It's always tragic when a giant cleaning robot mistakes you for a pile of dirt. What's a fellow to do?
That was the plot... It's not a comedy at all, and it's pretty good.
This short is fantastic for three reasons: 1) For a 1978 film, it's brilliant. 2) For a student film, it's brilliant. It looks like a clip from a real (altough cheap) movie. 3) For a low budget film it's brilliant. The stop-motion technique is great, and camera-work which makes small robot models look giant is perfect.
Only one problem. Ending... Not to spoil anything, but the trip is definitely way better then it's destination. Maybe it was budget or lack of ideas but everything else works just fine.
Here, you can see the origin of Repley and her lift fork (Aliens 2; battle with the alien mom) or few ideas (concepts really) from Terminator universe and I don't mean the time travel.
The short also has a great comic-book style intro that (somewhat unnecessarily) sets up the actual plot and is never referred to again.
The budget is on the short side, but it does add some fine camp value and a slight resemblance to (different) J.C.'s Darkstar (btw, which would've been much better if it had a-n-y action to go along with it's snark).
For fans of Mr. J.C. this is a necessary viewing.
That was the plot... It's not a comedy at all, and it's pretty good.
This short is fantastic for three reasons: 1) For a 1978 film, it's brilliant. 2) For a student film, it's brilliant. It looks like a clip from a real (altough cheap) movie. 3) For a low budget film it's brilliant. The stop-motion technique is great, and camera-work which makes small robot models look giant is perfect.
Only one problem. Ending... Not to spoil anything, but the trip is definitely way better then it's destination. Maybe it was budget or lack of ideas but everything else works just fine.
Here, you can see the origin of Repley and her lift fork (Aliens 2; battle with the alien mom) or few ideas (concepts really) from Terminator universe and I don't mean the time travel.
The short also has a great comic-book style intro that (somewhat unnecessarily) sets up the actual plot and is never referred to again.
The budget is on the short side, but it does add some fine camp value and a slight resemblance to (different) J.C.'s Darkstar (btw, which would've been much better if it had a-n-y action to go along with it's snark).
For fans of Mr. J.C. this is a necessary viewing.