EXOIDS. Watch This Amazing Sci-Fi Short. You Won't Believe It Was Made By One Man. Portal: No Escape (Live Action Short Film by Dan Trachtenberg) This no-budget science fiction short looks better than most movies. The Good: AMAZING effects and character design! The battle droids actually *looked* like devices built for live combat situations—heavily-armoured, heavily-ARMED, and just...heavy! The Bad: 1) WHEN will people finally drop the completely stupid "careful withdrawal of consciousness from virtual environment" trope? The rig on the interrogator's head is clearly a simple noninvasive magnetic-resonance device stimulating parts of his brain. 2) If a battle bot has some way of overloading its batteries or onboard generator to generate an EMP, IT WILL FRY ITSELF IN THE PROCESS. I know, I know, I'm a nitpicking geek...but, really, what's the excuse for complete scientific illiteracy in so-called "sci-fi" film-making?
RUIN. The Gift - Short SCI-FI Film - Recommended by Maki.