I'd also recommend George Lucas's first film THX-1138, which has quite an interesting approach to a conformist society and some thrilling chase scenes of its own.
Finally someone is reacting to this- Yes, Star Wars set a new bar in 1977, but Logan's Run did win the Oscar for visual effects in 1976 You'd probably like Rollerball, too.
Yes and someone who I think will appreciate it for what it is and how advanced these special effects actually were for its time.... It's the thing I appreciate so much about Jen, she takes in consideration the times in which it was made, she doesn't compare it to the Advanced special effects we have nowadays...... She shows respect 💚🌺
The leap in quality of the visual effects work from Logan's Run in '76 to Star Wars in '77 is........astronomical. Looking at the two films now, it's hard to believe they were made in the same DECADE, let alone within a year of each other.
Jenny Agutter...❤❤❤. I crushed on her big time as a 13 yr old boy. Years later she was the PERFECT choice as the female counsel member in The Avengers & Captain America: The Winter Soldier.
She co-starred in the Australian movie Walkabout along with the late David Gulpili, a Yolŋu indigenous person who was also in Crocodile Dundeee and other films like the Last Wave. Wonderful movie that was a box office flop but consistently makes top lists of critics like Roger Ebert. Well worth watching if you can find. It is definitely NSFW, due to nudity.
I have this movie burnt on DVD. I always thought it was sad at the end, where Bruce Dern sends the last Forest Dome off into Space. Putting the last Robot in charge of keeping the forest alive. The last scene of the movie shows the Dome floating away into that vast lonely Universe, and that Robot watering some plants. Knowing that Robot was going to be alone forever.
The part where the old man (Peter Ustinov) is talking about cat names is actually quoted from poet T.S. Eliot's 1939 poem "The Naming of Cats" from the book "Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats". This epic tome was later adapted to become the smash Broadway musical, "Cats".
Soylent Green is another futuristic dystopia from this era. As for the music, It's one of those things where it's good, then becomes the groundwork for similar sci-fi scores by less talented composers, then becomes 'hacky' or 'formulaic.' Then eventually it fades from being used at all, until it hopefully gets rediscovered. It's like difference between 'old junk' and 'antiques.'
We had both already seen the movie, but my wife "made" me re-watch Logan's Run on my 30th birthday. The next year on her 30th I didn't get her a birthday cake. Instead, I had a cake made where they drew a hand on it in frosting, and in the palm was placed a red jolly rancher as the life clock. Written next to the hand was "Run, Sarah! Find Sanctuary!" She loved it.
The Ankh is an Egyptian hieroglyph. It means life, and so is a very appropriate symbol here. Almost everyone in my generation would have known this symbol and its significance almost immediately: the 1960s and 70s was filled with this sort of research (all done in libraries and bookstores, and special orderings from tiny bookstores, while you waited anxiously for the delivery).
A few other films from that era are "Damnation Alley", "The Omega Man" and "Soylent Green". The Omega Man was remade later with Will Smith with the original written title "I Am Legend". It also had an even earlier film starring Vincent Price called "The Last Man On Earth".
The omega man still gets to me to this day, when I was little that movie terrified me, Lol but also had me thinking about how to be prepared, I was so impressed even at a young age how well he set himself up to survive and try to be safe.......
Omega Man was based on a novel by Richard Matheson, another case where you can pick which is better - the movie or the novel- much like Battle Royale (which Jen should check out if she hasn't already. the last man on earth inspired the Living Dead world. George Romero saw the movie and wondered how the world got to that state and wrote night of the living dead.
One of the biggest differences between the novel and the movie is that, in the novel, life was capped at 21, not 30. This change was made for the movie because the principal actors they hired were "too old" to pass for the ages their characters were supposed to be. In 1976, when this film was made, Michael York (Logan) was 34 and Richard Jordan (Francis) was 39. Jenny Agutter (Jessica) was 24 at the time and could probably have passed for a late teenager. After all, John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John were 24 and 30, respectively, in 1978 when "Grease" was released and they played high school seniors,
this was followed up by a TV series which saw Logan and Jessica have daily adventures in the outside world looking for sanctuary. A different cast of course and the adventures were basically running into various human factions (good, evil, weird) while being pursued by a team of Sandmen. The old man companion of the movie was replaced by an android.
It has a horrifically bad opening themesong with laser beam sounds in it 😂 I tried showing it to my brother, but he couldn’t stand it! And he’s a sci-fi enthusiast who loves all the classics 😮
I was born in 1966. As a kid I watched Logan's Run each week when it was on. The movie had played on tv or the theater beforehand (can't quite remember) so I was already interested in that universe when the series premiered. I haven't seen the series since it went off air though. Probably wouldn't interest me now. The movie is still pretty good to me. For some reason I keep thinking this was a few years before Star wars, but I'm reminded again it was only from the year before.
@@dcanmore TV series sucked. Instead of society being run by computers, their society was ruled by a secret society of older men. Each week they would visit a different dystopian society.
Me watching Logan's Run on TV as a kid in the late 1970's: "30 seems sooooooooooo far away" Me watching Jen's reaction to Logan's Run in 2024: "30 seems sooooooooooo far away" 😥 glad you reacted to this classic.
I was obsessed with this as a kid in 76. I used to insist on wearing all black. You used to get away with not wearing the school uniform back then if you just ignored them. My nickname ended up being funeral. FYI, they are not bad shots, just cats playing with there food. In the books it's 21. A boy and his dog is cool, its basically 70's Fallout with a very young pre Miami Vice Don Johnson.
My toddler brother and I had matching sandman pyjamas back in the day, although they were light grey with a black chest stripe rather than the other way around.
Girl, how did you even find this movie!?!? This movie is way beyond its years, and watching your reaction to this in 2024 was a blast!! Thank you so much for finding this!
The director Michael Anderson had directed in the 50s THE DAM BUSTERS a British WW2 movie and if you watch the climactic bombing sequence most of the dialogue is practically taken verbatim by Lucas for the Death Star attack sequence. Here's a comparison video: ruclips.net/video/lNdb03Hw18M/видео.htmlsi=M2WK_A36ows_ucb9
Hey, I've always found that SOME of the $h!t in THIS flick looks as awesome and dazzling as anything in Star Wars - like particularly the robot Vox 16:34, the "clean-up" scene 3:45, and "Carousel" 2:13, all very visually striking moments which I think hold their own to high and mighty SW. Also, SW and THIS flick aren't exactly the SAME KIND of thing. THIS flick is a FUTURISTIC story where's SW is a SPACE ADVENTURE, so not THAT similar really.
Jen is the right reactor to finally see this movie. She IS the one reactor sharp enough to get the underlying story and appreciate the movie for what it is. BTW, Jenny Agutter (‘Jessica’ in this film) is also part of the MCU, starring as the member of the World Council who kicks Redford’s butt and reveals herself to be Black Widow in disguise.
The kid shouting "muscle!" Points to another deleted scene, explaining that those derelicts use a drug called "muscle" it super energizes kids, but is fatal to adults. The kid was threatening Logan with forcing him to take "muscle".
Yeah lots of deleted scenes there is runner scene with Francis he chases and murders a unarmed runner with huge crowd watching than the crowd instead of being horrified starts clapping and cheering. The love shop scene was trimmed alot so wouldn't get an R rating. Scenes with Box. Also the aging system seems to change from scene to scene . The runner murdered in cathedral is ofcourse 30 but says she 22 and cub boy will turn 16 soon but Logan is red 6 and has 4 years left. While Jessica is green 6 and goes red next year which would make her 20 with green starting at 15 at red at 21. Unless there green zeros and red, zeros which would make green start at 13 and red at 20. But that doesn't match the boy being kicked out of cathedral at 16 which would mean green starts at 16
The Old Man is Peter Ustinov: actor, writer, raconteur, and all around charmer. You simply must some more movies with him: "Hot Millions"; "Spartacus"; "Quo Vadis"; "We're No Angels"; and his outings as Hercule Poirot.
Instant gratification, obsession with youth and perfection, with entertainment and spectacle to control the people. Dystopia wrapped in colour and beauty. I bloody love this film.
There are 3 novels: Logan’s Run, Logan’s World, and Logan’s Search. The novel is very different, biggest example being you die at 21. Worth the read though.
24:11, I love this moment when Logan and Jessica declare their love for one another and consider themselves a couple. For the first time in hundreds of years people from the dome rediscover marriage.
Some fun facts. Micheal York (Logan) was 33 when the movie was made. Richard Jordan (Francis) was 38. And Jenny Agutter (Jessica) was 24, playing a 17-year-old. One of the reasons they raised the age limit from 21 in the novel to 30 for the movie is because the main actors were so old and would not be believable as people under 21.
8:00 - JESSICA 6 - Portrayed by veteran British actress, Jenny Agutter. Also known for the 1970 film 'The Railway Children'. In 1971 she also starred in the critically acclaimed film 'Walkabout' about two white schoolchildren left to fend for themselves in the Australian Outback who come across a teenage Aboriginal boy who helps them to survive. More recently, Agutter is known for BBC TV's Call The Midwife and MCU's 'Captain America: The Winter Soldier' as 'Councilwoman Hawley'.
What I really like about your channel and you is that you also watch old classic movies. That's what makes a true cinephile. There is still so much to discover from the 20s, 30s, etc. Your reactions are genuine, heart-warming and funny
Francis is played by Richard Jordan, who was Duncan Idaho in the 80s adaptation of “Dune,” and was the politician who jokes about stealing candy from babies in “The Hunt For Red October.”
@@richardw64 No, haven't seen that. Have seen him in "The Three Musketeers" and the "The Four Musketeers", "Jesus of Nazareth" and "Cabaret" among others. Sad about his illness.
Dang! Another one I forgot about, liked him in that too and have it sitting on my shelf. getting old, memory is the second thing to go. . . I can't remember the first
Speaking of the score - You should watch Forbidden Planet (1956)! It's a landmark classic sci-fi movie, both in cinema, and in electronic musical score. Also, The Day The Earth Stood Still (1951) is a fantastic sci-fi story and film. I suspect you would love both of these movies. ❤❤❤
There are three books in the "Logan's Run" series: "Logan's Run", "Logan's World", and Logan's Search". I read all three of them about twenty-five or so years ago and believe that they are a worthwhile read.
I love the fact that you’re always watching classic movies with a context on music and visuals. So many reactors quickly calls them « cheesy » movies and compare sfx to nowadays sfx. I get the idea but a good story and good actors will always be above all the rest !
19:58 - OLD MAN - Portrayed by Veteran actor, Peter Ustinov [RIP 2004 at 82] Also known for portraying Agatha Christie’s famous Belgian detective, Hercule Poirot, on no less than six occasions. Death on the Nile (1978), Evil Under the Sun (1982), Thirteen at Dinner (1985 TV movie), Dead Man's Folly (1986 TV movie), Murder in Three Acts (1986 TV movie), and Appointment with Death (1998). He also voiced ‘Prince John and King Richard in Disney’s Robin Hood (1973).
The bit about cats having three names is from T.S.Eliot's book, "Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats". Which was also adapted into the Broadway show "Cats".
I love this movie. If I remember correctly, this movie was the first time holograms were used in a movie. I could be wrong tho. When it came out, everyone loved it, and praised its amazing special effects and miniatures... For about 5 minutes. A little less than a year later, a little movie called Star Wars came out and everyone forgot about Logans Run.
"THX 1138" is another good dystopian movie. And it was directed by George Lucas himself, years before he began his work on "Star Wars". And as far as I see, no one reacted to it yet on RUclips! 🙂
10:19 Fun fact: the actress who plays the runner in this scene also played the voice of the computer. Another cool thing to point out is Jerry Goldsmith's score. Note how inside the city, the sound has a lot of synthesizers, but a conventional orchestra is used for the outside scenes. The difference between the artificial world and the natural world.
Jen - Jenny Agutter, who played Jessica is remembered from another classic nerd fan favorite, An American Werewolf in London. Early on she was a player in a want-to-be pseudo-doc-naturalist art-house film titled Walkabout. A bit of controversy came from it as at the time she was a young teen and appeared nude in a swimming scene. A good documentary was done that covers the whole making of the film, with interviews. I always like seeing her in the movie she made
Jen! You're awesome for reacting to this! Almost no one does, thanks! This film has some of the best 70's Sci-Fi music, sets, and costumes for sure. So glad you enjoyed it, Jen!
The novel is the same basic premise, but, there are a number of differences. The biggest difference is that in the novel the lifespan of people was 21, not 30. Also there's a significant twist regarding Francis's identity and the location of sanctuary. I won't spoil it here you should read the novel. It's actually part of a trilogy.
Jen, you are correct. Michael York (Logan) played Basil Exposition in the Austin Powers films. If you'd like to see more of his work, you should consider reacting to "Cabaret" (1972), "The Three Musketeers" (1973), and "The Four Musketeers (1974). You've previously seen Richard Jordan (Francis) in "The Hunt for Red October” (1990). I think you'd also appreciate his performance in "Gettysburg" (1993). Peter Ustinov (Old Man) worked for Britain's MI5 intelligence service before embarking on a long and distinguished acting career. Some of his most memorable film performances can be found in "Quo Vadis" (1951), "Spartacus" (1960), and "Topkapi" (1964).
Movies about a dystopian society drew a lot of attention back in the 70s. The main resson was because we were approaching 1984. Maybe we need some new dystopian movies as we really nearing a 1984 dystopian society.
Zardoz (1974) is my favourite movie of that era and genre. It's absolutely wild while including several deep sci-fi themes. Also it famously got Sean Connery mucking about wearing a speedo thing.
@@rcrawford42 He was tired of churning out Bond movies, and wanted to do different roles, even if they didn't pay as much. Props to him as an actor willing to take risks!
Jen, I'm so happy that you're back to the 70's for some great dci-fi. Loved Logan' Run as a kid. Of course it was still a while before I hit 30. Played the soundtrack like crazy The writer of the novel wrote several more Logan books. There was also a short lived TV series based on the film in '77. I'm hoping you also watch Soylent Green and Silent Running in the near future.
Saw this at the theater with friends as a kid. We were all in love with the beautiful Jenny Agutter. She later appeared in 'An American Werewolf in London', one of my favorites.
So, it seems that there's some kind of teleportation technology involved that we don't have yet, but I love that this movie invented Swiping Left & Right.
"Never trust anyone over 30" Jack Weinberg "Once was the thought inside my head that before I reached thirty, I'd be dead but somehow on and on I go I keep on rollin' with the flow" Charlie Rich 30 was a milestone back in the day
I was 21 when I saw this movie in the theater with my Best friend. We were both single (very single, not even having girl friends yet - what can I say other than we were nerds) and just starting our careers. We walked out of the theater and hypothesized whether something like this could ever happen. Jumping ahead almost nine years (now both us married - to women), and I called him the evening of his 30th birthday (I still had six weeks to go until I reach that ancient age), and the first thing I asked him was "What time is your Carousel starting? I want to be there on time. Also, has Sophia (his wife) found a replacement yet for the next two years?". Needless to say, this made a permanent impression on both of us when we watched it. Unfortunately, the sound in a NYC movie theater in 1977 wasn't as impressive as theatrical music is today. He is now retired and living in Staten Island, NY, and I am retired as well in Nassau County NY. I think I'll give him a call tonight and catch up. Maybe tell him we were both successful avoiding our Carousels.
1:44 - LOGAN'S PARTNER - FRANCIS 7 was portrayed by American actor Richard Jordan [RIP at 56]. He also portrayed 'Duncan Idaho' in David Lynch's epic sci-fi movie, 'Dune' (1984).
11:17 - HOLLY 13 - Portrayed by Farrah Fawcett-Majors [RIP 2009 at 62]. Known mainly for 1970s TV show, 'Charlie's Angels'. Fawcett's appearance in the television show boosted sales of her iconic poster, and she earned far more in royalties from poster sales than from her salary for appearing in Charlie's Angels. Her hairstyle went on to become an international trend, with women sporting a "Farrah-do", a "Farrah-flip", or simply "Farrah hair" or variations well into the 1980s. MIDNIGHT TRAIN TO GEORGIA - This song was initially inspired by celebrity couple, Fawcett and Lee Majors. (known for TV shows, 'Six Million Dollar Man' and 'Fall Guy'.) Songwriter, James Dawn "Jim" Weatherly had phoned his friend, actor Lee Majors, however, it was Fawcett who answered the call. Weatherly and Fawcett chatted briefly and she told him she was going to visit her mother and was taking "the midnight plane to Houston". Although Majors and Fawcett were both successful by that time, Weatherly used them as "characters" in his song, about a failed actress who leaves Los Angeles and is followed by her boyfriend who cannot live without her. Eventually, the genders were swapped to a failed actor who leaves Los Angeles and is followed by his girlfriend, a train replaced the plane, and Houston was changed to Georgia. The recording by Gladys Knight & the Pips attained the number 1 position on the Billboard chart in 1973.
"Wait for the wind...my birds sing, and the deep grottos whisper my name....Box....Booox...Booooooxxx." The novel is different, definitely, but still good. I knew one of the authors personally. Good reaction.
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I love this movie....the book is very different but wonderful source material. The cub yelled "Muscle" because in the book the Cubs used a drug called Muscle. They are called Sandmen because in the book the people had to die at 21, and they went to "sleep centers" to be killed. Carousel was only in the movie.......I recommend you read the book or audio book. Great reaction!
There is a certain eerie something about pre-Star Wars 70s scifi. Planet of the Apes, Soylent Green, Silent Running, Omega Man, etc. These always seemed to be played on late night tv when I was a teenager and it was a surreal experience to watch those trippy flicks alone in the dark… or with my dad wandering in for five minutes to stare and then wander out. He’d probably seen them in theaters, the nerd.
I've always found it amazing how THX1138 looks a hundred percent more sophisticated and two hundred percent more convincing on about six percent of the budget.
As you suspected, the novel is very different from the movie, both in plot and setting. But it's well worth a read. Main differences: you die at 21, not in a Carousel ritual, but in a Deepsleep Shop. Ie. you knowingly enter and set up your own termination. If you don't, Sandmen hunt you down. The Lifeclock in your palm is a homing beacon. Also, the world is not one domed city but all cities have domes and are interconnected by the mazeway cars. Outside, many places are deadzones, because the computer that runs all this (The Thinker) is walled up inside a robotic fortress so secure no one can get inside to fix when it inevitably breaks down. The dead zones out in the world correspond to the nonfunctional parts of the Thinker. The Runner's freedom trail took one down a path leading through these deadzones, eventually leading a Runner to Cape Kennedy, where a rocket took both Logan and Jessica first to a lunar colony, then to the actual Sanctuary- a orbiting colony around Mars! Yes, Sanctuary exists! But in the film, Box killed all the Runners before they ever got Outside, so all 1064 unaccounted Runners never got the chance to set up a Sanctuary. Instead, they became, to borrow from another 70's dystopia, Soylent Green. Box's line "Food, fish and plankton from the sea!" always chilled me to the bone. Great reaction, and glad you got to see this classic!
I saw this in the 70's and it has always been a favourite. Even made a pilgrimage to the end scene location when backpacking across the USA at the Fort Worth water gardens. Always loved just about anything Michael York was in, the Three Musketeers set in particular. (Not forgetting Jenny Agutter!) Good choice.
So... they still know their TS Eliot in this future world. That's his poem from Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats that talks about cats having three different names, and one of them being the secret one that only the cat knows.
I believe that Logan's Run, was the first movie to have a hologram in it. It was when Logan was being interrogated and his head was rotating on the computer screens. I can't remember how money they paid for those few seconds.
17:08 Fun fact: Box, the robot character, was played by American actor, Roscoe Lee Browne, and he was also the narrator for 'The Story of Star Wars' LP vinyl record (also available on cassette, 8-track tape, and right here on RUclips). He also starred in the original 'Super Fly' (1972), numerous other movies, and even in an episode of 'The Cosby Show'. :)
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Have you check out my other 1970's movies:
1970's Playlist: ruclips.net/p/PLQHhQlj8i5drsQGfFSKqYoo0ai-nUbTQq
I think I've watched every Classic that Jen has Reacted to, so far...🤔
Rollerball from 70s next another great dystopian movie.
I'd also recommend George Lucas's first film THX-1138, which has quite an interesting approach to a conformist society and some thrilling chase scenes of its own.
I watched the TV show before I saw the film.
The book is from 1967 around when the "Don't trust anyone over 30" thing started.
When's National Lampoon's Animal House(1978)?
Finally someone is reacting to this- Yes, Star Wars set a new bar in 1977, but Logan's Run did win the Oscar for visual effects in 1976
You'd probably like Rollerball, too.
Yes and someone who I think will appreciate it for what it is and how advanced these special effects actually were for its time....
It's the thing I appreciate so much about Jen, she takes in consideration the times in which it was made, she doesn't compare it to the Advanced special effects we have nowadays......
She shows respect 💚🌺
Yes! Rollerball! The one starring James Caan, not the crappy remake.
The leap in quality of the visual effects work from Logan's Run in '76 to Star Wars in '77 is........astronomical. Looking at the two films now, it's hard to believe they were made in the same DECADE, let alone within a year of each other.
I've seen a handful of reactions to this, but not a single one of Soylent Green (1973).
@@Pixelologist makes you realize how good 1968's 2001 a Space Odyssey and 1972's Silent Running look (+ I love Huey, Dewey and Louie)
Jenny Agutter...❤❤❤. I crushed on her big time as a 13 yr old boy.
Years later she was the PERFECT choice as the female counsel member in The Avengers & Captain America: The Winter Soldier.
Pretty sure every male who grew up in the 70s & 80s crushed hard on Jenny Agutter....I know I did 😉.
She was also nurse Alex Price in "An American Werewolf in London". And yes, I also had a crush on her.
She's was in a pretty decent Magnum, PI episode too.
She co-starred in the Australian movie Walkabout along with the late David Gulpili, a Yolŋu indigenous person who was also in Crocodile Dundeee and other films like the Last Wave. Wonderful movie that was a box office flop but consistently makes top lists of critics like Roger Ebert. Well worth watching if you can find. It is definitely NSFW, due to nudity.
Most recently Jenny Agutter is best known for being in the British TV series Call the Midwife.
Silent Running 1972 - ecological space flight. Known for proving audences could care for non-verbal, non-huminoid robots, years before R2-D2.
That movie was so shocking.
@@stormcrow7838 the making of documentary was amazing
Also inspired Stanton, the director of Wall-E (the console display in the escape pod has the same design of the Valley Forge main screen)
as a kid those robots were so cool
I have this movie burnt on DVD.
I always thought it was sad at the end, where Bruce Dern sends the last Forest Dome off into Space.
Putting the last Robot in charge of keeping the forest alive.
The last scene of the movie shows the Dome floating away into that vast lonely Universe, and that Robot watering some plants.
Knowing that Robot was going to be alone forever.
The part where the old man (Peter Ustinov) is talking about cat names is actually quoted from poet T.S. Eliot's 1939 poem "The Naming of Cats" from the book "Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats". This epic tome was later adapted to become the smash Broadway musical, "Cats".
Beat me to it!
Awesome..you saved me the task...
That was Peter Ustinov! I didn't notice that before. Such a great actor.
I used to have a copy of Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats, and I love the Andrew Lloyd Webber stage production.
I saw the musical in Toronto, it was great
Soylent Green is another futuristic dystopia from this era. As for the music, It's one of those things where it's good, then becomes the groundwork for similar sci-fi scores by less talented composers, then becomes 'hacky' or 'formulaic.' Then eventually it fades from being used at all, until it hopefully gets rediscovered. It's like difference between 'old junk' and 'antiques.'
@@Audulf-of-Frisia Indeed, Soylent Green is a movie buff's must see!
Clockwork Orange too..
This whole time I was thinning about Soylent Green.
Soylent Green was only set in 2023. Obviously we didn't destroy all life and trees.
Soylent Green's plot twist was ruined by its original trailer which pretty much gave it away.
We had both already seen the movie, but my wife "made" me re-watch Logan's Run on my 30th birthday. The next year on her 30th I didn't get her a birthday cake. Instead, I had a cake made where they drew a hand on it in frosting, and in the palm was placed a red jolly rancher as the life clock. Written next to the hand was "Run, Sarah! Find Sanctuary!"
She loved it.
It's amazing that Farrah Fawcett's "look" is that iconic, even to a younger generation.
Didn't she like trees in Cannonball Run?
Every teenage boy had a poster of Farrah in their room in the mid 70's. I think Foreman on the 70's show had a poster of Farrah in his room.
Well she never changed at all from what I could tell.
Ahhhhhh.....Jenny Agutter. One of my earliest movie crushes. Between this and An American Werewolf in London...I was smitten.
Yup, back in the day she made me so much the Smitten Kitten.😻
Probably because you watched her in walkabout!!
:smiles: I think this is a very big club indeed :D
The Ankh is an Egyptian hieroglyph. It means life, and so is a very appropriate symbol here. Almost everyone in my generation would have known this symbol and its significance almost immediately: the 1960s and 70s was filled with this sort of research (all done in libraries and bookstores, and special orderings from tiny bookstores, while you waited anxiously for the delivery).
It was a popular bangle to wear on necklaces, earrings, and bracelets over the passing decades too. I had one!
I was born in 79 and grew up in the 80’s. I only knew of this emblem because of Vinnie Vincent in Kiss lol
Along with Pyramid power to extend the abilities of your mind
It figures prominently in another flick called The Hunger too.
"ANKH IF YOU LOVE SANCTUARY!"
A few other films from that era are "Damnation Alley", "The Omega Man" and "Soylent Green". The Omega Man was remade later with Will Smith with the original written title "I Am Legend". It also had an even earlier film starring Vincent Price called "The Last Man On Earth".
The omega man still gets to me to this day, when I was little that movie terrified me,
Lol but also had me thinking about how to be prepared,
I was so impressed even at a young age how well he set himself up to survive and try to be safe.......
Omega Man was based on a novel by Richard Matheson, another case where you can pick which is better - the movie or the novel- much like Battle Royale (which Jen should check out if she hasn't already. the last man on earth inspired the Living Dead world. George Romero saw the movie and wondered how the world got to that state and wrote night of the living dead.
@KW-ew7ll That movie was so shocking.
Omega man!!!
@KW-ew7ll
Yes! That's a great one!
Except for that crappy hippy Joan Baez song!
One of the biggest differences between the novel and the movie is that, in the novel, life was capped at 21, not 30. This change was made for the movie because the principal actors they hired were "too old" to pass for the ages their characters were supposed to be. In 1976, when this film was made, Michael York (Logan) was 34 and Richard Jordan (Francis) was 39. Jenny Agutter (Jessica) was 24 at the time and could probably have passed for a late teenager. After all, John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John were 24 and 30, respectively, in 1978 when "Grease" was released and they played high school seniors,
heh, you beat me to it. Was going to say the same thing.
this was followed up by a TV series which saw Logan and Jessica have daily adventures in the outside world looking for sanctuary. A different cast of course and the adventures were basically running into various human factions (good, evil, weird) while being pursued by a team of Sandmen. The old man companion of the movie was replaced by an android.
It has a horrifically bad opening themesong with laser beam sounds in it 😂 I tried showing it to my brother, but he couldn’t stand it! And he’s a sci-fi enthusiast who loves all the classics 😮
@@JayPadrig yeah it was pretty bad, even for the era.
I was born in 1966. As a kid I watched Logan's Run each week when it was on. The movie had played on tv or the theater beforehand (can't quite remember) so I was already interested in that universe when the series premiered. I haven't seen the series since it went off air though. Probably wouldn't interest me now. The movie is still pretty good to me. For some reason I keep thinking this was a few years before Star wars, but I'm reminded again it was only from the year before.
@@dcanmore TV series sucked. Instead of society being run by computers, their society was ruled by a secret society of older men. Each week they would visit a different dystopian society.
@@timmooney7528 Sort of like today where 2 elderly gentlemen battle for control.
Might recognize Jessica (Jenny Agutter ) from An American Werewolf in London. Now, RENEW!
Walkabout & the Railway children where the breakout roles.
She also had a small role in Captain America: The Winter Soldier.
@@radwolf76 & The Avengers assemble.
*RENEW! RENEW! RENEW! RENEW!*
At the first carousel scene, the girl sitting beside Logan 5 looks a lot like Jessica 6.
Me watching Logan's Run on TV as a kid in the late 1970's: "30 seems sooooooooooo far away"
Me watching Jen's reaction to Logan's Run in 2024: "30 seems sooooooooooo far away" 😥
glad you reacted to this classic.
I was obsessed with this as a kid in 76. I used to insist on wearing all black. You used to get away with not wearing the school uniform back then if you just ignored them. My nickname ended up being funeral.
FYI, they are not bad shots, just cats playing with there food. In the books it's 21.
A boy and his dog is cool, its basically 70's Fallout with a very young pre Miami Vice Don Johnson.
what a fun story, funeral.
👍 on A Boy and His Dog.
right on, bro. i used to always wear all blue. kids used to call me, "The Blue Martian."
My toddler brother and I had matching sandman pyjamas back in the day, although they were light grey with a black chest stripe rather than the other way around.
@@juliapigworthy hehe, did you go around pointing a toy gun at your mother yelling "runner!!"
Girl, how did you even find this movie!?!? This movie is way beyond its years, and watching your reaction to this in 2024 was a blast!! Thank you so much for finding this!
It's on just about every streaming service.
This was the last sci-Fi hit before Star Wars m which totally changed the genre.
The director Michael Anderson had directed in the 50s THE DAM BUSTERS a British WW2 movie and if you watch the climactic bombing sequence most of the dialogue is practically taken verbatim by Lucas for the Death Star attack sequence. Here's a comparison video: ruclips.net/video/lNdb03Hw18M/видео.htmlsi=M2WK_A36ows_ucb9
"Logan's Run" is the better film.
@@Mokkari77 That Lucas was such a magpie...
Well, 2001 a space Odyssey came almost an entire decade before SW. THAT's the movie that REALLY pioneered what we know as the MODERN sci-fi flick.
Hey, I've always found that SOME of the $h!t in THIS flick looks as awesome and dazzling as anything in Star Wars - like particularly the robot Vox 16:34, the "clean-up" scene 3:45, and "Carousel" 2:13, all very visually striking moments which I think hold their own to high and mighty SW. Also, SW and THIS flick aren't exactly the SAME KIND of thing. THIS flick is a FUTURISTIC story where's SW is a SPACE ADVENTURE, so not THAT similar really.
"Will they skinny dip?"
Every audience member over 50..."It's Jenny Agutter, of course they'll skinny dip"
Jen is the right reactor to finally see this movie. She IS the one reactor sharp enough to get the underlying story and appreciate the movie for what it is.
BTW, Jenny Agutter (‘Jessica’ in this film) is also part of the MCU, starring as the member of the World Council who kicks Redford’s butt and reveals herself to be Black Widow in disguise.
27:27 I always appreciate anyone who uses the right preposition with "differ."
The kid shouting "muscle!" Points to another deleted scene, explaining that those derelicts use a drug called "muscle" it super energizes kids, but is fatal to adults. The kid was threatening Logan with forcing him to take "muscle".
Yeah lots of deleted scenes there is runner scene with Francis he chases and murders a unarmed runner with huge crowd watching than the crowd instead of being horrified starts clapping and cheering.
The love shop scene was trimmed alot so wouldn't get an R rating.
Scenes with Box.
Also the aging system seems to change from scene to scene . The runner murdered in cathedral is ofcourse 30 but says she 22 and cub boy will turn 16 soon but Logan is red 6 and has 4 years left. While Jessica is green 6 and goes red next year which would make her 20 with green starting at 15 at red at 21. Unless there green zeros and red, zeros which would make green start at 13 and red at 20.
But that doesn't match the boy being kicked out of cathedral at 16 which would mean green starts at 16
I was 11 when this came out. I will still sit and watch it all thr way through today.
The Old Man is Peter Ustinov: actor, writer, raconteur, and all around charmer. You simply must some more movies with him: "Hot Millions"; "Spartacus"; "Quo Vadis"; "We're No Angels"; and his outings as Hercule Poirot.
Prince John in the Disney cartoon of Robin Hood.
For sure his Poirot films, Evil Under the Sun being my favorite of his.
Would've been funny if he'd only spoken "cat"...😅
I`m also a fan of the 2 comedies (Hotel Sahara, 1951) & (Viva Max, 1969).
"I'm Sparticus"...=))
Instant gratification, obsession with youth and perfection, with entertainment and spectacle to control the people. Dystopia wrapped in colour and beauty. I bloody love this film.
same things throughout time
society says indulge, religion says moderation
a few millennium later we still haven't changed
I can't believe you're doing this movie. This is awesome!
Same! I was so happy when I saw this tonight! X)
There are 3 novels: Logan’s Run, Logan’s World, and Logan’s Search. The novel is very different, biggest example being you die at 21. Worth the read though.
There is also a unpublished screen play called Jessica's Run. They have been try to get the reboot made for years.
The studio switched the age to 30, because of the underage sex.
The first one is the best, but, it's not regarded as a classic of science fiction.
@@cvonbarron the novels were really about cashing in on the movie.
@@Dularr The orignal novel was published in 1967, so the movie was based on it, but the 2 sequel novels were about that, so you're correct about that.
"There we go. Logan's light jog."
24:11, I love this moment when Logan and Jessica declare their love for one another and consider themselves a couple. For the first time in hundreds of years people from the dome rediscover marriage.
Logan is only vaguely impressed. Jessica tries to sell it to him.
This film turned me into a Goldsmith fan. 47 years later and I’m still rockin’ out to that score.
Opening fanfare is taken from a classical piece.
Some fun facts. Micheal York (Logan) was 33 when the movie was made. Richard Jordan (Francis) was 38. And Jenny Agutter (Jessica) was 24, playing a 17-year-old. One of the reasons they raised the age limit from 21 in the novel to 30 for the movie is because the main actors were so old and would not be believable as people under 21.
"Can't trust Francis."
Deadpool wholeheartedly agrees with this sentiment.
At least not in the movie.
Been ages, but I think the book has a twist, IIRC.
❤ a sci fi classic.
Jenny Agutter is also the nurse in An American Werewolf in London.
Jenny Agutter is fantastic, her career began in 1964 and her most recent role she's Sister Julienne running her team of midwives in Call the Midwife.
This is an ICONIC flic. I'm of that generation and my wife and I, if we kill a bug or something and toss it outside, will joke, "Renew!"
Soylent Green is another great classic futuristic / dystopian movie starring Charlton Heston. You should check it out!
Soylent Green is .......Protein.....or something that starts with 'P'...=)
@@Tardisius Indeed! "Soylent Complete Nutrition Meal Replacement Protein Powder" (And they even have a green flavor!) 😉😅
Based on the (wildly different) book "Make Room! Make Room!" by Harry Harrison.
8:00 - JESSICA 6 - Portrayed by veteran British actress, Jenny Agutter. Also known for the 1970 film 'The Railway Children'. In 1971 she also starred in the critically acclaimed film 'Walkabout' about two white schoolchildren left to fend for themselves in the Australian Outback who come across a teenage Aboriginal boy who helps them to survive. More recently, Agutter is known for BBC TV's Call The Midwife and MCU's 'Captain America: The Winter Soldier' as 'Councilwoman Hawley'.
Ustinov acted for another 28 years !!! Wow. He had mixed European and Ethiopian ancestry, and spoke several languages. Truly "A man for all seasons".
A well-done remake of this movie would be so awesome!!!
"well done" key phrase
Reboots keep dying in development.
Considering some of the casting reports, not a totally bad thing.
@@chrisbergsten1429Yeah. Gotta be done right!
NO.
That rambling of cat names is a poem by T.S. Eliot, 'The Naming of Cats."
What I really like about your channel and you is that you also watch old classic movies. That's what makes a true cinephile. There is still so much to discover from the 20s, 30s, etc. Your reactions are genuine, heart-warming and funny
Francis is played by Richard Jordan, who was Duncan Idaho in the 80s adaptation of “Dune,” and was the politician who jokes about stealing candy from babies in “The Hunt For Red October.”
He is quoting from TS Elliot's "Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats", which was the inspiration for the musical "Cats".
And this movie preceded A.L. Weber's writing "Cats."
Ustinov's recitation resonated with me much more than the musical, though.
@@Tim_Russert He had one of those voices which sounded lovely in pretty much any context.
Westworld, The Andromeda Strain, The Omega Man and Soylent Green are some other good 70's sci-fi I'd recommend.
I've been a huge Michael York fan since he played Tybalt in the 1968 film "Romeo and Juliet". Another classic you should watch.
Did you ever see him in Great Expectations ?
@@richardw64 No, haven't seen that. Have seen him in "The Three Musketeers" and the "The Four Musketeers", "Jesus of Nazareth" and "Cabaret" among others. Sad about his illness.
Yes, he is a very good actor. I thought he was great in "The Three Musketeers" and "The Four Musketeers" (1974). I remember him also in "Cabaret".
another famous cat
Dang! Another one I forgot about, liked him in that too and have it sitting on my shelf.
getting old, memory is the second thing to go. . . I can't remember the first
Speaking of the score - You should watch Forbidden Planet (1956)! It's a landmark classic sci-fi movie, both in cinema, and in electronic musical score.
Also, The Day The Earth Stood Still (1951) is a fantastic sci-fi story and film.
I suspect you would love both of these movies. ❤❤❤
Looker 1981 from Micheal Crichton is excellent and way way ahead of its time.
I hope she'll react to it.
I love LR. I watched this every time it played on TV back in the late 80s through the 00s.
Wasn't there a Logan's Run TV show?
There are three books in the "Logan's Run" series: "Logan's Run", "Logan's World", and Logan's Search". I read all three of them about twenty-five or so years ago and believe that they are a worthwhile read.
I love the fact that you’re always watching classic movies with a context on music and visuals. So many reactors quickly calls them « cheesy » movies and compare sfx to nowadays sfx. I get the idea but a good story and good actors will always be above all the rest !
You need to watch The Three Musketeers with Michael York. Not the other versions. The one from 1973. You'd love it.
19:58 - OLD MAN - Portrayed by Veteran actor, Peter Ustinov [RIP 2004 at 82] Also known for portraying Agatha Christie’s famous Belgian detective, Hercule Poirot, on no less than six occasions. Death on the Nile (1978), Evil Under the Sun (1982), Thirteen at Dinner (1985 TV movie), Dead Man's Folly (1986 TV movie), Murder in Three Acts (1986 TV movie), and Appointment with Death (1998). He also voiced ‘Prince John and King Richard in Disney’s Robin Hood (1973).
The bit about cats having three names is from T.S.Eliot's book, "Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats". Which was also adapted into the Broadway show "Cats".
I love this movie. If I remember correctly, this movie was the first time holograms were used in a movie. I could be wrong tho. When it came out, everyone loved it, and praised its amazing special effects and miniatures...
For about 5 minutes.
A little less than a year later, a little movie called Star Wars came out and everyone forgot about Logans Run.
Star Wars? I think I might have heard of that one. LOL
@@daverhoden445 Really? I'm surprised, actually. It was a small independent film.
It was the first movie use of a hologram.
"THX 1138" is another good dystopian movie. And it was directed by George Lucas himself, years before he began his work on "Star Wars". And as far as I see, no one reacted to it yet on RUclips! 🙂
10:19
Fun fact: the actress who plays the runner in this scene also played the voice of the computer.
Another cool thing to point out is Jerry Goldsmith's score. Note how inside the city, the sound has a lot of synthesizers, but a conventional orchestra is used for the outside scenes.
The difference between the artificial world and the natural world.
Jen - Jenny Agutter, who played Jessica is remembered from another classic nerd fan favorite, An American Werewolf in London. Early on she was a player in a want-to-be pseudo-doc-naturalist art-house film titled Walkabout. A bit of controversy came from it as at the time she was a young teen and appeared nude in a swimming scene. A good documentary was done that covers the whole making of the film, with interviews. I always like seeing her in the movie she made
Jen! You're awesome for reacting to this! Almost no one does, thanks! This film has some of the best 70's Sci-Fi music, sets, and costumes for sure. So glad you enjoyed it, Jen!
24:32-24:49 - The Water Gardens in downtown Ft. Worth, Texas. Beautiful place.
Not many people react to this, so, well-done Ms. Jen. Subscribed. Great reaction to an underrated movie.
The novel is the same basic premise, but, there are a number of differences. The biggest difference is that in the novel the lifespan of people was 21, not 30. Also there's a significant twist regarding Francis's identity and the location of sanctuary. I won't spoil it here you should read the novel. It's actually part of a trilogy.
YAAAAASSSSS QUEEEEN!!!
Up next: The Omega Man and Soylent Green 💚 😎 🎉
Jen, you are correct. Michael York (Logan) played Basil Exposition in the Austin Powers films. If you'd like to see more of his work, you should consider reacting to "Cabaret" (1972), "The Three Musketeers" (1973), and "The Four Musketeers (1974).
You've previously seen Richard Jordan (Francis) in "The Hunt for Red October” (1990). I think you'd also appreciate his performance in "Gettysburg" (1993).
Peter Ustinov (Old Man) worked for Britain's MI5 intelligence service before embarking on a long and distinguished acting career. Some of his most memorable film performances can be found in "Quo Vadis" (1951), "Spartacus" (1960), and "Topkapi" (1964).
The Three and Four Musketeers are great movies!
You should definitely read the book, then do a book review video.
Michael York was also in The Island of Dr. Moreau.
Michael York plays Tybalt in Zefferelli's 1969 movie version of Romeo and Juliet, a very visually beautiful film.
@@RobertStallings-kx5ug
Quo Vadis, isn't Patrick Stewart in that also? Or am I confusing it with " I Claudius"?
Riddle of the Sands.
Movies about a dystopian society drew a lot of attention back in the 70s. The main resson was because we were approaching 1984. Maybe we need some new dystopian movies as we really nearing a 1984 dystopian society.
The ones that made the warning back then ended up selling it as a good thing later in life.
"Logan's Slow Saunter", "Logan's Light Jog" 😂
I was 12 when this came out. My first actress crush. Lol. Westworld came out around the same time.
Zardoz (1974) is my favourite movie of that era and genre. It's absolutely wild while including several deep sci-fi themes. Also it famously got Sean Connery mucking about wearing a speedo thing.
A friend describes Zardoz (and Highlander) as coming from Connery's "will work for Scotch" phase.
@@rcrawford42 He was tired of churning out Bond movies, and wanted to do different roles, even if they didn't pay as much. Props to him as an actor willing to take risks!
Jen, I'm so happy that you're back to the 70's for some great dci-fi. Loved Logan' Run as a kid. Of course it was still a while before I hit 30. Played the soundtrack like crazy The writer of the novel wrote several more Logan books. There was also a short lived TV series based on the film in '77. I'm hoping you also watch Soylent Green and Silent Running in the near future.
Both these movies are great.
Saw this at the theater with friends as a kid. We were all in love with the beautiful Jenny Agutter. She later appeared in 'An American Werewolf in London', one of my favorites.
17:56 "Freaky to live your whole life under a dome" like Truman Burbank.
There was a Logan's Run TV series after the movie, I was pretty young but seem to remember that I liked it. Fun reaction Jen.
There was a phrase among hippies "don't trust anyone over 30." That may have contributed to part of this story.
That's what Taylor told Lucius near the end of PLANET OF THE APES.
"Logan's Light Jog." You kill me, Jen.
So, it seems that there's some kind of teleportation technology involved that we don't have yet, but I love that this movie invented Swiping Left & Right.
"Never trust anyone over 30" Jack Weinberg
"Once was the thought inside my head
that before I reached thirty, I'd be dead
but somehow on and on I go
I keep on rollin' with the flow" Charlie Rich
30 was a milestone back in the day
"Hope I die before I get old" - Pete Townshend
I was 21 when I saw this movie in the theater with my Best friend. We were both single (very single, not even having girl friends yet - what can I say other than we were nerds) and just starting our careers. We walked out of the theater and hypothesized whether something like this could ever happen. Jumping ahead almost nine years (now both us married - to women), and I called him the evening of his 30th birthday (I still had six weeks to go until I reach that ancient age), and the first thing I asked him was "What time is your Carousel starting? I want to be there on time. Also, has Sophia (his wife) found a replacement yet for the next two years?". Needless to say, this made a permanent impression on both of us when we watched it. Unfortunately, the sound in a NYC movie theater in 1977 wasn't as impressive as theatrical music is today. He is now retired and living in Staten Island, NY, and I am retired as well in Nassau County NY. I think I'll give him a call tonight and catch up. Maybe tell him we were both successful avoiding our Carousels.
27:05 Keep your eyes open for that one person greeting the old man with the Vulcan salute.
1:44 - LOGAN'S PARTNER - FRANCIS 7 was portrayed by American actor Richard Jordan [RIP at 56]. He also portrayed 'Duncan Idaho' in David Lynch's epic sci-fi movie, 'Dune' (1984).
"Logan's light jog" Jen turning more into mystery science theater 3000 every reaction
Loved this book then movie!
Thanks 👍
11:17 - HOLLY 13 - Portrayed by Farrah Fawcett-Majors [RIP 2009 at 62]. Known mainly for 1970s TV show, 'Charlie's Angels'. Fawcett's appearance in the television show boosted sales of her iconic poster, and she earned far more in royalties from poster sales than from her salary for appearing in Charlie's Angels. Her hairstyle went on to become an international trend, with women sporting a "Farrah-do", a "Farrah-flip", or simply "Farrah hair" or variations well into the 1980s.
MIDNIGHT TRAIN TO GEORGIA - This song was initially inspired by celebrity couple, Fawcett and Lee Majors. (known for TV shows, 'Six Million Dollar Man' and 'Fall Guy'.)
Songwriter, James Dawn "Jim" Weatherly had phoned his friend, actor Lee Majors, however, it was Fawcett who answered the call. Weatherly and Fawcett chatted briefly and she told him she was going to visit her mother and was taking "the midnight plane to Houston".
Although Majors and Fawcett were both successful by that time, Weatherly used them as "characters" in his song, about a failed actress who leaves Los Angeles and is followed by her boyfriend who cannot live without her. Eventually, the genders were swapped to a failed actor who leaves Los Angeles and is followed by his girlfriend, a train replaced the plane, and Houston was changed to Georgia.
The recording by Gladys Knight & the Pips attained the number 1 position on the Billboard chart in 1973.
"Whatever it is, it's warm", a quote that lived inside my group of friends for way too long...
"Wait for the wind...my birds sing, and the deep grottos whisper my name....Box....Booox...Booooooxxx."
The novel is different, definitely, but still good. I knew one of the authors personally. Good reaction.
I want to hear an F1 engineer use this reference now when telling his driver to pit.
"Dark Star" should be on your watch list. John Carpenter's first film.
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@@tomhoffman4330 cheers Kevin you know how much I love Jen's premieres and I hate missing them but it's ok just have a doubly good time in my stead 🙂
@@Ian-xx1xb Thanks for the undeserved shout-out you gave me, Ian. Get some rest!
I'm really glad that you enjoyed this film, Jen, it's a Sci-Fi Classic. I'm now a member on Patreon a top tier one too. 😊
Glad to have you Adam! Thank you :)
@@jenmurrayxo My pleasure, Jen. 😊
I love this movie....the book is very different but wonderful source material. The cub yelled "Muscle" because in the book the Cubs used a drug called Muscle. They are called Sandmen because in the book the people had to die at 21, and they went to "sleep centers" to be killed. Carousel was only in the movie.......I recommend you read the book or audio book. Great reaction!
And the wire system was a big challenge for the actors/stunt people. They were having trouble uncrossing the wires between takes.
There is a certain eerie something about pre-Star Wars 70s scifi. Planet of the Apes, Soylent Green, Silent Running, Omega Man, etc. These always seemed to be played on late night tv when I was a teenager and it was a surreal experience to watch those trippy flicks alone in the dark… or with my dad wandering in for five minutes to stare and then wander out. He’d probably seen them in theaters, the nerd.
I've always found it amazing how THX1138 looks a hundred percent more sophisticated and two hundred percent more convincing on about six percent of the budget.
As I remember it most scenes were in large white rooms... I guess the racing car, the tunnel and the chase motor cycles made it a bit more expensive.
18:10 "Sanctuary was the freezer that Box presided over. No one had ever got past Box before this.
'Ankh' means 'nourish'.
As you suspected, the novel is very different from the movie, both in plot and setting. But it's well worth a read.
Main differences: you die at 21, not in a Carousel ritual, but in a Deepsleep Shop. Ie. you knowingly enter and set up your own termination. If you don't, Sandmen hunt you down. The Lifeclock in your palm is a homing beacon.
Also, the world is not one domed city but all cities have domes and are interconnected by the mazeway cars. Outside, many places are deadzones, because the computer that runs all this (The Thinker) is walled up inside a robotic fortress so secure no one can get inside to fix when it inevitably breaks down. The dead zones out in the world correspond to the nonfunctional parts of the Thinker.
The Runner's freedom trail took one down a path leading through these deadzones, eventually leading a Runner to Cape Kennedy, where a rocket took both Logan and Jessica first to a lunar colony, then to the actual Sanctuary- a orbiting colony around Mars! Yes, Sanctuary exists!
But in the film, Box killed all the Runners before they ever got Outside, so all 1064 unaccounted Runners never got the chance to set up a Sanctuary. Instead, they became, to borrow from another 70's dystopia, Soylent Green. Box's line "Food, fish and plankton from the sea!" always chilled me to the bone. Great reaction, and glad you got to see this classic!
To the moon and Mars? 😳 Maybe I should read the novel too.
Charlton Heston, The Omega Man.
3:00 - THANK YOU - I'm so pleased you chose to view some of my all-time sci-fi favorites.
I saw this in the 70's and it has always been a favourite. Even made a pilgrimage to the end scene location when backpacking across the USA at the Fort Worth water gardens. Always loved just about anything Michael York was in, the Three Musketeers set in particular. (Not forgetting Jenny Agutter!) Good choice.
So... they still know their TS Eliot in this future world. That's his poem from Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats that talks about cats having three different names, and one of them being the secret one that only the cat knows.
I love all the "Cats" poetry the old man was reciting from T.S. Eliot's "Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats".
I believe that Logan's Run, was the first movie to have a hologram in it. It was when Logan was being interrogated and his head was rotating on the computer screens. I can't remember how money they paid for those few seconds.
There was a short-lived TV show about this as well.
17:08 Fun fact: Box, the robot character, was played by American actor, Roscoe Lee Browne, and he was also the narrator for 'The Story of Star Wars' LP vinyl record (also available on cassette, 8-track tape, and right here on RUclips). He also starred in the original 'Super Fly' (1972), numerous other movies, and even in an episode of 'The Cosby Show'. :)