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'Pixels' short film imagines the coolest apocalypse ever

by Griffin McElroy on Apr 8th 2010 9:30AM

We're totally expecting December 20, 2012 to come and go without bringing about the end of existence as we know it -- but should the end of days actually befall us, we think we'd want it to look like Patrick Jean's latest short film, "Pixels." There's something about the prospect of everyone and everything turning into glossy, multicolored cubes that really tickles our fancy more than a bevy of natural disasters or aggressive, bureaucratic aliens ever could. Check out the two-and-a-half-minute film after the jump.

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Tags: apocalypse, movie, new-york, patrick-jean, pixels, short-film, special-effects

Reader Comments (44)

Reminds me of that Futurama episode.

Reminds me of pure awesomeness.

@Hyzamy

So, yeah, Futurama.

Which, by the way, is coming back with new episodes on Comedy Central this summer!!!!!!

Professor Farnsworth: Who else has a question for the What-If Machine?

Fry: Ooh, I have one. I'm good at video games and bad at everything else. That's why I wish life were more like a video game.

Professor Farnsworth: Can you put that in the form of a question?

Fry: Uh, what if that thing I said?

...god I love that show.

Increase speed, drop down and reverse direction!

That was the funniest end of the world, I've ever seen.

...wait, what?

Those damn bob-ombs, they ruin all the fun!

Very nice, I liked it.

NICE!

That would be horrible . . . and awesome all at the same time!

Great video! :)

Incredible.

Awesome!! Pixalypse!!

Hm... technically, wouldn't it be more appropriate to call the movie "voxels"?

Pixels = win

2012 = fail

The end of times is supposed to be 12/21/12 not 12/20/12, I should know, I turn 27 on the 21... good times. I'm still hoping i get to fight some alien scum on my birthday.

Except the whole 2012 apocalypse theory is a load of bull.

...Unless it happens like depicted above, then I wouldn't even be upset.

Ick. Don't even call it a theory. It's a delusion. A fantasy made up by very sad people.

that was great

Fantastic!

HIGH SCORE: 12212012

AWESOME

Wow, that was so cool.

Well, I feel like a failure.

Unrealistically AWESOME, you mean.

this is absolutely amazing!! holy crap hahahaha dude that was AWESOME

That. Was. FANTASTIC!

duuuuude!....epic!

While I like this much better you should also check this one out. Very very Similar. http://vimeo.com/3281558

Is that strange matter?

I was blown away, did not expect that.

Unbelievable. The taxi getting pixelated and then falling apart was my favorite.

Needs more screaming.

Anyone else read the title of the article and immediately think "Pixar"? I was all excited for a few seconds thinking a new Pixar short was out.

I did lol
But I think this is just as good!

Fantastic video!

If anything it reminds me of the old show Reboot.

Get these people a well paying job!!

So that's where the Transformers' 'Cube' came from!

wow

NAW, REALLY? That's the point, Sherlock.

When the earth turned into a single pixel at the end, it would have been amazingly awesome if it floated into an empty space of pixels which created some sort of picture or video.

That ruled.

Congratulations.

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