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  1. Thank you, Ilona Andrews for the post. Interesting digitalization of picture. Poor bovine.

  3. The robot eating roasted sunflower seeds out of a paper cone and the fractal cucumbers were my favourite ????

    • Trust the internet to serve- someone ripped the song on Soundcloud and added artist information and lyrics: https://soundcloud.com/some-music-193214270/song-from-russian-cyberpunk-farm-bootleg

      Vocals: Liliana Bush and Darya Scherbak (“Vanya” folk ensemble)
      Lyrics: Antony Copenkin

      “Oh you copters flying yonder, copters o’dove-color gray

      Over field and over meadow, and then over sky away.

      Hey you birdie, iron fowl, you will never feel for me

      Zooming over mother earth, a copter with no nest to be

      Android sitting on the ground — all in sorrow, bowing head

      Why that robot is so yearning? That must be the new upgrade.

      Hey you system, complex system, tell us how to get control?

      Everything is so unclear, but we surely like it all!

      And the robot-bird has soared, but its blades won’t even twitch

      Oh, its battery is empty, GPS is loading zilch

      It keeps flying on its height, special frequency on site

      The copter swishes with its wings, over sky and clouds it swings.

      Humming as a bumblebee, I can hear static noise

      I know robots are almighty. Shame that robots are not like us.”

    • Well it LOOKS funny. Wish it were subtitled for those who took Spanish in high school instead of Russian.

  8. That’s Brilliant! I loved the wife’s (?) telepresence device to nag him remotely!

    There’s got to be a TV series that can come out of that advert surely!

  12. ???????????????????? thank you for that. It made my morning start with laughter. It helps that I love all things Russian, having Russian roots but I was born in America. Where can i sign up? ????

  18. Nay for me on the castle. I agree to much wood to much junk inside To many different blues. I guess not my cup of tea. Loved the farmer’s skit. Especially the aliens eating in the fields ????

  26. This was so cool. I loved the fractal veggies. Love the black hole outhouse, The beautiful music was a brilliant touch. The sopranos was such a human element in a A. I. world. Felt sorry for the cows.

  29. Oh, wow! This is a gem! Especially, since I understand what he said in Russian and in English. Thank you, Ilona for posting this.

  32. Bahahahaha! My husband was laying on the couch hearing me giggle and was like… “What are you watching?” Me: Something Ilona Andrews posted. Him: Ah. Them again. ???????????? He’s used to me giggling at your stuff. ????

  38. Whoa, I am still laughing at the outhouse and the” we have love” and her kissing the tractor instead. Not ready to sign up quite yet. ????‍♂️

  44. I loved the music! Ensemble Vanya appears to have just this one single out– would truly appreciate leads for more in this vein 🙂

  45. ZOMG….I have just enough Russian left to understand most of the song and I nearly did a spit take. That was hysterical….

  46. ????????????
    But poor guy is in love with one of his workers but she’s in love with his tractor ????????

  47. The video you linked is not from the original creator, it seems they stole and re-uploaded the content from the source channel. The original channel is called birchpunk (you can see their watermark in the top right of the video), and here’s the link to the video from their page: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8HZ4DnVfWYQ

    Could you please edit the post so it links to the original? I think the creators should get the views 🙂

    • Ah, no wonder the first video had so few views. Then when I watched it again there were 30k comments.

  52. Who ever posted the Russian galactic train to Mars, follow up… thank you. I am ROLFing hard. Shades of Sci Fi classics. The end with the alien piggy thing? Classic. And the uncle who signed the safety wavier! And the star ship trooper… but I really love the music…Satisfaction!

  57. Hi Moderator R!

    I came across a book in Goodreads with a suspiciously familiar cover. Don’t know if it counts as copyright infringement, but thought you might want to know.

    Cheers!

    • Hey Defne,

      No worries, the image was not commissioned specifically for Hidden Legacy, there is no copyright issue.
      Thank you for signaling ☺️.

      • Hi Moderator R,

        I wonder if you or Ilona saw my comment above? I don’t know if some comments get lost so I’m replying to your comment in case you get a notification of a reply. I’ve copied my comment again below here:

        The video you linked is not from the original creator, it seems they stole and re-uploaded the content from the source channel. The original channel is called birchpunk (you can see their watermark in the top right of the video), and here’s the link to the video from their page: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8HZ4DnVfWYQ

        Could you please edit the post so it links to the original? I think the creators should get the views 🙂

        Cheers!

        • Hi Anon,

          Thank you for the link.

          As shocking as it is, we take weekends off, so repeated comments only make more work for ModR.

          The video has been edited.

  58. Thank you, this is hilarious.

    I loved the уаз bus with the antigravity drive. Brought back some childhood memories. I could almost feel my teeth (fillings) shake :)))))

  59. I don’t speak or understand a lot of Russian, and this is so funny!

    I do have a couple of Ukrainian friends. I passed along the link.

    BTW – where I live there is a large, active, and social Ukraine community. They hold a festival at a park nearby and its always well-attended.

  61. omg. crying with laughter. I read a LOT of dystopian fiction, science fiction, military science fiction, and thrillers (spy, political, courtroom, etc). This is such a funny funny mashup of the tropes…..

    peace,

    Sechat

  63. The space train video by the same team is even better – so much life crammed into a tiny short video. There is also a video about New Year on the farm. Elsewhere on YouTube are interviews with the maker (in Russian) on how he and his friends made these videos. They took about a month each. No commercial backing, only friends and cooperation. Absolute genius!
    Thank you Ilona for the link. Made my day.

  64. I learned a Russian word from the space train vid: Iom = hammer? Lol. Links to interviews with creators? Love to read it if translated into English. Pure genius. They could make a name for themselves. Reminds a bit of FireFly only with more humor!

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