Over 800 movies are released a year.. Doubt you've seen any of them. This is just a poor Jacob's Ladder, apocalypse now and Metal Gear Solid V ripoff lol
Dude...I'm Vietnamese and they captured that old school documentary feel. Someone did their homework because I grew up listening to old folks talk about monsters and demons in Vietnam.
@alprazolam1mgs I should've been more specific. What I meant was, why has Netflix or others, have not yet turned this into a movie. Also, if I recall correctly, there was supposed to be a Volume 2 but its crowdfunding failed to reach its goal thus here we are.
It would have to be rated R and movies like that don't make as much money at PG-13. All the Alien movies were rated R and were awesome but when they made AVP in 2004, its budget was so huge they had to make it PG-13 and basically watered it down.
Its game over man. Its game over maaaan. This is it man.. Basically "We didn't get enough money", even though they said they would work on Volume 2 even if they did not get enough money. Inshort, shits fucked.
@@ManWiThOutFEAR1982 You can say that again. WTF were they thinking? It was as bad as some of the later Hellraiser movies that bought the name and rights to a few characters so that they could tell their own story.
“Put on the whole armor of god, so you may stand, against the schemes of the *devil*” This quote alone makes me want to watch a full length film of this
I love that these shorts are basically treatments. "Here's the general plot, here are our characters, here's the starting point." Blomkamp and OATS really know how to push an idea into something interesting.
I wish they made this into a single player game instead of participating in off-the-grid which is basically cyberpunk 2077 but fps battle royale. Gunzilla is also participating in NFT gimmicks and has sued critics before, so take it as you will!
Everything about this short film captures the magic of the great 80s/90s action/sci fi films that swept me away as a child. If this became a full film, I would absolutely watch it in theatres and gladly pay the inflated ticket price. SPECTACULAR
Neil is killing it and truly sticking it to Hollywood and I can't blame him. all these shit movies that get the green light and they turn him down, a lot.
I blame it on Chappie, District 9 was brilliant, elysium was fine but Chappie just doesnt work for me, the concept was good, tha casting and the fx were the best part but it wasnt as close to be as good as this oats studio shortcuts are.
Kevin Neal I agree. Did not Like Crappie. It's seemed more like a reject movie version of Short cuirtict. I didn't really find anything redeeming about Chappies character or of any if the cast in the film.
I really liked Chappie...maybe cause it had really interesting concepts to explore. And just his special effects in general are amazing. It made me think of the future of cinema....I mean the mind controlled mech was enough for me. Younger me would've been blown away. Older me was a bit disappointed at some things about it but I still enjoyed it.
You know that feeling you get when you didn't know you needed something until you see it? And then that feeling is going to nag on you forever until that need is filled? I had that feeling before this film. It was sated for 26 minutes and 52 seconds. And now the yearning is back. I need more of this this, guys. I NEED it.
These movies work because they are an allegory of our collective experience in Vietnam - the look on Sgt. Hines face at one point in the film was like "it serves us right because we intruded here."
Yeah I think this is possible to read as actively anti-war...the River God representing the ravages of war and the unintended, brutal and horrific consequences it creates. And being a Vietnamese civilian originally, maybe it telepathically showed that one soldier the Soviets invading America so that he would understand what it was like for his country to be invaded and crushed by a foreign power.
The sheer hubris of American calling science creation "Armor of God" and calling an undying vengeful ghost wronged by American as "The Devil", a very Vietnam film. This is CIA guy talking, from the whole context of neutral morality you can see him as nothing *but* bad guy. But if you read further in the comments section and you'll see the usual "MERICAN FUCKYEAR" sentiment.
That part where the soldiers (and then the tanks/choppers) float up to the heavens. 2:07 That really stopped me in my tracks. I've never seen anything like that in a film. It works really well. This really deserves a proper full-length treatment.
Heard Neill Blomkamp is making Robo Cop. And fans did vote on what film to make into a feature, of the major 3 shorts Oats did. And, Firebase won. So there is a strong possibility that this becomes a film if Neill makes Robo Cop profitable. Maybe he'll be able to raise some coin to finish the story. You could finish Firebase in about 15 minutes. Rakka could be maybe a 3 film story arc, imho. Zygote would be freaky, could be a franchise!. But maybe there is a entire story for The River God, the mind of Neill Blomkamp, will just nail.
Just make him fix every thing, marvel, dc, anything I'm too tired to list shit but just give the man money and a crew that understands his vision pleaseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
I can't stop imagining a game based in the jungles of Vietnam, hunted by the eerie river-god who silently spooks up on you amidst the collapse of the very fabric, time-space slippages, psychotic breakdowns pushing you to the edges of sanity and even make you question the reality outside the screen.
10/10 WOW! This film was amazing! The line about "Life itself" making way for him was absolute poetry. The dichotomy between the farmer and the soldier was razor-sharp. I even kinda dig how it's set up and taking place during Vietnam as it is a gut-wrenching backstory used to create the antagonist. This film I'd love to see become a full-length feature one day.
NOBODY GONNA TALK ABOUT “The Armor of G0D” having bullets 5% the speed of light, a “relativity capsule” to make his senses Super Saiyan and can somehow withstand Reality warp????? Bro when they ended it before they fought I felt so played. “I put on the whole armor of God just so we can stand against the schemes of The Devil” how can u end it there?
Global Occult Coalition, a sometimes-friend sometimes-foe of the Foundation in the SCP-verse. The SCP(Secure, Contain, Protect) Foundation seeks to contain and study the anomalies, resorting to destruction/killing them only if said Securing, Containing and Protecting fail. Because the thing is, "Protect" applies to the Anomalies too. Protecting them from the likes of the Global Occult Coalition, or MC&D, so on and so forth. GOC however, seeks to just rid the world of said anomalies, regardless of how harmless they are. There are plenty of other factions too. I mentioned MC&D, which stands for "Marshal, Carter & Dark" a sort of auction-house for the hyper-rich seeking experiences you cannot find literally anywhere else. They sell anomalies. Then there's the Serpent's Hand(operating out of an extra-dimensional "wormhole station" called the The Library), there's the Church of the Broken God, there's Prometheus Labs.. Fuckit. Here's the website, enjoy yourself; www.scp-wiki.net/
This is possibly the best thing to come from the decision to branch away from the Execs in Hollywood. This is the kind of film I would pay money to go see. You guys are awesome and thank you Mr Blomkamp for creating the best sci fi and fantasy films for nearly the last twenty years. This makes me excited for the future of film. I am fully behind this audience funded studio financing. It makes so much sense considering how hard it was for you when you came up with district 9 and no film has come close to emulating the new direction that you are going in. I cannot thank you enough for taking ideas and making the way possible Hollywood to realise that sci fi is a popular genre and with modern techniques any story can be told. You have paved the way for films like Interstellar, Edge of Tomorrow and The Martian. I cannot thank you enough for bringing a cherished genre to the big screen and making it viable and popular again. Keep up the good work and I know this will succeed, it's way too good for us, the audience, to pass up. Wishing you all the best and looking forward to more great, original content. This studio will become the innovators who are ahead of the curve, Creation is going to be peer to peer, more and more in the future and this is simply one example of how successful this kind of sharing will be. Hold on to your hat folks, the future is just around the corner.
MissEmilovely It is a good short film and deserves its place in the cinema, perhaps with a different program. Why does it need to be remade? You know the producers will be compelled to have "stars" cast to protect their investments.
The Australian author wrote a book called THE SPIRALING Worm. It is a short story collection. Kind of like DELTA GREEN, or The X Files. One of the stories is called MADE OF MEAT. It is basically this in book form. Also the Role Playing Game DELTA GREEN has a game book set in the Vietnam War. It's called THE FALL OF DELTA GREEN. There is also the Role Playing Game TOUR OF DARKNESS, Vietnam War, but with Werewolves. Also the SHELLSHOCK games.
Neil Blomkamp, how long we must wait until movie like this release? Also Christopher Johnson been gone for so long, and he promised that he’ll return and help Wickus.
You will need to wait until Netflix, Amazon, Hulu or some other company with lots of money sees the awesomeness of this and is willing to bankroll $20 million or more to create a full season, or a feature-length film. Smaller studios like Oats are making some awesome shit but they need capital investment to scale it up. Forget traditional movie studios - they're too bland and cautious to get behind something like this but Netflix, Amazon and Hulu are willing to invest in bold, imaginative and truly scary stuff. Let's hope they do.
@@msjohncox too underground and realistic for a major deal. Shame Hollywood runs it all. Hence why these short films are on TH-cam. Brilliant artwork and storytelling non the less.
@@regularape Yeah I gotta say that exposure part was unnecessary. It's basically giving away a big drawing theme to the audience (what IS THIS THING?!) by explaining everything in a little slideshow. The explanation that he just turned into a real life glitch out of pure grief is a let-down to be honest. But if you want a similar storyline without this issue that maintains the fear of the unknown I recommend you read the Flesh Interface Series (Mother Horse Eyes). I actually came across this in the Interface sub. Filled with strange fleshy apparitions, giant throat tunnels, gross human cross-sections, interesting cubist story-telling techniques, and of course, the Soviet Union, MKUltra, LSD experiments and Nam.
Oats, keep doing what you're doing! We absolutely love these experimental short movies! We self shot and edited our own experimental music video set in a post-apocalyptic world where a malevolent entity as old as time itself infested our universe - its name is Nakisisa, he is here. First the portal ripped open the sky above Mwapwango, then the world went black. Teknoloshe - Pure African wizardry induced futuristic post apocalyptic noise.
its been 3 years since i saw this....still waiting for the Movie/Series of this Oats Studios ;). This is amazing work and i revisit it every now and then.
This has some really strong Metal Gear Solid vibes, so there ya go. Considering that Blomkamp and Kojima are buddies, I can see where he drew the inspiration from.
And i don't. They are good but i doub it will be as good in a full lenght. Also each movie about other things is awesome, little bit like the x files or Twilight zone. It is short and tells us little and we have to imagine the rest and that is perfect, when movies or series tells us too much...its nice but it looses THAT something.
Bracken's alternate reality experience came across as the River God giving him a taste of what it would be like for America to be invaded by a technologically superior enemy that spit fire from the air in the 1970s, using the trappings of a hyperpowered Soviet Union, since that's what Bracken and the River God would understand. Interesting concept. The land leviathans instead of seaborne aircraft carriers and VTOL rocket jets with flame cannons were sick. The whole thing had the feel of a live action anime mixed with MGS. I don't understand why none of these shorts have been greenlit. Can't blame the coof four years ago. Crowd fund this shit. These 27 minutes must have had a micro budget compared to Hollywood crap. A crowdfund with this as the advert would get funded overnight. And then you'd still get to charge people to see the finished film.
@@ladlegs I'm hoping Netflix is just being used as a test bed for them, I saw some of these when they came out on here. Lots of professionals, Blomkamp's crew and passionate film makers behind each of these... by definition I think Hollywood has to treat them like... well, the way they treated his other films. District 9's a masterpiece, I've yet to see Elysium. Chappie's the other? I don't see big studios wanting to fund the "big budget" version of a film school sci-fi/horror passion project, no matter how allegorical. They're terrified of "flops." Limited returns, bla bla bla. I doubt it's greenlit at all, but I hope the recent advances in FX and small-scale budgeting can get things like this into the hands of willing consumers. I love the concept of crowd-funding a film, because everyone essentially purchasing a ticket is doing so because they OBVIOUSLY want to see your movie exactly as you presented/teased, in advance, guaranteed cashy-money. It's just not practical with the model film studios use right now. Maybe if we as consumers continue to support passion projects and short films, and small film makers are able to make more and more massive projects cheaper, things'll start to change. Best wishes everybody, JustAGuy. Loved you in One Punch and Free Guy, thanks for your hard work *bows*
Maxime THOMAS LE DEORE was hoping someone else got that vibe. Too many saying metal gear or twilight zone. This and death stranding are going in directions we haven't see.
"Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the schemes of the Devil" Thats was the most exciting way to end this short film. It's been six years now and we still dont have any clue of the current state of Oats Studios. Neill Blomkamp has a tremendous eye for sci-fi. Why are we still here, watching every single one of Oats Studio's shorts? Just to suffer? We still cross the fingers to get this as a movie or at least, a short-film sequel.
The best 25-minutes of footage Blomkamp has put together in his career so far. I enjoyed RAKKA, but I LOVE 'Firebase.' Would love to see this become a full-on feature film.
Remember guys that this is just a incubator for Blomkamps ideas, its experimental. It doesn`t have to be excellent written and executed becuase he is just trying stuff out.
Experience fiction with the presumption that it's been made purposefully unless told otherwise. This looks great but makes no sense. Not everything is as good as it could be for a variety of reasons. Important to celebrate what works while recognizing what didn't.
There be not hotter anger than of the Righteous Christ. He will not return as a lamb to slaughter again, neither will he need the armor of men. I am 62 yo and have walked in His armor 47 years. Even when wrong, nothing has ever touched me and many are the powerful fallen at the attempt. Bring it on bitches, BRING IT THE FUCK ON for I trust only in Him!
Holy damn. This is unbelievably awesome. I don't understand why Hollywood doesn't want movies like this and he has to resort to this method of production and release. I would pay good money to see this as a movie. And the last short they released. Amazing storytelling and character development.
It's an absolute travesty that Ridley Scott shut down Bloomkamps Alien 5 project. The Alien franchise needed fresh talent to revitalise the series. Covenant pissed all over the series
Totally agreeing with you. Bloomkamp is pretty underrated imo. Bloomkamp is a huge fan of the franchise and i think he would be able to combine the best out of the frist two movies.... :(
You idiots. Ridley gave him a chance and he never delivered a script. Covenant was awesome and there's no way Neil could've made a film if that caliber.
this makes me sooooo angry - from this we can see that there are people who can make good films. but hollywood gives us ghostbusters 2016 and the latest star wars awfulness
Harry101UK you forgot that they said he would be classified MIA....in other words the CIA would take him somewhere and lock him up to study or so that he tells no one what happened
He only said that to his face. A nicety, like he was field promoted because of his heroism. He's still a corporal (for now... until he's wiped from existence). Subtle military thing.
There's a historical account of then-general Alexander Suvorov sending a letter to Empress Catherine II regarding the Polish uprising of 1794. Instead of sending a whole letter, he sent her these words: «Hurrah, Warsaw's ours!». And Empress simply replied: «Hurrah, Field-Marshal!» So she basically promoted him this way.
This is such a perfect film. It could easily be made into several spinoffs, Sergent Carr and the CIA operative gathering info, Major Brickerson and his boys fighting the devil, Sergent Hines' bouts with Death, the alternate reality... everything about this film has so much potential
I hope the River God transports me to an alternate reality where Firebase is a 45-minutes-per-episode, 10-episodes-per-season, 4-season TV show on HBO Max.
The point of these isn’t to make a complete story. It’s to set up a premise and setting and then based off feedback from the community decide which story gets expanded into a fully fledged film.
Zygote had an ending of sorts, it was open ended but you assume she escapes. I want Rakka and Firebase to become full movies though! I wanna see doomguy in Vietnam kill the devil!
I am so beyond elated and thankful to have stumbled upon this channel. EVERY flick I've perused thus far has been nothing less than stellar. MORE! MORE! MORE!
Everything yall make needs to be picked up by large production like Netflix. These stories and shorts are unbelievably amazing and well executed! Very nice job. Hope to see a series come out at some point. Keep up the great work
@Freddie McLane Have you read Carrion Comfort. Amazing. And for years I've been trying remember a novelette he wrote about a Vietnam Nam vet who travels back to Vietnam years after the war in search of a vampire, and the revenge he exacts. Recall it?
OMG!!! I absolutely love this concept! Leave the movie and it's concept entirely to it's creators (without studio executives getting in the way), and you get beautiful works of art. Bravo. I wish you good fortune.
You may be right, but they have no conception of an end, only a start. This makes them losers in the movie industry. This in one reason they cannot charge to see a movie.
Possibly the best Vietnam war short film ever made. More production value Vs any junk Hollywood can achieve
This is how a predator movie should be
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Jaw dropping effects
Over 800 movies are released a year.. Doubt you've seen any of them. This is just a poor Jacob's Ladder, apocalypse now and Metal Gear Solid V ripoff lol
@@BeardofBeesPool yeah, but it's cool :)
Dude...I'm Vietnamese and they captured that old school documentary feel. Someone did their homework because I grew up listening to old folks talk about monsters and demons in Vietnam.
Yo, really?
And people thought they just made it up
Thank you for telling us 😌
That’s good dude
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That intro is one of the sickest supernatural openings ever made. The shot of all the vehicles just hovering miles high, lifelessly, haunts me.
watching these videos always make me nervous, checking the time wondering when it will end cause i don't want it to end
Me too😫😫😫😫😫
Ditto
Same here
Same...
The meat armor scene still looks so cool and that intro too. Why is this still not made into a full movie???
@alprazolam1mgs I should've been more specific. What I meant was, why has Netflix or others, have not yet turned this into a movie. Also, if I recall correctly, there was supposed to be a Volume 2 but its crowdfunding failed to reach its goal thus here we are.
It would have to be rated R and movies like that don't make as much money at PG-13. All the Alien movies were rated R and were awesome but when they made AVP in 2004, its budget was so huge they had to make it PG-13 and basically watered it down.
Rakka AND Zygote should most definitely be made with this into a “Grind house” style movie theater event. And the. Released as such on video.
Cause Hollywood executives are spineless pussies, that never take a chance? 😂
@@msjohncox *Cough cough*... DEADPOOL And Logan says hi! 😄
My god pleaseeeeee make volume 2 or a whole movie. This was the most amazing short film I have seen in a VERY long time.
I've watched this and Rakka many times each. They're both a 10/10 imo. But Firebase just pulls me in more. Just a personal preference.
Its game over man. Its game over maaaan. This is it man.. Basically "We didn't get enough money", even though they said they would work on Volume 2 even if they did not get enough money. Inshort, shits fucked.
@@The-Real-Red-BardYeah I know right? It’s been 7 years now.
Just like I said with RAKKA.... HEY NETFLIX, WRITE THE FUCKING CHECK!
WRITE IT!
WRITE IT, GODDAMMIT!
Whats taking so looonnngggg?
AmazonPrime video can.....
Cheque. But yes. I totally agree.
They gave him armour that “keeps reality unbroken”
I want that armour so badly
I don't know man, reality kind of sucks. I would love a suit that breaks it, ha ha.
Trump would be president still then.
@@MorteWulfe...DeadDøge, u needta
RLX. Look what we got instead!
Plagiarist "BARRETTES" Bidden,
& VD Emb'Harris!
Don't be a sore PeLoser... '°'
@@favoritemustard3542 what?
why? reality isnt broken, just disappointing.
Neil Blomkamp is an underrated masterpiece genius.
He is one of the Best sci fi movie maker now in Hollywood
@@tintobendo4424 Too bad he won't make District 10.
@@bungiskungis343 What? There are a bunch of great movies with just as good, if not better, sequels
@@cheradaninezakalwe2851 ya está en proceso no te preocupes, investiga en internet Brother, ya están en proceso y se llamará district 10
@Striker Eureka You’re in luck.
Neil proving he could make a better Predator movie if given the chance
Too bad he's isn't directing the new Predator movie smh.
@@ManWiThOutFEAR1982 You can say that again. WTF were they thinking? It was as bad as some of the later Hellraiser movies that bought the name and rights to a few characters so that they could tell their own story.
Halo too. And Aliens. And Doom. Name one guy more fucked by Hollywood. Even The Fraser's on the come up.
Hands down he could
@Vincent H. Neill Blomkamp
“Put on the whole armor of god, so you may stand, against the schemes of the *devil*”
This quote alone makes me want to watch a full length film of this
Fake gods vs real gods
@@hansnoor9637 who decides which gods are real and which gods aren't
Give it to a Christian to take the movie completely out of context
@@Texasmade74 who decides you are not a synth or a real human?
@@hansnoor9637 I don't know
I love that these shorts are basically treatments. "Here's the general plot, here are our characters, here's the starting point." Blomkamp and OATS really know how to push an idea into something interesting.
It is absolutely CRIMINAL not having any form of sequel to this masterpiece!
Already 5 years into the making of this masterpiece, and we,
poor things, still have no clues if this gem is ever gonna make it into a full movie. 🤞
It would have happened by now, nevertheless a great mini flick
Scripts or even pilots do sit on the shelf for decades sometimes before being released. But it’s always a slim chance.
Hollywood too busy remaking craps show and movies and skin color change😂
I wish they made this into a single player game instead of participating in off-the-grid which is basically cyberpunk 2077 but fps battle royale. Gunzilla is also participating in NFT gimmicks and has sued critics before, so take it as you will!
Doubt it. It's too heavily dependant on narration and prebuilt storytelling. There's barely any interesting plots that are original.
It's been nearly 4 years but yet I'm still waiting for second part.
Me to
Me too!
Still?
@@Flint-Dibble-the-Don Always.
i don’t think there going to add another part even though it’s labeled with a volume
Everything about this short film captures the magic of the great 80s/90s action/sci fi films that swept me away as a child. If this became a full film, I would absolutely watch it in theatres and gladly pay the inflated ticket price. SPECTACULAR
Neil is killing it and truly sticking it to Hollywood and I can't blame him. all these shit movies that get the green light and they turn him down, a lot.
I blame it on Chappie, District 9 was brilliant, elysium was fine but Chappie just doesnt work for me, the concept was good, tha casting and the fx were the best part but it wasnt as close to be as good as this oats studio shortcuts are.
The script and casting we're both to blame IMO. Not entirely, but enough to make it not worth rewatching ever.
Kevin Neal I agree. Did not Like Crappie. It's seemed more like a reject movie version of Short cuirtict. I didn't really find anything redeeming about Chappies character or of any if the cast in the film.
I really liked Chappie...maybe cause it had really interesting concepts to explore. And just his special effects in general are amazing. It made me think of the future of cinema....I mean the mind controlled mech was enough for me. Younger me would've been blown away. Older me was a bit disappointed at some things about it but I still enjoyed it.
His stuff is waaaaaay too awesome to ever get made into a movie or series.
You know that feeling you get when you didn't know you needed something until you see it? And then that feeling is going to nag on you forever until that need is filled? I had that feeling before this film. It was sated for 26 minutes and 52 seconds. And now the yearning is back.
I need more of this this, guys. I NEED it.
its gonna kill me I hope they come out with a VOl 2
Generalfoley check out the scp foundation
Henry Bader Nah, I need less spoops, more Delta Green, ya dig?
These movies work because they are an allegory of our collective experience in Vietnam - the look on Sgt. Hines face at one point in the film was like "it serves us right because we intruded here."
Yeah I think this is possible to read as actively anti-war...the River God representing the ravages of war and the unintended, brutal and horrific consequences it creates. And being a Vietnamese civilian originally, maybe it telepathically showed that one soldier the Soviets invading America so that he would understand what it was like for his country to be invaded and crushed by a foreign power.
No
The sheer hubris of American calling science creation "Armor of God" and calling an undying vengeful ghost wronged by American as "The Devil", a very Vietnam film.
This is CIA guy talking, from the whole context of neutral morality you can see him as nothing *but* bad guy. But if you read further in the comments section and you'll see the usual "MERICAN FUCKYEAR" sentiment.
That part where the soldiers (and then the tanks/choppers) float up to the heavens. 2:07 That really stopped me in my tracks. I've never seen anything like that in a film. It works really well. This really deserves a proper full-length treatment.
Tropic Thunder 2 is looking really good
frostbite1we I killed the thing I love the most!
I got you TiVo, did you get the TiVo?
16:20 corporal brackens fastest promotion and demotion ever
Lol
weezamon lol after I heard the slip I check the comments to see if anyone else caught it
If you look at the tape at 10:36 it says Cap. Brackens.
One hell of a day for that guy.
it actually says Corp.
Which is still incorrect. It should be CPL
Endlessly searching for the elusive VOLUME 2. Rakka, Zygote, Firebase....we’re waiting.
@Yucel Huseyinhan shut the flip up Yucel, you don't know
Tell me if you find it
Apparently, they will never happen.
Still am
Heard Neill Blomkamp is making Robo Cop. And fans did vote on what film to make into a feature, of the major 3 shorts Oats did. And, Firebase won. So there is a strong possibility that this becomes a film if Neill makes Robo Cop profitable. Maybe he'll be able to raise some coin to finish the story. You could finish Firebase in about 15 minutes. Rakka could be maybe a 3 film story arc, imho. Zygote would be freaky, could be a franchise!. But maybe there is a entire story for The River God, the mind of Neill Blomkamp, will just nail.
Imagine Neill Blomkamp making a Dead Space tv series/movie..
Imagine him re-imagining the Star Wars universe... that would be something indeed....
Dude what the hell my erection just gave me an uppercut
Just make him fix every thing, marvel, dc, anything I'm too tired to list shit but just give the man money and a crew that understands his vision pleaseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
@@hannibalcase1100 🤣🤣🤣
10:51 and they said Suicide Squad deserved an Oscar for make-up?
BITCH LOOK THIS!!!!!
Hollywood can go hang itself.
i mean look at any horror movie with good special fx, 80s to now. this short doesnt even compare
I can't stop imagining a game based in the jungles of Vietnam, hunted by the eerie river-god who silently spooks up on you amidst the collapse of the very fabric, time-space slippages, psychotic breakdowns pushing you to the edges of sanity and even make you question the reality outside the screen.
So basically like the FEAR games, but instead of a little girl haunting you it's some old Vietnamese farmer. Sounds amazing.
I never knew I needed this till now.
that would an awesome game worth the money
SreeTeja Simha Gemaraju should play metalgearsolid3
PlayStation 2 & 3 i played two games based around Vietnam war n its horror
10/10 WOW! This film was amazing! The line about "Life itself" making way for him was absolute poetry. The dichotomy between the farmer and the soldier was razor-sharp. I even kinda dig how it's set up and taking place during Vietnam as it is a gut-wrenching backstory used to create the antagonist. This film I'd love to see become a full-length feature one day.
NOBODY GONNA TALK ABOUT “The Armor of G0D” having bullets 5% the speed of light, a “relativity capsule” to make his senses Super Saiyan and can somehow withstand Reality warp????? Bro when they ended it before they fought I felt so played. “I put on the whole armor of God just so we can stand against the schemes of The Devil” how can u end it there?
We have a SCP report coming out of Vietnam. A class IV reality bender. We need a portable scranton reality anchor and firepower options.
This feels more GOC. The Foundation would've tried to contain it, they're clearly just trying to destroy it.
RaptorJesus I was about to say "way to blow it GOC" before I saw this comment. Glad I'm not the only one who thought that.
Pardon my ignorance, what is GOC?
Requesting deployment of a Thaumiel class entity
Global Occult Coalition, a sometimes-friend sometimes-foe of the Foundation in the SCP-verse. The SCP(Secure, Contain, Protect) Foundation seeks to contain and study the anomalies, resorting to destruction/killing them only if said Securing, Containing and Protecting fail. Because the thing is, "Protect" applies to the Anomalies too. Protecting them from the likes of the Global Occult Coalition, or MC&D, so on and so forth.
GOC however, seeks to just rid the world of said anomalies, regardless of how harmless they are.
There are plenty of other factions too. I mentioned MC&D, which stands for "Marshal, Carter & Dark" a sort of auction-house for the hyper-rich seeking experiences you cannot find literally anywhere else. They sell anomalies.
Then there's the Serpent's Hand(operating out of an extra-dimensional "wormhole station" called the The Library), there's the Church of the Broken God, there's Prometheus Labs..
Fuckit. Here's the website, enjoy yourself;
www.scp-wiki.net/
This is possibly the best thing to come from the decision to branch away from the Execs in Hollywood.
This is the kind of film I would pay money to go see. You guys are awesome and thank you Mr Blomkamp for creating the best sci fi and fantasy films for nearly the last twenty years. This makes me excited for the future of film. I am fully behind this audience funded studio financing. It makes so much sense considering how hard it was for you when you came up with district 9 and no film has come close to emulating the new direction that you are going in. I cannot thank you enough for taking ideas and making the way possible Hollywood to realise that sci fi is a popular genre and with modern techniques any story can be told. You have paved the way for films like Interstellar, Edge of Tomorrow and The Martian.
I cannot thank you enough for bringing a cherished genre to the big screen and making it viable and popular again.
Keep up the good work and I know this will succeed, it's way too good for us, the audience, to pass up.
Wishing you all the best and looking forward to more great, original content. This studio will become the innovators who are ahead of the curve, Creation is going to be peer to peer, more and more in the future and this is simply one example of how successful this kind of sharing will be. Hold on to your hat folks, the future is just around the corner.
Aren’t they now crowdfunding to make this into a movie?
David Holbrook pretty sure you didn't contribute to the crowdfunding lol
David Holbrook; Well said guy! I totally agree.
MissEmilovely
It is a good short film and deserves its place in the cinema, perhaps with a different program. Why does it need to be remade? You know the producers will be compelled to have "stars" cast to protect their investments.
good god, you wrote an essay
this is pequod arriving shortly at lz
Can't believe we got to watch this for free man
I watched it for myself I don't know who free man is
That exploding face special effect is the coolest thing I've seen in a really long time. Mad props!!
That moment when you hear the ''CCR - Fortunate Son'', you know you are in the middle of a Vietnam battle.
I was thinking the EXACT same thing lol
THE RAPTOR Or " Run Through The Jungle " ...
I wore my CCR , Stones , Doors tapes out and bought more .
That was easily the worst part of the short
Back when I was in Vietnam all we listened to was Britney Spears and the Backstreet Boys. Fun times was had by all.
Heh. When I was in 'nam, my unit sang Gregorian chants as we marched into battle and wrought destruction with lead and fire.
This is the closest we will ever get to a good Metal Gear movie
The Australian author wrote a book called THE SPIRALING Worm. It is a short story collection. Kind of like DELTA GREEN, or The X Files. One of the stories is called MADE OF MEAT. It is basically this in book form. Also the Role Playing Game DELTA GREEN has a game book set in the Vietnam War. It's called THE FALL OF DELTA GREEN. There is also the Role Playing Game TOUR OF DARKNESS, Vietnam War, but with Werewolves. Also the SHELLSHOCK games.
Wow. This needs to be a full length feature.
The Awesomer Go to steam and buy the dlc so we cam see more.
It is turning into one
Damn Straight!..😉😎👍👍🤘🤘🖤💜(/-\)..
Neil Blomkamp, how long we must wait until movie like this release? Also Christopher Johnson been gone for so long, and he promised that he’ll return and help Wickus.
You will need to wait until Netflix, Amazon, Hulu or some other company with lots of money sees the awesomeness of this and is willing to bankroll $20 million or more to create a full season, or a feature-length film. Smaller studios like Oats are making some awesome shit but they need capital investment to scale it up. Forget traditional movie studios - they're too bland and cautious to get behind something like this but Netflix, Amazon and Hulu are willing to invest in bold, imaginative and truly scary stuff. Let's hope they do.
@@msjohncox too underground and realistic for a major deal. Shame Hollywood runs it all. Hence why these short films are on TH-cam. Brilliant artwork and storytelling non the less.
Oh man. You can't write and make something that good and leave it there.
Loved every bit of that.
More please.
This is extremely well filmed with one small expecting
Everything is clean and brand new
These short films have way better storylines than the crap Ive seen this year in the big screen.
seriouslly? some asian dude becomes some telepatic skeletor because of grief is a great storyline?
@@regularape That's literally only a part of the overall story. And yeah, even that is better than some of the grabage Hollywood pumps out.
Ofc you can find worst than this from hollywood, the output number is not even comparable, thats a dumb argument.
@@regularape Yeah I gotta say that exposure part was unnecessary. It's basically giving away a big drawing theme to the audience (what IS THIS THING?!) by explaining everything in a little slideshow. The explanation that he just turned into a real life glitch out of pure grief is a let-down to be honest. But if you want a similar storyline without this issue that maintains the fear of the unknown I recommend you read the Flesh Interface Series (Mother Horse Eyes). I actually came across this in the Interface sub. Filled with strange fleshy apparitions, giant throat tunnels, gross human cross-sections, interesting cubist story-telling techniques, and of course, the Soviet Union, MKUltra, LSD experiments and Nam.
@@donsancho6690 bump
This god is like a mix of Akira and Dr. Manhattan.
Amazing !
I was sitting here thinking the same thing as I watched this! Except Dr. Manhattan's got nothing on this god, holy heck
Ok, just finished watching, NOW THIS IS THE KIND OF MOVIEMAKING I WANT TO SEE MORE OF.
Best anti-war film ever. Visualizing the rage and depress of the civilians in the war.
It was a bad choice to start eating just before I starting watching this.
Shr3w +1 😅
? made my food more spicy so i would recommend to everyone.
I was eating bacon when I started watching... I stopped.
LOL same. I still finished eating though.
made me hungry...
Damnit man...MAKE THIS A FULL MOVIE
Oats, keep doing what you're doing! We absolutely love these experimental short movies!
We self shot and edited our own experimental music video set in a post-apocalyptic world where a malevolent entity as old as time itself infested our universe - its name is Nakisisa, he is here. First the portal ripped open the sky above Mwapwango, then the world went black.
Teknoloshe - Pure African wizardry induced futuristic post apocalyptic noise.
Is it animated or live?
its been 3 years since i saw this....still waiting for the Movie/Series of this Oats Studios ;).
This is amazing work and i revisit it every now and then.
it was cancelled brother.. mega sad
@@Kaspar_Houser Damn. Thanks for letting me know.
@@Kaspar_Houser how do you know?
Rakka was good. This was better. Wow, I'd happily pay to see a series or film based on this.
This has some really strong Metal Gear Solid vibes, so there ya go.
Considering that Blomkamp and Kojima are buddies, I can see where he drew the inspiration from.
Colin Kelly - I would cancel my Netflix subscription if this studio ever made a full paid service from these mini series.
Ninkyo893 WHHHAAATTT? :O Didn't know they were BFFs?!?
That's the point of this short films, to see which one appeals more to the audience and from there start creating a series or movie
I thought he kinda looked like snake 🐍
If SCP and Metal Gear had a beautiful love child.
When I saw this it gave me metal gear peacewalker vibes man this is legit
I was just thinking SCP. This feels like Clef's work.
I would pay that game
Colonel, I found the river god! Also, Meryl has a sweet ass!
Another comparison? Akira meets Apocolyspe Now.
Rakka was decent but this is absolutely steller, I'd be desperate for a full-length movie.
The Dark Side Haha, other way around for me.
Screw that, I want both.
And i don't. They are good but i doub it will be as good in a full lenght. Also each movie about other things is awesome, little bit like the x files or Twilight zone. It is short and tells us little and we have to imagine the rest and that is perfect, when movies or series tells us too much...its nice but it looses THAT something.
Bracken's alternate reality experience came across as the River God giving him a taste of what it would be like for America to be invaded by a technologically superior enemy that spit fire from the air in the 1970s, using the trappings of a hyperpowered Soviet Union, since that's what Bracken and the River God would understand. Interesting concept. The land leviathans instead of seaborne aircraft carriers and VTOL rocket jets with flame cannons were sick. The whole thing had the feel of a live action anime mixed with MGS.
I don't understand why none of these shorts have been greenlit. Can't blame the coof four years ago. Crowd fund this shit. These 27 minutes must have had a micro budget compared to Hollywood crap. A crowdfund with this as the advert would get funded overnight. And then you'd still get to charge people to see the finished film.
agreed!!
on netflix now, so might be green lit
@@ladlegs I'm hoping Netflix is just being used as a test bed for them, I saw some of these when they came out on here. Lots of professionals, Blomkamp's crew and passionate film makers behind each of these... by definition I think Hollywood has to treat them like... well, the way they treated his other films. District 9's a masterpiece, I've yet to see Elysium. Chappie's the other? I don't see big studios wanting to fund the "big budget" version of a film school sci-fi/horror passion project, no matter how allegorical. They're terrified of "flops." Limited returns, bla bla bla.
I doubt it's greenlit at all, but I hope the recent advances in FX and small-scale budgeting can get things like this into the hands of willing consumers. I love the concept of crowd-funding a film, because everyone essentially purchasing a ticket is doing so because they OBVIOUSLY want to see your movie exactly as you presented/teased, in advance, guaranteed cashy-money. It's just not practical with the model film studios use right now. Maybe if we as consumers continue to support passion projects and short films, and small film makers are able to make more and more massive projects cheaper, things'll start to change. Best wishes everybody, JustAGuy. Loved you in One Punch and Free Guy, thanks for your hard work *bows*
They made a movie, it stank and tanked.
That's a really good interpretation of Cpl. Bracken's scene, I couldnt make sense of it in the context of the film but I think you have nailed it.
It's really like a Kojima Production, almost feels like Death Stranding to me ...
Maxime THOMAS LE DEORE was hoping someone else got that vibe. Too many saying metal gear or twilight zone. This and death stranding are going in directions we haven't see.
Rakka was interresting, but Firebase.... Gosh... like a 25 minutes nightmare. Great Job!
"What if Dr. Manhattan was a Vietnamese peasant?"
Nailed it :D
'...and gained powers through the strength of his bereavement'
also, i see a parallel here with brando's character from apocalypse now
I love how Hines was his antithesis
Dr. Manhattan vs River God, a battle of Gods
"Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the schemes of the Devil"
Thats was the most exciting way to end this short film. It's been six years now and we still dont have any clue of the current state of Oats Studios. Neill Blomkamp has a tremendous eye for sci-fi. Why are we still here, watching every single one of Oats Studio's shorts? Just to suffer?
We still cross the fingers to get this as a movie or at least, a short-film sequel.
The best 25-minutes of footage Blomkamp has put together in his career so far. I enjoyed RAKKA, but I LOVE 'Firebase.'
Would love to see this become a full-on feature film.
I thought Rakka was awesome but this one was AMAZING! Love the idea and concept for this one. Can't wait to see what Oats has next
No its the next one coming July 12th called "Zygote".
Still waiting for their showdown. The tone is so bizarre yet believable, like MGS3+Silent Hill but in real life.
Bro, thank you. The main character just seems like Snake to me, and it has Hideo Kojima tones all fucking over it.
To think of it, the creature kinda reminds me of the skulls from mgsv
When Metal Gear Solid meets Apocalypse Now. That is just Amazing! Thank you so much #oatsstudios FTW!
SkyGaruda SNNNAAAAAAKKKKKKKEEEEEE EEAATTTTEEEEEERRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!!
SkyGaruda They played us like a damn fiddle
10:02
All I imagined was Kaz screaming "C'MON START TALKING BITCH!!!"
SkyGaruda what if Oats Studio is Kojima Production in disguise?!
SkyGaruda i know right? I got that solid snake feel to it mixed with half life.
Remember guys that this is just a incubator for Blomkamps ideas, its experimental. It doesn`t have to be excellent written and executed becuase he is just trying stuff out.
Experience fiction with the presumption that it's been made purposefully unless told otherwise. This looks great but makes no sense. Not everything is as good as it could be for a variety of reasons. Important to celebrate what works while recognizing what didn't.
Mats Lønne So I should just not have an opinion on this video that could possibly improve upon it? Critism is important, even if it's negative.
Yeah but its not supposed to make much sense. About as much as Silent Hills.
zygote was really good
ONeilYu I thought zygote was good as well. One helluva a scary ass monster; stuff of nightmares.😲
Its practically criminal that this hasn't.been made into a full feature film!
Packs a LOT into the short running time. Everything works, and it works well.
Dude this is on a whole another level!
This is still one of the most amazing short films ever created
Anger changes a person. Grief can turn one into something evil. Hatred burns as hot as a star, and all around you are scorched by its fury.
There be not hotter anger than of the Righteous Christ. He will not return as a lamb to slaughter again, neither will he need the armor of men. I am 62 yo and have walked in His armor 47 years. Even when wrong, nothing has ever touched me and many are the powerful fallen at the attempt. Bring it on bitches, BRING IT THE FUCK ON for I trust only in Him!
Wow! 😮
HUGE Metal Gear vibes from this. Especially MGS 3 and MGSV
Haha, I thought he reminded me of Solid Snake too.
And they choose Covenant over this guy!!
you don't need millions to make a great movie. this is proof
He has already made a few moderately budgeted movies
All of em were great to I hope he makes some of these into actual movies at some point
So I assume you know the production budget of this short… wich is ??
Actually they have a crowd fund too finish the movie
Well then kittehbear23 when is first feature film being produced? I mean you know the costs. Link us your finished product when you are finished.
How I didn't freak out from the part where they were opening people up and shit amazes me
this needs to be made into a HBO horror series, amazing work
Holy damn. This is unbelievably awesome. I don't understand why Hollywood doesn't want movies like this and he has to resort to this method of production and release. I would pay good money to see this as a movie. And the last short they released. Amazing storytelling and character development.
It's an absolute travesty that Ridley Scott shut down Bloomkamps Alien 5 project.
The Alien franchise needed fresh talent to revitalise the series. Covenant pissed all over the series
le this
Totally agreeing with you. Bloomkamp is pretty underrated imo. Bloomkamp is a huge fan of the franchise and i think he would be able to combine the best out of the frist two movies.... :(
Ridley didn't want to get showed up. It's obvious.
You idiots. Ridley gave him a chance and he never delivered a script. Covenant was awesome and there's no way Neil could've made a film if that caliber.
eastendthug totally agree we need alien 5
Life won't be complete until I see a sequel to this and District 9.
This is so good, I'm not even finishing the video before commenting.
Oats Studio, you guy are fucking awesome! Keep up the good work!
Watch the whole thing before trying to get upvotes on your dumb ass comment cause it gets even better at the end.
flyingcoffeecup
It was fucking awesome 😄
flyingcoffeecup
And honestly I don't care about upvotes.
This was just a really video lol
Yeah love it, went off the rails a bit when CIA man explained the river god's back story but it was really interesting
yeai was like wtf? "his grief caused the fabric of reality around him to change"
Monkers would have made more sense he had partial untapped powers that were intensified by negative events. Similar to Alma from FEAR.
this makes me sooooo angry - from this we can see that there are people who can make good films. but hollywood gives us ghostbusters 2016 and the latest star wars awfulness
dude fucking honestly. Hollywood has become diluted with remakes,sequels,and shit writing.
The 2020 ghost busters looks cute.
If movies don't have mass appeal they cant afford to make them
Because people won’t pay to see films like Blade Runner 2049
Rain Cloud 🤣 wait, what!?
@Rain Cloud say sike right now
Dr Manhattan... If God was Vietnamese?
dr vietnamese
Dr. Phoket
I had this short on my mind a lot of times while playing Death Stranding.
16:22
"Thank you Sergeant Bracken."
"Corporal Bracken will be flown back to the states." =D
Wasn't expecting a comment from you here!!
Harry101UK I said the exact same thing
Harry101UK you forgot that they said he would be classified MIA....in other words the CIA would take him somewhere and lock him up to study or so that he tells no one what happened
He only said that to his face. A nicety, like he was field promoted because of his heroism. He's still a corporal (for now... until he's wiped from existence). Subtle military thing.
There's a historical account of then-general Alexander Suvorov sending a letter to Empress Catherine II regarding the Polish uprising of 1794. Instead of sending a whole letter, he sent her these words: «Hurrah, Warsaw's ours!». And Empress simply replied: «Hurrah, Field-Marshal!» So she basically promoted him this way.
*NIEL DOES IT AGAIN ...*
*AWESOME !!!*
thats one hell of a fuckin cliffhanger
This is such a perfect film. It could easily be made into several spinoffs, Sergent Carr and the CIA operative gathering info, Major Brickerson and his boys fighting the devil, Sergent Hines' bouts with Death, the alternate reality... everything about this film has so much potential
Today is a good day.
I've watched this three times and I still love it.
This oats studios , are the shit, they rock man, holliwood directors needs to learn from them !!
I hate to break it to you but the guy who made this is actually a Hollywood director, Neill Blomkamp.
@@kobeque1616 yeah, BUT only 3 films in Hollywood, which ones were awesome, he is a creative guy, and people in Hollywood always take the money first
I hope the River God transports me to an alternate reality where Firebase is a 45-minutes-per-episode, 10-episodes-per-season, 4-season TV show on HBO Max.
I love the Oats Studios TH-cam movies, but I wish they would at least just finish story for once.
Yep its getting a bit annoying when all their videos are 26 minute teaser trailers.
The point of these isn’t to make a complete story. It’s to set up a premise and setting and then based off feedback from the community decide which story gets expanded into a fully fledged film.
@@Al-nj6ww so far with each teaser they fired up the public xd
Zygote had an ending of sorts, it was open ended but you assume she escapes. I want Rakka and Firebase to become full movies though! I wanna see doomguy in Vietnam kill the devil!
@@Al-nj6ww maybe they need to rethink the ratio of unfinished teasers to finished films.
Oak studios does it again !!! Brilliant like rakka 👍🏼
I wish it was longer than 26 minutes . I would watch this as a full movie.
I am so beyond elated and thankful to have stumbled upon this channel. EVERY flick I've perused thus far has been nothing less than stellar. MORE! MORE! MORE!
Everything yall make needs to be picked up by large production like Netflix. These stories and shorts are unbelievably amazing and well executed! Very nice job. Hope to see a series come out at some point. Keep up the great work
Looks like Vietnam has its own Dr. Manhattan.. Ha
why are these insane awesome movies not being made? Rakka, Zygot, Firebase. I mean come on. Its all freaking gold
If Dan Simmons' Hyperion ever makes it to the big screen, these guys should definitely help to design and realize the Shrike.
YES!
@Freddie McLane Have you read Carrion Comfort. Amazing. And for years I've been trying remember a novelette he wrote about a Vietnam Nam vet who travels back to Vietnam years after the war in search of a vampire, and the revenge he exacts. Recall it?
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You guys should direct a Metal Gear Solid Movie.
What the fuck dude? Did you really see the movie?...
better than Michael Bay
I think Michael Bay is a great director and author too. In his style, his directing is very intelligent
hope it's bait, if not what are you doing here anyway.
As long as cold beer, hot food, rock 'n' roll, and all the other amenities remain expected norm, our conduct of the war will only gain impotence.
Love Colonel Walter E. Kurtz
6 years later and the graphics are so good I almost didn't realize it was that old
OMG!!! I absolutely love this concept! Leave the movie and it's concept entirely to it's creators (without studio executives getting in the way), and you get beautiful works of art. Bravo.
I wish you good fortune.
You may be right, but they have no conception of an end, only a start. This makes them losers in the movie industry. This in one reason they cannot charge to see a movie.
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