tax with detect a planet capable of sustaining life sentence , a duet of robot ramble around undiscovered terrain , deal experiments . All is routine on their latest sojourn in Planet Unknown … until their environs exact an unexpected turn . Good thing they ’ve got each other to see the mission through .
Director Shawn Wang ’s engaging short was his commencement ceremony picture show at Communication University of China . It took him 11 months to dispatch , he says , andnotes some influencesthat scifi fans will no doubt recognize :
The idea started back in 2014 when Interstellar was released . I was profoundly impressed by the picture show and was inspired by the two robot TARS and CASE . The idea of cerebral golem explore distance develop from there .
Other inspirations include Pixar movies like WALL - E and Toy Story , as well as CHAPPiE , NASA documentaries about Mars Rover Curiosity , and brusque films by individuals like Alex Roman ’s The Third & The Seventh , Richard Mans ’ Abiogenesis , Erik Wernquist ’s Wanderers , Alf Lovvold ’s Dawn of the Stuff , and so many more .
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