This is an example of how our character and personality and ultimate destiny is formed. The journey, not the destination that defines our worth by others and ourselves.
the afterlife! the lower entry levels, at least. Not of this world indeed. one becomes surrounded by projections of what one is, here. A kind of "final Judgement" as it were. Thank you for making this. I love videos like this one. the storyline, here, is in the scenes. I am 81 years old, now. Soon enough I might could be experiencing worlds not of this earth nor of this physical reality laws!
This film is enjoyable even without worrying about all the minutiae and details. Sometimes it's worth just letting the story wash over you and taking it for whatever you feel is relevant/important. But if you're looking for more, this post will oblige. FWIW, here are my thoughts. Settle in. In the opening scene, the protagonist's imagination about the Void is running wild but it's broken when he looks up at the gateway leading to it. The protagonist (per IMDB, Ares) then has a brief conversation with a co-worker (per IMDB, a colonist). Ares is presumed headed for the Void. Without seeing him enter, we are then returned to the prior storyline where it has already been suggested that inquisitiveness/fearlessness is essential when in the Void. Fittingly, the Greek god of courage is named Ares. He’s also the god of war. Though the latter is not explored in this video, it may be in other episodes.
As the story continues, the second stop involves Ares encountering his antithesis--the timid John (per IMDB). John apparently got there unwillingly due to death (rather than via the gate) and states he’s "already seen too much" and just wants "to go home." Since arriving a longtime ago, John hasn't made a move, let alone one that involves going forward. Ares is having none of that. John seems wholly unfamiliar with Ares tech. This tells us that John’s death was from a prior time to Ares on Earth. But the two confirm they are both human. Concerned about leaving John behind, Ares leaves John with a communication device as he knows he's got to keep pushing forward. Ares is warned by John that the door that lies ahead wasn't made for us. Ares agrees but he also knows humanity has come this far just by figuring things out and that that's enough to compel him to continue the journey.
The next stop is a home that has a nonresponsive being inside that looks like Ares' mom. When he reaches out to touch her, she transforms into a Ares lookalike to converse with him stating "A man dreams of an artificial savior. But man, too, is artificial." This can be interpreted as man is but a dream of another entity/god. But more likely, it means that Ares has entered the home of the Creators. The Creators are the mother of humanity’s existence and that existence may be a simulation.
At the next stop, Ares casts any hesitation aside as he jumps headlong into the light. A quick cut back to John has him apologizing for Ares’ assertiveness. So, besides just being timid John considers exploration of the space to apparently be a form of transgression. Returning to Ares, he witnesses the Earth succumbing to some kind of tragedy. But not even that will deter him. He is tested with a simulation of the Tree of Life (a parable involving an artificial savior, no less). The Tree of Life is also sometimes called The Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil. Does Ares knowingly take a bite despite the myth of the apple supposedly being a forbidden fruit? With little to no hesitation, Ares plucks it and readily consumes it.
The next stop is at a simulation of an ancient step pyramid. This seems to represents that the Creators are ancient. Inside, Ares sees a small-scale model of the opening scene. He also sees a hall of human statues kneeling to observe/study/rever(?) what appear to be different kinds of individual universes held in the hands of each of the statues. This can be taken to symbolize that the Creators are responsible for the multiverse (of course, the information section mentions an “Infinite Universe.”) At the end of the hall, Ares sees John and chases after him into hallways marked with what appear to be computational designs.
Ares fails to reach John and instead ends up in another location. There are three white lines that emanate out of the hallway and which are similar to I/O lines on a PCM board. The floor of the new location ripples. All of this may be symbolism implying that the Creators make use of quantum foam for running their simulations. In this room are two statues: a white one and a red one, standing at opposition each looking at an open door. For white, the door is blinding white. For red, it resembles a night’s sky. Ares looks at both. The three lines only lead to the white door. But that doesn’t stop him from taking a look out the other door first. Upon doing so, he encounters a black hole. This could be suggesting our simulation is ultimately powered by a black hole. While observing it, he gets a signal. This presumably is coming from the device previously given to John. He steps back from the abyss and heads for the bright white door. Cuz there’s “No going back.”
Falling through that door, he ends up in a room full of rough-form human models/statues forming a ring. After walking to the clearing in the middle, Ares asks “Is this what you want me to see?” He is then uplifted/engulfed by a white light. Embodied with it, Ares then uses the power of the light to walk around the room at FTL speeds. Realizng the power he now commands, Ares then travels beyond the room in an apparent effort to find John.
John finally shows some initiative and goes on his journey. It’s similar to Ares’ but it turns out differently...obviously since he’s team red. He’s too afraid/terrified to converse with the entity inside the house. We see glitches in the simulation numerous times during his journey. The gospel of this John withers as he encounters a dying Tree of Life and no apple. Though the leaves have fallen from the tree, they are still alive. Yet, he ignores them and walks over them as he’s compelled to touch the dark/dying tree. The simulation refutes his touch and he ends up at the step pyramid. He runs through the hall of statues to the exit. It’s at this moment in spacetime, that he becomes momentarily observable to Ares. While running through the hallway, he hears Ares’ yells as muffled screaching as he chases after him. He successfully makes it to the white/red room, but it’s at a different time from Ares. After going out the door leading to the black hole, his communication device begins playing a song...apparently triggered by the Voyager 1 probe which has come under the influence of the black hole. This, of course, is the signal that Ares ends up detecting. John turns away from the black hole and heads for the white door. On the floor is a single red line bracketed by two white ones. Upon reaching the ring of models, one disintegrates after a momentary simulation glitch. He then encounters the same light that engulfed Ares. However, the light’s melding with John leaves him damaged, scarred and agitated. After destroying the models, he punches the ground and soon after realizes that wasn’t such a good idea.
According to his detector, Ares thinks he’s tracked John...but he’s not there...until he turns around.
Two interesting concepts. We're just a thought, in the mind of a god, but what if that god, or all god's as we 'know' them, are just our own higher concepts? And still just a thought in the mind of god? And who is to say that particular god isn't just a thought in the mind of a higher god and so on, all the way up the line, each of them nothing more than a nanofragment of an atom of an overall picture? See what you made me do?! 🤪😂
This was so enjoyable. I haven't been so captivated and engaged by a film like this had me. I was stunned by the visuals and music used so perfectly balanced only ever adding to the story witch had me second guessing so much i had to surrender to the fact i didn't know were this was going , what was going to happen nevt was the most important thing, kept me like that until the end and yeah i had to watch it again straight away. The symbolism everywhere without overshadowing the actors superb delivery Freshest thing I've seen in ages, Still don't know how to definitely interpret what i just watched
What are we dealing with? Theology, philosophy, free will, metaphysics, and the multiverse. Perhaps HEAVEN and HELL from their perspective. KUDOS to you Sir. Dude, my MIND was BLOWN! 😮
Final comment; Thank you Unfamiliar Cosmos for what is one of the top science fiction films I've seen in the last two years. It's brilliant. I hope via my prior comments that I've demonstrated that I "get" it. I chose not to comment on specific symbolism to keep it concise but could go on at length. Ignore the haters/under-appreciators. UF rocks. Amazing work!
Part of my take, too, although I also posited it could represent the duality of nature in one person, that internal struggle between good and bad, both vying for dominance.
@@billyandrew 50 odd thousand out of how many people on the Internet? We're just a dot of odd color that most surfers ignore in their rush to the nudist beaches of Celebrity Gossip, Doom Porn, Day Glow Cats, and Political Sniping. A candle in a sea of darkness, holding normalcy at bay by sheer will and determination.
A visual masterpiece, highly enjoyable soundtrack, backing a fantastic concept, executed by two believable and talented actors... Both undergo the same journey, one driven by what appears to be altruistic enthusiasm, the other by reluctant fear, their approaches delivering equally different results. I say that, but also wonder if it isn't representative of both sides of our individual nature, wherein we sometimes make good and bad decisions, which lead us down alternate paths...too many bad and our fate takes us down a deserved dark road, enough good decisions and things can only get better, exponentially. Sometimes, most times, in fact, we're a mixture of both, partly victim to our emotional response, partly victor from our choice of logical decency. Probably talking out of my ozone--friendly aerosol at this point, reading into the story in a different way than intended, as I usually tend to do. 😂 Loved the _Voyager_ scene, but unsure if it's one or two. I was considering if it indicated the points I raised, above, or two possible responses to our invite to other species. Also as an indication, seeing as both were sent in opposite (Ahem!) directions of which part, outside our Sol system the story is taking place. Just one more reason for me to rewatch...a few times at least. I'll have a look at the description, once I've finished this novelette, to see how far off I am from the script. 😂😂😂 The story's conclusion leaves the door open for further work on his particular project, which I and at least 54k others hope you'll expand upon. You and everyone involved have done yourselves more than proud and have my highest praise!
Well, what can I say, I popped in for a coffee and some early morning Sci Fi, and found this stream of existential angst and concern about our place in the universe. Great. To be honest, I almost clicked away at around the 2 minute mark, but I'm glad I didn't. Turned out to be well worth staying on for, pretty sure I missed lots of the symbolism so I'll probably have another look later when I'm less "angsty" (i.e. I've been to work and secured MY place in the universe for another day.). Well done and thank you.
No work for me. Almost ten past eleven AM, just watched this and equally sure the Universe and Fate have things in hand for me, all being part of a predestined plan, set in motion, aons ago, culminating in me feeling cosmicaly blissful and at one with everything. We each play our part. 😂
very complex, so many various possibilities, what is ....... is ... I think I would have been terrified, maybe immobile, but eventually, being driven to act or react, one would certainly face what is and what is not. Fear vs Fearless
You'd do okay. The scared dude is doomed to remain there with nothing changing for him...ever. Better, as you say, to implement the change yourself by taking the plunge.
At 23:21 an excerpt of the hauntingly beautiful blues song "Dark Was the Night" by Blind Willie Johnson included on the '77 Voyager 1 deep space probe's Sounds of Earth golden disk along w/Bach, et al; begins playing as the V1 probe is seen flying by, indicating that in this short an unearthly intelligence encountered Voyager - an integral clue to understanding this film.
Wasn't sure if it was _Voyager I_ or _II_ but our characters certainly epitomise two of the most likely responses we'll receive to our, hopefully, intergalactic invite. 😂
I seriously loved this! I love a good film that makes you go "wait...i'm not sure I got it. Let's see that again." This makes me want to go back and see what other symbolism I may have missed the first time around. Was that your intent? Cool and creative narrative. Can't wait to see more of your work!
Now that's a fucking show !! I haven't seen anything so fucked up since The Quiet Earth. This is like reading old hard core sci-fi before it sucked ass. Out fucking standing guys, faith restored. .
we all have our journey to take and it is somewhere between good and evil???? day and night. take from it what you will., life's a mutha? `i liked it for the visuals,
🔵 WAY more nebulous than ANY Fellini film I've ever seen!...... I've absolutely NO idea what I just finished watching,... Maybe it'll come to me later.
I still can't quite believe I just saw that. That was an incredible experience...the symbolism was extraordinary, with layer on layer. The tree's transition from 3D to 2D completely caught me off guard and made me think of how a 4D representation could be explained...and the way the characters were influencing what was being shown them? Brilliantly done. And the cavernous place with the big pointing statue was a revelation - all part of a big machine set aside in it's own little bubble universe? So many question. And the moment was captured beautifully and mournfully when Blind Willy drifted in while the kid was witnessing the black hole. I'd love to know if the figures in the Room of Statues represented different possibilities of each character, with each of them drawing different things from the experience - one accepting it, and one rejecting it. One seeing his place in the cosmos, but the other only taking comfort in power..? So many questions..all asked so wonderfully - and I felt no exclusion at not being able to answer them. After all..how does one explain an infinite universe, let alone what can go on in it? My hat is off the Phelan Davis the writer/director/actor. The whole thing was put together excellently. BRAVO!!
Ditto what you say, particularly the praise, as you put it so much better than I did, touching on points I'd missed or forgotten. I'll need to watch this a few times.
Very cool; its good to get out and stretch ones legs thru infinity...I just wouldn't want to do it in a t-shirt . That's where the one dude messed up: you need a good suit, or at least a good leather jacket and some gloves, maybe a cowboy hat,....clearly some shades,maybe a bandana,and some good boots. I've traveled all over...the country, and that usually kept me in good stead. You need just a little psychological armor, no matter how near or how far.In my opinion. But, good flick....that took a lotta work.
See, not everyone looks at life the way you and I do...one potential adventure. The less prepared dude is one of those unaware they are actually alive, living, until they get snatched out of their every day existence. A late arriving bus or taxi, a queue, an unexpected argument between two strangers, these kind of things takes them out of their comfort zones, makes them long for the safety of home and a door between them and the world, so they are ill prepared for change...any change. I kit myself out every day, a backpack and pockets containing various accoutrements. Maybe that's why I always meet strange and interesting folk. City, town, country, I'm geared up for wherever I end up. Probably why this vid appeals to me.
As if Orson Wells procreated with 2001 a space odyssey in a Tardis on set in an Amiga whilst enjoying a Gargle Blaster while a Cylon offers you another toke off an orange mothball.
At around 9 min in i started thinking I'd figured everything out, this is hilarious, how well done mixing the jokes into a crazy, sci-fi, filmable perspective; time wasn't important, the light tear from the sides of the headset, I thought this was about being in a VR. Laughed my ass off, It all fit too well, made too much sense, it was one of the smartest funny videos I'd watched in a while, good job! Til around 12 min in when i saw a pyramid and it wasn't close to over, it was not halfway through and remembered it was a 30 min video I'm nowhere near right just very very stoned and enjoying my version of this movie way better and laughed a bunch about that too so I thought I'd share too funny not to. yw
23;23 great googly moogly, dig zem crazy blooz man, dem wobbly toon are far out, that's really with it, really with it & crazy, whoa, whoa man dat dem cwazy bloooz fwon a laid back dood, nice.
It has...a short film. 😂 I get what you mean; Why hasn't it been made into a feature length film? Maybe the film maker intends it as an open-ended work? Maybe using it as a concept to raise funds for a feature film? Maybe it's the opening episode of a planned series? Whatever the film maker's intent, it's promoted 54 thousand thumbs up in just a year! All we can do is keep our fingers crossed the work continues.
I had some doubts early on. But this paid off handsomely. Great concepts, cool CGI, professional soundtrack, solid directing and acting. Kudos to everyone involved in this production. Glad to see more episodes are planned and dropping (ruclips.net/video/tbh2cRfRLkA/видео.html. Hope you get lots of subscribers. Keep up the great work.
@@billyandrew (explore our talents) to surrect planets is how to live in a universe - mars belongs to life in an infinite universe it makes sense to catch solar wind - pull cables from pole to pole slightly offset for the dynamo effect (to master a solar system as identity) infinite accelleration as opening sequence in an infinite universe where planets are fed by solar wind and stars and galaxies are fed by cosmic radiation
@@billyandrew - give eveyone 9m diameter luxury apartments, large river-like lakes for indoor walks, seafood and o2 algea - water ice as bulding material be self-repairing and give large structures in no time - waterlocks as airlocks make living easy (a proper mars suit could be a 'beachball' with arms and legs sticking out) melt large amounts of ice with reflectors - water absorbs dust and radiation as heat boiloff be greenhouse insulation and atmospheric pressure (once it rains fish can survive mars nature)
Just think...a few years from now folk will laugh at your antiquated machinery the way we laugh at crystal set radios, valve and tube televisions and tape recording machines now. 😂
Per my prior post re: song excerpt at 23:21, one poster did note the blues but none mentioned the Voyager 1 probe/the Sounds of Earth disk nor the plaque which is even shown briefly detailing who & where we are (probe also includes basic math info like prime #'s, etc), how to play the disk & more. Posts re: symbolism/art/beauty are great but zero specifics? One "got" the lucidity vrs fear in a multiverse theme, but none made the Voyager 1 connection which provides the how & why. You're welcome lol.
Read my other posts here for a few clues. Or here, I'll just paste my reply to a couple very rude commenters who unlike you did not express common politeness when wondering what happened. These words are not aimed at you but give the basic idea especially when read along with my first post: If you knew about the history of space exploration (the Voyager 1 probe specifically) and were more well-educated or otherwise aware of certain archetypal symbols & of the power of open-mindedness over fear you'd have a much greater chance of understanding this perfect narrative about humans slipping into or being "invited" into a multiverse.
There were a lot of super chaotic abstract visuals with hardly a storyline. I doubt that many folks understand this short film. People can interpret it a thousand ways probably but still there's nothing solid to follow.
Perhaps you'd be kind enough to point me in the direction of your own body of work, so I can enjoy watching how a master, like yourself, goes about doing the job perfectly? Or is this a bogus account...attached to two others? 🤔😉😂
If you knew about the history of space exploration (the Voyager 1 probe specifically) and were more well-educated or otherwise aware of certain archetypal symbols & of the power of open-mindedness over fear you'd have a much greater chance of understanding this perfect narrative about humans slipping into or being "invited" into a multiverse.
*Le Smith* I notice a distinct lack of content on your channel, which is not unusual from self appointed experts, who have a tendency to lash out, like a petulant five year old, when they lack any idea what a film is all about. Smh and lol.
@@billyandrew So, expert in all things, tell me what this underacted and overly cinematic short was all about. I'm all ears. And, by the way, I have no channel. I've watched thousands of shorts, some meaningful, some not. I'm entitled to my opinion without being called names. Are you suggesting that all comments be positive? Are you suggesting everyone should think the same way? And, by the way, a tomato meter score of 5 is fairly good.
*Le Smith* I've already commented, but, narcissist that you are, it would never have occurred to you to see if any other comments held validity, being as you're so self obssessed and cannot fathom that others do not share your opinion. I'll leave you to wallow in your self indulgent ignorance.
@@billyandrew Reactions like yours is exactly why I don't read a lot of the comments. You can call me names all you want. You have the obsession. It was 4 months ago I last replied to your snide remarks, and out of the blue you cough up another hairball of wisdom. You must be some lefty liberal loon. If people don't see things your way you have a fit.
If you knew about the history of space exploration (the Voyager 1 probe specifically) and were more well-educated or otherwise aware of certain archetypal symbols & of the power of open-mindedness over fear you'd have a much greater chance of understanding this perfect narrative about humans slipping into or being "invited" into a multiverse.
Michael Kottler .... Thanks for your comments Michael. Multiverse? You have a wonderful imagination so good luck to you when you have to face reality. There is no time travel either Michael
Why dafuq are you watching a Sci-Fi film, Joe? You obviously disdain the subject, going by your comments. No content on your own channel, I couldn't help notice. I was hoping you'd have posted at least one example of your own work, so the rest of us could compare and see how an expert like you goes about doing the job properly, seeing as you have such demanding standards.
@@billyandrew you didn't explain anything. You used incomplete sentences. You have two "First names". [I explained more in this comment than you and the film combined]
The sentences used were stand alone, far from incomplete, but your mind isn't geared to critical or constructive thinking, hence your difficulty in understanding many things. You failed to explain any of what you hadn't grasped, eliciting the 'And?' from myself, as an invitation to elucidate, which you failed to do. I went on to suggest you read the intro as a means of understanding. Either you failed to do that or have no idea how to access the intro, either of which can be easily remedied by reading or asking how to access. In closing, I do not use two forenames. Andrew is a surname, a clan name, in fact, but your lack of knowledge and education has left you ignorant of this fact, leading you to mistakenly make a foolish comment, which will still on the internet for as long as it exists for folk to see in decades, if not centuries to come and give future generations something to laugh about.
@@billyandrew your in depth explanation from my comment seemed to fill in the blanks for you to be satisfied; your grand assumption from the little dialog that I gave. *If only I had given you more exposition , you'd been more accurate about what you read* ... just like this film - not enough exposition.
You need mind altering substance for this one 'cause I totally didn't get it. Wasted my 30 minutes dozing off here and there. Thanks anyway for the free ride.
Look into the eyes of those you converse with. Notice how uninterested in you they really are. Hardly surprising, considering you're dreary. Overlooked, ignored or laughed at behind your back, because you're recognised as being an insignificant, talentless nobody by everyone around you. It enriches my life, knowing I'm not you or anything like you. 😂
Mama told me if I didn't have anything nice to say, to say something nice anyway. Lol You people are probably really nice, chill people. There. There's my "something nice". As for the movie I can't comment again 🤐 bc I'll have to keep saying something nice. Sorry
Most useless comment award goes to you. People need to know what’s wrong to improve, it’s called constructive criticism. As for saying something nice, it’s the context that makes a comment nice, not the contents of what is said.
One took the journey as a fearless adventure, the other as a fearful one. Isaac Asimov and Ray Bradbury would be proud.
This is an example of how our character and personality and ultimate destiny is formed. The journey, not the destination that defines our worth by others and ourselves.
the afterlife! the lower entry levels, at least. Not of this world indeed. one becomes surrounded by projections of what one is, here. A kind of "final Judgement" as it were.
Thank you for making this. I love videos like this one. the storyline, here, is in the scenes.
I am 81 years old, now. Soon enough I might could be experiencing worlds not of this earth nor of this physical reality laws!
This film is enjoyable even without worrying about all the minutiae and details. Sometimes it's worth just letting the story wash over you and taking it for whatever you feel is relevant/important. But if you're looking for more, this post will oblige. FWIW, here are my thoughts. Settle in.
In the opening scene, the protagonist's imagination about the Void is running wild but it's broken when he looks up at the gateway leading to it. The protagonist (per IMDB, Ares) then has a brief conversation with a co-worker (per IMDB, a colonist). Ares is presumed headed for the Void. Without seeing him enter, we are then returned to the prior storyline where it has already been suggested that inquisitiveness/fearlessness is essential when in the Void. Fittingly, the Greek god of courage is named Ares. He’s also the god of war. Though the latter is not explored in this video, it may be in other episodes.
As the story continues, the second stop involves Ares encountering his antithesis--the timid John (per IMDB). John apparently got there unwillingly due to death (rather than via the gate) and states he’s "already seen too much" and just wants "to go home." Since arriving a longtime ago, John hasn't made a move, let alone one that involves going forward. Ares is having none of that. John seems wholly unfamiliar with Ares tech. This tells us that John’s death was from a prior time to Ares on Earth. But the two confirm they are both human. Concerned about leaving John behind, Ares leaves John with a communication device as he knows he's got to keep pushing forward. Ares is warned by John that the door that lies ahead wasn't made for us. Ares agrees but he also knows humanity has come this far just by figuring things out and that that's enough to compel him to continue the journey.
The next stop is a home that has a nonresponsive being inside that looks like Ares' mom. When he reaches out to touch her, she transforms into a Ares lookalike to converse with him stating "A man dreams of an artificial savior. But man, too, is artificial." This can be interpreted as man is but a dream of another entity/god. But more likely, it means that Ares has entered the home of the Creators. The Creators are the mother of humanity’s existence and that existence may be a simulation.
At the next stop, Ares casts any hesitation aside as he jumps headlong into the light. A quick cut back to John has him apologizing for Ares’ assertiveness. So, besides just being timid John considers exploration of the space to apparently be a form of transgression. Returning to Ares, he witnesses the Earth succumbing to some kind of tragedy. But not even that will deter him. He is tested with a simulation of the Tree of Life (a parable involving an artificial savior, no less). The Tree of Life is also sometimes called The Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil. Does Ares knowingly take a bite despite the myth of the apple supposedly being a forbidden fruit? With little to no hesitation, Ares plucks it and readily consumes it.
The next stop is at a simulation of an ancient step pyramid. This seems to represents that the Creators are ancient. Inside, Ares sees a small-scale model of the opening scene. He also sees a hall of human statues kneeling to observe/study/rever(?) what appear to be different kinds of individual universes held in the hands of each of the statues. This can be taken to symbolize that the Creators are responsible for the multiverse (of course, the information section mentions an “Infinite Universe.”) At the end of the hall, Ares sees John and chases after him into hallways marked with what appear to be computational designs.
Ares fails to reach John and instead ends up in another location. There are three white lines that emanate out of the hallway and which are similar to I/O lines on a PCM board. The floor of the new location ripples. All of this may be symbolism implying that the Creators make use of quantum foam for running their simulations. In this room are two statues: a white one and a red one, standing at opposition each looking at an open door. For white, the door is blinding white. For red, it resembles a night’s sky. Ares looks at both. The three lines only lead to the white door. But that doesn’t stop him from taking a look out the other door first. Upon doing so, he encounters a black hole. This could be suggesting our simulation is ultimately powered by a black hole. While observing it, he gets a signal. This presumably is coming from the device previously given to John. He steps back from the abyss and heads for the bright white door. Cuz there’s “No going back.”
Falling through that door, he ends up in a room full of rough-form human models/statues forming a ring. After walking to the clearing in the middle, Ares asks “Is this what you want me to see?” He is then uplifted/engulfed by a white light. Embodied with it, Ares then uses the power of the light to walk around the room at FTL speeds. Realizng the power he now commands, Ares then travels beyond the room in an apparent effort to find John.
John finally shows some initiative and goes on his journey. It’s similar to Ares’ but it turns out differently...obviously since he’s team red. He’s too afraid/terrified to converse with the entity inside the house. We see glitches in the simulation numerous times during his journey. The gospel of this John withers as he encounters a dying Tree of Life and no apple. Though the leaves have fallen from the tree, they are still alive. Yet, he ignores them and walks over them as he’s compelled to touch the dark/dying tree. The simulation refutes his touch and he ends up at the step pyramid. He runs through the hall of statues to the exit. It’s at this moment in spacetime, that he becomes momentarily observable to Ares. While running through the hallway, he hears Ares’ yells as muffled screaching as he chases after him. He successfully makes it to the white/red room, but it’s at a different time from Ares. After going out the door leading to the black hole, his communication device begins playing a song...apparently triggered by the Voyager 1 probe which has come under the influence of the black hole. This, of course, is the signal that Ares ends up detecting. John turns away from the black hole and heads for the white door. On the floor is a single red line bracketed by two white ones. Upon reaching the ring of models, one disintegrates after a momentary simulation glitch. He then encounters the same light that engulfed Ares. However, the light’s melding with John leaves him damaged, scarred and agitated. After destroying the models, he punches the ground and soon after realizes that wasn’t such a good idea.
According to his detector, Ares thinks he’s tracked John...but he’s not there...until he turns around.
Two interesting concepts.
We're just a thought, in the mind of a god, but what if that god, or all god's as we 'know' them, are just our own higher concepts?
And still just a thought in the mind of god?
And who is to say that particular god isn't just a thought in the mind of a higher god and so on, all the way up the line, each of them nothing more than a nanofragment of an atom of an overall picture?
See what you made me do?! 🤪😂
@@jaybingham3711 Well done on that 'synopsis.'
This was so enjoyable. I haven't been so captivated and engaged by a film like this had me. I was stunned by the visuals and music used so perfectly balanced only ever adding to the story witch had me second guessing so much i had to surrender to the fact i didn't know were this was going , what was going to happen nevt was the most important thing, kept me like that until the end and yeah i had to watch it again straight away. The symbolism everywhere without overshadowing the actors superb delivery
Freshest thing I've seen in ages,
Still don't know how to definitely interpret what i just watched
So glad you liked it! Chapter 2 Just dropped FYI
What are we dealing with?
Theology, philosophy, free will, metaphysics, and the multiverse.
Perhaps HEAVEN and HELL from their perspective.
KUDOS to you Sir.
Dude, my MIND was BLOWN! 😮
Really liked it! Really! Really! Really! Mind blown without the benefit of drugs! Reach! Reach
A popular concept. That a brave and spontanius person should fare better than a fearfull one.
Love the designs and places...Looks alot like my dreams.
Final comment; Thank you Unfamiliar Cosmos for what is one of the top science fiction films I've seen in the last two years. It's brilliant. I hope via my prior comments that I've demonstrated that I "get" it. I chose not to comment on specific symbolism to keep it concise but could go on at length. Ignore the haters/under-appreciators. UF rocks. Amazing work!
So glad you liked it! Chapter 2 Just dropped FYI
Amazing work! Symbols within symbols... very well thought out. Love it!!
"Dark Was the Night, Cold Was the Ground". From Blind WIllie Johnson and included on the Viking missions golden disks. Nice touch..
what did I just watch?? and why was it so compelling?? I *do* think someone slipped me some LSD!😮😲
Very impressive. A mixture of 2001, 2010 and Interstellar with its own flair. Very impressive.
Wot, no 2013? 😜😂
I know what you mean, though.
Holy fever dream, Batman! Peyote is one mind melt of a drug!
This was like a great nightmare that merge into a fantastic day of writing science fiction and fantasy. Love it!!
Curiosity and fear, on the same path manifesting different worlds....
Part of my take, too, although I also posited it could represent the duality of nature in one person, that internal struggle between good and bad, both vying for dominance.
I liked it. Don't really know what happened though. Felt like we were exploring vastly exotic realms.
All in the mind.
Amazing place.
To quote our friend, ' Fascinating' !
YT has figured out that I'm weird, so this is recommended. Actually, it is one of few that I enjoyed this much.
Me, too, but judging by the viewing figures we two weirdos aren't alone.
We're now an army of 54k in just one year alone!
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@@billyandrew 50 odd thousand out of how many people on the Internet? We're just a dot of odd color that most surfers ignore in their rush to the nudist beaches of Celebrity Gossip, Doom Porn, Day Glow Cats, and Political Sniping. A candle in a sea of darkness, holding normalcy at bay by sheer will and determination.
Just doing our bit for sanity.
A visual masterpiece, highly enjoyable soundtrack, backing a fantastic concept, executed by two believable and talented actors...
Both undergo the same journey, one driven by what appears to be altruistic enthusiasm, the other by reluctant fear, their approaches delivering equally different results.
I say that, but also wonder if it isn't representative of both sides of our individual nature, wherein we sometimes make good and bad decisions, which lead us down alternate paths...too many bad and our fate takes us down a deserved dark road, enough good decisions and things can only get better, exponentially.
Sometimes, most times, in fact, we're a mixture of both, partly victim to our
emotional response, partly victor from our choice of logical decency.
Probably talking out of my ozone--friendly aerosol at this point, reading into the story in a different way than intended, as I usually tend to do. 😂
Loved the _Voyager_ scene, but unsure if it's one or two.
I was considering if it indicated the points I raised, above, or two possible responses to our invite to other species.
Also as an indication, seeing as both were sent in opposite (Ahem!) directions of which part, outside our Sol system the story is taking place.
Just one more reason for me to rewatch...a few times at least.
I'll have a look at the description, once I've finished this novelette, to see how far off I am from the script. 😂😂😂
The story's conclusion leaves the door open for further work on his particular project, which I and at least 54k others hope you'll expand upon.
You and everyone involved have done yourselves more than proud and have my highest praise!
So glad that you liked it dude! We just released Chapter 2 as well.
Ah, it's a cosmic super-hero/villain origin story...
Yes, that's exactly what I think too. The creator certainly had some huge imagination. I found it very interesting.
honestly best film of 2020 💯
I enjoyed a lot your film, thanks! Very intriguing and captivating until the last moment.Bravo!
Reminds me of the end of 2001 A Space Odyssey.
Well, what can I say, I popped in for a coffee and some early morning Sci Fi, and found this stream of existential angst and concern about our place in the universe. Great. To be honest, I almost clicked away at around the 2 minute mark, but I'm glad I didn't. Turned out to be well worth staying on for, pretty sure I missed lots of the symbolism so I'll probably have another look later when I'm less "angsty" (i.e. I've been to work and secured MY place in the universe for another day.). Well done and thank you.
No work for me.
Almost ten past eleven AM, just watched this and equally sure the Universe and Fate have things in hand for me, all being part of a predestined plan, set in motion, aons ago, culminating in me feeling cosmicaly blissful and at one with everything.
We each play our part. 😂
Extremely abstract!
Great effects
Superb graphics and amazing story line! Great acting as well! Totally amazing.
Some are empowered by the unknown. Others are broken by it. (Maybe, I don't know.)
Summed up nicely.
very complex, so many various possibilities, what is ....... is ... I think I would have been terrified, maybe immobile, but eventually, being driven to act or react, one would certainly face what is and what is not. Fear vs Fearless
You'd do okay.
The scared dude is doomed to remain there with nothing changing for him...ever.
Better, as you say, to implement the change yourself by taking the plunge.
Dang...I'm not even half way through and you've got me. 🔥
That was awesome 👍. Hopefully you'll expand and make the story continue. I'm ready for more. Thought provoking to say the least.
Very creative, well done and hope t see more work like this.
Phelan Davis is definitely a big fan of Stanislaw Lem's Solaris
You saw that, too.
Out There and I loved it somehow.
Wow! Reminds me when I enter my VR worlds...
At 23:21 an excerpt of the hauntingly beautiful blues song "Dark Was the Night" by Blind Willie Johnson included on the '77 Voyager 1 deep space probe's Sounds of Earth golden disk along w/Bach, et al; begins playing as the V1 probe is seen flying by, indicating that in this short an unearthly intelligence encountered Voyager - an integral clue to understanding this film.
Wasn't sure if it was _Voyager I_ or _II_ but our characters certainly epitomise two of the most likely responses we'll receive to our, hopefully, intergalactic invite. 😂
I seriously loved this! I love a good film that makes you go "wait...i'm not sure I got it. Let's see that again." This makes me want to go back and see what other symbolism I may have missed the first time around. Was that your intent? Cool and creative narrative. Can't wait to see more of your work!
Now that's a fucking show !! I haven't seen anything so fucked up since The Quiet Earth. This is like reading old hard core sci-fi before it sucked ass. Out fucking standing guys, faith restored. .
LET THE BATLE BEGIN ,,,,well done
we all have our journey to take and it is somewhere between good and evil???? day and night. take from it what you will., life's a mutha? `i liked it for the visuals,
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Similar take to my own.
You developed a very fascinating concept!!!
just watched your amazzzing film!!!
thank you kindly for your creative imagination and film craft...
daVida dada
Mesmerising and perfectly executed.
Felt like I was back stage of reality itself
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OSCAR WORTHY!
Bravo! Well Done!
More Please.
Wow, what a trip!
lost for words ...!
Very well done.
🔵 WAY more nebulous than ANY Fellini film I've ever seen!......
I've absolutely NO idea what I just finished watching,... Maybe it'll come to me later.
THIS WAS AWESOME. I'm a beginner filmmaker who also makes sci-fi films and this was really inspiring to me. I just subbed you.
"What's going on here?"
"I don't know."
My thoughts exactly.
I still can't quite believe I just saw that. That was an incredible experience...the symbolism was extraordinary, with layer on layer.
The tree's transition from 3D to 2D completely caught me off guard and made me think of how a 4D representation could be explained...and the way the characters were influencing what was being shown them? Brilliantly done.
And the cavernous place with the big pointing statue was a revelation - all part of a big machine set aside in it's own little bubble universe? So many question.
And the moment was captured beautifully and mournfully when Blind Willy drifted in while the kid was witnessing the black hole.
I'd love to know if the figures in the Room of Statues represented different possibilities of each character, with each of them drawing different things from the experience - one accepting it, and one rejecting it. One seeing his place in the cosmos, but the other only taking comfort in power..?
So many questions..all asked so wonderfully - and I felt no exclusion at not being able to answer them.
After all..how does one explain an infinite universe, let alone what can go on in it?
My hat is off the Phelan Davis the writer/director/actor. The whole thing was put together excellently. BRAVO!!
Ditto what you say, particularly the praise, as you put it so much better than I did, touching on points I'd missed or forgotten.
I'll need to watch this a few times.
Beautiful!
Very cool; its good to get out and stretch ones legs thru infinity...I just wouldn't want to do it in a t-shirt . That's where the one dude messed up: you need a good suit, or at least a good leather jacket and some gloves, maybe a cowboy hat,....clearly some shades,maybe a bandana,and some good boots. I've traveled all over...the country, and that usually kept me in good stead. You need just a little psychological armor, no matter how near or how far.In my opinion. But, good flick....that took a lotta work.
See, not everyone looks at life the way you and I do...one potential adventure.
The less prepared dude is one of those unaware they are actually alive, living, until they get snatched out of their every day existence.
A late arriving bus or taxi, a queue, an unexpected argument between two strangers, these kind of things takes them out of their comfort zones, makes them long for the safety of home and a door between them and the world, so they are ill prepared for change...any change.
I kit myself out every day, a backpack and pockets containing various accoutrements.
Maybe that's why I always meet strange and interesting folk.
City, town, country, I'm geared up for wherever I end up.
Probably why this vid appeals to me.
As if Orson Wells procreated with 2001 a space odyssey in a Tardis on set in an Amiga whilst enjoying a Gargle Blaster while a Cylon offers you another toke off an orange mothball.
You forgot the IV drips of hallucinogenics. 😜😂
Really interesting!
At around 9 min in i started thinking I'd figured everything out, this is hilarious, how well done mixing the jokes into a crazy, sci-fi, filmable perspective; time wasn't important, the light tear from the sides of the headset, I thought this was about being in a VR. Laughed my ass off, It all fit too well, made too much sense, it was one of the smartest funny videos I'd watched in a while, good job! Til around 12 min in when i saw a pyramid and it wasn't close to over, it was not halfway through and remembered it was a 30 min video I'm nowhere near right just very very stoned and enjoying my version of this movie way better and laughed a bunch about that too so I thought I'd share too funny not to. yw
Jodorowvich, Jean Giraud...
23;23 great googly moogly, dig zem crazy blooz man, dem wobbly toon are far out, that's really with it, really with it & crazy, whoa, whoa man dat dem cwazy bloooz fwon a laid back dood, nice.
Did...did you have a stroke ?
*sparkymist*
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Guess they were laid low by Blind Willie and those bottle blues.
Bravo! Superb, keep trying.
I LIKE THIS WHY! HASN'T IT BEEN MADE INTO A FILM
It has...a short film. 😂
I get what you mean; Why hasn't it been made into a feature length film?
Maybe the film maker intends it as an open-ended work?
Maybe using it as a concept to raise funds for a feature film?
Maybe it's the opening episode of a planned series?
Whatever the film maker's intent, it's promoted 54 thousand thumbs up in just a year!
All we can do is keep our fingers crossed the work continues.
@@billyandrew Chapter 2 coming soon
*Phelan*
Oh, I and many others certainly hope so!
How can you be so sure, though?
Are you part of the team?
@@billyandrew there’s a trailer for it on the channel
No idea what happened here. But I am pretty sure I have no idea what is happening is my own "reality", so it's all good.
Great job...Peace
Trippy
Main character: "I get it now."
Me: Glad someone does...
thats a bit dmt great film
was enjoyed
. thank you
Someone's been doing acid! Interesting visual exercise!
"Spaced Out Odyssey 2020"¿
Extreme forward-thinking
Good work, but I do not get it!?
I guess we all view it from our individual perspective.
My take on it was nothing like the description in the intro. 😂
I had some doubts early on. But this paid off handsomely. Great concepts, cool CGI, professional soundtrack, solid directing and acting. Kudos to everyone involved in this production. Glad to see more episodes are planned and dropping (ruclips.net/video/tbh2cRfRLkA/видео.html. Hope you get lots of subscribers. Keep up the great work.
Obliged for the link.
I'll give it a watch and maybe get back to you.
Thanks!
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Extremely weird and satisfyingly low budget.
(in an infinite accelerating universe everything that can happen will happen)
explore our talents - to master a solar system as identity
(life as center of the universe)
Centre of the universe?
Possibly.
The Multiverses as backdrop, scenery?
@@billyandrew
(explore our talents)
to surrect planets is how to live in a universe - mars belongs to life
in an infinite universe it makes sense to catch solar wind - pull cables from pole to pole slightly offset for the dynamo effect
(to master a solar system as identity)
infinite accelleration as opening sequence in an infinite universe where planets are fed by solar wind and stars and galaxies are fed by cosmic radiation
@@billyandrew - give eveyone 9m diameter luxury apartments, large river-like lakes for indoor walks, seafood and o2 algea - water ice as bulding material be self-repairing and give large structures in no time - waterlocks as airlocks make living easy
(a proper mars suit could be a 'beachball' with arms and legs sticking out)
melt large amounts of ice with reflectors - water absorbs dust and radiation as heat boiloff be greenhouse insulation and atmospheric pressure
(once it rains fish can survive mars nature)
Thank you. Going to burn this (4k) into a 4k BR with DVDfabs and watch it on my LG OLED later!
Just think...a few years from now folk will laugh at your antiquated machinery the way we laugh at crystal set radios, valve and tube televisions and tape recording machines now.
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Per my prior post re: song excerpt at 23:21, one poster did note the blues but none mentioned the Voyager 1 probe/the Sounds of Earth disk nor the plaque which is even shown briefly detailing who & where we are (probe also includes basic math info like prime #'s, etc), how to play the disk & more. Posts re: symbolism/art/beauty are great but zero specifics? One "got" the lucidity vrs fear in a multiverse theme, but none made the Voyager 1 connection which provides the how & why. You're welcome lol.
A little known film.
A slow burner, seemingly inane, however, develops well...
ruclips.net/video/wuaTM_9E-pU/видео.html
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Pacing.
how would you like to take acid and watch this.
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I've read or watched hundred of sci-fi stories over the years, but when it makes no sense, it's just stupid.
Too weird
Strange, what happened?
Read my other posts here for a few clues. Or here, I'll just paste my reply to a couple very rude commenters who unlike you did not express common politeness when wondering what happened. These words are not aimed at you but give the basic idea especially when read along with my first post:
If you knew about the history of space exploration (the Voyager 1 probe specifically) and were more well-educated or otherwise aware of certain archetypal symbols & of the power of open-mindedness over fear you'd have a much greater chance of understanding this perfect narrative about humans slipping into or being "invited" into a multiverse.
@@michaelkottler I get it, thanks!
Countless abstract visuals with little storyline to follow. This short film looks like a study in special effects and not an actual short film.
Huh?
I don't get it.
There were a lot of super chaotic abstract visuals with hardly a storyline. I doubt that many folks understand this short film. People can interpret it a thousand ways probably but still there's nothing solid to follow.
The 1980's called-they want their cheesy special effects back.
Perhaps you'd be kind enough to point me in the direction of your own body of work, so I can enjoy watching how a master, like yourself, goes about doing the job perfectly?
Or is this a bogus account...attached to two others?
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@@billyandrew I am one of your infinite and eternal manifestations transmitting this information through the 11th dimension matrix. You're welcome.
Fanx, Elliot.
Good to know I'm talking to myself...again, with considerate grace and aplomb. 😂😂😂
CGI can be fun and pointless.
If you knew about the history of space exploration (the Voyager 1 probe specifically) and were more well-educated or otherwise aware of certain archetypal symbols & of the power of open-mindedness over fear you'd have a much greater chance of understanding this perfect narrative about humans slipping into or being "invited" into a multiverse.
*Michael Kottler*
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Great eye candy but not much in the way of story. tomato meter: 5
get a job
*Le Smith*
I notice a distinct lack of content on your channel, which is not unusual from self appointed experts, who have a tendency to lash out, like a petulant five year old, when they lack any idea what a film is all about.
Smh and lol.
@@billyandrew So, expert in all things, tell me what this underacted and overly cinematic short was all about. I'm all ears. And, by the way, I have no channel. I've watched thousands of shorts, some meaningful, some not. I'm entitled to my opinion without being called names. Are you suggesting that all comments be positive? Are you suggesting everyone should think the same way? And, by the way, a tomato meter score of 5 is fairly good.
*Le Smith*
I've already commented, but, narcissist that you are, it would never have occurred to you to see if any other comments held validity, being as you're so self obssessed and cannot fathom that others do not share your opinion.
I'll leave you to wallow in your self indulgent ignorance.
@@billyandrew Reactions like yours is exactly why I don't read a lot of the comments. You can call me names all you want. You have the obsession. It was 4 months ago I last replied to your snide remarks, and out of the blue you cough up another hairball of wisdom. You must be some lefty liberal loon. If people don't see things your way you have a fit.
No story, obviously just an exercise in special effects. As clever as they were it was extremely boring. Well done
If you knew about the history of space exploration (the Voyager 1 probe specifically) and were more well-educated or otherwise aware of certain archetypal symbols & of the power of open-mindedness over fear you'd have a much greater chance of understanding this perfect narrative about humans slipping into or being "invited" into a multiverse.
Michael Kottler .... Thanks for your comments Michael. Multiverse? You have a wonderful imagination so good luck to you when you have to face reality. There is no time travel either Michael
Why dafuq are you watching a Sci-Fi film, Joe?
You obviously disdain the subject, going by your comments.
No content on your own channel, I couldn't help notice.
I was hoping you'd have posted at least one example of your own work, so the rest of us could compare and see how an expert like you goes about doing the job properly, seeing as you have such demanding standards.
No exposition from anyone
And?
Read the intro or post your own.
Anything else you need explained?
@@billyandrew you didn't explain anything. You used incomplete sentences. You have two "First names". [I explained more in this comment than you and the film combined]
The sentences used were stand alone, far from incomplete, but your mind isn't geared to critical or constructive thinking, hence your difficulty in understanding many things.
You failed to explain any of what you hadn't grasped, eliciting the 'And?' from myself, as an invitation to elucidate, which you failed to do.
I went on to suggest you read the intro as a means of understanding.
Either you failed to do that or have no idea how to access the intro, either of which can be easily remedied by reading or asking how to access.
In closing, I do not use two forenames.
Andrew is a surname, a clan name, in fact, but your lack of knowledge and education has left you ignorant of this fact, leading you to mistakenly make a foolish comment, which will still on the internet for as long as it exists for folk to see in decades, if not centuries to come and give future generations something to laugh about.
@@billyandrew your in depth explanation from my comment seemed to fill in the blanks for you to be satisfied; your grand assumption from the little dialog that I gave.
*If only I had given you more exposition , you'd been more accurate about what you read*
... just like this film - not enough exposition.
Plenty of interesting scenery, a black hole and a Voyager space probe. But ultimately, no point.
You need mind altering substance for this one 'cause I totally didn't get it. Wasted my 30 minutes dozing off here and there. Thanks anyway for the free ride.
Always the same, no imagination, just children, dramatic music, and dull pieces of technology.
watch a lot of children, do you?
Look into the eyes of those you converse with. Notice how uninterested in you they really are.
Hardly surprising, considering you're dreary.
Overlooked, ignored or laughed at behind your back, because you're recognised as being an insignificant, talentless nobody by everyone around you.
It enriches my life, knowing I'm not you or anything like you. 😂
Mama told me if I didn't have anything nice to say, to say something nice anyway. Lol You people are probably really nice, chill people. There. There's my "something nice". As for the movie I can't comment again 🤐 bc I'll have to keep saying something nice. Sorry
Most useless comment award goes to you. People need to know what’s wrong to improve, it’s called constructive criticism. As for saying something nice, it’s the context that makes a comment nice, not the contents of what is said.
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Like modern art, I did Not care for it.