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Mark and Kara Verne are both young shipping pilots struggling to make ends meet. When Kara goes missing months after taking a large interstellar contract, Mark travels to the far reaches of the galaxy in search of his wife.
"The Beacon" by Chris Staehler
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[@lavapix]

Space travel 101, don't respond to random distress beacons. Apparently, none of them watched Alien.

[@JEB66]

It's company protocol.

[@herds22]

But it's my understanding that you'd have to forfeit your pay.

[@jebfallen]

Classic NOOB mistake SMH

[@h00db01i]

oh god no, it's beyond the aquila rift all over again :D

[@quantumblauthor7300]

Genre blindness

[@thebeaconmovie3734]

From all of us at The Beacon - we cannot begin to express the excitement or gratitude for the continued success and positive reaction to our film. Today we passed 500k and we are excited to see what the future has in store! Thank you!

[@juliaconnell]

Always great to see the filmmakers here - congrats on on an fastastic job - look forward to more of your work - this was awesome!

[@chasepalpatine170]

Really enjoyed this. Thanks for the great work.

[@johnkean6852]

Do you want ideas for movie stories/plots 🤔

[@globedoc]

Incredible work. Hope to see much much more from you, this was outstanding. In every way.

[@davidmata4786]

We can't thank you enough for some amazing story telling..

[@jellymop]

How do you produce such great cgi on a small budget? This is fantastic. Acting is solid as well.

[@abrahamblackmore3115]

Passion.

[@VKDM8687]

@@abrahamblackmore3115 AMEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Something NOT seen in Hollywood.

[@hansolo2797]

The point in using CGI is that it's cheap. It was expensive like 25 years ago, but by expensive you must understand it means a lot of money for something that wasn't even possible with any money before.

[@MichaelRogersJesusrules]

worked on pcs for 25 years still have the first 650AUD video card 6mb back in around 90s ,it sso much ffun as nearly every year the pc in whole pretty much felt like it doubled in speed ,now its like 30% every 5~7 years but i never back then could fathom what the average pc could do as now. burnout is real ,i cant work on them anymore sadly.dont know how i even got offtopic,peeace.hope you succeed in whatever your passion is!@@hansolo2797

[@northerntarantulas]

Love

[@mikesrandomchannel]

This is like a 25 minute film with about 10 hours of backstory neatly packaged in throughout. So polished. Even if the ultimate fate was indeed a frosty Sarlacc. And finally someone decides to show us what people go through when they wake up from cryosleep.

[@flanneloperator9466]

Fallout 4

[@robloughrey]

@@flanneloperator9466 Aliens.

[@haltarys]

Han solo ? He stayed blind for several hours after thawing out.

[@smokedaddy101]

I laughed at the end because i remembered him fishing in the beginning. The irony of him trying to bait a fish. 😂😂😂

[@smokedaddy101]

Talk about foreshadowing!

[@HazardRoz]

@@smokedaddy101 lol

[@Spartacusse]

Yeah, maybe that's why they showed his blue bait like a billion times.

[@lesmonkmorison2828]

yeah that was intended

[@smokedaddy101]

Well then call me cpt. Obv.

[@bklyn_line]

Oh the irony of fishing...I’ve hated distress beacons since “Alien.”

[@thepumpkingking8339]

You haven't seen the Cry Baby in Firefly then.

[@ab9840]

That giant aliens beacon kind of looked like the open egg pods of the Aliens movie, sticky stuff and all. Good short film. They should make Beacon II but longer.

[@henrytjernlund]

And they're all the same story. Ugh.

[@eronacalloway9159]

brooklyn_linesman ....the original Alien Beacon Sound was Waaaay cooler than the version used in the movie.

[@SeaJay_Oceans]

"Alien" = "wha ? wah ? I can't hear you ! We'll come back later, bye bye !" ... "everyone, get back to sleep, this cargo can't be late ! " Moving on ... Nostromo Docks Cargo, 4 hours early. :-)

[@ALIEN-su4us]

Outer Limits.... Black Mirror.... and Dust ! Real Sci-Fi essence !

[@APretender]

I'm 2 years late to this but the CGI in this is absolutely fantastic!

[@m4ndo224]

Three years late lol and it’s holding up great

[@KrisNestor108]

@@m4ndo224 I just saw it for the first time. Who cares, it's great movie.

[@KrisNestor108]

@@m4ndo224 I just saw it for the first time. Who cares, it's great movie.

[@thickymcghee7681]

Do not understand how these short 20 minute, low budget films are way better than $400M Hollywood "blockbusters"?

[@thebeaconmovie3734]

Glad you enjoyed the film! We are confident we could do a feature for a fraction of the usual Hollywood Budget - it all comes down to solid planning!

[@RepJock88]

Because they have incentive to try.

[@psammiad]

They're passion projects - Hollywood movies are just engines for making money.

[@buckeye21]

@@thebeaconmovie3734 great job guys. Extremely strong work.

[@kevinkall8547]

@@thebeaconmovie3734 EXCELLENT production. Watched it a third time. I didn't catch the fishing irony until the third time. The one thing these short ones don't have is unness. sub-plots that derail the main story so be sure to avoid those on the feature film. I liked the facial expressions on the welder. He really got into the character.

[@ryancawdor9381]

The first rule of space travel kids. Always check out distress beacons. 9 times out of 10 times it's just a bunch of dead aliens and a bunch of free shit!! 1 out of 10 times it's a deadly trap but I'm willing to roll those dice. -Rick Sanchez

[@gruntydwarfgames4137]

Ryan, old one-eye, still around here looking for the next mat-trans? ^^

[@johnbrasher1495]

Yeaaahhhh, but you don't stick your hand into an alien's mouth, or whatever it was.

[@pigpuke]

Unfortunately this was the 1 in 10 scenario.

[@johnroberts8233]

It seems really weird to me that in situations like this they don't use drones, or robots, or something. Surely company rules or official protocols would require prior research and thorough reconnaissance when investigating the unknown, especially concerning something as important as making first contact with alien life.

[@dracovet777]

A fellow FTL player?

[@EdisonDiBlasi]

When does it turn to a horror movie... when does it turn to a horror movie... Oh, it doesn't... ...until 20 seconds from the end! The whole thing, especially visuals, is really well done, and I love it!

[@luicandeias8471]

This was top notch. All I can say is wow. To all who contributed to making this, I'm blown away. The best short film I've seen.

[@jean-michelgonet9483]

A real character with human wants, a classical search for missing person story line, a satisfactory SF twist at the end. Effective story telling, appropriate art. Wow.

[@ohauss]

Well, the "satisfactory SF twist at the end" is debatable. Anyone with a grasp of biology is tearing their hair out, screaming "That's not how this works! That's not how any of this works!".

[@ScottOmaVideo]

Mark and Kara Verne from Jules Verne, author of many classic travel adventure books. Nice production value - this looked big budget. The beacon wasn't just the distress call. It was Mark's missed promotion, the bait at the end of his fishing pole (clever bookend and foreshadowing), Kara's yearn for adventure, the couples' goal for a better life, Eva the cat's calls fro help (per Kara), the Bladerunneresque ads for happiness out there. We all get lured by the bait in the end.

[@jkobain]

@trf12567 must be a starving fish at that feeding pace.

[@Roni62]

Good call

[@popcorn-uz3tn]

@@jkobain Not just the feeding pace, but the feeding portion a man makes up 1/4 a grain of rice to that thing, at least in Dune the sand worms at men by the thousands for a good snack.

[@rickh6963]

Yes, deep, very deep. "Beacon" ..... or maybe "Lure" Pretty darn good story. Pretty good production quality, ran long in a few spots but what the heck .... Thanks Chris Staehler, I hope to see more from you.

[@Zamolxes77]

@@popcorn-uz3tn In Dune, sandworms fed itself with "sand plankton", not with men. Men and machinery were just a byproduct of them defending their nests - the pre blow spice mass.

[@Ybjayalive]

Who else thought to themselves “he’s not dead is he?” 😭😭

[@m.g.540]

The note mentions the gates of Tannhauser, Blade Runner, "I've seen things you people wouldn't believe: attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I've watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhäuser Gate. All those... moments... will be lost in time, like... tears... in rain".

[@theblueflame7592]

tears ...in rain was not the orginal line it was "like farts ... in the wind" You can see why it was changed.

[@theultimatejack3360]

This was actually surprisingly sad. All they wanted was a better life.

[@grandpasince95]

🤣😂😭😭😭😭

[@10101tomtom]

He fell for the bait

[@AaronHorrocks]

Entitled Millennials!

[@erinvinson5106]

Maybe its like the belly of a Star Wars Sarlacc, now him and his wife will be together for a thousand years while their slowly being digested. Now its a Happy ending :)

[@theultimatejack3360]

Dark wholesome?

[@Patrick77487]

"Never take shortcuts". Donner Party. Great film. Zero weapons, battles, useless dialogue, or Hollywood soap opera plot.

[@towarzyszmarcin474]

Zero weapons? He Had a gun!

[@ninjasonmylawn25]

He had a gun, there was plenty of useless dialogue and the entire thing felt like a soap opera.

[@cykeeegrif2759]

@@ninjasonmylawn25 nah :)

[@Rep0007]

Kinda "Alien".

[@MetalheadAndNerd]

Yeah, half of the time in and still waiting for the story to begin.

[@highlysuggestible861]

I was beginning to wonder how you'd tie up the ending with just seconds left, then as if on queue, he got eaten! Brilliant!! Love your work. A modern twist on a classic fate.

[@This_is_my_spout]

Twist? It was the most cliche and expected ending possible, no?

[@highlysuggestible861]

Swear to gawd I never saw it coming. ☕@@This_is_my_spout

[@kuwaitisnotadeployment1373]

I wish they would make full length scifi movies as good as these shorts. These and Oat Studios makes better scifi shorts than any of the big production companies

[@zimriel]

they did... past tense. Ridley Scott literally did.

[@SVSparklemuffin]

Human title: The Beacon *Alien worm title: The Bacon*

[@thebeaconmovie3734]

That was the working title of our film as well!

[@unknownchannel3141]

The Beacon Movie very clever.

[@divyajnana]

We are the other white meat.

[@ronschlorff7089]

@@divyajnana right, just ask the ancient Polynesians! They called us "long pigs"!! Yum!! LOL.

[@sadok6066]

Lmao

[@carycoller3140]

This movie validates why whenever my wife is missing I never go looking for her.

[@NitzVision]

And they choose indian origin guy for this role

[@oxymoron02]

@@NitzVision What is that even supposed to mean? I mean let's face it you're obviously conveying some racist message, I just don't understand what it is because we're in 2020 dude, and the time for racist stereotypes is about thirty years in the past.

[@Aman-go6cz]

😜😃😃😃😃😃🙏🏻🙏🏻🤟🤣🤣

[@NitzVision]

@@oxymoron02 what you are talking is your "so called ideal world" but ground reality is that in western counties they potray Indian men as "goofy, coward, or nerd" or unreliable

[@oxymoron02]

@@NitzVision What on earth are you waffling on about?

[@BangMaster96]

It's funny, in the beginning of the film, he was using a bait to fish, and at the end of the film, the monster used a bait to fish him.

[@the_mwx]

This felt like an episode to an amazing series. Great work. Script, visuals, acting...all on point. I felt like I watched a big budget blockbuster in 20 mins.

[@RealGentleman1]

My momma told me once when i was three years old "Son don't touch anything and specially if it's organic, just in case you ever end up on alien planet!". As you can see i am still around, so as my mom.

[@christinelok6239]

Agreed safe better than sorry never touch things that never knows happen to anyone

[@aknightthatsaysnee5259]

Words of wisdom, indeed.

[@andriyshapovalov8886]

And don't cough on anything.

[@thebeaconmovie3734]

Solid advice!

[@francisc.zanger1940]

Andriy Shapovalov That’s the sort of advice that can go viral!

[@andrewtippman]

Professional quality, believable CGI and future tech, bang-on acting, totally unexpected ending. Brilliant.

[@TUBESPECIFIC1]

It got him too.

[@commandericeman8588]

The only thing that seemed out of place was the use of hard currency and especially paper currency even if it was a bribe. A bribe in the form of precious metals, jewels, or tech upgrade would've seemed more appropriate.

[@teamakaruijapan1353]

If her character was supposed to be super awkward, then yes, she was also a bang-on actor.

[@Mandelasmind]

@@teamakaruijapan1353 bro I agree... thank god I wasn't the only one thinking that

[@StayFractalesque]

was going to comment just this.. acting is the most impressive part of this whole thing

[@adam1979NSmcc]

Great acting and chemistry between them. Amazes me how DUST is able to consistently make stunning films like this with budgets that are nowhere near what the big box scifi films are getting, and they're better than those big box films.

[@ratkinzluver33]

Oh, this one is an immediate favourite. Sci-Fi horror mystery with a cyberpunk dystopian background? You CANNOT go wrong here, and you didn't.

[@JoeBotMoTIoN]

Why can't the human race ever seem to make decent flashlights in the future?

[@monkeawarenessclub9800]

Omg I was just thinking of that

[@MrDeepwoodtickles]

Definitely, i have a thousand lumens on tap in my pocket yet all sci-fi films manage the equivalent if a flickering candle!

[@slabriprock5329]

I just wanna know why he was pointing it at an ILLUMINATED display panel.

[@TheHappyCatLady]

Or leaving important gear/equipment behind or stop touching sh*% that you don’t know what it is, other than that, pretty good

[@JoeBotMoTIoN]

@@slabriprock5329 LOLOLOLOLOL

[@MarkVartanyan]

Incredible backgrounds, impressive interiors, great acting, and wow, the greatest cryosleep wake up sequence ever at 13:56! Great piece of work!

[@DethronerX]

Id just add Music and SFX to it. Beautiful experience overall. Love this "world" and wish it was expanded.

[@johnnymurray6275]

@@DethronerX hi, I 💯 PERCENT agree with U. The graphics r amazing, but during d show I was saying where's d dramatic music. Also, I love d cryo awakening sequence!

[@norbertrivera]

True ,wish an alternate ending.

[@marvinlusk7303]

FIlm Production was incredible! There were other aspects about this piece that fell short. It WAS worth my time and I thank the THE BEACON peeps for making this. It shall be a story I carry with me for the rest of my life.

[@yahyabinsarfaraz]

This channel had quenched my thirst for SCI-FI movies. Hats off!!!

[@phatbassanchor]

Very clever. Had me all geared up for a romantic reunion and found the fate of both to be digested... Very sick and twisted. Awesome!

[@se7ensnakes]

You may be a closet psychopath

[@jv-lk7bc]

@@se7ensnakes closet?

[@datathunderstorm]

A very sad ending to be honest. I wonder if this creature is like the Sarlacc in Star Wars - slowly digests it’s victims over a thousand years. If so, there could be a part 2 based on the following; she’s still alive, trapped inside one of the creatures holding stomach’s. Previous crew from Prometheus (or was it Proteus) have already been passed from there to the final destination stomach where they’re penetrated by it’s tentacled feeding nerves and are simultaneously tortured / pumped for information / connected to its brain and their personalities forced to amuse it, while it continually feeds off their mental despair. It hunts them not for food but for sport - possibly even mentally pitting the crew members against each other for its amusement. He finds her still alive and sentient - on the verge of insanity but still alive. He rescues her - somehow they escape and establish another beacon - to warn space travellers to stay away just before they leave in his still serviceable ship. They finally emigrate to a tier two world and live out their days there, raising a family.

[@Reason077]

The lengths that aliens will go to for a snack. So elaborate! They must find humans to be very tasty indeed.

[@gamerdad5363]

Wtf did youtube move comments to the top right under the video? Now i just saw your fuckin spoiler 5 seconds into this video...awesome...

[@mikes252]

Why is a 25 minute film made by this company about 10X better than anything hollywood puts out?....Because these are made based on genuine story writing and art over something dumped into a metrics woodchipper and spit out garbage the other end

[@abelardlindsey7579]

No shit. This is way better than what Hollywood is pumping out these days.

[@phillbucs]

To think, if the acting matched the writting and graphics it would really put this over the top.

[@sambarron8953]

To me it’s kind of like a good rock ‘n’ roll band that you know is damn good that won’t get signed by a Record company

[@orineboyd6346]

Mike S because these shorts are made by people who don’t drink blood 👍

[@chuckeedee3928]

It's because these films are made by students freshly graduated or currently studying film. They have a more recent education, so they are probably more familiar with what they learned. Compared to old Hollywood filmmakers who have reused the same material or have made plots too predictable.

[@RobTube1963]

Blown away completely, the best thing I discovered on You Tube ever, Dust is incredible like a mental drug, thanks for this awesome entertainment !

[@Soundhound101]

A film that truly makes you smile in appreciation.

[@lucidnozy143]

This is amazing story crafting. Like bruh 22:15 - 22:30 that is legit stuff. The echo of her desperate voice underscoring her husbands determination while thunderclouds boom overhead and the beacon/score drops. It evokes a feeling, which is exactly what movies are supposed to do. 👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿

[@shayankhalid713]

Well put 👍🏼

[@norbertrivera]

This beacon sound is very terrifying.

[@chopperhead2012]

Imagine going through millions of years of evolution to allow yourself to mimic alien distress beacons...just for a bite-sized snack ever few decades. smh

[@Brevnom]

Yeah, made me wondering too. Still a great movie up to that strange (though epic in it's own way) ending.

[@claude199x]

Plus a ship ton of snow every bite...

[@iampoch01]

Very slow metabolism or digestion. Reminds me of the Sarlaac.

[@wendellbatts2477]

His stupid ship could not sense a giant biological organism beneath the surface? It would have to shit, no methane?

[@ax8621]

@@Brevnom I think the beacon got stuck in its antenna thingy

[@supertuber120]

It starts with him fishing and ends with him getting fished, absolutely brilliant. Loved this movie.

[@Phil85_37]

Ok, right now I´ve seen a bunch of these shorts but this really here was the most terrifying episode I´ve ever seen. Great work and a fabulous channel, this is.

[@EugenioGuarente]

In the future, when a real distress call is issued by a human ship, it is most likely that it will be ignored, because of all the movies now.

[@henrypaleveda7760]

or there will be non radio based signals that are utterly distinguishable from false signals will be invented along side practical ftl

[@jrr7031]

Authentication codes bud. Like a lock and key.

[@anthonyrios8566]

I think you're right.

[@greatgaurav]

Next time we are using hovering ..

[@Muuip]

Great to see that someone recognizes the future effects of actual movies ... it can also be used as a positive potential. If anywhere, such films should be made here by DUST short films.

[@davidanderson_surrey_bc]

I would never be lured in by a beacon. Now bacon? That's a whole 'nuther thing.

[@ronschlorff7089]

Mmmmm, bacon! A bacon beacon?............... That could work!! ;D

[@jennysharrock266]

I am literally cracking up because the bacon :))) Damn, gonna eas some now

[@billderinbaja3883]

Everything is better with bacon... even a lure-beacon

[@ibelieveincolor]

I hope y'all get lured in by a vegan :p

[@naobe5]

😂😂😂

[@TheGreenNewSteal2025]

2y later and still fantastic.

[@cytokinestorm3074]

Welp, I'm a year late to the party but this was incredible! Engaging, suspenseful, and not the standard cookie cutter ending. Bravo!

[@jesphyrbajo9971]

I wonder why sci-fi films had so advanced technology but the flashlight is so low

[@TheOwlGuy777]

Because in the future, they are still made in china.

[@wendellbatts2477]

Probably for the same reasons we still use candles and wells with pails, rope and a bucket to fetch water. But you are right though, in all of the alien sighting stories, I never heard of one carrying a flashlight to abduct someone from their bedroom in the dead of night.

[@herbthegreat5226]

@@TheOwlGuy777 😂😂😂😂

[@slayinvisible]

Why not just turn the lights on inside the fully function ship while they are at is? (whisphers) "suspense"

[@epoxeclipse]

he got off that ship and I was like.. you don't have a 4 wheeler or cargo transport vehicle, we walking now after getting off of a space ship. hell naw.

[@FindLiberty]

They faced life's struggles together, and even when set apart over vast distances, that unbreakable bond of love and enduring spirit of togetherness wins in the end.

[@cthulhufhtagn2483]

Did it, though? Did it? If you haven't finished the video, spoilers: They kinda both got eaten by a giant space worm.

[@FITBOYGAMING]

@@cthulhufhtagn2483 and they will still be together

[@cthulhufhtagn2483]

@@FITBOYGAMING That is true. I hadn't thought of that.

[@jkobain]

@@FITBOYGAMING well, I guess they end up rather as separate feces, not one.

[@beowulfvladmax7710]

Except when you both end up in the belly of the beast!

[@jinx1351]

I felt this story. When it seem like hope was around the corner for a love one the irony from very beginning of the film hits hard where it counts. I wanted more at the end of this short film.

[@searchforthelight.3287]

This channel NEVER disappoints.

[@crustydownunder]

Best Dust short movie I've seen. Rather than make a dozen shorts, why not make one full-length movie? I'd pay to watch this one in a cinema.

[@watchdust]

Thank you Brad! We were thinking the same thing so we made the feature films Prospect & Sea Fever. Now on Hulu or for Purchase on Amazon.

[@crustydownunder]

@@watchdust Awesome. I'll be looking for them tomorrow.

[@pericbowen4958]

This movie was only 25 plus minutes long...think what a 3 hour movie of this type would be like. 😉👍💖💖

[@ronsnow402]

@@watchdust It evolved a lure like a angler fish, but sends radio waves too, sophisticated savage beast.

[@Kifflington]

@@ronsnow402 Thanks, Captain Spoiler.

[@billyandrew]

By the looks of that leviathan, him and his wife wouldn't have made anywhere near a mouthful...still, they're together again. 😜😂 Stunning film that outshines many blockbusters and I enjoyed it immensely!

[@mdredheadguy1979]

Billy Andrew May I ask what you are referring to by “that Leviathan”?

[@ArshadAli-rp2cn]

@@mdredheadguy1979 The thing that ate that guy .

[@mdredheadguy1979]

@@ArshadAli-rp2cn Okay. I had to rewatch this a second time to understand the ending.

[@fredflintstone9657]

Yeah...they're together. Along with all the guys fron the Proteus. It looked like the Worms from "Dune", but the planet seemed more like Hoth.

[@datathunderstorm]

They both got scoffed by a sea going Sarlacc. That really sucks! 😪

[@dham99]

DUST needs its own air time on Netflix or something...I would binge these like crazy! The short films and quality are perfect for this genre too...and even better, most of them dont really end in happy endings..they're far more realistic outcomes!

[@joestitz239]

Write them directly with your suggestion :)

[@ahabsbane]

Why would you want that, it's already here...

[@atlantic_love]

LMAO, no. Netflix is on its last legs, has terrible content outside of something like this.

[@coalhouse_walkerjnr4735]

A brilliant 'little' film. The excellent plot combined with well-paced story-telling and the twist in the ending make this the most poignant, saddest of all the Dust shorts that I've watched. Well done people!

[@techie8359]

Imagine building a space ship whose engine can't start when they're cold 😂😂😂 Super solid design guys.

[@Punnikin1969]

Imagine not knowing how heat dissipation works in space.

[@techie8359]

@@Punnikin1969 Imagine building a ship meant for safely transporting humans in interstellar travel and not taking that into account. lmao

[@redinfernaldragon4637]

I mean I feel like they were made to be operational in the cold cause you know space is pretty cold but imagine how cold that planet must be to freeze engines after a few hours like its insane

[@Punnikin1969]

@@redinfernaldragon4637 In space, though, temperature doesn't work the same as it does in atmosphere. Not by a long shot. In space, heat dissipation is extremely difficult because there's almost nowhere for heat to go. Without a medium for heat to dissipate to, it tends to stay put for long periods of time. In atmosphere, heat moves comparatively rapidly. Therefore, in space hot things stay hot. Radiation keeps things hot. Cooling in space is very difficult, but in an atmosphere heat exchange is rapid. Engines are built to stay cool in space because they can heat easily. In a very cold planetary atmosphere they could cool to well below the point of operation. Look at the Space Shuttle disaster for example. Sealing rings cooled too far and didn't seat so a fuel leak caused the boosters to explode.

[@Hamakua]

@@Punnikin1969 You are totally misrepresenting the Challenger tragedy as a from of supporting your argument. The SRB's on the space shuttle (what failed) were not designed to operate in space either, nor were they designed to "re-start" they are a one shot ride. The o-rings or seals that were determined to be the cause of the accident were below operating temperature as it was an unseasonably cold day (and week) in Florida that year. That challenger happened has nothing to do with the limits of design dealing with heat in space.

[@MikeTheGamer77]

This is why you don't falsify records.

[@lillyanneserrelio2187]

Lol that's your take away from the video? Always be honest? I thought it was mind your own business. Don't go looking for trouble (distress beacons). Curiosity killed the cat. Ironic how she had a pet cat....

[@AwesomeBlackDude]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/gnO4eZidnbOabLs Well at least we now know where her body may lay... 😵🙏

[@henrytjernlund]

Yes, falsifying her logs made no sense. At least no rationale was presented. At least in Alien it was a requirement that any distress message were to be investigated by the closest ship, or they forfeit their commissions. So in Alien, they had no choice. And in Alien they didn't falsify any records.

[@The8merp]

Maybe you should blame the company she worked for instead, she falsified logs so that they wouldn't know that she was running behind, even though it was not in her control (Solar Flares), but because she was desperate to keep this job for her family's sake she soldiered on, knowing that they might fire her if they found out. This entire video had a theme of class divide and oppression of the working class by rich assholes and those in power. They fool people with dreams of a better life (Tier 2 planet), suggesting if they just worked hard enough then they will also be successful and have a better life, all the while the don't give a shit about their lives, people are just expendable resources.

[@Ananamitron]

@@basedbear1605 I feel sorry for incels like you.

[@saav2774]

Recently, I came across a podcast by Dust. Now I'm down the rabbit hole. Good job Dust and all its partners!

[@spezkay81]

Whaaaaaaat!!!!! 🤯 Great premise! Solid acting. Fantastic CG. I really liked this one! Great science fiction. There is always a bigger fish!

[@gilbertwilliams7256]

Why go out for dinner when you can have delivery?!

[@fredflintstone9657]

It's Digorno!

[@djbis]

but why eat one single raisin? That alien is far too big for such small "meals"...

[@fredflintstone9657]

@@djbis BIG MOUTH....tiny stomach.

[@datathunderstorm]

I bet it’s more like a Sarlacc. It traps them for sport. For perverted amusement. For enforced companionship. To mentally enslave and dominate them while slowly absorbing their bodies and personalities over several lifetimes. It feeds off their mental despair. Otherwise it gets its food from the deep ocean beneath - possibly filtering micro organisms out of the sea.

[@ashenwuss1651]

"Sarlac happy"

[@lisanidog8178]

So impressed by these short films here. Excellent writing, music, characters, situations, acting.

[@charlespeter6268]

Ultimate story of a man and a woman so committed that finding the truth had no limit

[@splendidjay8471]

The acting and effects in this film are amazing! This film and story were excellent and the actors made me feel engaged within the story. Beautiful work of art, all around!

[@This_is_my_spout]

Throughout the movie I was asking myself how good it could have been with better acting/directing. But then again, the writing was pretty cliche too so it makes sense that the acting was as well.

[@markcreed9745]

That was the best film I've watched on here for a long time.

[@rapidsqualor5367]

Same here ! I thought it was really good.

[@monicakraut9238]

Well, I didn't understand the ending.?.? I'm just confused.. Lol

[@monicakraut9238]

@Giant Atom Thank you so very much for taking time out of your day to explain it to me!! Many thanks!!

[@subhamburnwal9127]

Yes the best in a long long time! And the best space jump I have seen in movies that show space jumps. We can see space getting pulled back like a rubber-band😅

[@jamesgillum9604]

something subtle but that really adds tension: the camera lingers on empty doorways for *just* a second too long, which really makes you apprehensive of something behind him, even if there's nothing there

[@ZsoltPal23092011]

What did I just watch?? Is it a trailer for an AAA movie coming out of Hollywood? Simply amazing!! .. and that fishing symbolism at start and the end making it a loop, simply wow.

[@singularbubble7558]

Not sure why but the mention of a "Uranium Rush" had me chuckling for a solid 30 seconds. I love the futuristic mentions of stuff that could happen in the future, but has happened in the past for the film. It adds a deeper layer of atmosphere. The Uranium Rush just sounded like something that happened in the past, nothing too important. I love that kind of stuff. Anyways, great short film! I dropped a like.

[@shuacliff_7029]

I love when storytellers cast off this notion that they have to bring every story to a happy disney conclusion where everyone wins and lives happily ever after etc.

[@ParaSpite]

A notion that _doesn't fucking exist._ Downer endings are everywhere, don't act like this is breaking the mold in any way. The ending was cliche'd and disappointing.

[@dondragmer2412]

Watch "Open Water."

[@greenlightstudio5302]

Lol the ending to this movie sucked as someone else pointed out its a trope movie of the early 2000s played dumb endings like this. There will be blood is one example of falling for such lazy endings.

[@alexanderplatypus3664]

Same @Shuacliff _ Unfortunately check these comments , many vids have people gushing at how idealized and happy it was. And bemoaning drama or "negativity".... go figure.

[@victoriazero8869]

Bad ending is both common and sucked You only hear good ending because most people liked it

[@daevydjae]

"In his belly, you will find a new definition of pain and suffering, as you are slowly digested over a thousand years." Don't tell me that didn't go through your head at the end.

[@majorpaindiaz]

I went through mine! Sarlacc!

[@meridien52681]

Incredible. So very well done. A distress call as lure--how unutterably sad, when they were just trying to find a better life...

[@creepcat03]

The thing that's incredible about this movie is that it has a bad ending. Not "bad" as in "this sucked," but "bad" as in the antagonist won. That NEVER happens in movies anymore and to see a deviation from the normal earns my respect.

[@vigneshv3846]

Hi

[@CharlesJrPike]

Good ole Shakespearean tragedy

[@dondragmer2412]

You haven't seen "Open Water?" About the couple left stranded at sea by their diving boat and then surrounded by sharks?

[@eme.261]

Huh. I wouldn't say "[t]hat NEVER happens in movies anymore," as that is not demonstrably true. These more current popular movies defy the happy ending trope with sad/bleak conclusions that technically have the antagonist winning or at least the protagonist losing out and disprove your point-: "La La Land" (2016) "Blade Runner 2049" (2017) "Burning" (2018) "Avengers: Infinity War" (2018) Yeah, yeah, it's a comic book movie, but it counts. "Annihilation" (2018) "Us" (2019) "Midsommar" (2019) "Parasite" (2019) "Queen & Slim" (2019) "Uncut Gems" (2019) "Hereditary" (2020) "All the Bright Places" (2020) "Promising Young Woman" (2020) “The Wolf House” (2020) "His House" (2020) "The Card Counter" (2021) "Don't Look Up" (2021) "Men" (2022) These movies don't all stick to the sci-fi/horror genres. Maybe you aren't encountering them or considering them due to not branching out or limiting your perspective? If you're thirsty for a bad/bleak ending, as mildly disturbing as that is, I would suggest "Dancer in the Dark" (2000). That'll out-bleak everything else, due to its realism. "Never Let Me Go" (2010) is also a downer keeper.

[@eme.261]

I would posit that a movie being incredible doesn't hinge on whether its ending is "bad" or even if it's feel good. The best movies hinge on far more than their conclusions (as essential as they are). This short movie has a lot going for it. It's ended added depth to everything that came before, but didn't eclipse the overall story.

[@garethoneill5676]

Anyone notice the mention of 'The Gates of Tannhauser' on the wall of remembrance? This is set in the same universe as 'Blade Runner'

[@davidh9354]

@Leviathan Instruments Australia what's Warframe got to do with anything, and do you mean actual fishing or something else? I'm genuinely curious, I played the game for about 4+ years starting when it first came to Xbox, but after a while I felt burnt out so I stopped playing (I think right around the time one of the larger updates was set to come out, where they introduced an "open world" type area). They've added so much though in the time I've been away it almost seems like an entirely different game. Did you mention it just because of sci-fi references?

[@NICEFINENEWROBOT]

And it's on "Soldier" too (Kurt Russell)

[@ArcanisUrriah]

@@NICEFINENEWROBOT Wasn't Soldier vaguely a spinoff from BR?

[@NICEFINENEWROBOT]

@@ArcanisUrriah IDK I'm not the gamer type.

[@ArcanisUrriah]

@@NICEFINENEWROBOT They are films.... :)

[@PCcardboard1354]

such a high-end production! so captivating and very sad... one of my favorite movies

[@80fcollins]

Wonderful but sad, I had such hope for a reunion, heartbreaking. Kudos to all those involved in making this.

[@Spyblox007]

The foreshadowing with the lady at the desk! Thought it was a gag about how dangerous space travel is, so didn't even realize until he saw the ship.

[@pericbowen4958]

The character of the lady at the desk...typical bureaucrat. The actress played the part excellently. We see this every day in our big cities today. Why should it be any different then.

[@wambokodavid7109]

this film has flawless dialogue . its natural,unpredictable and engaging. something very rare in hollywood these days

[@ParaSpite]

Too bad they have no talent for writing overall plots. That twist ending was horrendous and the entire sequence was overly simplistic. I guess someone could hire them as dialogue writers, just keep them away from writing plotlines. Yuck!

[@justingrisley8651]

Well darn, I was hoping for him to save his wife and they fly out of the mouth of a creature while it's mouth is closing a-la the Millennium Falcon

[@ParaSpite]

@@justingrisley8651 Aww, but that would be _fun,_ and that's just too mainstream. Can't have that! _Can you tell I don't respect this channel?_

[@hensley2931]

@@ParaSpite edgy

[@alirizvi1986]

agree. i thoroughly enjoyed this bit and the dialogue was really good, though for what is essentially a small budget indie slice of cinema. if the plot was overly simplistic as some have bitched, which i don't think it was, it's because the people who made this set-out to put together a SHORT. i don't see how that twist was horrendous, but that's the beauty of subjectivity. DUST is allowing people to express themselves, and we are the better for it. it's amazing.

[@harryseldom6472]

Great stuff, too short, what an ending, awesome, well done !!

[@davidhollyfield5148]

I love these Dust movies. So much talent here.

[@acmanuel21]

Imagine travel millions of light-years just to be eaten by an alien

[@wavestherules558]

Imagine evolving for millions of years and you get jabbed . Mouse utopia

[@janlloydpadiernos3840]

I should've stayed in the primordial soup if that's the case.

[@kahnfatman]

Imagine you were that alien, waiting for millions of years just to eat one crew.

[@thewrongaccount608]

"In his belly, you will find a new definition of pain and suffering, as you are slowly digested over a thousand years."

[@AlanBCDixon]

Sarlaccs get big!

[@ducatirottie]

hahahahahahahaha. very clever! Return of The Jedi, Boba Fett was the meal.

[@cobycudjoe8605]

😂🤣😂 Salacious Crumb laugh!

[@Saeronor]

But after Final Revenge of Anakin: Ice Age on Tatooine

[@bluefive1727]

SPOILER (below) from The Mandalorian Season 2: "I've lived on Tatooine my whole life. There's no such thing as an abandoned sarlacc pit." "There is if you eat the sarlacc."

[@xdronexx-ng9449]

This is perfection... I Don't need to add anything.. Just perfect..

[@Cammi_Rosalie]

If this, and Alien has taught us anything.. It is to NEVER seek out an unusual distress beacon.

[@generalironbeak1200]

Sound, sound advice, I think this was running through all our heads while Mark was exploring Octavius.

[@pericbowen4958]

@@generalironbeak1200 Indeed! 😉👍

[@generalironbeak1200]

@@pericbowen4958 Why thank you!

[@966Mako]

Alien angler fish, must be starving. Only getting a human every once in a while.

[@jebatialah]

1 humanoid isnt a meal this animal could depend on id say....strange

[@roberthpilesund384]

You are right, and the size of it suggest that the primary meal is something completely different - humans, seem to just be dessert once in a while.

[@hogannull7022]

Low metabolism

[@datathunderstorm]

Humans are lured in for sport. For amusement, enslaved for its pleasure. Probably feeds of their eternal despair like a Sarlacc!

[@aysaa9701]

Poor thing...

[@waynenewark5363]

The beacon is like his fishing rod at the beginning. A lure to trap prey.

[@HolySwordofLight]

Awesome short. Love all the shorts on this channel so far. Would love to see one of these shorts develop into a full TV series with all of the originality intact.

[@Will_14_years_ago]

Miss the days where people built things with their hands. Real scale models look at what h.r. giger achieved. Its something that exists in the physical world you can touch smell feel. This was a great production without a doubt. Hollywood is no diffrent. One day a person will build the most amazing set ever seen and record a movie that the world will never forget! Edit: this film was absolutely 👏 amazing btw!!

[@q-patmatt8410]

Maybe they'll find boba Fett in that giant sarlacc pit

[@thebeaconmovie3734]

We are unofficially fully behind this idea haha!

[@jv-lk7bc]

more like the thing that tried to eat the Millennium Falcon..

[@williamstout6332]

This short did absolutely everything right for a DUST style piece. It checked all the boxes, had a great plot, acting, cgi technology, and it made your brain think. It created an immersive and thought-provoking world, and it wasn't just a mimicry either. This could be considered an epitome of what DUST can strive for.

[@JustMe-ne5dw]

The horror of never being sure, the unknown, slowly dying of hunger in such a cold place, and only being fed just the tiniest piece of human the universe sees fit to send you every once in a great while. What a lonely existence 😢

[@slayinvisible]

One of the absolute best in the Dust series so far. Amazing.

[@generalironbeak1200]

I agree, have you seen "Seam"? A recommendation for you :)

[@moparman1962]

"The Beacon" IS BETTER than any sci-fi movie Hollyweird's wannabe movie makers have created in the last five years...and it's a SHORT FILM for crying out loud! To those who worked on/helped create this film...EXCELLENT WORK! Please make more films of the same high quality! There may be a significant market for such easy-to-watch gems which would be a win-win for all. ;)

[@thebeaconmovie3734]

So glad you enjoyed our film. We worked very hard to bring you a "feature film" in a short film amount of time. This was not just a pitch, but something that stands alone with a beginning middle and end. We hope to make more in the future!

[@shinoraze]

I just keep coming back to this... This is chilling ...

[@lunchbox90]

The monster was a sand striker on steroids. By far one of the greatest short films ever.

[@stephen-thewanderer4007]

Truly impressed by all aspects of this film. Wish it was longer. Keep up the great work!

[@OkOk-vj9db]

Why aren't these people writing and directing the big budget Hollywood movies coming out today?

[@thebeaconmovie3734]

We would like to and this is how we start! Help us get there by sharing the film and following us @thebeaconmovie on IG, FB and KZbin for more info!

[@cemertem]

@@thebeaconmovie3734 this movie has excess "stereotype". why is that?

[@AlexDerange]

because it's easier to make a short story than a 2 hours long one

[@marshallmatters69]

Because they aren’t funded by the liberal media conglomerate

[@LKINTELLIGENCE]

@@thebeaconmovie3734 *Good. Tell us, how we can support you.*

[@dkpilot90]

Agreed. Distress signals are deceiving. Always send remotes.

[@UnordinaryCarl]

@@MPeaches1958 I doubt humans have created drones that could survive zero temperature or harsh condition or even scanners may bugged by that alien creature (deceiving there are no traps there), let alone mass-produce one if there is in the future.

[@aaronasusmc]

1:53 The way he pronounced "belt runs." He sounded like a true Belter from The Expanse.

[@DeputyCartman100]

Given the frozen environment of that planet, that creature must have an absurdly slow metabolism if it can subsist on a jelly bean sized snack every few years or decades.

[@andrewleatherman4931]

Now that is damn fine Sci-Fi short film...to all involved in the production, bravo to you all! What fantastic story telling through the characters and scenery. Loved it!

[@Bland-79]

I love the fact with these short films you never know if the outcome is positive or not.

[@ParaSpite]

Is that true? Are there actually short films with a positive outcome? Got any examples of ones with happy endings?

[@_JAG_]

It's eerie to think something like that could possibly be out there. Loved the film. Top Notch.

[@jassonoppenhein3783]

And also the story lines, the actors. This is top notch should be playing on big screen with multimillion dollar budgets just superb

[@colonelbagz1113]

Wow. Another episode that is TV series or movie worthy, putting these media corporations to shame. What a twist at the end...Kudos Dust. I really hope one of these becomes an actual movie length feature.