Sci-Fi Short Film: GILL - DUST
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Date: 2024-04-01
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gaelsdottir5046
Goodness, everyone hatin' on this woman. I watched twice, and what I saw was someone desperate to escape a trap that she didn't even realize she was in at first. I don't just mean the suit. When she landed at the aquarium I could see the tension leaving her, and when she ended at the seashore and got the thing shut down, I could imagine her deciding not to start it up again, or to start it and send it back to her working partner, but without her. What others were seeing as chaos and troublemaking I was seeing as sheer desperation and panic, a need to escape something not yet fully understood. I wasn't sure she'd survive it. Desperation moves often don't end well.
Don't know. I'm retired now, but from my mid thirties to my fifties, I watched the world change around me from a future to a trap, watched employers attain more and more power over people's freedom and range of options. With retirement, for me, being very much like finally getting that damn suit to stop. (And my God I feel for those coming up behind me, who never had the freedom I know we've lost)
So perhaps I just relate to that aspect of the story. I am grandma aged now, so I also noticed: in that last scene, when she's finally found some peace, she's really quite beautiful.
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Goodness, everyone hatin' on this woman. I watched twice, and what I saw was someone desperate to escape a trap that she didn't even realize she was in at first. I don't just mean the suit. When she landed at the aquarium I could see the tension leaving her, and when she ended at the seashore and got the thing shut down, I could imagine her deciding not to start it up again, or to start it and send it back to her working partner, but without her. What others were seeing as chaos and troublemaking I was seeing as sheer desperation and panic, a need to escape something not yet fully understood. I wasn't sure she'd survive it. Desperation moves often don't end well.
Don't know. I'm retired now, but from my mid thirties to my fifties, I watched the world change around me from a future to a trap, watched employers attain more and more power over people's freedom and range of options. With retirement, for me, being very much like finally getting that damn suit to stop. (And my God I feel for those coming up behind me, who never had the freedom I know we've lost)
So perhaps I just relate to that aspect of the story. I am grandma aged now, so I also noticed: in that last scene, when she's finally found some peace, she's really quite beautiful.
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reddragon771
If your goal was to show us the most irritating and pig headed woman in the entire galaxy then kudos guys you have pulled if off spectacularly. On the other hand if that was not the case then i would advice everybody on this planet to stay the hell away from this lunatic. It would be very difficult for anybody on this planet to resist the urge to cut her obnoxius head right off. She is way more scarier than any other monster featured in your movies. I mean if this is how she acts in real life when she is normal then i shudder to my core at the thought of encountering her when she is on her periods. Well now i am sure that the hairstyle she was donning in this movie is the biggest red flag a guy can look for in a woman because the majority of women i have had the pleasure to meet who share her hairstyle have turned out to be the most irritating, vile, self obsessed, toxic, narcissistic and obnoxious women i in existence. So yeah stay away from her guys because she thinks that she is a slay queen and that is exactly when you need to run in the opposite direction from her without looking back even for a second.
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If your goal was to show us the most irritating and pig headed woman in the entire galaxy then kudos guys you have pulled if off spectacularly. On the other hand if that was not the case then i would advice everybody on this planet to stay the hell away from this lunatic. It would be very difficult for anybody on this planet to resist the urge to cut her obnoxius head right off. She is way more scarier than any other monster featured in your movies. I mean if this is how she acts in real life when she is normal then i shudder to my core at the thought of encountering her when she is on her periods. Well now i am sure that the hairstyle she was donning in this movie is the biggest red flag a guy can look for in a woman because the majority of women i have had the pleasure to meet who share her hairstyle have turned out to be the most irritating, vile, self obsessed, toxic, narcissistic and obnoxious women i in existence. So yeah stay away from her guys because she thinks that she is a slay queen and that is exactly when you need to run in the opposite direction from her without looking back even for a second.
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lisanidog8178
Everyone I’ve read so far doesn’t like Gill. But the funny part is, that’s how well her character is written. She’s evoking some bad stuff from people, like a real person. If a character doesn’t evoke like, love, dislike, absolute hatred, respect, or just being a darn good villain, then the writing of that character failed. Only thing I don’t like is violence or profanity just there to be there. But a character you love to hate like this girl Kudos to the writer who made her that way and the actress who made her disliked character shine. On film you obviously can show it. But if you’re just reading, and you just tell not show, your characters are flat and you don’t have any feelings about them and that’s harder to show enough to garner a feeling about a character.
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Everyone I’ve read so far doesn’t like Gill. But the funny part is, that’s how well her character is written. She’s evoking some bad stuff from people, like a real person. If a character doesn’t evoke like, love, dislike, absolute hatred, respect, or just being a darn good villain, then the writing of that character failed. Only thing I don’t like is violence or profanity just there to be there. But a character you love to hate like this girl Kudos to the writer who made her that way and the actress who made her disliked character shine. On film you obviously can show it. But if you’re just reading, and you just tell not show, your characters are flat and you don’t have any feelings about them and that’s harder to show enough to garner a feeling about a character.
We now return you to your regularly scheduled program.
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JRec-ql5fc
this evoked a strange feeling for me toward the main character. i disliked the character immensely due to her immature arrogant behavior but was relieved she survived at the end. hopefully the experience humbles her greatly. and, as you can see from the comments, it did not end how anyone predicted. Which i feel is a good thing. some called it pointless, cliffhanging, no twists or explanation. which is exactly why it's interesting. The creator could've continued building this unlikeable character only to send her off in a predictable fashion most would've been satisfied with. anyway, i think it's definitely deserving of some praise.
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this evoked a strange feeling for me toward the main character. i disliked the character immensely due to her immature arrogant behavior but was relieved she survived at the end. hopefully the experience humbles her greatly. and, as you can see from the comments, it did not end how anyone predicted. Which i feel is a good thing. some called it pointless, cliffhanging, no twists or explanation. which is exactly why it's interesting. The creator could've continued building this unlikeable character only to send her off in a predictable fashion most would've been satisfied with. anyway, i think it's definitely deserving of some praise.
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quasarthecat1
Sorry to be harsh, but this was, at its root, pointless and unfocused. The main character became extremely unlikable due to her irrational behavior. You'd expect someone that was involved in such profound, bleeding-edge, and dangerous experiments to not be so reckless or try to 'wing it. She had zero idea what was going wrong, but refused to spend two seconds listening to the voice on the other end and letting him fix the issue. Towards the end, I was rooting for her to be teleported into the core of the sun. As it was, the ending had no resolution, just some cliche beach scene. At least it was a short film.
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Sorry to be harsh, but this was, at its root, pointless and unfocused. The main character became extremely unlikable due to her irrational behavior. You'd expect someone that was involved in such profound, bleeding-edge, and dangerous experiments to not be so reckless or try to 'wing it. She had zero idea what was going wrong, but refused to spend two seconds listening to the voice on the other end and letting him fix the issue. Towards the end, I was rooting for her to be teleported into the core of the sun. As it was, the ending had no resolution, just some cliche beach scene. At least it was a short film.
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otherpatrickgill
People who have a problem with Gill asa character have forgotten how it is to be a teenager.
She was the partner who was little more than the gunea pig and idiot who has to hold the instruments.
She rebelled. Although not particularly mature, neither was the voice shouting at her that she couldn't do anything.
In the end, we all have voices telling us don't even try, you're not good enough and we can be the teenager who rebels or we can stomp on others who do because we hate ourselves for never finding the strength to stand up to that voice.
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People who have a problem with Gill asa character have forgotten how it is to be a teenager.
She was the partner who was little more than the gunea pig and idiot who has to hold the instruments.
She rebelled. Although not particularly mature, neither was the voice shouting at her that she couldn't do anything.
In the end, we all have voices telling us don't even try, you're not good enough and we can be the teenager who rebels or we can stomp on others who do because we hate ourselves for never finding the strength to stand up to that voice.
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Punnikin1969
I get to be that guy that points out continuity errors. When Gill is teleported to a new area, that suit shouldn't look as if she had been there for a considerable amount of time. Immediately dusty in the desert, then the dust is gone when she teleports to the mountains, etc. I know it's minor, but details like that can make a viewer wonder if, instead of teleporting, her consciousness is just being moved to a different host body, which would give the film a totally different meaning.
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I get to be that guy that points out continuity errors. When Gill is teleported to a new area, that suit shouldn't look as if she had been there for a considerable amount of time. Immediately dusty in the desert, then the dust is gone when she teleports to the mountains, etc. I know it's minor, but details like that can make a viewer wonder if, instead of teleporting, her consciousness is just being moved to a different host body, which would give the film a totally different meaning.
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jimsmith556
She has to be one of the most annoying people to be in a position where she needs to listen and do as she is asked. By the end of this I was confused, was the plot about jumping to different locations of a now-normal Earth jumping to different times on the Earth, with some during the time of humans and others post -human or was I supposed to pay attention to this incompetent fool who should never have been allowed to get into that suit. Not sure what to think about this video
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She has to be one of the most annoying people to be in a position where she needs to listen and do as she is asked. By the end of this I was confused, was the plot about jumping to different locations of a now-normal Earth jumping to different times on the Earth, with some during the time of humans and others post -human or was I supposed to pay attention to this incompetent fool who should never have been allowed to get into that suit. Not sure what to think about this video
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irena4545
What did I just watch What was the point If she was searching for an undamaged world, then why the childish bickering If she was escaping some controlling freak, then why let him know that she was being disobedient If she was being the Darwin Award candidate, then why no consequences Camera work and effects are pretty, but a story needs more than that.
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What did I just watch What was the point If she was searching for an undamaged world, then why the childish bickering If she was escaping some controlling freak, then why let him know that she was being disobedient If she was being the Darwin Award candidate, then why no consequences Camera work and effects are pretty, but a story needs more than that.
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jv-lk7bc
I like the way both characters are being unreasonable in their own sorta archetypal ways. one throwing around weight he doesn't have, the other rebelling inappropriately, a dynamic getting in the way of both making good decisions.
But their youthful passion is what got the suit built.
its a nice reduction to essence of many big stories.
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I like the way both characters are being unreasonable in their own sorta archetypal ways. one throwing around weight he doesn't have, the other rebelling inappropriately, a dynamic getting in the way of both making good decisions.
But their youthful passion is what got the suit built.
its a nice reduction to essence of many big stories.
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jasondean88888
I was doing chores while listening to this. It was like listening to a 5 year old throw a fit against the parents who were telling them not to run into traffic with a blindfold on. Super enjoyable. let me tell ya. I made it back to my phone in time to leave this message and quit watching while still being able to save 4 minutes.
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I was doing chores while listening to this. It was like listening to a 5 year old throw a fit against the parents who were telling them not to run into traffic with a blindfold on. Super enjoyable. let me tell ya. I made it back to my phone in time to leave this message and quit watching while still being able to save 4 minutes.
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mierbeuker8148
Most realistic video I've seen in a long time. Women won't listen to men, even if their lives depend on it, because they always know better. The only thing they missed was if at the end she totally blamed the guy for screwing everything up. Refusing to take any responsibility for what SHE caused. Because that's how it works irl.
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Most realistic video I've seen in a long time. Women won't listen to men, even if their lives depend on it, because they always know better. The only thing they missed was if at the end she totally blamed the guy for screwing everything up. Refusing to take any responsibility for what SHE caused. Because that's how it works irl.
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curtains609
sifi movies really hitting rock bottom. un realistic crap. she literally wearing a fish bowl and pc fans blowing in to a empty box on her back. i watched 6 on a row and all low budget crap i mean they don't even try to make it look realistic. or its just me seeing that they put them space costumes together with junk in a garage.
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sifi movies really hitting rock bottom. un realistic crap. she literally wearing a fish bowl and pc fans blowing in to a empty box on her back. i watched 6 on a row and all low budget crap i mean they don't even try to make it look realistic. or its just me seeing that they put them space costumes together with junk in a garage.
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marymaza2187
I watched this till the end just to see if Gill would finally shut up and stay still 5 seconds to listen to what the other guy had to say.
If she's like that in all aspects of her life then it wouldn't surprise me if they only sent her because they cared more to see how the suit works than if she made it out alive.
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I watched this till the end just to see if Gill would finally shut up and stay still 5 seconds to listen to what the other guy had to say.
If she's like that in all aspects of her life then it wouldn't surprise me if they only sent her because they cared more to see how the suit works than if she made it out alive.
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dust
Somewhat metaphorical to how my life has been for the last two decades: external controllers telling me what to do, where to go, how to do things; when they are not directly in the driving seat AND I'm thrown all over the place. Finally, I hope to end up with some peace.
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Somewhat metaphorical to how my life has been for the last two decades: external controllers telling me what to do, where to go, how to do things; when they are not directly in the driving seat AND I'm thrown all over the place. Finally, I hope to end up with some peace.
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jackiep87
Saw Gill at Dragoncon in 2019, maybe 2020 and so glad it's found a home on DUST! Such a brilliant concept, I remember being horrified thinking she was going to get stuck in a jump forever and breathing a huge sigh of relief at the end! Way to go Kieran!
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Saw Gill at Dragoncon in 2019, maybe 2020 and so glad it's found a home on DUST! Such a brilliant concept, I remember being horrified thinking she was going to get stuck in a jump forever and breathing a huge sigh of relief at the end! Way to go Kieran!
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barrahart
Awesome visuals. Love the shots. Love the color grading. Love the Ant-Man vibe too! The man's lines could have been more natural, but Caitlin absolutely killed it. Great performance. Much love to the cast and crew from a fellow sci-fi storyteller.
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Awesome visuals. Love the shots. Love the color grading. Love the Ant-Man vibe too! The man's lines could have been more natural, but Caitlin absolutely killed it. Great performance. Much love to the cast and crew from a fellow sci-fi storyteller.
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scorchedearth1451
She is like a pilot playing with all the buttons and switches in the plane.
And when Air Traffic Control tries to contact over radio she tells them Yeah man, I got this.
Would they really put any person in that position
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She is like a pilot playing with all the buttons and switches in the plane.
And when Air Traffic Control tries to contact over radio she tells them Yeah man, I got this.
Would they really put any person in that position
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angushume2054
Thought that last scene was going to be a rehash of the Quiet Earth. I feel there should have been repercussions for her recklessness. Either some unexpected discovery or she shares space with a brick wall.
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Thought that last scene was going to be a rehash of the Quiet Earth. I feel there should have been repercussions for her recklessness. Either some unexpected discovery or she shares space with a brick wall.
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rodbihari8799
Either find yourself a sigourney weaver, or stop the endless parade of women. Every short film is a chick flick. Whats wrong with robots, spaceships and nasty aliens. Thats the meat and potatoes of sci-fi.
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Either find yourself a sigourney weaver, or stop the endless parade of women. Every short film is a chick flick. Whats wrong with robots, spaceships and nasty aliens. Thats the meat and potatoes of sci-fi.
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2kt2000
Sorry but that was terrible. Girls in a high tech suite but acts like an idiot child. overkill. Premise was good. but script was idiotic. NOT looking forward to part 2. Unless simple improvements are made. WTH
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Sorry but that was terrible. Girls in a high tech suite but acts like an idiot child. overkill. Premise was good. but script was idiotic. NOT looking forward to part 2. Unless simple improvements are made. WTH
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stevevet3652
The best part I liked was the oil pan used as a breather pack. I really didn't understand the video. Was it to show a lack of communication between two people or dominance over who really owned the suit
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The best part I liked was the oil pan used as a breather pack. I really didn't understand the video. Was it to show a lack of communication between two people or dominance over who really owned the suit
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mykemech
Well shot and acted, very entertaining. There is no way ever that a person with this temperament and impulsiveness would have been allowed into that experiment.
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Well shot and acted, very entertaining. There is no way ever that a person with this temperament and impulsiveness would have been allowed into that experiment.
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shivasirons6159
1: 30. They always do this, the words are too small to read and the glove is too big and bulky to accurately type. It must be me.
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1: 30. They always do this, the words are too small to read and the glove is too big and bulky to accurately type. It must be me.
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paulsandison4967
Is, this made by 347, only the chap has the armour, of Halo. All it needed, was 117, scratched on it. Oh and a unsc helmet.
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Is, this made by 347, only the chap has the armour, of Halo. All it needed, was 117, scratched on it. Oh and a unsc helmet.
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TimGreig
Her self-entitled, narcissistic me-generation, know it all attitude just got her transported to a beach on earth somewhere Really
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Her self-entitled, narcissistic me-generation, know it all attitude just got her transported to a beach on earth somewhere Really
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dust
HEY DUST.
There's no way in hell that the earth could dry up. Where did the water go The hydrologic cycle makes that nonsense.
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HEY DUST.
There's no way in hell that the earth could dry up. Where did the water go The hydrologic cycle makes that nonsense.
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dust
I'm afraid the characterisation is just not credible and because this is largely on what the film is based, the film is rubbish.
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I'm afraid the characterisation is just not credible and because this is largely on what the film is based, the film is rubbish.
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donnyabner8446
I'll give this a superb rating of two double cheese burgers, an order of onion rings and a free cup for water.
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I'll give this a superb rating of two double cheese burgers, an order of onion rings and a free cup for water.
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David-no7nu
Annoying character. I was hoping those code changes in the end moved her 10 feet into the shark tank.
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Annoying character. I was hoping those code changes in the end moved her 10 feet into the shark tank.
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edwardfletcher7790
That suit looks so fake and plastic, like something from an ultra low budget Dr Who episode.
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That suit looks so fake and plastic, like something from an ultra low budget Dr Who episode.
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tomcayne
I'm disappointed that she didn't meet an hostile force and before she got eaten she would utter regret.
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I'm disappointed that she didn't meet an hostile force and before she got eaten she would utter regret.
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johnbox271
I liked the concept, but the character of Gill didn't add to the film, but distracted from everything.
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I liked the concept, but the character of Gill didn't add to the film, but distracted from everything.
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ChronitonMechanics
An invention that would have probably be called a jumpsuit but the term was already taken.
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An invention that would have probably be called a jumpsuit but the term was already taken.
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NegativeSplitFilms
Hey, DUST community. This is Kieran- the creator of GILL! Super excited for the launch.
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Hey, DUST community. This is Kieran- the creator of GILL! Super excited for the launch.
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