Sci-Fi Short Film "What Once Was" | DUST | Flashback Friday

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  • Опубліковано 10 січ 2025

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  • @DJ-pg8mg
    @DJ-pg8mg Рік тому +11

    That vinyl cushioned 1960's era chair at the end... been looking for one of those for a long time. It's worth coming back to earth just for that chair...

  • @benninger123
    @benninger123 Рік тому +11

    My thoughts are that any short movie that makes a person think or reflect on life or certain aspects of your life is a winner to me . I love things like this that just kinda makes a person emotional . I give it the thumbs up .

  • @scottmccauslin3489
    @scottmccauslin3489 Рік тому +21

    Not all scifi needs to have high action content. Thought provoking and leaving you wanting more. WELL done!

  • @johnh2191
    @johnh2191 Рік тому +1

    With all of these eloquent reviews, I feel that I must append: "Bummer dude, looks like you're hosed".

  • @cinemartin3530
    @cinemartin3530 Рік тому +7

    A well-filmed story whose message can be interpreted in different ways. Probably it’s about the fact that you need to value your loved ones, because grievances are forgiven and time can’t be returned. But the transience of time should serve as a reason to value your loved ones more, and not to deceive yourself. That woman didn't want to face the truth, which is why everyone ended up getting hurt. Although maybe I got it all wrong, in any case, I think I'm smart enough to distinguish noteworthy work from nonsense, and this story definitely deserves attention. 👌

  • @leroyj3627
    @leroyj3627 Рік тому +2

    Dang. Sad, but a great movie! There musn't necessarily be a 'happy ending[' to have a great movie. Thank you, DUST!

  • @TheRealSkeletor
    @TheRealSkeletor Рік тому +19

    Definitely a case of style over substance. The visual directing was superb, and the acting was really good (unlike many of these sci-fi shorts), but the story itself was lacking, depressing at best to completely void of any direction or meaning.

    • @cinemartin3530
      @cinemartin3530 Рік тому +4

      I'm very glad to see these kinds of comments, since I also couldn't say with certainty what the point of this short film was. Thank you for the fact that now I won’t consider myself stupid !

    • @RobertCampsall
      @RobertCampsall 6 місяців тому

      @@cinemartin3530 I don't know - if you didn't get the point of this short then maybe you should consider yourself stupid. Just saying.

  • @bricolleen7956
    @bricolleen7956 Рік тому +23

    I am so confused.

    • @triedproven9908
      @triedproven9908 11 місяців тому

      The A.I. replacement daughter manipulated it's way into a "You're all going to die ďown here" situation, after a short time deliberating the uselessness of the crew.

    • @markrothenberg9867
      @markrothenberg9867 10 місяців тому

      Yep. Shut it off. Not for me.

  • @JensGraikowski
    @JensGraikowski 10 місяців тому

    Engrossed in the realm of online storytelling, I've been diving deep into short tales for days now. It all started when UA-cam threw one my way, and since then, I've been on a rollercoaster ride of sense and nonsense. Occasionally, a story clicks, but most just leave me thinking, "Well, that's time I'll never get back." Still, I keep scrolling, hoping to stumble upon those rare gems that make it all worth it. It's become a sort of routine-wading through a sea of randomness, hoping for that one story that makes me pause and think. And so, I continue, losing hours to this digital pursuit, unable to break free from its grip.

  • @shawnerz98
    @shawnerz98 11 місяців тому

    Wow! This one got me. Excellently done!

  • @lumen8r
    @lumen8r Рік тому +11

    I was left wanting more. Well done. And I’d also say that the talent was an even spread.
    🤘🏼❤️🤘🏼

  • @PritishA82
    @PritishA82 Рік тому +3

    Peace and Lots of Love from Mumbai India ❤️💯👌✨

  • @daniel_wilkinson
    @daniel_wilkinson Рік тому

    Funny thing I've learned about the human body: it goes through X amount of water per hour no matter what you do. Conserving or rationing drinking water does nothing to slow this down.

    • @leonestello
      @leonestello Рік тому +1

      Not true... Breathing heavy and throught the mouth have statistically profound variance. 🧠

  • @georgepollastri601
    @georgepollastri601 Рік тому +4

    I love this little movie, it is so very sad. I was so sad watching this movie, but I love this movie, brings back some very sad memories - I just can't stop crying......
    Thank You So Much....
    Very Much Enjoyed It............
    Now the 3rd time watching.........

    • @hughgray4199
      @hughgray4199 Рік тому

      Yes George...I agree. Many of us have tragic stories we don't share with the world but can relate internally with this... Unfortunately, this is the case throughout the planet now.

  • @fjdarling
    @fjdarling Рік тому +2

    To me, It shows the other side of the story. When all hope is lost. I always prefer to see some sort of escape and victory for the protagonist. I guess, it was not to be found here.

  • @leonestello
    @leonestello Рік тому +1

    🦿Looks like the Kid🦾 won the Custody Battle💀

  • @English-Mark
    @English-Mark 8 місяців тому

    Nice cinematic effects.

  • @mykelevangelista6492
    @mykelevangelista6492 Рік тому +15

    Like most Dust content, this was simply the art of production values far outweighing the art of story telling.
    Why do i still watch Dust? Occasionally there's the odd gem, but in reality, it's down to the two old H's - Habit and Hope.

  • @ChristineChasty-tx9ys
    @ChristineChasty-tx9ys 6 місяців тому

    Omg I’m homeless. My so was killed last year and he had to wait while I begged for help to at least get him creamated. He’s with me again now. He would always tell me. Mom your my best friend.❤ I feet like a failure because I can’t afford to bury him.

  • @dudeonyoutube
    @dudeonyoutube 10 місяців тому +1

    Anyone else annoyed that they couldn't see the credits?

  • @NWTejas
    @NWTejas 11 місяців тому +2

    So robot kids sabotages mission, kills everyone, except 3. Then they perish. Great story bro... Nice development, but I think you forgot to write an ending or present a point.

  • @dnitchke
    @dnitchke Рік тому +2

    The back ground music is much too loud !!!! Makes it hard to understand the dialogue !!!

    • @NWTejas
      @NWTejas 11 місяців тому

      don't worry. you didn't miss a thing... Dust is really lossing it's relavance.

  • @0neIntangible
    @0neIntangible Рік тому +10

    Seven minutes in and had to read read comments if going to continue watching the rest... that's always a bad sign of a dud movie.

  • @stevehoffman8738
    @stevehoffman8738 Рік тому +2

    If you need a paragraph of text to explain the story then you haven't made a film that tells us a story. Thus, the film is incomplete and doesn't work as intended.

  • @DavidSphere-eu4mi
    @DavidSphere-eu4mi Рік тому

    Time is realitive, precious, and a burden

  • @grammybear4226
    @grammybear4226 Рік тому +1

    🐼 Big Panda Bear Hugs from a 70 yr old grandma in Texas, USA and by the way l'm subscribed and l hit Like. 🐼 ❤

  • @mnbv990
    @mnbv990 Рік тому +2

    Excellent, Dust 4 Hollywood 0...As always.

  • @Theoriginalsparkythemagicpiano

    Penberthy is a Cornish surname, dude must have Cornish heritage👍

  • @jaynewman6420
    @jaynewman6420 Рік тому +5

    It was very sad, but I had hope in the end. I was expecting the woman would be revieled as a robot, too. In other words, something for him to mourn with.

  • @Theoriginalsparkythemagicpiano

    Started out well but turned out to be very disappointing and just ‘meh’

  • @daleheldberg6568
    @daleheldberg6568 Рік тому +1

    I read through hoping to find the actors names

  • @Nailnuke
    @Nailnuke Рік тому +5

    Ill thought out waste of time. No continuity, no explanation. Barley a storyline. Jusy a bully with control of the water

  • @chenellgilmore6966
    @chenellgilmore6966 Рік тому

    I think it was a very interesting concept.

  • @BeautyOfGaia
    @BeautyOfGaia 11 місяців тому

    It was good the first time. Its still good.

  • @Cocinaybienestar
    @Cocinaybienestar Рік тому +5

    🎯 Key Takeaways for quick navigation:
    00:04 ⏳ *El tiempo es fundamental en la trama de la historia y afecta todas las vidas de los personajes.*
    02:56 💧 *La escasez de agua se convierte en un problema crucial para los personajes mientras luchan por sobrevivir.*
    04:38 🚀 *La misión espacial resultó ser un viaje de ida, y no se esperaba que nadie regresara a casa.*
    06:35 🔍 *Se revela que alguien manipuló la órbita de la nave, lo que llevó al accidente y a la tragedia.*
    09:01 😡 *Los personajes tienen conflictos personales y emocionales relacionados con la creación de un ser artificial.*
    12:10 🐺 *Se comparte una historia que refleja temas de traición y engaño en la narrativa.*
    15:04 💔 *Los personajes enfrentan momentos emotivos y de despedida en medio de la adversidad.*
    Made with HARPA AI

  • @thetonetosser
    @thetonetosser 7 місяців тому

    All I ever see with these robot, android, synthetic human stories is an adaptation of something Isaac Asimov thought up 70 odd years ago.

  • @shanemcknight1583
    @shanemcknight1583 Рік тому +4

    Great analogy of suffering and survival in the midst of adversity.

  • @donnaduhamel6004
    @donnaduhamel6004 4 місяці тому

    Nah....time watches us at the bottom of trap...😂

  • @mrwoodandmrtin
    @mrwoodandmrtin Рік тому +4

    🤔
    So why did small wonder want to be alone on the planet?
    🤔
    Good cinematography. good costumes. good acting. etc.
    🤔
    How could it be a support robot, a cunning predator and a corporate employee all at the same time?
    Are there plot holes to be ironed out?
    🤔

  • @nzlevim
    @nzlevim Рік тому

    Very nice.

  • @SynthoidSounds
    @SynthoidSounds Рік тому +2

    Interesting, but still too many dangling threads, before and after a brief glimpse into this moment, like a window into a much larger story. Superbly acted, much credit for the production, but this could have been expanded to a much longer and larger production, maybe a feature length film waiting for its future moment of inception.

  • @KaiiWinter-nw4vi
    @KaiiWinter-nw4vi 6 місяців тому

    _Working ._

  • @imherebunny
    @imherebunny Рік тому +1

    Nice story DUST _bUDDY

  • @peterkelly7611
    @peterkelly7611 Рік тому +1

    I think this is a beautiful story.. Well done..

  • @rellis881
    @rellis881 9 місяців тому

    The confrontation scene in the beginning is like a goddamn master class in acting where it switches from one character to the next into the next but, I am no expert but the conveyance of emotion and anger through each individual character and the nonchalance and the honesty of the AI, it was all so beautifully acted and written I really felt that. I don't like a lot of movies nowadays mainly because they're low budget and one of the big differences in a large-scale production and low budget isn't always the special effects it's location, what I mean to say is a lot of movies take place in one or two locations like a sitcom, and to me there's just not enough visual stimuli going on. but I guess that's not it at all. after watching this I realize it's not the visual stimuli or lack of. being in one location it's just bad acting or lack of acting skill. and watching this I realized that good actors can do more with less, they don't need big set pieces they don't need a whole bunch of locations, like they're filming a episode of Miami vice. they need soul you don't have soul without raw talent what I mean by soul is when you have that thing it makes you real and without talent it's like a person without a soul it's just an animated automaton some of these actors and actresses are just Frankenstein's monster with beauty. when you have that soul, you can become the character you can emote you don't always need to cry on command to be able to emote. I don't even know where all of these thoughts are coming from I saw this scene and I was affected I was profoundly affected I actually didn't even have to concentrate I absorbed it. it actually made my day it was beautiful. I am so sorry that this rant went on and on but it showed me something about my own life and me being a lifelong movie lover why I don't like modern movies because most of them are straight to video nowadays and they're in one place I realize that that's not it at all it's just a paycheck for the actors and actresses they don't even bother to put out their best then I see something like this and it woke me up and I realize that you don't need to go a bunch of different places you just need to have the passion you need to have the soul. and closing thank you for this thank you very much

  • @PrimitiveInTheExtreme
    @PrimitiveInTheExtreme Рік тому

    ✨⏳✨

  • @grrmtthgrrmtth3000
    @grrmtthgrrmtth3000 Рік тому +1

    👍👀

  • @scotthultin7769
    @scotthultin7769 Рік тому

    369 👍's up DUST thank you for sharing 😅

  • @michadybczak4862
    @michadybczak4862 Рік тому +3

    I watched a few DUST films, but this is the first one I didn't like. It was too grim, too passive and pointless, One could seek something in it, but the form overgrew the content.

  • @homemdalua
    @homemdalua Рік тому +1

    Strange and sad

  • @bigsarge2085
    @bigsarge2085 Рік тому +1

    😎

  • @lisanidog8178
    @lisanidog8178 Рік тому +3

    And the point is…the only thing that will eventually be the only survivor is the kid whose not really a kid?

    • @NWTejas
      @NWTejas 11 місяців тому

      sadly I don't think there was one. Just a waste of 20 minutes of a lot of people's time.

    • @lisanidog8178
      @lisanidog8178 11 місяців тому

      @@NWTejas good point.

  • @joaobatistaassis5705
    @joaobatistaassis5705 7 місяців тому

    Bom

  • @ghimmy47
    @ghimmy47 Рік тому +2

    Ok as far as it went, limping. Find a writer. Finish the plot.

  • @banzaibill4290
    @banzaibill4290 Рік тому +3

    Boring... Acting and Drama, for nothing... Waste of my time.

  • @AlanAlbaDr
    @AlanAlbaDr Рік тому +11

    Sorry but this one was boring

  • @qnedim3200
    @qnedim3200 Рік тому

    The music at the beginning is of poor quality, as if it was recorded illegally in a movie theater.

  • @Qusin111
    @Qusin111 8 годин тому

    I'm assuming her husband and child were both recreated as Androids by her.

  • @billy4227
    @billy4227 Рік тому +1

    "Twilight Zone" did it better.

  • @okancanarslan3730
    @okancanarslan3730 Рік тому

    good film

  • @Carini76
    @Carini76 8 місяців тому

    Huh? With a budget that I presume is quite generous, you should aspire to match your content/stories with your visuals and production quality. There is a gulf between the two and it is frustrating. This is beautiful nothing.
    Best wishes.

  • @vintageguitarz1
    @vintageguitarz1 Рік тому +2

    BORING! ..

  • @hectordelvalle4428
    @hectordelvalle4428 Рік тому +3

    Crap

  • @anawipazukawaste5378
    @anawipazukawaste5378 Рік тому

    Despite of differences and difficulties both men have good haircuts and shaved cheeks so they will eventually overcome all difficulties their so called coexistence

  • @joew.6786
    @joew.6786 Рік тому

    It isn’t central to the story line, but why make it a one-way trip? To force a repopulation of the planet? Did the artificial girl perceive a threat? What?
    A reply to another comment was the original poster didn’t understand the message. The message in the title. I don’t get it either and would appreciate an explanation.

  • @putinkhuylo
    @putinkhuylo Рік тому +1

    Visualbullshit.

  • @eclipsestorm1975
    @eclipsestorm1975 Рік тому

    Is it just me but 3 ad's? What is happening with this channel?

  • @harrywalker968
    @harrywalker968 Рік тому

    never trust a fkn robot..

  • @bjb7587
    @bjb7587 Рік тому

    9.5 minutes of shouting in a wasteland. I'm done.

  • @DaleWheeler
    @DaleWheeler Рік тому +1

    Gloom and Doom. Don't care for it. 👎

  • @NWTejas
    @NWTejas 11 місяців тому

    WTF was that? Slow tedious pointless... and then nothing. You hit the trifecta.

  • @bachgenb
    @bachgenb Рік тому

    Pretentious, ponderous, pointless. A triumph of style over content and meaning.

  • @davidt6539
    @davidt6539 Рік тому +1

    Repost of film I watched a long time ago. Meh.

  • @mattgaming8717
    @mattgaming8717 Рік тому

    Based on the comments. I won't watch it. This means it's a very poor storyline or poorly thought out in getting whatever across including nothing. Next!

  • @Jim-ku6ry
    @Jim-ku6ry Рік тому

    The only thing sci-fi about this is that they are wearing spacesuits….rubbish

  • @ericerian1811
    @ericerian1811 Рік тому

    Alright. Yes, yes, that's true. >end a comm.
    Tatplah 👁ini 👁jg kau lepas lagi. In english, Got to perceive, never let go, Furthermore, .. between the eyes or this 🎮

  • @9774449091
    @9774449091 Рік тому +2

    First comment 😅