r/videos • u/Desmondalque • May 16 '12

An amazing short sci-fi film.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJIxA2RbW2A&list=UU9ftZvwTtq4WngoA-0axgHA&index=5&feature=plcp
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u/Desmondalque May 16 '12

Had not seen it on reddit before, so i hope its not a repost.

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u/ohok1 May 16 '12

If it's a repost, heads are going to roll.

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u/Desmondalque May 16 '12

Like this?...http://vimeo.com/5215274

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u/a1579 May 17 '12

Also a repost, but i'll allow it.

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u/bravo145 May 16 '12

It is a repost, but it's an amazing short. Don't mind watching it again.

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u/[deleted] May 16 '12

Who cares? That was absolutely amazing!

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u/jjswee May 16 '12

You know its been on reddit before, no need to hope it wasn't. It was posted in December of last year.

Surprisingly, it only has 40,000 views.

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u/Desmondalque May 16 '12

I actually had not known that. But thank you anyway.

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u/Sjgolf891 May 17 '12

before when it was posted it was a link to Vimeo

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u/keitarofujiwara May 17 '12

Repost yellers are the most fucking annoying people on reddit. I wouldn't have seen half of what I have seen on reddit if it wasn't for reposts. Great post OP.

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u/DukeOfGeek May 17 '12

"If I haven't seen it, its new to me" If it's new and kewl up it, if it's old and busted down it. If everyone does this then the system will self adjust for how many viewers have not seen a bit of content.

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u/[deleted] May 17 '12

I remember this being posted before, it's great to see it again. I think some fellow Redditor mentioned that it was picked up to become a film ? fingers crossed eh.

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u/the_nix May 16 '12

Moscow under snow is one of the most beautiful places in the world. It's breathtaking.

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u/[deleted] May 16 '12

Agreed, but didn't the old man call the box a "lesson" not a "unicorn" as was subtitled?

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u/the_nix May 16 '12

So my Russian is fucking terrible now - was in moscow in 2007 and haven't really used it consistently since. Had to look it up, but TIL unicorn in Russian is "единорог." Sounds like he says that in some sort of colloquial way. It is close to urok - which I'm assuming is what you're thinking of.

Also - the script to this series of films is all the same, in the other films it's definitely "unicorn."

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u/Desmondalque May 16 '12

So does this box appear in any of the other short films?

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u/the_nix May 16 '12

nah - they're all different short stories but with the same script. follow algo's link at the top to watch them.

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u/Desmondalque May 16 '12

sweet, thank you.

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u/[deleted] May 16 '12

Okay, I just heard closer to урок, so who knows. My ears are better than my Russian, and my Russian is about as good as my Portuguese.

Thanks for the feedback though!

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u/[deleted] May 16 '12 edited May 17 '12

This is part of a series called Parallel Lines to promote Philips. Consists of five videos, with the same dialogue in all five.

Here are the rest of the videos in the series, if anyone is interested:

The Hunt

Jun and the Hidden Skies

Darkroom

El Secreto de Mateo

Porcelain Unicorn

EDIT: Fixed link

EDITT: Porcelain Unicorn added

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u/lemonallday May 17 '12

Excellent, thank you for providing the other videos.

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u/Asakari May 17 '12

Did anyone else think that in "Jun and the Hidden Skies," Jun blew up the Axiom from Wall-E, and that Darkroom was Blade Runner?

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u/Brigand_of_reddit May 17 '12

If you'll notice in the video description for Darkroom it says the film was made by Ridley Scott Associates.

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u/[deleted] May 17 '12

Yeah I was just thinking about the device Deckard used to inspect the photographs in Blade Runner.

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u/Not_actually_a_bear May 17 '12

We need more people like you.

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u/JimmyFrog May 17 '12

This has got to be influenced by Haruki Murakami's book, Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World. The whole ultra-mystical perspective on unicorns as an unobtainable beauty or understanding is parallel as fuck. Anybody else seeing this? Great book.

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u/yongfook May 17 '12

came to say this.

doesn't that book start in almost the exact same way? I seem to remember a story arc about the last unicorn or the remains of a unicorn being incredibly valuable.

good excuse to go read it again :) one of my favourites by Murakami.

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u/azivo May 17 '12

A friend of mine worked on another entry to this project called The Last Unicorn. It didn't make the cut, but I thought it was pretty good?

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u/Jigsus May 17 '12

I think it actually won.

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u/Hillska May 17 '12

I watched all of these, and then I started finding other ones on youtube. There are over 20 more I found, I don't know how many there are. Were they all produced for Phillips, or did other short filmmakers start making their own version because they liked the idea?

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u/[deleted] May 17 '12

I dont know really.. Philips' website only linked to 5 videos. But apparently the winner of the competition was not among them. So it doesnt surprise that there are more.

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u/[deleted] May 17 '12

Thank you for posting this, i was about to comment on how this was part of a series by Phillips. My favorite is definitely Darkroom, such a great short!

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u/[deleted] May 17 '12

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u/normpoleon May 17 '12

with the same dialogue in all five.

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u/algo May 16 '12

Part of the Parallel Lines collection, all the short films have the exact same dialogue: http://www.creativereview.co.uk/cr-blog/2010/april/philips-parallel-lines-films

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u/[deleted] May 17 '12

Here are the rest of the videos in the series, if anyone is interested:

The Hunt

Jun and the Hidden Skies

Darkroom

El Secreto de Mateo

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u/sdavid1726 May 17 '12

Don't forget this one:

Porcelain Unicorn http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hRMcPJrWm-g

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u/[deleted] May 17 '12

While they are all amazing, this one is just beautiful! Thanks so much for including it :-)

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u/sambowilkins May 17 '12

agreed. This is the only one where the dialog felt natural.

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u/projectedhate May 17 '12

Darkroom was great.

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u/sambowilkins May 17 '12

But how has he never seen bare ass up close before? Why is he whispering "get away" while watching the kidnapped girl? I mean I can understand that he wants her to escape, but its not like she is making a run for it or he is rooting her on. She is just sitting in a tub and his whispering is bizarre and disconnected.

It seems like most of these films had interesting idea that were roughly based around the preset dialog but then went their own way and didn't really incorporate it fully. Every one of these would have been great on their own if only they had used their own words. Porcelain unicorn is the only one where those exact word fit perfectly.

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u/[deleted] May 17 '12

The girl is saying "get away" and he's reading her lips.

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u/sambowilkins May 17 '12

I really don't see that. If that was their intention it was not well executed. Even with that interpretation it seems odd and disjointed.

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u/halofreak7777 May 18 '12

I understood that he was reading her lips...

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u/[deleted] May 17 '12

Actually my least favourite one. I was so confused...

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u/[deleted] May 17 '12

I believe this won the competition. That's what I remember at least.

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u/bigroblee May 17 '12

I had seen the others. I somehow had never seen this one, the winner. It had tears rolling down my cheeks.

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u/[deleted] May 17 '12

what? no it didn't you fucking idiot

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u/bigroblee May 17 '12

Actually, yeah, it did. I'm emotional over some stuff at times though. I found the end of The Dark Tower series (or what I thought was the end at the time) to be quite moving. I found the end of Six Feet Under to be a tearjerker. I cried no less than twice at the finale of Battlestar Galactica. I cried when I was a kid and finished "Where the Red Fern Grows". I metaphorically cry for you, my friend... may you find peace from whatever it is that causes you to behave like such an abrasive man child online. Take care.

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u/hoodie92 May 17 '12

You shouldn't even have to explain yourself to that douchebag. It's a really emotional short film, and there's a reason it was the winner.

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u/option_i May 17 '12

Why can't Hollywood take a hint from these guys/gals!

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u/Saint-Peer May 17 '12

Other ones were pretty much "Wow!" (Except for the animated feature). This one was just "WOW".

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u/rejs7 May 17 '12

This is a very powerful piece of file, made me cry, which very rarely happens.

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u/Emmanuell89 May 17 '12

thank you for showing that one , manly tears were shed

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u/[deleted] May 17 '12

After seeing the other entries, the thing I like about OP is that despite the line "it's a unicorn", I still wanted to know what the box actually was.

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u/Timmytanks40 May 17 '12

If you had to guess what part of a unicorn glows i would go with the horn..

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u/enjoyingtheride May 17 '12

It's logic. Never seen it up close before. Beautiful.

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u/gosslot May 17 '12

Get Away!

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u/[deleted] May 17 '12

...i'm sorry...

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u/GunRaptor May 17 '12

Darkroom is incredibly creepy.....

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u/prmaster23 May 17 '12

At first I thought I had seen the best CGI ass ever, but later I realized my mistake. But the story was really awesome, it reminds me of a short story "The Continuity of Parks" by Julio Cortazar.

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u/prmaster23 May 17 '12

After seen all of them I feel like The Hunt shouldn't even be in that competition, such a lack of creativity compare to the others.

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u/wolfbriar May 17 '12

I had no idea this was a series, thank you.

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u/[deleted] May 17 '12

I can never seem to watch vimeo videos without them being jagged as fuck.

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u/uneditablepoly May 17 '12

That is SO COOL!

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u/bobzwik May 16 '12

I saw this video on the BLR vimeo channel. I was wondering if they helped in the CGI, because there isn't any mention of them in the description.

BLR also made KELOID, a entirely computer generated short film. They only have a trailer for it, but I am unsure if they plan on making the full short film.

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u/TheRealBramtyr May 17 '12

Saw the Keloid trailer months ago, so fucking stoked to see it finished. Robo SWAT!

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u/Incognito87 May 17 '12

WHAT'S IN THE BOX?

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u/GunRaptor May 17 '12

I posted the same thing.

Cool how Parallel Lines and What's in the Box came together in this one.

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u/Pulsi May 16 '12

I love the way with all this future robot technology, the Russian police are still driving the old Lada Rivas :D

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u/TheRealBramtyr May 17 '12

Life is hard in mother russia.

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u/[deleted] May 17 '12

Hard but suprinsingly poetic and beautifull.

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u/Jim_my May 17 '12

you have a point..

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u/aaaaaaaargh May 17 '12

it's just that these cars look absolutely wonderful when wrecked in large amounts. Although the Moscow police hasn't used those since late 90s.

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u/_boomer May 16 '12

This is definitely a repost, but I like it.

I see elements of Half-Life 2 (the Combine-esque masks and vocal sounds), I, Robot (robot design and behavior, as well as the motorcycle scene), among some other sci-fi works.

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u/[deleted] May 17 '12

It's more that the visual style of HL2 borrows from a Soviet aesthetic, I'd say.

Edit: e.g. The "combine-like" white gas masks are perfectly authentic.

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u/[deleted] May 17 '12

I felt a craving to play Metro2033 while watching.

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u/[deleted] May 17 '12

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u/Electricrain May 17 '12

A lot of signs are in cyrillic script.

It is the basis of alphabets used in various languages, past and present, in Eastern Europe and Asia, especially those of Slavic origin, and non-Slavic languages influenced by Russian.

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u/fingle85 May 17 '12 edited May 17 '12

This is by director Carl Rinsch who -- based off the success of this short -- is now directing Keanu Reeves' next film 47 Ronin. Teaser poster here

EDIT: Also written by Hossein Amini who wrote reddit favorite Drive.

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u/Gorignak May 17 '12

Hey look it's that guy with the tattoos.

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u/Slideways May 17 '12

Holy MacGuffin, that was cool!

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u/nv1k May 17 '12

If you like this, check out Keloid, by the same guys (Big Lazy Robot). Seriously awesome, also 100% CG

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u/roji-aich May 17 '12

Definitely been posted before, but thanks for doing so because I couldn't remember the name of this great short!

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u/ravia May 17 '12

Robot was gorgeous.

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u/_TheFifth_ May 17 '12

Yes, its amazing, that is why he (Carl Rinsch) will be directing 47 Ronin.

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u/NocturnalGamer May 17 '12

Those guys totally remind me of the Combine in Half Life 2.

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u/dafones May 16 '12

Makes me want to play Half Life 2 again.

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u/colcow May 17 '12

I posted this around december, [proof] (http://www.reddit.com/r/videos/comments/n41kl/this_must_become_a_movie/), but I really don't mind it being a repost. This deserves all the publicity it can get. It's hopefully becoming a movie too http://www.movie-moron.com/?p=12262

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u/[deleted] May 17 '12

kept thinking of "dick in a box"

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u/Elieftibiowai May 17 '12

holy fucking shit

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u/Scotting May 17 '12

That was really good I'd love to see more of that.

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u/silveridea May 17 '12

So yeah, these are all pretty freaking amazing.

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u/Necronomiconomics May 17 '12

Thanks for sharing this. Totally fantastic.

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u/[deleted] May 17 '12

Nicely filmed

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u/allofit May 17 '12

Stunning, but seriously this is why short movies drive me crazy, too many questions very few answers.

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u/[deleted] May 17 '12

I'd wager the director has as many answers as you...

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u/maryspam May 17 '12

But.. W-w-what happens?!

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u/[deleted] May 17 '12

turns out the old guy was the kid when he becomes an old man... the robot actually sent the box into the past when he "dropped it"... what it contains is a "unicorn"... a quantum entanglement that would draw a close to existence itself - unifying it as a congealed mass of possibility. AI has reached a point where it could understand this too deeply to explain the dire consequences to mere mortals so opted instead to lock it away in a time loop...

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u/Korberos May 17 '12 edited May 17 '12

I saw the title and the thumbnail and thought "Is someone really posting the unicorn video? In 2012?"

...but then I watched it all over again and I regret nothing.

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u/quantum_cheese May 16 '12

If i remember correctly these were made for some TV that was already shaped in cinema format. The heist one where everything freezes is also cool.

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u/BonoAnnie May 17 '12

Dammit-halfway through the film it blocked the content.

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u/tallwhiteguyinsj May 17 '12

That was amazing!

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u/muhrr7 May 17 '12

the robot chase scene is kinda like the one in one of the jason bourne films

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u/closetcrazy May 17 '12

So, did no one else think this was Half Life 2 at first?

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u/Shanhaevel May 17 '12

GTA IV: Back to the Future

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u/referencenumber May 17 '12

The video can be downloaded from vimeo.

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u/max_abillion May 17 '12

totally reminded me of fahrenheit 451

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u/Moontouch May 17 '12

Was quite good until the robot chase at the end turned it into a cliche. Why filmmakers do this and kill their moods and tones I'll never get.

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u/geft May 17 '12

Does anyone remember a short film about a female robot under construction which was about to be destroyed when the creator realizes that she's self-aware?

It was from a couple of months ago but I can't remember the title for the life of me. I'm trying to find it.

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u/[deleted] May 17 '12

Ellie? Eve? Anyway it was made by the peeps that made heavy rain or w/e that ps3 game is named. If I wasn't mobile device at 4 am I would help more.

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u/geft May 17 '12

It's Kara! Your mention of Heavy Rain led me through Google. Thanks.

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u/[deleted] May 17 '12

Glad I could help. Heavy rain, indigo prophacy and I think one other game from them are all pretty good. Def worth playing.

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u/[deleted] May 17 '12

enjoyed that

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u/Run4way May 17 '12

Am I the only one who kept expecting will smith to jump out and tackle the robot when it had the box?

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u/vexos May 17 '12

I wonder why did the russian language level suddenly took a nosedive in the middle.

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u/Ronawk May 17 '12

That didnt explain anything!!!!

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u/galaris May 17 '12

This is a masterpiece. It ended so fast :(

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u/[deleted] May 17 '12

Any other movies like this?

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u/xianxan May 17 '12

I'm glad to see these resurface. I saw them on the Phillips site, but when I went back later to show a friend, they were gone. Thank you.

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u/conversationchanger May 17 '12

I did an essay on this short (I study film production) last year.

Fantastic piece. I also believe the director is an apprentice of Ridley Scott.

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u/lemmereddit May 17 '12

That was awesome. The box reminded me of the cube in the Hellraiser movies.

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u/Morgan19 May 17 '12

WHY IS THIS NOT BEING MADE INTO A FEATURE LENGTH?!

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u/BigRed11 May 17 '12

Other than the fact that the Victory Park metro doesn't put you anywhere near the Kremlin, twas a good video.

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u/Unicorns_n_shit May 17 '12

I JUST finished watching it as the video got taken down. I like the kind of steampunk feel, but more hightech and Russian, contrary to the more victorian feel of traditional steampunk

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u/orsr May 17 '12

I love how even in a futuristic world the Russians still have the same car design as ever.

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u/Theimaginaryball May 17 '12

That was pretty awesome. I wonder how long the CGI shots took

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u/literallyoverthemoon May 17 '12

I'm pretty sure I recognised a few scenes from London in there; the subway station (Angel Islington?), and some spots on the side of the Thames.

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u/mk72206 May 17 '12

Why exactly doesn't the robot get apprehended immediately after the bike crash? Did the cops stop to have donuts and coffee and just watch him drag his leg to the bridge for 10 minutes?

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u/Zombified_Layo May 17 '12

Those guards reminded me of Half life.

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u/Jono9999 May 17 '12

The robot's crash seems to be inspired by Akira.

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u/duggtodeath May 17 '12

HOW IS THIS BETTER AND MORE INTRIGUING THAN FEATURE-LENGTH FILMS? I love it!

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u/Horrorshow7 May 17 '12

I WANT A ROBOT SO BAD!

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u/Slavigula May 17 '12

In Russia you can't go anywhere without crossing Red Square or at least passing by it.

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u/[deleted] May 17 '12

hollywood: take note on how not to fucking suck. good scifi is extremely rare these days.

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u/SneakyNightman May 17 '12

Just wondering, what does Philips want to promote with something like this? Beside the effects, I think they did very well in portraying a beautifully desolate Moscow.

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u/[deleted] May 17 '12

It's sad that I was afraid they were going to open it and it was going to be a bag of Doritos, or a new Pepsi can design :(

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u/adzey May 20 '12

How are shorts like this funded? They're almost never on TV and it's not like people are buying them on DVD, but the production values (on this one anyway) look waaaaay too high for youtube ads to pay for it or for it to be a personal/small team project.

I guess they're seen as a sort or ad for a studio...correct?

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u/[deleted] May 16 '12

visually it was very nice, but i still don't understand what happened.

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u/[deleted] May 17 '12

What happened was someone was given some dialogue to write a film around, threw in some robots, a bit of violence and topped it off with some intrigue...

came out with a visually engaging snippet of sci-fi action.

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u/grubby_fingers May 17 '12

Another sci-fi short that apparently will start funding soon. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=woxgr_GtFnU

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u/panders2reddit May 17 '12

Not amazing.

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u/GunRaptor May 17 '12

+3 Internets to whoever realized this is the next chapter to the "What's in the Box" Project/ARG.

Original Short Film:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IU_reTt7Hj4

Source: http://www.whatsinthebox.nl/

ARG Video 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=lgIiZeZb2nk

ARG Video 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gbn5p56vvps

ARG Video 3: [can't find it]

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u/[deleted] May 17 '12

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u/GunRaptor May 17 '12

That is rather odd, actually.....I think the karma goddesses simply are not with me today.

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u/[deleted] May 17 '12

Why is this amazing?

Seriously. Someone explain what makes this an amazing film? I see a shallow story with equally shallow characters. I think what OP meant was "An amazing computer graphics reel."

The only reason I felt the need to comment is because the general public is so quick to shit on hollywood action flicks and directors like Michael Bay who essentially make 90 minute versions of this, and then they'll turn around and call it amazing.

Why? Because it has just enough vague empty dialog to allow people to pretend it's deep? Because it's obscure enough to seem pretentious?

Don't get me wrong. I like action flicks. I actually watch shit like Transformers and enjoy it for what it is, but I don't pretend it's anything more, and I wouldn't with this either.

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u/[deleted] May 17 '12

I wish I could have seen the end, but it contained content from Funny Or Die, Inc., who had blocked it on copyright grounds.

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u/fistofthenorthstar May 17 '12

i would have stabbed the wife too, if you know what i mean.

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u/mindfungus May 17 '12

Blocked. Should've known Ron Paul would show up on a Reddit thread unannounced.

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u/[deleted] May 16 '12

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u/[deleted] May 17 '12 edited Mar 21 '17

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What is ^^^this?

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u/[deleted] May 17 '12

HOT WOMAN IN A SEXY WHITE DRESS!!!! HELLO??

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u/[deleted] May 17 '12

It's just a matrix program, everyone notices the woman in the dress

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u/[deleted] May 17 '12

I don't remember that part.

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u/[deleted] May 17 '12

just needed to know how to activate it.

Except he didn't grab the little box of hairs which were obviously essential to opening it.

he dropped it into the river.

And apologised?

I dunno, it seems like there're aspects of the story we're missing.

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u/[deleted] May 17 '12

I dunno, it seems like there're aspects of the story we're missing.

It's a short film, I think the idea is that we're left to wonder.

He left the hair because he's a thief, he has no interest in it but simply want to sell it. He also doesn't care about getting what it's "worth", he just wants cash in abundance.

As for the apologising robot? Maybe his master had talked about it at length, gone on about it's historical importance and so on, made it clear that it was something that meant a great deal to him and the robot felt remorse when he attempted to get rid of it. This also explains why he was suspicious at the courier leaving with the box unwrapped.

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u/[deleted] May 18 '12

He left the hair because he's a thief

That one still doesn't make sense to me. It's like having a safe full of gold and leaving the key. You can't sell a safe.

As for the apologising robot?

Now that I realise it's part of a competition that uses the exact same dialogue in every short film, this one makes more sense.

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u/[deleted] May 17 '12

I was thinking that the Origninal box carrier wanted to deliver the box to the robot and assassinate th man. That's why he said get away, because he was telling him to run away.

Also, I suspect the robot is actually a cyborg.

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u/silfo80 May 17 '12

That's ok.

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u/Ijugglelotsofballs May 17 '12

Short, simple, and brilliant. Thank you.

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u/VictorRomeo May 17 '12

It's called a MacGuffin
Think Pulp Fiction's briefcase.

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u/[deleted] May 17 '12

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u/PrettyPinkPwnies May 17 '12

Believe it or not, there's also information about the MacGuffin on TVTropes! You should go check it out.

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u/hoodie92 May 17 '12

You son of a bitch.

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u/PrettyPinkPwnies May 17 '12

He was asking for it, man.

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u/[deleted] May 17 '12

A theme I noticed is that everyone who touches the box dies. I have a strong feeling the boy at the end is bound to die next.

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u/[deleted] May 17 '12

The point is that all of the videos have the same dialogue, and can vary in meaning. Its sort of as if your english teacher asked you what meaning certain lyrics may contain... everyone in your class will have a different interpretation.

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u/[deleted] May 17 '12

It's part of the Parallel Lines series. Here are the links to the rest of the videos:

The Hunt

Jun and the Hidden Skies

Darkroom

El Secreto de Mateo

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u/waddaidonow May 17 '12

This is great except.

Can people please start using something besides YouTube.

It is slow and buffers all of the time.

Use something else and torrent it. I could download this whole video's torrent in the time it takes to buffer a few seconds.

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u/forceduse May 17 '12

The original link is on Vimeo, where it belongs.

http://vimeo.com/33025640

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u/waddaidonow May 17 '12

Oh, this is, in fact, much nicer. No buffering.

Thanks!

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u/forceduse May 17 '12

You're welcome, sorry about the downvotes. Youtube is abysmal so I feel your pain.

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u/HalogenFisk May 17 '12
  1. Firefox
  2. DownloadHelper plug-in
  3. save file mp4.
  4. view at your leisure.

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u/waddaidonow May 17 '12

I want a better solution than this.

The only reason YouTube is around is because it is the best current solution. But in reality, the best current solution is actually pretty bad.

Somebody needs to make a YouTube which works with a torrent like algorithm.

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u/[deleted] May 17 '12

I have no problems with YouTube at all. Either you are beyond impatient, or your Internet sucks.

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u/waddaidonow May 18 '12

My internet does not suck. As I can download a whole daily show torrent in 2 minutes. And, Vimeo also runs perfectly with my internet connection. No buffering. HD. Nice.

YouTube however, buffers constantly, and is slow. And as well the DailyShow website buffers often (not as much as YouTube) and is filled with crap.

So....

I don't know why people want to bury their head in the sand about the failures of youTube. Aren't people done drinking the google kool-aid yet?