Sci-Fi Short Film "Lunar" | DUST Throwback Thursday

Capitalism and justice are ugly partners.
"Lunar" by Tyson W. Johnston
More About "Lunar":
A life sentence regardless of the crime. A destitute Earth stricken with hunger and crime. A planet where the smallest of infractions can result in the gravest of consequences. Tyson Johnston’s LUNAR makes the last frontier a one-way ticket to a hellish nightmare for Earth’s convicts they can no longer support. Taken from their homes to the Lunar penitentiary, these men with a penchant for breaking the law find themselves on a moon that thrives of the absence of justice. The new wild west, where there is no law and their fate is determined at the hands of a government where there’s no one to account for their actions. But one man may have found a way for their voices to be heard. A way to escape and tell the people of his home planet of the atrocities they’ve been subject to. A way to seek justice for the harrowing sentence he’s been dealt and if justice can’t be found, revenge.
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[@drgeoffangel5422]

Excellent pilot movie, but now the saga needs to continue!

[@carlodave9]

Title idea: Escape from White Gaza.

[@user-McGiver]

@@carlodave9 That's total fiction... there's no escape, nothing ''white'' in Gaza...

[@MrMatthewWhalen]

He’s seen horrible things in the prison - slaves and medical experimentation - but never got off the shuttle?

[@banco2227]

He parachuted out at the very end!

[@ray24051]

Good catch Lol.

[@andreagilbert6469]

He was on a shuttle from one part of the prison to another..

[@douglassmith9124]

Its just a film..... 😅

[@DavidSphere-eu4mi]

Oooooooooo very interesting

[@user-ss7jl8ze9q]

A novel appeared in 1966 by Robert A. Heinlein, called "The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress". It was about a lunar penal colony where, after time, both convicts AND guards could no longer return to Earth fue to the Moons lower gravity weakening proples bones. It was slright to have a short visit, but snything longer, than say a month, would cause irreparable damage to their bones.

[@AenesidemusOZ]

Glad I'm not the only one who thought of that book. One of my favourites.

[@JoJoGranum]

I’ve read it too

[@milodemoray]

This was excellent. Congratulations to everyone who worked on this.

[@ronatola]

Sooo - he might have killed 3 or 4 other families with babies when he crashed his ship into the building - nice.

[@swagedelic]

Naw, families are illegal in the future, in fact humans will be illegal in the future.

[@landru27]

Storytelling tip : you have to give us, the audience, something earlier in the story which lets us believe what happens later in the story. Top question: why should we believe that a low-level thief who cannot even steal a loaf of bread can overcome the entire crew of a lunar transport run by a powerful, advanced, authoritarian government? Close second: why should we believe that this same thief, returning to the same city and area of that city where he was caught before isn't going to just be caught again? Other questions abound: How is he able to pilot the shuttle? Does this same powerful, advanced, authoritarian government have zero defenses between the Moon and the Earth? Where would he take the info he learned to broadcast it? Why would he be believed? (Again, in a world dominated by a powerful, advanced, authoritarian government.) etc., etc., etc. Yes, there is such a thing as willing suspension of disbelief, but as the storyteller, you have to give the audience something that makes us willing.

[@mrock828]

I like your screen name, from Star Trek TOS right?

[@landru27]

@@mrock828 correct! _The Return of the Archons_

[@mrock828]

@@landru27 your analysis for this video was good too. I found myself fast forwarding to scenes with the robots.

[@b.m.s.821]

And how come does he have a whole axe

[@Bracgypsy]

Connecting the dots would strongly suggest the back story you seek. This could be the teaser for more to come. In which case, the unrevealed explanations would pique interest and be manifest as the story unfolds. For example to the questions "Does this same powerful, advanced, authoritarian government have zero defenses between the Moon and the Earth? Where would he take the info he learned to broadcast it?", the revelations might include that he has allies on the inside. This would also explain one of the dots, which is his absolute confidence that he would be returning to Earth. Enough is revealed to inspire thoughtful speculation and pique curiosity.. Storytelling tip: Not all stories have a chronologically linear progression.

[@TheDweeb002]

The most unbelievable part of the story is them spending 19.7 TRILLION on inmates

[@no-prophet]

This is fantastic, I'd live to see more.

[@Ahahahhaaah]

Not understanding why the robots have that silly voice. Just speak English or not at all. Distorted voice doesn’t work well.

[@capt_beefheart4159]

I don't get why they talk at all. Seems they would just radio transmit code to each other, but then then we wouldn't hear what's going on, right? I mean, it's part of the story and the silly voice just makes it all the more sinister. Oh well...

[@DenProstoDen]

To distinguish a robot's voice frome a human one

[@scotthultin7769]

158 👍 's up DUST thank you for sharing 🤗

[@diracio]

Fantastic, many thanks! Would love to see full movie of it...

[@thepeaksandthetroughs]

Are there going to be any new/future "Lunar" episodes ?

[@TheDweeb002]

God I hope not

[@thepeaksandthetroughs]

@@TheDweeb002 Lol

[@robotic_automaton]

the prequel to The Moon is a Harsh Mistress?

[@MarsFKA]

I thought that too; the moment I read the opening text on the screen.

[@diannes3302]

So dark can barely see whats going on.

[@johnpearson3761]

I'm not one for giving compliments, but that was excellent!

[@treelimb2878]

That's well done - thanks for posting!

[@neilyoung1598]

...just....wow....awesome...

[@SuperAlexPerry]

An intriguing premise.

[@AndrewTFenn]

If you were desperate for food that you need to steal it, why would you drop the bread when running away? 🤔

[@klangerklanger8011]

Well done!

[@enverse244]

Lunar 🦉

[@robcarley7506]

Worst part is, I can see that being a potential future.

[@DiscipleOfHeavyMeta1]

Is it me or we don't see those kinds of new shorts on here anymore.

[@theforestoftchanbyyaoma7441]

Thank you 🙏!

[@robleary3353]

Bril 'teaser' can't wait for next instalment. Nuff said. 🙂

[@noelhutchins7366]

No episode 2; shuttle crashed into his wife-&-child's apartment exactly, ep2 is just him finding out & grieving.

[@jacquelyncorbin8116]

Why is the future so cruddy?

[@nb4749]

You can't leave us like that!

[@user-pd5qz2vt2c]

...you lost me with the axe...

[@lisandro3614]

Some Half-Life 2 vibes here...

[@markhatfield5621]

I suppose his name is ValJean?

[@arthurcallahan4735]

How do you beat a robot with a gmod physics tool? HAHA.

[@thefamily_ak1863]

good one

[@biggdogg35810]

That was good.

[@Salish_Redbone]

Lighting just wasn't in the budget.

[@DavidSphere-eu4mi]

Ooooooooooo very interesting

[@Joseph_Omega]

WOW!

[@YoutubeHero666]

this was great want it to carry on

[@chilledtea6614]

I miss when it was socially illegal to cover your face.

[@extremechimpout]

2057? lol nothing will change in 30 years

[@Mancheel]

nice

[@sekelele]

# this is just so sad. 🎼🖤🖤🦍

[@bettysteeg8840]

Depressing

[@gervasoniolivier2442]

je pisse sur you tube et sa censure!

[@peterruiz6117]

Poor young people that believe a baby cries for no reason...Non stop...Movies can be so evil. Teething gel Gas drops Vasaline for rash sorry for the rant ❤

[@Fantastic_book_Dimart]

Is this science fiction? reality

[@markbaker1128]

'led' not 'lead'

[@danielkianmckiernan4909]

Somehow, according to the blurb, this story of expanded and intensified state power is to be taken as a commentary on the evils of "capitalism". Just what is that word intended to mean here?

[@PaulStClair-or3gj]

Why such a voice for the robot.?? 😔

[@jaymorris3468]

???

[@NickAristotle]

0:43 “It is illegal to cover your face.” Anthony Fauci has entered the chat.

[@tekknorat]

The authorities will make you do with your face whatever THEY'll want. You will have to cover it at one point, then show it at another.

[@immanutt4442]

* * * * *

[@axerxes3981]

Difficult to follow at best..... zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.

[@joestitz239]

Could done Much better.

[@durasaxon5131]

Preposterous. Must be coordinated to Secretary Mayorkis Homeland Security Dept. _____ ✝️ _____

[@karlk7070]

Waiting for a tanky to say: this China rn, this Russia rn, this Iran rn :) Propaganda is going downhill these days

[@DaleWheeler]

Gloom and doom. Great special effects. Too bad the excellent effects were not used for something more uplifting. 👎👍👎

[@_SurferGeek_]

Meh...

[@woodrowwilkins149]

Nice short film. Can't admire the MC, though. He's a scumbag. I petty thief turned murderer. No sympathetic villains here.

[@KSCPMark6742]

I'm quite sure this is a repost

[@andreagilbert6469]

Says: "Throwback Thursday"

[@melissareiter2962]

He is overdressed. She is half dressed. When the producers of films, long or short, get over the visually "strong man/ weak, confused, eroticized woman scenario I will watch / support/ and enjoy your content.

[@NobenStudio]

It's not because they think that, it's because you think that.

[@melissareiter2962]

@@NobenStudio No conscious thought necessary to produce such scenarios.. We havve been saturated with it, like it's in the pores, you know? Sadly, women do act like this scene would have us believe. I hope our society begins to mature before I die of old age.

[@NobenStudio]

@@melissareiter2962 Depiction and interpretation are connected notions, but are entirely different things. As far as milieu, atmosphere, and setting are concerned, you're only seeing what you want to see.

[@melissareiter2962]

@@NobenStudio No.But I might be seeing what I least want to see. It just seems that lately there is an enormous attempt to shove women into a place we never belonged. And ,yes, I am sensitive to it. And if you are young you probably won't even detect this trend.

[@capt_beefheart4159]

@@melissareiter2962I'm old, and what you say isn't new; it's been going on for as long as I can remember. What I see here are depictions of traditional roles in order to tell a story, not social commentary on how women are put in places they never belonged. Would the story be different if the roles were reversed? Maybe, but not much. Like the other commenter said, you're seeing what you want to see, and I would add that it's not the story. If you want to be critical, there are other comments to make about this short that are more relevant.

[@PeterNetped]

[@GnosticElohim]

This is prophecy.

[@user-McGiver]

more like ''wishful thinking''...

[@keith20thSOS]

WELL ..... THAT SUCKED! Thumbs Down as usual for Dust Crap!

[@covertops.]

Meh...