Really nice imagery. The cubist "consciousness retrieval" is particularly evocative. The story, though, is a bad version of Robocop with some Forever Peace thrown in. Awful dialogue.

It's a good idea -- a very good idea, all told -- and the CGI is impressive, but it's far too short to allow for much in the way of story: it feels like a preview prologue to a bigger piece rather than a self-contained unit in its own right. Joy gives a good performance that only occasionally nudges the 'pantomime villain' archetype, but Newlands feels forced and stilted. Still, there's definitely a lot of potential for expansion here.

Very impressive animation, not so impressive story. Machines starting to think theme was done many times and this one adds nothing to the genre. Aaron Sims - please keep doing animation, but find someone more talented to write for you.