Aww, you can tell these kids are all right because the principles and processes of democracy come to them as instinctively as their resistance to oppression, fascism, and ecological exploitation
I note the Charles Dunning character is having more character depth than a villain usually gets in a Monsterdon movie
....oh fuck, power ballad montage!
"LOVE WILL SET YOU FREEEEE!"
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You guys the head Nazi is literally called 'Grok'
Having roller skated and wiped out on grit in my youth, I can tell the guy who directed this knows nothing about roller skates.
Grok?
@ricci
It only rained in the room with them.
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What are these good actors doing slumming in this futuristic lacrosse epic?
"That's not the law."
I AM THE LAW
Surgically altered... like converted into HL2 stalkers?
Pass the douchkie on the left-hand sideβ¦
Uh. "Doochkeys"? What the hell is that? #Monsterdon
Peter DeLuise also has several credits for Stargate SG-1. One of which was "Lt. Dagwood", a reference to his odious Seaquest character.
#monsterdon
And so they're off - into the badlands, escaping the orphanage, on rollerskates, out to where all the surfaces are smooth and polished.
Don't forget your hockey sticks when going on a search and rescue mission
Isn't it great that there are all these smooth, hard packed sand trails to skate on?
They voted unanimously? They couldnβt have figured that out together before taking all that time?
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@MatthewTitus88 the only joy I'm getting out of this so far is looking at Jami Gertz in a t-shirt
βWhere weβre going, weβll need roadsβ
Important electoral procedures
Sounds like they may not have a good lifegrid ahead of them. #monsterdon
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she just woke him up by rubbing his tummy
Crow mystic steals shiny orb.
@apLundell Dangers of a Command Economy.
Overproduction of rollerskates, spray paints, and orphans; underproduction of water filtration and transportation systems.
@diazona A plot point? In this economy?!
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The orb reminds me of the orb in Sleeper that you felt before you entered the Orgasmatron.
this is what would have happened if we had managed to touch all the plasma balls at Spencer's Gifts before the staff kicked us out, man
it's been half an hour already
This film is so lame, Iβm speechless.
#monsterdon
Geiger counter with an antenna. Huh. Huh.
So the soundtrack will be good and this is just a placeholder. Right?
#monsterdon
hocky is fun if a Buddhist god is your puck?
The uplifting Casio synthesizer demo music really ties the scene together.
Bodhi claims these Earthling youth as its own.
#Monsterdon I wonder where they get their spray paint?
I mean, they're out in the middle of nowhere with no other civilization nearby. So does the school provide their graffiti supplies.
There's so much about this rich world I need to know.
Jan: Bodhi, Bodhi, Bodhi!
The MacGuffin in this movie is the product of too much heroin. #monsterdon
Man this is boring. At least the special effects are terrible. #monsterdon
Oh man, the stereotyping. The black kid has to do basketball and hip hop stuff. Ugh.
Shattered orb. Game over
Weird Flight of the Navigator vibes, now.
How many contemplators can a single orb accommodate, anyway??
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What is this movie? Magical lacrosse rollerblading dystopia?
ah, the whimsical post-apocalypse theme
@ryan I was thinking the same, it's reaching into Bhodi Sattva territory
It's Bow, DIE. #Monsterdon
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Jamie Gertz is the only one who 'it'-ed the orb, everyone else assumes 'he'. That's weird.
By all means open up emotionally to the glowy ex-machina.
#monsterdon
Oh my god it's full of lacrosse
Bodhi is also the orphanage guidance counselor.
if this is going to try to become a secret buddhism movie instead you have to tell me now #monsterdon
Everyone is just rolling with the idea of an intelligent glowing orb π
WORK IT solar
MAKE IT babies
DO IT skating
MAKES US 80s
#monsterdon Thank god it isn't longer than it is wide, or we'd have a whole new angle on this movie.
the film has switched to ball-gazing
and one-sided dialogue
#Monsterdon
Solliloquy to an orb. #monsterdon
In 1982, my elementary school did a monthly roller skating party. It was a lot like that.
what was that weird 80s sitcom for kids where the girl's dad was a magic alien orb?
#Monsterdon Oh hey, those aren't even roller-blades. They're old fashioned skates. In 1986.
#monsterdon I imagine they share the skates. So this society is dominated by ... Tinea Pedis. That's the true hero of this tale. Athletes Foot.
One of these Sundays, I'll join the cool kids for #Monsterdon
ALL FUN WILL BE ORDERLY.
#monsterdon
Ok, this PA announcer needs to establish a safe word.
@socketwench this also works as a Rusty Venture line
Mandatory dancing with blatant mind washing at the prison roller ring
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Owlman is watching. Or birdman. Or something. I wasn't paying attention.
#monsterdon
Which part of the Rhythm Nation is this? #Monsterdon #Solarbabies
βAll right, everybody, get out there on the floor! Itβs time for ALL SKATE!β
government approved fascist rollerblading, boo hiss
Requisite 1984 references
The last time I confronted a self-propelled, intelligent orb, I needed to crack it open with a dremel and pull out the batteries before it burned down my house.
#monsterdon Now everyone is sterile. That will be a mighty discovery for them all.
ORB
Oh, now they notice he can hear. Weren't they together all day? #Monsterdon
#AltSportingEvents
#HashtagGames
#Monsterdon
Dancing In The Rain.
Segue STRAIGHT into waterworld from here. #Monsterdon
This movie is bad but somehow endearing.
#Monsterdon #SolarBabies
The soundtrack⦠oof!
#monsterdon βThey have all died of dysenteryβ
should we collect some of this water? no? okay
Indoor lightning. BE NOT AFRAID!
Bodhi sets off the non-existent fire suppression sprinklers.
moist
for he IS the Kwisatz Haderach!! #Monsterdon
no fanfic allowed? D:
If the air is really as dry as they say it is, they wouldnβt look so sweaty.
(bag of cones is now opened!)
over-amped over pseudo-factoids
This is about what I was expecting and the reason I haven't seen it yet. #monsterdon
@klu9 This is the first thing that grabbed my attention when I saw the trailer. They really want to put them on roller skates, and they also really wanted a rocky, desert landscape. They did not see the contradiction. #Monsterdon
Top marks for the delivery of "you creature of filth!"
Iβve been trying for a decent lifegrid for years. Turns out all I have to do is work hard and obey the rules? Who knew?
Not another teen (apocalypse) movie.
#monsterdon
Do you want your eyes pecked out? 'Cause being mean to crows is how you get your eyes pecked out.
Do not mess with the corvids!
Better watch out there blondie. Crows can recognize and remember faces.
The corvids are my favorite characters so far.
#monsterdon
@cd0 Pappy OβDaniel.
Oh my gosh, the teacher is Emily Gilmore
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The production was greenlit on a $5 million budget with Brooks investing approximately $1.5 million of his own money.