can you make a lifelong commitment to someone knowing there is a small chance you'd be selected for something that could ostensibly become a one-way trip No astronaut would be so foolish to think everything would go to plan, and even if it did the husband would've been left waiting for ten years. That's cruel.
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6: 48 It's what I've always wanted.
I absolutely hated this line, because it made the back story less meaningful. It's one thing to travel through deep space because it's necessary and you're the only expert who can accomplish the mission, but it's a completely different story to abandon your spouse because you've always wanted to do this. Sure, such a mission probably had stiff competition to secure those three slots, but even then how can you make a lifelong commitment to someone knowing there is a small chance you'd be selected for something that could ostensibly become a one-way trip No astronaut would be so foolish to think everything would go to plan, and even if it did the husband would've been left waiting for ten years. That's cruel.
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ralphacosta4726
Um. lost for 69 years. That's time for a lot of innovation and development in science and engineering. Maybe Earth was destroyed, civilization collapsed, etc, but for story telling, that's a copout. I would move expect that the ship could be tracked all the time; NASA still knows where Voyager 1 is, at the edge of the solar system and still receiving data. I think they could track this much bigger mission especially with people on board. Gave it a Dislike. I like a lot of Dust features, but this isn't one of them. Just my opinion, of course; can't predict the future with any certainty. As one of the Futurama opening subtitles said, You can't prove it won't happen this way.
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Um. lost for 69 years. That's time for a lot of innovation and development in science and engineering. Maybe Earth was destroyed, civilization collapsed, etc, but for story telling, that's a copout. I would move expect that the ship could be tracked all the time; NASA still knows where Voyager 1 is, at the edge of the solar system and still receiving data. I think they could track this much bigger mission especially with people on board. Gave it a Dislike. I like a lot of Dust features, but this isn't one of them. Just my opinion, of course; can't predict the future with any certainty. As one of the Futurama opening subtitles said, You can't prove it won't happen this way.
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danielhanawalt4998
From the beginning of humanity, there have been those who looked to the horizon and wondered what lay beyond. JFK's remark, we choose to go, not because it's easy, but because it's hard was accurate. The greater the challenge, the greater the reward. Or in some cases, the greater the risk, the greater the failure. Unless we take the challenge and face the risk, there's never a reward. I'll stick to smaller challenges though, like getting out of bed in the mornings. Enjoyed your video. Great work. Pretty well portrayed the emotions involved in such endeavors of our natural curiosity about what lies beyond.
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From the beginning of humanity, there have been those who looked to the horizon and wondered what lay beyond. JFK's remark, we choose to go, not because it's easy, but because it's hard was accurate. The greater the challenge, the greater the reward. Or in some cases, the greater the risk, the greater the failure. Unless we take the challenge and face the risk, there's never a reward. I'll stick to smaller challenges though, like getting out of bed in the mornings. Enjoyed your video. Great work. Pretty well portrayed the emotions involved in such endeavors of our natural curiosity about what lies beyond.
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dust
Now look, I'm not saying this wasn't well acted. Or that it didn't have a fully-realised protagonist in the first 20 seconds or so. Or even that the accompanying score wasn't nearly perfect. Hell, the film could've gone without dialogue for the first five minutes and the story could be told just by it alone. Well done music guy (and/or gal, I don't judge! But what I will say is that maybe next time, try not make it look like your lead is waking up in some sort of bathtub-bukakke aftermath. yuck!
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Now look, I'm not saying this wasn't well acted. Or that it didn't have a fully-realised protagonist in the first 20 seconds or so. Or even that the accompanying score wasn't nearly perfect. Hell, the film could've gone without dialogue for the first five minutes and the story could be told just by it alone. Well done music guy (and/or gal, I don't judge! But what I will say is that maybe next time, try not make it look like your lead is waking up in some sort of bathtub-bukakke aftermath. yuck!
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docferringer
It's a well done video, but I can't help thinking that most of Dust's content has been little more than a single scene in a movie. It's a few minutes long, just enough to establish a story before rolling the credits. It's like Star Wars ending after the A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away crawl finishes playing. Every story needs a beginning, a middle, and an end. This video has the beginning, maybe a touch of the middle, and absolutely no end.
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It's a well done video, but I can't help thinking that most of Dust's content has been little more than a single scene in a movie. It's a few minutes long, just enough to establish a story before rolling the credits. It's like Star Wars ending after the A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away crawl finishes playing. Every story needs a beginning, a middle, and an end. This video has the beginning, maybe a touch of the middle, and absolutely no end.
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lauriedooker1031
There was eight aliens and a old human male sitting around a camp fire far away in a distant solar system. The aliens where bragging about what happened in their Great War and also the terrible things they did. After many hours of this the human gets up and starts to walk away then stops and turns around and says. That’s it That’s what happened in your Great War Shit! You’ve got a lot to learn about war, he says and walks away.
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There was eight aliens and a old human male sitting around a camp fire far away in a distant solar system. The aliens where bragging about what happened in their Great War and also the terrible things they did. After many hours of this the human gets up and starts to walk away then stops and turns around and says. That’s it That’s what happened in your Great War Shit! You’ve got a lot to learn about war, he says and walks away.
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mishie618
It was pretty well done, except, . well. the mission errors. you have fully functional on board AI system, but she couldn't stop the ship from floating for 65 years into dead space Even fora Sci fi film, this was really a stretch. The flashbacks to her husband were a bit more annoying than sentimental. It was a nice film otherwise. I mean no harm, just my honest opinion. Cheers and good luck!
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It was pretty well done, except, . well. the mission errors. you have fully functional on board AI system, but she couldn't stop the ship from floating for 65 years into dead space Even fora Sci fi film, this was really a stretch. The flashbacks to her husband were a bit more annoying than sentimental. It was a nice film otherwise. I mean no harm, just my honest opinion. Cheers and good luck!
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ImaginerImagines
Sorry but this was just depressing. We have no idea what her mission was so it didn't resonate except to just give hopelessness. Also why use space suit helmets that just had face guards and didn't seal. That was unrealistic. On the positive the actors were good and the pods and other details looked professional. Good luck in future endeavors.
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Sorry but this was just depressing. We have no idea what her mission was so it didn't resonate except to just give hopelessness. Also why use space suit helmets that just had face guards and didn't seal. That was unrealistic. On the positive the actors were good and the pods and other details looked professional. Good luck in future endeavors.
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AlexanderDuncann
Futuristic scifi deepspace travel cryo-sleep = The same thing every time;
Ship craps out, everyone else usually dies, lots of time passes, loved one left behind is long dead, and the survivor questions why they even did it in the first place.
You'd think people in these space travel films would have seen some scifi movies or something.
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Futuristic scifi deepspace travel cryo-sleep = The same thing every time;
Ship craps out, everyone else usually dies, lots of time passes, loved one left behind is long dead, and the survivor questions why they even did it in the first place.
You'd think people in these space travel films would have seen some scifi movies or something.
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TeddysTube
I can't help but get the idea that the whole lost space ship part of the story can be viewed like a general metaphor for marriage: You wake up decades later and realized you overslept and that everything is too late now so you might as well just go back to sleep while awaiting death.
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I can't help but get the idea that the whole lost space ship part of the story can be viewed like a general metaphor for marriage: You wake up decades later and realized you overslept and that everything is too late now so you might as well just go back to sleep while awaiting death.
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professor_lembach
WAY too much back-talk from the ship's A. I. When the ranking officer requires information, it should be given promptly to make what might be time critical decisions. She wouldn't be picked for an exploration mission if she needed to be sheltered from the truth.
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WAY too much back-talk from the ship's A. I. When the ranking officer requires information, it should be given promptly to make what might be time critical decisions. She wouldn't be picked for an exploration mission if she needed to be sheltered from the truth.
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lincolnsghost7328
I liked it.
But the AI Nova seems incredibly incompetent. She woke the crew 50 or more years too late, she allowed systems to run out of power and fail, she couldn’t or wouldn’t provide any useful answers, and she had the demeanor of a jaded intern.
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I liked it.
But the AI Nova seems incredibly incompetent. She woke the crew 50 or more years too late, she allowed systems to run out of power and fail, she couldn’t or wouldn’t provide any useful answers, and she had the demeanor of a jaded intern.
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umbongonights
Very believable throughout, I certainly felt empathy with her and a sense of loss as well. I found the computer to be frustrating, it’s negativity (as I saw it) would not be welcome with me on a prolonged journey. Perhaps it had developed a fault!
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Very believable throughout, I certainly felt empathy with her and a sense of loss as well. I found the computer to be frustrating, it’s negativity (as I saw it) would not be welcome with me on a prolonged journey. Perhaps it had developed a fault!
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danthemam8742
These short films are all just too awesome to end so soon. It’s like dining at a five star restaurant and the chef serves you only one bite.
On a side note, does anyone know if there are awards that get presented for these short features
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These short films are all just too awesome to end so soon. It’s like dining at a five star restaurant and the chef serves you only one bite.
On a side note, does anyone know if there are awards that get presented for these short features
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karimbennett5651
You would think that in 60 years, Mission Control, or whomever, would have been scouring the solar system looking for the lost ship, and technology would have advanced by then to find it. Unless something catastrophic happened to earth.
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You would think that in 60 years, Mission Control, or whomever, would have been scouring the solar system looking for the lost ship, and technology would have advanced by then to find it. Unless something catastrophic happened to earth.
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billyandrew
04: 00. It looks like we've suffered a few mission errors.
I'll say, starting with the AI or computer, which failed, possibly deliberately, to intervene, in order to save anyone else.
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Edit: I was so wide of the mark.
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04: 00. It looks like we've suffered a few mission errors.
I'll say, starting with the AI or computer, which failed, possibly deliberately, to intervene, in order to save anyone else.
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Edit: I was so wide of the mark.
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lasco81
Back when I was at LFS I made my scifi epic & the teachers hated it despite all my years of research and personal beliefs going into it I bet the teachers loved this 1 especially since it was directed by a girl
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Back when I was at LFS I made my scifi epic & the teachers hated it despite all my years of research and personal beliefs going into it I bet the teachers loved this 1 especially since it was directed by a girl
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nettewilson853
I think it would be unlikely that no rescue attempt was made, unless a catastrophe occurred on earth. Also why would the AI be so certain that her odds would be unchanged by putting herself under
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I think it would be unlikely that no rescue attempt was made, unless a catastrophe occurred on earth. Also why would the AI be so certain that her odds would be unchanged by putting herself under
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whitekasimir3752
This film tells a full completed story in compact 13 minutes, that would a Hollywood moovie need 90 minutes for. And no question is left open. NOVA, activate the ship reserve power now.
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This film tells a full completed story in compact 13 minutes, that would a Hollywood moovie need 90 minutes for. And no question is left open. NOVA, activate the ship reserve power now.
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d. j. mulcahy1657
Something I've always found difficult is to create an impactful and complete story in a short amount of time. I wonder how the filmmakers being this short were able to do that.
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Something I've always found difficult is to create an impactful and complete story in a short amount of time. I wonder how the filmmakers being this short were able to do that.
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woodstoney
Very nicely portrayed. both the plot and her acting! Her forlorn look of despair was quite sad even though the title said it all. She knew going in what the risks were. Sad but true.
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Very nicely portrayed. both the plot and her acting! Her forlorn look of despair was quite sad even though the title said it all. She knew going in what the risks were. Sad but true.
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JoJoGranum
There’s a lot of talent being shown by DUST and Hollywood and Netflix missing them all. DUST’s gain and their loss. Many of this needs to be shown at TIFF. It’s impressive.
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There’s a lot of talent being shown by DUST and Hollywood and Netflix missing them all. DUST’s gain and their loss. Many of this needs to be shown at TIFF. It’s impressive.
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ImStuckInTheMatrix
I'd like to think if the ships energy source was insane and she puts it back on low power mode and goes back to cryosleep, in like 100 more years they would find her!
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I'd like to think if the ships energy source was insane and she puts it back on low power mode and goes back to cryosleep, in like 100 more years they would find her!
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membear
At the end it reminded me of Jacob's Ladder and the mission failed at takeoff and instead of her life flashing it was a fantasy flashing or the mission ending but going wrong.
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At the end it reminded me of Jacob's Ladder and the mission failed at takeoff and instead of her life flashing it was a fantasy flashing or the mission ending but going wrong.
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membear
I especially liked the shot of her getting out of bed and then headed towards the microwave, I had to watch that again because in my mind it looked like a continuous scene.
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I especially liked the shot of her getting out of bed and then headed towards the microwave, I had to watch that again because in my mind it looked like a continuous scene.
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blumaxx1
As a female, with my mate, till I don't, fell safe, and secure , that's called hypergamy, typical female behavior, always looking for that bigger better thing,
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As a female, with my mate, till I don't, fell safe, and secure , that's called hypergamy, typical female behavior, always looking for that bigger better thing,
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rachelparker370
I liked it but why why do they have her with lovely, freshly done hair and obvious makeup after she wakes up It’s just silly and so often done in movies.
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I liked it but why why do they have her with lovely, freshly done hair and obvious makeup after she wakes up It’s just silly and so often done in movies.
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cheezmeeofficial
So, the ship fully functional, without life support, and fuel. And the autopilot still works Only I think, there is a lot of holes in the story
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So, the ship fully functional, without life support, and fuel. And the autopilot still works Only I think, there is a lot of holes in the story
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tcctech3211
Thank you thank you thank you for subtitles on release so much easier for us hearing impaired people. Great short as well keep up the great work
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Thank you thank you thank you for subtitles on release so much easier for us hearing impaired people. Great short as well keep up the great work
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stephenbyron748
several mission critical erroes happened while 'we' were away from the helm. And the Ai didn't wake her earlier Oh HAL, what have you done
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several mission critical erroes happened while 'we' were away from the helm. And the Ai didn't wake her earlier Oh HAL, what have you done
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TheBazino
Good except for the fatal flaw to begin with that an advanced AI as Nova would not have woken up the whole crew at the first sign of trouble.
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Good except for the fatal flaw to begin with that an advanced AI as Nova would not have woken up the whole crew at the first sign of trouble.
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DonovanMcNabb5
This was dark. It was like the woman chose her career only to find out 63 years later it doesnt mean anything and she has nothing left.
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This was dark. It was like the woman chose her career only to find out 63 years later it doesnt mean anything and she has nothing left.
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steventaylor2017
Sad story. If a deep salvage team was lucky to find Ripley drifting in deep space for 57 years, hopefully this woman gets that lucky.
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Sad story. If a deep salvage team was lucky to find Ripley drifting in deep space for 57 years, hopefully this woman gets that lucky.
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jimwinship7159
Could one of these videos please have a happy ending Or, maybe something a little more light hearted This is depressing.
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Could one of these videos please have a happy ending Or, maybe something a little more light hearted This is depressing.
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