Sci-Fi Short Film “The New Politics" | DUST
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- Опубліковано 15 гру 2024
- Make Games, Not War.
"The New Politics" by Joshua Wong
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More About The New Politics:
It is the year 2056, and the two major political superpowers are on the brink of war with one another. In order to settle their major disputes they choose to elect some of their best and most promising candidates to battle on behalf of the nation. These are The New Politics.
Full Credits:
Writer / Director / Producer : Joshua Wong
Co-Producer : Spencer Douglass
Executive Producer : Ernest Wu
Cinematographer : Derrick Fong
CAST
Zara Anders - Aleisha Rose
Jade Chu - Jaeden Cheng
News Anchor - Kate Daniel
Man in bed - Jesse Lenoir
Paparazzi - Chelsea Rusnak
Alex Bedwell
Georg He
Joseph Chow
Yuki Maryrose
Brayden Hancock
Girl on phone - Ifat Kafry Hindes
Production Designer - Emillie Chiu
Make up and Hair - Natasha Moor
Sound Supervisor - Jonathan David Wang
Music Arrangement - Joshua Wong
Colourist - Chow Chung
Visual Effects Joshua Wong
Timmy Kan
Leon Tang
Storyboards - Jonathan Jay Lee
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Didn't even see that coming...nope, not even a little...
oh damn, just couldn't stop laughing..
I am seldom caught off guard, but this video sure did.
Plus the fact that I am old enough that I played PONG back in the day
makes it even funnier.
Clever :)
@@nukriss me neither LMFAO.
So disappointing!
A high-budget 5-minute short film that ends on a Dad joke. I'm impressed. That takes courage.
you need a cool holo alarm clock like Kirk has man gotta keep up with the Kirks
Lol. That ending made me feel like I'd been Rick Rolled. Well played.
Thank you. Someone else got that ending.
You got ponged
So the ending didn't let you down?
We got ponged
We know the game and we're gonna play it...
Clever. Honestly, though, I had NO IDEA of what went on "behind the scenes" of those first generation video games until now! This was an eye-opener!
Haha, cute!
I've been watching Dust films for a long time, and the day I tell my wife:
"Go ahead & watch this with me, i promise you will get hooked on these"
Yall pull this off, ....I swear 😂😂
That was the most unexpected ending physically possible...
🤣🤣🤣
Really?
I LOVED IT!!!
physically?
😂😂😂
I laughed so long and so hard my wife thought she might have to call a doctor.
I was there at the beginning. I have lived to see the games we played as children become the weapons of global domination.
All i could think along these lines was WOPR and Tic Tac Toe for world domination....
War Games, Atari....
I LOVED IT!
You were a rich kid that had a "TV Game"?? I remember being jealous of those kids...
@Michael Wolff mó
If only makeup was that easy.. ❤️
Ikr
It is. Wash your face. Slap on a little moisturizer. Done.
Makeup then exercise and a shower?
@@qdllc asian chick did exercise and shower, the white one just woke up and put on make up, sounds so true lol
If only one were aware of grammar.
So all these years I was playing through these two chicks...
Yea bro read the lore of the game duh
probably more than chicks you played in real life huh
Kind of. They were actually playing against each other and I think we were the ball.
HAHAHAHHAHAHAHAAA!!!!!
@@paolomartini150 HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!
This is brilliantly executed! I especially like the unforeseen twist at the end! Well done!
Everyone: that ending tho.
Me: what ending???
*Few minutes later*
Me: Oh that ending. XD
i'm glad i didn't look at the comments first... well maybe not, i had to clean up coffee off my keyboard.
Omg
Yeah, went from, "Oh, NO. World War III, here we come..." to "....WHAT THE FLIPPING HELL?! HAHAHAHAHAAA!"
Roflmao best comment 🤣
i usually look at the comments, not this time and im real happy about it
(watched the ending)
Me: *ARE YOU KIDDING ME?*
i literally said that.
Yes. Yes, they are kidding
But you are you -and you did just watch the ending - you could have just said "ARE YOU KIDDING ME?"
Being a child of the 70s let me just say, "Bravo! That was a nice surprise bit of nostalgia wrapped in a beautiful garnish of the future." Loved it!
At first I thought, sarcastically, Great a future where the Olympics determines who controls the world. Then the ending, awesome!
Wouldn't THIS be better than
Nuclear War.......
.....or a Presidential Debate?
Your thoughts here.............
I can imagine women everywhere who saw this wish that eye makeup laser thing was a reality right now. :)
I'd love for it to be that easy! I'd also love that clothing generator.
no, some of us would actually prefer world peace.
I would love it because with a farm and kids I don't get the time to even feel pretty anymore
I should be possible with inkjet printing and computer vision. Although a brain where you don't have to move it across your face yourself would be much better and would apply consistent makeup.
Remember Lelu's Makeup Visor?(The Fifth Element)
Should have released it April 1st.
well if this is released before april 1st, I cant wait to see what's going to be april 1st
Indeed.
*THE WORLD OF PONG...COMING SOON ON 24TH JUNE...*
0:13 this is the ultimate dystopia. Alarm clocks that turn off with the wave of a hand, rendering them virtually useless therefore restricting productivity for humanity in the advance in the fields of Medicine, Engineering, and Humanitarian aspects as people just sleep in. Wow. Great details.
Yet she still got up straight away!
Its th ultimate distopia because its set for fucking 5 o'clock! Thats way too early.
Alarm sounds barbaric. It should be a transitional message in a tone one perceives as awakening.
Well, your dystopia might already have realised - or be over: I have seen that kind of alarm clocks in the 90's of the last century. Have a look for “Braun wave contol“ clocks like the BNC005.
It's 2019 and I'm at that point in human evolution where I'm able to turn off three consecutive alarms on a touchscreen in my sleep.
Literally the MOST unexpected ending of anything I've seen in years.
i just sprayed my coffee literally anywhere. great job!
You have 69 likes.
Screencap while it lasts!
This should be a series on Netflix
At first I thought I was watching Black Mirror tbh
no fuckin way !!!Lol
I've read so much SF (I've written a lot as well) that it's damned near impossible to take me by surprise...but this did it. *_Bravo!_*
Would Have Been BETTER If was A
"WET T-SHIRT CONTEST" 😛😛😉😉😉😉 👌👌👌👌👌
That might’ve been the best ending to any film or TV show I think I’ve ever seen. Bravo to dust for continuing to turn out such quality stuff. I am just amazed at what they’re able to produce in the creativity that they continue to show. Thank you all.
Umm..you know Dust has nothing to do with making these, right? They just post things other people make, I'm not even sure they get the creators permission. This particular video showed up on the CGBros channel a year ago.
Stormsinger99 No I really didn’t know that. But thanks
I didn't know that either. Terrible work nonetheless
Bill Deemer Totally! Dust is undoubtedly the best in sci- fi shorts!
We work with all the filmmakers to get appropriate permissions and rights
This is how the real world should be. To solve wars. And anyone who actually goes to war is charged. This film is what short films are about. Love it.
“The Democratic Republic of Asia”. Maybe that’s the most Sci-Fi thing about this film.
Generally speaking, when a country has either one or both of those terms in its name, this is specifically because it has none of it at all.
Lmao, true
How about the "United Union of America"? How many times do you have to stress about being united? LoL
Aizman What do you mean?
@@ginaverso 3:35 It literally means "United United States of Americas"...
I am totally amazed of the quality of this short film.
DUST's first feature film, PROSPECT, is now in theaters - find a theater near you and get your tickets at bit.ly/Prospect-Tix
What is the movie name bro please till me bro
Amjad Alam PROSPECT
@@neshiah4747 thank you bro
Pay to see this stuff????
@@kurtfitzner1290 Prospect was a good film. A bit slow, and some of the acting was a bit vague, but it was no worse than some Hollywood movies. I'd much rather put my theater $ towards a bunch of indies than to Hollywood. If they make it, I will come. . .
"The Democratic Republic of Asia"??? from that moment on i knew it was a comedy.
Mika Hikyuu maybe
Currently, China is a Dictatorship regime. I have read enough China's Light Novels, comments and such for 6 years to finally conclude that China will only be interest in CONTROL by a few since many signs show they won't be anything like US since they think US's system are bought and paid for the rich and controlled by corporations so they won't go that way.
Funny things despite all that talk, China is falling the same way for the rich, by the rich in different way because China's top officials don't have to worry about terms limits or anything like that.
Hi
Democracy of capital is also a joke...
It should be *People's Republic of Asia*
Hook, Line, and Sinker. I love it. Great work building up the anticipation.
Okay, so I've been binging DUST for a while now and this was the FIRST video to make me actually laugh out loud, a LOT! BRAVO!!!
I was imagining all sorts of things that thee competitors were going to be involved in. I must say, you took me completely by surprise. Three thumbs up. Oh wait, that's not a thumb.
thee?...
LMAO
Your comment is just as great as the ending of this sci-fi film. Thank you!
I doff my cap to you Sir. That ending was a thing of beauty. All I have to do now is clean up all the tea I've just snorted all over my keyboard.
LOL, the ending cracked me up. This was awesome!
Same here. So many people bashing on what's essentially all setup for the joke.
This is by far one of my new favorite DUST videos. Absolutely brilliantly played. I laughed so hard on the reveal. Plus the fact that I grew up with this 'outcome' made this short all that much more fun.
Great job Joshua Wong and team!
Looking at it logically, Pong is the best possible game to play for this. There are no advantages on either side- it's an equal playing field in every definition.
I just watched this, and OMG! It is without a doubt the best short I have EVER seen! I loved the build up, the girls getting their war faces on, and then
PONG!!
I haven’t laughed that hard in such a long time. Excellent job!
That ending definitely caught me by surprise, but on second thought, it actually looks plausible.
*Future politics settled by gaming performance :-)*
Beautiful actors !
Thx, I was thinking what's the message
As I was reading the comments I was like what’s so bad?
When I actually saw the ending: oh my actual god!!!! No words!!! I love this!! Politics done right!!!
Every few months I come back to this...
Bravo! Bravissimo! The twist at the end was both sublime and hilarious. Especially after the lavish, beautifully-paced setup ramped up the tension to a crescendo.
Reminds me of one of those elaborate pub jokes (think they're called donkey jokes) with a long, detailed setup and a one word punchline.
Me thinking (I love political matches where you'll have to fight till the end)
Me at the ending O_____O
Me at the ending ▐ \○/ ▌
technology will make you comfortable
but it will make your life boring...
I agree.
It depends how you use it
i was sweeping my screen
Is youtube make you boring?
Hahaha! I really thought I had a hair on my screen :)
The ending made me laugh really hard. Wasn't expecting that. If I could give this two thumbs up, I definitely would.
Am i the only one who thinks that mechanical voices are soo satisfying?
You know what this fun. After a long line of serious short films that make a nod towards real world issues it's will timed to put a film with such a tense hyper moment that ends with a funny revelation. I was fully expecting some Pacific Rim Power Ranger Kaiju robot battle and low and behold.
oh I LOVE this - the concept, the technology, the end (i laughed out loud - did not see that coming) - already have this view of our current world that while war and conflict is sadly still going on, many countries now play out international rivalries via sports
PONG? That was my first video game. It will replace war for deciding national destinies?
It's what caused the coming wars.
It was EVERYONE'S first video game.
could you maybe delete this, for the sake of not being a jerk?
I like more and more those DUST short films. A new kind of short but intense art, that makes you comprehend things differently, se familiar things in new light.
BLIP. 65 years old I played Atari thought that was greatest game ever. Now we are here. Kudos to you girls. Fabulously fabulous. I was bluer than a blue rose and with good reason. When I saw you blonde your almost the spitting image of my reason for blue. But the ending brought instant laughter.
THAMK YOU SO MUCH!!!!
The message is that with all those kids playing games these years it’s no surprise that future political decisions will be based on players performance
LOVE IT! That's the kind of twist an Asimov or Clarke short story ends with!
I thought this was well done and executed. That ending made me laugh out loud and I believe I disrupted a meeting down the hall!!! lol!
DUST makes incredible films, the new feature I would like to see. Anamorphic is awesome!
OK, so at about the 3:30 mark, when she was changing into her "competition attire," I was sure there would be a twist and the competition would turn out to be something cerebral, like a chess match, a difficult spelling bee, a Jeopardy type game competition, etc. Never saw the old video game of Pong coming! Excellent twist to use in a futuristic setting!!
I legitimately could not tell for a sec if this thing was a joke, or a preview for some new film.
Definitely got some Tron: Legacy vibes here. Not mad about the ending at all 😜
1:32 bruh what year is that...2050???
2974, DUH. Didn't you study your reverse history in HS like the rest of us?
I did, which is why I'm inclined to believe you are just 600 years off from the correct year.
Nah this is in japan with heat toilets
I hope is 3750...or never
It wasn't the ending people wanted, it was the ending people needed.
a re-edition of the history of the Horatii and Curiatii, with a surprising and irreverent ending. Brilliant!
Omg I did NOT see that coming!!
Wasn't the ending i was expecting as well.
I did laugh.
Dust Rick Rolled me!!
Never going to give me up?
LOL
I was expecting Titans or something like that.... Doh 🥴
that was brilliant. amazing effects, beautiful shots, loved the end. good work!
That was not what I expected! Really epic twist at the end, I liked it!
LOL! This is great ending!
I absolutely did not see that one coming, so glad I didn't read comments before watching it :)
I audibly laughed when it changed views! Gotta love being surprised.
accckiy erx
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interesting, but without amazing grace there is no real hope..in life...Jesus said I am the way the truth and the life...John 14:6 ..just saying and thanks
@@davidisrael9412
jesus was just another human being.....like you and me.....
We got Ponged, lol!
"It shouldn't have gone like this, but what-so-ever, then..."
This makes me wish I had my old Pong game back. I never knew how intense it was.
Absolutely brilliant, I never thought of that!!
Bwahahahaha, that ending! Marvelous. XD
The comments are spoilers...but dude,The ending is😂
that ending was hilarious!
I remember playing pong quite a lot during a 7 month secondment in 1979. It came bundled with a shooting game and a plastic pistol. When it came to platform games, we were easily pleased in those days.
That was the very first game I played on my TV back in the early 70's. Great short.
So nice! I can genuinely use the acronym "LOL" now :)
I'm old enough to remember -- Pong. Thnx
Peter Casanave phim
then you're old enough to know better than to make posts like that.
The ending comments we getting me too hyped up.
Edit: Come on guys.. it wasn’t that bad.
Pong was awesome!!! I remember my family (5 boys and 3 girls) got together one Christmas and told our parents that we would sacrifice any gifts if we could put all of whatever "Santa" was going to bring just to get Pong!!! We played and played and eventually fought over who was next like any normal family would do. It didn't take more than 5 to 6 months before we grew tired of it and us boys were curious and finally took it apart. Sure enough there was half of a ping pong ball in there!!! There was a mechanism that hit that half of a PP ball to make the sound real. I loved this short movie mainly because of the ending and them settling it all with playing Pong. Thanks for reading my story
If only war could be that civilized and reasonable. A famous line is "War is hell".
I remember a similar video years ago but the contest was to the death between the reps.
My hope is in the words from a good book that says -
"They will learn war no more."......really looking forward to that day.
I can't believe it! Grabbing your head while doing situps? We are doomed.
Situps in itself is a spinekiller.
Why does this look like the Captain marvel leaked footage?
Because they pasted brie Larson's face on hers for the screen test to see how it would look
Captain Marvel wasn't this good.
That's an offence to this blonde girl.
The ending honestly had me then XD
I'm so glad that I didn't read the comments before the video :D
funny coincidence: the name of the director, joshua wong, is the same as the guy who fights for freedom in hongkong
Absolutely awesome! I'm old enough to remember that being one of the first video games we played.
hilarious ending
anybody catch the Asian chics screen where car was charged, but when she got in, she rev'd the gasoline engine?
As God is my Judge ... that was sodding brilliant! :-)
Brian Meyrick you obviously use "brilliant" very loosely.
and you are clearly illogical
Brian Meyrick.
WOW! I so laughed (ROFLMAO) at the end! Kudos for best short ending ever!!
2/21/2024: Hello From "The Future". I Loved this. I remember when PONG Was the Only Electronic Game. It was fun. A long time ago. Thank You
Dust, please tell Joshua Wong to expand the story and make this a feature film.
Nice twist at the end. Well done.
LOL, love the ending. you had me going there.
Best ending ever🤣😂🤣😅
That was awesome!! Couldn’t have expected that ending
Bravo!!!! Plot twist was outstanding!
OMG i couldn't stop laughing at the ending someone help meeeeee XD XD XD
I did not see that coming, I thought it would be a bit like Pacific Rim type of thing. Great ending
I want that thing that instantly does her makeup!
The actor playing Zara walks like a model, not a fighter.
Also, I can remember some pretty serious competitions on PONG back in the middle to late seventies. Once we figured out you could put english on the ball it got interesting.
Brilliant.
Waiting for the Hollywood remake, full of lens flares and bass drops.