Sci-Fi Short Film "Gemini" | DUST

[@BoundlessEntertainmentFilms]

I hope you all enjoy Gemini! We had a ton of fun creating this short, and everyone involved put their heart and soul into it. We love the DUST community and are so glad to be a part of it!

[@akr7624]

This is ossom ....... keep up the good work

[@max-cs9ko]

Great job

[@j4v-cyberpunk-music]

It is realy great fiction and perfect pop culture. Either be just scared, leave the world for short or keep thinking way past watching. Since Shakespear's plays only pop culture created so many different layers and I realy like the level DUST keeps. Thanks.

[@HumbelPie]

So why was he allowed to live is he a machine?

[@NightBazaar]

That was a great production. Makes me want more of the story.

[@circomnia9984]

Pro tip. If you need to operate on your shoulder, it's a little bit easier if you take your big, thick leather jacket off first. It's even better to take all your layers of clothing off, in the areas you wanna cut. Like, down to the skin. This would not only make the cutting part easier, but also the seeing what the heck you're doing part. No really, trust me.

[@b4johnson894]

No way. First part of surgical procedure 101 is to put a huge leather jacket on the patient. This is routine.

[@mindscraftsman]

@@b4johnson894🤣👍

[@dinodelic4053]

If the owners, producers and kreators from Dust are reading this : "You Channel deserves more viewers and subscribers". In my humble opinion, your Channel could go toe to toe, whit the big Channel's from the US, like Fox, CW, NBC, CNBC, and so on, and so forth, and in some parts your stories, are even better wrote and directed, than that big TV series that they produce.

[@Varego6]

Apparently the barbers and hairstylists survived.

[@WayneSpider]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@theunknownpreacher9833]

Only good looking people can survive in any apocalyptic scenarios the rest of us are out of luck

[@GlobalCitizen369]

😂💀

[@diosalanegra1958]

In the black community a lot of people usually know how to do hair many even know how to do their own men and women. Soo I mean we would still be looking fly in an apocalypse lol

[@rolandomontana1389]

Seems like they always survive, every movie of survival there's always survivors with clean cuts and fresh beards, even women be having manicures like dam people dying and ya outhere with yall eyebrows done 🤣🤣🤣

[@mothermakeup7481]

How did the woman not bleed? Was the main dude a hybrid? Were the beings in masks actually the humans? Why else would the robot need a mask? Was the hybrids created to think like a human? I'm confused. And how the hell are any humans surviving in this world w/no food and water and no way to get any ?

[@mateshaljc]

@David Smith My thoughts exactly. Every ones grooming looks so good.....

[@chimmy___]

Uh, get any what? 😉

[@ismayilarifoglu6226]

Can u just watch it?

[@jv-lk7bc]

@@ismayilarifoglu6226 no

[@masterfool942]

@David Smith how else would they get the acting gig? Just by looking ugly 🤡🤡🤡

[@yl0000]

Why would the “agents” ruin the world in such a way that the agents can’t breathe without help, but the humans can?

[@chimmy___]

Yeah! What's up wi dat? 😆

[@bigwangmark]

I assumed it was the humans that did whatever it was to make the planet less hospitable to the agents. And the hybrids are something the agents want to get hold off so they can make the changes to themselves.

[@blazebluebass]

u answered yourself. the agents are losing, the people in masks were human. main char is an agent. The world is at war. "Mankind is all but extinct" that's the premise. "some still resist" refers to the agents

[@yl0000]

@@blazebluebass “Mankind is all but extinct, but some still resist”, so the “some” clearly means “mankind”, Also, “Darth Vader” identified the woman as human.

[@AZEROONE]

@@bigwangmark here the agents are the humanoid , the villain here

[@Failte630]

If I were the main actor, I wouldn't be walking out in the open like he was. There was one scene that reminded me of The Lord of the Rings, where the Wraith was standing above the hobbits who were hiding under a piece of ground jutting out. The big bad lad with the mask was like a wraith in the Lord of the Rings in his movements and the clinging of his armour. But also sounded a bit like Dark Vader the way he spoke and breathed. Maybe those lads with the masks were the humans??? Why else need the masks?

[@fd-je4on]

Clearly some references. :D Funny ones.

[@jv-lk7bc]

that shot was right out of Lord of the Rings. can understand why they did it though. Peter Jackson's a genius, produced a masterpiece where others had failed.

[@lerkkweed]

Really, really good. But ... I was hoping for a story that didn't leave me in the lurch at the end. Or make me feel like a dummy. A good ending would have made this a masterpiece.

[@Slaci-vl2io]

I don't even know if the ending was bad since I didn't understand Anything

[@AdrianDowthwaite]

@@Slaci-vl2io I think I understood it in that at the endm the main character was a hybrid like the child.

[@giggiwidit5638]

Yeah quite a few of the short films that I've watched on this, and other channels, have left me feeling the same. I feel that maybe the writers were trying to leave things open to our own interpretations, but often they just leave us feeling confused, and like idiots lol and that's no detraction from them as creators, any more than it is from us as watchers, it's just the way in which the story is portrayed sometimes ... the message get's a little lost in translation

[@koriw1701]

I thought that this was well done, with a couple of exceptions: • "It's the eyes that give it away." (That and the black masks they wear. I would get rid of the masks if I wanted to make them look more human) • Your dead humans are *far* too pink to be dead. If they were more ash-grey, they would definitely look more like *dead* humans. The actors were outstanding! I thought that the man who played Max was very convincing.

[@matejancsek]

"Its the eyes, that give them away" From what I've seen, the masks are a bit more recognizable. btw why a machine needs such mask?

[@donp3997]

He wanted to sound like Darth Vader.

[@matejancsek]

@@donp3997 and the other 4?

[@burneraccountnoyes8625]

To hide the eyes would make sense

[@matejancsek]

@@burneraccountnoyes8625 yeah. I think it's just more suspicious, since humans don't try to hide their eyes. And those masks only cower their mouth and nose.

[@gabrial3377]

Good beginning. Great middle, unfinished ending. The kid was not bleeding. I thought I saw some wires. He was cutting his jacket instead of doing a minor autopsy of the kid. If I was AI and wanted to trick humans I'd make robot kids. Unless that was a lazer gun and cauterized the wound while making it. And what was he digging for in his coat? Why not remove the coat first, it's cold. I hate bad endings or worse unfinished stories. It's like so much thought went into writing them, and somewhere along the line they couldn't figure out how to end it so they just let it jump off a cliff. Call it good. I watched another that never really ended right. With a conclusion of some kind.

[@prk55]

The way I understood it was that he thought the child was a human/agent hybrid. (The eyes always told him that it was an agent but this bled a little) He then thought back to how he’d bled a little and thought he might also be a ‘hybrid’ or I suppose a new type of agent. By cutting himself he would prove that.

[@gabrial3377]

But he wasn't cutting himself, he was cutting his coat. Why not just go for the wrist. He got shot and was bleeding all over the place because that robot agent standing over the rock he was hiding under wouldn't have found a big blob and say human, find him.

[@prk55]

@@gabrial3377 I thought the injury to the child made it look like the clothing was part of the child (or the clothing was bleeding?)

[@jonscott623]

@@TheVigilante2000 Makes sense. So that means the bad guys in the city were humans?

[@fd-je4on]

@@TheVigilante2000 In a world where you very rarely meet anyone, you're not waiting to find a doctor to take a bullet out. ;)

[@sheenacarroll3337]

This is my first time to sing a dust movie and I liked it a lot. I liked that the audio is very good. I also like that they didn't have to dress up and weird-looking clothes and stuff like they do in futuristic movies. I think you can make a very budget-friendly movie like this and still come out with something just as good as some that they spend a lot of money on. Great short

[@Marcos-id5wh]

Actually everything is CGI. Só they could make something much Better.

[@DogBeast221]

Sing loudly!

[@davebowles1957]

This is why I love to watch DUST. Good well produced shorts, very good. Well done and I think this would make an excellent full length movie. Please.

[@chimmy___]

Glad to see that Darth Vader is still getting work...😎

[@thomassnell5384]

Bravo. All of you did an awesome job with this film. Better than what Hollywood makes today. Thank you.

[@banco2227]

Very good and enthralling story. Looks like the future of the Replicants in Blade Runner and what Earth becomes.

[@russellspearman5053]

I Love watching these dust shorts

[@bartperry1262]

It is simply AMAZING how Dust shorts seem to be better then the "name brand" full length movies..... hmmmm........Why cant the big guys put out some good ones like this?

[@rudevalve]

Certified Gold!!!!!

[@neiltilling6745]

Really love the tone, it feels serious, epically like, other than the clothes the actors were wearing being too clean which took a lot away from the setting and the visual. I really enjoyed it.

[@bsimmons277]

Thoroughly enjoyed it! A thoughtful psychological thriller that left you with more questions and wanting to dig deeper! Which is why I love origin stories, "why did this happen?" 🤔

[@donkenmuir9504]

It’s a great story I enjoyed it very much

[@ICU1337]

I swear this was the 'Terminator Salvation' script. And like someone else said, "Everyone is too clean." The black female, I'm looking at her hair and I'm like, "No way that hair looks that good in a post apocalyptic world..." She looking like she just took her Tinder profile pic looking for a few swipe rights from the last 5 dudes in the world 😂 But minus these few nitpicks it was entertaining 🤷🏽‍♂

[@ArtisticlyAlexis]

It reminded me of a mix of Terminator & Memento. Am I man or machine, but w/ amnesia.

[@ICU1337]

@@ArtisticlyAlexis I haven't seen Momento but I'm guessing you haven't seen Salvation either then? Salvation is as you described, "A hybrid with amnesia."

[@maez4718]

As I pointed out to a couple of people who shared the same concern; Survival Tips 101 will tell you that one of the key components to surviving is to stay clean. They have water to clean their clothes and wash, so what you're doing is buying into the many awful B movies out there that portray all survivors as being dirty. When you don't pay attention to hygiene, breeds germs and bacteria, people die. Although, I kind of agree with the hair. In a real situation, she'd likely keep her hair short.

[@ICU1337]

@@maez4718 Survival 101 out in the current day "nature" is one thing. Survival 101 in post apocalyptic future while being hunted by Synths is another. Also it didnt look like they were in a warm climate from what they were wearing, which was again, way too clean, and they were in the ruins of a city. Not sure how much clean water they have there to take consistent baths in and wash their clothing and again, as you conceded, her hair. Which was _fabulous_ fyi 😉

[@maez4718]

@@ICU1337 There are ways to maintain cleanliness and hygiene without water. Nature, meaning..natural products. Even in an apocalyptic future within the ruins of a city. For example, if there is sand available, you use that. A body with grime on it does build up a coating of natural anti bacterial oils that help keep out the germs, but to look "perty", you can strip bark from cedar and that is very anti bacterial, use evergreens (most cities have parks etc). People can use animal fat and wood ash to make soap. Combing out hair daily will remove dust, dander and loose hair. It massages and stimulates the scalp to keep the blood flow going and that keeps the hair healthy. Rubbing leaves, crumbly moss, stones and newspaper, various plants will help keep clothing and body clean. I grew up on a forested and mountainous island and when a teen, my friends and I would have fun experimenting on edible plants and stuff like this. Our property, like many, backed onto big forested areas. Lots of people got lost in the northern rainforests and in the many little valleys when hiking (which is a major pastime there), so it was neat for us to do that. Kept us out of mischief :)

[@Jerbies_Kimmers]

Ackkk... need more... what the heck.. that cant be the end... So good!!

[@wastedangelematis]

Wooohoo another masterpiece!!!!!

[@DavidHConnary]

Great movie, thank you Apocalypse is restoration of forgotten,lost or hidden knowledge. The only things the apocalypse will destroy are ignorance and brainwashing. Aside from that, this is a great movie, thank you.

[@Hylebos75]

Great story folks!!! Dust is one of my favorite channels and sources of entertainment after discovering it.

[@ariellevin3008]

Great story, but without active captions it's hard to understand the dialog if you are hearing impaired.

[@custer2449]

Modern cinema is now devoid of diction-aware actors. CC is often disconnected. I hate modern movies.

[@DexterHerbivore]

Even with hearing, the audio is awful. I wanted CC and my hearing is ok.

[@philipsanders9192]

I enjoyed it....Bravo for the creative process. I hope you make a second part. Thank you.

[@christhescienceguy6285]

Great short and great actors!

[@cliffcampbell8827]

I would very much like to see this world fleshed out some more. I think there is a feature length movie or two to be made out of it.

[@DaytonSC]

just watch blade runner 2049

[@noeldacosta7621]

God no.

[@sdkSHAH]

Been waiting for this... ❤️❤️❤️

[@nicohaab9967]

xD yes

[@kranson8514]

DUST awesome for short films

[@Pigeon903-f3q]

That last one is creepy as hell. It gaves me chills in the neck. Geez 🤦🏼‍♂️

[@spartanm0752]

Seeing Din Djarin's Razor Crest (@ 9:30) was a surprise, but a welcome one.

[@youtubevoice1050]

IKR 😳

[@okeanos0636]

I was waiting for this comment. The “elephant in the room”.

[@TommyNordpole]

Super good! Love it!

[@michaellee6489]

I really enjoyed the bomb at the end when he found out that he is a hybrid. That sets the stage for a continuence. I eagerly await part 2.

[@DarrenNugent-md4kd]

Dust love the mini films I'm a big fan this one GEMINI you should also make a prequel and an ending very quality production very captivating story lines much better than Hollywood productions plz more more more

[@ForestGirlTeresa]

I agree with the criticisms posted here. Some things just were not thought through. But I did like the dark tone to the film.

[@xVestigex]

Nice job on this guy's good lighting and sound design. I liked the work you did in post as well. A cool story too.

[@Fio_re]

15:25 this moment remembers me Lord of the ring, when the Nazghul hunts the hobbits

[@jamesherman1350]

Nicely done, exposing man duality so subtly.

[@johnflynn6140]

this had so much potential to be so good but there is just too much that doesn't work for me, so he just lost his long gun after she and his fight what he forgets to pick it up I mean its only his whole life when you think about it, they needed him to not have it for that battle but they could have come up with a differant way for him to lose it that makes more sense than "oh I forgot to pick it up", the kid is just hanging out in this house all by himself for god knows how long, the machines are killing hybrids wouldn't they have to be the ones to make hybrids cause I dont see humans trying to make hybrids after the fact that they made the machines that wiped them out, the nice clean clothes, just too many loose ends for me. but they did set the mood very well just wish they focused on teh details a lot more and told the story they were trying to tell, the best thing this did if it was there intent was to make me want a much large detailed story.

[@michaelhouse683]

Always so short amazing wish for a 90 movie great work

[@bass3587]

Anyone remember "Screamers?" This reminded me of it but I liked this short better.

[@fd-je4on]

Reminded me as well of it. While main char was holding the bear, I was waiting the whole time for it to come alive. But I'm assuming it was a more subtle, less blatant reference.

[@smguy7]

I enjoyed it, particularly the music.

[@nolandvannoy]

as the composer who did this film, thank you!

[@calinfx270]

They just light a fire and chill. AI apocalypse, skynet, drones everywhere, they just light a huge thermal beacon, HUMANS OVER HERE and chill out next to it. Seems legit

[@roscoe454]

interesting!..please continue this.👍👍

[@mikehelme3360]

Really good. I need a part 2!

[@philipsanders9192]

Sound track was really good.

[@Ace01010]

If there was to be a intergalactic cable company out there somewhere, I guarantee you DUST would be on there somewhere.

[@Phatlip]

Very fresh and also very good tutorials

[@nicohaab9967]

xD yes

[@tearzan]

Wow, it's like a Denys Arcand movie! I actually grew a beard and had two children while this was playing!

[@patricksleep9787]

Three seconds in and I’m already intrigued 🤩

[@pjfoltz8810]

I love this genre of films. Congrats!

[@jonathanjimmyshearman2500]

Awesome! I love these kinds of indulgent and thoughtful science fiction masterpieces that draw your mind right into it and get right into it kind of stuff! Thanks DUST!🦁

[@babagalacticus]

"...indulgent and thoughtful..."??!! da fuuuuuqqqq......? 🤔😳😹

[@tosvus]

Well made, but so many questions... 1. How do humans survive? Not seeing a lot of animals, or even plants, though there are a few trees here and there in the beginning. Still, don't even seem hungry? 2. With food being hard to find even, how do they keep so clean? 3. What's with the electronic compass? If you are worried about being killed by machines, maybe unsafe to use something that clearly has electronics in it and could act as a gps? 4. Why didn't he pick up the rifle after him and the girl stopped fighting? 5. Why are the machines hunting humans at this point? They can't possibly be a threat anymore? 6. Why are humans ok with breathing but the bad guy wears a breathing mask? 7. So is the main character a hybrid too? Is that why it ended abruptly? He doesn't see any point in going on anymore?? What does it matter if he is a human, hybrid or machine if he has the will to survive?

[@TheFlyingRaptor]

Wow that was amazing! I love the concept! Story was awesome and left me wanting to see more!

[@sirussid3671]

No doubt it's an exciting flick...Left me thinking what would be the next evolution of human beings would be like...???

[@willdeit6057]

Another great Film, Made me think with some possible plot twist

[@greatsol2444]

Finally Dust releases another hit!

[@anthonycarabajal7575]

Absolutely epic

[@tylersoto7465]

Great video, I love the whole lone wanderer vibe

[@dondretuck]

Fiire really great acting from Chriis

[@mick8989]

Enjoyed ...thank you

[@mishie618]

I knew once he said he never made the mistake of killing a human being that he was a robot. He could have identified so much as human that he got lost in it, believing vhe was in fact human, or he was a hybrid and had forgotten his life after getting robotics installed. But thats just my take on it.. that would explain his duality of being a gemini. He knew that child he killed was not totally human. It was in the eyes.

[@ericchild8845]

That was great! Thanks for sharing. I could easily watch more of that story line. Excellent work in all facets of film on display here. Good camera work, effects, writing, acting, lighting and score fit together perfectly. Well done.

[@leonodoherty9775]

Did i just see Mando's Razorcrest at 9.30? :)

[@leftturnrightturn989]

it is I came to comment the same, major SW nerd thats 100% the razor crest haha

[@pjadi5104]

God Job.👍

[@HouseOfManx]

WOW ! I did not see that coming .....great flick :) 5 full YAY's :)

[@lee-leesong5941]

Very good story want more could be s short series!

[@Abatson844]

Really enjoyed this short I couldn’t put my finger on it at first but the main character reminds me of Chadwick Boseman most definitely favors him but overall this was pretty good 👍🏾💪🏾

[@einienj3281]

Amazing! Thank You ❤️

[@nicohaab9967]

agree!

[@stormy439]

Thankyou! This was simply well done & enjoyable!

[@VincentConti-m5j]

Enough apocalypse!!! This is an overused ancient theme!!!!

[@HouseOfManx]

16-minute mark I realised that I might just pass out if I don't breathe!!!! ( holding my breath is not going to help ...lol ) .....pheeeeew It did :) :)

[@IndyStry]

Lol someone just downloaded the The Razorcrest ship from Mandalorian and used that here haha.

[@TheWatermelonSunrise]

Funny thing, it didn't look out of place at all...! That ship is THE ship for another galaxy and the Apocalypse...! 😅

[@slugcult1973]

I loved Terminator. It was awesome.

[@TimGreigPhotography]

There's a worrying trend to dust movies involving ai where I go, "Yeah, I can see that happening any day now"

[@xiuxiablue]

my nickname happens to be Gemini and that's why I jumped on your short! it was really decent

[@atlantic_love]

Is your last name Crecket? :D

[@larsstougaard7097]

Thank you 😊

[@TheTexasViking]

Amazing hair for the apocalypse! 🤷🏼‍♂️

[@bootsbisonranch]

The clothes are too clean, fucks with the believability

[@richhastings2908]

Very well done, better than some higher budget sci fi that has come out lately

[@sjoneil]

Great film, only change I recommend is if there is posted narrative, as the creator, read at a standard clip yourself, even fast readers would have had to stop the frames to finish reading the narrative before the next frame moved in. Keep up the great work.

[@grahamturner1290]

Very good. 👍

[@41divad]

Glad you had fun with it... I found it to be either too slow, too long or under developed Only watched to the end to see where it was headed. Not compelling for me except when the two were together Best wishes

[@szaki]

Dark ! 😫🥱

[@AcapulKero]

Wow! This needs a second part.

[@sinan2.71]

This started out so bleak, and then you threw in the twist at the end. Great job!

[@danielhanawalt4998]

Well written and acted. Raises a question, if humans created AI and and hybrid humans, putting our data and training, would the hybrids decide humans should be eliminated and then at some point, do the same things humans do? Starting wars between themselves?

[@DazeDream]

Blade Runner: Replicant Hunter

[@jerrywills]

Fantastic! Well done, folks!

[@nicohaab9967]

agree!

[@russellspearman5053]

How can a person be so focus on a stuff teddy bear and be aware of someone moving in the back ground

[@pauld205]

Bravo. Nice character development. I would watch the next episode for sure.

[@Calaban619]

Someone was walking the Home Depot aisles, and passed the Drywall knives.. and said "oh, theres the one for my film" Also- I was waiting for the compass to now point to the next human out there.. and the flip was that He was the hunter all along

[@antonleimbach648]

This was very good. I loved the shot of the main character standing in the doorway of the house with the orange sky behind him and darkness all around. The background scenery of the devastated cities were great too. The sound when the main bad guy was hit with the laser was not good though. It sounded like me hitting a can with a rock. Cool plot and I liked the ending.

[@fd-je4on]

I think that he was hit in the armour, which is why he was still standing even after that shot. Which explains why main char didn't try another shot from point blank range.

[@jv-lk7bc]

great cinematography and sound. casting and acting and directing too. and SPFX. remarkably good sets and settings, props and costumes considering what must have been tight budget. good writing too, though annoying nobody ever explains what the heck a 'hybrid" would be, how would that happen, and what does it mean to the characters? if that were done, the ending likely more meaningful and satisfying.

[@tedfritzart]

Just me who spotted the razor crest at 9:29 ? 👀

[@leeireland658]

Me too 😂😂

[@ashokwwf]

Makes a perfect video game.

[@douglas9607]

Good. Thank you

[@jimmahbee]

Excellent