Skating Through the Apocalypse with Solarbabies (Movie Nights)
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- Rollerblades and glowing ball space Jesus? I guess?
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I remember loving this as a little girl. It was weird and visually interesting and I loved rollerskating, post-apocalyptic dystopian stuff and magic. The tape got 'lost' one day and I forgot about it until now.
Me too! I loved it so much, but I'm not sure if it was my Jason Patric/Jami Gertz obsession or my love of roller skating, but I remember wanting to write the novelization when I was about 12 because no one else had. Also, I knew the kid from his role in Witness because of my Harrison Ford obsession.
Solarbabies had no rollerblades, all roller skates.
Thank you!
This is one of those movies that spent decades being one of those vaguely remembered things in my head, where I wasn't sure if it was a movie that I saw as a kid, or a distorted memory of a dream that I had at some point. I had pretty much accepted the latter until I accidentally came across a screenshot of the movie today, and the realization hit me like a lightning bolt. Such an amazing cathartic feeling.
Yes!!!!
This
Felt similar feelings except , I didn't doubt that I'd seen it, I just could not remember the plot to save my life. Also, until this moment, I thought it was called 'Roller Babies'.😆
@@katsbreez You and I are in the same boat on that one.. I dunno why other people always feel like distant childhood memories were fever dreams, lol.. I never had trouble discerning the difference between dream and reality.. Except for maybe a couple times I had some super lucid dreams.
Ha!! I felt the exact same!
This was on HBO on daytime repeat over and over again. I remember it being very popular. I dont recall it ever being in the movie theaters.
I liked this movie as a kid, rented it a bunch of times from the movie rental place
Mel Brooks was on a podcast called "how did this get made" where he talked about the details surrounding this film. It's interesting how the thing snowballed and he (Mel Brooks) wound up putting in his own money to try to finish it and came close to losing his house. Brooks claims eventually this film was popular on cable and home video and eventually wound up making money for his company. Mel Brooks was hilarious, he was eager to tell this story and didn't seem to understand what a "podcast" was and kept calling referring to it as "your broadcast". Live forever, Mel
It was singularly one of the best interviews ever. He is wonderful.
infinitely more informative and entertaining than this precocious slag.
I saw similarities to Tank Girl that will come out in the 90's. The Desert, the fight against Water and Power, the evil guy, all the dystopian mad max evil water company sets. this movie made me think of Tank Girl for sure.
podcasts *are* broadcasts...
@@rickdeckard1075 the dictionary defines “broadcast” as “transmit (a program or some information) by radio or television.”
So I guess if you listened to a podcast on your smart but still, digital data like podcasts aren’t usually said to be “broadcast”
Bonus points for calling it "Space Jesus".
I saw this as a video rental as a kid. In college I showed it to my roommates while we were all drunk. Good times.
I thought "Space Balls" was Mel Brooks' "Star Wars"... Anyway, it's too bad it wasn't a gigantic hit. Now my feature-length comedy parody script "Skaterkiddos" will NEVER get greenlit.
Solarbabes?
I guess you had to see it as a kid. Cause I loved it!”
I'm a sucker for special effects sparkles from this era of special effects.
This movie is one of my big guilty pleasures. I caught it on Space back in highschool about 10 years ago and immediately loved it!
I remember the fear machine scared the shit out of me as a kid. That's all I got.
I remember this movie being on TV once and then for the past 20 years I kept thinking it was some type of fever dream.
That happened a lot back then. I've so many films I never heard from again that I thought I imagined up.
OMG I’ve been trying to remember the name of this movie for years. lol
Today I learned of Solarbabies from Mel Brooks' book. And now, after your brilliant commentary, I must endure this film. In my search, I was surprised that MST3K or Rifftrax have not scooped up this gem. Thank you for preparing me for this experience.
Speaking of Roller skating the apocalypse, Don't forget about "Prayer for the Rollerboys" with Corey Haim & Patricia Arquette.
Prayer of the Rollerboys is kinda really disturbing viewed in 2020. Just saying
Let me remind you, this cost more than the movie Aliens. Let that sink in. But still awesome!
Solarbabies? No wonder I found this one again. I was 5 when it came out and saw it sometime when I was young. I kind of liked it from what I can remember, but this is super young me. For some reason I thought this movie was rollerball, only that turned out to have a completely different plot. Sometimes I think I've dreamed up some scenes, but slowly they are all turning out to be real things. And I can understand why I never came across this again when I was older.
Oh my god!! The tire scene!! That's not something I recommend doing in real life. I found a tire I could fit into and tried doing that because of this movie! I don't think it worked. There weren't any hills where I grew up, but lots of old machinary and a junk pile that everyone close by used. That's where I discovered my first nudie magazines as a kid. It since has been cleaned up and turned into someone's trailer house now. But there was junk dating back to the 50's or further there. It kept growing when I was a younger and I wanted to see how big it would get in the future, but I'm okay with him being forced to remove the junk pile. It really wasn't that great and probably why there were so many bears around.
I used to have this DVD but I lent it out and ever got it back.....that's right, somebody actually kept/stole my copy of Solarbabies.
As a retired veteran of early 1990s rollerblading I couldn't help but think watching this movie, "wouldn't there be crap tons of pebbles on those trails to trip you on rollerblades!" I love the show! I only found your content a few months ago. Thanks for all the memories while I stay up way too late!
Thanks! That’s the best time to watch YT vids!
Man I love Solarbabies. I kind of want a sci-fi low budget sequel or reboot.
You are right though lol Jason Patrick and Peter DeLuise do look very similar.
HOLY Johnny Steele! Terrence Mann is in this! Like it's amazing I know almost every actor in this film.
I wouldn't say "Love" but I do like this movie. And I know a good bit of that is nostalgia as I saw it as a kid. Rewatched it last night and man there's a lot of plot holes in the middle, or rather like kissing text from a book. Darstar steals bodhi, we never see the kids discover the missing orb, oh now Daniel's gone after bodhi. Et AL subsequent scenes for the next bit. Shit happens without any explanation.
Basically, this is Mad Max, but with rollerblades instead of spiky tricked-out cars. Actually, it's more like Tank Girl, just without the kangaroo people... and rollerblades.
It's all of those things and more and at the same time, it's absolutely nothing.
Those are not rollerblades, they are quads! You are technically wrong and therefore Hitler!
Technically wrong. The BEST kind of wrong! And Allison's so damn funny it doesn't matter that she doesn't know the difference between roller blades and roller skates (or windsurfers and sailboats on Baywatching:-) I had no idea that Mel Brooks was involved in this movie but Allison did - and that's way more important and interesting! One might think that a film combining the post-apocalyptic water short world of Fury Road with the dystopian, ultra-violent sport centered world of Rollerball couldn't help but be fascinating... and one would apparently be wrong as Solarbabies shows.
One of my deepest darkest secrets? I love Tank Girl!
Agreed ☄️
From what I remember of Solarbabies, it is the Waterworld of Waterworld.
5:22 it turns out that's the sphere from Heavy Metal. The kid melts instantly.
Rollerblades were released years later. These are skates. Now I see it has already been commented on. Oh well.
I saw this kid when I was a kid and it was one of my favorites. Right up there with Beastmaster
That kid with the big ears, I saw him in a movie made recently where he played a grizzled NYPD officer who got burned out and took a job in a small town... he was great, if he didn’t have those big ears I never would have realized he was that kid
Lucas haas. He's done a lot of things. Namely Mars attacks as an older kid/teen. Apparently he was in inception as well.
I love this movie... my daughter and I watched it together many many times. For a thinker, there are so many layers to excavate... something new comes through with each viewing.
So...the glowing ball in this movie...Is kind of like the glowing ball from Heavy Metal?
I'm calling this film "waterless world".
I think the first marketing issue with this movie was the title. People would not know what "Solarbabies" are supposed to be, nor would they likely find it appealing. The thing it makes me think of is that baby-faced sun from the Teletubbies, which is not something i would want to watch a movie about.
Does this mean a review of Prayer for the Roller Boys is on the table?
Yeah not rollerblades but rollerskates(quad skates) and what no mention of Dom Deluise's son Peter being in this as one of the Solarbabies?
Exactly!
I will never tire of this intro music.
Isn't that kid the kid from "Witness"?
I don’t know why but the 80’s had a fascination with the combination of post apocalyptic dystopian sci fi movies that incorporated roller blading. Prayer of the Rollerboys was another fantastic movie. I’m not sure how these two factors would occasionally find their way into movies but I was always excited for the genre and I feel it still has potential.
Maybe someone will create a new sci fi movie that takes place in a post apocalyptic setting but the world is like waterworld where all of the people wear some new kind of roller blades that work on water. This concept has potential. The characters could zoom around this waterworld as they attempt to salvage what’s left of this new world.
Growing up in the 80’s-90’s was such a unique time for movies and watching the evolution of technology.
I was thinking about this movie the other day!!! It used to come on cable premium channels all the time in the 80’s !!! I must have seen it a thousand times when I was a kid!!!! I couldn’t remember it’s name!!! Hooray!!! I finally found it!!! What a blast from the past!!!!
I totally remember watching this as a kid on cable, and I was just confused.
I been trying to watch this crazy movie, because of your review. I hope You're happy, Allison.
The spinning door on the vehicles is to keep people from stealing it.
The worst design I've seen for a police car is one with a *suicide* door on it.
pretty sure I saw this in the theater with my dad when I was little... Fast forward several years... I'm watching Inception for the first time and "OH MY GOD. IT'S THE KID FROM SOLARBABIES!" Yep. That's how my brain works.
For the longest time, i was convinced that Solarbabies and Flight of the Rollerboys were the same movie. My brain merged them together to the point that I thought it was called "Flight of the Rollerbabies", starring Jason Patric and Corey Haim. It wasn't until I started scouring shops for this long lost Frankenstein of a movie, that I remembered vividly from my childhood, that I realised there were two movies, equally rollerblade based, equally box office bombed, and equally played repeatedly on local syndicated TV on Saturday afternoons. Haha
Prayer of the Rollerboys is pretty disturbing in 2020. Give it a watch.
@@Scribblerjohnny Ah I could imagine. Probably very prophetic... save for the gangs of kids in trenchcoats rollerblading in flying V formation.
I don't know what's sadder, Mel Brooks thinking this would have been his Star Wars or anyone who believed him....
Are you sure he thought THIS was going to be his Star Wars...I mean isn't that Spaceballs??? No?
@@carveylover
Spaceballs: The Flame Thrower
I remember catching this on Saturday Movies on WPIX-11 in Brooklyn back in the late 80's. Thanks to Lucas Hass remaining a cool/interesting individual..and that 'Bodi' being...I managed to remember this still..to an extent.
HAHAH!!! Giant Shoulder pads Lady is Sarah Douglas aka 'Ursa' from Superman II....
Will you Please do Karate Warrior, also known as Fist of Power or The Boy in the Golden Kimono (1987) ????? PLEASE!!!!
I remember watching part of this movie several years ago, I didn't think much of it at the time, seeing it again now it seems pretty bizarre.
Took me years to find this film because I remembered it as Star Kids. Then that might be because I saw Space Radiers AKA Star kid.
Solarbabies, the movie that was on every few HOURS on HBO back in the day.
I remember seeing this on HBO way back when because they were playing it nonstop to try and make some of their money back. Hollywood did the same thing with Pulse. I miss the good old days when HBO and Cinemax were full of B-movie jems.
Also this should be called, Solarbabies: Cocaine is a Hell of a Drug
I highly recommend "Prisoners of the Lost Universe" Richard Hatch vs. The dad from Nightmare on Elm Street.
Things that always bugged me about this movie even when I first saw it back in 1987-
1. The desert wastelands have smooth enough surfaces to skate on.
2. People aren't dropping dead of thirst left and right. The Solarbabies were out in the desert for a good two days without any water.
3. A ragtag group of kids on rollerskates with wooden sticks can outrun, outsmart and beat an army of soldiers armed with laser rifles and armored vehicles.
4. How the HELL did the Eco Protectorate take EVERY drop of water in the seas and oceans and fit them into those aqua bunkers?
5. If they don't want anyone playing skateball in the outside arena, why keep it there?
8:47 - My God, time travel is real. That wax man hanging from a noose is clearly Javier Bardem.
I enjoyed it when Solarbabies, but by the same token I was young enough I didn’t know the difference between a good or bad movie. There are a few movies like that with me.Did you ever see “Prayer of the Rollerboys?” It was another movie that took place in the future that dealt with rollerblades.
i thought it was great, it was a fun cheesy sci fi, i definitely appreciate genuinely good and well made movies---- but i am also a sucker for cheese and hokey for the fun ;-)
love the mst3k style stinger
It's really the Loc-nar.
I can't wait for the sequel.
I love this movie used to watch at 12am on HBO with my brother and sisters. Just watch it with my wife good 80s cheesy goodness
Your intro never gets old :P
Thank you! :)
@@AllisonPregler review the unwatchable mac and me movie 🤣
Isn't Space Balls his Star Wars?
not that i think you care too much but here is the translation of the german text on the front cover:
Das Kult Sci-Fi-Abenteuer von den Machern von "Spaceballs" = The cult scifi adventure from the guys behind "Spaceballs"
Sie träumen nicht nur von der Freiheit - sie kämpfen auch dafür! = They don't only dream of freedom - they also fight for it!
It's weird to think of this film getting released in theaters. It feels like it was made specifically for some broadcast station to show at 2 o'clock on Sunday in the 90's, after WMAC Masters.
Wait, wasn't this posted before? Is time... rewinding? Have we gone back? I might just be able to stop Underworld 5 from happening!
Had to reupload due to content id issues!
Movie Nights For a second there i thought I was in a parallel universe where you hadn't got to this one yet. Thanks for the clarification.
+Movie Nights Face it, breakfast is ruined.
Mandela effect!
Gotta love *content id* strikes!
OH MY GOD I WATCHED THIS MOVIE LAST WEEKEND WITH MY GIRLFRIEND this movie isnt as over top as we wanted it to be its just weird
Apocalyptic Rollerblade movie 3 (nope, I didn't realise we needed 3..) is 'Prayer of the Rollerboys' with Cory Haim and Patricia Arquette
Agreed 😊
Holy shit Lady in White was huge in my house growing up. My parents loved that movie. I thought everyone else forgot about it.
That guy from the first dialogue... reminds me of the voice actor of Dr. Light in Mega Man 8.
I have fond childhood memories of being at the Daytona Beach Motel eating candy corn and watching this and “The Legend Of Billy Jean” when we would go on Vacation and for a week every summer we would have HBO in our room and HBO would show the same movies everyday....This movie can be picked apart for sure but as sure as Smokey Robinson sings “Love Will Set You Free” my love for this movie will always endure
❤
8:52 oh doggos wit flashlights, how cute!
'Its, at the freaking moviesh with Creationist Cat!'
That all I can think of when I hear the background music in the first piece too camera.
I love this movie!
I saw similarities to Tank Girl that will come out in the 90's. The Desert, the fight against Water and Power, the evil guy, all the dystopian mad max evil water company sets. this movie made me think of Tank Girl for sure.
I loved this movie. 42 now
I loved this comment. 62°F now
One of my favourite films ever but no-one remembers it
Thank you!! I was positive that I saw this as a little kid but I could not remember it at all. Now I know why. THere's no real plot or story to remember. Thanks for clearing that up for me.
I love the part when the villain sticks that guys arm in the departiclizer or whatever it is.
The film so nice she reviewed it twice.
That's Solarbabies
me and my friends really liked the movie
I think I was 1 of the people who actually saw this in the theatre. I thought it was awesome, granted, I was 6 or 7 years old at the time. That dull thudding sound you all heard that 1 time and never knew what it was, that was my jaw hitting the ground when I found out it cost $20 Million dollars to make. Still, I actually bought the movie on DVD after seeing your review, I managed to watch it. Yes, it's a silly movie that is so saccharine it makes my teeth hurt, but it somehow gives me some strange reassurance that the world we live in now has some hope. Maybe it's just the nostalgia of sitting next to my mom and dad in the theatre watching this as a kid, but still, it's better than having to watch Kanye West blab on about how great he is. I'd gladly live in the world of Solar babies if it meant I didn't have to suffer through the Cult of Kanye. So thanks for reminding me about this little crappy movie, it actually made me smile instead of praying for an asteroid strike to wipe us all out before we end up killing the planet.
skateball sounds like something that a person who doesn't know sports would say when trying to talk sports
All I remember is the ants eating the hand scene. As an 8 year old, it freaked me out and I could never finish watching it. Or maybe I was just bored out of my mind.
Oh, have you ever seen "Rollerball"? Made a decade earlier, I do wonder if it was a possible influence for Solarbabies, a name I keep mixing up with "Muppet Babies" as I grew up with that back then...
They cut a scene out at the end of the film when it rained and the gang goes swimming.
The uncut scene was everyone happily swimming and on the shore the kids clothes were piled up
hinting all are au natural. That cut scene was innocent enough but it was taken out - why? ones guess is as good
as anyone.
9:52 i just died inside knowing i have that exact same haircut at the moment
The Monster Trucks of 1986.
And monster hair! Heck, the only thing the 1980s never did was inspire a horror flick called "Monster Hair versus The Colossal Shoulderpads of Dooooooom". The hair would win. Because... hairspray toxic stench.
I am so addicted to Movie Nights. Make more!
Rollerball meets Dune meets Mad Max 3
I feel like this will be parodied in Ricky and Morty...
Like Tank Girl, only without tanks and mostly roller skates 😁
Has anyone recommended “Blood of Heroes” for a Movie Nights review? It’s another entry in the “Post-apocalyptic society makes no goddamn sense, oh yeah, and sports!” Category.
Rad review. Thanks Allison. Best channel.
You must review The Last Dragon !
And Xanadu and Zardoz! :)
No! Because I honestly think she’ll bash the entire movie instead of giving the Cult Classic it’s props!
Should I be concerned the intro dialogue basically describes the society in Fury Road?
Dogs with bees in their mouths so when they bark they shoot bees at you?!?!?!
E-POLICE BABY SQUAD??
In all fairness, this movie SHOULD have been an intentional comedy.
I read about Mel Brooks involvement with this in the Wikipedia and thought that it was fabrication to spice it up.
Love this movie 😊
MGM called it "Solarwarriors" in the UK.
Yup-that was one of its other names