Sci-Fi Short Film "The Stowaway" | DUST | Throwback Thursday

[@taro546]

NO matter how many times you watch this you would still feel the pain of these 3 humans. Well done to convey the message.

[@teebob21]

Well, the one was a synth, so there's that...

[@dominiqueboy666]

@@teebob21 exactly

[@papsywho3035]

No matter how many times I watch western movies, I don't understand why their kids make stupid mistakes. The level of stupidity that they accept is beyond me

[@durasaxon5131]

True. I saw this 10 years ago? It still leaves me queezy. How sad. Future & Present CRITICAL.

[@migmigjohnson6083]

Cold Equations from the Twilight Zone had better acting/scenes.

[@oldwolf9403]

This story still hurts. Read it many, many years ago. This is beautifully done.

[@Ahahahhaaah]

Bot comment.

[@crow_feather]

You said you read it many years ago. May I ask who wrote it, and what the story is called? I would love to read it!

[@Ahahahhaaah]

@@crow_feather there’s like 30 comments on this video with the name my guy.

[@Fog66]

Read it about 42 years ago. Loved it then and now.

[@Hungryghost01]

@@crow_feather another commented: Cold Equations

[@markeidt6404]

I remember reading Cold Equations and it was an excellent piece of SF literature. This video did the novel justice. Well produced and both actors were excellent. Kudos.

[@morgan97475]

Thank you for reminding me of that title. I, too, recall that story...from back in school.

[@lobsterg]

I read this about 6 months ago in a classic SF Anthology book.

[@teebob21]

@@lobsterg Classic SF short stories are the best literature ever written. Even the bad ones are good...they just need 40 or 50 years to come true.

[@chuckbown]

There was a 1996 TV movie of this with Poppy Mongomery that was really good too.

[@philipm.4738]

There's an anthology called The Science Fiction Hall.of Fame, assembled to commemorate the finest SF short fiction before the Hugo and Nebula awards era. This is indeed based on The Cold Equations, one of its finest stories by Tom Godwin. I read it as a young man and was gut wrenched by it. Still has the same effect!

[@mwalker6429]

This is one of the shorts that got me hooked on dust years ago.

[@craigpaulson3503]

I watched this a few years ago when it first came out. It's one of the shorts that got me addicted to DUST. Thanx for showing it again.

[@mwalker6429]

Same here.

[@mustwereallydothis]

Same. I was a little disappointed it wasn't a new one but still, it's one of the best I've seen. Was well worth a second watch.

[@christopherleveck6835]

A few YEARS ago?! With all the advances in technology we STILL CAN'T SAVE THIS POOR GIRL?!

[@nickthelick]

Ditto! ✌🏼☺👍🏼

[@mwalker6429]

@@christopherleveck6835 😂😂

[@johncunningham4820]

The ACTUAL definition of " Hobson's Choice " . Heart-wrenching . Beautifully made Short . The Young Lady is a terrific actor .

[@ieatcaribou7852]

😂😂😂

[@johncunningham4820]

@@ieatcaribou7852 . So , what is funny ?

[@noahellis3672]

This was certainly a sad and painful movie short but a touching and moving one as well. The acting was excellent and I was hoping that she would be allowed to continue aboard the transport because someone found a solution to the fuel problem. I never know what to expect from Dust except incredibly good stories and acting. Like this one.

[@LeviAWilson]

I usually enjoy these Dust movies, however this one was so sad and made me feel so bad for that little girl that it almost made me not want to watch Dust anymore. If I would had known something about this episode before hand I wouldn't have watched it. But I guess you'll run into these kind every once in a while. I wish it would have ended better for her.

[@butchs.4239]

Agreed, thought that's really the core of the problem presented by the story. It's human nature to want there to be a solution where she lives, but either she dies, or both of them (and the party on the ground he was sent to help) do.

[@LeviAWilson]

@@butchs.4239 Well, as l was watching it, l was hoping that the pilot would have at least been able to find a habitable planet out of all the ones that he was passing to drop her off on so someone could come by and pick her up later. Maybe that wouldn't have taken as much fuel and still saved her, him and the other's too.

[@LeviAWilson]

@@YTubeCheese Well, at least that's better than having her die. It's ashame about her legs but at least she would still be alive. I saw a movie once about something sort of like this movie where the person was met by a physic and told and then shown what would happen had they went any further to their destination. That was pretty cool.

[@nlakeshnomisdai9051]

The 'pilot' is played Brendan Fehr who was in the show Roswell (1999)

[@piddy3825]

lol, I thought I was having a deja vu moment but then realized it was throwback Thursday and yeah, I had seen it before. Still as compelling as it was the first time I watched it.

[@jerwheel]

I know what you mean....I was having the same deja vu moment. It's an awesome production; I just can't finish it. It hurts too much.

[@krashd]

It is also a story that has been adapted many times, originally known as Cold Equations.

[@michauui]

"No, it's for you". That let me break out in tears

[@W-C-F-o1k]

What a classic story.

[@pauls5745]

tragic and heartwarming. I'm glad to see this again and remember why I've enjoyed this channel for so long

[@madnessbydesign1415]

Wow. Low budget Sci Fi is usually not very good. This knocked it out of the park. Acting was way above average. Kudos to all involved! :)

[@robinrader1839]

This is a very good remake of " The Cold Equations " which came out many years ago. In that adaptation, there was a scene where they were stripping all non essential equipment from the drop ship to try and lose enough weight so that she could stay on the ship. It was good to see that they recognize an excellent story....................................................rob

[@cappsie1]

Bingo, beat me to it. It's a good remake.

[@roccov3614]

That's what I remember.

[@dougwhiddon8227]

If I recall, that was an episode of "The New Twilight Zone" with executive producer J Michael Strazynski of Babylon 5 fame. There was also a longer movie version on the Sci-Fi channel a long time ago.

[@H4rleyBoy]

Possibly the simplest and most powerful Dust I've watched, a little overpowered by the music, but at least not another mumbled in the dark film.

[@nelsonhu3926]

The entire dust series should be on streaming called The Dust Eternium starting from Vol 1 and so forth

[@bjb7587]

"The Trolly Problem Goes to Outer Space".

[@robert-yv2yj]

Didn't cry. Honest! superb.

[@jamesmorgan3032]

As Spock said, the needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few or one. Poignant reality.

[@o0o-jd-o0o95]

When watching shorts like these I found that I can never really know what's going to happen in the end but in a good way they certainly do not always end well but it's really good for movie and story quality. The story that does not end well has equal or greater quality as one that does end well. If every story ended well they wouldn't be worth watching anymore

[@soerengerlach4932]

Just a wow, I was really holding breath until the very end. Wow

[@holysmoke8439]

Great acting from this guy

[@gregrobsn]

I remember seeing an older version of The Cold Equation of which this is an adaption. There was a 1984 movie of that name and another Twilight Zone from 1986. These all follow the basic story from the early 1950's with the weight problem being the issue. The version I remember had the young woman being the girlfriend of the pilot which made the choices much more personal and the main issue was the craft only had enough oxygen for one person plus a small surplus of 25 or 30%. not near enough for two people. This made the scenario much more believable. The vaccine was meant for a colony planet with millions of doomed people who would die without it. I haven't been able to find that version but I'm glad Dust has brought around another excellent version.

[@freedomforever6718]

Love is a dangerous emotion.

[@jenesisjones6706]

That was devastating

[@thec0mmnmann822]

Love supersedes loyalty. Love supersedes rational.

[@smillernc]

Very very sad -- the cold mathematics of survival. The young girl was very dignified. Hopefully, future cruisers will add more fuel for various 'unforeseen circumstances'...

[@snoopy0155]

There is a logic error: why the ship has enough fuel for acceleration with the stowaway? Why she wasn't recognized on start?

[@fhuber7507]

It's an equation in orbital mechanics (for the de-orbiting) Weight vs power vs fuel vs gravitational forces. adding more fuel can be as bad as having the stowaway. YOU CAN HAVE TOO MUCH FUEL!

[@fhuber7507]

@@snoopy0155 Indication it was probably soon after separation from the main ship... Dropped as passing the planet. Soon after, the heat sensors said the hatchway didn't cool like it should have. (the bright dot) and there was excess mass causing deceleration to be slower (thrust to mass ratio) as soon as they released the docking clamps... she was doomed.

[@teebob21]

@@noahstanley5891 Thanks Obama

[@ghimmy47]

@@teebob21 Dude, there is no such rule regarding fuel. There are no such ships. This is a very old fictional work covered by many authors from many different angles. The situation is intentionally a "Kobayashi Maru" type unwinnable problem. Calm down and get a firm grip on reality.

[@frankyw8803]

When needs must ....powerful .

[@TheReverb1]

Finally a ship with a good cockpit where the pilot is not using handle controls like now hundreds of years before.

[@panglimabuburhitam5934]

Simple yet touching

[@adambank5479]

When this story has been told in the past, there is a desperate sequence where the two rip out everything non-essential from the inside of the ship but it's never enough.

[@gaoxiaen1]

No one would load fuel without a reasonable margin of error.

[@kimtae858]

Still can't believe Netflix thought this premise was strong enough for a 100+ minute film.

[@scottmcshannon6821]

he knows hes alone on his ship, but he wears his gun on his hip.

[@Testsubject276]

So much emotion within a single film set. Amazing work.

[@wp5355]

Outstanding presentation every time I watch it.

[@Al-mf4uo]

Gripping Story. Excellent acting. Very much enjoyed this Video Thanks

[@NeroDefogger]

clear lack of consultants, they would have: 1. laughed 2. asked if you were serious 3. facepalmed 4. told you that that is not how anything works

[@ericbost4882]

Hard to believe they couldn't jettison some backup equipment equal to her body mass.

[@jajaouterspace]

So very touching. I love the actors in this film so much.

[@mitchmo2764]

The Cold Equations by Tom Godwin; should have been credited.

[@0neIntangible]

It is in the pulldown (SHOW MORE) tab highlighted below the screen and right before scrolling down to this COMMENTS section... it is the same for all KZbin videos.

[@danielmichalski2436]

Very well played. Bravo!

[@NathanTeaches]

I was expecting him to go in her stead...

[@stevie-ray2020]

I would've assumed there was an escape-pod on board anyway, but the truth is that this is a variation on the 'child on the track versus crashing the train' moral conundrum!

[@krashd]

It really isn't. The "child on the track" in this scenario had no way of surviving.

[@illmerica322]

Great actress...at first I thought she was not going to be a good actress but she was amazing

[@tugbote1]

Though still incredibly beautiful, I still always feel that the story would be better served if he decided to save her and the serum by jettisoning himself.

[@IngoSchwarze]

Only for her to realize she had no idea how to safely land a spaceship, consequently crashing? The dialogue mentioned the auto-pilot did not include an automatic landing procedure.

[@tugbote1]

@@IngoSchwarze He could have made it simple enough to teach her ("suspension of disbelief")

[@IngoSchwarze]

@@tugbote1 You are right, the author can always change the rules of their world in order to tell a different story. I only meant to say that within the world as it was presented to us and from the perspective of the pilot, self-sacrifice did not appear to be a workable and effective option, even if he was willing. [edit: typo fixed only]

[@atorres603]

Well written and very well executed. Good to see more cerebral content like this.

[@Mantikal]

Damn, I wanted to see her floating in space. Is there a director's cut?

[@peetiegonzalez1845]

Ouch, right in the feels.

[@thezuguprojectANTHONYALBANESE]

That was excellent!

[@claressalucas8922]

Excellent short story! It got everyone in my Creative Writing class to pay more attention to maths.

[@nickthelick]

I remember this! Cor, one of the early ones! One of the first I saw of Dust.

[@MMAGamblingTips]

A futuristic allegory on a modern day trolley problem. I’m glad they did their scientific due diligence on the brother cutting out on rotation, but the brother had absolutely no time lag in his conversation. 😂

[@IngoSchwarze]

The ship was already already almost in orbit, and the lag is twice the distance divided by the speed of light, which is on the order of 50-150 milliseconds, so no physics error there. 🙂

[@teebob21]

@@IngoSchwarze Correct. Even if they were 200,000 miles/300,000 kilometers away (roughly the distance to the moon), that's still close enough for near-realtime comms.

[@MMAGamblingTips]

@@IngoSchwarze This equation is so off. But it’s 1AM and I’m not correcting it until tomorrow. 😉

[@krashd]

@@MMAGamblingTips He said 19 hours ago.

[@TheKeenTribe]

This is the only kind of dust that I like

[@catsupchutney]

I thought the pilot would sacrifice himself.

[@whitecrow1949]

I love this. As an old, hard of hearing person, I would appreciate either auto-generated captions or include a transcript in the notes.

[@yorabakiruzo]

The Cold Equations

[@tessalionheart5948]

Michael! ❤

[@YoungGandalf2325]

If the ship's mass is such a critical factor in it being able to reach its destination, it seems like they could have cut out some unnecessary materials from the interior, made it more bare-bones.

[@krashd]

Not really because then the misers that only supplied just enough fuel for the ship in it's current configuration to make landing would then be able to save even more fuel by giving the new configuration just enough to reach landing. The ship could have been 5 tons lighter and the kid would still have to die because of the stupid protocol of carrying an exact amount of fuel.

[@custommusic2433]

Wow I had never seen this I thought he was going to sacrifice himself for her but it’s a cold ending.

[@graedy2]

Wow!

[@georgeandrews2839]

I saw this video years ago.

[@michaelg659]

i have to admit I cried😪

[@allan6977]

I've noticed not to many of these stories have happy endings.

[@smullins17]

I think about this sometimes...

[@dalemcnamee2427]

Who starred in this video ? All 3 (plus the persons who voiced Command and the Computer ) were great ! 👍

[@ronjon7942]

Oh… She was no coward. Neither was he.

[@nathanielnelson324]

Bullseyes 🎯 pow 💥. This movie hit it.

[@jamesevans3492]

Amazing, And Amazingly Sad Story . . .

[@poggyharri]

So Great !

[@anzient76]

Heartwarming story

[@wongduannabamrung7004]

I have questions how did she get on board? And how the ship had enough fuel to take off on the first place

[@jerwheel]

The ship was dropped from a mothership, so it didn't need to accelerate. That's when she slipped on, too.

[@X-Radio]

This is a nice remake of "The Cold Equations." " The Cold Equations " is a science fiction short story by American writer Tom Godwin, first published in Astounding Magazine in August 1954. There have been many adaptations from a recent CBC radio play to Ray Bradburry Theatre 36+ years back all the way to X Minus One in 1954 on NBC radio. Please do not claim this is your work. It is derivative and a lovely retelling - but Tell the Truth!

[@MickeyMishra]

No space suits? No eject pods? I thought people would learn something after the Titanic. But seeing that the caption of the ship was a replicant of some kind as he said he was engineered? Seems like this makes sense. Good moral of the story however.

[@leightonkekuewa1545]

I find it hard that any ship doesn’t have enough fuel for the small margin of error that is the weight of a small child. Like only a few dozen kilograms? Cmon.

[@ronjon7942]

Um, maybe because it’s a story written to evoke an emotional connection between the writer and the reader?

[@travismcgowan9698]

well done this was easy to watch!

[@michaelbperry5450]

They should have thrown out a hundred pounds of food and water and clothes and wall paneling.

[@krashd]

Baths are heavy, whether iron or enamel, flinging the bath out would have been my thought.

[@DubzCo]

Couldn’t they have thrown out some tables or chairs or something

[@ladylindemanmogot9992]

He better throwed his chair into space for less weight so the girl could stay, I say!

[@chriseaston1392]

Great short.loved it.

[@psycho.dad5252]

a rock and a harder place. DAMN

[@deanotaggo9788]

Good but depressing

[@davemi00]

Eject the Empty Pods would solve the Weight Problem. Both of them would survive. Duh !

[@michaelevansdcgned3750]

Can you please provide captions so I can show it to students in my class? Thank you.

[@moosehand8721]

Fill the gawdam gas tank up next time!

[@shadowhawk1st]

Oh wow. That didn't go the way I thought it would. Was hoping they had a solution. Silly me.

[@barbarastock3568]

I love this film, but am frustrated that they've made it inaccessible to deaf/HoH. Last year, it was available with captions. Now the captions have been removed. Why do that?

[@greyman1k]

Damn, that's harsh.

[@chrisbentleywalkingandrambling]

Nice one 👍

[@BipolarMush]

This is a video that would get just about anyone hook on Dust.

[@TinyTalesBookClub]

why would the ship have just enough to get there? What happens if something happens in transit? What happens if they have to perform an emergency rescue for a SOS? It makes no sense whatsoever. On top of that, this ship is carrying life saving medicine, and they budget it like that? I just don't see it.

[@krashd]

It's a space capsule, if something goes wrong with the landing then it is going to hit the ground with a bang, if I was in it when that happened I'd want all fuel tanks to be completely empty. But that's just how I think, and how almost every airline on the planet thinks.

[@mah7961]

Don’t know who came up with the story first. Twilight zone, outer limits, etc. every time they remake it. It’s always heartbreaking.

[@stevie-ray2020]

This is a variation on the 'child on the track versus crashing the train' moral conundrum!

[@krashd]

@@stevie-ray2020 Not really as in that problem if you choose to crash the train the child survives, whereas in this story there was absolutely no way for the kid to survive - she could die alone or she could take the lives of 7 people and a cyborg with her.

[@andromedanative6677]

Remake of a Twilight Zone episode.

[@keithweston3980]

Kind of. The twilight zone episode itself was made from a short story of the same name by Tom Godwin; "The Cold Equations", as they mention in the description. During writing he had to redo it multiple times, as he kept coming up with ways to save the girl -- and the editor (John Campbell) knew that that plot point was the essential, if horrific, point.

[@emotionalintelligence776]

If you live in America you'd sadly come to terms that everything is either a rehash or a remake. Sometimes they are great and other times they're not even worth the effort of being called trash, Lol.

[@ricardocarmona5210]

I thought he was going to change his mind.

[@aarond1622]

Would have been better had he had to drag her thrashing and screaming to the airlock.

[@russellharvey6652]

Think. Coulda thrown 50 kilos of stuff out the airlock instead of the girl.

[@krashd]

Then when Tony Montana asks "Do you got the stuff?" what is the pilot expected to say?

[@Redstar-f4e]

Not to worry. Next life you'll learn to make better decisions.

[@Meloncolliepoet]

I remember this being a Twilight Zone episode or something... back in the late 80's, I think?

[@Aurinkohirvi]

Sci-fi problems with a story. But not gonna get into those. It's a good short, and acting is superb.

[@MikeSmith-is1yy]

Way to much dust in the air for a ship in the vacuum of space.

[@victorrodriguez2435]

Put captions Please, to have my thumb up