For me, the most important element of video story telling is not the acting, the production values, the camera work, the special effects or any of that. It's the story. And this was a good one!
A diamond in the rough among the vast universe of short films. Truly a gem. The bar has been raised to where everything about this should now be the standard when creating, executing, and producing a short film properly. Well done, lads. Well done.
Being into SF for years, I thought I knew what was coming after the first couple of minutes, but wasn't prepared for the greatness of this gem. Thank you very much.
Now this is something else. No cgi, no special effects nothing. Only a man in a room in front of a computer on a phone in a rainy night talking to another person. And in just this much it shows such elegance. MARVELOUS!!!!
Although the plot of a character being shocked to learn that they are really the computer program being tested isn't unique to this video, this version is well done. I don't watch many videos and I have already seen a few versions of this. I wonder which was the original version of this plot>
Awesome work Mark. You and all those that worked on this film. Excellent short. Maybe you contact DUST films and see what kind of response you get from them on this. It should have many many more views. Maybe they help you market it in some way, idk, just a thought.
WOW! So glad I stumbled upon this sci-fi short film! What a treasure it is, and such great writing and acting. Billy Boyd hit it out of the ballpark! Disney and the Hollywood machine should learn a thing or two from this superb little film! Outstanding writing and acting will win any day over well-worn and re-hashed movie tropes.
Great work! I watch a lot of horror and sci-fi short films and even the good ones can leave you a little frustrated as there is little back fill or so little narrative you are left with loads of unanswered questions. This thankfully isn't one of those. A well written and acted short film about AI simulated worlds and consciousness. Bravo.
Brilliant. Just brilliant. Top notch execution. One of the best true sci-fi short films ever. And Billy is freaking amazing. Mad kudos to him and everyone involved.
This is why i like the short stories by Stephen King: You get straight to the heart of the matter, no ifs and buts or how and why and after 20 pages, you are just totally amazed, confused and feel unsettled and the only thought that springs to mind is: pure brilliance.
THE BEST short sf video I have seen on the Tube...and I've seen many. Do you remember, when you were a kid, speculating if all the stars and planets were actually atoms making up some mundane object in a larger universe. I thought about thou sleepover conversations after watching this.
PERFECT in so many ways! Had me "hooked" right away. Perfect "set", perfect execution of a terrific concept. REALLY LIKED each voice - those 2 actors did a fantastic job. Thank you to everyone who made this film possible!
Wow ! Wot a conundrum? ... I suppose it's a bit like the egg talking 2 the chicken 🤣... which came 1st ??? Hands down one of the best ones I've seen 4 a while . Fair play fellas 👍... Tarra 🙏🍻👋👋👋🇬🇧
No fancy special effects or action, yet far better than 95% of the sci-fi shorts around because of a great concept/story well portrayed and made believable by great acting, truly one of the rare gems out there and what sci-fi's all about, bravo sir!
That was just...WOW. Just when you think you're the God of your creation, you learn you're the creation of your God. Ain't that how it goes sometimes? Wasn't expecting the twist at the end. Great job.
Nice twist on the ' *YOU* are the simulation' trope. I saw the twist that Walter was supposedly to be the A.I. as soon as the Turing Test was mentioned, but the double twist at the end was very good. Nice work!
I love it! I'm sending this to my twin brother. We're opposites. Split from 1 egg, I'm left-handed, he's right-handed. I wonder if he would like it as much as I did.
Awesome story and love the twist at the end. Proves what a creative script and exceptional acting can do, even on a shoe-string budget. Hope to see more great works from you.
Truly imaginative sci-fi psycho-thriller. This story has been told many times, but here is done with originality and in a classy, minimalistic way. So much more satisfying that all those blockbuster explosions and the gratuitous sex... Thematically speaking, it reminds me of a short-story by J.L.Borges, "The Circular Ruins" ... and of course, this idea is at the heart of "Do Androids Dream..." and even "the Matrix". And because of its sobriety and intelligence, it reminds me, stylistically, of "Gattaca"
This. Clearly it needs more views. Absolutely love it. Amazing how a simple set up with the right people can overgrow Hollywood movies with their overwhelming budgets.
Nice one. Fun fact: We already have programs that write themselves, based on an evolution-type premise, and nobody actually understands how they work. (In fact, a guy named Adrian Thompson evolved an electronic circuit as early as 1993, which is more efficient than any human design). I assume that must have been a big inspirationl
I could see it unfolding quite nicely, until God the scientist started to laugh and it dawned on me that our protagonist was the experiment, however, it made no sense to then shut the program down at that point. Peer review, even if only insofar as a wee, quiet chat with the AI, would have been the usual next step, not termination. That vital aspect aside, lol, superb work from Billy and the disembodied William, who's voice oddly reminded me of Charlie from _Charlie's Angels._ Kudos to everyone involved. This is one for my collection and thank you for posting!
This was incredible! The most shocking part was that there are only 125 comments and 128 subs!? Yet it is right up there with some of my most favorite Twilight Zone episodes. Not just any - the best, the _original_ Twilight Zone episodes!! You got the gift!
One of the very, very rare videos I've actually enjoyed on this channel. It had a story AND an ending. The acting was actually good for a change. Well done! Thank you!
Now this, THIS film is real, top quality sci-fi! Brilliant! There are but a handfull of short sci-fi films on the internet that are in this league. And this film may well be the best of that handful. I hope you keep making more films; I will watch for them. Thank you so much for making this one and best of luck in your future ones!
So... in 15 minutes and a modest budget you blew away most of Hollywood's 2 hour grossly over-budgeted 'movies'... RESPECT!!
Except it shows an absolute ignorance of any programming.
Totally agree
that's a high bar you set there....
It's amazing what can be achieved with one actor, a disembodied voice, a simple set and a really good concept. *_This is an excellent example ;-)_*
William Hope really did a great job...very convincing.
Agreed. A timeless classic, if you ask me 🙂
Billy Boyd's performance is completely convincing! I thought I saw what was coming and totally blown away by the end! Masterfully done!
For me, the most important element of video story telling is not the acting, the production values, the camera work, the special effects or any of that. It's the story.
And this was a good one!
A room full of furniture two actors and your story,,,,FANTASTIC
A diamond in the rough among the vast universe of short films. Truly a gem. The bar has been raised to where everything about this should now be the standard when creating, executing, and producing a short film properly. Well done, lads. Well done.
Well said.
Being into SF for years, I thought I knew what was coming after the first couple of minutes, but wasn't prepared for the greatness of this gem. Thank you very much.
Now this is something else. No cgi, no special effects nothing. Only a man in a room in front of a computer on a phone in a rainy night talking to another person. And in just this much it shows such elegance. MARVELOUS!!!!
This is a Masterpiece! Great scenography, dialogues and acting!
Outstanding! I'm 71 and haven't seen talent like this in a long time. Well Done!!
Although the plot of a character being shocked to learn that they are really the computer program being tested isn't unique to this video, this version is well done. I don't watch many videos and I have already seen a few versions of this. I wonder which was the original version of this plot>
WOW. I'm seriously blown away...the simplest set up produces an incredible story. This should have WAYYYY more views.
Thank you for your kind words, everyone. Internet comments sections can be an scary place but not here.
Simple in its form,
Unique in its tale,
Absolute in its theory,
Full circle.
Excellent! Simplistically beautiful!
Great short movie!. So hope to see your work on the big screen. You truly have the gift. Kudos! Btw, you're little scary as well. Lol!
Awesome work Mark. You and all those that worked on this film. Excellent short. Maybe you contact DUST films and see what kind of response you get from them on this. It should have many many more views. Maybe they help you market it in some way, idk, just a thought.
As a software engineer working with AI, I am very impressed!!! Someone did their research and did an awesome job at it!
WOW! So glad I stumbled upon this sci-fi short film! What a treasure it is, and such great writing and acting. Billy Boyd hit it out of the ballpark! Disney and the Hollywood machine should learn a thing or two from this superb little film! Outstanding writing and acting will win any day over well-worn and re-hashed movie tropes.
Great work! I watch a lot of horror and sci-fi short films and even the good ones can leave you a little frustrated as there is little back fill or so little narrative you are left with loads of unanswered questions. This thankfully isn't one of those. A well written and acted short film about AI simulated worlds and consciousness. Bravo.
Brilliant. Just brilliant. Top notch execution. One of the best true sci-fi short films ever. And Billy is freaking amazing. Mad kudos to him and everyone involved.
A truly genius piece of work. Easily on the level of the best "Twilight Zone" and "Outer Limits" episodes. Keep up the excellent work.
This is why i like the short stories by Stephen King: You get straight to the heart of the matter, no ifs and buts or how and why and after 20 pages, you are just totally amazed, confused and feel unsettled and the only thought that springs to mind is: pure brilliance.
Rod Serling would be proud!
I need to send this to myself. Every time I try to find it to watch again, it takes me FOREVER!
Wonderful and creepy great job ACTING and the freaking out factor perfect thanks so very much!!!
THE BEST short sf video I have seen on the Tube...and I've seen many. Do you remember, when you were a kid, speculating if all the stars and planets were actually atoms making up some mundane object in a larger universe. I thought about thou sleepover conversations after watching this.
This was so AWESOME! I loved every bit of ot. DON'T stop.
PERFECT in so many ways! Had me "hooked" right away. Perfect "set", perfect execution of a terrific concept. REALLY LIKED each voice - those 2 actors did a fantastic job. Thank you to everyone who made this film possible!
Brilliant! The double turn around was never expected. Engrossing and entertaining. tomato meter: 9.5
Well played! Absolutely original and perfectly executed... congrats!
Great! This deserves a lot more views!
superlative, I really appreciate when an amazing plot becomes a wonderful movie with little or no means
Master piece. Like "the man from earth". It's all about writing a story, a good one.
It was so hard to re find this video. I kept searching up “man creates simulated world and talks to it” and it never came up
Wow ! Wot a conundrum? ... I suppose it's a bit like the egg talking 2 the chicken 🤣... which came 1st ??? Hands down one of the best ones I've seen 4 a while . Fair play fellas 👍... Tarra 🙏🍻👋👋👋🇬🇧
That was bloody AWESOME!
Oh my… horrific! Disturbing at some unknown level… yet believable and terrifying! How did you do this? BRILLIANT!
That’s Pip from LOR!!! Hahah great actor!
Sorry, have to comment again. Very well done. Looking forward to more from you.
No fancy special effects or action, yet far better than 95% of the sci-fi shorts around because of a great concept/story well portrayed and made believable by great acting, truly one of the rare gems out there and what sci-fi's all about, bravo sir!
brilliant a real kick ass show man thanks
That was just...WOW. Just when you think you're the God of your creation, you learn you're the creation of your God. Ain't that how it goes sometimes? Wasn't expecting the twist at the end. Great job.
That was pure genius in 15 minutes. I stumbled across this and was completely intrigued
Amazing work man! true genius.
excellent story idea. no special effects one actor and a voice it turned out great. i enjoyed it and loved the twist at the end
Excellent! Bravo! Great story and even better twist!
Thank you soo much. Fantastic plot twist. Very well done. God bless.
Very good, the story and the narrative style take me back to the golden age of SF
Nice twist on the ' *YOU* are the simulation' trope. I saw the twist that Walter was supposedly to be the A.I. as soon as the Turing Test was mentioned, but the double twist at the end was very good. Nice work!
One of the really good sci fi movies I have seen so far. Great plot twist in the end
One of the, if not the, best youTube short films I've watched (prolly 50 or so). Very well done.
My faith in shorts is restored after watching this, thank you!
THIS... is a total and complete masterpiece! It's perfect!
That was amazing! Thought provoking. I really enjoyed it. Great work, thank you
The construction of this short film was to say the least, incredible. Don't want to include any spoilers here, so will cut this short. Excellent.
Great and effective editing, no visual scene wasted, even trough you get the story even without watching. Tock me back the old FM radio days. Thanks!
oh bravo!! Nobody put a foot wrong, and the acting was absolutely spot on - excellent casting.
I can't believe this hasn't had millions of views.
Really really good! A real seat clencher. Father is the son to the father...very clever....
In oldendays, the lion, or the tiger.... Kudos!
Totally amazing ! ! Brilliant take on my favourite SF subjects - AI. Superb.
Awwwww mayuuuun.....this was AWESOME!!!!!! 👍🏾👍🏾💪🏽💪🏽💪🏽
Wow. Brilliant short movie. Best I have ever watched.
I love it! I'm sending this to my twin brother. We're opposites. Split from 1 egg, I'm left-handed, he's right-handed. I wonder if he would like it as much as I did.
Awesome story and love the twist at the end. Proves what a creative script and exceptional acting can do, even on a shoe-string budget. Hope to see more great works from you.
Outstanding! One man, a simple set and a well written narrative. Had me hooked to the end. Congratulations.
Truly imaginative sci-fi psycho-thriller. This story has been told many times, but here is done with originality and in a classy, minimalistic way. So much more satisfying that all those blockbuster explosions and the gratuitous sex... Thematically speaking, it reminds me of a short-story by J.L.Borges, "The Circular Ruins" ... and of course, this idea is at the heart of "Do Androids Dream..." and even "the Matrix". And because of its sobriety and intelligence, it reminds me, stylistically, of "Gattaca"
Might be the best A.I story I've ever seen. Awesome!
A little more of the good old Phenomenology application , the old dream within a dream, reality within reality.
HUGE twist this was freaking awesome and the acting was peak!!
this was so well made that I am sure Rod Sterling would be very proud and it would have made a great Twilight Zone episode and got awards for it.
This. Clearly it needs more views. Absolutely love it. Amazing how a simple set up with the right people can overgrow Hollywood movies with their overwhelming budgets.
On the flip side of it. ~ Magnificent. 👏👏
Once again, blown away!!!💎✨
Nice one. Fun fact: We already have programs that write themselves, based on an evolution-type premise, and nobody actually understands how they work. (In fact, a guy named Adrian Thompson evolved an electronic circuit as early as 1993, which is more efficient than any human design). I assume that must have been a big inspirationl
Wow what a great film, excellent thanks you!!!
Nice little mind game , I liked it
I could see it unfolding quite nicely, until God the scientist started to laugh and it dawned on me that our protagonist was the experiment, however, it made no sense to then shut the program down at that point.
Peer review, even if only insofar as a wee, quiet chat with the AI, would have been the usual next step, not termination.
That vital aspect aside, lol, superb work from Billy and the disembodied William, who's voice oddly reminded me of Charlie from _Charlie's Angels._
Kudos to everyone involved.
This is one for my collection and thank you for posting!
awesome concept i was surprised!
Great short.. well done, bravo
Making so much, with so little. Way to go guys!!!
All 5 Stars. As strange and uncertain as this may sound-this is one of my memories. Sorry , but you are just one of my ...
Finally a drama with a storyline. Thank you. ( it was you right?).
Great video. Great concept. Thank you for sharing this.
I loved everything about that movie, fantastic work
Wow. Talk about intrigue and surprise. We need more like this one. Absolutely fantastic.
This was incredible! The most shocking part was that there are only 125 comments and 128 subs!? Yet it is right up there with some of my most favorite Twilight Zone episodes. Not just any - the best, the _original_ Twilight Zone episodes!! You got the gift!
I love how SciFi makes me think. You got me with this one in the end! It's excellent and should be viewed by more people.
Good actor. Loved the accent be sure and tell him. He could be in any movie out there or maybe he has. He looked familiar.
Wow! This was great!
How did I miss this?!?! Awesome!
Absolute, Pure, Intelligence. I am in teary eyed.
One of the very, very rare videos I've actually enjoyed on this channel. It had a story AND an ending. The acting was actually good for a change. Well done! Thank you!
That wouldn't look out of place on Outer Limits. Very good.
This, this is beautiful!
well done. this is what it is about. you don't know until the end
Bravo!
Now this, THIS film is real, top quality sci-fi! Brilliant! There are but a handfull of short sci-fi films on the internet that are in this league. And this film may well be the best of that handful. I hope you keep making more films; I will watch for them. Thank you so much for making this one and best of luck in your future ones!
Now THAT was good! Thank you!
Wow, that was good ! Great idea, superb acting, very effective camera work.
This was nothing short of pure genius!!!
Very good. Reminds me of Psalm 2. Thank you.
Wow! I was not expecting that ending. Nicely done, great story and great acting. I am definitely sharing the film
That was a joyous ride!!!! Great concept, great acting, great screenplay, great atmosphere, something missing in major movies. Thank you!!!!!!!!!
Great watch - kudos to you!
What a great story! Well written. You've got game. Please give us more.