For this last day of this year’s SciFi Month event, I have something special to share: it’s both an upcoming review announcement and my choice for today’s prompt about favorite discoveries during the month of November.
A few weeks ago I was contacted by JJ Pollack, the director of the short SF movie Jettison, which will premiere a week from now on the YouTube DUST channel (I will give you the link as soon as it’s available).
Mr. Pollack asked me if I was interested in watching and reviewing the movie prior to its release to the public, and once aware of the story’s core theme, that of a young woman who enrolls as a fighter for an interstellar war, leaving behind everything and everyone she cares about, I was immediately hooked.
As we first see Rebka, the main character, she’s telling her friend that shipping out is the only way to get off-world: clearly she sees her life as boring, seeks some form of adventure and is ready to accept the consequences of time dilation caused by the bridging of such huge distances. If at first she takes those consequences lightly, as time goes on one can see the toll it takes, as her friendships, loves and attempts at a normal life out there all end in disappointment and painful losses.
Rebka’s return home brings to light the terrible price she paid for her choice: long decades have lapsed during her absence and she’s only a vague memory among her descendants, and all that she has left is her life as a soldier, a life steeped in bitterness, disillusionment and loneliness.
I’m sharing a trailer for Jettison that will give you a taste of what this short movie is like, and I will be back with some in-depth comments once it goes online: to say more at the moment might enter spoiler territory, and I want you to watch Jettison with the same frame of mind I had on my first encounter – it will have a far greater impact this way, trust me.
Enjoy and keep on the lookout for the link to the full movie!
Space and Sorcery 
That is always nice when something like this happens.
So does this mean you’re going to turn into a big movie reviewer now? 😉
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I don’t think so… I do like to review particularly interesting movies and/or tv series, but that’s just something of a side activity. In this instance, however, I was more than happy to offer some space to indie creativity 🙂
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So cool! What a perfect way to end SciFiMonth😁 I’m intrigued by this short trailer and I can’t wait for your review.
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The full movie should become available on YouTube in a week, so I will be back then with more information 🙂
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I love it – that trailer has defo piqued my interest and it’s so cool that you got to post this.
Thanks for sharing.
Lynn 😀
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You’re more than welcome! And I’m sure you will enjoy the complete movie 🙂
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It’s pretty cool of you to show your support for indie projects! It did seem to fit the month’s project and it sounds interesting. Thanks for sharing, Maddalena! 😀
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You’re welcome! And I hope to have the link to the short movie soon: I can’t wait to learn what people think about it, because I liked it very, very much 🙂
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Oh wow! Congratulations!! 🎉 And the movie sounds interesting!!
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The link for the whole movie should be out tomorrow (((fingers crossed))) 🙂
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