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Gift

Short film with a message. I enjoyed it, but then again, I can relate. I'm sure others will argue that those two things aren't similar, but they're more alike than not.
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Meh.
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I am just not a dog person. Unless they are doing some job, I just see them as a back up source of emergency food. I was watching the video wondering what was wrong with the girl... Was she autistic and incapable of showing emotion? Turns out yes.
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"Happy slaves are the worst enemies of freedom." - Marie Von Ebner
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"Happy slaves are the worst enemies of freedom." - Marie Von Ebner
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"Happy slaves are the worst enemies of freedom." - Marie Von Ebner
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A classic I was reminded of...



Better than the current DC movies? Probably.
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I never post these so when I do, pay attention.

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Nathan Fillion made an Uncharted fan film.
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Huluween Shorts

Swiped to Death -
Cute, but completely predictable. Do NOT watch the 18 second trailer that completely ruins the short by giving everything away.

Undo -
Predictable and extremely light on story.
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https://youtu.be/UpOJzIvmCCk
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I fell into a short film rabbit hole today, and I'm loving it. Only posting the ones I think are worth seeing. I watched a lot more. Ignore the times on the videos as they include credits and whatnot. For example, the first one felt like it was only 3 minutes long despite the running time being much longer.

Horror short. No exposition or explaining. You're just right into the action. The final kill is both funny and cool.
https://youtu.be/f9jd6lyGvMI

This one screams Lovecraft. It really pays respect to the horror from that era. Very simple and well done.
https://youtu.be/gs5zQBBOXrA

But is this version better?
https://youtu.be/qWDhq9XFhM4

Not horror, but an Oscar winner.
https://youtu.be/k1vCrsZ80M4

This one's simple and cool. Takes an unnamed kid's game (freeze?) to a different level.
https://youtu.be/TGZg1YqXv9o

This one's in the vein of Idiocracy. Can't you see this being a real issue these days?
https://youtu.be/Zh3Yz3PiXZw

This one's cool. It'll be Gordon's favorite.
https://youtu.be/KkPgGhYvoi8
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I'm putting this in this thread, since the "DUST" things are all short films.

I fucking quit, on DUST films. They keep popping up in my YT recommendations, ranging from 6 minutes, to 35 minutes. I typically skip them... who has 5 minutes to watch a questionable video? But invariably I watch one or two a night, and am usually mildly disappointed. It seems they rarely tell a story, just present a semi-interesting idea, and then never develop it. Usually they just show a pretty woman living within that situation. "2 years ago the alien probe started circling the earth, observing us. So now here's a pretty woman scavenging metal and we'll never address that alien probe again."

But last night was the end. I couldn't find the remote and it auto-played, so I let it run.... 35 fucking minutes, called "Anomaly." It started out interesting, like the 60's space program, but something is amiss. It started 3 different weird threads of a story, and didn't tie up a single fucking one. Said nothing, went nowhere.

Fuck DUST films.
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Leisher wrote: Gift

Short film with a message. I enjoyed it, but then again, I can relate. I'm sure others will argue that those two things aren't similar, but they're more alike than not.
Somehow I never saw this. (or, forgot it). Cute/touching.

I guess I had this tab saved to watch the newer ones, but haven't yet.
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GORDON wrote: I fucking quit, on DUST films. They keep popping up in my YT recommendations,
I get them too. I think I've seen one that I enjoyed. The rest were mostly meh.
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TheCatt wrote:
Leisher wrote: Gift

Short film with a message. I enjoyed it, but then again, I can relate. I'm sure others will argue that those two things aren't similar, but they're more alike than not.
Somehow I never saw this. (or, forgot it). Cute/touching.

I guess I had this tab saved to watch the newer ones, but haven't yet.
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I stopped watching these because they were frequently incomplete ideas and/or lame, but the cast of this one got my interest.

This one is worth watching.

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That was cool.
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They did that same experiment in an episode of Evil. Different results.
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