There Will Come Soft Rains
This isn’t a “pasta”, but a few of the forum mods and I watched this and found it creepy/haunting enough that it might be worth sharing. This is a 1984 Soviet animation of a post-apocalyptic short story by Ray Bradbury, produced by Uzbekfilm and hosted by Daily Motion. Hope you enjoy.
That uh….
That was quite the movie.
I really liked it, but I’m not too sure many others here will.
I loved it.
Oh my! We heard this poem in English in 8th grade!
I love it!
That sent shivers down my spine. Thanks for posting bro
If the old lady was still alive, he would have killed her trying to get that bird. Seriously though, punching? Has that robot never played Pokemon? Fighting type moves only do 1/2 damage to flying types!
By the way, the narration at the end was the creepiest part of the whole thing. Just… Damn, the message that sends is haunting. Kind of balanced out and made almost uncreepy by the bird flying into the screen though. I mean, come on, you ALREADY SAW THE DAMN WEATHER! How can the bird be THAT stupid?
All in all, other than the bird flying into the tv screen like a moron over and over again, it is very chilling. Very, very, VERY chilling
That was confusing.
I understood that humanity was gone, the droid was taking care of the last \"Humans\" who were actually just piles of ash at this point, and that it lost it\’s sight by trying to kill the bird, and then destroyed it\’s own reactor because it\’s beeping sounded like a chirping bird, and I understood what the movie was getting at – It was saying that nature wouldn\’t care if humans were gone, but what I DON\’T understand is, why are the humans ashes? It seems like the must have turned to ash the day before, because if they hadn\’t, they ashes wouldn\’t be human shaped and lying in the beds, but what turned them to ashes? The whole build was sealed, save for a few broken windows, but if these people where the last humans, who turned them to ashes? Not other humans, obviously, Was it the robot? Was it a paranormal creature? Was it a new form of animal that could vaporize things?
Alixe, I think it was supposed to be a Nuclear bomb of some sort, and they died by some sort of radiation or other side effect of the bomb, perhaps?
The story that this is based on was written in 1950, so I’m not sure if that meshes with what was known/believed about nuclear war back then, but it’s my guess.
I liked it very much…it was the saddest and creepiest thing I’ve seen in a long time..thanks for the post
@Alixe
It was supposed to be a nuclear bomb that went off, but it didn\’t translate well into the movie. In the original story, one wall was covered by ash, except for four human silhouettes of paint. So the bomb went off, and it was enough to kill the people standing outside the house without severely damaging the house itself. Also in the original, the house burnt down because of a tree branch, although it still lost it\’s shit when a bird landed on the windowsill.
It was very chilling, and while it didn\’t stay strictly to the story(which was awesome), it got the point across. 8/10
I found it amusing that the movie was depicted in America. At this time, showing something of this nature happening in Russia would probably come rather close to treason, and since the 1950s were the precursor/beginning of the Cold War, who better to demonstrate annihilation then the Americans. XD I thought it was worth commenting on.
I honestly thought the bit with the bird smashing into the screen was really fucking sad. It\’s like it wanted nothing more than to get out of this hell hole, and a beautiful paradise was mere inches away from grasp, almost close enough to touch.
Honestly brought a tear to my eye.
Besides that, it was a very strange and interesting movie. Much more interesting than some of the retarted pasta\’s that have been posted as of late.
I now feel the need to find more Bradbury. What strikes me as so… moving, I guess I want to say, is the almost sad desperation of the machine going through the motions. By reacting to the bird, it showed a comprehension of the difference between living and dead, and almost an outrage at its routine being lost with the bird’s invasion. As if it had a sort of intelligence to need a purpose, not just have one. It even seemed startled and more fearful at it’s loss of sight, reacting more sharply to seeming to hear the chirp again, like frightened child lashing out.
Or I’m really, really tired and looking for deeper meaning then there really is.
i quite enjoyed that actually, not necessarily scary or creepy, just really interesting.
@Icalasari
The bird flying into the window thing was supposed to be a metaphor I think. I think its supposed to be like the bird is desperately trying to get back to the “happier” place in the picture that it remembers, but he can’t because it isn’t real. I think its supposed to symbolize the thought that, once you fuck up like in the movie with nukes, you can’t just fly through a magic window to make it better again. You’re stuck with what you turned the world into; there’s no going back.
Only short story in school worth reading. Fuck all men
This was awesome. The fact that it’s so old played a big part in it being creepy–for some reason, I’ve always be disturbed by old animation. If you come across anything else like this, please post it. This stuff is awesome.
Also, Icalasari and Alixe are total fags.
I enjoyed this. Its a lot better than a majority of the pastas I’ve read on here recently.
The animation was eerily similar to the stuff done for pink floyd’s the wall (as well as welcome to the machine’s video). Which I guess is why I liked it. I didn’t quite understand the ash part at first because I’d never read this in school. And I didn’t get the bird part at first because I wasn’t paying close enough attention, but now that I get it, it makes me sad.
Honestly, this animation bothers me deeply. It scares the hell out of me and I can’t wait until it gets pushed back a page.
Anon: …Wow, that adds more creepiness to it. Sad thing is, humans are that stupid *points out half the comments on creepypasta.com*
that was the best thing I’ve seen on this site in a while. Not terribly creepy, but very chilling at the same time….especially considering my infatuation with the impending nuclear holocaust. I love how it was as if Russia had taken over the world, seeing as it was clearly an American “family” who was with a Russian speaking robot. “ya robot” btw means “I am robot”. Very very good. I’m taking twentieth century history this year and I plan to recommend to my teacher that we watch this. I mean, wow was this good!
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I’ve read a couple of Ray Bradbury stories and I wasn’t a huge fan, but this seems fascinating. I think I’ll have to read the actual story sometime. It really makes you think about how powerful mankind has become, and how easily we could destroy our world. I’m actually reading a poem in English at the moment that has a similar theme, so I’ve been giving this subject a lot of thought in the past few days anyway, but I think this gives another perspective to it.
that was really interesting; ive never seen something like that. the animation was really creepy. and the bird being stuck and the robot trying to destroy it was sad. ):
and at first when i saw the shadows/ash, and then the broken windows, i thought the people had escaped. o.O
I like the symbolism the robot shows, where when a simple animal, the dove, enters the house with no intent of causing any trouble, it becomes aggressive and destroys its home trying to get rid of the intruder.
Its odd that humans would program a robot to be that aggressive and xenophobic. Or is it?
i did my junior paper on this poem and story!
wtf this wasnt creepy at all
pussies
things to learn from this movie
1. build bomb shelters UNDERGROUND
2. don\’t let a robot with huge metal spikes control the shelter
3. even though a bird can survive a nuclear holocaust, it\’s still too dumb to realize it\’s hitting a wall
Anyone else think this kind of animation is oddly similar to monty pythons flying circus?
Both the ending credits and the bird crashing into the window made me cry
That was a really sad yet beautiful movie. Very unlike other post-apocalyptic stories. The poem accompanying it is also very beautiful.
The last part with the dove trying to get through the “window” was so heartbreaking. if it had to go through that torture, the machine might as well kill it to put it out of its misery.
This just proves that nuclear weaponry is awful.
the bird at the end trying to go back to the way things were. instinctively preferring the sunny green field over the snowy gray surroundings it was in was cool. i have read this story before and the idea was very chilling. i liked it. and the fact that this animation is old makes it better.
Bird crashing on hologram+Crooning old slow jazz=Saddest thing ever, and the creepiest part by far. ;;
This wasn’t really as scary/creepy to me as sad; The robot is programmed to go through its daily routine, even if nothing at all is there. It’s programmed to stab walls(o-O? No lasers in ’84 animations?) if something gets in, and according to when it bashes into the wall… It has brains…?
When the robot hit the machine, I thought it was doing it because it somehow realized that it was hopeless, not because it sounded like a bird chirping. Though that does make more sense. =l
Though, one thing I do not understand. The machine exploding made this massive, huge mushroom cloud. HOW THE HELL DID THE RECORD PLAYER SURVIVE THROUGH THAT, AND THEN PLAY THE RECORD?! According to the ground outside, there were two nuclear bombs! That thing is the most powerful thing in the world, I want one!
…Lulz. “When Rain Comes” followed by “There Will Fall Soft Rains”
Freaked me out. Still awesome, though.
I’m depressed now…
I thought it was very well done, it reminded me of other old futuristic animation. Maybe some stuff by H.R. Geiger? I found it very sad that the robot was taking care of the dead family. I think it may be stating something to the effect, that the routine and predictability of it was the only thing keeping the robot sane, and when the bird broke that routine, the robot had to realize in some sense how futile it’s existence was taking care of those who no longer exist. Did anyone else notice how when the robot lost it’s eyes, the computer chips and wires coming from it’s eyes, made the robot look like it was crying?
Of course the tragedy is that with all our technology, we found a way of destroying ourselves. To be honest I thought leaving things to robots has been kind of well, creepy. Like if you go on Spaceship Earth, they have a humorous cartoon at the end where you get to choose what your future might be like. They talk about having a robot to watch over your pets, but when they mentioned that I felt like, “Wait, that makes me even more anxious what if the robot malfunctions?” Heh.
I having Asperger’s Syndrome, and knowing others who do understand how routine really is important to those who have that condition. I guess there’s a reason people say people with Asperger’s Syndrome are somewhat robotic, I’m not saying that someone with it would be un-emotional like the robot from Ray Bradbury’s story. I think they would want to go through the same routines, even if nobody is there to be served or appreciate the effort just so things seem the same. I think that’s true for a lot of people grieving though. You want to convince yourself nothing has changed. It’s sad to think robots would also have these feelings. I guess much like it’s sad for a parent to see their child upset, knowing that they had given them that life, and what if it’s like they only suffer and die from Cancer or something.
Sorry if I depressed anyone with my rambling.
That was very good.
(That was some stupid technology, though.)
Also, now I feel a little threatened. Russian short, telling the tale of the end of America?
During the previous night a nuclear bomb was dropped that vaporized the family but caused no damage to the house; that’s why they are piles of ashes, and why in the scene showing the outside of the house, everything is in ruins. The snow is most likely caused by a nuclear winter. The robot doesn’t realize that the inhabitants of the house have died, and so it carries on with the household chores it would have performed for them.
This whole short is pretty eerie, but for me the most chilling moment is when the robot impales the crucifix while trying to get the bird. Especially considering what was going on in the Soviet Union at the time this was made…
For those who say the robot was stupid for punching around where, if the humans had been alive, it would\’ve killed them…I got a different feel from it. It seemed to me more like the robot KNEW they were dead– it\’s a robot, it should be able to sense such things –but refused to admit it to itself lest it lose its self-purpose.
That\’s a lot of anthropomorphizing, I know, but if the robot\’s duty was to take care of its human charges above all other tasks (we as humans would be stupid to have it any other way) then it would not have gone after the bird in such a destructive, animalistic way. It would have considered the safety of the humans it served and, perhaps, forced the \’intruder\’ into a different room where it could be incinerated.
Analyses aside, this was incredibly chilling and saddening. Bravo!
I think the robot knew from the beginning they were dead. When the bird came it and it started to chase it, it was obvious that the robot had eyes, so it would have know it was alone.
In that sense, I could see why it continued to preform its programmed functions. When the bird came in threw the window that would have normally been shut/closed off, it was like a slap in the face. The bird was that anomaly that broke the regular-ness. At that point, I think the robot took out his anger, or whatever you wanna call it, on the bird. I don’t think it wanted to kill itself, but to the robot the bird was that one wrong thing, the one thing, at that time, preventing it from believing the lie that everything was normal. It was obviously ready to tear down the house to get rid of it.
The part that made me cry was when I put myself in the place of the robot, would I be able to pretend my friends, family, etc were no longer there, would I kill myself, would I try to find someone else in the world?
And the Silent Hill fan in me wants to say that is ash instead of snow. A wish, if you will.
dark and haunting
If you want more creepy animation, try watching Fantastic Planet.
Thats some creepy shit, boy. I loved it. I cant remember what time it was when I realised what was happening- the robot didn’t know all the humans were dead, and so continued taking care of them. I believe they all died to some sort of reactor accident. Excellent, excellent video.
However, I dont get the symbolism where the egg broke just as the big assed explosion blew everything up, or the symbolism of where the robot gored jesus through the fricken head. Or why the record player and projecter were unharmed when the explosion was the size of the grand fricken canyon.
This was interesting.
Reminded me of a story I wrote a while ago, which in turn was inspired by Elysium from Metroid Prime 3.
The Gieger-bot skullfucked Jesus, lol.
You gotta love the Martian Chronicles. It\’s a good book. The way I imagined this happening from what I read in the book was a lot brighter and happier than the video, though.
I watched the first twenty seconds of this three times before I really SAW what was happening. Then I freaked out, called in my husband. He immediately says, \"I know what this is! I\’ve read it!\"
I was like, \"Good for you, but…This freaks my shit out.\"
THANK YOU for posting this. It is daylight and I\’m still afraid to sleep. <3
I’d like to believe that the humans in the film didn’t plan on their own extinction and didn’t program their butler to handle such a scenario. The robot’s ignorance towards to health of his family was another way of showing just how much humanity will not be missed. Even our own creations will not mourn for our passing.
@ everyone who says “I don’t get it”.
They ash people were in their original shape because the bombing (the “snow” is actually fallout) happened sometime DURING THE NIGHT while they were sleeping. It’s in Russian (I think it’s Russian), because I guess the guy who made it was Russian, or making this for Russian audiences. The setting is supposed to be an average American family, as far as I can tell; possibly New York, or some other big city.
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While I found this video really good, what with the bird at the end and the robot speaking in russian added a creepy nuance, it irked me to no end that it barely followed the story at all. Ignoring the fact that the setting of the house was completely wrong, it didn’t follow any of the story. The only thing it had in the film from the story was the eggs for breakfast (forgot the bacon) and the bird. In the story, the bird gets instant incinerated, so the robot doesn’t destroy itself like that. Also, during the story, the family’s dog comes back but it’s extremely malnourished and covered with sores and wounds. The house, recognizing it since it was the family’s pet, lets the dog in, but doesn’t give it food since it wasn’t feeding time for the dog yet. The dog is locked in another room and goes crazy trying to get the breakfast in the other room that no one ate. Eventually the dog dies and the cleaning mice take his body to the incinerator. After the dog is taken care of, the robot in the table throws away the food that no one ate.
The only redeeming thing about this video is the bird at the end.
Oh dear I read this book not too long ago.
So… Atomic proof bird is a super villain, he causes atomic powered robots to blow themselfs up and goes on to the next one, after slamming repeatedly into atomic proof TVs lol
I only got halfway through it before DailyMotion bombarded me with ads. Still, it was fairly creepy from what I saw, and ironically we’re reading this short story this week.
That is one damn sad robot.
At 2:09 it says the COCK has long since crowned…
movie gave me chills
i loved the short story, so i\’m torn between loving this and facepalming at the clumsiness. that robot? seriously? that has got to be the worst robot butler ever. say what you\’d like about the future and us getting used to this, but imagine waking up to darth vader snake every morning. also, worst security ever. you\’re better off letting a burglar take your stuff, he’d cause less damage.
i remember an emphases on how pleasant and wonderful the house was, all sorts of fairy tale details like a fantastic playroom for the kids and little cleaner mice and soft, pleasant voices. and my mental image of this house was less wtf and more just sad and lonely.
i can understand artistic license, but the story didn’t need to be altered :C especially because they made it less understandable.
So what. Was the robot made out of fucken uranium or something?
that was a horrifying advertisement for Cub Foods
I actually had to read this story for my class and was quite surprised to come across it here.