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Apr 26, 2024 · A forum thread about a hypothetical remake of the classic sci-fi movie Soylent Green, starring Josh Brolin and set in 2079. Users share their opinions, reactions and jokes about the poster and the plot of the movie.
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- The Power of (Mis)Information
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In the movie, the food shortage is so extreme a jar of strawberry jam is $150 and people weep at the sight of beef. Housing in New York City, where "Soylent Green" is set, is only affordable to the richest of the rich. The elite, they’re called. Everyone else sleeps in their cars — or on the street. The affordability of resources isn’t quite as cla...
The Soylent Green corporation controls the world’s food supply, and in many ways, the information faucet to the 7 billion people around the world. (That's one more thing the movie accurately forecast: Today’s world population is 7.9 billion). In doing so, the corporation protects itself from public examination or even the most cursory questioning. ...
Joni Adamson, a President’s Professor of environmental humanities in the Department of English, teaches a class called “Environmental Literature and Film.” Yes, "Soylent Green" is on the curriculum. “We play around with what the future food system is going to look like, and how are we going to get there?” Adamson said. “So we watch 'Soylent Green' ...
Joshua Vasquez, a lecturer in film and media studies in the Department of English, first watched "Soylent Green" as a boy when it would pop up on television on Saturday afternoons. “It always seemed a little awkward to me,” he said. “And I know in pop culture, it became something of a joke because Phil Hartman did a parody of it on 'Saturday Night ...
The 1973 movie portrays a dystopian world of climate change, overpopulation, food shortage and misinformation. Four ASU experts examine how the film's predictions are relevant today and what lessons we can learn from it.
Jun 27, 2023 · The 1973 sci-fi horror film "Soylent Green" depicted people eating food made from human corpses in a dystopian future. The movie is not a remake, but a prediction of the world in 2022, according to Snopes.
Jan 13, 2022 · A 1973 classic imagined a world of climate change, food shortages and human cannibalism. How did it predict our current situation? Read a critic's take on the film's bleak vision and its flaws.
May 9, 2018 · A review of the 1973 eco-dystopian classic, Soylent Green, and its bleak vision of a crowded, polluted, and corrupt future. The article argues that the film is still relevant and disturbing today, and that a remake might be unnecessary.
English. Box office. $3.6 million (rentals) [1] Soylent Green is a 1973 American ecological dystopian thriller film directed by Richard Fleischer, and starring Charlton Heston, Leigh Taylor-Young, and Edward G. Robinson in his final film role. It is loosely based on the 1966 science-fiction novel Make Room!
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Nov 8, 2004 · David Goyer, the writer of BLADE: TRINITY, plans to produce a remake and update of the 1973 sci-fi film SOYLENT GREEN. He reveals that his film will continue the story after the original's shocking twist.
