A truly chilling, fascinating, brilliant piece of Sci-Fi. Everything great from the other two episodes can be found here and some more.
4 Reviews
The masterpiece
doomedmac26 June 2021
Same humour, messy story
briancham19945 June 2021
I am a big fan of the previous two World of Tomorrow installments so I was looking forward to this one. The animation is even better than before, the humour is quirky, the science fiction concepts are creative and the emotions are poignant. However, the story was a bit messy. By now there are so many clones of David and Emily that their interactions become a chore to keep track of, especially with all the time travel. The significance of personal memory becomes drowned in a convoluted quest with the Davids all trying to replace each other.
Another Solid Hertzfeldt Short
Clank_Zoka14 October 2020
I am a big fan of Don's work, I adored and appreciated his feature film It's Such a Beautiful Day which is just really three short films in one, Rejected is just hilarious and revolutionary and World of Tomorrow is just beyond amazing!, his shorts are funny, weird, but beautifully well made!, even though a lot of them are convoluted and not all that amazing.
However with this third World of Tomorrow film, i really loved, I prefer the first one but this is better then number two, this is by far the best looking Hertzfeldt film in terms of technology and animation, it's really fantastic and a visual treat, it still has that deep profound feel to it along with it's random but weirdly wonderful humour, along with a lot of creative ideas and it really does you think like his other films!
If you love the guy's work, you'll enjoy this no problem, I know I did and after all that is happening right now, we need a bit of Hertzfeldt's magic to get us through this tough year.
The short gets a 10/10!.
However with this third World of Tomorrow film, i really loved, I prefer the first one but this is better then number two, this is by far the best looking Hertzfeldt film in terms of technology and animation, it's really fantastic and a visual treat, it still has that deep profound feel to it along with it's random but weirdly wonderful humour, along with a lot of creative ideas and it really does you think like his other films!
If you love the guy's work, you'll enjoy this no problem, I know I did and after all that is happening right now, we need a bit of Hertzfeldt's magic to get us through this tough year.
The short gets a 10/10!.
Hello, David.
linkogecko28 December 2020
Warning: Spoilers
After watching this short once, it became clear that I could not do justice to reviewing it without having re-watched the previous two parts before and getting a general view of the trilogy, specially as I am building up on my previous review for Episode Two. Like Hertzfeldt's previous work "It's Such a Beautiful Day", "World of Tomorrow" has so far consisted of independent short films that still tie to a continuous narrative and could well be edited as a single full-length movie in the future.
While "Beautiful Day" ended up uniting a trilogy of shorts, "WoT" could consist of a further sequel(s?) to Episode Three, as this leaves some loose threads primed for answering if so desired. Should that not be the case, and Episode Three conlcudes the tale of David and Emily and their many clones and clone backups, it would still be an impressive finale.
As revealed over its 30-minute runtime (the longest of the shorts so far), the Absent Destinations of David Prime go on to recontextualize several plot points from the previous shorts, including the origin of the museum exhibit David and the Man with the Seriously Misinterpreted Haircut. Unlike them, however, Episode Three no longer relies on the ramblings of Hertzfeldt's young niece, instead consisting almost entirely on exposition by Julia Pott, the brilliant voice of the adult Emilys.
The director's work has often been noted for a deconstruction of form and narrative and the proportion of exposition to plot in this short would have felt very out of place in practically any other sci-fi movie, greatly affecting its quality. For Hertzfeldt, however, this is standard for the course and this decision, along with other peculiar ones such as a sound mix that often favors unintelligibility and repetitive, annoying noises, only assist in improving the unique effectiveness of its experimental streak.
Comparing it to the previous shorts, it is also clear that the quality of the image and animation, mostly the clever and subtle use of cel-shaded 3D CGI imagery, has improved over the course of the trilogy(?). "World of Tomorrow" represents one of the most cerebral and beautiful sci-fi works of the 21st century so far, equal parts unsettling, hopeful and hilarious (let's not forget that this complex narrative is starred by what are glorified stick figures).
While "Beautiful Day" ended up uniting a trilogy of shorts, "WoT" could consist of a further sequel(s?) to Episode Three, as this leaves some loose threads primed for answering if so desired. Should that not be the case, and Episode Three conlcudes the tale of David and Emily and their many clones and clone backups, it would still be an impressive finale.
As revealed over its 30-minute runtime (the longest of the shorts so far), the Absent Destinations of David Prime go on to recontextualize several plot points from the previous shorts, including the origin of the museum exhibit David and the Man with the Seriously Misinterpreted Haircut. Unlike them, however, Episode Three no longer relies on the ramblings of Hertzfeldt's young niece, instead consisting almost entirely on exposition by Julia Pott, the brilliant voice of the adult Emilys.
The director's work has often been noted for a deconstruction of form and narrative and the proportion of exposition to plot in this short would have felt very out of place in practically any other sci-fi movie, greatly affecting its quality. For Hertzfeldt, however, this is standard for the course and this decision, along with other peculiar ones such as a sound mix that often favors unintelligibility and repetitive, annoying noises, only assist in improving the unique effectiveness of its experimental streak.
Comparing it to the previous shorts, it is also clear that the quality of the image and animation, mostly the clever and subtle use of cel-shaded 3D CGI imagery, has improved over the course of the trilogy(?). "World of Tomorrow" represents one of the most cerebral and beautiful sci-fi works of the 21st century so far, equal parts unsettling, hopeful and hilarious (let's not forget that this complex narrative is starred by what are glorified stick figures).
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