THE NARROW WORLD | Omeleto
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- A giant alien creature comes to Earth. The reasons for its arrival, however, remain unknown as mankind fails to make contact with the visitor.
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What if you were just chillin in a field and all the bugs started making a documentary about your motives
Some times I stare at ants, and I get the feeling they're not aware of us people. Makes me wonder what I'm not aware of.
Now this is a comment 😂😂😂
And I will be there God. There's a cool twilight zone kind of like that
You just blew my mind bro!
LMAO
You know the feeling when you feel like you should‘ve understood something but didn‘t really understand it?
Aftermath of every Calculus class I feel that feeling
I think it’s a metaphor for love man
@@kieranshaw9596 or it was a metaphor for the human condition & our relationships & the way each of us understands them & the things we need to take from them. All too often, if we don't understand something or we don't understand those that we love, we distrust the relationship & set about to sabotage it on a sub-conscious level but all we succeed in doing is risking losing sight of the person we once were in the process. If we're lucky, some will redeem themselves before it's too late. The alien was the relationship these two had. A
t least that's my take on it
Good film.
@@6ixConfessions It's sometimes lack of communication, something that we want to say but we are too afraid, in this case its two of them trying to explain something. Agree with you point of look
kojima game you see
I feel like I was accidentally this alien once... lol
I was riding my motorcycle in the middle of the night, and found a nice bench and sat to chill and enjoy the nice weather and view. Eventually after about an hour lost in thought, a police car came by... apparently the old folks across the road were debating and arguing the whole time if I was a burglar or murderer, or out of gas, or needed help or was just sitting...
I just explained that my dog died a week before and I was just sad and didn't want to be at home. The lady who called the cops felt so bad that she made me tea and came and sat with me with her cat for a while.
Maybe our big metal boy lost his space doggo and he's just sad and didn't want to be at home... maybe he just needed a change of view.
Was he a good boy? :)
Awwwwww... I’m so sorry you lost your buddy. I lost my Golden a year ago, she died at the ripe old age of 16. She left a big void in my heart. When I ride my 59 Panhead, I sometimes imagine her running beside me. She loved running with the motorcycle.
If you were african american tho...
Yeah after I lost my dogs I couldn't stand to be at home, alone.
@@lowrider81hd I lost my cat when she was 16, 5 years later I still think about her every day. I tell myself that death comes to everyone, the only thing that matters is that she had a good life and a good death. I hope it helps you too
If you watched the entire thing, she clearly states that "something of a metaphor" got in between their relationship. Her analysis of the creature throughout the short film is really her analysis of him given that she's a psychologist. Everything else, specifically the detailing of the creature, is entirely made up in his head. The creature being alone, wandering and quiet, is a metaphor for the man's condition. That's why he wanders to the beach routinely, as the creature does, staring in the distance. And when she details the alien's moving patterns, it intently shows the man in the opening shots getting on a bus, as we're actually following his moving pattern.
The man also refers to the alien as not fullfilling anyone's 'fantasies.' There's this perceived notion around mental illness that people who suffer from it are a threat to society hence why the alien is perceived as a threat initially. Furthermore, they make it fairly clear that the guy sees patterns that don't exist. And he becomes almost in a trance when listening to the frequency. These are all signs of psychoses.
That scene referenced of the object out in space near the end of the credits could be interpreted as the man finally coming back to his senses when he realizes what he's been missing (as the alien is finally coming back to its home). Or perhaps it could be interpreted that the man is completely lost, fully embracing his delusion. Point being, this entire short was a metaphor.
Very interesting interpretation.
The last scene was much telling to this. She drives to the beach, and calls to him, and the alien is no longer there in an instant.
But is he a researcher? What of the oscilloscope, and what of the army guy?
@@GeeTrieste It's actually pretty clear in the short film, if you rewatch it you might notice the hints here and there. The oscilloscope scene was just his imagination, as the woman stated "he's seeing patterns that isn't there", she refers to the guy making up stuff, there was no pattern, there was no alien, it's all in his imagination. As for the army guy, it's also hinted a few times, for instance the army guy mentioned him as "this is a threat in a major downtown area" and that "there's nothing we can do about it", the army guy was referring to the guy broadcasting SOS signals as a part of his daily routine (9:40) scene, it is a dangerous thing to do, but the 'officials' can't do anything because what can they do? arrest him? the media would go nuts and just assumed that the guy knows something thus the send for help broadcast was warranted.
Nice inference
@@GeeTrieste This whole story brings to mind the old reference to "the elephant in the room". Nobody who ever spoke these words meant this literally but figuratively. His preoccupation with his internal struggle has become an enduring delusion, an obstacle between him and his partner.
Thank you
"It was indescribable."
**3D Modeler and Animator:** I'ma need you to describe it, please.
Lmao
Huh. That's a decent amount of likes. Nice.
Damn someone liked before 700
@@imrobbinganyonewhotalkstom4881 A loli. Made of crystals?!
Was it real it disappeared at the end
I like how an alien comes to earth - and we put graffiti on it's foot.
I'll bet it was Kilroy.
Mark D we piss on everything
Or made it nice looking
nothing on this planet is ours. One day a race of aliens will come and shoo us away like the insignificant little ants that we are...
I think a crudely drawn dick would have been more believable
And it's still not the strangest or most dangerous thing in L.A.
Most dangerous thing in L.A. is the politicians.
The strangest thing in LA is Steven Sengal.
@@newspaperbin6763 and the most dangerous
The most dangerous thing in LA is my maltipoo.
You know it
7:21 "peace and quiet can generally be judged as ongoing covert enemy action" is just about the most american DOD statement ever
it's just sitting there.. MENANCINGLY.
Why do we always asume every alien is enemy? (Not always). All you need to do is just be cautious and keep your distance. It might be good or might be bad. In the end we will find out.
I agree except its the DOD not the DOJ.
Departmentally impaired........
DOD ? ACRONYMS R4 THE OXYMORON MILITARY INTELLIGENCE
Aliens message home: "Ran out of fuel. Landed on a planet inhabited by primitives still stuck on Facebook stage of development. Please send help before i die of boredom"
We evolved from Facebook a long time ago boomer
youtube stage* smh...
@@indianinja420 Wouldn't know, i don't exist on social networks.
@@markopopovic1801 RUclips is a social network
@@indianinja420 Maybe, but not even here am i really active. 5 years ago my mother talked me into making an FB account. I made it and.. that was that. That account pretty much died of neglect.
The only unrealistic thing about this is that there are no tourists constantly taking picture around it. An entire tourism industry would revolve around this thing for generations.
I think in the film it was past all that, because ppl started spray painting on it, it had become another normal mystery that ppl got tired of trying to figure out except for the one guy
It's all in his head.
That's the "only" unrealistic thing about it?
Well it’s passive not attacking anyone so I think it’s personally waiting for it to be tried or pushed so it’s waiting for something and rather the People are scared or confused so they won’t take pictures or stuff
It was never really there. In the end when he finally sees his wife the alien isn’t there beside him anymore.
Everybody gangster till the alien pulls out a big ass laser cannon.
Please tell me I'm not the only one who read it as a big ass-laser cannon
@@idkmyownnameplshelp9218 OOH, 1oPercent..... lactose intolerant?
@@markfoster1520 ... huh?
i know right
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
He simply was sent into exile by his own kind and decided to visit Malibu to help with his depression. That's all. Could had just offered him an Italian ice and leave him alone.
😂😂
It often is that simple.
can you imagine the annoying rich snob trying to tell that giant Alien that they own the beach and its private property.
@@dsnyrdop That's the explanation what really happened to Charlie Sheen.
"If we provoke it, who knows what will happen," he says after they nuke it.
lol
First Shoot, then Ask is their motto i assume
they weren't nukes.
Sam of Aviation nukes are made with a chain reaction that splits atoms , but that doesn't means it can splits all the atoms , if that was true then anti-nukes bunkers wouldn't be a thing
A nuke in a city would do a lot of damage.
The guy was the alien.
His loneliness took over himself
to the point where we went down to the beach
to see what he saw as an alien.
But all he saw was himself.
You saved my brain bruh
I don't get it yo
Nnnnnnnnnnnnnno.
The only one who could understand research is the one who can study something that isn't even there.
Thanks.....that was to deep for me to understand.
So this guy is a sci fi writer that gets so engrossed in writing his new novel that he pushes his wife away in the struggle to make the story come together. That's what I saw. He imagines this alien comes to earth, he even says "imagine" in the opening. He calls himself a researcher but he has a nametag that says colossal division (it may just be a coincidence not sure how old this movie is but colossal is a Russian movie about a girl who is somehow linked to a gigantic creature that attacks Seoul 2016/17). Anyway he has a literal storyboard behind him with his ideas on it. Childhoods End is a nod to Arthur C Clarke and his sci fi featuring the overlords that come from space. There is a pic of Andre the Giant and another pic of Shepard Faireys' earth crisis whose artwork focuses on phenomenology (to reawaken ones sense of wonder and stimulate curiosity), including Obey Giant which is artwork fashioned after street art using Andre the Giant. There is a clipping about a wind farm and we see a shot of the giant walking through one probably for scale referencing. Several books of poetry, Poetique Du Disastre by Boudelaire, Walt Whitmans Leaves of Grass. A Japanese translation book behind him, home of Godzilla.... In the beginning he is writing and stating his "job" there seems to be a bustling office behind him which never comes up again because they are part of the fantasy he is concocting as he begins his tale which starts off with specifics (the backstory if you will, the who, the what, the how etc and than slowly building to the more existential twisty bits of a good storyline which of course by the end includes flashbacks). Gus Wilson is a complete fabrication meant to illicit the fear of the unknown and the violent tendencies of human nature, if you notice at 10:30 or thereabouts Gus is sleeping on the bus that he takes out to the beach. One Wilshire is pretty prominent again possibly for scale but also because of the significance of this building which has housed some of the biggest business and tech giants like Google, Amazon, Verizon, and rerouted internet for Taiwan after the earthquakes of 2006 which destroyed underwater cables in the pacific. You know, where they filmed Godzilla vs King Kong. There are several spiritualistic pieces here one being the card behind his desk that is like a mantra of sorts about harmonizing the body and spirit, also when he wakes up there is a book on tarot cards and a handful of assorted stones or crystals on the nightstand, He also has matches and in a few shots there is a pipe probably thinking weed or "incense" whatever. For people who say the design of this thing is odd look at 5:30 it almost looks like an elephant moving through the trees the largest land mammal on earth. Then again maybe I just see patterns everywhere.
I think you are right, the creature was never there. It was just a metaphor for what divided the couple, his aspirations, nothing tangible..
I was going to come mention this myself. You can also see at the very end the colossus disappears when his ex wife calls out to him, as he notices something more important than the work he's become so engrossed in.
I agree with Smee Self. You directed this film, didn't you? The only way that I see possible for how detail-oriented you were in writing a comment would be that this film impacted you so much because you relate it to your own life, or you directed the film. My curiosity piqued I would so love an answer to this question.
@@harleylange4451 Lol no but I do enjoy sci fi and I especially appreciate nuanced details that you find in smaller indie short films. I found the world building in this to be better than many 2 hour drudge fests that leave you wanting. Childhood's end is one my favorite reads as is most of what Arthur C Clarke has written so it stood out immediately as it to is about alien beings that come to watch us, they are benign and simply observe. This has an effect on humanity nonetheless and shapes our behavior without any intervention positive or negative on the aliens part. Sound familiar?
@VINEET CHOUBEY Lol I think that is a testament to any work of art in whatever medium when it incites healthy discourse
Allen explain to me how you can make me care about characters in less than 20 minutes but Hollywood can’t make me care in 3 hours
Well said, I was just thinking the same thing 👍
Hollywood gave up along time ago. Now its just profit.
It's not really his film, he doesn't make all the films here. Just collects them.
The real explanation: An alien robot came to earth to chill then left when some weirdo approached him on a beach.
California...uh
How do we know if it's a robot it could be a living thing too.
Robot: Is this thing trying to mate with my big toe?
I'm outta here
Robot: I need an adult! Bad touch! Baaaaadddd toooouuuccchhh!!!
Basically Danny Mullen
Alien lands in Southern Californian and immediately sends out an SOS... plausible.
lol
Help me! This place is dump!
Sweet So. Cal slam.
He was choking on the smog and needed help.
Hella sick burn
It found the world's largest toilet, Los Angeles. 'You got any paper on that side?'
I know you’re kidding, but I found many parts of Los Angeles beautiful. A dump would be New Orleans. Or New York City. Trust me, it’s nothing but trash everywhere. .
@@val13c59 Yes. Even a Rose has thorns.
The ocean was his bidet
@@val13c59 LA is a toilet.
@@val13c59 Still nicer than Los Angeles.
This is so deep.
The first time I was like "Very nice! But WTF?"
The second time... it made me cry.
It's a master piece. I absolutely love it.
Thank you 🍀
Totally agree. I just wanted to hang out with the Alien, like forever:)
Could you explain more of your impression of what this story was about. There was something very sad, and made me feel like the alien was a lonely soul in the universe as though it was a metaphor for the guy. Also, it was fascinating to hear about a being who did not destroy anything or anyone but neither helped anything or anyone as they usually alien stories. I sometimes feel like that is what I am a creature that wants purpose but have none or cannot find my reason for existence but I hurt no one and I help no one either. Just exist, and often stare off into space or the ocean searching for something in my mind that I cannot find.
@@commonsense2680 "Just exist, and often stare off into space or the ocean searching for something in my mind that I cannot find." honestly this is a beautiful sentence despite the undertone.
*That moment when you're just trying to chill on a planet until mom comes to pick you up, but the indigenous species is losing it and having existential crises over your existence.
Lol that had me dying that was legit the plot 😂😂😂😂😂😂👏👏👏👏
LOL
*mom pick me up I’m scared*
Nice
🤣🤣🤣
"hes just standing there, *menacingly* "
LOLZZZZZ... couldn't you tell the alien was black with all the unprovoked aggression 😂😂😳
...WEE WOO!! WEE WOO!
G E T O U T O F T H E R E
S P O N G E B O B
Anton Nguyen
That is standard USA military perspective on everything that doesn't carry a USA flag.
Something about that man standing on the beach alone without the alien said something to me.
It’s loneliness. That’s what spoke to you.
I would wanna sit there honestly
Bruh used Earth as an intergalactic rest stop 😂
This can be true, Nasa begging for it to have some tea 😂
Lol
LMAO
The disrespect
That is what happens when you get stranded.
I see three possible interpretations:
1. The alien was real, but when it left, the guy couldn't let go of the idea of it, and it broke up his relationship with the woman. This is supported by the shots of the extra aliens showing up (apparently to help the original one, at which point he would theoretically leave), leaving the man without his sense of purpose or any meaningful answers. The last shot of him seeing the alien, and the woman not seeing it, shows his inability to let go of something that meant something to him, even if he couldn't explain it.
2. The alien was never real, and the guy is insane. The woman is only describing the relationship she had with the crazy guy, and the Army guy is just some shmoe on a bus that the crazy guy fantasizes is his human 'antagonist'. This is supported by the idea that the Head Researcher for Homeland Security would not be riding public transportation, crazy guy's statement that the alien didn't really change human existence (because it wasn't really here), at the end his office does not appear to really be in a government building, and of course, when he sees the alien, she doesn't.
3. I am drunk.
Each seems easily - and perhaps, equally - plausible... :)
You're completely drunk , internet doesn't exist , we haven't invented radio yet , it's time to wake up & take care of the cattle ...
The Internet exists, but only on one computer - a Commodore 64! Radio HAS been invented as a torture device - exhibit A: Justin Bieber! I am fully committed to unconsciousness, and I'm a cattle-denier!
I may still be drunk, though... :)
1. I dug the reel-to-reel tho!
2. I, too, am drunk.
3. and gettin stonederd.
The second option seems more likely, in the first 5 minutes the psychologist directly refers to the alien and why it came to earth and we see a National geographic cover with a photo of the alien on it in the office. When the alien left maybe the guy lost his job and the colonel wasn't needed as a consultant anymore either given every terrestrial weapon had no effect
@@madnessbydesign1415, im drinking and i miss my Commodore 64
Humans: Is he a question or answer?
Alien: Vibe check
Inception horns start playing
*Throws asteroid*
Nice short Syfy film, however you used stock footage of the break up of the shuttle "Endeavor" (ref: frames 140-143 ) over Texas! 🤔
Absolutely brilliant. At the end, when you realise whats this all about, you end up re-watching to re-understand every single dialogue had a altogether different meaning. Like the morse code asking for help. SOS. The alien just being, having no purpose - not breaking anything, nor is it repairing anything. Such brilliant work! Top class stuff. These shot movies turn out to have a far deeper and greater sense than 2hrs long stuff.
A whole plot on first contact with an alien to end up being an expensive metaphor to the guys mental state.
The alien existed only in the mind of that man. It was never real.
I would agree, but the lady and the army guy were chatting about it as well. The lady about his patterns and habits, and the army guy about blowing him up.
They were talking about the guy. The husband was an illegal alien.the alien was a metaphor
M. Night Shyamalan’s “The Narrow World”
@@L3GACY31 One flaw in that, if he was an illegal, and she was not, if they were married he wouldn't be illegal anymore.
@@xFallenRagex I Dont think they where married. I just think they where in Love and him being Illegal was the main obstacL3. I think they show im in the warehouse because he was in hiding. Thats why she asked: "Do you know where he is?".
"It turns out the alien was the friends we made along the way."
dying XD
The alien and the news stories are all in the guy's head. The psychologist is his wife or gf or something and the army dude is his brother in law that didn't like him that much.
Oh.
The brother in law part is totally made up. We see the army guy on the bus, he is an average joe looking in on this situation as a judgemental observer, not necessarily a judgemental brother in law
@@aidanmattys7488 Dude that is totallly incorrect, many people in the army or military excerpted from the military and even so he could be out and is just someone who was broken.
Nich Kin your response has no correlation with his comment
AGREED! Glad someone else recognized this.
I'm thinking about getting on top his foot with some magnets and strapping in. Nice ride.
This comment is gonna get alot of likes
He or she moves with big ass steps real slow. You would've thrown up long before enjoying.
Michael Miller: It wouldn't help since only the matter that is made up of the Giant Alien can be transported. You'd just be left.
@@lazurm I'm talking about walking around earth. I can't breathe in orbit or space. Duhhhhh.
Magnets would never work. The material didn't burn up on entry and no weapons did any damage to it. Our weapons can vaporize any ferrous material.
SPOILERS
At the first viewing, I really thought this film was all that it was showing, about an alien robot. And I gave it a 9 nevertheless, because even though it was just that, the concept and the cinematography was brilliant. But at the second viewing when I wanted to show it to my friends, I realized the last scene. And went back and watched it again, and a third time with my wife, and a fourth time. So I can say with absolute confidence this is actually something much different, with clues given all throughout the film. If you haven't watched it, don't read on because it contains major spoilers.
SPOILERS - . . . . . 1) There is no alien robot. It's the guy's imagination. That is for certain. Here are just a few clues:
* At the end where the robot vanishes was the first clue for me, which made me go back and watch again.
* The picture of the alien at his back, at one close-up scene you'll realize it's from a sci-fi magazine. So he probably saw it and imagined the whole thing.
* The fact that we see towards the end, that his "office" is actually an abandoned warehouse.
* In the beginning he says "everyone thought it was a comet" Well, it actually WAS a comet.
* All the things the psychologist woman saying about out inner thoughts surfacing.
* What happened to the 5-6 other aliens which came? Nothing because they didn't exist either.
* All throughout the film, you actually see the guy is a little crazy.
* They ask the woman "what happened?" And she says "something metaphorical came between us"
2) The woman is actually talking about the man who went crazy. She's not talking about an alien or something.
3) For the military man, I have 2 ideas. He's the guy in the bus which the crazy guy takes everyday to go to the beach. So either the crazy guy saw him and imagined him to be the retired defence secretary, or he actually is a retired defense secretary who thinks this lunatic who "keeps on telling everyone that there's an alien" is a threat. Since he's retired, he doesn't have anything better to do so he follows him everyday to check if he's a potential threat.
There are lots of more details in every scene which I didn't write here, and probably even more which I missed. After all, this is the only short film, along with "Unedited Footage of a Bear" that I gave 10 out of 10. Because this is how a short film is supposed to be. It would be worse if it was a feature length movie.
Great observation and theory!
What about the SOS signal. Is this a beacon for help he seeks in himself, and/or part of a big call for help for all of humanity?
The last seconds shows the alien robot is real.
When you walk into a room and forget what you're supposed to do
When you came for The Iron Giant and got A Beautiful Mind
Spot on
Beautiful Mind? The giant didn't do anything.
'Iron Man' meets 'Bumblebee" ?
Boom!
👏
Just discovered this channel and I can't stop watching it! So good!!
"He didn't break anything, and he didn't fix anything either..." LOL
The alien was real.
The second wave was real.
They took him home, or killed him and left.
Raymond couldn't cope and had a mental breakdown, eventually losing his girlfriend, and his job.
"It was indescribable. Absolutely extraordinary. A wonder. The only word to describe it was spiritual."
The alien became his God, so to speak. Proof of something more, something amazing. After it left, he couldn't just deal with going back to normal.
For more evidence, watch the after credits scene.
Yes, there is an after credits scene. You're welcome.
I think this is the most likely explanation of the story. He really was what he said he was and he studied the creature for some time but it left one day whether peacefully or not it isn't here anymore and now he is reeling with this loss. Of course there were consequences and I think you put it adequately that the loss of this creature was a spiritual loss to himself, one that caused rifts between his love and perhaps supplanted his original love with his new love and fondness for this creature. Either way this is a wonderfully crafted story and honestly jealous of the level of writing behind this. I thought I was a good writer but this makes me look like I know nothing of the art we call writing.
Defensor Pacis what’s up with the after credits scene? Was “He” getting back home?
@@Cabazorro0 Credits show something else is coming.
Defensor Pacis Thank you, best comment & explanation!
i agree 100%
Just passing through. Tolkien said, "Not all who wander are lost".
PS
Alternate version released by Christopher Tolkien:
(Son of J.R.R.T.)
All that is gold does not glitter,
all that is long does not last.
All that is old does not wither...
not all that is over is past.
Not all that have fallen are vanquished,
a King may yet be without crown...
A blade that was broken
be brandished
and towers that were strong
may fall down.
@@j.griffin i dont get it
sharkbot25
Don’t worry about it-
It wasn’t in the movie...
this was my thought too - we had a scientist, a psychologist and a general all "interpreting"
in the end he basically sat down near the beach for a minute to relax - stirred up a few bugs, nothing remarkable
nice view
that was a wonderfully appropriate quote. maybe it'll apply to humanity someday. or, at least to me.
Alien: "Scanners reveal no signs of intelligent life on this planet, just some primitives who like playing with firecrackers. Exosuit did not take any damage." Calls to his buddies: "Get me off this planet we're going to let this primitive life destroy itself!"
And boy are we doing one helluva a job accomplishing just that🤷🏾♀️
@@ItsAllLove4Real Unfortunately. We're just monkeys who discovered a box of hand-grenades and we keep tossing them around and throwing them at each other. Sooner or later, one of us is going to notice the ring and pull the pin...
What a bunch of weirdos you all are have some more love and appreciation for our species.
@@Mountainlion118 It's difficult to have much for a species that likes to tear itself apart in many ways. Sure, there are some likeable sorts, but still a lot of them want to destroy themselves. That's human nature for you.
@@DarkVoidIII what are you talking were liveing such good peacfull lives yes theres bad thing's but life used to be way worse.
2:17 imagine you land on a blue planet and first thing you see are these little guys from among us
Aliens: lol imagine if we sent some huge robot thing to some random planet with... get this... other sentient aliens... instead of actually communicating with them
humans: what
send data :D
Ikr also that robot looks epic
Yeah, well sounds like my uncle Bob
i dont think its a robot cause it's eyes looked really organic and it might just be that the small humans see its skin as metal plates with the paint coming off but it might just be its skin and patches of it gone
@@nipa1013 lol
u r absolutely right
Nobody:
Film Students: melodramatic film about alien chilling
@Ordonity Damn straight. They don't even make sense. So "nobody" is saying nothing, in other words, everyone is saying or doing something. Here's how it should go to make any sense whatsoever:
Everybody: posting stale memes on the internet.
Film Students: melodramatic film about alien chilling.
Giving generous allowance for generalization this at least has some logical coherency and draws a contrast which is a least incrementally more clever than the original, nonsensical version.
@@_blank-_ No.
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Thanks for filming " his landing" at Vasquez Rocks, home of many episodes of Star Trek TOS , Paul & many scifi shows/movies. A perfect touch. Well done!
Such cool geology there is seen in many episodes
This is nice, and really well written. I like that the revelation that the giant alien robot is a metaphor for the man's mental illness is revealed visually and isn't specifically spelled out for us in dialog. When I realized that the "he" the psychologist (and the DOD guy) was talking about was Raymond, her former boyfriend, and not the robot alien, I knew I had to go back and rewatch it.
In simplest form, the alien robot doesn't exist, except in Raymond's mind. Dr. Field and Col. Wilson represent the two reactions to his benign mental illness -- sympathy and hostility. Everything Dr. Field and Col. Wilson say about "him" is about Raymond.
the story was about an insane man, and a woman who loves him
And a retired US army guy who watched them from their garden with binoculars wondering what they're up to.
@@sarcasm-83 The military is guy could be seen as many figure:
1. Could be someone from girls life that's trying to tell her that this man is no good for her
2. Could be a stranger, and just judges the guy that he's no good for her. (like comment on couples issue on the internet/neighborhood)
(you can see the military guy on the bus... so no.2 is more likely, just a stranger)
3. Could be the people this guy is thinking about, like me... I feel ashame of myself when people look at me and I'll be thinking of what they probably thinking.
in this case this could be a question from both side "What does people think about me?" "What does people think about our relationship?"
the other aliens arriving are probably this guy's friends seen from the perspective of this girl. (could be during or after they broke-up, if they ever did broke-up)
She can see them hanging out but she can't seem to understand what's their deal with this guy's life. (or something like that)
Subliminal Power Hindi yeah it’ all just the “dunning-kruger effect” youtube has a way bringing it out of everyone
@Subliminal Power Hindi that's literally the premise of the short film...
@Subliminal Power Hindi Congratulations, you just described the very premise of the film. Here, have a lolipop and go play over there.
I know it's only 14 minutes long but wow that felt like an hour.
somehow that doesn't sound like a positive thing lol
@@nomadic-loyalist it was amazingly made
This story is not just about an Alien visitor but about the human experience of feeling Alien even when around others and trying to understand our purpose( ourselves) while learning to understand others.
That wasnt his heartbeat you were hearing, it was his mixtape and it was fireeee
The moral of this story is that if you try really hard to understand anything, you will eventually come to love it.
amazing... really amazing... you are really really clever... (no sarcasm at all....)
This is true. I took my time to understand economics & now I love bitcoin
Related to the Stockholm Syndrome.
@@PabloHarguindey You must be extremely easy to impress.
@@patman0250 In this age of supreme and recurrent Idiocy smart people really has an impact on me
Patrolling the mojave almost makes you wish for a nuclear winter.
Fallout new vegas refrence
Like the 20th one I saw in a week
Ayyyyyyy
Degenerates like you belong on a cross
With a big iron on his hip
Here’s my take on this, the giant landed on earth expecting to find help from the planet he was fleeing from, for he was a fugitive on his own planet, instead he found nothing but small stone structures, bugs/us, and the beach which he grew fond of because it reminded him of his home world. I don’t really know the rest but I’m never really good at finishing thoughts.
Navigating through these short stories can sometimes feel like stumbling around in the dark to me, but the discussions in the comments shed so much light on the hidden depths of these narratives. Each insight I glean from others feels like unlocking a new layer of understanding, prompting me to revisit the videos with fresh eyes. It's a journey of discovery, one where I'm constantly learning and evolving my interpretation skills. I'll keep diving into those comments, hoping to unravel more of the mystery, maybe even crack the code on my own someday. 🙏🏼😎
The short film is about understanding those suffering with mental illness and the stigma behind it. Raymond Davis is imagining this "alien", and it is all in his head, however, he could be using this to describe himself. The short starts with him saying "People don't understand what he really is. They have no imagination"**. We now enter his mind, as he explains the story of the visitor. He truly believes everything he is saying, and so does the viewer since that is all we hear. We are then introduced to Dr. Emily Field, a psychologist, who we assume is talking about the alien, but she never mentioned it. She also uses the pronoun "he" for the alien. Next, we meet Colonel Gus Wilson, who believes that the alien is a threat and is dangerous to those in the city. He also uses the pronoun "he" for the alien, but occasionally says "it", which Raymond also does**. After more discussion about the alien from all characters, the film begins to take a turn at 8:48. We now have left Raymond Davis' imagination or mind. Dr.Field talks about apophenia, which is the tendency to see patterns in everyday things and make unrelated connections. We see Raymond a bit different now, as what she is saying is seeming to describe him. Colonel Wilson talks about Raymond's findings about the "The second wave" code which seems to be a distress call. He responds to this by saying broadcasting distress advertises your defencelessness**. And the very next scene is Dr.Field saying she "tries to understand him", and we are not sure if she is referring to the alien or Raymond himself. At 10:30, we see "Colonel" Gus Wilson sleeping on a bus next to Raymond , and he is not dressed up as we seen him in the interview , he seems like just a normal person**. At 10:46, Dr.Field talks about the human mind and uses a specific word at 11:04 to help her description. We can also see in these scenes that she had a relationship with Raymond, helping the viewer somewhat confirm that she was talking about him this whole time. She drives to the beach and see him standing there all alone.
Raymond Davis possibly has schizophrenia and has created this alien to describe how he feels he is in society. I believe he doesn't know that this alien is only a figment of his imagination, but he understands that he has a connection to it. The character Colonel Gus Wilson is also apart of Raymond's imagination, and was created to represent those in society who stigmatize people suffering with mental illness. Dr. Emily Fields is analyzing how her former partner might be feeling but will not understand what he is going through or his distress call. There is so much more to cover but it would take a while. Another interesting point to make is that after 8:48, shots of the alien are seen only when Raymond Davis is talking about it, but when the other characters are talking we see shots of Raymond Davis.
Raymond looks at the beach at 12:13 , has a shot of him over the skyline at 9:36 and 12:20, and does the waltz at 12:26 similar to the descriptions of the alien and his routine.
Who else skipped
Wow you just described my life .
It makes so much more sense now.
No kidding brother. As I was watching this the alien reminded me so much of my son. He is non verbal and has autism spectrum disorder. When he walks around he is really careful not to step on any thing not even a little yard flower and his favorite thing to do is play in water. You can always tell there is so much going on in his mind but he has no way of telling anyone. But my belief is people like him are the only ones who know true happiness. He dont have the worries or stress of life that a lot of us do like paying bills, getting to work on time, ect. He is just happy and that's living life.
Humans: why are you here
Robot: Leg day.
squat kick intensifies
Multilayered, multifaceted film. There are lots of different angles from which one can look at what's being told and ways of possible interpretation. The cinematography is amazing and totally in line with the different layers of the story. It reminds me of several threads that are interwoven and form the fabric of this short film. The acting and capturing of some rather elusive (micro)expressions, especially of the character Raymond Davis, are stunning. Like a glimpse into humans' individual and collective subconscious. Foreign and intimately relatable at the same time.
OMFG! This was so meta, I had watch it numerous times after that ending. Loved it!
The beginning quote "The fault lies not in our stars, but in ourselves" sets the tone perfectly.
This is a film about depression and how he bonds with these imaginary beings and not with the world around him who have tried to cause him so much pain.
The psychologist is not talking through the film about the alien since this is a projection from him, she is talking about her boyfriend and that she cannot reach him. He is lonely etc
He exists in this little world because it's safer.
It's a nice little film so now watch it again with this knowledge in mind.
Imagine if this actually happened? ALL THE MEMES
69!!!
Memes wud be a nothing...
@@kokutennsh8899 would*
Thomas has not seen that much bullsh*t
@@matthewwu115 lol
Me: **clicks on video**
Anxiety: Let me introduce myself
"It's bringing love, don't let it get away!"
"Break its legs!"
" _I don't know, destroying the city is so... clichë_ "
4:52
Best part of the whole film.
My own interpretation about the film.
The scientist guy:
He was the alien. The big goofy alien is not exactly a mere imagination but a representation of himself. He was treated as if he was different from the society. Little do they know is that he is trying to understand something. Idk but he kinda gives signs of autism at some points (i.e. his avid interest in following patterns). Even if he is in a passive state, he still suffers hardships in his quest for truth. That's why he is calling for help (morse code sos). Yet no one could understand him but his wife.
Psychologist wife:
She was the only one who could understand the guy. She contradicted the judgments of the people who cannot understand him fully. She loves him unconditionally and finds interest in the guy's thoughts. Surely, a lot of girls likes mysterious guys haha.
The retired soldier:
He is the representation of xenophobia or fear of the unknown. A lot of people would be afraid of the scientist because he isn't like them. Because of this, they think that he's not normal. In our society, if you don't conform then there's a high probability that u wouldn't be accepted by the majority.
My other realizations:
1)The people of the society is the city itself in this film. Even though they couldn't understand the guy, they learned to live with him being contented with the realization that they could never understand him and it's okay as long as he's harmless.
2) The guy is clearly isn't a savior nor a destroyer, at least not yet. As of right now, he is merely an observer still trying to determine his place in the world.
wow
That's deep... I love this interpretation. Thank you for putting into words what I was thinking and for clarify what I didn't quite get.
As a autistic man this comment hits way too close to home, haven't meet a girl like though. Hope to one day.
Bang on! That's what I was thinking as well.
Nice analysis! Deep
"Is he an answer,is he a question?"
Who invented this? Name please
The large alien was on holiday, Taking a nice relaxing vacation.
Well it seems quite obvious to me precisely why he went to L.A. ...to audition for the next Pacific Rim movie!
Chi-town Squad: Yeah, but by the time he got here, the film was already made, and so he sits on the beach, hoping for another sequel, but I wouldn't count on it...maybe a live-action redo of The Iron Giant?
Kevin Garrett
He just needs a good agent and he'll find work, no problemo. 😂😂
Lmao!
genius answer.
best comment
he is depressed because his wlan is incompatiple with ours, and he cant browse for rule 34.
WLAN heißt auf Englisch Wifi
speaking of rule 34, you know damn well someone in the movie made r34 of the alien
Alexa play *morse code*
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He's the luckiest guy on Earth, because he has a beautiful wife who understands him, and seeks him out and calls him home. She understands that he needs to space out and imagine a huge unknowable thing that no one else sees.
You missed the all the parts where they directly refer to the "thing" and that they brought a DOD consult to talk about "the thing."
Swing and a miss.
I know that you're supposed to suspend disbelief when watching these shots but I was struggling about something of that magnitude hitting the earth with no catastrophic results. If a grain of sand hit the earth at the speed of light there would be annihilation.
"Life figures out a routine... regardless of how extraordinary the circumstances."
Explain my college sleep cycle
Xdddd same for me but it’s middle school
-jeff goldblum
Spoiler alert..
So the entire time the psychiatrist was talking about the man..?
@Subliminal Power Hindi More like the military man is a figment of the man's mind.
There’s a National Geographic with the alien on it
What so he head a mental illness and it weren’t even there
Yup
yea, it makes sense because she kept referring to the "alien" as "he." We also see the D.O.D. consultant on the bus with the insane dude, so probably more imagination.
Maybe the creature is from another world here on vacation. He probably heard of our planet and heard that humans are strange and wanted to see for himself. We visit other countries on vacation that we sometimes find strange and want to see for ourselves. You have to admit humans do have strange and curious habits. Maybe, he is like a curious child visiting a park or zoo. The other creatures are probably his family telling him it is time to go home. He probably told them he wanted to stay a little longer. They told him ok. He finally went home.
They had an original series of Star Trek where an alien being of immense power captured members of the Enterprise crew for amusement. They thought the alien was going to hurt or kill them. It turns out the alien was a bored child looking for someone to play with. Like a child playing outside with bugs. When his parents find out what he was doing, they put a stop to the it and told him it is time to go home. The parents actually apologized and asked the crew if they are hurt. The crew said no. The parents and the alien child than left. The crew was left with a surprised look.
i'm in awe, truly breathtaking; thought provoking & touching ~ thanx 4 that, you've made my day infinitely brighter
Humans: Why is he here what is he what does it want
Alien: euuuuuuu lets just say i got kicked out of my house
more like
well... I'm outta fuel and I called my homies to pick me up
@@KoeSeer nah he called an alien Uber
Alien: "Karen took the kids and the house, can I crash on your planet for a century or two?"
Humans: *INTENSE BREATHING*
HA!!! (Seriously chuckling! Thanks.)
Ahhh, my favourite documentary of July 2020.
I wonder if this is how the ants might think of us, until we accidentally step on some. And this is a true monster story: The fire ants waited until a large number of them had crawled up my jeans (up to the croch area) before waiting to start attacking in unison because I had inadvertently knelt on their city as I worked in my flower bed. They have the combined power to make a much larger creature move, even a 2,000 pound steer. They were defending their city, as l was sceaming and hoping none of the neighbors saw me in my underwear.
*SPOILERS*
The alien isn't really there but he represents Dr. Davis. The alien traveling thru space is Dr. Davis going through life. Dr. Davis' travels (life experiences) don't go the way he plans and he crashes (as we all do at various times in life). He is going through depression and wandering aimlessly through life just waiting for things to happen to help get him back on track. He's lost in life and sends out an S.O.S. His girlfriend sees what he's going through, sees his S.O.S. and finds him at the beach, ready to help him get back on track. Also on the beach, Dr. Davis leans on the alien because he is the only one that understands him; once again, the alien represents Dr. Davis. We all have drama and life issues and at times we think that the only person that understands what we are going through is "ourselves". Also notice that the alien isn't on the beach when we see the point of view from the girlfriend. So the craft at the end of the credits flying through space represents Dr. Davis getting his life back on track after getting the help that was needed.
thanks
Meh.
Wot
yeah
yes, that would also explain the alien's sudden disappearance as soon as she arrives at the beach...
This should be called, "Alien on a vacation."
Lu Tu : Or “Alien just chillin’ out!”
i approve of both.
A giant alien creature or robot that just hangs around like a beach bum. I love it.
He must be Australian lol.
Me when I’m lost in a Walmart looking for my mom:
Humans: “Why is it here? What does it mean for us?”
Alien: “I’m just waiting for a mate”
@RadBuddy he's just vibing
This seems to say more about our own condition than that of the 'alien'. I personally see it as an exploration about how mixed up, vulnerable and xenophobic we are as human beings . . .
Alien: "I'm just a damn tourist people! So let me be."
That is one of the weirdest shaped 'things' I've ever seen in my life! What was the designer thinking when he dreamed up this crazy idea???
Thats the point
That's the biggest robot alien I've ever seen! Are they going go to make a movie star out of that giant it?
This type of shit happens in LA all the time.
William Hunter
And will happen again.
I wanna live in L. A
They sent him his tax bill and he left.
"Yup.. they practically own South America".. (name that film).
It's gang related.
the dude imagined the alien but she love him even if hes crazy
What, really? Then why all the other people reacting to it and that thing leaving at the end. I thouthg it just left and that the guy felt like it left a void within him without getting any answer as to why it was there and what it is.
@@Leprutz He was probably delusional.
@@legsdealer8124 Yeah. Seems like I didn't really get it. I mean I understood she was always talking about him but still I saw it totally differently. Which is weird because sometimes I watch really complex movies and I do understand the metaphorical sense behind, but in this short film it kinda felt so simple that I couldn't get around the fact that he was dilusional. Or maybe I didn't really pay attention to it. Which is also possible.
maybe he has a dig bick.
wait.. so she was the alien ... lol love it
There really was no alien. It was a metaphoric manifestation of the man, and his wife was trying to analyze his behavior.
不记得看过这部短片多少遍了，每一次都会在最后流泪。每个人内心甚至不为自己所知的那一面，我们探索它，尝试理解自己和周围的世界。我们遭到挫败。有一天，当准备好时，它会主动地告诉我们。
I can't remember how many times I've watched this short film, yet I was in tears each time in the end. We explore those uncovered insides of us, and try to understand SELF and the world around us. We often failed. One day, when ready, it will finally unearth itself.
He was thrown off course in his travels, he is lost and transmitting a rescue signal.
Guided Hand if the robot is lost and needs directions that means the robot is female designation.
Damn, sums it up very well
E T phone home?
@@larrygreen8912 I think you meant male. I never get lost. Males are the one who do not want to read a map for fear of feeling infearior. The first thing I do when deciding to go to a new place is study a map for patterns. I am always keeping track of where North is as well as the closest highways, large rivers, monuments or mountains.
Monica Rogers That’s my story and I’m sticking to it ! We wander until we find it or we really didn’t need to go there anyway. 😃
Hasnt destroyed anything? Really? He looks like he weighs a million tonnes, and is walking on road.
It was revealed in the end that he wasn't real though. That part didn't make sense to me until that point.
Steven Doolittle
You didnt see the last frame of something actually passing Jupiter, and crashing into a planet?
(Most likely Earth)
In the end, before he disappears, he doesn't sink into the sand ...
Steven Doolittle thanks for saving me from finishing watching the movie🤣
Sshhh Jenny Craig has him down to only 999,001 tons rude eathlings!
Good thing it landed in LA ,here in Detroit parts of him would have been at the pawn shops
A mecha kaiju! Pretty. Like an interstellar wasp looking for a place to build a nest and breed.
Great short!
Humanity would never have this peaceful a reaction to an alien presence
I mean..they literally nuked it
I just discovered omeleto a few days ago and have been binging since then. This one is the first one I have watched twice. Absolutely amazing.
I as well..
Me three just herd about it today
me toooo.. every episode do not desapoint me..I want more and more and more..
Never a good sign that you're reading comments while the film is playing
"SHOW ME WHAT YOU GOT"
"I LIKE WHAT YOU GOT. GOOD JOB!"
4:15 that is SOOO CGI ! the traffic in LA never looks like that!
maybe at 3 am on a Wednesday morning lol
Bro he’s straight up just having a good time. Let my man vibe in peace
"you can't park there mate"