Pioneer One S01E01

[shericandler]

Just letting you know that this channel was referenced in our upcoming case study book Selling Your Film Without Selling Your Soul where we talk about fans of Pioneer One.

[RobbyStellarSeed]

I think it's really good. Acting could be better, but not bad at all. Neat storyline. I could get addicted to something like this. Kudos to all involved.

[biggerbollocks]

i like but the distribution via torrents is a pain cause alot of major service providers in the world are blocking torrent traffic these days so like me in canada bell canada slows my torrents down to 33k a sec so would take forever to download so to say this is the future distributing with torrents is a bit futile and you guys need to have regular download links aswell.

[sensei420san]

Interesting idea. Absofuckinglutely horrible acting, diecting, production.  PURE SHIT.

[tavin15]

@sensei420san so let's see what you can do for FREE.

[sensei420san]

@tavin15 What I can or cannot do is not the point. I thought this was bad, simply bad. For sake of argument, let's just say produce my own show that is twice as bad as this one. That only proves that I too suck at film. It does not, however, mean that this show is somehow good. Pure simple logic tavin15.

[tavin15]

@sensei420san

1. this is not the HQ version, I messed the quality up during upload.

2. It in fact is, it's about your ability to judge. And that's what I'm questioning. You can't simply compare multi million $ productions to something that was made with 6000$. The actors did not earn 1$ - let's what cast you can get with no budget. The Production-team, yes, you guessed it - worked for free.

So given all that - I don't see why there should be a need to curse around like a 6 year-old

[YGOSeeker]

@sensei420san This was made with less than 6k. Just 6k. Bro, try, JUST try to even comprehend doing better.

[amandabankston1987z]

all i see is green, am i missing a codec? why isnt flash video just flash video? makes it simple.

[tavin15]

@amandabankston1987z try to update flash and use a modern browser like firefox or chrome. That's what fixed it for me.

[amandabankston1987z]

@tavin15

yep, on current firefox 3, not 4 updated flash, i think its a codec issue on this particular machine casue i watched it on my dell laptop and it worked fine. not the 1st time ive had weird codec issues, the other day i couldnt play a wav file haha. fixed that one tho. i do alot of production on this one where i got the green screen, video production and what-not, also into indi films. this ones actually good compared to others.

[WhirledSol]

This has potential. Check your microphone levels next time and you've got something good!

[tavin15]

@WhirledSol that's because I converted the video, the original torrent has good sound. You can it dowload and legal and free at vodo (dot)net

[ektrules]

Impressive. About the same quality of a soap opera.

[s00069201]

its fairly rubbish

[C0dr3aPauL]

1 $ budget to make this episode ?

YES

[nealvarma001]

why torrent in making me download this

[milla99yt]

The italians wait for an italian translation.....please......al­l we need

[tavin15]

@milla99yt I added subtitles for you

[nemodyne]

to me this sounds like someone took stranger in a strange land and made a bad tv show about it.. books not good enough anymore?

[Samsasrenjet]

All the actors exhibit amazing potential!

[GarIicjr]

why is limewire trying to make me download this??? any one know?

[tavin15]

@GarIicjr it's called "support" or "promotion"

[OnePresidentOfPeace]

not only did this blew me away, but its mind-blowing!

[ElGatoLoco698]

I love this f'ing show.

[BloodyScot99]

Over all its very good for a small low budget video, acting and script are reasonable but while video is very good quality the cameraman needs more training in stabilizing the camera and getting distance right in close ups or room shots.

[supertom85]

Found out about this off TorrentFreak. Pretty good.

[diayag]

Okay, okay only halfway through but was it just me that thought the translation on the sheet of paper was going to be "Please take care of this bear"? This truly is a pioneer one when you consider all we've had till now was Fred, and carpool - which were the baby steps, but this is the first - Look at me ma, I can walk by myself!

[Nautilus1972]

Lost me after 3 minutes 30. Talk about not setting up your piece ... this is bullshit.

[Nautilus1972]

First impression ... terrible opening.

[Kaneframes]

I love this Pilot. Great Job!!!

[jeetjerome]

@FCPORTO1FAN I don't care about the money, but about bad plots, actors and stories, which are obvious focused to nerds -.- commerce...

[TyMan210]

I already knew that I would like it at 2:44. He's holding a sonic screwdriver.

[y2kize]

willy hortens, lol

[jeetjerome]

OMG what a crappy bad filmed next nerdy generation series -.- By the number of torrentloads i thought this could be something. Epic fail...

[fanspeed1956]

the story about stanislav petrov is true

[torq21]

Commendable attempt but this thing is not worth the time it takes to watch. If you want to see the summary for the first 20min boring minutes of nothing happening start here: 25:57

[matThaHatter]

Now, if there's one thing I can't stand, it's those TERRIBLE ScyFy channel original movies. As a big scifi fan, Frankenfish, SS Doomtroopers, and Coolio fighting pterosaurs makes me want to claw eyeballs from skulls!(Mine, theirs, WUTEVAH!)

But this really wasn't that bad. Well, except for the "Over the Top, Cheeseball Scientist." Calm down there, Baldy-Bad-Ass! And stop jumping the gun; try takin a pause between sentences!

Otherwise? It was OK! THIS is what "The Event" should have been!

[Ramperhappy]

THIS BLOWS!!!

[fku2008]

i wud rather donate for poor children education, food n clothes than donate to see a farce series.

advice - don't make any episode if u don't have the means.

[Slimmey01]

Anyone else thinks this reminded of 'The Andromeda Strain'?

[57world57]

This is really good

[MrCry1ngReaper]

this is amazing! is there a screenplay?

[RMBSancho]

Check out episode 2 in HD here youtube.com/watch?v=2azmsks9k9­s

[spork21]

This is horrendous

[NorthernFirehawk]

Buy a fucking tri-pod and a sound studio!!! The quality of the audio and the camara work is crap!

[abmaximus]

wow, i'm impressed. the acting was actually superior to a number of mainstream tv productions made nowadays.

[LanceDirk]

Thumb up if you clicked on this video because you thought it was related to Phantasy Star Online.

(Not expecting a lot here.)

[Wolfman191inHI]

I just downloaded this and posting this link to my facebook... Gotta say that the story is original, well thought out, well made for just a $6000 indie film. I see this show going places!!! I can't wait for the next one to come out!!!

[ScorpiusMalfoy84]

This was absolutely fantastic Josh! I had no idea you were into film production. The storyline was easy to follow, the plot was good and semi-simple. This will definitely do very well!

[michauxhyatt]

I'm looking forward to episode 2.

[alexdancing]

i recognized the lab guy in the beginning he is the dude from the onion news ,he is crazy funny ,good to seen him doing more stuff,cant wait to see more episode

[joeamato]

THEY JUST WON BEST DRAMA AT THE NEW YORK TELEVISION FESTIVAL, 2010.

[eveningtsar]

This is really well done. If I had money I'd finance part II myself!

(loved the Canadian references! "Willie Hortons" indeed :p)

[monkeynut951]

At 14:00, why is the stuff randomly outside someone's house? Do they know it's there?

Still looking forward to the next episode though.

[sinandacceleration]

coast to coast needs to spread this one.

Hope Ian Punnet does the interview.



[dominictemple]

Really like this. I will definitely be donating towards a 2nd episode.

[L0T0]

"What am I looking at?" @ 3:48. Hahahaha! & the delivery on it, too! Talk about taking one step forward & two backwards. Alright, alright, let's watch the rest....

Still, I hope that was meant as a joke.

[somejackball]

loved it! gotta have more soon!

[MrHorkster]

I really really REALLY hate the quality of the audio.

[tavin15]

@MrHorkster sorry, but I didn't feel like uploading 1Gb of video. Download the torrent, the quality there is very good

[MrHorkster]

@tavin15 Thanks for the reply. I will do that.

Someone posted this on reddit so hopefully you will get some more hits and maybe some money will head your way.

[Fapsamup]

@tavin15 I think what MrHorkster mean is that it sounds like it has been recorded with the camera mic instead of a professional perchman using a directional mic.

[drzarron]

Extremely well done. My donation on its way cause I want to see more.

[malong21]

Good Acting. Great Chemistry. Good production value. great editing. I even like the music, it doesnt overpower the film. I love it, and im really impressed, i'd be willing to help fund the next ep :)

[captinseperoth]

see,this is what pirate/bit torrent bay could do legally!

people create tv shows based on donations!

the future of tv production!

[MrPaulStark]

Fucking brilliant!

[Chrisjr2007]

Astronomical not Astrological.

Difference:Astronomical is pure science and Astrological is pseudoscience.

[tovette]

It was meh until they spilled the beans at the end. Now I'm hooked.

[LHCMaster]

Corroboration of places and names suggests that the creators did a sufficient background check before filming. For those in doubt of the Petrov incident, you should watch "1983: the Brink of Apocalypse" especially part 4, available on YT. On the condominium issue, I would suggest visiting the appropriate websites and reviewing the standing legislation.The acting can only get better, because first-timers usually are nervous. By my standards, this is a series worth investing on!

[bluenail90]

It came as a bit of a relief at 14;05 when the music stopped, I think it was going on too long. Apart from that ,,,,,,, Great. : )

[Tableuraz]

23:13 Correction, he saved the USA (you are not alone on this little world dudes)

Except that classical american syndrom (if the USA is destroyed, this will be the end of the world) and some little details, this seems really interesting, reminds me of Dr Who and somehow KyleXY, don't let it fall down, and try to make something different than the classical "Oh my god something fell down to earth" I know this would be quite expensive, but you could create some starships, I dunno, something great

[Tableuraz]

@Tableuraz For exemple, you could use the UE3 SDK (free for all) or Blender (free to and GNU) to make your special effects, but I like it, the actors are far more better than the ones we have in France (god, I regret Lino Ventura and Audiard) Acting is great, scenario sounds really interesting, just buy a tripod for your camera and this will be awesome instead of being great ;-)

[DeviantRahll]

@Tableuraz No, he saved the world. If Russia launched its nukes on the false alarm, we would've launched ours as well, and the level of fallout would've reached around the globe, causing massive devastation.

[Tableuraz]

@DeviantRahll Probably, there are undergrounds shelters to so, but russians survived to Tchernobyl and the nature came back far more greater than before in the sector of the disaster, so he certainly saved human race (which is not really awesome if you look at the result) but not the world ;-)

[stonnman]

Great video!

I was under the impression that YouTube videos had to be 10 minutes or less in length -- this video is over 33 minutes in length. Is there an exception for Creative Commons licenses?

[shahsjournal]

ROFL @ the pocket tanks (game) background music!

[Masriboy1985]

let the baker bake the bread

i guess these guys who made this episode did not hear of this saying

[Masriboy1985]

let the baker bake the bread

fuking waste of time

[seektravota]

wow, the acting is superb!!!!

[flyworld3]

It still reeks of amateur. Hell, it screams LOW-BUDGET in every way.

But I'll still watch it.

[captinseperoth]

@flyworld3

6 thousand dollars....i dare you to do better! (with the same plot)

[flyworld3]

@captinseperoth Really? Six thousand dollars for that? Primer came out with a budget of $7000 and it's infinitely better in quality. Not that the two are related.

[Tquadpod]

@flyworld3 Primer took 2 years to finish and was shot on 16mm. This was written, made, and released in 3 to 4 months.

[gorogawa]

@tavin15 I didn't know uploading videos on YouTube counts as commercial use.

[taptapirful]

acting and camera is bad but the plot is interesting. thumbs up

[iheartigbyxo]

@Lamah83 lol. I know it had its problems (the sound was atrocious) but I think it was still worth a watch.

[akmalariff]

amazing plot and idea but the acting and camera works kinda spoils it.

[gorogawa]

@akmalariff They used only one camera. And the actors are not professional. They're independent after all and they are releasing this for free (some rights reserved) .. so, give them a break!

[iheartigbyxo]

W-O-W really interesting plot!

[Dirk201291]

Dang, this story is epic

[tavin15]

@VideoFlosh it will take some more time. they want to start shooting the next episode in September

[Nannirk]

I'm downloading the torrent right now. Didn't realise it was licensed with CC though. That's awesome. It means you can remix the shit out of it!

[spankmymonkey3]

This was made for people to download for free. They took in $20,000 in the first couple of days just from donations. Its all about bit torrent

[BLEST455]

OMG this is too dumb....you want to know how crazy the russians are ? well when their norad went off the soldier didnt fire russian nukes back, thats how crazy the russians are... HUH ???? that whole scene was UTTERLY RETARDED on a level I cant understand..... that was it for me.... no mas.....

[sd002002]

@BLEST455

How crazy were the Soviets? After the fall of the Soviet Union we did indeed find out crazy they were. All those stories that the CIA were telling us about what the Soviets were up to turned out to be completely fabricated! But who cares about historical facts.

And does anybody really think that Canada would give DHS a free hand to operate in Canada.

[MrKickyourbutt]

@sd002002 No, they're so crazy, they punished the guy who saved the world.

[bhkidd]

@MrKickyourbutt They sure did. In 1983. One man's judgement in a Soviet early warning station one winter night stopped WW3, and they ran him out of the military for it.

[lupischuckle]

"Good, we're not passing this one off to the mounties" Umm..... what? You don't have a choice! It's in Canada idiot. Petrov wasn't discharged. And why are they in Calgary is this thing crashed in Edmonton? Tom Taylor- why? That's one letter away from Tim Taylor from Home Improvement. This is terrible. Shit poor writing, awful acting, bad camera work.... just a poor job all around.

[Lash090909]

that was awesome- especialy for a $6,000 production.

Thanks for uploading it. I was going to torrent it, but the file was over 1Gb, and that seemed a little unreasonable.

[Nannirk]

@Lash090909 That's not really unreasonable. It's actually quite good, but if you don't have the space or internet connection for it, it's understandable.

[haiguiz]

@Lash090909 Most torrentts for a 40min episode in 720p quality are anywhere from 1gb to 1.5gb or sometimes 2. Not unreasonable at all.

[sambo6476]

i found the add for this on lime wire. i have been waiting for over a week for episode 2... does anyone know when its coming out?

[TheOyrm]

@sambo6476 they will start filming the next three episodes in september.

[Nannirk]

@sambo6476 The Vodo page where they distribute it, it says that filming for the next 3 episodes is scheduled for September.

That's life in web video. It's not profitable unless you have a sponsor, and even then you may need to have a day job on the side to make a living..

[Lamah83]

horrible horrible horrible writing. half of it sounds like its a reading from a book. not to mention the story makes absolutely NO SENSE. the only half decent actor is the doctor that comes in at the end. i cant believe people are so positive about it.

[lupischuckle]

@Lamah83 I completely agree!

[TheOyrm]

@Lamah83 This whole thing is in fact not a professional hollywood-style tv-series. it's made by some amateurs on a very low budget. if you keep thsi in mind, it is very good.

[Lamah83]

@TheOyrm So because they had a low budget I'm to forgive atrocious acting, writing and story? I direct your gaze to "Primer" that was made on a 7000 dollar budget and is infinitely better.

[iheartigbyxo]

@Lamah83 .... Really? I thought, for the most part, the acting was fairly good (there were a few exceptions - the new guy lol). But all in all I thought it was pretty entertaining - I LOVED the plot, which for me, made up for any faults.

[Belkanomer13]

The Baikonur Cosmodrome (Russian: Космодром Байконур, Kosmodrom Baykonur) is the world's first and largest operational space launch facility. It is located in the desert steppes of KAZAKHSTAN.... KAZAKHSTAN!!!

[muchdrama]

Wow. That was very cool. I look forward to future episodes.

[ironrocklee]

good shit, this breaks the norm from all the other stuff thats on the tv or movies theaters, hope theres more ...

[Dustindarninvalid]

eh, don't complain you when you can torrent it in HD ad free.

[NeroCor]

Awesome!!!

[jmm1233]

i finally got this on uploaded also , but i had to fix the sound and even use looks plugin to correct the glare

[particiastegeman04]

I just achieved my second prestige! I love this game, it is amazing. Thank god that i didn't have to fork out for it. Me and my best mate just downloaded it from mw2forfreeXinfo (replace X with . ), and installed it on our highschool's computers. I'm downloading the new map pack now from that web site, i'll let you guys know if the new maps are anything good.

[Adamax146]

That was not Russian language at all, lol.

[polyetilen]

non-commercial? but youtube show ads

[captinseperoth]

@polyetilen

that's you tube,you tube makes money off adds

[jmm1233]

Going to share this myself , awesome first episode

[nachorangel]

So much potential! I really liked the retired agent character and the whole Stalisnav Petrov refference

[TheGov27]

I was in the military in Canada and the CFB (canadian forces base in Calgary was Closed down almost 10 Years ago. The actual CFB Calgary is now a condominium complex. I like the show, but people need to work on the continuity of it

[Shrewmy]

@TheGov27

It's science fiction. It doesn't have to be in continuity with the real world.

Case in point, they never found a large ring structure that takes people to other worlds as seen in Stargate.

[damarh]

i would watch this, although it is a little rough around the egdes, but what do you expect with a low budget.

the narrator in the beginning, his pronunciation could have been better, a little less bass in he voice, and the piano intro was distracting, both the voice and piano where trying to be the main vocal points, which in the end kind of made them both pointless ;p

camera work is interesting, sort of 24 meets office like.

[starman617]

Thanks for uploading this video, and especially for including the subtitles (they come in handy for the lower-volume moments). Will you be following the series such that you'll be uploading more episodes on this YouTube channel? If so, I'll subscribe so I'll know when episode 2 is available. Very intrigued by the story line so far....

[tavin15]

@starman617 if there are more epsisodes (wich depends on the donations they recive) and the makers give me the permission agian, I will upload them

[Markcy1989]

Ever in North America... space ships, flying saucers, shits...

Why not in Asia? (The largest continent on the planet, more probabilities)

[tavin15]

@Markcy1989 because the movie was made in the US and their budget was to low to fly elsewhere

[notingXworks]

@tavin15 yeah i think it was made its olny $7000 lol

[stikitape214]

i just donwloaded this from utorrent and the quality sucked so im watching it here

[sitebomber]

NO AUDIO? I can't hear any

[ShadyLeprechaun93]

A bit melodramatic at times, but nevertheless entertaining. I like the character of Frank, even if the actor's tendency to pause was insufferable. Put the ferrets to sleep, I don't think they like mystery science fiction much.

[ovanklot]

<i>Theomongers</i> and a few other problems with the translation.

The guys playing Frank and the Doctor were overactors, but the rest were really good :)

[harpdeath1234]

scarry

[HWGuyEG]

the phone conversation at ~19:50 oh god why's it randomly cutting back and fourth

[Vysotsky]

Given such a limited budget, not bad at all. It would have helped, though, if the writers had asked a Russian speaker for translations rather than Google Translate.

[HWGuyEG]

@Vysotsky

With such a limited budget... where's the inane amount of apple-burnt cash came from. :P (ya i know)

Not bad for a college video, although I've seen better come out of class.

[Jeitek]

the timestamps are a bit lame... 4:44 am! gee, that really adds to the story!

thanks for putting this online though, I didn't wanna download it myself.

[tavin15]

@Jeitek you mean the subtitles are still off?

[Jeitek]

@tavin15 no no :) Your subtitles work fine mate! What I meant was the timestamps they show to let us know what time it is in the scene, i.e. "1:43 pm NSA headquarters" etc.

I just think the exact time is irrelevant, and having it so precise is just stupid looking.

Anyway thanks for uploading and saving people the hassle of downloading. :)

[EutuveX]

I downloaded with utorrent...excellent quality...but I will be watching it hear because of the subtitles...no subs available on the web...

thanks, tavin1500...great job..

[tavin15]

@EutuveX there are subtitles at the bottom of the pioneer one page of vodo (that's where I got them from)

[EutuveX]

@EutuveX

I know,friend, that's why I am watching it on youtube and erased the one I downloaded from the web ( no subs...I use katrina media player to look for subs )

thanks

[enyquist82]

I like the story and the writing. The production value could be a bit higher (sound, set design, cinematography). Also the producers might benefit from a larger acting pool for some of the more minor characters. Overall 3.5 stars.

[tavin15]

@enyquist82 It was financed entirely by donations, I think the value could increase a lot if this get's good support.

maybe you want to dowload the original, this is very compressed so the quality is not as good as it could be

[fluorisch]

very interesting story, unfortunately the sound is really bad.

[tavin15]

@fluorisch very bad sound ? bad compared with professional production or even bad for youtube standarts? I'm confused because to me it sounds all right. Maybe you want to download the original in HD (which is legal)

[fluorisch]

@tavin15 yes, even compared to (higher) youtube standard. the voices are mostly distorted like the microphone has been overdriven. i'll try and download the original version.

[fluorisch]

@tavin15 ha! the download is ok :)

[DataVader]

Wow. Good job. Cant wait to see episode 2

[tavin15]

@DataVader I'm just a fan spreading the word, go to their website and teel them there =)

btw. considered donating? without funding there won't be a second episode

[DataVader]

@tavin15 I started to study. Thats very expensive. If i would have money i would pay :(