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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 stormtroopers search for them and the orb. Written by
John Vogel <jlvogel@comcast.net>
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Spectacular science-fiction/adventure on blazing skates!
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Trivia
The key speechless character, named "Bodhi", is also referred to in the film as the "Sphere of Longinus".
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Goofs
When Ivor is leading Darstar to meet Canis in the old funhouse, you can see the eyes blink and mouth twitch of an actor who is supposed to be a wax figure hangman.
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Quotes
Metron:
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after Bodhi's rainstorm in the club-room]
... They must be slipping us some kind of new medication. We're all hallucinating.
Tug:
Well, they can slip me more of THAT anytime!
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Soundtracks
"Love Will Set You Free"
Written by
Smokey Robinson and Ivory Stone
Performed by
Smokey Robinson
Courtesy of Motown Records/Taj Mahal Music
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After about 20 years of having little more than vague memories of this movie rollerskating about in my head, I finally broke down and re-watched Solarbabies.
All I can say is, well, bless them for trying. It really isn't a BAD movie... it does manage to be entertaining even though it occasionally drags. The only problem is that it borrows a lot from other movies and never seems to decide on a style of its own.
Overall I didn't feel as drawn in to the story as I'd hoped, but despite the somewhat vague plot and generic characters, it was still good fun. And if nothing else, it teaches us that all we really need to set things right in the world are friendship and roller skating. And maybe a magic ball from outer space.