# Identify this 80's kids Si-Fi movie please. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 21, 2012, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-80s-kids-si-fi-movie-please/644776 "2012-12-21T20:06:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2012, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-80s-kids-si-fi-movie-please/644776/1 "2012-12-21T20:06:47Z")
It’s about these two kids. They somehow invent (or find I can’t remember) a program in their computer that makes a energy/force field bubble. Then they figured out a way that they could get inside the bubble. They made themselves a crappy little spaceship, got it inside they bubble and went for a little joy ride. It was at that point near by aliens took over the bubble and brought the kids to their spaceship. I’m going from a vague memory here so it’s possible I got some of the details wrong. Thanks ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2012, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-80s-kids-si-fi-movie-please/644776/2 "2012-12-21T20:11:02Z")
[Explorers.](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0089114/) ---
**Author:** ![Push\_You\_Down](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/push_you_down/32/9095_2.png) [@Push\_You\_Down](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Push_You_Down)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2012, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-80s-kids-si-fi-movie-please/644776/3 "2012-12-21T20:13:10Z")
Sounds like a misremembered version of The Explorers. > **[Explorers (1985) - IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0089114/)** > > Explorers: Directed by Joe Dante. With Ethan Hawke, River Phoenix, Bobby Fite, Bradley Gregg. 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... ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2012, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-80s-kids-si-fi-movie-please/644776/4 "2012-12-22T01:09:06Z")
That’s it. As usual the Dope nails it! Thanks guys. ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2012, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-80s-kids-si-fi-movie-please/644776/5 "2012-12-22T02:23:21Z")
And in case you miss it, the rat’s name is Heinlein.