Sci-Fi Short Down To Earth Feels Like an Australian Stranger Things

As summer season creeps to an in depth, greatest buddies Alex and Eddie spend their days patrolling their rural Australian city on their BMX bikes with their walkie-talkies, ready for one thing… something to occur. At first, the most important occasion is the return of Stacey, Alex’s neighbor, on whom he occurs to have a mega-crush. But then the trio catches sight of a meteorite—a minimum of they assume it’s a meteorite—crashing to Earth, and resolve to hike to the crash website to research.

There’s undoubtedly some Stranger Things taste to Down To Earth, with its healthy dose of ‘80s nostalgia (synth score, check!) and young-teen nerdiness. But the kids are endearing (Stacey, Alex’s dream lady, simply so occurs to like science and outer house, and has a mouth filled with braces) and the story builds a vivid world in underneath 10 minutes, even when the thumbnail type of spoils the joy of discovery for this one. Still! It’s nicely value a watch on Dust’s YouTube channel in your every day dose of retro sci-fi vibes.

Kind of want you could possibly see what occurs subsequent, proper?

Down To Earth was directed by Nick Crowhurst and written by Stephanie Jaclyn, with a solid that features Sebastien Skubala (Alex), Liam Daughtry (Eddie), and Kiki Nicholls (Stacey). Here’s the official synopsis:

Alex is a typical shy teenager crushing arduous on his house obsessed next-door neighbour, Stacey. Despite the frilly efforts to draw her consideration, usually with the misguided assist of his doofus of a greatest good friend, Eddie, Stacey barely notices him. This all modifications when a meteorite crash lands on the outskirts of their small Australian nation city. Seeing it a chance to get nearer to Stacey, Alex proposes the three of them attempt to discover it. Armed with a map, some walkie talkies and, in Eddie’s case, ample snacks, the three enterprise off into the outback. As the solar units and with Eddie slowing them down, their possibilities of discovering the meteorite shortly fades, till they stumble throughout a smoking barn and inside uncover one thing out of this world!

You can be taught extra about Down To Earth (together with how the alien was created) and the parents who made it on the movie’s official website.

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