This is a cute, odd, and charmingly optimistic video, skillfully narrated by George Takei.
But filmmakers are an odd lot, and this one chose to tag this pleasant story with something that ruined it.
So, I’m untagging and unruining it, and I’m clipping it at the 5:34 mark, because nothing of any importance or worth happens after this point.
You are free to seek out the full video and watch the ending for yourself, but I promise that it will not brighten your day by even so much as a single lumen, and I’d recommend that you instead spend that time kissing your wife or hugging your child.
Not even sure what the point of the original was. A mockery of optimism?
@1 Frank J. – I’ve noticed that the more awards a video has, the more likely it is to be pointlessly cynical.
It’s supposed to be “edgy”, I guess, but if wanted dour pessimism, I’d watch the news, not a short animated feature.
Personally, I would’ve ended the film with some lilting harp music and the sun coming out. Or maybe a cheerful, reassured bear offering HIS scarf to the squirrel.
The filmmaker tweeted out your edit by the way. Seemed please.
@3 – Huh… I would expected offended fury, but I’ll take it. Maybe he’s impressed that a single cut completely changed the meaning of the film.
Sorta like when you edit Star Wars to show the Death Star blowing up Yavin and its moon before Skywalker can drop the torpedoes.
http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=624679
Now that I think about it, what I did was more like trimming “Time Enough At Last” so that Burgess Meredith’s glasses don’t break.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_Enough_at_Last
Actually, a lot of the Twilight Zone endings just seemed cruel for no reason except that it provided a twist.
Harvey, in number 4 did you mean something like this?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zzoeEdW-EDQ&list=UUHCph-_jLba_9atyCZJPLQQ
Liked the story the way you posted it, by the way. Thanks!
@6 – True
@7 – Yes, like that, except that my brother once pointed out to me that the destruction of the gas giant planet Yavin would’ve completely obliterated all its moons as it turned into planetary shrapnel. They wouldn’t have needed a second shot.