Solarbabies (1986)

Announcement

Why were Rollerblades so synonymous with dystopian futures in the 80s and 90s? Are they a statement into the moral decay of our youth, or of our American go go get'em attitude? The mind boggles. Tonight we watch probably the most famous of these movies, 1986's SOLARBABIES, directed by the guy who did the choreography for the PRODUCERS and HISTORY OF THE WORLD, PART 1. How did he get the gig? Well, the movie is produced by Mel Brooks (?!), so there you go. Unlike last week, this movie is chock full of 80s stars, from Jami Gertz and Jason Patric (the LOST BOYS starring both of them would come out the following year), Lukas Haas, Adrian Pasdar, James LeGros...all of them, just Rollerblading on sand. That sounds like a metaphor but it isn't (though it should be). It's up on the server! See ya at 6:30!

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In a future in which most water has disappeared from the Earth, we find a group of children, mostly teenagers, who are living at an orphanage, run by the despotic rulers of the new Earth. The group in question plays a hockey based game on roller skates and is quite good. It has given them a unity that transcends the attempts to bring them to heel by the government. Finding an orb of special power, they find it has unusual effects on them. They escape from the orphanage (on skates) and try to cross the wasteland looking for a place they can live free as the storm-troopers search for them and the orb.

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