Sci-Fi Short Film: "Laws of the Universe" | DUST Exclusive

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  • čas přidán 24. 06. 2020
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    An inmate is trapped in his prison cell after an extraordinary circumstance happens beyond his prison walls. With outside forces threatening the ones he loves, he will do anything it takes to escape.
    Laws of the Universe by Chris Mangano (director) & Adam Aresty (writer)
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  • @kr00m
    @kr00m Před 4 lety +537

    I think the meaning is once built, no matter the circumstance a cell will never be empty. For those outside what we’re trying to escape from it is a privilege for those inside.

    • @SuperAtheist
      @SuperAtheist Před 4 lety +4

      Alcatraz

    • @manganomovies
      @manganomovies Před 4 lety +2

      💜

    • @Easyhandler
      @Easyhandler Před 4 lety

      Beautiful

    • @tomasotreasaigh111
      @tomasotreasaigh111 Před 4 lety +30

      What you talking about Willis?
      This film had the amazing distinction of both blowing AND sucking simultaneously!
      Crack a window please cos this was a stinker! Dayumm that stank!

    • @susanmiller4070
      @susanmiller4070 Před 4 lety +9

      @@tomasotreasaigh111 I also would have cracked the window by day 12

  • @danstheman33
    @danstheman33 Před 3 lety +228

    if Dust has taught me anything, it's that coming up with an intriguing scenario is a lot easier then developing a coherent plot with an ending

    • @joebeastyg5686
      @joebeastyg5686 Před 3 lety +15

      Watch enough of these and that is the exact conclusion you will come to. Atleast it's a conclusion, though ;)

    • @rb032682
      @rb032682 Před 2 lety +2

      @Dan - Good point.

    • @Sci-Fi_Fan296
      @Sci-Fi_Fan296 Před 2 lety +3

      Well said!!!! 100% spot on!

    • @jerrysstories711
      @jerrysstories711 Před 2 lety +11

      Yep. I have about twenty stories in my files that I've never published because I couldn't think of worthwhile endings for them. But I guess they'd make the cut at DUST!

    • @stepchicken3238
      @stepchicken3238 Před 2 lety +4

      Yes, most of these stories have no conclusion. I wonder why they go to so much trouble and cost to produce something so annoying and pointless?

  • @grahamrendoth6223
    @grahamrendoth6223 Před 3 lety +673

    The alternative story: One long ad for ramen soup noodles during a lockdown.

    • @gonosoe3952
      @gonosoe3952 Před 3 lety +12

      *with deep licking

    • @JeffMcDuffie72MeridianGate
      @JeffMcDuffie72MeridianGate Před 3 lety +2

      Oodles of noodles

    • @dynodish
      @dynodish Před 3 lety +4

      I beg your pardon...there was also Cup-O-Soup.

    • @JeffMcDuffie72MeridianGate
      @JeffMcDuffie72MeridianGate Před 3 lety +3

      @BlueJayRobin Give us this day our garlic bread, and forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trample on our lawns. And lead us not into vegetarianism, but deliver us some pizza, for thine is the meatball, the onion, and the bay leaves, forever and ever. May the flying spaghetti monster touch thy third eye with his noodly appendage R'Amen.

    • @JeffMcDuffie72MeridianGate
      @JeffMcDuffie72MeridianGate Před 3 lety +1

      @BlueJayRobin R'amen

  • @dolltron6965
    @dolltron6965 Před 4 lety +1353

    My interpretation: He went to the place he wanted to be and did so with focus and direction , the other guy had no focus, direction and his subconscious kept sending him to prison suggesting guilt and where he deserved to be.
    Although guilty of the murder was not guilty of bad intent, he killed a bad guy. The alien tech acted as a judge of character and didn't care about skin colour or our judiciary system...the two of them ended up where the laws of the universe decided.

  • @mustachadon
    @mustachadon Před 3 lety +198

    I was locked up for two years. This situation was my greatest fear. That something would happen and nobody would help us. Its a terrible fear to have. Glad to say i made it home to my babies.

    • @dougholliday467
      @dougholliday467 Před 3 lety +4

      That seems to be a big problem today. no way out while the "so called "corona C virus is supposedly "being contained" within the prison don't ever wanna go back there again !!!

    • @shaggystone6397
      @shaggystone6397 Před 3 lety

      And then real fear starts...

    • @reclusiarchgrimaldus1269
      @reclusiarchgrimaldus1269 Před 3 lety +11

      @@dougholliday467 Kinda the opposite, in some states, when it first started, began releasing prisoners over fears of the virus, which is as bad of an idea as it sounds. And then they start arresting people who break lockdown measures and put them in prison.

    • @iamisearojob6549
      @iamisearojob6549 Před 3 lety +1

      Am glad you made it help, now help those inside to not live in fear

    • @feriztiojanuarabdau3339
      @feriztiojanuarabdau3339 Před 3 lety +4

      Here, in Indonesia when the covid is start outbreaking, the first week we don't get full daily meal, it's only 2 noodle per people for a day. Note that Indonesian appetite is much bigger so 2 noodle daily with no rice really make some people angry.
      Glad tho in June my sentence is over.

  • @krissisk4163
    @krissisk4163 Před 4 lety +325

    At the end there it looks like life is just going on as normal outside the prison, so why did they stop feeding the prisoners and turn off the power and water?

    • @ojkolsrud1
      @ojkolsrud1 Před 3 lety +75

      Yeah, I didn't understand that either. When his call to his mother went to voicemail, I thought the world had gone to shit - which would explain the lack of power and water - but once outside, everything looked normal sans a huge footstool in the skies. I liked the story, but there's a few unexplained things.

    • @flappy7373
      @flappy7373 Před 3 lety +63

      @@ojkolsrud1 yeeeeep. i think the whole story was just a poorly created medium to carry a political message of some kind. with plotholes as huge as the ones in this story, it's obvious the writing was focused more around the message than the story

    • @ChrisBrown-od3eb
      @ChrisBrown-od3eb Před 3 lety +98

      so here is my theory, that where the guy jumped to isn't really LA, its what he remembers LA looking like.

    • @ojkolsrud1
      @ojkolsrud1 Před 3 lety +22

      @@ChrisBrown-od3eb That's actually a pretty clever theory!

    • @blackmaggot5046
      @blackmaggot5046 Před 3 lety +21

      @@flappy7373 Spot on. They were trying to hit more than one at a time which ends up a mess as nothing is truly the focus and nothing is developed. Nothing is resolved, nothing is accomplished, but viewers who really enjoy studying film know what is going on. Unfortunately, many of the films on this and other similar channels do the same thing. Promoting the latest politically correct stance with manufactured stereotypes and predictable character traits in order to fit the current narrative, sometimes going so far as just being a vehicle for someone's propaganda without concern for people who just like to watch, talk about, and critique film. Most people just want to consume entertainment - understandable to a certain extent. And then you have the comments of people who want these made into movies and series as if Hollywood, Netflix, etc. wouldn't twist and corrupt them further into cinematic abominations that Cthulhu itself would give multiple tentacles up for. I appreciated your comment. Many comments that one sees here just praise every video and make excuses for any shortcomings without any consideration of the social context or occasion. Criticism is not condemnation like so many fragile egos seem to think or, as you often hear in the vernacular, as "I feel like."

  • @manganomovies
    @manganomovies Před 4 lety +85

    Hi everyone. I happen to be the director of this short film. Thank you to everyone for watching our passion project. We love that there has been so many terrific positive comments. We are really thrilled about the response. Adam Aresty the film’s writer posted on here earlier today also. If you have any questions for either of us let us know. Big thanks to DUST for having us a part of their platform!

    • @erickwalah2413
      @erickwalah2413 Před 4 lety +1

      boooooo.....

    • @manganomovies
      @manganomovies Před 4 lety +3

      erick walah thank yooooooooou.

    • @Nabooru
      @Nabooru Před 3 lety +6

      So, the fruit man is a real thing? Like, he's there right now?

    • @Retrogamepak
      @Retrogamepak Před 3 lety +19

      Why did the power/water go out in the prison but everywhere else seems normal. A bigger question why did the guards stop feeding the prisoners.

    • @mr.2umr.2u47
      @mr.2umr.2u47 Před 3 lety +3

      I would like to have the opportunity to act in some of your movies. Please

  • @geekdiggy
    @geekdiggy Před 3 lety +235

    have i watched too many comedies, or did everyone else expect him to get creamed out of his shoes by a texting driver as soon as he stepped off the curb?

    • @GoofballLtG
      @GoofballLtG Před 3 lety +6

      geekdiggy I was thinking that too! Was he on the sidewalk or in the street? The whole “short lived freedom -ironic tragedy “ trope has been done so much I was expecting it.
      I’m glad he didn’t though. But now I really want to know the purpose of the space ship and the teleporting guy. Are there more teleporting agents? Who are they looking for and why?

    • @MKArnold001
      @MKArnold001 Před 3 lety +2

      Same here. Almost thought I heard an air horn.

    • @rudycorona6964
      @rudycorona6964 Před 3 lety +1

      geekdiggy I was thinking the same thing

    • @dessh2480
      @dessh2480 Před 3 lety

      Me 🙋🏽‍♀️

    • @RichardRingo1
      @RichardRingo1 Před 3 lety +1

      That is EXACTLY what I though would happen. Lol. :-)

  • @jimjones994
    @jimjones994 Před 3 lety +44

    Only thing that didn't make sense is that fact that they just stopped giving him food, if cars are still driving around and guy is selling fruit on the street they would still have people at the prison feeding the people.

    • @karlrand7762
      @karlrand7762 Před 3 lety

      This was science fiction not reality.

    • @eyeroglyph4274
      @eyeroglyph4274 Před 3 lety +2

      Hardly anyone who works at a prison actually cares about the prisoners. Especially in an alien invasion. You could see no one bothered showing up for work as the water and lights shut off

    • @firstbornjordan
      @firstbornjordan Před 3 lety +1

      @@terryfuldsgaming7995 sci fi fantasy.

    • @enginepy
      @enginepy Před 2 lety

      Yeah that made no sense. It looked like many people went about living their lives. No reason for guards to leave or water to be shut off etc.

  • @Deew0244
    @Deew0244 Před 4 lety +244

    I thought that was a amazon echo and the alien ship was a playstation

  • @tomdalton6485
    @tomdalton6485 Před 3 lety +9

    I appreciate that DUST is promoting art. We don't often see that in movies. A painting doesn't have to tell a whole story; it can just set a mood, and invite a viewer to ask questions. I think it's helpful to watch these movies as if they were paintings. They set up some elements and introduce a few ideas. They are not just short, Hollywood movies with a beginning, middle, and end, standard character development arcs, and happy resolution at the end to ensure mass popularity that justifies some multi-million-dollar production budget. These shorter films can take many more chances. They can show us things that Hollywood will never show us. They can let us ask questions. Another commenter said this movie isn't "scifi," just because it has aliens and a magic teleporter. I agree. I think it's sci-fi because it uses the lens of another reality to give us another perspective on our own.

  • @SunnyOst
    @SunnyOst Před 4 lety +200

    Alexa, get me out of prison

  • @ianc4901
    @ianc4901 Před 4 lety +227

    Not so much a short story, more like an intro to a movie that may have some surprises but we'll never know what they might be.

    • @manganomovies
      @manganomovies Před 4 lety +5

      Never say never!

    • @The1234philly
      @The1234philly Před 4 lety +9

      most short stories have open endings, they're really just moments

    • @jkobain
      @jkobain Před 4 lety +1

      @@manganomovies just as you didn't. ;D

    • @jkobain
      @jkobain Před 4 lety +8

      @@The1234philly most of the short stories I totally loved on this channel were less than ten minutes long. And still story-rich, full of details and packed with action.

    • @MichaelGroves777
      @MichaelGroves777 Před 4 lety +2

      Exactly, and the main reason I stopped watching dust

  • @tiino_6725
    @tiino_6725 Před 4 lety +569

    Funny, if you Google map "600 N Benton way L.A"and street view it, the fruit man is still their lol

  • @14s0cc3r14
    @14s0cc3r14 Před 4 lety +137

    Feels like there’s a lot more going on that wasn’t explained. I understand a bit of mystery but it doesn’t seem like we got anything to really go off of

    • @serbanandrei7532
      @serbanandrei7532 Před 4 lety +4

      Ikr

    • @kevinc1315
      @kevinc1315 Před 4 lety +32

      Yes, way too many unanswered questions. When a person has to guess most of the film, the mystery element becomes a hindrance. The movie also doesn't make a lot of sense. The prison is affected and abandoned but it is business as usual outside (normal traffic, people walking on the streets, food stands, no looting or violence, etc.).

    • @areaboy777
      @areaboy777 Před 4 lety +2

      @@pakde8002 🤣🤣🤣

    • @bgsound2721
      @bgsound2721 Před 4 lety +3

      It's a good first episode or intro scene for a movie.

  • @ernestcuevas111
    @ernestcuevas111 Před 4 lety +81

    I wish they had done more with that guy Jesus and his fruit stand, I really liked that character

  • @Activated_Complex
    @Activated_Complex Před 4 lety +147

    “Okay, question. Can this thing get both of us out of here? Don’t guess. Have you tested it? No? Okay, screw that experiment, then. I’ll be back with some food and some tools to work the door open or the window out. I don’t think anybody’s gonna stop us, they forgot we’re in here. Be cool and we both get out. If you lunge for this thing, I’ll end you. Now I need to hear you say you understand.”

    • @mollytaylor8122
      @mollytaylor8122 Před 4 lety +17

      Lol I was waiting for him to say that too

    • @treehouse2902
      @treehouse2902 Před 4 lety +34

      I was hoping both would be able to get out with the device. He basically left a guy in there to starve or whatever. I wish the ending was better.

    • @marcossanchez1158
      @marcossanchez1158 Před 4 lety

      wtf

    • @ojkolsrud1
      @ojkolsrud1 Před 3 lety +9

      @@treehouse2902 Yeah, pretty unnecessary to condemn that other guy, whom he knew nothing about.

    • @yettimusik2068
      @yettimusik2068 Před 3 lety

      I understand

  • @rach8241
    @rach8241 Před 3 lety +7

    The actor in this was brilliant. Real tears too

  • @AlexanderosD
    @AlexanderosD Před 4 lety +100

    Bop it!
    Teleport it!
    Story twist it!

  • @CheckYourHealthUS
    @CheckYourHealthUS Před 3 lety +120

    Interstellar Stool. Available on Amazon Prime.

    • @gritsnsand
      @gritsnsand Před 3 lety +8

      Made in China from intellectual property stolen from the U.S.

    • @stevie-ray2020
      @stevie-ray2020 Před 3 lety +2

      Imagine the size of the kid who needs to stand on it to reach the basin!!!
      Btw; where is that basin?

    • @marcinmaj848
      @marcinmaj848 Před 3 lety +1

      Man this one was boring!

  • @gtr33m
    @gtr33m Před 4 lety +155

    While I appreciate all the effort that went into this by the creators, and any message that has to be explained and spoon feed to the viewers loses impact, I am at a complete loss to both message and short from this one.

    • @yvetat
      @yvetat Před 4 lety +6

      I concur

    • @arklanbk
      @arklanbk Před 4 lety +6

      sometimes movies dont have a message, u have make up ur own message. really deep movies like transformers r like this

    • @arklanbk
      @arklanbk Před 4 lety +1

      @@willamtaze6406 whoosh

    • @lion_dragon
      @lion_dragon Před 4 lety +11

      It's an image of fear based in racism. The longest scene is when he's robbing the white man and he's cowering in fear. Then the film ends. It's racist propaganda and that's why it didn't make sense. All the movie shows is a black man in prison for murder and he finds a way to escape. Typical depiction of a black man.

    • @dinkelheit88
      @dinkelheit88 Před 4 lety +1

      arklanbk Reddit moment

  • @darkmatter6714
    @darkmatter6714 Před 4 lety +19

    Why does he keep switching the TV off?!?! Call me old fashioned, but if I was locked up and had access to news on a UFO parked over the city...it would be on all day!

  • @cowlinator
    @cowlinator Před 3 lety +4

    All prison staff: "Something weird happened. Better stop doing my job."

  • @southsidetattoo
    @southsidetattoo Před 4 lety +31

    Is that a Borg starter cube or is IKEA making space ships? That's some cell he has. TV, cell phone , mr. coffee

    • @lunamoon2083
      @lunamoon2083 Před 4 lety +1

      😂😂😂

    • @Blackmercy2
      @Blackmercy2 Před 4 lety +1

      you forgot the noodles m8....

    • @DiandraStarShine
      @DiandraStarShine Před 4 lety

      it's like that for prisoners in Norway..except the digs are even nicer..and from what i understand, except in the rarest of cases, no one serves more than 20 years there..the guy who shot up those kids at the camp-school place, is the first ones in a long time who might NOT get out after serving the 20...because they realize how dangerous he is and they've been making provisions, having meetings..but to ONLY *consider* keeping him in.🙄🤦🏾‍♀️
      point being, this is sci-fi - which for me anyway, is a form of fantasy...so it's not impossible to suspend disbelief about the chance idea that - in some other parallel Earth timeline or whatever - that *somehow* an 'improvement' in how prisoners are housed took place..but, of course, not everyone will agree. not everyone's imagination will allow them to mind-dream about some of the ways that could happen.

    • @702akuma
      @702akuma Před 4 lety

      theyre allowed all those items if they can afford them video game systems too minus the cell thats contraband

    • @paulhunter1525
      @paulhunter1525 Před 4 lety

      Living in lap of luxury. But why didn't he get decent prison food instead of Ramen noodles?

  • @xivilius.
    @xivilius. Před 3 lety +5

    Imagine new IKEA breakthrough flying over your house

  • @turtlemouth
    @turtlemouth Před 3 lety +39

    It's like the writer accidentally left half the pages at home. He offered to go back and get them but the studio boss was like, "Nah, we'll work with this."

    • @SansMoon
      @SansMoon Před 3 lety +2

      100% the truth!

    • @PichulinTube
      @PichulinTube Před 3 lety +2

      Stories do not necessarilly need to make complete sense or close all subjects. They are just stories...

  • @james5460
    @james5460 Před 3 lety +23

    The fruit man is eternal and presides over his kingdom.

  • @tallkevin01
    @tallkevin01 Před 4 lety +34

    It sounded like he made a confession.

    • @arora_for_life
      @arora_for_life Před 4 lety +12

      Actually i was thinking that part as a plot twist.. A setup made specially for his confession.

    • @jkobain
      @jkobain Před 4 lety +2

      @@arora_for_life so does it takes all this for a guy to confess and commit another crime right away? Nice!

    • @WickedPrince3D
      @WickedPrince3D Před 4 lety +6

      His last phone call to his mother he did confess. In an earlier call his mom said the guy was the worst sort of child predator and needed to die, but she didn't believe he did it.

    • @tallkevin01
      @tallkevin01 Před 4 lety +1

      If he’s gonna confess, do it before people stop visiting. And ESPECIALLY before the alien invasion.

    • @lion_dragon
      @lion_dragon Před 4 lety +2

      Typical black man. Tryin' to get away with it 'till the very end.

  • @pedrocarvalho6514
    @pedrocarvalho6514 Před 4 lety +98

    Basically the device helps you to “escape” your reality, it puts you where you’re safe. The mysterious man looked like that, he was running from someone, in danger, and the device found the best solution for him. In a prison cell, alone. He doesn’t need to run anymore. To the other guy was his mom’s house, his family, the safest place that he could ever be.

    • @jmsorino
      @jmsorino Před 4 lety +6

      Jack sparrow compass

    • @GhainousX
      @GhainousX Před 3 lety +5

      @@tubularguynine The original prisoner eventually confessed to the murder over the phone to his mom.

    • @Shovi_
      @Shovi_ Před 3 lety +4

      @@tubularguynine The black guy confessed to the murder, the white guy was looking for the inmate in the cell next door, to take him out i guess, but kept messing it up. Did you even pay attention to the video you watched?

    • @gmork1090
      @gmork1090 Před 3 lety +1

      It took him to an alternate reality. End of explanation.

    • @NickPCage
      @NickPCage Před 2 lety

      @@tubularguynine he admited killing the guy to his mother..bro

  • @vuzereusazureus2245
    @vuzereusazureus2245 Před 3 lety +8

    Extra explanation : The Footstool Flying Object gave everyone free teleport baton, all prison guards use it, they somehow sent to the Pacific and never came back, the fruit man did not use it and hes still there, hes wise.

  • @KebabMusicLtd
    @KebabMusicLtd Před 3 lety +2

    Ah, the ‘Mercurian Judgement Baton.’ The guy in the prison cell, when he thought he was confessing his crime to his mother because he realised that due to his lack of food he would shortly starve, was actually talking to the ‘inquisitor,’ the ‘great Mercurian inquisitor.’ The gate-crasher on the other-hand, obviously came upon the baton by illicit means which was evident by his unfamiliarity with how the ‘Mercurian Judgement Baton’ works. He will now starve to death in the jail cell he made his own. That is known on Mercuria as ‘passing the baton on.’ The fruit seller will continue to sell his fruit as he always has done, never seeking to harm anybody, so no harm shall come to him.
    I have to say, that several aspects of this teleplay reminded me of several ‘Red Dwarf’ episodes.

  • @michaels2520
    @michaels2520 Před 3 lety +3

    So many of these DUST/ short sci-fi‘s have incredibly rich potential. Kind of like an M night Shyamalan film. Ultimately they disappoint.

  • @shebahbrown
    @shebahbrown Před 4 lety +58

    You know it’s hard times when you have to lick the sides of an empty cup of noodles 😩

    • @tame5660
      @tame5660 Před 4 lety

      I like licking the last of what's left over of the ice cream tub, I don't want it to end.

    • @lion_dragon
      @lion_dragon Před 4 lety +2

      Yeah, I have to fight with my cat over kibble because I can only afford to buy one kind of food.

    • @Nigoto_Saituri
      @Nigoto_Saituri Před 3 lety +3

      @@lion_dragon wtf

    • @alexduval4740
      @alexduval4740 Před 3 lety

      ​@@lion_dragonWhy keep a cat?

  • @RPRosen-ki2fk
    @RPRosen-ki2fk Před 4 lety +16

    I gotta say that was absolutely riveting. I'm just glad I'm not the only one that has ... no F'n idea what the hell it was about.

    • @funnyjawharp7026
      @funnyjawharp7026 Před 3 lety +1

      Thanks for the warning. Clicked out after 6 minutes, which I will never get back.

  • @InfiniteBumblebee337
    @InfiniteBumblebee337 Před 4 lety +3

    Felt real empathy for Houston and the others seemingly abandoned in their cells. Good job!

    • @availanila
      @availanila Před 4 lety +1

      @Terrence Bullock what did you say? No really, you didn't make yourself clear

    • @krissisk4163
      @krissisk4163 Před 4 lety +1

      @Terrence Bullock I dunno. It sounds like his crime was an act of justice that just happened to fall outside the law, an example of "what's legal ain't always right and what's right ain't always legal." I mean, he killed a killer whom the law apparently couldn't get. Hardly something he deserves to starve to death for.

  • @jOhNbLaZe415
    @jOhNbLaZe415 Před 3 lety +27

    Everyone knows you’re suppose to put the ramen seasoning in the bag and break it up before you eat it raw.

    • @dietrevich
      @dietrevich Před 3 lety +2

      Nah! All the bad stuff is in the seasoning...

  • @rageagainstmyhairline5574

    Genuinely thought he was gonna be the reason his mom stopped calling. Like it was a time machine as well as a teleportation device.
    Not bad, though. The main guy did a good job, like when he looked in the mirror to tell his mom he didn't do it like he was practising for the trial. Couple of nice little touches.

    • @gmork1090
      @gmork1090 Před 3 lety +1

      Exactly like a time machine, as any device to take you instantly between two points also affects time. He was where he wished to be most. I think it took him to an alternate reality/the past because of the way his mother was talking, it was as if the world was falling apart.

  • @ThousandairesClub
    @ThousandairesClub Před 4 lety +6

    THE TRUTH WILL SET YOU FREE.

  • @thehand1358
    @thehand1358 Před 3 lety +1

    Damn that was GOOD!! You know that's a DAMN GOOD actor right there! Because it was just him we were watching basically the entire time, and I stayed right at the edge of my seat!

  • @ScipherLiving
    @ScipherLiving Před 3 lety

    Very well done! Can't wait for the full version. Great job guys!

  • @loadingerror479
    @loadingerror479 Před 4 lety +10

    Ramen passed cigarettes as prison currency years ago. Many facilities are tobacco free so harder to get cigarettes in. Ramen is money and power.

  • @ghostflames1501
    @ghostflames1501 Před 3 lety +3

    I've never been in prison, but that alarm clock in a cell broke the immersion for me.
    Thick cord, hard and brittle plastic, sharp shards of metal inside, poisonous fluids inside (Lead crystal can be poisonous even in small doses), even the plastic display itself can be sharpened enough to cause harm.
    Heck, you can break several parts of one of those while leaving it functional and using the pieces to harm others.
    Finally, don't most prisons wake up all the inmates at the same time?

    • @larrythompson8630
      @larrythompson8630 Před 3 lety +2

      Solitary is different then the flags. Different prisons have different procedures. I have only been in one Prison, and 3 jails. Solitary you had 2 hrs outside your cell every day. Outside if weather permits.
      IMO he was not in “solitary” as punishment. But protective custody. (Same rooms, different treatment). You can buy stuff if your account has cash in it. A tv, depending on prison rules a coffee pot might be allowed. Candy, snacks, some food might be allowed. Depending on rules. (If his crime was considered a good thing...) If he was not trouble care packages might be allowed.
      Plus sad to say guards can be bribed. Cell phones are not unheard of. (But I’m surprised he would take cell phone to parole hearing.).
      I think I would have filled water at first hint we are forgotten.

    • @ghostflames1501
      @ghostflames1501 Před 3 lety

      @@larrythompson8630
      Thank you for the thoughtful and informative reply. What you write makes sense. Thought it might have been a higher security prison with how small the window was, but now I think you might be right.

    • @NickPCage
      @NickPCage Před 2 lety

      @@larrythompson8630 they left him his wrist watch aswell...and u can't buy tv's like the one he had in prison....nor coffee pots

  • @bartperry1262
    @bartperry1262 Před 4 lety +2

    This one would make an AWESOME mini series

    • @lion_dragon
      @lion_dragon Před 4 lety

      Yes, how many racist cliches can we possibly pack into 20 minutes?

  • @MrTmax74
    @MrTmax74 Před rokem

    Another great one that needs to be a full length movie!

  • @arora_for_life
    @arora_for_life Před 4 lety +6

    DUST never disappoints..

  • @sugadaddy7050
    @sugadaddy7050 Před 4 lety +13

    UM...Is that a prison or a 1 bedroom efficiency in New York?

    • @ghostflames1501
      @ghostflames1501 Před 3 lety +2

      Only difference between a cell and an efficiency in New York is that you have to pay for an efficiency.

    • @RichardRingo1
      @RichardRingo1 Před 3 lety

      LOL! :-)

    • @creekhousecache9563
      @creekhousecache9563 Před 3 lety

      Obviously the $500,000. model not the $1.5 mil. model.

  • @johnc.hammersticks
    @johnc.hammersticks Před 2 lety

    These dust short films kick the crud out of anything I've seen out of Hollywood in over a decade. These would be great films, TV series tend to veer out into left field.

  • @ankhenaten2
    @ankhenaten2 Před 4 lety +2

    *needs a whole movie*

  • @zenalevay2541
    @zenalevay2541 Před 3 lety +4

    I reeaallyy wanted to know more about the UFO and what other cool technology came from it, they left me hangin

  • @smjwile
    @smjwile Před 4 lety +11

    I really found this compelling. I didn't want it to end - I wanted more. Without giving anything away I also loved the twist, rarely done. Beautifully shot as well. I found the fact that the object above LA wasn't the usual round, cylindrical thing fun. Great watch.

  • @marks814
    @marks814 Před 4 lety

    Excellent! Thank You!

  • @alexiswilliamsinc
    @alexiswilliamsinc Před 4 lety +1

    The universal laws
    - and humanity’s fatal flaws -
    themselves are magnifying
    as our phones are always dying
    when the electricity withdraws.

  • @kangbez2438
    @kangbez2438 Před 4 lety +5

    Dust we love u tell the director and writer WE NEED A PART 2-10.

  • @adamaresty8826
    @adamaresty8826 Před 4 lety +16

    Hey all - thanks for watching. I'm the screenwriter. Hit me with some questions!

    • @adamaresty8826
      @adamaresty8826 Před 4 lety +7

      patrick davis this is important to address - Houston did not get away with the murder that put him in prison, where the story begins. When you say two murders I assume you’re also talking about Kevin, the guy he leaves behind when he escapes. Even though it’s not resolved in this short, Houston now has the ability to travel anywhere on the planet - once he finds his mother, there’s no doubt in my mind that he’ll return to his cell for a rescue mission.

    • @DocBree13
      @DocBree13 Před 4 lety +4

      Why does it seem like the prison has been abandoned even though life is relatively back to normal on the outside? Is it because the prisoners are “expendable?” Not enough people to staff the prison with all the people heading to the ship - and the prisoners are too dangerous to release and considered “expendable?”
      Where is his mother? If she’s on the ship, she must have been taken against her will based on what she said about God.
      Wish there was a lot more of this video, but what is there is really good - and I greatly appreciate you coming to the comments and answering questions - thanks and congratulations!

    • @bloodmoon5382
      @bloodmoon5382 Před 4 lety +3

      Was the guy in the prison able to use the wand due to practicing mediation and having a higher understanding of his intent.

    • @steampunkpixie2643
      @steampunkpixie2643 Před 4 lety +2

      That felt more like a short section from a longer film. Would you ever consider doing a more full movie that shows us more of the story?

    • @adamaresty8826
      @adamaresty8826 Před 4 lety +4

      Brenda Paduch you got it - much like in the real world, where prisoners are “out of sight out if mind,” once the ship appears and the presence of alien life is confirmed, Houston and his fellow inmates are left behind.

  • @ad-ir3wk
    @ad-ir3wk Před 4 lety +2

    Between self quarantine and slight claustrophobia it was getting hard to watch. Was good. I hope he went back to the prison to release the guy.

  • @tessafox1329
    @tessafox1329 Před 4 lety +2

    The visitor from another worlds device got him out. 👾

  • @mastermindjake12
    @mastermindjake12 Před 4 lety +4

    This looks like a movie intro!!!

  • @thislayk2728
    @thislayk2728 Před 4 lety +13

    Alien ship play station confirmed

    • @Talia.777
      @Talia.777 Před 4 lety +2

      😂😂😂😂

    • @lion_dragon
      @lion_dragon Před 4 lety

      Dell and Sony have got together and created the all new Alien Station. Seriously though, that was a BF ship

  • @edmondson4019
    @edmondson4019 Před 4 lety +1

    This is amazing!

  • @GYRUSS
    @GYRUSS Před 4 lety +1

    Excellent!

  • @marcochimio
    @marcochimio Před 3 lety +37

    Might I recommend including an ending to the story next time.

  • @mendagy
    @mendagy Před 4 lety +16

    The "alien spacecraft" reminded me of the 90's movie "Stargate" (except that one was the TOP of the pyramid...). Kept expecting James Spader & Kurt Russell to show up!! 😅

    • @manganomovies
      @manganomovies Před 4 lety +3

      Unfortunately we had to cut them out - but it was for time. They gave us great performances!

    • @manganomovies
      @manganomovies Před 4 lety +2

      Ps - I love Stargate!

    • @luckystriker7489
      @luckystriker7489 Před 4 lety +2

      Really? It reminds me of my TV tray I use in bed to eat hot pockets

    • @manganomovies
      @manganomovies Před 4 lety

      LuckyStriker do you have different TV trays for different foods??

    • @lion_dragon
      @lion_dragon Před 4 lety +1

      You mean Independence day? It looked more like when Anubis' ship was hovering over Jonas' home city, which itself was a steal from ID4. While it didn't remind me of it, Ra's ship was pretty badass.

  • @professord1522
    @professord1522 Před 4 lety +2

    That was strange, but very well-acted. I liked it. On a more humorous note, I think the alien space ship was their version of an Amazon Delivery Drone.

  • @Gohirro
    @Gohirro Před 3 lety +2

    3:55 Worlds most effective alarm clock.

  • @geminirat60
    @geminirat60 Před 4 lety +10

    damn he killed that guy by starvation

    • @johnnyphive8197
      @johnnyphive8197 Před 4 lety +6

      Yeah ikr. A lot of these comments in here are in favor of the inmate. They imply that he did nothing wrong. They imply that he is morally superior to the traveler, one commenter said the 'traveler' deserved to be in prison. I don't get it. When a story is left to interpretation, as this one is, people will fill in the blanks with their personal beliefs which sometime contradicts the story itself. Ironic.

    • @kirkanos771
      @kirkanos771 Před 3 lety

      @@johnnyphive8197 Best comment of the whole comment section.

  • @sanmiantiao3729
    @sanmiantiao3729 Před 4 lety +5

    Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.

  • @gendygoblin8391
    @gendygoblin8391 Před 3 lety +1

    Lord business is planning on gluing everyone with the CraGle. Lol

  • @Jillysmom63
    @Jillysmom63 Před 4 lety

    Ahhhh no, I want to know more! That was good and intense. Make more of it. Please?

  • @whats0my0agenda
    @whats0my0agenda Před 4 lety +28

    Dust is epic.

  • @nesmoney
    @nesmoney Před 4 lety +3

    Wow this was really good. Love the Nas poster 👍🏿👍🏿

  • @peteschmidt4374
    @peteschmidt4374 Před 4 lety +3

    Laws of the Universe is superb! Recommend to all interested folks who are paying attention to what's happening in the US these days.

  • @brkenrice
    @brkenrice Před 4 lety +1

    as soon as I saw that Horse Ship, I knew it was his lucky day.

  • @luckystriker7489
    @luckystriker7489 Před 4 lety +8

    I like open ended stories and unresolved mysteries as much as the next guy, but this is too little. I demand more! Oh, wait a minute. Well played sir.

  • @richardryan7062
    @richardryan7062 Před 4 lety +5

    Enjoyed. Nice pacing. Calls to Mom expanded storyline. Liked days count up time passage. Interesting escape. Compelling. Unanswered questions. Trailer for feature or series?

  • @emilflognoid1532
    @emilflognoid1532 Před 4 lety +2

    I wanna see the next episode!

  • @dublalivros
    @dublalivros Před 3 lety

    I'm love Dust! Great idea!

  • @jaqian
    @jaqian Před 4 lety +3

    I'd like to see this as a movie

    • @lion_dragon
      @lion_dragon Před 4 lety

      An entire movie based on a black man escaping from prison after spending 12 years trying to prove he didn't do something he in fact had actually done? I'd like to see a movie where a black man isn't depicted as a murderer or escaped convict.

  • @serendipityjayne6162
    @serendipityjayne6162 Před 4 lety +12

    Good short film. I wish it was longer so I could find out what that alien ship was about.

    • @eseoraka
      @eseoraka Před 3 lety

      The alien Ship's primary purpose was to ensure that He stayed stuck in that cell. :)

  • @gator2955
    @gator2955 Před 3 lety

    Damn that dude had it made up in the pen. Tv, phone, thick bed, pictures on the wall..

  • @torterrachip1664
    @torterrachip1664 Před 4 lety +2

    Ngl I came for the upside down storage box from the thumbnail. Interesting video though

  • @michaelkilligrew4512
    @michaelkilligrew4512 Před 4 lety +6

    brilliant, they should make this into a full movie, amazing.

    • @jkobain
      @jkobain Před 4 lety +1

      @@pakde8002 because they can, that's the sole reason.

  • @superduper9357
    @superduper9357 Před 3 lety +3

    Apparently the prison system collapsed but everyone was still driving about going about their business

    • @cashkitty3472
      @cashkitty3472 Před 2 lety

      They was day 2 probably got crazy after that

  • @jus1taj
    @jus1taj Před 3 lety

    So intense.

  • @niozella1041
    @niozella1041 Před 2 lety +1

    What an interesting short film. Real food for thought. That eternal debate of if prison is the answer, what was the question?

  • @woodstoney
    @woodstoney Před 3 lety +5

    While good, the story left some questionable issues like that huge floating craft and the mysterious hand-held cylinder, etc.
    Almost like an Alfred Hitchcock movie with many unanswered questions.

  • @kineticblues2766
    @kineticblues2766 Před 4 lety +6

    that was fantastic!
    people are talking as if this was hastily written and shot, but come on, the time constraints alone are the obvious culprit for lack of revealing elements.
    truthfully, they did a great job with the lack of time. this was an edge-of-yr-seat ride, wholly.
    I hope *DUST* finds a way to start tripling+ the lengths of these, maybe even return to some old ones and revamp with additional plot thickness.
    either way, I'm loving it. 😉

    • @lion_dragon
      @lion_dragon Před 4 lety

      This film revealed everything. It's an image to show you black men. That's all.

    • @kineticblues2766
      @kineticblues2766 Před 3 lety

      龍獅黒岡 haha. yr fucking stupid.

  • @Andy-le8xy
    @Andy-le8xy Před 4 lety

    This is a good video. I want one of those teleporters.

  • @asgjdafghesyusgf
    @asgjdafghesyusgf Před rokem

    Extremely unbelievable amount of contraband.

  • @DocBree13
    @DocBree13 Před 4 lety +5

    really wish this were longer - but what’s there is great ❤️

  • @americano2879
    @americano2879 Před 4 lety +19

    It was nonsensical with no rhyme or reason, but interesting so I gave it a thumbs up.

  • @asdfghjkl-ld7iv
    @asdfghjkl-ld7iv Před 3 lety +2

    I really liked where this was going but the end was so unsatisfying. I’d love to see a series come out of this.

  • @adriansherlockdamondark.1094

    The lighting, cinematography and over all style of this one was very fine. The premise felt like it could have been developed further, as the set up for a feature film.

    • @lion_dragon
      @lion_dragon Před 4 lety

      It's so funny how many white people in here want to see an entire movie based on this black mans violent escape from prison. Is that all we are to you?

  • @darkguest242-4
    @darkguest242-4 Před 4 lety +17

    Feel bad for the dude left behind

    • @jkobain
      @jkobain Před 4 lety +5

      His life *does not* matter, you know…

    • @cardinalsin6313
      @cardinalsin6313 Před 4 lety +2

      @@jkobain I get exactly what you mean! Hahaha!

    • @cxar71
      @cxar71 Před 4 lety +6

      Janus Kobain buttsore? Take it to the street, if you feel victimised... but you can still breathe, I assume.

    • @jkobain
      @jkobain Před 4 lety

      @@cxar71 so do I feel victimized? My middle name is Victimized!

    • @anniegathers
      @anniegathers Před 4 lety +2

      He didn’t help and kept coming back... I would have called once I popped out to remind someone people are in there two weeks without food

  • @undisclosedanonymus4962
    @undisclosedanonymus4962 Před 3 lety +8

    DUST: If it's pointless, we'll show it.

    • @tubularguynine
      @tubularguynine Před 3 lety

      The guy who popped into the cell was the real killer of the person the Black guy was put in prison for killing. The alien tech brought him there so the innocent could go free.

    • @undisclosedanonymus4962
      @undisclosedanonymus4962 Před 3 lety

      @@tubularguynine - That made even less sense than the "movie".

  • @myteaminc
    @myteaminc Před 4 lety +1

    I love the simple short straight to the point videos, but every once in a while like now I wish they were a little longer and gave more, would have loved to see where that guy kept coming from and especially would have loved for him to reunite with his mom, even if he is a killer

    • @johnnyphive8197
      @johnnyphive8197 Před 4 lety +1

      Straight to the point? So what's the point? Please enlighten me.

  • @coldawson8486
    @coldawson8486 Před 2 lety

    I just love DUST ❤

  • @anndriggers6660
    @anndriggers6660 Před 4 lety +3

    That is a terrifying thought for people that are incarcerated...left to rot and, who cares?

  • @serbanandrei7532
    @serbanandrei7532 Před 4 lety +20

    Can someone please explain what was this all about? Too hard for my small brain

  • @antiusername10
    @antiusername10 Před 4 lety

    you know it's good when a man starts licking that cup noodles

  • @billytoussaint7267
    @billytoussaint7267 Před 4 lety +3

    Never seen a jail cells with as clean of walls as that before not to mention tv coffee machine lol