Sci-Fi Short Film "The Replacement" | DUST | Flashback Friday

On election night, a janitor feels cheated out of a life he might have lived when his own clone becomes the President. He goes on a bender to seek justice, encountering new forms of prejudice, dismissal, and classism. In a society where the morality around cloning is dividing the masses, physically looking like the newly elected President has its own dangers…
"The Replacement" Written and Directed by Sean Miller, Produced by Naz Khan
Director's Statement:
The Replacement was born out of an interest in technology out pacing society and cultural panic. We seem to be speeding toward faster solutions for our problems with little regard to the side effects they are having on culture as a whole. The Replacement is a film about how the best of intentions can get us into places we didn't expect. The Replacement reflects this with a world of clones that can out-perform their originals at everything. Having just won equal rights, the clones are stars of a new identity politics movement, with less and less room for natural born humans.
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[@AbzAden]

Who needs Hollywood writers when you have dust

[@frankprit3320]

don't we already have little "clones" of ourselves running around. They're called "Children". 🤣🤣

[@ryanpjk-sproule3813]

This was awesome! In a league of it's own! I truly thought I was watching a movie ! I wish there was more of this

[@eliasgorman829]

Yeah the acting was fantastic!

[@pihjin]

This is a sequel to another part where he creates the first clone.

[@aselcinart]

@@pihjin What is the name of the first part ? I couldnt find it

[@johnsmith7140]

'No, you have an associates degree" 😂 so do I

[@r.k.d.6111]

This one is one of my DUST all-time favs! Great writing, damn good actors. Thanks for the flashback!

[@llew-AZ]

This was well executed and delivered. Could have been a black mirror episode so well put together. You should hit the production up.

[@quikinn527]

I came here to say, this was a better Black Mirror episode than any of the 8 eps from the last two seasons.

[@yvessergetshefu4462]

Was thinking the same thing

[@PACHOUSEFITNESS]

I agree

[@mucy2807]

Yeah - but not that last lot of Black Mirror, that was garbage 😊

[@llew-AZ]

@@mucy2807 swap out

[@ScruffyTheMovie]

this would be a great Black Mirror episode or better yet a full movie! So many of your shorts have movie quality stories. Keep up the great work!!

[@mikemcnamarafilm]

Sean Miller wrote an amazing script and directed the heck out of it! I played Abe and the various clones... very grateful for this awesome team!

[@flavioptferreira]

Well written, well produced, well executed. Kudos.

[@TamTran-vw7zm]

Well done, you. You've given the audience an unexplored aspect of cloning, and something to think about--the best function of S-F. PLUS, an entire story, complete and well-populated, all in a handful of minutes. This gladdens the heart of this old writer, and teacher of creative writing. Thank you.

[@mikemcnamarafilm]

Sean Miller wrote an amazing script and directed the heck out of it! I played Abe and the various clones... very grateful for this awesome team!

[@TamTran-vw7zm]

Good point.

[@samiyyahmuhammad6207]

It was amazing this should be a movie

[@jkobain]

This one is sick, I enjoyed it a lot some years ago. Thanks!

[@mikemcnamarafilm]

Thanks for checking it out once again!

[@OsirisMalkovich]

My clones would never treat me that way.

[@Klm49]

My clones hate this film for representing them as evil when they are really amazing! We split childcare and housework, we actually spilt a full time really demanding job too. This is really a film about absent imagination in the face of having a bunch of you to get stuff Done!!

[@DrWakey]

Man, i would have loved if this would have been a full fledged movie!

[@justusgronts3882]

8 billion minds, 8 billion perspectives! A rare occurrence for me to run into a new perspective. 10 👍/10👍

[@Klm49]

Wow. Just wow. This was so damned good and too brief! Really Wish it was a full movie or a series!!!

[@jeridoney7604]

Great piece! All aspects were really tight and well developed. The ending was very frightening! I love it!

[@mikemcnamarafilm]

Sean Miller wrote an amazing script and directed the heck out of it! I played Abe and the various clones... very grateful for this awesome team!

[@jamesevans3492]

Wow, Amazing Characters And Performances . . . That Poor Original . . . Ouch . . .

[@foracal5608]

Seen this one a long time ago, very thought provoking

[@PrimitiveInTheExtreme]

A perfect short film, a true masterpiece, the soundtrack is also magnificent.

[@mikemcnamarafilm]

Thank you for checking out the film! I played Abe and his various counterparts... role of a lifetime, very grateful for this awesome team... and for DUST!

[@PrimitiveInTheExtreme]

@@mikemcnamarafilm ✨🔝✨

[@marlonmorrison9520]

It doesn't get more sci fi than this love the channel

[@arnaldomolina275]

Amazing!!

[@TheLastStarfighter77]

So this is what Tom Paris is up to these day's! Very entertaining thanks DUST 👏

[@0neIntangible]

Nice, fast paced, tightly packed action adventure with good visual details... I got a lot more out of this this time around, than when it first came up a year or two ago... thank you.

[@MyFatherIsTryingToKillMe]

An oldie but a goodie!

[@memnos77]

Wow! One of the best shorts ive ever watched.

[@mikemcnamarafilm]

Thank you for checking out the film! I played Abe and his various counterparts... role of a lifetime, very grateful for this awesome team... and for DUST!

[@durasaxon5131]

This was so good. Enjoyable. A view into our future.

[@brucwayn6403]

This was a profound and very well done flikk

[@sinan2.71]

So dystopian. Consumed by your creations.

[@AcapulKero]

This was great! I love stories like this. I would like to see a full lenght movie to see how far clones can go and if mankind will survive.

[@benndii]

To see that, you could start by watching "Multiplicity" with Michael Keaton. We're on the safe side, I guess... 😂

[@MadameVirtuoso]

He’s such a great actor!

[@mikemcnamarafilm]

Will you be my agent? :) Thank you for checking out the film! I played Abe and his various counterparts... role of a lifetime, very grateful for this awesome team... and for DUST!

[@Short-Cipher]

This was so fucking good. (I feel comfortable saying that because it was said so many times in the film.) On to the sequel: _The Replacements_ ! 😉

[@lightcapmath2777]

Great...works very very well. Thank you DVD:)

[@deepchange2973]

Wow.. Very well executed

[@GH-yj6sc]

Well executed, beautiful, and on point. The only complaint is the fact that I wish it was longer. More like this Dust!

[@The1stDukeDroklar]

I love a quality short that gives you a conclusion. Very well done.

[@scull0796]

Absolutely outstanding. A masterpiece in itself! Incredibly well done

[@charlestaylor3195]

That was greatd, the actor was great too. The writing was also excellent. Looks like it's time for you guys to make a full length novie together. Thanks Dust.

[@mikemcnamarafilm]

Thank you for checking out the film! I played Abe and his various counterparts... role of a lifetime, very grateful for this awesome team... and for DUST!

[@kento7899]

First seeing this one. It was great! I sometimes wonder, would I even like my clone?

[@WarlordMoA]

Phase 2 is killing all the originals and expansion of the cloning industry, every persons of a former original clone has equal rights.

[@Johnathonaaron]

This is too good. Wow. Loved every min of this.

[@ped-away-g1396]

'certified mixologist' got me bad 😂😂

[@mikemcnamarafilm]

Fave line of mine as well!

[@AoptimisticNihilist]

Something I actually enjoyed

[@user-vn4lm2du6o]

Society is already on this path. We don’t need clones to do it to us. Good flick though.

[@abramzacharias1]

That's funny, soo many Abes and the president has ordered a thousand of them. My name is Abe and everywhere I turn there's an Abe

[@calebtattrie7864]

Great one 👏👏👏

[@jameshughes525]

This is not out of the realms of possibility

[@juanmartin2922]

Best thing I’ve seen on dust

[@walabid2319]

I’m a big fan, keep up the good work. From Iraq 🇮🇶 ✌️

[@sachac5435]

very good!

[@brandyrose9997]

This is outstanding! Stop hating on Associates degrees 😂

[@mrheisemberg2]

congratulations for the science fiction short👌 , for now at least it is science fiction but who knows ...in the near times maybe

[@emgee691]

All these Sci fi futuristic short movies coming out now way to go! Fabulous. Much success to you all....The ELOHIM.

[@johnsmith-uz9do]

Excellent job

[@brandynmorgan6486]

“I CURED EBOLA” took me out

[@mikemcnamarafilm]

Hahaha

[@natureboytom]

Not so far fetched. It’s probably here. I love dust & omeleto.🙏💪🚀

[@BigKrownFilms]

"Sanitation engineer"😂😂😂

[@BoomRoomFive]

Profound! And very well made! Bravo!

[@indigoblue998]

Nice, one of my favs so far

[@gerardojg]

An interesting take on clones. I enjoyed it. It plays into the insecurity of being usurped. However, clones will still be human beings with faults and flaws. Most likely the identical ones of their donor but not guaranteed. The clone might have faults unique to his or her self.

[@MRSZ5440]

Very interesting.

[@DblOSmith]

Pretty cool concept, and well-acted!

[@mikemcnamarafilm]

Thank you for checking out the film! I played Abe and his various counterparts... role of a lifetime, very grateful for this awesome team... and for DUST!

[@donkenmuir9504]

Wow what a fit it is so good. You are going places

[@liskorea317]

Excellent!

[@joustingdude]

Excellent! This was Black Mirror quality.

[@enmanueltejada]

Great, I loved it

[@Daemabus]

Bravo!

[@northernhighlandmist1478]

Great concept, great execution!

[@Fish-please]

My only problem with DUST...is they are too short : D

[@garry6047]

Coming to a reality near you.

[@pihjin]

For anyone not familiar... this is a sequel to a much older short on this channel featuring the same main character. The name of it escaped me, but if you know please mention it in the comments!

[@KilSkillzCryptoSauce]

For real😮

[@qwipperty]

It's the same short, just re-uploaded.

[@ChrisTian-mf8wu]

This was amazing.

[@nathangregory_]

Great treatment. Would love to see an extended Pilot followed up with at least six episodes to see if it could sell. Netflix?

[@Stasiaflonase]

This is what happens if Sarah and Helena aren’t invited. The Orphan Black clones would kick their asses!

[@RobertPilla]

They Cloned Abe Froman? The Sausage King of Chicago!

[@carlgrainger2669]

Great 👏👍🏻

[@SrSpookfest]

Awsome 👍🤘🤟

[@krismurphy7711]

THIS reminds me of The Cylons

[@sheenismhaellim2215]

This was nice...

[@MarcieloParra]

It's a tripp how there are haters everywhere loved the blonde

[@okancanarslan3730]

very interesting film

[@daislknight]

Very Nice

[@steveseeley3358]

This one was a really good one.

[@BlanksImagination]

this was great

[@jakerazmataz852]

Who thinks this hits too close to home? Now I have to watch Black Mirror.

[@illuminus4420]

That was ruff!

[@shoestringfarm]

Brilliant

[@donkenmuir9504]

Good film unique

[@Dante190884]

SO good movie

[@rudyskrew]

this is SO FUCKING GOOD WOW

[@jacknearchurch2262]

I espect a second part, ... some day.

[@frankwafer6919]

Amazing, seems a lot alike the controversy with artificial intelligence!👍!

[@TotalDec]

Tall Ye vs Short Ye.

[@unclequack5445]

GOD forbid this ever becomes reality.

[@sumcok4926]

My clones would be fine separate but if they found each other they'd all either dead or in prison within days 😂

[@idkwhattoputhere104]

joe bartolozzi is thy best

[@shayalon]

Why am I not feeling like this whole thing was a waste of time? This is weird. This was a good piece of work. I am almost always left flat by the dust things. It always seems like it was writen by ai. This one feels like it was written by a really good ai.

[@vinodkapoor4166]

There is no such thing as good or not so good a.i...its indeed taken support by the latest available tools,yet the moral of the story is disappointing ..nobody would appreciate if themselves...

[@mikemcnamarafilm]

Sean Miller wrote an amazing script and directed the heck out of it! I played Abe and the various clones... very grateful for this awesome team!

[@marcusbrown198]

The fact of the matter is clones are real people to

[@Ultimate_kelan]

11/21/23 1:41am cst, earth, the milky way galaxy 81 years later this is still an amazing short film *sup, future kelan* 😎

[@mikemcnamarafilm]

Sup!

[@Ultimate_kelan]

@@mikemcnamarafilm WOAAAAA UR HIM. W actor mannnn ur awesome!!! u absolutely killed ur performance! thank you for noticing me. im honored good sir!

[@preuermensch3692]

Wish it was full length movie

[@yourtime548]

Best