Sci-Fi Short Film “Cradle" | DUST

The future begins... with her.
"Cradle" by Damon Duncan
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More About Cradle:
On the spaceship Cradle, a lonely teenager dreams of a home she has never known.
When an accident cripples the ship she must race the clock to unlock the secrets of her past and discover her future.
Eade is a fourteen year old girl who has spent her entire life in space on the spaceship Cradle. Eade and her dad are on the return journey to earth when an explosion cripples the craft and seriously injures her father. As the clock counts down to self-destruction Cradle’s computer, System, assumes control of the ship and refuses to perform the life saving medical procedure that her father desperately needs. Whilst trying to outwit System to save her dad, Eade discovers the shocking truth of her existence and must face her uncertain future armed with the knowledge that her life in space is not as it seems.
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[@1Esteband]

The background noise/music choked the voices :( Please add CC.

[@StarcoreLabs]

Or, mix the music/sounds down with more compression so they don't drown out the voices.

[@TheTattybogle]

Agree. Felt like I was listening thru a wet sock! Shame, because cute film with cute twist

[@tarinaten2053]

Glad to hear it's not just me. I couldn't understand much of it either.

[@stevie-ray2020]

Seems to follow the trend in every Hollywood movie of soft voices & everything else deafening!

[@clivenshiime8254]

Love the film. The shrinking credits thing is a bit off putting because I think a lot of us get curious about the people behind the brilliant films. This filmmakers, (who put in a looot of hard work) get cheated out of recognition by the hyper speed credits because the viewers don't even know where to start looking for more of their stuff. Most people making shorts need the recognition to help push their brand so please fix this. It's counterproductive to what I think is one of the pillars of the channel that is, supporting filmmakers aka dreamers.

[@measl]

*IMDB has ALL of these!*

[@joshtowns5630]

Why are so many whinging about the credits. Just search. Is it really so hard?

[@pollysioux6423]

Very well done, the music was perfect. If ever a film needed CC, however, it was this one.

[@hi.moriarty]

Brilliant idea! I felt that the ending answered the question as to why there weren't more people on 'the ship' but the question to the mother still seems to linger. The daughter was fantastic in her acting and I applaud her!

[@DragoNate]

For a simple 14 minute film to make me feel strong emotions by the end, this is damn good. I'm actually angry and that she lost her mother and father to some experiment. It wasn't even real.

[@Error-ke1tf]

My assumption is WW3 broke out while they were conducting the experiment and communications went dark as a result. They tell their daughter they're on a spaceship in order to hide the terrible truth from her. But the mother started going stir crazy from the years spent in isolation without any knowledge of the state of things outside and talked to her husband about the possibility of leaving. He outright refused, believing they were safe underwater and going outside is too great a risk. So she decides to take matters into her own hands and record a message for her daughter to explain why she'll be gone for a while to investigate. The husband finds her mid-recording and attempts to stop her, but she manages to escape his grip and close the airlock behind her. We don't know what happens beyond this point but it is implied that she either vanished or later returned with severe radiation burns and perished, which he kept secret from the daughter.

[@MichaelPulsII]

Thanks. That cleared up a few things and makes sense.

[@jimpatterson5524]

thanks for that. the audio was a little dicey for me so i had not gathered but a portion of it. I do count on subtitles a lot.

[@hughcalveley197]

Yes, Eade’s parents are part of a simulation experiment to determine the effects of long-term space travel. Being underwater helps test the isolation and also is one of the best ways to test extravehicular activity, AKA spacewalks for repairs etc. World War Three happens and they lose contact with the surface. They have no means of knowing the conditions on the surface, and as water is a great shield from radiation, they decide to stay submerged for as long as possible. Unfortunately, after Eade is born, her mother, Jessica, becomes increasingly claustrophobic - possibly suffering from postpartum anxiety - and escapes to the surface, never to return. Mark, Eade’s dad, is worried that if Eade discovers that her mother might be on the surface she will try and join her, so he creates the lie that the mission is real. As the spaceship’s systems start to decay, he pretends that they are returning to earth, after a war, and that they will crash land in the sea. Thus, his duplicity will be complete. Unfortunately, before they can ‘land’ he gets injured. Because he has locked Eade out of so many systems, to prevent her from knowing the truth, he has inadvertently prevented her from being able to authorize major surgery. Eade has seen that there is a spare ID in the safe. This is her Mum’s ID, which her Mark took from Jessica to try and prevent her from escaping. However, her Mum being the systems engineer for the mission, managed to circumvent the security and escape. There are two clues that all is not what it seems. The first one is the water Mark finds during the repairs. The second, at the 6:16 point, is very subtle and occurs when Eade is reviewing the security footage. There is a power surge where the computers, which show the fake stars in the spaceship’s windows, reboot and you see the computer’s reboot sequence instead of stars. This catches Eade’s attention but before she can investigate further, she is distracted by the safe being cracked by the Cleanbot. If anyone is interested, the script is here. www.showmeshorts.co.nz/documents/filmmakerResources/Cradle.pdf

[@roxanneworld11]

@@hughcalveley197 thanks for explaining..sci-fi is my favorite storytelling genre, good story arc.. but wish i could have gleaned more clearly what was going on, mystery and all, by the viewing of the film itself..a lot to squeeze into 15 minutes, i understand..but it can be very helpful for an audience to have hints that are not so "subtle." in any case, much respect for any filmmaker/team/crew who gets from the beginning to the end with making a movie.👍👍

[@fredneecher1746]

Error - That's a very interesting run-down. It would make a good sci-fi short.

[@Frybyte]

need CC please can;t understand much of the dialogue

[@Reaper4367]

Brilliant 'short', though the actors audio was VERY low and could hardly comprehend dialogue.

[@kevincrady2831]

Interesting movie, but I couldn't hear half of what was said. Also, who creates a simulation that they actually let people die in? The whole point of a simulation like that would be to identify and fix failure modes so that people *don't* die. "The automated med bay won't perform life-saving surgery unless you have the right password" is also bad design. What if the person with the password is the one who needs the surgery, and they're unconscious? The acting and sets were really good though.

[@Pauly365]

The U.S. , Russia, anyone with a brain... lets people die in simulations. Im sure I missed many. Wake up.

[@shadiester]

@@Pauly365 Examples?

[@shannonprince4602]

@@shadiester Tuskegee Airmen for one

[@shadiester]

@@shannonprince4602 ​ I wasn't aware they ever in a simulated environment, and from a quick search I can't find anything about it. Are you sure the the US let them die in a simulation?

[@MrRawwars]

It seems like something went wrong up on the surface-maybe some big war. They couldn't get any responses from the surface, and the dad mentions radiation poisoning at one point.

[@Baker-tx7yg]

EXCELLENT WORK ALL AROUND EXCEPT FOR ONE THING. i WOULD HAVE LIKED TO HAVE SEEN HER MAKE IT TO THE SURFACE

[@MelindaGreen]

This way we get to feel what Eade feels. It's better this way.

[@Ogrillian]

Baker, agreed. Or cut a choose your own ending link. Those wishing to see her get topside may. Those feeling it's better this way may leave it as is.

[@canvasfaces]

See the Light right!?!? That was a FAST trip to the surface!

[@hughcalveley197]

In the proposed feature version, it cut from Eade ascending, to back in time to her mother surfacing all those years ago. It then explored what happened to her mother.

[@hughcalveley197]

@See the Light Bends are caused by the rapid release of nitrogen gas from the bloodstream from inhaling compressed air and ascending too fast Typically air on an underwater dwelling, like a submarine, is not pressurised.

[@danstheman33]

I had to watch a second time, mostly to make out some of the dialogue from the mom and dad, which were critical plot points. The second viewing definitely cleared things up a bit. Sounds like the mom left and either never returned, or as someone commented returned and died from radiation poisoning. It makes sense that the dad would lie to his daughter and tell her that mom is on earth to avoid telling her the awful truth- I guess she was young enough that she didn't remember growing up with her mother, or he could gaslight her into thinking it was just her imagination, or maybe that the memories are from when they all lived together on earth. Actually that's a terrible idea, but people make terrible decisions and lie to their children all the time, so I find it very believable that a father would take the 'easy way' out and avoid breaking the news to his daughter.

[@falconeio]

I think people missed a few details that put things into more perspective. First off, is that they were a couple without a child it seems when they went down and they were down in a submerged, not a buried capsule. When she is finally leaving, the capsule looks to be fully buried and that takes a very very long time to happen. She doesn't know she's underwater, she thinks she's in space, so she wasn't old enough to know any better if she was alive when it started. Her mother must've gone out a long time ago as well with what she was saying. Add in what the father says at the end and it seems a Nuclear war happened on the surface and he stayed below with his daughter to keep her safe from the scorched earth above and had been for at least as long as the daughter has been alive.

[@bobalicious2696]

I love how DUST enables CC on the videos they upload. It's so very helpful to the viewer. [sarcasm]

[@jeruharlem]

The twist at the end was totally short circuited. There's no ah-ha moment at the end if the audience is told before. i gather from the prologue that the girl believes she's on a space ship. The only audio i understood was her asking the computer "what's it like down there?". So she has to leave the ship... then you just show us she's underwater as an experiment. I would have enjoyed this if i understood the dialogue and was surprised at the end.

[@ravineseder3133]

That was intense. Loved her subtle expressiveness.

[@spooks77]

Awsome film loved it! But, Im starting to get annoyed with DUST, and liking it less each time i watch one, because they speed through the credits and minimize them. I would have liked to know a few things about this one, but alas, I cant, because DUST didnt think it was worth the effort to let us know who made the film. Can we all pls start spamming this message on each movie they upload from now on untill they will do the right thing, and not think about their own money pockets, and give the creators the CREDIT THEY DESERVE! Im torn between hitting like and dislike because of this reason, so I will do neither. Which is a real shame. Shame on u DUST.

[@hogannull7022]

Google exists

[@ColdHawk]

I have seen the same twist in a couple of movies (the person thinks they are in space but really they are in a self-contained habitat) but this was an excellent execution and there was nothing to telegraph the reveal too early. It unfolded really well. Very well done science fiction. Congratulations to the whole team that put it together! Kiwis rock.

[@dragonlord0666]

can you just stop with the shrink the credits to the size of a postage stamp. some of us like to read those and find out who the actors are and directors etc.

[@john1653]

@@AllThingsFilm1 I know nothing about it, but I know that if they shrink the credits, it has SOMETHING to do with money.

[@jeremymedford8460]

I'm sure if you get on their website there's a link top of the screen you can get all the information you want

[@omnigar9611]

@@AllThingsFilm1 you only get to make the rules when you fork up the money to make the film.

[@katieosborn9345]

Google it

[@joshtowns5630]

@@katieosborn9345 Exactly. In the big wide internet, have a look rather than a whinge.

[@australopithecusss]

Oh gosh I wish this would have went on and on...excellent movie. I find that if the credits roll too fast that I simply pause the movie when they start rolling so that I can read them. Thank you all again, bravo.

[@carreg-hollt]

I really enjoyed this but I'm glad the final minute and a half were in the story as, like a few others, I had great difficulty following the narrative because the sound was so mushy. Otherwise, a superb tale of the unexpected -- well written, well acted and well filmed.

[@JDAMERICA33]

after dozens of video watched today on this channel, this one is the best!!

[@davidkennedy1077]

Another great short, this channel and its content blows my mind every time. Great stories, great acting a true mini masterpiece!!!

[@Johnathonaaron]

Wait whaaaaat! Nice twist. Well done.

[@suevans6436]

such a good actress, very convincing.

[@rolfw2336]

The little bot was very cute. I want one.

[@bodegabreath4258]

Amazing. Quality viewing. Not just this, but all of them.

[@Forgetit89]

As usual Dust, great movie bad sound even with everything at 100 I still can't hear half of what they say...

[@91010186]

Go see a doctor

[@prisonplanetearthcomplyordie]

This had the big twist towards the end i enjoyed this movie

[@stevie-ray2020]

Reminds of listening to a radio science-program in which they were interviewing some volunteers who were going to spend 3-4 months together in a Mars voyage simulation. The last interviewee was a young woman who had purchased something so as to not waste all that spare time....... ......she'd decided to learn the ukulele!

[@Tamaresque]

The audio is so low that I couldn't understand what was being said - and there are no subtitles.

[@Aurinkohirvi]

Same here. Changed to headphones but still lost a lot. Really, couldn't get the story.

[@slatvatfatcat]

@@Aurinkohirvi, the story is quite clear from the visuals alone.

[@gblake5560]

Music is the destroyer of so much good stuff

[@gillesdia9191]

Nicely done. Cool sets, too.

[@SynthoidSounds]

Beautiful set production, very nicely done . . . but the audio seemed way off, difficult to hear some of the dialogue while the background drumming was completely overriding much of the content, strangely out of sync. Would like to have had much better balance with the audio engineering, as it was such a visually compelling example of filmcraft, but it was difficult to follow come parts of the story. The daughter character was well acted, but sadly, it was basically impossible to read the credits at the end of the film.

[@MrMongo321]

great acting and good story line!

[@DeconvertedMan]

EADE - oh that is the girls name.

[@sabahhasbi3765]

Best SciFi channel eva More Time Travel videos pleaase

[@robertfox8654]

That was...awesome. I Sub'd...i want to see more! and more...and more! Keep 'em coming! Thanks.

[@PhilipRhoadesP]

Excellent! Well done . .

[@jaylamb218]

Great job!

[@gipsypubgmobile2934]

Nice creation guys I like to make a movie and everyday I inspired by your concept in the videos well done

[@manelbass1]

Great ending shot.

[@canvasfaces]

Manuel Brito Yeah I thought so too!

[@tietjen666]

Bravo!

[@shannon1664]

Aaaaaand I didn't see that one coming at all. Nicely done.

[@alain3768]

Very well done !

[@Dosbomber]

Only 45 seconds in, but now I feel compelled to make my own dustbuster/hexapod robot. :D

[@choto_foring]

EXCELLENT

[@RobinC63]

Loved this except for the poor audio. The girls acting was a lot better than many other shorts I've seen. The basic visual layout made it believeable but again, audio should have been better.

[@mani8050]

WHAT ARE THEY SAYING!!!!!!

[@fodavid8727]

would be grate if they make movies with dis shortfilms))))rly

[@juliaconnell]

*awesome* - respect to all involved (be nice to see who they were - instead of the tiny rushed credits)

[@Hjominbonrun]

couldnt hear much, had to max volume to hear the whispering over background noise. but was cool anyway.

[@Yoonzor]

Voice inaudible. Please CC or turn down the sound effects.

[@Aotearoa_Kiwi]

It must have been fixed, because there are no problem hearing the dialogue now.

[@246spyder]

Not here.

[@Wess-S]

Yup, let me put my hand on wet cables. That will fix the ship right away!

[@billsowers8859]

Merry christmas

[@durasaxon6504]

What is it like there? *Richard* 🍀 *The SIM*

[@durasaxon6504]

Many *DUST* videos are very difficult to hear the dialogue. Secure the problem with headphones.

[@trekfan2996]

Holy Stargate.....replicators!!! A Cylon watch, etc....

[@edbailey7533]

Over and above the sound issues (I really felt I missed out on the finer nuances of the actors' lines) I enjoyed the setting, the overall plot, and the twist at the end.

[@darkbulb367]

A bit of resolution at the end would've been a nice touch.

[@youtubershorrordomain292]

Very interesting and well filmed, good job Thumbs up!

[@antisuicide3032]

much better than B movies in Netflix

[@ArmonMitchell]

Wow

[@jeruharlem]

this was well made in some respects: cinematography, acting. Sound was bad, storyline was.... scribbled on the back of an envelope. There was no story, just a situation.

[@facundoleiva999]

So... did she die or survive..?

[@josepha.chavez8060]

Since several of the recent Dust films I've watched have all basically sucked in some way, I've made it a rule to check the comments before I watch them now. That way I don't waste my time and end up disappointed. After checking the comments here, I will not be watching this one. Is it just me, or is Dust going downhill? I remember a time when every Dust film I watched was pretty cool, and the ones that weren't so cool we're still ok.

[@tjw2469]

this one is nice, won't be a waste of time

[@MalhaIIa]

Quite a masterpiece, but yea the sound..

[@Tyler380]

I sit in front of my personal laptop which I have been using for 5 years, clean and maintain so it runs perfectly and the creepy thing still asks me for my password.. Like who else is going to try to get in.. Yet, some how it all makes sense..

[@lloydrobert6182]

Appreciate your channel very much. But do you have any technical control of the films? The bad sound is really distracting. Please do something! Thanks.

[@watchdust]

Hey Lloyd, we always appreciate hearing from fans. We're limited on what we can do in most cases, but will explore what other options are available to us, including having closed captions for all the films.

[@Aurinkohirvi]

@@watchdust Subtitles would have been real nice option with this one. Especially non-native English speakers, to whom it is harder to get the words that don't come clear.

[@RichardWheeler-SE-BA-PM]

@@Aurinkohirvi The audio was so bad on this one, native English speakers had trouble with it, too.

[@Aurinkohirvi]

@@RichardWheeler-SE-BA-PM Yeah, too bad.

[@Aotearoa_Kiwi]

Has the audio been fixed, because it was perfect when I watched it.

[@Rouge_7]

As said prior, voice drowned out. Adjust the output of voice to exceed fx and background music. No matter how many times or how loud I made this video, I have no idea what her father said to her when lying on the recovery table.

[@brindlebriar]

What if we once lived in a world in which women didn't wear make up and constantly preen and groom themselves? Can you imagine? Something about that calls to me deeply. Not in a sexual way; just in a longing for a world in which that is the norm. A world free of... fakeness... and bullshit, and shallow vanity. And woman is sort of the symbol of it all. Woman is the center of the species. What have we done to her? Painting her and smoothing her and decorating her non-stop? How is this adding value? Look how beautiful she is without it, once we get used to the natural again! Breathtaking. I know this isn't the point of the film, but imagine the lead actress with makeup on and shining smooth hair, conditioned with avocado and passion fruit extracts and whatevertheholyfuck, and wearing... special garments, designed to stand out. How would that add any value or beauty? What are we doing, as a culture? Consumerism, I guess. But remember this: the external state of our women is a reflection of the internal state of ourselves. If you're in love with the internal archetypal of the 'natural girl with the messy hair,' you're one of the last of a dying breed, I suppose. You were probably born long ago. Like me. Maybe you lived in the country, and remember a time before life was only consumerism. And maybe you even remember how beautiful our girls were, in pants and t-shirts, maybe even dresses, and their glowing faces not painted over. Radiating the natural beauty of a thousand suns shining through autumn.

[@paolomartini150]

Badaboom psssh! Badaboom Psssh! Cool ending. So Mother left?

[@CANDYZANE69]

I could barely understand the computer voice. it was too echo like. also the background music makes it hard to understand the actors. Please revise this or add subtitles. I have to wear headphones already just to hear stuff and things like this make it hard for the audience.

[@jimmyolsenblues]

needs subtitles asap

[@vivianeb90]

I really couldn't understand anything. Too quiet. I didn't understand what happened to her mom. And why this was all a simulation and she did not know about it? Also what was her mom so exited to tell about and then why did he try to stop her?

[@Illisil]

Where are these sci fi short films made?

[@traecummings9853]

Amazing. Part II please.

[@adriangalazka]

My rating: 6/10 not bad but could be better

[@davelarsen9847]

Couldn't hear all of the dialogue and no captions. I have no idea what it was about

[@williamdoherty3491]

I have a question I am dying to ask the makers of DUST if I may, why are the actors in DUST videos not credited most of the time?

[@watchdust]

Hey Etsy, appreciate the feedback. We're considering changes to the credit sequence.

[@tjw2469]

What does it feels like to be down there? I am pretty sure it will most likely be warm and moist to be down there

[@terrancemoore8756]

wow, looks great. Too bad I cant hear it too.

[@domenico9992]

Amazing production value. I just didn't get who opened the van where she finds the clues to her mother

[@namelesscynic1616]

I think it was a safe - she programmed the bug device to try multiple variations until it hit the password to open it - at least that is what I think happened.

[@domenico9992]

@@namelesscynic1616 the bug was removed by her father by the time the safe opens. But yeah. Thats the interpretation that makes more sense :)

[@wakaneut]

Pardon me? Could you repeat that?

[@intervalkid]

That opening scene bot looks just like a shadow government info collector psi droid but crude and orange.

[@JayJagpal]

Looks good but it's inaudible.

[@dogfacedboy6947]

It seems that what Dad has to say around the 10:45 point is CRITICAL for the story - but I can't hear it well enough to understand it. Good headphones, extra-zoomy soundcard, Engritch is my primary language - the thing has potential to be a good story. I guess. He apparently snorked Mommy for... some reason?

[@ParadoxAssassin]

Sounds like “it was radiation from the war”

[@miketurner8624]

This would make a great full length movie!

[@tk000]

Two films on Dust titled "Cradle"

[@speciousbeingthe1276]

So what happened to Eade’s mother？

[@travosymir3188]

She went to the surface.

[@lsdave42]

He killed her, threw her out the airlock, and flooded Mars to cover the evidence.

[@canvasfaces]

We don’t know because the music and dumb drums drowned out the dad’s reply

[@travosymir3188]

@@canvasfaces They were never in space they were in an psychological experiment.

[@canvasfaces]

Travos Ymir I didn’t say they were in space

[@AudiaciousLife]

kinda like the ascension miniseries

[@jinbiezel683]

Ha, Dammit, I came down to the comments after less than 2 minutes to ask if anyone could understand something that I couldn't understand, but really wanted to know, because I figured it was important to the story and the first dozen comments I come across all ask for Captions because they also couldn't understand things. So that's great. I've noticed that captions aren't available when they are need the most. It's like when the dialogue is especially sketchy that's when there are no Captions. I know this isn't the case, but it's almost like the program that creates captions actually "listens" to the dialogue in a program and creates the words from this. Which is why when the dialogue is particularly sketchy there are no Captions because the program doesn't understand what's being said. Even though I know that's ridiculous, it always turns out this way. Anyways, what I wanted to know perhaps someone else might be able to tell me just out of context. She asks how her father is doing and the AI says that he's not doing too well because of the hemorrhage, and then asks if she has found a replacement (something) yet, and she says no. Can anyone tell me what that (something) is? It sounds like the AI is saying ID, but I don't understand how an ID would help with a hemorrhage. My only guess (if it really is saying ID) is that because the AI refers to the girl by her ID, maybe the AI means she needs the girl to find like a donar body of someone in order to get parts from? That's the best I've got. Anyone else got a different translation/theory for this? Any help would be appreciated! I love the Dust channel! These mini episodes may be frustrating AF most of the time (mostly because they end and I want them to keep going) but I can't help but be addicted to them! 😁😍😁 Edit:. Well seeing as how it appears that he and his daughter are the only 2 people aboard a ship to Mars, I guess that throws my only theory out the window. How someone else has a better idea. I swear the Australian accent didn't help at All! When the Dad is talking right before the engines go offline, there was perfect silence, yet I couldn't understand fuck all that he was saying. The first few words he spoke I even thought he was speaking Japanese, but it was just that his accent was so damn thick I couldn't understand it. Edit #2: Okay I'm with everyone else. You really really need to make captions for this. I couldn't understand Shit! All I could get out of what the Dad said was there was radiation and he didn't know what else to do. Everything else was a garbled thick accented mess. Okay well now I know that the capsule was just a simulated underground mission what I don't get is why the news didn't acknowledge the daughter as being a part of the mission as well, and if it was just an underwater capsule how could it have a meltdown, and why would it not have safeguards against why ever the fuck it filled up with water?!?

[@richjohnston8965]

Wish it had CC. I couldn't understand half the dialogue.

[@Persian-Immortal]

That's Nelson Tasman bay New Zealand, not cloudy bay, where ever that is..

[@apppelll3189]

The computer had infinite coolant water and coulnd refill it???

[@joecowan1230]

Why do so many short films have poor sound quality?

[@Kayaz48]

why is this movie so dark? is this a thing now? the lastest filmmaker fashion? Drives me crazy

[@RougeTheDemigod]

So did the earth get covered in water

[@frackooo]

need subtitles

[@lula2880]

Great actress🙏🏼💕 And you wonder how the phuck some comedic Aussie females got into hollywood...

[@arnoldsherrill6305]

Major plot Point failure if this is a simulation then you would think they would have communication with a group acting as Mission support ,if this is a simulated mission then it needs to be as close as possible to the real thing otherwise a good job. and please let us see the credits shrinking them down and running them at high speed does no justice to the creators of the film, or to the viewers

[@juliaconnell]

if they are far from earth - which was the point of the simulation - the time lag would mean that communication would be impossible - whole point of traveling from Earth is that you are really alone

[@kevdragmas]

Also, I'm assuming that there were communication issues due to some sort of system malfunction implied by the engine off warning and the meltdown.

[@michaels840]

Actually, I don't think they are far from earth. More like far below earth. Awaiting a time a time they can come back to the surface. I think the mother could not take the isolation any more, she wanted to return to the life she had. The father wanted to remain. Their daughter unknowing of the situation...

[@CEpstein090]

Arnold Sherrill the father told his daughter that there was a war on Earth, so I think that she thought that why there was no communication from Earth.

[@kevdragmas]

@@CEpstein090 there wasn't actually a war, that was his lie to the daughter to explain why they were in "space" when in fact they were just in an underwater biosphere conducting an experiment on how life would be in future space travel.