378K views · Oct 12, 2020 · 4:43 · 1 HN recommender · 3 mentions · discussed 2021–2026
A five-minute CG sci-fi short film by Danil Krivoruchko, based on Peter Watts's novel Blindsight. It follows a revived crew member recalling a first contact mission, and took four years to make with artists worldwide.
Why Hacker News points people here: Shared as a fan-made teaser for Blindsight in threads about the novel or alien intelligence.
“Some fans of the book put together a short teaser trailer for it”HN comment, 2021
“Some fans of the book put together a short teaser trailer for it”
Fan-made teaser trailer for the novel Blindsight
In addition to all the other recommendations, I recommend Blindsight. You can buy it where all good books are sold, or the author also gives it away on his website ( link ) but considers it good form to send a donation his way if you enjoy it. Some fans of the book put together a short teaser trailer for it: this video
“This is notably also adored by Watts”
this video This is notably also adored by Watts link In case you want to fall down into the rabbit hole then link Now I just wish that some serious producer like Nolan would get a hint.
“There's a fan-made short film/trailer for Blindsight”
Fan-made short film trailer for Blindsight
There's a fan-made short film/trailer for Blindsight : this video Also, "just an AI probe" and "It would be amazing" in the context of Blindsight ... <insert mad laughter>.
