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The rarely updated blog of Joel Dixon
Wednesday, October 17, 2007
I have found the Explorers
# Posted by Joel Dixon at 17/10/2007 15:13:39I think it's been bothering me for 5 years now, I can remember wondering about it while I was still in Uni. There was a movie that I used to love as a child, almost as much The Goonies and Flight of the Navigator. I was very young when these movies came out (around 4 I guess) but they received high rotation on the VCR until I was old enough to appreciate them.
While I've enjoyed watching Flight of the Navigator and The Goonies again since these young days - the third movie had completely slipped my mind, and I haven't seen it for at least 10 to 15 years. Every so often it gets stuck in my head - I can remember certain parts but never enough to start a google hunt.
The main thing I remember is that there was two or three kids that built a circular space ship. The ship was controlled by a computer keyboard (very cool back then) and I vaguely remember some kind of spherical field generated by the ship that caused damaged to whatever it touched. I don't remember where they went in this ship, or anything else in the movie after the ship was built. The only other part I remembered was that one of the main characters designed the ship based on a few dreams. Anyone remember this?
Enter the Get This Podcast (I knew I listened to these guys for a reason). Tony Martin mentioned an old movie with Ethan Hawke and River Phoenix called Explorers and I could almost feel my brain fizzle. Eureka!
It feels really good to get that mystery solved! I was pretty accurate in my memory. After some quick research I found that the main character had a dream about a circuit board which is for the actual bubble device (he later dreams another circuit board for a device that creates oxygen). The ship was driven using a computer, and the YouTube video linked below confirmed my suspicion that it was very cool!
One thing I had completely forgotten about was that the main characters go into deep space and meet up with aliens. I might have to find this movie on DVD and give it another viewing sometime!
Explorers
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 Brad   Posts: 20 |
haha... when Ethan Hawke wakes up from the dream, he looks so much like you as a kid. Maybe that's why the movie appealed to you. # Posted - 17/10/2007 22:17:06 |
 joeldixon Posts: 156 |
Harsh - but maybe a little bit fair. At other times he looks a little bit like Aaron - with those oversized round glasses.  # Posted - 18/10/2007 00:37:31 |
 Hitman Posts: 16 |
It is an outrage Joel. Get This has been cancelled and will be ending on the 23rd November. Damn commercial radio to hell  # Posted - 20/10/2007 14:25:24 |
joeldixon Posts: 156 |
I can't believe it Thanks for letting me know! This does not bode well for anyone  # Posted - 20/10/2007 20:15:21 |
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