Awesome Science Fiction

The Butler Brothers’ animated science fiction short is as enigmatic as it is haunting, as two children explore and learn about the strange and lonely world they face – a place which seems oddly devoid of human life.

The black and white style of artist Mattis Dovier’s animated short film reminds us of the primitive 1-bit shading style of the original Apple Macintosh, but it’s the haunting science fiction story about a man’s disturbing transformation that truly lured us in.

(PG-13: Language) After regaling us with a tale in which everything bad happens in space, Luc “Zapatou” Bergeron is back to delight us with a sequel, in which numerous astronauts, explorers, space pilots, (and Matrix dwellers) face off against ever worsening odds.

Remix master Eclectic Method combines a number of his already awesome science fiction mixes into a single meta-mix that runs a nearly 27 minutes long, and is worth every single minute of your time. Hit play and crank it up right now.

While much of the dialogue in Oscar Sharp and Ross Goodwin’s short film reads like an episode of Bad Lip Reading, it’s still fascinating to see what happens when you program a neural network to write a science fiction screenplay, after teaching it about the genre’s greats.

Jared D. Weiss’ fantastic animated short follows a creature and his dog who find a working old radio in the post-apocalyptic wasteland. Mike Westbrook’s haunting sound design perfectly complements its spare visuals to create a sense of tension and mystery.

The latest trailer for the new Star Trek movie reminds us that just because Fast & Furious director Justin Lin is behind the lens this time, that we can still expect the classic characters and alien threats we know and love. Here’s hoping they didn’t forget the humor.

(PG-13) The video for Breakbot’s disco-infused track mixes ’70s sci-fi elements to create a world in which men are replaced with creepy robots who do the bidding of their female masters. It’s like Westworld meets Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex.

“The problem’s plain to see… too much technology…” Editor Luc “Zapatou” Bergeron combined footage of Star Wars’ least respected droid with Styx’s cheesetastic Mr. Roboto, a song that seems much more appropriate these days than when it was released back in 1983.

(Flashing images) An incredibly wealthy and prideful man is diagnosed with a terminal illness. He chooses to go out in a grand fashion by commissioning a Euthanasia Coaster, a roller coaster that theoretically induces euphoria before starving the brain of oxygen.

“It’s like Terminator, but with vegetables.” Régis Raffin’s hilariously odd music video for Republic of Rock N Roll’s Cyber Killer sees a dystopian future in which being a vegetarian is outlawed, and killer robots are programmed to hunt down and kill Earth’s remaining veggie eaters.

Elite Geek dug up this brilliant and hilarious low-budget Star Wars fan film from 1990, directed by Itami Rose. The literally handmade Super 8 film recreates scenes from A New Hope, shot entirely with hands in place of spaceships. (Thanks Jeremy!)

Director Taz Goldstein’s short film pokes fun of the trope of the all-knowing, all-seeing evil computers found in sci-fi movies like TRON. While this machine does its best to crush the will of all who encounter it, this particular subject seems impervious to its demands.

A race of cute and cuddly looking cartoon aliens lands on Earth, which leads some humans to welcome the creatures into their homes. But all is not as it seems in this brilliantly done live-action/animated sci-fi film by Owen Rixon and The 2D Workshop.

(PG-13 Language) Ariel Martin’s short film tells the story of a busy mother who leaves her children under the supervision of a cyborg surrogate. A disturbing vision of our growing reliance on technology, and proof that good science fiction doesn’t need to rely on VFX.

A group of marines are lured into a battle by an army of sentient killer robots in this sci-fi popcorn flick that looks to mash up elements of Predator, The Terminator, and The Matrix. On UK screens 5/2016. No word on a US release, though. (Thanks BadRobot!)

Jeremy Polgar spent the last year perfecting this awesomely animated concept trailer for a film about Analog, the last android in existence and a journey of revenge which leads her down an unexpected path. We love the action, ’80s tinged neon glow, and sharp linework.

Korean animator Kang SuHyun’s short science fiction film requires no dialogue to tell its story, a haunting tale of a man who looks back on the events leading to the loss of his partner after a long and mentally grueling mission in space.

The latest TV spot for Star Wars: The Force Awakens focuses in on bad guy Kylo Ren and The Dark Side of the Force, as he mounts a huge army of stormtroopers – some with flamethrowers – and takes on our new heroes in both epic and mano-a-mano battles.

Video editor Robert Jones compiled this fun clip showcasing some of the myriad interpretations of the future as seen in science fiction movies, from the idyllic to the dystopian, from the plausible to the ridiculous – and everything in between.

The Japanese trailer for Star Wars: The Force Awakens contains a surprising amount of new footage, including Finn, Rey and BB-8’s first moments together, the First Order’s troops and a potential reason for Finn’s showdown with Kylo Ren. Still barely any Luke though.

It’s worth digging through every second of the latest trailer to whet your appetite and feed your fan theories until December 18th. We’re a little concerned from his black-hooded appearance at 1:40 (and the mysterious masked Kylo Ren) that Luke might be a bad guy now.

For his short science fiction film, director Loïc Bramoullé digitally augmented imagery he shot during a trip to Myanmar to envision a future in which a space dragon and its companion study and hope to learn from the ruins of a long-lost human civilization.