Sci Fi Short Theater: The Looking Planet, Final Offer, Adagio, and More

The Looking Planet

Description: During the construction of the universe, a young member of the Cosmos Corps of Engineers decides to break some fundamental laws in the name of self-expression.

Credits: Eric Law Anderson (Director / Writer)

Starring: Samuel Hery, Joe Capalletti, Cindy Robinson

Comments: This film may not fit well with the theories on the creation of the universe in your science text book, but we'll call it an alternate explanation. Beautifully animated, this one is rather poetic and great fun as well.

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Final Offer

Description: A down-on-his-luck lawyer awakes in a doorless room to find he's been selected to negotiate on behalf of the human race.

Credits: Mark Slutsky (Director / Writer)

Starring: Anna Hopkins, Aaron Abrams

Comments: Sometimes those legal technicalities can work in your favor as this fun little short proves. This one makes good use of the talented Anna Hopkins who has appeared on The Expanse, Dark Matter, Arrow, and more. Aaron Abrams also does a good job and he has previously been seen on Blindspot, Hannibal, and more

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Adagio

Description: A young man sacrifices himself for the lives of a thousand, but will he come back? Based on a story by Robert Heinlein.

Credits: Christian Doran (Director / Writer)

Starring: Matt Popp, Mary Musolino, Rob De Fries

Comments: This is a very moving and well-done piece of science fiction. I've not read the short story it is based on, so I don't know how well it sticks to the source material. But what Doran has done with it here is quite good and I would like to see more work from this director.

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Wire Cutters

Description: A chance encounter proves fateful for 2 robots mining on a desolate planet.

Credits: Jack Anderson (Director / Writer)

Comments: This is a nice bit of animated fun with quite excellent CGI. Would love to see them do some more shorts with the same robots.

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Hope

Description: With the world ablaze, a lone survivor must preserve all life before meeting his fate. Hope follows Dr. Jacob Thorn's final act to ensure humanity's future after all life is wiped out by an asteroid impact. High above Earth in a space station built solely for this task Thorn has to cope with unimaginable loss as he carries out his mission. More info on this film at this link.

Credits: Frank Anderson (Director / Writer)

Starring: Troy Halverson, Amor Owens, Sheena Wiley

Comments: This is a nice piece of apocalyptic sci fi with a bit of hope to it (thus the title). And the CGI is quite good as well.