I was 24 and living in Sausalito when this movie came out. I took the ferry into SF to see it one Saturday. I was so blown away, I made the trip again the next day and saw it again. It was almost as good as Clockwork Orange, which I had seen a few years earlier when I was at UT, Austin. I've never bothered to watch more than a few minutes of the 2002 version. The movies of the late 60's and early 70's are still, in my humble opinion, some of the best ever made. Like the music of that era.
This is one of my all time favorite movies and this ending still gives me goosebumps as it did when I first saw it in theaters. Thanks for posting it. JONATHAN....JONATHAN....JONATHAN
This ending gave me nightmares as a kid, and I thought Aliens was pretty tame at the age of 4.
You know why this scared me so much? It's the look on Caan's face in that last still shot... pure hatred. The guy looks like he's about to channel Satan.
@ZHAman99 WHAT?!!! That comment makes you about 18 years old, doesn't it? I mean, did you even take the time to watch this classic, the original? It's the fav ploy of the younger generation - make off-handed and completely nonsense comments when they think it's 'before their time' or 'old-hat'. No. I am in consensus with the other contributors who roundly berated you. The real unfortunate about all of this is that you will now decide NEVER to like this movie, but I sincerely hope not.
Great Movie, when realesed it waspresented as a SCi-Fi Movie, showing a world were Corporations rule, and the common individual is left aside , alienated by the entertaiment this brutal sport provides. Well we now leave on that era, Corporations rule the earth, Sports and reality shows numb peoples brains, all I ask is when is Johantan goin to appear? , Johnatan , Johnathan , weh need you man!!
@auldhickory Yup that is what good Sci-Fi does, some part of it at least. It Criticizes realty, to warn us of what things may become. Sadly, on this case the bad Guys won. Be well man.
@auldhickory A prophecy you say? You have to wonder back in 1975 they really meant the not-to-distant future for a "Corporate Society" was a bit earlier than 2016?
I love these kind of endings. I found out about this movie through the remake so it left a bad taste in my mouth, too many movies nowadays are getting garbage remakes.
This game is supposed to be hel in the year 2018. So is not to far away but seeing the perspective of the movie i do not doubt this game will be accepted. For freedom and not to be kept in jail.
I'm not usually one to do this, but I would like to have people check out the fan trailer of this move I made in the video responses. The views and subscriptions are not my priority. I'm planning on having a career in making movie trailers and I want peoples unbiased opinions on my work. I don't ask for empty praise or trolling, but please give your reasons for your opinion and most importantly, be honest. Thank you and please consider.
@moviemaster8510 I hope you do well....but, sort of sad. Movie trailers? That's like an ambition to be a pimp for a whorehouse full of AIDS-infested skanks. Movie trailers, for the most part, are cheats, scams, lies. Why not do something that is ACTUALLY CREATIVE and original, rather than pasting together bits of someone else's work? Why be a parasite? Take on this movie, and do a GOOD remake, or even make a computer game out of it. Do something worthwhile. Pimping sucks.
Based upon the original short story, "Rollerball Murder", by William Harrison, from his hardcover collection of the same name. I own a copy; find one if you can; the other stories, while not as powerful as this, are mostly quite good as well.
I'm glad to see you younger generations have discovered the original RollerBall made in 1975. When this first came out in the theaters, it blew people away just like Bladerunner and Road Warrior then,much later The Matrix.
There's a lot of hidden meaning in this prophetic film about Fascism and world government.
no evil system can break the will and the inner strength of the individual. all ideologies are like stinky vampires, always work against true & real freedom.
this movie is allegory for the NWO corporate interests crushing the life out of the individual.......but they couldnt succeed against.......JONATHON...!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I snuck into the Plaza theater in West Nashville to see this movie with some friends. We were all roller skate crazed and thought violence on skates was the greatest thing there could be. I was only twelve but I got the point of the movie a lot better than my friends and never forgot it. I still roller skate and I still love this movie. The remake was a pathetic waste of everything involved.
@mduncan81 yup...the remake was a poor attempt to make everyone forget about the message this original movie sends....that the individual is very...very ...very powerful in the face of massive tyrannical corporate forces.
This movie was based upon the short story "Rollerball Murder", from the collection of the same name by William Harrison. I own a copy of the original hardcover. Harrison covers more in this short story than most writers do in a novel. Read it, if you have the opportunity. Harrison's writing style was far ahead of his time.
There's better acting, more suspense, superior camerawork, storytelling and powerful music in this 2:45 clip than in the entire 2002 remake. I'll grant that a video of a few shots of Rebecca Romijn from the newer movie might be interesting.
Jonathan E (James Caan) is the longest surviving player of Rollerball, a game created to keep the populace entertained and docile in a future corporate ruled setting.
As his popularity has grown, so too has the potential threat he poses to the corporations. No one was meant to play the game this long, or ever be as popular.
The rules of the game are changed on purpose, so that death becomes a more common sight, and hopefully for the Corporations, the death of Jonathan E...
The opening scene is basically one big Rollerball game between Houston and Madrid. You get totally drawn in to believing this is a real sport. The massive set is real, the skating is real, the stunts are real. You will love it, no question!
I equate "The Old Firm Derby" - a twice-annual Scottish football game between Glasgow's two top teams, Celtic and Rangers. Rivals for religious reasons that go back a LONG long time.
In this video I made, I used Bach's Toccatta (and Vanessa Mae's fugue!) to also represent how sport means so much more than just a bunch of men kicking/throwing a pig skin/metal ball into a goaL.
@Hiraghm well I saw this film in community college for political geography..my prof. was a very interesting person. He was also showing videos on the 'military industrial complex'..according to him, our govnt is dictated by "powerful corporate interest"
@quarf53206 The "bad guy"?! LOL! What a typically ignorant clown you are...Your writing is neanderthal (at least TRY to punctuate, you fcking herb) and you're referring to a character as "the bad guy".
@djfakt i removed my commet, but can ask I what do you get out of insulting people on here all the time. If you were 14 or 15 you would have an excuse as to why you are a jerk, but you are 32. I am going to guess you have never had a girlfriend and you still live with your parents and that is why you have so much time on your hands to come on here and be an ass. I am going to guess that right now your in Parents basement looking at porn
@joep1010 Nay, my good fellow denizen of the Internet: he needs much more control than he currently has. Simmons for Sports Czar! (For the good of the nation.)
This movie is awesome it showed a world controlled by corporations , and a brutal game as an anesthetic to prevent independent thought. It is what we leave today, almost all over the world. A previous case was the Roman empire who had ists brutal circus to keep the masses in control. I dont believe that a Johnathan or a Maximus wil emerge, but rather than many barabarians are eager to take the place of a crumbling empire (maybe China , Russia or another one , or alla of them).
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Fantastic movie. I remember watching it when it first came out. Funny thing is ... today we have Obama trying to create this kind of world, and just like this movie's ending, we find out it just doesn't work. Interesting parallels that the Gen Y's that voted for the idiot cannot appreciate - they weren't even zygotes when this movie first came out!
That's right, @tritonrocks. Obama's trying to create a world just like the one in Rollerball. Or maybe the one in Total Recall. Or Terminator. For crying out loud.
@Bobalobashoobob Obama? More like the Tea Party crowd. They want all the corporations to control everything. Private prisons, private police where we have to pay for everything out of pocket. Sure there are no taxes, but what would happen if you had to pay a "service fee" every time you needed to call a cop? Pay tolls to drive your car on a road, ANY ROAD? This is the world the Tea Party wants!
i love playing this because my names jonathan!
great movie BTW
GameMessenger 4 days ago
I loved this movie and I still have the original movie poster framed and hanging in my livingroom.
PatricioBridges 3 weeks ago
I was 24 and living in Sausalito when this movie came out. I took the ferry into SF to see it one Saturday. I was so blown away, I made the trip again the next day and saw it again. It was almost as good as Clockwork Orange, which I had seen a few years earlier when I was at UT, Austin. I've never bothered to watch more than a few minutes of the 2002 version. The movies of the late 60's and early 70's are still, in my humble opinion, some of the best ever made. Like the music of that era.
kauaiphil 1 month ago
ICE CREAM, ICE CREAM!
ToughGuyver 1 month ago
Tuesday, January 17, 2012 8:52:32 AM Monday, January 16, 2012 1:26:52 PM
PoppySandals 1 month ago
This is one of my all time favorite movies and this ending still gives me goosebumps as it did when I first saw it in theaters. Thanks for posting it. JONATHAN....JONATHAN....JONATHAN
kaseyi 2 months ago
music????
ceruzzo82 3 months ago
Haven't seen that since 1977, and I must admit it's put me in the mood to buy the DVD.
FCManutd2009 3 months ago
This ending gave me nightmares as a kid, and I thought Aliens was pretty tame at the age of 4.
You know why this scared me so much? It's the look on Caan's face in that last still shot... pure hatred. The guy looks like he's about to channel Satan.
LazyMan9000 3 months ago
OC-CU-PY! OC-CU-PY! OC-CU-PY OC-CU-PY! OC-CU-PY!
tmafkap 4 months ago
the remake was alot better but i like ll cool j so maybe thats part of the reason i liked it
ZHAman99 4 months ago
@ZHAman99 "the remake was alot better" you have really shit taste in movies sir.
disturbedspike 3 months ago
@ZHAman99 - BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA... no. Just no.
LazyMan9000 3 months ago 2
@ZHAman99 WHAT?!!! That comment makes you about 18 years old, doesn't it? I mean, did you even take the time to watch this classic, the original? It's the fav ploy of the younger generation - make off-handed and completely nonsense comments when they think it's 'before their time' or 'old-hat'. No. I am in consensus with the other contributors who roundly berated you. The real unfortunate about all of this is that you will now decide NEVER to like this movie, but I sincerely hope not.
K3KCT 3 months ago in playlist entertainment
remake sucked was like a different movie with same name - i think they owe to the fans and bring out a propper remake .rollerball 2.
baddemonic 4 months ago
Great Movie, when realesed it waspresented as a SCi-Fi Movie, showing a world were Corporations rule, and the common individual is left aside , alienated by the entertaiment this brutal sport provides. Well we now leave on that era, Corporations rule the earth, Sports and reality shows numb peoples brains, all I ask is when is Johantan goin to appear? , Johnatan , Johnathan , weh need you man!!
TheVetoSkreeemer 5 months ago
@TheVetoSkreeemer
I saw the movie when it came out as a teenager. Now I understand! The movie was a prophecy!
auldhickory 3 months ago
@auldhickory Yup that is what good Sci-Fi does, some part of it at least. It Criticizes realty, to warn us of what things may become. Sadly, on this case the bad Guys won. Be well man.
TheVetoSkreeemer 3 months ago
@auldhickory A prophecy you say? You have to wonder back in 1975 they really meant the not-to-distant future for a "Corporate Society" was a bit earlier than 2016?
alonenjersey 3 months ago
Great flick. The remake sucked.
MrBolas33 5 months ago
I love these kind of endings. I found out about this movie through the remake so it left a bad taste in my mouth, too many movies nowadays are getting garbage remakes.
Rejukem 5 months ago
You Perform Rollerball Brilliantly- Bartholomew. You Can Be Stopped, You Hear Me.-Bartholomew
rexrex118 5 months ago
This movie was MADE for James Caan.Absolutely Badass.
jager18903 6 months ago
Houston players come and go but the champion plays on.. Bartholomew..( John Houseman)
MrEclectic61 6 months ago
excellent movie with very dark undertone, not bad for 1975 they dont make movies like this today anymore :(
lPrintulNoptii 6 months ago
This game is supposed to be hel in the year 2018. So is not to far away but seeing the perspective of the movie i do not doubt this game will be accepted. For freedom and not to be kept in jail.
MJKDTJ 6 months ago
world class movie
DansihBabe 6 months ago
THE CURSE OF SPEED RACER
PoppySandals 6 months ago
PLANET Mars REPORT CARD @ Leddy Library @ University of Windsor @~19:55pm-EST MONDAY AUGUST 08 2011AD
PoppySandals 7 months ago
To me the 70s are the decade with some of the best SciFi movies ever made, and Rollerball is an excellent example!!!
...the remake sucks so badly that all copies should be burned...
critical242 8 months ago 3
@critical242
Friend....You get a thumbs up from me.
Killer0fTheSun 6 months ago
I'm not usually one to do this, but I would like to have people check out the fan trailer of this move I made in the video responses. The views and subscriptions are not my priority. I'm planning on having a career in making movie trailers and I want peoples unbiased opinions on my work. I don't ask for empty praise or trolling, but please give your reasons for your opinion and most importantly, be honest. Thank you and please consider.
moviemaster8510 8 months ago
@moviemaster8510
I commented :)
edd77 8 months ago
@moviemaster8510 I hope you do well....but, sort of sad. Movie trailers? That's like an ambition to be a pimp for a whorehouse full of AIDS-infested skanks. Movie trailers, for the most part, are cheats, scams, lies. Why not do something that is ACTUALLY CREATIVE and original, rather than pasting together bits of someone else's work? Why be a parasite? Take on this movie, and do a GOOD remake, or even make a computer game out of it. Do something worthwhile. Pimping sucks.
noneofyourbusiness47 1 month ago
Watched it again tonight. Just a terrific film, and there's serious lessons in the movie about what really matters, and what really doesn't.
steve70196 8 months ago
AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!
jongaulthero 8 months ago
Based upon the original short story, "Rollerball Murder", by William Harrison, from his hardcover collection of the same name. I own a copy; find one if you can; the other stories, while not as powerful as this, are mostly quite good as well.
JeffersonDinedAlone 8 months ago
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Andy50k1 8 months ago in playlist ROLLERBALL
Game? This wasn't meant to be a game. NEVER!!!
jimmo42 9 months ago 3
I'm glad to see you younger generations have discovered the original RollerBall made in 1975. When this first came out in the theaters, it blew people away just like Bladerunner and Road Warrior then,much later The Matrix.
There's a lot of hidden meaning in this prophetic film about Fascism and world government.
Share it with your friends.
AffinityNetNews 10 months ago 4
James Caan was the Eric Lindros of our time.
Rlotpir1972 10 months ago
no evil system can break the will and the inner strength of the individual. all ideologies are like stinky vampires, always work against true & real freedom.
orvelski 11 months ago 2
JONATHAN! JONATHAN! JONATHAN!
54markl 11 months ago
i'd say the remake was too different to be called a remake, i see it as an entirely different film, with an ending no where near as gripping as this!
Mbob92 11 months ago
this movie is allegory for the NWO corporate interests crushing the life out of the individual.......but they couldnt succeed against.......JONATHON...!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
craigalan100 11 months ago
I snuck into the Plaza theater in West Nashville to see this movie with some friends. We were all roller skate crazed and thought violence on skates was the greatest thing there could be. I was only twelve but I got the point of the movie a lot better than my friends and never forgot it. I still roller skate and I still love this movie. The remake was a pathetic waste of everything involved.
mduncan81 11 months ago
@mduncan81 yup...the remake was a poor attempt to make everyone forget about the message this original movie sends....that the individual is very...very ...very powerful in the face of massive tyrannical corporate forces.
craigalan100 11 months ago
@craigalan100 The remake was a very poor attempt to cash in. They would have done better with Hooters Girls on skates.
mduncan81 11 months ago
This movie was based upon the short story "Rollerball Murder", from the collection of the same name by William Harrison. I own a copy of the original hardcover. Harrison covers more in this short story than most writers do in a novel. Read it, if you have the opportunity. Harrison's writing style was far ahead of his time.
MrDouglasWise 11 months ago
bach sounds too depressing to be a victory song...makes it seem like a horror movie.
Nsinger998 11 months ago
@Nsinger998 But it is a horror movie, at its core. The total control of man by the State. The character of Jonathan E triumphs over that.
MrDouglasWise 11 months ago 3
6 executives wanted to be Rollerballers when they were little.
generaljdripper 1 year ago
FINALE DA BRIVIDO !!!
fierrurussu80 1 year ago
jonathan Jonathan JONathan JONATHAN JONATHAN JONATHAN JONATHAN
OGPUN 1 year ago 28
@OGPUN JOHNATHON JOHNATHON DER DER DER
fatterelvis 8 months ago
Can you repost this at the proper aspect ratio? It loses some impact being squeezed like that.
If you can start it a little earlier & let the end music carry out.
thanx
stuntdickbob 1 year ago
There's better acting, more suspense, superior camerawork, storytelling and powerful music in this 2:45 clip than in the entire 2002 remake. I'll grant that a video of a few shots of Rebecca Romijn from the newer movie might be interesting.
raygoshay1400 1 year ago
Great movie. Classic ending. To just praise the action sequences is like praising a book for the font. It's about individual freedom.
DHTCF 1 year ago
Glad....weeeeeell!!!!
chadnisha 1 year ago
i believe this was the first movie to have the names of the stuntmen appear in the final credits.
madmike19682003 1 year ago
I LOVE ME
PoppySandals 1 year ago
will someone upload this from start to finish?
thanking you in advance
gregsmusic1 1 year ago
man i remember when i got my first vcr all me and my brothers did was fast forward to the three games!!!!!!the rest of the movue was boring
brucedavis76 1 year ago
A FACT OF LIFE THAT CAN NOT BE TAKEN FROM US , FREDOME !
sawybeanz 1 year ago
This movie reminds me FutureSport (1998) so much
Magnolia296 1 year ago 2
@Magnolia296
Actually it is the other way around: Future Sports is a reminiscence of Rollerball.
bluerisk 1 year ago
GOODELL!!!! SIMMONS!!!!!!
CKNY42 1 year ago
It'd be cool to skate in/on that rink!
TheWitchOvAgnesi 1 year ago
Only thing more suspenseful than this is waiting for the NFC West to win a game. Simmons.
videomanmanmanman 1 year ago
Simmons.
setdan 1 year ago
this scene really blows you dissapoint me simmons
Killoea 1 year ago
SIMMONS!!!!
CMontgomeryBurns1 1 year ago
SIMMONS
bbqplatypus318 1 year ago
simmmmmons
nskk 1 year ago
How come no one has ever told me about this movie? This scene is incredible. SIMMONS!
rickrosset 1 year ago
i wish i knew the context of this scene since i haven't seen this movie. oh yeah and simmons.
gregpeck1037 1 year ago
@gregpeck1037
Jonathan E (James Caan) is the longest surviving player of Rollerball, a game created to keep the populace entertained and docile in a future corporate ruled setting.
As his popularity has grown, so too has the potential threat he poses to the corporations. No one was meant to play the game this long, or ever be as popular.
The rules of the game are changed on purpose, so that death becomes a more common sight, and hopefully for the Corporations, the death of Jonathan E...
Fyurii 1 year ago
@gregpeck1037
Oh God!
You HAVE to see this movie!!
The opening scene is basically one big Rollerball game between Houston and Madrid. You get totally drawn in to believing this is a real sport. The massive set is real, the skating is real, the stunts are real. You will love it, no question!
jazzx251 1 year ago 19
@jazzx251
This (original) movie should be required viewing for every school child from 1st grade through graduation.
Hiraghm 1 year ago 2
I equate "The Old Firm Derby" - a twice-annual Scottish football game between Glasgow's two top teams, Celtic and Rangers. Rivals for religious reasons that go back a LONG long time.
In this video I made, I used Bach's Toccatta (and Vanessa Mae's fugue!) to also represent how sport means so much more than just a bunch of men kicking/throwing a pig skin/metal ball into a goaL.
Enjoy!
watch?v=M8_fOLD1pAs
jazzx251 1 year ago
@Hiraghm well I saw this film in community college for political geography..my prof. was a very interesting person. He was also showing videos on the 'military industrial complex'..according to him, our govnt is dictated by "powerful corporate interest"
burgersforreal 1 year ago
@jazzx251 yes you do. and please do not concern yourself with the remake.
witchman67 8 months ago
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rcwill85 1 year ago
SIMMONNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNSSSSS!
Axtell71 1 year ago
simmons
gig3gig3 1 year ago
Ah, simmons...
madderthanever 1 year ago
simmons
rezonator636 1 year ago
simmons
lavoinho 1 year ago
waddup ESPN
Jayjay72292 1 year ago
SIMMONS!!!
CovenantBasketball 1 year ago
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quarf53206 1 year ago
@quarf53206 The "bad guy"?! LOL! What a typically ignorant clown you are...Your writing is neanderthal (at least TRY to punctuate, you fcking herb) and you're referring to a character as "the bad guy".
IMBECILE!
djfakt 1 year ago
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quarf53206 1 year ago
@djfakt i removed my commet, but can ask I what do you get out of insulting people on here all the time. If you were 14 or 15 you would have an excuse as to why you are a jerk, but you are 32. I am going to guess you have never had a girlfriend and you still live with your parents and that is why you have so much time on your hands to come on here and be an ass. I am going to guess that right now your in Parents basement looking at porn
quarf53206 1 year ago
Simmons
mikeatwebcuro 1 year ago
Simmons.......of course
ronin262 1 year ago
I think Simmons just throws in Youtube videos for fun now, just to see how much of a following he can muster.
BigCSmooth 1 year ago
Khannnn!!!
ATLien27 1 year ago
Simmons
therealeggplant 1 year ago
KHANNNNNNNNNNN!
(Simmons)
mas7erphil 1 year ago
Simmons!
djtranscend 1 year ago
simmons
itachi37 1 year ago
simmons.. sigh..
srkobe24 1 year ago
Simmons is being groomed for more tv spots, terrible idea, no one will understand him.
beepwha1 1 year ago
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beepwha1 1 year ago
Tweeter's dad!
jbrumundsmith 1 year ago
Simmons FTW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ukwildcat4210 1 year ago
Simmons
uscballz 1 year ago
simmons
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simmons
OdinsMonkey 1 year ago
James CAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHNNNNNNNN!!!!!
Jelhead 1 year ago
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Sp1nz 1 year ago
simmons lol
Gdizzle157 1 year ago
SIMMONS!
cobrafan427 1 year ago
Simmons!!!!!!!!!!!!!
novatigs 1 year ago
Simmons
TheCorv84 1 year ago
Simmons.
armchairjock 1 year ago
Simmons.
tomhck1910 1 year ago
SIMMONS
uhhhhdude 1 year ago
KAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN!
Twinke5015 1 year ago
dangit SIMMONS...knowing good and well I'm not old enough to remember something like this...LOL!
ernestperryjr 1 year ago
Holy shit is that Sonny from Godfather?
3th0s 1 year ago
@3th0s yes, it was.
mannecyberguy 11 months ago
SIMMONS!
Numboo 1 year ago
Simmons.
stmf2 1 year ago
SIMMONS!!
shortfolksrule 1 year ago
William J. Simmons strikes again!!!!
KillUAll5000 1 year ago
Jonathan E!
mikedrud 1 year ago
SIMMONS!
jlm8191 1 year ago
Simmons.
ds102 1 year ago
Simmons
rckymtnskibum 1 year ago
Simmons
rckymtnskibum 1 year ago
james KAAAAHHHHNNNN
noesteem219 1 year ago
SIMMONS
BoredATwork3 1 year ago
simmons!!!!!!!
donpablo2107 1 year ago
Sima-than! Sima-Than! Sima-Than!
superfans85 1 year ago
SIMMONS!
iheartaudrie 1 year ago
im bill simmons?
jonny8487 1 year ago
SIIIIIIMMMMMMMMMMOOOOOOOOOONNNNNNNNNNNNNSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!
benbenbenben32 1 year ago
Simmons sent me
sowsmandude 1 year ago
i dont get it. where is ll cool j? bill simmons you suck.
SuperDoggystylez 1 year ago
simmons!
blystone90 1 year ago
simmons!
rfwilliams11 1 year ago
simmons
qzmwzz 1 year ago
SIMMONS
michaelreddwilson 1 year ago
simmons
dyrstad22 1 year ago
Simmons talking about the Pats again....get a life, cheater!
18and1pats 1 year ago
SIMMONS
bfb8688 1 year ago
Simmons
hsalomon1125 1 year ago
Two Words:
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Mons
Abs3213 1 year ago
Simmons.
pUjU61 1 year ago
Simmons
pUjU61 1 year ago
dammit simmons!
fluffikens 1 year ago
that mofo simmons
nevawho 1 year ago
SIMMONS!!!
mikline 1 year ago
Lol this is silly. Simmons you silly bastard
aegisss 1 year ago
SIMMONS!
jojomiller 1 year ago
Simmons!
rodneystubbs 1 year ago
Simmons has too much control - he must be stopped.
joep1010 1 year ago
@joep1010 Nay, my good fellow denizen of the Internet: he needs much more control than he currently has. Simmons for Sports Czar! (For the good of the nation.)
Camurgladius 1 year ago
dam you simmons i wasted my life
willnotbeastork 1 year ago
Thanks Simmons!!
superman2326 1 year ago
CLASSIC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
citysims 1 year ago
the hell was that all about..?
Ulrna 1 year ago
This movie is awesome it showed a world controlled by corporations , and a brutal game as an anesthetic to prevent independent thought. It is what we leave today, almost all over the world. A previous case was the Roman empire who had ists brutal circus to keep the masses in control. I dont believe that a Johnathan or a Maximus wil emerge, but rather than many barabarians are eager to take the place of a crumbling empire (maybe China , Russia or another one , or alla of them).
TheVetoSkreeemer 1 year ago
2 faggots did not like this...
Omnimeister 1 year ago
All the political comments are BS. Save it for CNN.COM, morons.
This was a kickass movie, with a message of personal victory.
nullian0 1 year ago
Suave! G-damn Jonathan ...
Omnimeister 1 year ago
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Fantastic movie. I remember watching it when it first came out. Funny thing is ... today we have Obama trying to create this kind of world, and just like this movie's ending, we find out it just doesn't work. Interesting parallels that the Gen Y's that voted for the idiot cannot appreciate - they weren't even zygotes when this movie first came out!
tritonrocks 1 year ago
That's right, @tritonrocks. Obama's trying to create a world just like the one in Rollerball. Or maybe the one in Total Recall. Or Terminator. For crying out loud.
Bobalobashoobob 1 year ago
@Bobalobashoobob Obama? More like the Tea Party crowd. They want all the corporations to control everything. Private prisons, private police where we have to pay for everything out of pocket. Sure there are no taxes, but what would happen if you had to pay a "service fee" every time you needed to call a cop? Pay tolls to drive your car on a road, ANY ROAD? This is the world the Tea Party wants!
spacestevie2 1 year ago
One of the best sci-fi action movies ever made.
Banner1979 1 year ago
Love it ! lets go blow some trees up with a handgun.
chets808 1 year ago
@chets808 Handgun? It looked more like a flare gun to me.
alonenjersey 1 year ago
jon-a-than,jon-a-than,jon-a-than...
jager18903 1 year ago
Does the ending tell us the end has come for both RollerBall as well as the "Corporate Society"?.
alonenjersey 1 year ago