Explorers
Middle schooler Ben spends his free time watching sci-fi films, playing video games and reading comic books. Surprisingly, his affinity for all things fantastical yields a real result – when he has a vivid dream about technology, his prodigy best friend Wolfgang manages to create a working spacecraft. Joined by their buddy Darren, the boys take off into outer space and encounter some very odd extraterrestrial life. From TMDB
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59 of 59 · most liked firstJoe Dante's Explorers was released 41 years ago today. "A boy obsessed with '50s sci-fi movies about aliens has a recurring dream about a blueprint of some kind, which he draws for his inventor friend. With the help of a third kid, they build themselves a spaceship." 2/3 of a lovely, fun movie 👌
unlabelledView post →My movie Explorers was released on July 12th, 1985!! Any fans still around from that original theatrical run? We've got a fresh still up on my Renfield Collection site. I'm standing by for custom autographs right now. www.renfieldcollection.com/product-page...
unlabelledView post →My movie Explorers, out in a fresh 4K, gets a modern reappraisal! www.indiewire.com/features/com...
unlabelledView post →You don’t always know it in the moment, but a movie can take on a life far beyond its original release. 40 years later, Explorers is still being watched, talked about, and discovered by audiences around the world. www.indiewire.com/features/com...
unlabelledView post →#NowWatching Explorers (1985) Dir: @thejoedante.bsky.social A boy obsessed with '50s sci-fi movies about aliens has a recurring dream about a blueprint of some kind, which he draws for his inventor friend. With the help of a third kid, they follow it and build themselves a spaceship. Now what?
unlabelledView post →Explorers ⁞1985 www.imdb.com/title/tt0089114 #NowWatching #filmsky #scifi #sci-fi ·a boy obsessed with '50s sci-fi movies about aliens has a recurring dream about a strange blueprint, which he draws for his inventor friend. with the help of a third kid, they build themselves a spaceship. now what?·
unlabelledView post →Johnny Cab was voiced by Robert Picardo, and he was also the model for Johnny’s face. Rob Bottin had a mould of Picardo’s face from 1985 fantasy film Explorers, so was able to recycle that. 34/47
unlabelledView post →I saw a screening of Matinee (1993) last night (with a Joe Dante Q&A) As a kid I watched Gremlins 2, Explorers and The Burbs A LOT but not Matinee? It was great Like the first 1/2 wasn’t haha, but the second 1/2 all takes place in a movie theater and Joe Dante is the best at shooting theater stuff
unlabelledView post →AnimEigo has announced it will release Antique Bakery, Dog of Flanders: The Movie, ReLIFE, Ruin Explorers: Fam & Ihrie, and Welcome to Ibaru's Office on home video next year!
unlabelledView post →In the Joe Dante movie “Explorers”, this newspapers has references to his other films. The Kingston Falls “riot” is a reference to “Gremlins”, and the fire at the Colony is from “The Howling”. The missing teacher at Homewood school is Helen Foley from “Twilight Zone: The Movie”.
unlabelledView post →1985 was the year of DIY! Doc Brown made a Delorean into a Time Machine, and the kids from “Explorers” made a space ship out of junk! When you watch either movie, you believe it, because they look like something made in the garage. Not slick, not polished. The stuff dreams are made of!
unlabelledView post →While the movie is kind of a mess that doesn't stick the landing, the first half of Explorers is absolutely peak 80s kids' movie stuff.
unlabelledView post →Johnny Cab was voiced by Robert Picardo, and he was also the model for Johnny’s face. Rob Bottin had a mould of Picardo’s face from 1985 fantasy film Explorers, so was able to recycle that. 34/47
unlabelledView post →Explorers. That movie was almost a third parent to me growing up. Super 8 is an honorable mention, for making me feel like I was a kid watching Explorers all over again .
unlabelledView post →34. Doraemon: Nobita in The New Haunts of Evil - Peko and The Five Explorers (2014) 8/10 A solid remake of an original film. I really liked the focus on Gian in this as he’s the GOAT in the movies. The animation is really cute in this one as well.
unlabelledView post →@robertpicardo.bsky.social Watching Explorers at least 30 years since the last time I saw it and never realized you were in it. Thank you for being not only the best TV doctor, but the friendliest movie alien. 💖
unlabelledView post →#NowWatching Explorers (1985) I love this movie, and I think it’s aged better than Goonies for me. Watching the Theatrical Cut now, which I don’t think I’ve ever seen; this was a vhs classic for me. #Filmsky
unlabelledView post →Just got back from 4 days up North at my parents, and ran down to BMV, and was lucky enough to find their recently released 4K of THE EXPLORERS (1985), directed by the great Joe Dante, and starring a young Ethan Hawke, River Phoenix, and Jason Presson. This was a KEY film from my childhood. : |
unlabelledView post →Retro sci-fi design inspired by Explorers Davana County Est 1985. A must-have for fans of the classic film. #adventure #90s #space #county #retro #80s
unlabelledView post →The Thunder Road from the 1985 film Explorers? The drone ship from Flight of the Navigator? The titular machine from the 1960 film The Time Machine? No GIFs? Seriously???
unlabelledView post →What if First Contact was this disappointing? Aliens just throwing memes back at us like an AI. No attempt to communicate, just a weird and irritating game. Anyway, any Alien that come to Sol is up to something. I don't care how benevolent they might seem, they shouldn't meddle in our mess. It's like hanging around a playground... https://gizmodo.com/we-went-back-and-explored-the-1985-joe-dante-film-explorers-2000780183 #Movies #FirstContact #Explorers #SETI
unlabelledView post →Scifi producers in the 80s were so horny they made this: #explorers #film #80s #HypersexualAliens #awesome
unlabelledView post →#OctoberMovieChallenge Day 12 - Explorer in a Movie Mountains of the Moon (1990) Bob Rafelson --Explorers Burton and Speke search for source of the Nile River.
unlabelledView post →Retro sci-fi design inspired by Explorers Davana County Est 1985. A must-have for fans of the classic film. #90s #county #retro #adventure #80s #space
unlabelledView post →I'm watching "Explorers" (1985), film debut of Ethan Hawke, for the first time ever It's pretty weird Also the wiki article on the movie has pointed me at 2 time travel movies I never heard of, those'll be going on my list
unlabelledView post →Just re-watched Explorers recently. Still holds up.
unlabelledView post →Our “Summer of Discovery” programme is underway, with range of free family activities throughout the holidays, including creative crafts, our Little Explorers Trail and family & heritage film screenings – all drop-in, all free! Full details: thecommonroom.org.uk/summer-of-di...
unlabelledView post →My #review of Explorers (1985). www.partyapocalypse.com/movie-blog/e... #filmsky #movies
unlabelledView post →Concept art by Mike Ploog for the alien in @thejoedante.bsky.social film EXPLORERS, released OTD in 1985.
unlabelledView post →Explorers. Loved that movie as a kid. Last year I scratch built Thunder Road at Marvel Crisis Protocol scale.
unlabelledView post →Explorers (1985) should've been a shorter movie. The military would have intercepted those kids and blasted them right out of the sky.
unlabelledView post →Now rewatching Joe Dante’s 1985 science fiction movie “Explorers”. Featuring Ethan Hawke, River Phoenix, Jason Presson and Amanda Peterson. Watching the theatrical version on the new @vinsyn.bsky.social 4K box set.
unlabelledView post →We watched Explorers last night, a movie I probably watched 100+ times on cable as a kid. It's one of those movies that wouldn't be made today. Not because the content is bad in any way. It just feels like we've lost the kind of magic that films like it had for kids/pre-teens as as whole.
unlabelledView post →Never mind, I remembered the Bajoran Lightship episode of DS9 and I'm going to use that as one. So far I've got: FTL (2017 short film), FTL by Kevin D Randle, Ad Astra, Lightyear, and Explorers (DS9) That'll do.
unlabelledView post →I hope you enjoyed your time in Japan. It still feels like a dream to have met someone I admire so deeply and to have been able to hand you the *The Movie Orgy* zine and the *Explorers* papercraft model I created for you. I look forward to your next visit to Japan! Thank you so much!
unlabelledView post →Explorers is a fun family adventure movie. Have you seen Kwaidan? It's kinda trippy ghost stories. Viy is also in that vein.
unlabelledView post →Explorers (1985): The sound effects from the movie at the drive-in were taken directly from the original 1982 Atari 2600 video game Yars' Revenge (1981). #TheGoreYouKnow #MutantFam @themutantfam.bsky.social
unlabelledView post →Is the Deep Space Nine episode “Explorers” the only time we ever saw the TNG-style uniforms with the Voyager-style commbadges aside from the Generations movie?
unlabelledView post →I've had this for a month or so, but just getting around to watching the VINEGAR SYNDROME 4K of Joe Dante's THE EXPLORERS (1985). This was a film that my parents dubbed onto VHS at some point, and I watched in repeat for YEARS. This reminds me that I need to find FLIGHT OF THE NAVIGATOR. : |
unlabelledView post →Explorers was the spaceship out of junk movie. With Ethan Hawke and River Phoenix.
unlabelledView post →There was rumors of a remake of Explorers a few years ago and I had a palpable and visceral “oh fuck no” reaction. I was ready to go gritty 1970s movie antihero on everyone responsible.
unlabelledView post →An obscure movie that I’ve seen more than 6 times? For real? Explorers, Critters, The Golden Child, House, House 2, House Party, House Party 2… we’re gonna be here a while
unlabelledView post →I keep seeing cops in normal cars other than Explorers and Chargers and it's like seeing movie background extras leaving set.
unlabelledView post →Share an 80s movie you will always love! 'Explorers'
unlabelledView post →Did they see the Giritina movie? If yes, then I'll have to begrudgingly agree. But if they haven't played Explorers of Sky, their opinion mean nothing!
unlabelledView post →Tuesday night, our latest short film “Plant Life” screened at The Explorers Club for a special New York City Climate Week event! After the screening, the film’s directors, Josh Izenberg and Brett Marty, joined Salk Institute scientists Wolfgang Busch and Lena Mueller for a Q&A.
unlabelledView post →The (movie) Explorers 1080p (iTunes)(DE) €3.99 (Adventure) (iMDB) 6.9 Cast: Ethan Hawke, River Phoenix, Bobby Fite, Bradley Gregg, Danny Nucci, Amanda Peterson
unlabelledView post →Explorers is on MGM. This is the greatest premise for a movie ever. They goto space in a tilt-a-whirl.
unlabelledView post →Astonishing how common Peeping Toms were in film. I've been showing my kids 80s films and so far they're in Back to the Future, The Explorers, and Monster Squad. In the latter two it's considered normal! I have to tell my kids that those guys are being creeps--and they're the protagonists!
unlabelledView post →Film academic iso podcast needing a co-host or guest spot. I'm tired of listening to film podcasts and not contributing. I hosted one of my own a while back (Horror Explorers) but it was a logistical shitshow and it was mostly me alone. And I'm better with someone to bounce off.
unlabelledView post →It was goofy fun, but the MCU movie, which I was NOT on board with (didn't like the cast or that the trailer made it look like a typical action movie [cuz they're EXPLORERS]) won me over w/what was def'ly the MCU best script in, like, a decade. It's old-school sci-fi, it confronts the miscasting and
unlabelledView post →While I love the film, I’d say the most successful part of Explorers was you rescuing ‘Rosebud’ during production!
unlabelledView post →Flashback Favorites Film Series Presents ~ EXPLORERS Tuesday And Wednesday August 11th And 12th At 4:30 And 7:30 This space adventure stars Ethan Hawke and River Phoenix as misfit best friends whose dreams of space travel become a reality
unlabelledView post →Flashback Favorites Film Series Presents ~ EXPLORERS Tuesday And Wednesday August 11th And 12th At 4:30 And 7:30
unlabelledView post →🚨 Yeni Haber: AnimEigo, 2027 yılında Antique Bakery, Dog of Flanders: The Movie, ReLIFE, Ruin Explorers: Fam & Ihrie ve Welcome to Irabu's Office yapımlarını izleyiciyle buluşturacak. 🔗 Haberi Okumak İçin Tıklayın
unlabelledView post →Inspirations! - The Victorian Explorers list is inspired by the various film adaptations of The Lost World - The Cowboys are inspired by the Ray Harryhausen classic, The Valley of Gwanji - The Starship Crew are inspired by a bit of a niche pick, Planet of Dinosaurs, and broader raypunk sci-fi
unlabelledView post →Releases on (Amazon)(US) Jul 28, 2026 (Explorers 4K Blu-ray) $54.98 Genre: (Adventure) IMDb Rating: 6.9 Cast: Ethan Hawke Trailer & Reviews : www.rottentomatoes.com/m/explorers/
unlabelledView post →I was an usher/projectionist in 1985 and I saw Explorers the night before it opened in my theater after hours. I think it is a wonderful movie and I wish we could have seen the version you originally intended. RIP River Phoenix
unlabelledView post →Share an 80s movie you'll always love. #Explorers
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