the mockumentary attempts to make its viewers "believe what they are watching" and to recreate a time period "without using any archival footage." scholar remarks that this kind of "retro-inflected material enjoys significant popularity" in twenty-first century science-fiction short films, citing "die schneider krankheit", matthew savage's "reign of death" (2009), and johan löfstedt's "kometen" ("the comet", 2004).