Can Architecture Imprison Your Mind? (Sci-Fi Breakdown)

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00:00 INTRO
00:40 CUBE
08:25 THE PLATFORM
16:38 MINORITY REPORT
20:21 ANDOR
23:44 THX 1138
#reaction #architecture #andor #scifi #starwars #movies #cube #theplatform #inception #georgelucas
Synopsys
This analysis explores architectural control in sci-fi cinema, focusing on films where design manipulates minds. "The Cube" uses a maze-like prison, "Platform" emphasizes vertical hierarchy, "Minority Report" integrates technology for societal control, and "THX 1138" uses minimalist spaces to enforce conformity. Each film illustrates how architecture can shape human behavior and thought, reflecting societal constraints.

[@zepwafels]

I think the Maze Runner is a very interesting type of prison. Where you are incentivized to keep yourself a prisoner, just because the very much planned escape option is a scary unknown. It taunts, mocks the prisoner by regularly opening the path to escape.

[@TheLargeHardonCollider]

Maze Runner is such a great film, I enjoyed it WAY more than I thought I would! Probably because honestly, the name is a bit dumb. "MAZE RUNNER" lol. Hmm, will this story possibly involve mazes, and running? Just like Snow Piercer, awesome movie that took me by surprise, but kinda dumb name. Just imagine the movie trailer voice guy trying to sell it to you, "Coming to a theater near you... SNOW PIERCER" lol. My autocorrect dictionary doesn't even think piercer is a word haha.

[@islembenzegouta]

Excellent topic! I would add Dark City to your list, it's a movie that frightened me a lot when I was young, the architecture of the city, the moving buildings, Dark City uses it in a brilliant way, but also horrifying. I've also seen Cube and THX 1138 when I was young with my brother, Cube is one of my favorite films, a beautiful plot, I loved the connection between math and architecture. Plus it has some unforgettable deaths in a movie, a bit violent

[@LOVEU4E7ER-qe9zg]

I love Dark City

[@Langkowski]

The only thing stopping it from being perfect was the annoying kid (I don't mind the narrative voice or explanation in the beginning)

[@joshgreen2164]

Excellent flick, that one.

[@TheHorzabora]

“Shut it down! Shut it down… FOREVER!” Dark City is best watched in the European cut, not the American cut with the VO. That… rather ruins the film, some say, although I did first see it in that incarnation, even in the UK.

[@CUBETechie]

Im fascinating about the movies just watched also the Japanese remake but i was disapointed i witnesses something interesting BUT i don't want to spoiler.

[@bornach]

Black Mirror episode "Fifteen Million Merits" was basically a prison where the cell walls were TV screens the inmates were forced to watch or had to pay to skip, and the only way out was to win a talent show. Black Mirror explored other prison concepts. See episodes "White Bear" and "White Christmas"

[@JinKee]

Black Mirror even has “Crocodile” about the architect who made the “15 million merits” building as a place for unemployed people to find purpose- people say in the story “15 million merits” that they were on wait lists to get in.

[@Octobris]

Still not over the horror of White Christmas.

[@whoguy4231]

Love that Back Mirror episode because ads are force fed to them which they need to pay credits to skip ads ... Remind us of anything ... Ha ha ha ... Yes you're a mind prisoner and a hamster ... Ha ha ha

[@z-beeblebrox]

Yes except it wasn't a prison, it was just a self-contained society. But I can understand misremembering it as a prison for obvious reasons haha

[@lynxf]

@@JinKee Wow! I totally missed she designed that building!

[@elanthys]

The jail cells of the Eyrie in A Song of Ice and Fire are terrifying. The castle is built high up a very tall mountain and the cells all lack a fourth wall. You’re always free to “leave” by jumping off the cliff if the solitude becomes too much and neither you or the guards are allowed to utter a single word to each other. It’s literally built to induce madness and what we call in French _“l’appel du vide”_

[@The8merp]

Also, different cells have differently angled floors so if you are not careful you can accidentally roll out of the cell and fall

[@musicalentities]

I think you would like the game Control, it takes place in a building called "The Oldest House", outside it looks like a normal brutalist building, on the inside, its infinite/shifting/mad leading to other dimensions where entities beyond comprehension live. It was discovered in NYC in 1964 hiding in plain sight.

[@streetmermaid]

Second this! Easily one of my most favorite games the past lil while. I bet Dami would really appreciate the cleansed control point scenes! Also the sound design is phenomenal. Can't wait for the second one!

[@10secondsrule]

To watch a movie it takes 2hrs. To play a game it’s a lot more. Architects don’t usually have much spare time.

[@Tinki--o_c]

​@@10secondsruleShe doesn't work in construction anymore

[@fleepflorp2347]

3:57 A perfect example of a structure designed to be navigated in three dimensions (which also uses a system of handles like a jungle gym) would be the International Space Station.

[@Hangman404]

there is also the "FLIP" which is a sience ship that can change its orientation.

[@AskeJones]

didn't know this existed. It's really frightening to see it tilt. Thank you @@Hangman404 for your comment !

[@bummers]

The inmates in Andor were building the parts for the massive reflector dish of the Death Star, as alluded to in the final episode.

[@deftnerd]

Infinity Chamber (2016) - Fun movie with an interesting prison concept. Prisoners are kept in a single room with an AI to handle their care, both physical and mental. The prisoner has to befriend the AI and convince it to let him out when something goes wrong on the outside and supplies stop being delivered.

[@DamiLeeArch]

Interesting! Will check it out!

[@Stefan-ih9kd]

I read your description and I put it on immediately, I don’t know what got over me, but man, that was a great watch! Effed with my mind a couple times, for sure, but I loved this!

[@cadentan9083]

I never thought I’d see another Infinity Chamber fan in the wild. I loved that movie and it’s always stuck with me even though no else seems to know it.

[@user-yt7ji1mb3x]

​@@DamiLeeArch THE line project is scale back to 2.4 km. Make video on it.

[@alsosean]

Fascinating and fun as always! Cheers :)

[@HimitsuHunter]

The cube, Cube 2, and The platform are some of my favorite movies of all time. Their use of spaces as the basis of the plot were brilliant.

[@dj.j5099]

I agree, as a kid, The Cube scared me soo much

[@ZBeansUncut]

The circle is great too.

[@user-qm4ev6jb7d]

Cube 2 was mostly lame and forgettable, for me at least. Now, Cube Zero - that was a masterpiece!

[@bornach]

Doctor Who episode, "Heaven Sent" in which the 12th Doctor was imprisoned in his Confession Dial - a closed timeloop cut off from the universe. Perhaps the greatest episode of the 9th series. The way the Doctor eventually escapes is mindbendingly unfathomable.

[@sighberspook2021]

IIRC In the manga/anime "deadman wonderland" Tokyo was destroyed by an earthquake, so Deadman Wonderland was created, a prison designed to function like a themepark on its surface, the inmates maintain the park and compete in games for the entertainment of paying customers, some of the proceeds go to funding the reconstruction of Tokyo while the rest goes to running the prison and funding military experiments which the prisoners are subjected to

[@sriracha_sauce]

I love Deadman Wonderland and it's concept, I wish it was more popular, unfortunately the plot and ending was kinda meh

[@soccerandtrack10]

I 150% forgot about it.

[@soccerandtrack10]

flordia=running to mexico and flordia,then saying mexico is just rapeists,and not talking about their horrible crime problem batman would work all the time trying to fix,and then call the justice legue because his team cant stop the nationlistic sociall change of the state, so they need big help. amanda waller starts killing people like amanda waller useing people like amanda waller to kill. (shes either a anti hero,anti villian, or a the ends type villian,but you see her like a hero not like a villian. the new suside squad movie showed me how bad she is.i didnt know she would do that.its the 1 with the 2 main guys sociall fighting and fight the same way.).

[@HomerNarr]

IMO there is a bigger difference but i might be wrong since Deathman Wonderland walks the way of battle manga / anime. Meaning the battles are the important part and the rest is what lead to everything. But it also walks away again, which i highly appreciate. But i have to rewatch since i read reviews and they described the ending different to what i remember and what i remember was very sad. Anyway, the reason for the prison fights were for entertainment of a certain audience. EDIT: I think i remember the Manga Ending since the anime did not follow to the end.

[@HomerNarr]

@@sriracha_sauce Which ending Manga or Anime?

[@monckey44]

I really enjoy the way she says words. would love an audiobook read by Dami

[@gottes1stsenpai30]

I think her voice cracks really would not let it feel stale at any point. Always makes me smile (because I find it funny and endearing)

[@user-fl9uz7yg1n]

I agree, but I believe that audiobooks have become irrelevant now that baby gronk’s reign has begun. Stay Skibidi!

[@thatotherted3555]

Weird considering how many she mispronounces

[@gottes1stsenpai30]

@@thatotherted3555 maybe that's why they like it

[@thatotherted3555]

@@gottes1stsenpai30 That hadn't occurred to me. It's certainly possible.

[@TheLargeHardonCollider]

Love the Cube, but I loved the Platform even more. Something about the simplicity of it made it so much more evil. And the whole mind-trip that technically there's enough food for every prisoner (so it's not actually evil), but people will be greedy when given the opportunity, so they end up making it evil on their own. Except there's way more floors than they thought, so really there's not enough food, so it really is evil.... man, I gotta watch that again. Thank you for reminding me of what it's called!

[@kahleeb624]

Theres actually a mansion i think in Cali that is a circle and actually fully rotates. They had to run plumbing through this crazy system to jeep the gray, waste and clean water seperate while also allowing the house to fully rotate freely. I forget exactly but the guy literally designed his own plumbing system that is able to freely spin while leaving all plumbing connected the whole time. Its really freakin cool.

[@tayet6875]

Tom Scott made a video about the rotating house and its unique plumbing. It's very cool!

[@kahleeb624]

@tayet6875 yeah that's who it was! 😅 of course it was a Tom Scott video. Definitly a really fascinating one.

[@westrim]

Yes, it's in San Diego.

[@karisdraws4061]

There are towers that have rotating platforms like the Fernsehturm in Berlin. It has a restaurant and a bar so plumbing and electricity is very much necessary. Rotating building designs are not that unknown.

[@westrim]

@@karisdraws4061 Almost all have such utilities built into a non rotating inner core. The house is built so the utilities are in the rotating section.

[@johnbergamini3567]

The Eureka California Jail (which you can see with Google Earth), is a post-modern building which combines Humboldt County's Superior Court and it's jail. During the "Occupy" movement almost 20 years ago, protesters "occupied" the sidewalk outside the jail so we could both hear prisoners screaming from their little windows, and talk to litigants on their way to court. It was/is a real-world, postmodern dystopian environment. I always thought it would make a good set for a dystopian science fiction film.

[@MrQuantumInc]

Movies that illustrate their theme through architecture is a great topic for this channel. "The Platform" in particular is a pretty clear metaphor for class. Even in universe it is using inequality to turn prisoners against each other, and it seems pretty obvious they wanted to make a point about how real life inequality turns real life people against each other. "The Cube" is pretty clearly more about torture than imprisonment. I bet the people who made "Saw" are fans.

[@HomerNarr]

Well i have to force myself to watch The Cube and any Saw Movie, but i agree, they have a similar sensation to me. The Platform seems fascinating, but again, i have to push myself watching people suffer.

[@makcraft]

What a great video. One more interesting concept from an dystopia is a novel from Yevgenij Zamjatin - Us, where every person is given an apartment but every single wall is transparent, accenting on the the big brother/ panopticon idea. Dystopias are always a great source for this type of architectural context.

[@iananelson8256]

Us is a fantastic novel!

[@izzatihassan1475]

wait, that reminds me of a mr beast video where he make 100 ppl live in glass rooms and make them compete and vote each other out. I knew it felt pretty dystopian!

[@dfedrau]

The discussion during The Platform section reminded me of a time at work when we switched out our long rectangular tables in our board room and replaced it with a large circular table. Extras would sit along the walls of a large square room. The idea was inspired by "dim sum" where we often went for lunch. One day after the eating part of our lunch ... we were sitting around the table (round one of course with a lazy Susan in the middle) drinking tea ... we were discussing some critical business topic and we had such a great discussion the conversation went on for an extra hour ... "the boss" surmised that the table played a key role in enabling this rich discussion so he ordered the big round table for the boardroom. Thanks for the memory !!

[@spinkey4842]

"you ain't gotta be in jail to be doing time" ....Krazy "2 Pac" 1996 when i saw the Cube for the first time as just a kid i was fascinated by that concept

[@stephenrhea9255]

You should talk about some game architecture, like the underwater facility in SOMA, Columbia in Bioshock Infinite, or Night City from Cyberpunk. Love your content!

[@Ronsonpeters]

The architecture in Control is sooooo interesting because of how it uses it in certain areas.

[@Dunmerdog]

Pathos-II is SUCH a good idea

[@CUBETechie]

NaissancE is also Worth of playing or at least watch lets plays or walkthroughs

[@ArsonTheShroom]

28:24 these are often called liminal spaces - spaces that are not created to be permanently used and become empty inherently, but you rarely see them empty because they are transitional. This can make them really creepy to be in, both when occupied but specifically when alone, because you feel as you are changing the purpose by occupying a space that was not made to be stayed at.

[@CUBETechie]

LiminalSpace are amazing and the are responsable for the concept the idea of the Backrooms. The idea that you can glitch through a wall or the floor and end in this strange place which is huge . Depending who you ask there are the so called Levels and with the levels you have different place's to be. A parking garage and electrical complex, pipes which get Warmer and even hotter. There are also the poolrooms Depending who you ask they are either part of the backrooms or they exist independing from the backrooms. The poolrooms are a place of interconected rooms entire of white tiles water and supposed natural light (maybe the Sun through a Window) It's a contrast to the slightly creepy backrooms.

[@ArsonTheShroom]

@@CUBETechie wow that's cool - I was thinking more of liminal spaces that are real but don't feel real, such as hallways in large buildings, or schools at night I guess yeah, the backrooms is a classic liminal space because we clearly aren't meant to be in it, hence the strangeness: if not creepy, then out of place

[@Valdray]

@@ArsonTheShroom That last sentence about "not meant to be in it" gave me flashbacks to The Langoliers 1995 Horror film based on Steven King's work.

[@ArsonTheShroom]

@@Valdray haha I mean liminal spaces give those vibes in some ways:]

[@Jellyfish146]

"I am a third generation Emily, and I am pleased to report that the cloning program is going well, with very little mental deteroriatikns"

[@humanthetooth]

My spoon is too big.

[@timhaldane7588]

Silly hats only

[@ascarletllama]

Recognized the scene from the thumbnail immediately. Love your grounded, real-world, and intelligent perspective on the sci-fi worlds we're surrounded by!

[@FredC51377]

I am amazed each time you publish a new video. You make things so interesting. But more importantly, you allow us to see things differently. Blending architecture with psychology, sociology and environmental realities is nothing short of genius ! Thank you !

[@Lightblinder]

Glad I already watched all the movies, I realized I missed quite a bit when I watched them after seeing your analysis. Great video. Also, "the worst she can say is no" her: 5:20 sorry, couldn't resist 😂

[@MercXue]

I can believe him. He’s Dr Rodney McKay from Stargate Atlantis. Same character basically, just different scenario.

[@constantinebratanata]

I dont know if you know about Jacob Geller here on KZbin but I feel like it's a channel you would find interesting. He does video essays on various subjects explored by mainly games but which also involve and reference many other artistic mediums. This video actually got me thinking about spaces in games. Some noteworthy ones being Portal 1 & 2, ECHO, Outer Wilds, Manifold Garden, Iron Lung, and The Exit 8. I think on some level, you could say they all involve overcoming our own minds to progress through space. I know Jacob occasionally does collaborate with other creators on the platform so it would be cool to see what the two of you would produce.

[@CUBETechie]

NaissancE is amazing

[@haydenbsiegel]

When I started watching this channel like 8 months ago I never expected I'd enjoy it so much. Good video and thanks for the entertainment!

[@Nurolight]

Literally watched Cube yesterday for the first time.

[@VanBurenPhilips]

How'd you like it?

[@Nurolight]

@@VanBurenPhilips Enjoyed it! Creative use of space and limited actors to create a huge scope

[@CUBETechie]

My first contact with the movie was Cube 2 Hypercube and then i found the other movies

[@leftcoastfunk]

What a ride! I'm starting to realize more and more that you aren't actually an architect. You're an architect, a cinephile, an incredible movie (and TV) reviewer, a bibliophile, a historian, a romantic realist, and a weeb lol. I love your videos, not simply for the raw content but for your interpretation of the things around you. You have such unique views on things, and a remarkable ability to express them. You and your team are doing a crazy impressive job at producing these, and I swear each video is better than the last. I love the tiny little touches of humor and sometimes even outright nerdiness that you bring into your projects, even if some viewers might not ever notice. Your voiceover for the "Day in an Imperial Factory Facility" orientation video was unquestionably top-tier!!! Thank you for being you DamiLee! 😁

[@GodlessVoice]

I have a video idea: Points in architectural history where a culture was just a few steps away from what could have been ground breaking discoveries.

[@ellierain9065]

if they never made the discoveries how do we know if they where only a few steps away from them

[@ericsiemienczuk7217]

Ancient Greece had the first steam powered object, a metal ball partially filled with water, above a flame, with two little steam nozzles to make the ball spin. And they also had a solid physical, and mathematical understanding of gears.

[@GodlessVoice]

@@ellierain9065 With her formative knowledge and research team, They can pinpoint where ancient technologies took off in the hands of somebody else. What if they were the hands that advanced their own technology?

[@GodlessVoice]

@@ericsiemienczuk7217 That is a good example.

[@cmccarty0724]

I LOVE CUBE. This movie blew my mine when I was in my 20s and i saw it for the first time.

[@2nd3rd1st]

Oh the Cube thumbnail alone gets a Like from me. A forgotten masterpiece.

[@Dunmerdog]

I so agree! Awesome awesome movie, in my list of sci fi films named for geometric features. Have you seen the sequel?

[@user-fl9uz7yg1n]

Indeed my Conrad! A new remake would be amazing. Perhaps staring baby gronk?

[@doctaflo]

bah! haven’t forgotten-think on it often!

[@zzygyy]

Cube is top 10 scifi horror

[@Renatus_Eruditus]

Same! It got me too🤩

[@Dreastay_leehyeonjae]

Woah just discovered your channel recently but I fell in love the moment I watched the first vid, keep it up!!!

[@munchkin0.o]

I absolutely love the way you're thinking!! I'm glad I found your channel x

[@madmachanicest9955]

Fun fact the Cubans basically a Canadian student film mean on a budget of less than a quarter million dollars. Make it one of the highest grossing movies compared to its budget of all time.

[@Dannil1]

This was the coolest - juxtaposition of buildings in movies which were made to move the human body and not just house them, thus the nature of humans is also shaped and changed... super fun, love your videos.

[@dionysus_adores]

I've been using your videos to inspire locations for my Eldritch horror D&D campaign. It's been working extremely well to balance these locations with the light-hearted fun and playful moments. My players been loving them.

[@JFabric500]

I think about the movie Cube more than I should. I need to rewatch it.

[@Unbreathless]

The Cube reminds me of another movie "13 Ghosts" which is about a clockwork house built to trap ghosts in it. Similar visuals of glass walls and gears. But more like a funhouse of mirrors.

[@artofnoise5013]

I love how much your personality came through in this video! Made me smile.

[@cthulhu888]

Same! The little "Actually..." blurb on the andor chapter made me chuckle too hehe 🤓😋

[@Yohan5]

One of her best videos so far, love the use of good movies to convey the understanding of the concepts and broaden my knowledge.

[@veloxpax]

I love these videos that goes into the physiological affects of Architecture, I use them for inspiration in my Dungeons and Dragons world

[@jayw9619]

I was so excited to hear you talking about the platform! It’s one of those movies that really got to me, where the setting was as much a character as those in the story!

[@arrenishere9985]

Yessss, i was waiting for The Platform to be discussed here! Another great video overall!

[@kunstschulemetzner4787]

This might be your best video yet. I am impressed. Thank you!

[@kairo__]

ok but i actually love the editor's note at 20:48 please dont make it a one-time gag

[@jdoe3116]

Dami Lee you are reaching a new level of presentation! Perhaps being the spokes person for the Architectural Industry.

[@btd2516]

It's only shown for a short time in the film (Captain America: civil war), but the federal super-max prison called "the Raft". It's in the middle of the ocean and is capable of submerging under the water to keep its location secret and to keep the prisoners from escaping.

[@seeingmine]

i always loveeeee your videos so much. ive never been interested in architecture but you make it soo interesting. You hooked me after your brutalism video. I always feel so creative after learning from you.

[@vixantenna]

What an awesome concept for a video! Beautifully done

[@shroomedup]

Love your videos, I work in game dev and this knowledge is actually very useful! Very thorough breakdown, amazing ty!

[@chriswoodman3123]

I just really enjoy this person's content. Everything is explained in such an easily digestible fashion, I feel like I want everything explained to me this way.

[@Datan0de]

Fascinating video! I'm glad that I happened to have watched all of the movies/shows that you focused on here.

[@andyabbott86]

Love the passion and nerding out about Andor/Narkina 5. Keep showing this fun side of yourself!

[@Pur4r4ng4r123]

Does anyone remember the name of a youtube series from around 2008-2012 about a group of kids who were trapped in rooms with puzzles they needed to solve as part of a gameshow. Each rooms puzzle was personalized for the kid in the room, and held a clue for how they get out of their rooms and win the game. The main character of the series is in his own room with buttons that allows him to talk to each of the kids in their rooms, i believe he was given the name The Operator. There was a deaf girl in one of the rooms, making communication difficult. There was one kid that was given a stationary bike in his room, and later finds out that it powers the lights for all the rooms. This video sparked my memory of this series. At the time(and maybe because I was younger), this series was phenomenal. Every episode better than the last. Releasing on a weekly schedule, it had me as excited to watch as I was for a new episode of something on tv.

[@kaizen2049]

I recently found your channel & instantly subscribed because of such amazing & informative content ❤ thanks for sharing such amazing content

[@richardbloemenkamp8532]

Interesting episode, very well done and some interesting philosophical thoughts too. I remember a one-man theatrical play with an empty stage one chair and the player. The whole play revolved around a description of such a repetitive prison. So as a spectator the prison was created in my head like reading a book. At the same time on stage his movements were like a dance passing from room to room. It worked quite well but I don't have a reference.

[@eagleaura6718]

I enjoyed this video! Prison architecture definitely makes an impact to the population within. Looking forward to the next video!!

[@AzeAlter]

One of the best episodes yet.

[@alithea8657]

This video brought me so much joy. Thank you!

[@izzatihassan1475]

every single in depth movie review in this is fascinating. I had no idea of Lucas' 1972 film. will watch it soon!

[@burningpapersun1]

I remember seeing the cube in the 90s for the first time. It felt groundbreaking for how simple it's concept was, showing how powerful and frightening simplicity could really be.

[@agustinreynoso9020]

Well done! You did an incredible job! It is great to see your growth and your capacity for analysis. Love the connections you submit to formulate clear ideas. How long does it take you to produce a video like this!? Congratulations to you and your team. Hope to see you a few years at the Oscars!

[@MCnelabums]

Great content, really enjoyed this

[@saaraa7876]

Saw Cube when I was 11 or 12 and it’s still (I’m 36) the scariest movie I’ve ever seen. The Descent is the only one that comes close, the claustrophobia is so bad.

[@andyb9763]

So. That was awesome and interesting. New to this channel - going to check out your other releases. Your film commentary is really watch-worthy. Job well done 👏

[@baraka99]

Out-freakin'-standing !!! Hands down one of your top 10 best videos of all time.

[@linea2000]

Another fantastic film Dami. Thanks

[@tf-ok]

Another great video, Dami, thank you.

[@krisstopher8259]

This is probably the most interesting architecture channel on youtube right now. Not a single boring second really. Fortress (1992) was also a cool futuristic supermax prison. And by the way you should do an entire episode about the magnetic car network in minority report (+similar concepts)

[@DamiLeeArch]

Yes I did here a bit :) kzbin.info/www/bejne/fWaqfWtpa9CjotU Thanks for watching!

[@-DirtyShoes]

I HUGELY admire your analysis and philosophies on architecture. I literally wonder what the possible motivations behind random building in my area are because of this channel. You and your team are doing a fantastic job! Thank you!

[@BAFinlayson]

As always entertaining and informative. I now have a bunch of new movies to look forward to

[@JWPanimation]

The Cube was brilliant. I hope Dami Lee wll do a video on the Back Rooms, it falls into this form of dystopian, dream like, sci-fi architecture.

[@JarharaJaiArik]

Both Cube and The Platform are great examples of how you can use a very simple premise and extremely cost-efficient, almost minimalistic set and get amazing, character driven stories out of it.

[@AMPProf]

TREE CITY.. Do that next.. There's a weird idea of people living in on and around Gaint trees Shaped by man?? Umm wtf Could go wrong?

[@Thimon88]

The prisons I thought of right away are the prison ages in the Myst series of games. Yes those puzzle slideshows from the 90s. The architecture of Myst and Riven could be an entire topic on its own as they are designed by text (in the lore of this world) and are in a way 'architecture as puzzles'.

[@ArchieBC]

I’m amazed by how an architect gives a better and more thoughtful breakdown of films than most film professors I’ve studied under. You keep impressing me!

[@michaelkost6060]

My Arch thesis was focused on bringing motion/transformation to modern building techniques; I proposed a Multi-Nodal theater housed in an Hypercube (transforming 2D representation on Geary in SF). More! In Architecture!

[@Sof93]

This was such a great video! A prison concept i found interesting is the Sappers from The Will of the Many. Basically the society works because people cede a part of their "will" to the hierarchy which powers both things like trams and systems, but also allows people further up the hierarchy to be incredibly powerful. Those in the sappers for serious crimes cede so much of their will that they are basically non responsive, while others ceding less slowly develop dementia-like symptoms.

[@JuskyTheHusky]

4:40 Interestingly enough, the first rotating building ever made was in my hometown, and it's called "Suite Vollard". It didn't work out, however, because of the expensive prices.

[@nidhibr]

Dennis Villenuves short movie 'Next floor' (2008) is really similar to the Platform. Awesome video btw, Dami

[@HamzaSarwar-cl2wt]

Great video with lots of knowledge!

[@snattlerake4417]

Love to see Cube and The Platform get the attention they deserve

[@carcarlos777]

The crazy laugh when talking about prisons, you were having so much fun talking about something I never thought about in the media I consume and it really shows a lot all the passion you have on the matter.

[@obakasan79]

The andor prison chuckle followed by the anime meme pushing up her glasses. 😂😂😂. Also the slight hesitation with the "minority" pun. She was having a good time with this one.

[@boraneejaharen1255]

fantastic and inspirational as always, seriously every time i watch one of your videos i come up with a new idea to make in ue5, keep it up you're doing amazing videos!!!

[@benmcreynolds8581]

I just saw Dune 2 & Poor Things and both those movies were so amazing and they had really great set designs, architecture, imagery

[@cincero]

That second thumbnail pulled me in lol, just bc it was more intriguing to get a taste of what the video was about rather than it being a more easily dismissable image that had no relatable information in it. great job on the video :)

[@michaelcoston6259]

So glad you kept that warm hearth in the room. It's really becoming iconic..

[@cevichegrace]

an incredibly artistic and striking Cube thumbnail??? LETSGOOOOOOO

[@christopherpetersen342]

so many possibilities... the island from no escape (1994), the "island" from the island (2005), the ship from escape plan (2013), the prisons from fortress and its sequel (2000), and so many more...

[@CUBETechie]

I watched a trailer it was in the pre 2010s it was the movie called Logic Room from 2007 i think it is like the escape room movies

[@vincentaine]

I know nothing of architecture like an architect, but all the sci-fi themes here always make me come back to this channel.

[@izzyandthefins]

“A connection to a place also kinda helps you define your sense of place in the world” 28:47 Love that quote!

[@chadwickhjones]

In Andor, they are building components for the Death Star’s planet destroyer laser array. This laser would later kill Casian. They could be building other stuff too.

[@immortalfool7627]

I’m so encouraged that you’re a science fiction buff. You just added to my awareness of the deeper things happening within certain types of spaces.

[@HipHopMovieNews]

The work and production value that goes into these videos is insane.

[@jakerz0]

Oh man, the way you described placelessness stripping away our sense of self made me think of Severance. Could be some interesting architectural exploration in that show.

[@cubenmaker1164]

Brilliant video! You covered some of my favorite films. Great analysis. You could have included The Matrix, where the "prison" is an entire virtual world. Another great Canadian move starring one of the main actors from Cube is called "Nothing". Here the characters find themselves in an endless empty white void, which could be seen as an infinite prison consisting of the ultimate non-space. I agree with a previous post that Dark City is another great example of a kind of prison with Cube-like dynamic structures. Thanks again for the video, and keep those thought provoking ideas coming!

[@CUBETechie]

Nothing could be an alternative ending to Cube? 😉

[@raktoda707]

On a more personal level,I have observed over the years the supression of people simply thru the design and inclusion of amenities ( or lack there of) in housing be it a home, an apartment or less.) Lack of detail in the building,rules forbidding any color but white,more rules about what can be displayed on walls ( if any) and limits as to what you can display,live with around you on a daily basis.Interesting to watch the surroundings chase a person from their own living space,make them doubt their ability to chose,create a vibrant, nurturing environment... psychologically beat them down into an inferior lesser...some are able to defy all odds but they are usually those that have lived outside the parameters of a "box education" nontraditional family, or just have the proper genetics.You are a remarkable creator and presentor,with a keen curious eye.Thank you for sharing your work.

[@rudigerh5234]

Watched Cube for the first time thanks to this video, I was hooked. Thank you.