When I think about YouTube, a few things spring to mind.
There’s video game stuff.
There’s super massive celeb dudes like Mr. Oh, and brands.
Endless amounts of brands.
It’s mostly… not great.
YouTube tends to serve up the disposable.
Almost all have surprisingly good special effects, decent acting performances and above all come bursting with grand ideas.
The quality varies dramatically.
Some ideas are clumsy and unrefined.
Others feel flat-out cringeworthy.
Every now and then, you’ll uncover a gem.
Most feel a little likeFTL a little generic, but decent focusing on space travel and alien encounters.
I especially enjoyedAlientologists, an exclusive Dust short that topped out this impressive list fromIHeartSciFi.
In this short, Earth is completely kaput, exploded, destroyed.
Game Boys, bras and ultimately a jukebox all get in on the act.
More often than not there’s something worthwhile in every video you watch.
If you’re a sci-fi fan who has drained the well dry, you could do a lot worse.
Just don’t blame me if you watch something terrible.
Something good is just around the corner.
Just like in Alientologists, one human’s trash is another alien’s treasure.
