Line #5 Headscratchers/Explorers

Context Headscratchers / Explorers

Go To


1	* The AppliedPhlebotinum of the film is a circuit able to generate a force field which can be translated and rotated with a computer. On the other hand, the so-called "Thunderroad" was a hunk of junk that did not provide any function whatsoever. So why did the kids need to steal the Thunderroad before going to space? They could've just sat inside the forcefield with the computer and the battery, and they would've experienced a much more spectacular 360° view.
2	** They're kids, making cool things without necessarily thinking about the practical aspects is what they ''do''.
3	** A spherical forcefield would not have provided them seats, or compartments to store their snacks, or a flat platform to mount the computer interface on. They really needed to build ''something'' to go inside the forcefield, so why not build their own space ship?
4	*** And of course, the [[WatsonianVersusDoylist Doylist]] answer: It would probably have been impractical, if not outright impossible, to pull that off with 1980s FX tecnology without looking incredibly cheesy.
5	*** The movie does show a kid in a forcefield without any vehicle earlier, and he floats in all directions without any way to control his orientation. Building the Thunderroad lets them sit upright, control the forcefield from the computer mounted inside (which also provides their air supply after a new chip design from the aliens), and gives them somewhere to store stuff.
6	*** Let's not forget what would've happened if they weren't sitting in anything at all. The forcefield had cut out on two ocassions. If they weren't sitting in chairs bolted to a construct and wearing seatbelts, they could've died. In fact, they're very lucky that they ended up [[spoiler: crashing into the water instead of the solid ground.]]
7	** Because that was [[SecretTestOfCharacter The Test]] all the time!! The Forcefield could be used by some militars as a weapon (It destroyed Wolfgang's Lab. TWICE) or an engineer would use it for some mundane things, as an industrial appliance. But the aliens were looking for somebody who would build a starship with it. Somebody who wanted to sail the stars. They were looking for [[ConstantlyCurious human kids]], [[spoiler: just like them, the aliens, are]]
8
9	* What’s with the sequence at the theater where the Thunder Road crashes into the concessions building and it intercuts with the Starkiller movie? The editing strongly implies their crash is somehow affecting that movie, practically suggesting it’s some live performance being filmed in that very building.
10	** It was just a funny coincidence that was written in. In the film-within-a-film, they were being attacked again. There's dialog as the ship leaves the ruined concession stand.
11	-->'''Darla''': Starkiller, you're being taken from behind!

Context Headscratchers / Explorers