Ikarus has been quite a journey with an incredible team. We're so happy to be joining the DUST family and we're excited for you all to see the film. Post your comments, thoughts and questions. Would love to share what we've learned along the way. Hope you all enjoy it.

@KolTregaskes

2 жыл бұрын

Very good. I would love to see you explore this world more.

@shaun_escayg

2 жыл бұрын

@@KolTregaskes thanks. Can’t wait to share more of the world!

@KORUPTable

2 жыл бұрын

@Shaun Escayg Does it scare you that this will be reality soon?

@RageXBlade

2 жыл бұрын

@@shaun_escayg More like any of the world considering how dark it is. I could have saved batty by just turning off my phone screen.

@RageXBlade

2 жыл бұрын

@@john-lenin Lmao

“Great civilizations are not murdered. They commit suicide.” ― Arnold Toynbee

@bigcity2085

2 жыл бұрын

....Because of greed, complacency, pettiness, and too many chefs screwing up the pot.

@realseekers5500

2 жыл бұрын

Wrong, those you call great are not great. Great civilization go through process of decay and then plundered by foreigners.

@GymRowboat

2 жыл бұрын

@@realseekers5500 So, kinda like euthanasia.

@bugstomper4670

2 жыл бұрын

@@realseekers5500 That's only because Rome started outsourcing it's troops. Eventually the loyalty of the troops was to local leaders, not Rome.

@leslied9662

2 жыл бұрын

@@bugstomper4670 because they married local, have children and stayed loyal to their family

This movie short was like watching part of a larger movie or series that makes you wanting to see more. The actors were excellent in their roles and I definitely wanted to see more of the story of what happened to get them to where they are and what does the future hold. I would love to see this in a full length feature.

@derrickmcpherson44

2 жыл бұрын

My thing is what is the reason for these movies? A lot of these movies are great. Why is not a full movie. I seen a lot of movies that was trash. Not from here but from movies that I seen

@jam4355

Жыл бұрын

@@derrickmcpherson44 I think reason why big studio movies are garbage is because the corporate execs and sponsors all have a say in the movie’s actors, script, and production. This ultimately alters the original story, tone and message. Sad but true

@billyandrew

Жыл бұрын

*peanut McPherson* Costs, proof of concept, gaining experience, take your pick.

This is the strangest thing I have found about ALL films or TV shows. When the leading Det. or someone equivalent enters the interview room, they always carry their sidearm. That NEVER HAPPENS. In fact, you need to check in your sidearm as soon as you enter the building. Watch or rewatch some films or TV shows and look for it. It's insanity to think this really happens.

@patrickkenyon2326

2 жыл бұрын

Also, you never enter the room alone. Always have a witness recording everything said and done.

@bubbledoubletrouble

2 жыл бұрын

Also, how the hell did they not find *the huge knife* she was carrying? Or realize that she was not one of their agents? Like, who thought it would have been a good idea to let any agent keep a hood on that would obscure the face?

@stevenscott2136

2 жыл бұрын

Lockpicking a sophisticated restraint, by feel alone, using a fighting dagger? I doubt it very much.

@Quickened1

2 жыл бұрын

It is apparent that whomever is in control in this distant future, feel they are so superior to the "commoners" because of their advanced technology, that they have created a mentality of arrogance and overconfidence, and let their guard down... which is not uncommon in our history, leading to the demise of entire civilizations...

@nicholasboule5134

2 жыл бұрын

Good to know, I’ll remember if I make a cop drama

This should be a full movie. Bravo!

Oppressors have no problem being ruthless and condescending, until the tables turn and they beg for forgiveness. Why do humans do this? Expect subordination when on top, and then expect mercy when on bottom. Such a villainous play.

@ChessMasterNate

2 жыл бұрын

It is the hierarchy of needs thing. Those with their basic needs met can't relate to those who don't. This is why there are wars and such. The elites only care about esteem, saving face, glory, and such. And that elevation can come at the cost of the fall of others. In many minds, there can't be winners without losers. People today just don't realize just how corrosive to society, pride is. Wise people, in the past, knew.

@nicholascurran1734

2 жыл бұрын

@@ChessMasterNate I can't help but think the majority of games played being zero sum feeds this thought pattern.

@goanton79

2 жыл бұрын

@@ChessMasterNate that's really wise and polite answer! the knowledge comes with years, also it adds up the calmity to the thoughts. that's the sign of and adult. ( also chess tremendously educate! ) that was cool ,mate!

@a.g.m8790

2 жыл бұрын

@@ChessMasterNate I agree w/ most of what you said except what you said about the past. People in the past were just as prideful as they are today. Humanities self destructive behaviour didn’t start in modern times we just have more tools to hurt each other with now. We’ve *always* been like this

@asriel7776

2 жыл бұрын

Very true

Very well done. The CGI was superb. Though it flows more like a trailer or teaser for a larger movie. There is certainly the source material for a bigger project. The three most claring inconsistencies are the prisoner being left armed with a knife, the interrogator taking her sidearm into the interrogation room and the inappropriate crying when she finds the bionanites followed by the nonchalant stroll away from the crash scene when she should be frantically trying to get away as fast as possible to avoid capture and save her brother.

When firing the AA gun, she flinched downward at the last second, making a hit at that angle and distance utterly impossible. Super-picky, I know, but as a marksman that jumped out at me instantly.

@RustyNeverSleepz

2 жыл бұрын

Have ya shot a lot of the Plasma laser 9000A like this one?

@jcg9998

2 жыл бұрын

@@RustyNeverSleepz Did you pay attention in Geometry class? Did you even take Geometry?

@RustyNeverSleepz

2 жыл бұрын

@@jcg9998 I play pool. Does that count? I was making a joke.

@RustyNeverSleepz

2 жыл бұрын

@@jcg9998 lighten up, Pythagoras. Lol

@Idcanymore510

2 жыл бұрын

@@RustyNeverSleepz Lol!

That was THE most satisfying hand stab.

@shaun_escayg

2 жыл бұрын

It so was. 🙏🙏🙏

Reminds me of Elysium. They built a garden of Eden off the sweat of the common folk. But, their garden is full of wolves in sheep's clothing.

Only issue for me was the apparent weight of the powerful gun thingy - easy to carry in a kit bag, but hard to aim when put together...

@Quickened1

2 жыл бұрын

Perhaps when it is energized, and the chamber contents mixed, they combine to create a heavy element that doesn't yet exist on our periodic table... One that makes lead and gold feel like cotton candy by comparison... It is 200 years in the future after all...

@bugstomper4670

2 жыл бұрын

Hard to power up, hard to aim, easy to see with those stupid lights on it.

@sumcok4926

2 жыл бұрын

@@Quickened1 conservation of matter doesn't allow this. You can't add 2+2 to get 5. Just like making a new element won't give you more mass.

@Quickened1

2 жыл бұрын

@@sumcok4926 You fail to think outside the box. Just like when a hydrogen bomm is detonated. A little bit of mass, creates an exponential chain reaction that results in an bang that is practically immeasurable! You have to free your mind to comprehend... There are things that exist outside the laws that men have written, of which some are bent, and others are broken. Maybe when certain undiscovered elements are combined, they take hydrogen from the air and condense it exponentially, to the point that the mass of two elements ends up being the total of three! Et voilà... 2+2=5... It's science fiction, but sometimes it becomes science fact... Even though some would like to believe we know it all, in reality, it's very little...

@sumcok4926

2 жыл бұрын

@@Quickened1 You're wrong lol. I like the creativity though!

It's kinda cool that in the year 2220, butane powered Zippo lighters are still something people carry with them.

it all happens in the dark...including the storyline.

@FelixAtagong

8 күн бұрын

People wearing dark clothes, running around in the dark for 20 minutes, and saying that Icarus flew into the light.

What made the weapon so heavy when assembled but light when in pieces?

@treashurehunter800

2 жыл бұрын

Cause obviously once it's working it's collecting matter to fling at something.its a matter of flooga flinger.

@shaun_escayg

2 жыл бұрын

Appreciate the feedback

@billyandrew

Жыл бұрын

*treashurehunter 800* You must have attended the Dr Suess Science Academy. 🤪😂😂 Just exactly how much does this 'matter' you speak of weigh?

Dust is so good it’s literally the only channel I turn on autoplay for

Better scifi than what is on 📺!

More please!

small point: an interrogator wouldn't be in the room with their sidearm, there's too great a risk of it being commandeered and used against them by the suspect

My only complaint would be the lighting during the short fight scene after being discovered by the rusty old plane. It was so dark and every character is in dark clothes, I couldn't make out what was happening. The first Batman movie had the same problem. I couldn't see the fight scenes. It sounded like a pretty impressive fight was happening, but I quietly hoped they didn't invest too much in fight choreography because I couldn't see any of it.

I feel this short film Ikarus is an Elysium inspired. Has potential to become a full TV series on a streaming service like Netflix and Amazon prime.

@eligebrown8998

2 жыл бұрын

I wouldn't put it on none of the TV platforms because as soon as you start liking it, they will end it.

@MrDigitalman78

2 жыл бұрын

@@eligebrown8998 so true. TV platforms know how to end things despite fan objections

@irix8357

2 жыл бұрын

IMO that's why Dust Chanel does exist, to host all the independent movie makers to present their jewel and we to enjoy these colourful presentation upon very bright plots.

@fernandogimenez7520

2 жыл бұрын

Netflix, Amazon, Paramount or Disney will mess up this art work. Please don´t

Nicely done! 👍 Three comments though: She runs around with a backpack with the weapon. When she assembles it, she struggles under the weight. Then disassembles it and easily runs around with it again. That weapon can change its weight massively! :) The hooded figure in the interrogation room was too obviously not shown, and we haven't heard a sound. In a place where you are supposed to be searched and stripped. Twenty seconds into the film, and it was already obvious that the figure will not be what the presented assumption is. Officers do not bring weapons into interrogation rooms. All in all, I see a great potential in this team, you just need to hone your script a bit.

@WickedPrince3D

2 жыл бұрын

Officers on our Earth generally don't bring weapons into interrogation rooms; but we don't know for sure this is our Earth. Most likely it is, but we're shown that the date is 2220 at one point and we don't know where this takes place. Maybe the rules are different? But I agree that assuming that you are interrogating somebody without bothering to check who they are is darned lazy. And I agree that her running around with a backpack of random objects and showing no signs of their weight was a bit off. Of course the weapon was very lopsided when put together so maybe that explains it.

@osbourne2811

2 жыл бұрын

I agree, overall it was a good clip. I liked it. One little thing though that irritates me every time i see it in movies or clips like this. After entering the craft after bringing it down, she goes inside and scans the crates. She identifies the crate, opens it, and realizes she finally got what she wanted...THEN...she putts around examining the contents, wasting time, you could predict exactly what was going to happen. Who does that? Get what you came for and run!, you know someone is not far away and you don't want to be there when they arrive.

@WickedPrince3D

2 жыл бұрын

@@osbourne2811 People who want to make sure their home-made tech is working? We'd seen that none of the tech she had was reliable so double-checking made sense to me. I would have. But you are right she did spend WAY too much time doing it.

@TimGreig

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah I wondered how all that fitted in a backpack

@thedandy6765

2 жыл бұрын

well the shape massively changes the way you can handle something heavy so in a suitcase its easier to handle than it being a long weapon

Dust is amazing ..always watch all the videos

That coal stove cannon has a hell of a kick.who stole Santa's coal lumper?😂😲👁️

Wow! Yet another post apocalyptic short film on dust?!!? Say it isn't so!!!

@billyandrew

Жыл бұрын

Scifi. It goes with the territory.

Nobody ever gets a second chance to make a first good impression.

@billyandrew

Жыл бұрын

Tell that to Buddhists and time travellers.

A video with a conclusion is always a good thing; very nice.

Fantastic cyberpunk story ! there's room for much more of this !!

Big Panda Bear Hugs from a 68 yr old Grammy from Kirby, Texas, USA 🐼

I love seeing the creativity used when shorts like this make props. It's gotta be incredibly challenging when you don't have a huge budget. Lots of great shots throughout this entire thing. Could've been a full-length movie. Very well done.

Shaun, if I could one favor, whenever you do a dark scene, please don't make it too dark that the audience really can't tell what's going on.

@billyandrew

Жыл бұрын

Lighting, or lack, thereof, sometimes employed for technical reasons, eg, budget didn't run to convincing prosthetics, make up, clothing, weaponry, machinery, architecture, etc, or because, as in the case of cosmic horror, the intention is to hint, rather than fully reveal, so being less able to be discerned draws less criticism. Considering many shorts are on a punishing budget, I find this understandable, so forgive them, but in big budget films it actually enrages me, as it's usually lazy technique and nothing else.

The Lincoln quote is so relevant today.

I see "Rambo's field surgery" is still alive and well in the cinematic universe 😅🖤👍🏻

@billyandrew

Жыл бұрын

👏👏👏😂😂😂

A powerful film of a dystopian future two hundred years from now with a painful baptism of fire, it would certainly make an intense, fast paced film or series.

Awesome!!! More More More👍

Well done for the most part. I felt that some scenes seemed a bit long but the story was a great one. I guessed right that it was her in the interrogation room and the ending showed how much a brother and sister cared for each other during their mission.

@shaun_escayg

2 жыл бұрын

Appreciate the feedback

Finally a Dust short that has a conclusion! I figured it out just before the ending, but it was still the best Dust short I have seen BY FAR!

Here we go again. Too f...ing dark

Enjoyed it alot! Thanks for another quality production! My mom agrees. We made sure to catch it as soon as it was posted.

these are the best sci fi up to date.

Interesting film. Thanks.

@shaun_escayg

2 жыл бұрын

Glad you liked it

@shaun_escayg

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

Wow! I remember a 2016 short, Code 8, which became a movie in 2019. I was very happy with that. Ikarus has the power to advance this and bring us the Queen's revenge for her brother.

I thought it was good...it kept me on the edge of my seat from the very beginning.

War Machine would be proud of her. She made a Mini Proton Cannon.🧐

A great story, and a fine example of a full film in under twenty minutes :)

Dam that was intense! Possible future to come? Intense!!!!

@shaun_escayg

2 жыл бұрын

Hopefully our ambitions don’t get the better of us.

Brilliant!…Another Epic short in the universe of DUST! 👍😎

dystopias are situations that no one wants to live in but we all like reading and watching about them.

@glennkoenig6078

2 жыл бұрын

I think dystopias all have a romantic side to them where there is basically good and evil, without so many of the grey areas we see today. It is better to fight and die early from a cause than to suffer a slow pointless existence.

@shaun_escayg

2 жыл бұрын

thanks for watching- yes... I think they serve as warnings

@johntessier8064

2 жыл бұрын

Who says you’re not living in one?

@glennkoenig6078

2 жыл бұрын

@@johntessier8064 More and more each day...

@stevenscott2136

2 жыл бұрын

Dystopias have conflict by their very nature, and conflict is the heart of drama. Utopias are boring precisely because everyone is happy. You literally cannot tell a good story in a utopia, except by removing the utopic aspect for at least one character.

More! More!

Great idea to film the entire movie at night time. Couldn't see bugger all.

An outstanding episode1

@shaun_escayg

2 жыл бұрын

🙏🙏🙏

16:10 Here's tip for all the wood be "scavengers": Make love to the crate *AFTER* you cleared the scavenge site! You're literally standing in ground zero, wasting precious time! Every law enforcement, bounty hunter, security droid and military search party (and their mother) is going to be rushing to the very spot where you downed that flyer!

So, cool! 🤜💥👏👏👏

@shaun_escayg

2 жыл бұрын

🙏🙏🙏

I'd like to see more of this, it's not perfect, but it's nicely done. We speak of the loss of our freedoms as though it were far off in the future. Look around, it's happening right in front of our eyes.

@howler6490

2 жыл бұрын

Correct my friend...in most societies there is a concerted effort by right wing politicians to subvert democratic norms. Look at the GOP in the states and the tories in the uk. Both supporting/not hampering Putin in Ukraine...why? Because he is the biggest fascist available at the moment...ex KGB fascist...WTF is happening to the world???

@gerstmanndavid

2 жыл бұрын

@@howler6490; I agree that Putin is not exactly perfect, but if you can't see the corruption in the loony liberal left, then I don't know what to say. Yes, there's corruption on the right too, but it's the left that have gone full fascist.

@j.calvert3361

2 жыл бұрын

Here we go again.....

There was alot of information that transferred in 19min., but they did a good job getting it out. I admit I had to stay glued watching leaving for a minute or two meant watching it over. Looks like a bleak future for some willing to risk their lives, while others enjoy a better program, only the ambitious get to move up or the dead become free. Where this Short ends is where a Movie starts filling in the background and Story of the Characters I certainly enjoyed it and it held my attention...

Ahh yes. This might sound selfish, but, what I crave when watching these shorts. Closure. Well done.

Congratulations to Shaun Escayg and his talented team. It is insane how prosecuttors use wisle technique as radars in order to locate runners. It reminded me whale's capacity. That's quite new. Congratulations to Abraham Lincoln too.

@shaun_escayg

2 жыл бұрын

🙏🙏🙏

I read the description, ‘after her brother is fatally wounded…’ doesn’t fatally mean dead? Yet the rest of the description says she has to find antibiotics for him…🤔

13:36-13:50 - Recoil's a you-know-what. Not what I expected, but still well done.

Smart girl... She was sharp enough to know there was no way out.

What a twist!

Great world building, just enough without being over the top. Really engaged with this, A+ short!

Very well done. It could also be nicely tailored into a mini-series.

@moskito5864

2 жыл бұрын

ahhh ja??? tell me what was well done here?

i liked the mood and movement of the film it could be a good online series good job

There are some things in life that can not be replaced or given. A notion many in this world do not understand.....

🟦 Birdie tells HER to be quiet and then (@5:30) he starts YELL'N louder than the noise that the GADGET was make'n!!!.....Smh

The best! Love DUST!

These guys are one of the best group of story tellers around. Thanks for sharing

@shaun_escayg

2 жыл бұрын

🙏🙏🙏

@billyandrew

Жыл бұрын

Which guys?

@eligebrown8998

Жыл бұрын

The Dust group. Who ever is writing these story's

Heart pounding, almost unbearable tension,gut wrenching, superlative acting!

@matycee

2 жыл бұрын

that's pretty generous, Jenesis

Fantastic Short film, Great job on this, great actors and actresses. The long journey paid off, can't wait to see more of your work!

Very well developed, among the best that DUST has yet presented. As others have noted, aspects of Elysium came to mind, but no matter, still a great production in its own right. I could see this being developed into a full length feature, it would definitely be well worth a watch.

@shaun_escayg

2 жыл бұрын

🙏🙏🙏

@NathanNGM

2 жыл бұрын

Run on sentences aside, VERY well said sir!

awesome , shame it wasnt longer 9 outta 10

The END was so Satisfying for me.

A pretty tight storyline.

This one was fantastic.

Wow, fantastic flow and story!

THAT was good! I liked it! I would love to see more!

The opening quote is so true.

Bravo. These kinda shorts are great. And lengthwise perfect to watch while having some dinner.

@billyandrew

Жыл бұрын

A very short affair, compared to mediterranean repasts.

yeah dust congrats 4 ur series... welcome 2022...

I am only 3 minutes into this and I want more!

@shaun_escayg

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!! Can't wait to show more!

@denvernow7294

2 жыл бұрын

Then stop typing and hit the play button...

@txbluesguy

2 жыл бұрын

@Denver Now I did watch the whole video.

Really really wanted that to be longer. Good work.

This one is so good 👍

I enjoyed it for the most part. Some minor disconnects. The most glaring is the one where she is hefting that disasembled weapon on her back and moving around without any issues. However, after she assembles it, it almost seems to heavy for her, in particular after her first shot. The other is being brought into a detention/interrogation center and she was not searched and had a knife? Let alone the interrogator bringing a gun into the room?

@verandisoldusty6834

2 жыл бұрын

Also, with a gun that unwieldy & that much kickback where's the tripod/stand?

@gregorylagrange

2 жыл бұрын

Maybe it's about leverage and balance. Like you can hold something a easier and longer with your arm bent and the object close to your body than you can with your arm extended out. But for me it was having to keep the hood on during the interrogation for the obvious big reveal, and they were worried about the gadget making noise but they were doing all that yelling which was at least twice as loud as the gadget. But didn't get in the way of the movie overall.

@verandisoldusty6834

2 жыл бұрын

@@gregorylagrange You missed her taking the first shot then, it threw her at least a few feet backwards. I would have believed the second shot if she had gone and dug out at least a rudimentary stand of some sort as her shoulder is probably a bit bruised and battered after the backfire from the first shot.

@philiptucker7590

2 жыл бұрын

It’s best not to think too hard about youtube videos, especially one that post mostly SciFi 😂

Queen? Do yo know da wae? 🤭 Best short film I saw for a while!

Really enjoyed this. Wanted it to be longer. Thanks

This is a good one

For years it's been. Why so dark Can't make most things out.

Nicely done. I'd watch this show.

Extremely well done especially the ending. 👍👍

Most excellent!!!

Wow! That one hit me hard at the end!! Didn't know it was her until the very end and then BANG! Awesome ending!!!

@billyandrew

Жыл бұрын

I've watched too many films, as I found it quickly obvious who sat hooded at the interrogation table, as did many others, however, I still enjoyed the film.

This is techinal question, but does someone know what is happening in the audio in the scene beginning around 3:50: The ambiet noise is bumping up and down like there was sort of expander or noise gate doing it. Is It part some KZread's automated processes or does it happen also in the offline master version of the movie?

Abraham lincoln knew we would lose our freedoms a long time ago.

Enjoyed watching this short film! Curious what pushed the siblings into their situation, and what happens with the sister moving forward.

Nice one!

That was, as a number of others have written, an excellent and enthralling trailer to what feels like a more encompassing story. As to a couple of the 'disconnects' that others have pointed out; I agree that the prevailing authority has such little regard for "the commoners" (as the interrogator put it toward the end) that they didn't bother to check the one being interrogated for weapons, and, in the same spirit, didn't see any reason to bother with (current-day) protocols of not carrying a weapon into an interrogation room. I got the impression that that was meant to convey a certain arrogance, noting that the interrogator avoided looking at the one being interrogated while from the outset sporting a weapon and neatly positioning the torture-cum-compliance device on the table. As far as the seeming disconnect with regard to the disassembled weapon being carried by the sister sibling which she indeed did carry with little sign of stress while on her back but was taxed by its weight when fully assembled and held in her arms, I didn't find that contradictory. I know from personal experience that, if one has a strong back, then it's far easier to carry weight on your back than it is in your arms. Different muscles being used; different weight distribution. I wish I could explain what I mean better but it's late and I'm tired and thanks so much for the short film. It was horrifying as a glimpse into a possible future, but very well done.

that was super well done and the acting was great

Love it !!!

That was a bigass gun she had :)

The cello music was beautiful and haunting.