??? I don't get the reference.
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??? I don't get the reference.
It's from Logan's Run:D
Sorry, The humongous crystal embedded in my hand is making it hard to type.
Google wins again! Yay!Quote:
Originally Posted by Gruff
Actually I do remember the show now. It didn't make much of an impression on me when it first aired which was why I didn't get the reference.
Meh!
I could have gone with Soilant Green but I couldn't remember any quotes. Probably my age :)
That movie had Farrah Fawcett - topless - in ice - that impressed me!Quote:
Originally Posted by Gruff
I knew there was a reason it stuck in my mind
I have no idea what y'all're talking about.
Logan's Run is a classic old Sci Fi movie (and i think TV series as well but i remember the movie).
Basically everyone lives underground in a sealed city and due to the limited space and resources, humans have implants in their hands which change to red when they reach 30 years of age which means they can be killed by the kill squads called Sandmen.
As the Film name suggest Logan goes on the run
I can vividly recall him saying:Quote:
Originally Posted by FunkyDexter
Soylent green is people!
I was 10 years old...
Yeah. Charlton Heston was known for his one liners long before Arnold took up the mantle.
Whether Playing Moses, El Cid, Survivor on Planet of the Apes, Investigator in Soylient Green, or NRA Supporter Charlton usually had the last word.
I distinctly remember his "From my cold dead hands" speech.
Well, yeah, but "Gruff is People" would have been an obvious lie.Quote:
Soylent green is people!
Close but no cigar. It's much darker than that. When their chip turns red they're allowed the privilege of attending the "carousel" (a weird swirly tent looking thing) which "renews" them (they float to the top of the tent where they get zapped into their constituent minerals which are then fed back into the life support systems for the rest of colony). The Sandmen hunt down anyone who fails to take up this "entirely optional" privilege and offer them encouragement to do so - lethal encouragement. Logan was a Sandman and is the first to run... except it turns out he isn't.Quote:
which change to red when they reach 30 years of age which means they can be killed by the kill squads called Sandmen
The premise is awfully similar to soilant green though I'm not sure which came first. The whole "optional privilege" motif owes a lot to "The Lottery" as well. To be honest, there were quite a lot of films/books exploring this sort of thing in the 60s.
This link gives you the run down of the who, what, where and all that jazz...
http://www.buzzfeed.com/adambvary/el...erm=.mf5D7BDno
This is a better link - I can recall seeing lots of these movies!
http://www.wired.com/2009/11/gallery-reader-sci-fi-2/
The TV show was awful and completely ignored the movie's ending. It was Logan, the girl and an android driving around aimlessly in a futuristic Winnebago looking for "Sanctuary."Quote:
Originally Posted by NeedSomeAnswers
Wait... I think Family Guy made fun of that movie.
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Finally you have a cultural reference for your age group!Quote:
Originally Posted by dday9
I was starting to get worried!
It turns out that the girl was a robot.