Rich in encouragement and emotional resonance though they are, we all too often take inspirational addresses from major figures like Abraham Lincoln, President John F Kennedy, Maya Angelou and others of their calibre for granted.
But as one panicking astronaut discovers in Hyper Jump, a short film from UpbeatXProjects about humanity’s first journey into the unknown realms of hyperspace, coming up with those words if you’re a mere mortal can be a little frightening and time-consuming.
It doesn’t help, of course, if you’ve only got 12 minutes notice to pull it all together and impress the people of Earth with your charismatic gravitas and command of the loftier elements of the English language.
Does the pilot make it in time? Does he inspire us all to dream bigger, greater, longer? Or does he … well, you’ll have to watch this clever little film to find out.
Blast off! Yeah, that’ll do …
(source: io9 Gizmodo)