Rollerball story
Rollerball superstar Jonathan E. begins to question the corporate-run world government after an executive begins coercing him to retire at the height of his career.
12 total · 8 major · 4 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| bread and circuses | major | World running corporate executives presumably used Rollerball to distract the public from political matters. |
| corporation interfering in politics | major | We saw a corporate-run society run on a world scale. Political decisions were made by corporate executives ostensibly in the best interest of all. |
| corporatocracy | major | We saw a corporate-run society run on a world scale. Political decisions were made by corporate executives ostensibly in the best interest of all. |
| human vs. institution | major | Jonathan E. went on a personal quest to uncover why elements from the corporate-run world government were forcing him to retire from Rollerball. |
| institutionalized human blood sports society | major | Rollerball athletes got badly injured and sometimes even died in the course of play. |
| security vs. freedom | major | The corporate overlords of the world ensured that the basic needs of the world population were satisfied, but we are made to wonder if the cost in reductions in peoples freedom was too high. |
| sports | major | The titular sport Rollerball was an extraordinarily violent extension of roller derby involving motorcycles and a metal ball that was being used by the powers that be to distract the public from politics. |
| world government | major | We saw a corporate-run society run on a world scale. Political decisions were made by corporate executives ostensibly in the best interest of all. |
| early computer | minor | The Librarian proudly showed off his 70s era computer to Jonathan E. upon his visit to the library. |
| old flames | minor | Jonathan E. reunited with his ex Ella. Corporate executives were responsible for taking Ella a away from Jonathan. |