@@RjBenjamin353 30 76 there was no trial there was no findings after the judge saw the video evidence he ordered the prosecution to enter into mediation with the guard where he consented to completing no contest meaning that he admitted to the facts but not to any guilt
Saw this when it came out and the themes still hold up today. We have yet to reach extreme levels depicted in Soylent Green. We are skimming the surface. I like the line "Panic leads to disaster when heavy handed governments are involved". Things here in San Francisco are starting to look like certain scenes from Soylent Green.
Though, the difference is one of semantics, and the real distinction ought to be made between how extreme and what measures are used to implement possible changes, by what tone are 'evil doers' addressed and also how much the "Movements" resemble the People's Front of Judaea ala Monty Python . However, probably words also have a different soul which I am ignoring.
He mentions it in the video near the end. When I first saw a "Soylent" commercial I laughed so loud. I am still wondering what diabolical thoughts were in the minds of the people who named their product "Soylent".
I can attest to the reality of the scene with people sleeping in stairwells. In most hi rise projects in NYC, the last couple of floors in the stairways are seemingly dedicated for that purpose whenever the local homeless shelters are booked up.
Many cities in America have seen sharp increases in numbers of homeless. Why? Because people are continuing petitions against afford housing being built their neighborhoods. Fewer places means more people out on Streets.
I get weepy every time I watch Sol's death scene, and more so now that I know the full story of the scene and Robinson's death. Anyway, this is a great channel and your "political" section was right on -- overpopulation seemed like the key problem back in the 70s, but newer information and nuance shows that it's only part of a wide range of other issues, including poverty, habitat destruction, political extremism, etc. Reasoned, sensible commentary like this is in short supply these days, so keep up the good work.
When you think politicians are "solving" the energy problem by using trees as fuel, you can see a parallel between soylent green and green energy. One is made of people, the other is made of trees, which are both terrifying solutions to real problems.
@@soiledflapjacks1938 Because trees are living organisms, and they are essential to our well being. They give us oxygen and sequester CO2, but release more CO2 than any fossil fuel when burned.
Even thought Robinson's contract stated limited hours per day, according to Heston, Robinson would stay in his chair to watch the filming. Told that he should go home, Robinson said, "No, I'm having a good time."
I don't know if this has been already said but I feel the need to say it: this movie gives a morbid new meaning to the old phrase "you are what you eat".
If we keep screwing up our planet with pollution, allow homelessness run ramped; and weather conditions get any crazier. We might see Solant Green situation sooner than later.
Soylent Green movie is to me the most realistic and futuristic movie. I’m in my 60s and this one and Dark Knight are my two favorite movies because of the message given. We have to elect educated, honest and capable leaders; We have to be better human beings and most important, to help other humans to be better. 🇺🇸😊
We don't need leaders, we need to be free. No man or woman has a greater right over another human, because that would mean that we are worth less than them! We were put here to be free human beings without dictatorship.
I’m a 25 year old, avid science fiction fan, who just watched Soylent Green for the first time today. My goodness is it dark! Thank you for this! I feel like Soylent Green is slipping out of the public consciousness somewhat. Seems a shame as it still feels relevant, even if the overpopulation scare didn’t materialise. I’m really enjoying finding these lesser remembered 60s/70s films like Logan’s Run, THX 1138, Forbidden Planet (50s) etc.
Hey if you like science fiction stuff there is a series from the 70s called space 1999. It only lasted 2 years and the first year is the best...some of the plots and characters are cheesy but some of it is really good most notably the episode dragon's domain.
Steven Tracy The Gerry Anderson series? I grew up on Stingray, Thunderbirds and Captain Scarlett but never got the chance to see Space 1999! Thanks for the tip off!
I forgot to mention I am a huge fan of your channel. I love how you do reviews of old-school classic sci-fi horror movie & cult movies. Love it keep them coming and thank you.
NY's well on it's way now, the body bags, open pit graves, and civil unrest, have alot of parallels. Soilent green gets an for social distancing though.
It does seem that eating unorthodox animals as food which handling caused source of COV19 outbreak might be great theme for Soylent Green movie remake.
This is May 2020 and Soylent Green was released in 1973. That makes this movie 47 years old which to me means nothing. I was born in the 60's and this movie is just as fresh to me as the day it rolled out. I might not have seen the movie back when it came out because I was too young to do so, but it was made in my era. Now, for someone who may be a teenager and thinking about watching this movie, I'm trying to put myself in their shoes. To them this film may look like what a silent film may have looked to me when I was younger. It will seem old and odd and it may require one of a young age to feel like they're stepping out on a thin limb if they watch it, but if they were to be brave enough and go ahead and watch the film, I think they would walk away with great respect for the insight and predictive elements in this movie. The narrator in the film says, 'it's 2023,' how relevant that voice just became as we have just experienced the COVID worldwide shut down along with unforseen immediate governmental control of people's every move and food shortages! Watch this movie and learn what global governments have in store for people. Do your research, eating Soylent Green isn't so far fetched!
I saw this movie when I was ten years old and it scared me more then any other movie. The idea of extreme over population continues to keep me up at night
What an excellent well balanced review of SOYLENT GREEN, one of my favorite films. I’ve been a fan of the film since my grandfather first showed it to me from his Betamax videotape recording from a TV broadcast when I was a child. Since then I have seen it countless times in various home media formats and it still packs a punch today. Although Seltzer and Heston set out to focus on overpopulation as the main culprit of the dystopia we see on screen, I think for me, the themes of euthanasia, pollution, poverty, depleted natural resources, and the dehumanizing effects of sexual exploitation seem to be the most disturbing and eerily reflective of our current times. The highlight of the film for me is the subtle and genuine acting performance of Edward G. Robinson in his last role. Every scene he’s in is fantastic, especially the scene where Thorn shows him beef and the subsequent “real food” dinner scene. It’s so convincing! Aware that he was dying, I think Robinson was giving all of us a final statement through his acting, encouraging us to appreciate the simple things we have in life, such as good food and companionship, while warning us to care for it before it’s gone. Great review and great video. You got a new subscriber.
Thank you so much! Robinson’s performance in this film always gives me the feels, and I can’t watch his death scene without tearing up a little. Harrison, Fleischer, and Heston all wanted to use this movie to say something important, but ultimately, it’s Robinson’s show.
The Unapologetic Geek One last thing. I appreciate that you include your sources in the end credits. These are great for anyone who wants to learn more about the film and the themes of your review. I don’t see this too often in other channels so again nice addition. Looking forward to watching more of your video reviews.
Depleted natural resources....There's no such thing. There will be an unending supply of oil. This earth makes oil, it's not made from dinosaur bones like the rumor was when I was a kid. Also, fresh water, is another unending natural resource. It is made by the earth under ground. We've been taught lies our whole lives so that the powers that be can control us. The lies are what helps them to become rich. Another lie is over population. It may be over populated to a dictator who is scared of an uprising, but that would be the only over population this earth would experience, one in the warped imagination of a dictator or satanist. There isn't a food shortage. The only food shortage America is experiencing right now is one our gov. has created. They've told the farmers to kill their live stock and throw away the produce. Then people are told we have a surplus. What kind of craziness is that?? Idk how anyone can walk into the store and see empty shelves and say we have a surplus!! If that's the case, which it's not, feed the hungry. Food shortages are caused, controlled and manipulated by governmental powers. God created this world and every thing in it. He's not going to allow us to go hungry. He even treats the wicked well and feeds them!! We are the ones that shoot ourselves in the foot by throwing things away and keeping people away from things that are available. I hope you understand that I'm not attacking you, I'm only trying to inform you and those that will read my comment.
@@TexasDesert3523 Hello, how about the current political turmoil that is going on right now, do you really believe that this president did something against some of the things you mention (farmers to kill their live stock and throw away the produce) or he also is a participant on this plot against humanity?
@@JuanTorres-ny9ff Hi Juan. Idk how old you are and please don't take anything I've posted or will post the wrong way, I'm only trying to inform. I won't be an encyclopedia so what I post here, you'll need to research for yourself. First of all, the American president doesn't have total control of this country. No president ever has. There are boundaries that even he can't cross and there are powers that are behind the scenes pulling the strings. POTUS doesn't just take office and start ordering people around. Our government, in the past has done some of the same things that are being done now. During the depression, there was an order to kill livestock. I learned that in history. I know the school system hasn't taught very much truth and they even teach less of it today. I also have an aunt that's almost 100 years old, lived through the depression and has written a little about it. She says the same things in her writtings. POTUS has signed some things into law that should raise the hair of any true Bible believer and Christ follower. My urgent reply to you is this....don't put your faith or hope in any president or leader. Your eyes need to be fully focused on Jesus and the heavenly Father God (YHWH) because only Jesus can save your soul and only God can change things. This president, like any other, needs prayers asking God to touch his heart to do the right things. I've not read the book 1984, I've meant to but haven't gotten around to it. Read it. I've heard for the last 35 years that the majority of things unfolding in our nation and world wide can be read about in this book. But much more so, get you a Bible NKJV and read it and obey God. People don't have a lot of time left before judgement comes. You want to be on the right side. Also the book of Revelation and the book of Daniel talks about what we will see unfolding. The book 1984 helps put it in plain English. But the books of Daniel and Revelation will tell you exactly what to be ready for.
This is one of my most favorite science fiction movies. I remember watching this when I was a kid. And I still watch Soylent Green every once in awhile. At that time it depicted the future. The year 2022. Which is next year. I believe scientists environmentalist. Must have watched this movie and started to do something about cleaning up the environment. It least the movie woke up some people about fixing problems for the future of mankind. This is the only home that mankind has. It makes sense to save the environment. And for everyone to try to get along with one another. That's the only future that mankind has. Regardless of race or religion, we all have to come together and work with one another is one family of the human race.
John Brunner wrote "The sheep look up". Harry Harrison wrote "Make room, make room", I do wish that some of John Brunners books had been made into movies. Soylent Green is an ace film though. . Cloud Atlas's Timothy Cavendish makes the quote "Soylent green is made of people"! when he's trying to escape the care home. Fantastic. Thanks for the video!!! :)
I thoroughly enjoyed this video and am now subscribed! I also agree with your very realistic and on point perspective about alarmism and realistic expectations regarding them. It seems many people find this issue hard to come to grips with. Keep up the great work!
Thank you for the information about Leigh Taylor-Young, whom I have loved for years. She has had a fulfilling life and career and I am honored to have gotten in touch with her via Internet. I've let her know how much I admire her and she has sent me more than one autographed picture.
A very underrated sci-fi cult classic with a lot of social ,political and environmental commentary... just like the other cult classic The Omega Man. Thank you for your objective views and I agree with you.
@Evan Koch - yes, while Silent is simply too dated, superceeded by the Green Revolution spearheaded by Nobel Laureate Dr Norman Borlaug, "The Andromeda Strain" - despite the victory in the Cold War - remains topical. Andromeda could still happen. Soylent not, as shown by Jesse Ausebel at Rockefeller University.
Great review, and really interesting where Leigh Taylor has wound up now! And still strikes me as ironic how 5 years earlier, Kubrick nearly bankrupted MGM (supposedly) with 2001: A Space Odyssey. And due to the lack of favorable response and all, I've heard say MGM never wanted to get into science fiction like that again! But then 5 years later, this 'down to earth' and 'dirty and grimy' Soylent Green appears! LOL
Thank you keeping your politically based opinions base of facts. I'm a big believer in conservation not environmentalism. Saw the film at the cinema when I was barley in my teens. It was somewhat disturbing, however I didn't fully understand the story until years later. This is a motion picture for mature adults. Robinson's performance was superb and at times overshadowed Heston!
Probably the terror of not owning enough guns. What kind of world would it be without having a truckload of guns. An awful one, I'm sure. (This statement brought to you by the NRA. And thank you, Mr. Heston, for representing us all those years.)
Soylent Green and Silent Running have held their places on my all-time best top 25 Sci-Fi films for 50 years. ps: the Soylent Mint Green protein drink is rather yummy.
In my middle school class, there was a book similar to this, only it involves sheep instead of people & the Mcguffin thing they ate was called "Baa" which turned out be something like lambchops & it continued until all of the sheep were gone.
I've been feeding on food from the garbage for several years and that gave me the assurance I wasn't eating someone else' meal... That movie obsessed me for years as cannibalism was rampant in the country and depicted in the movies...I am still very worried for humanity...🎡🐱🐉
I was expecting some off-the-rails political soapboxing! Your 'rant' as you called it, was surprisingly non-inflammatory & well substantiated! Now, I do believe the Planet has dangerously exceeded it's Holding Population... but I agree that extreme measures to combat the issue will cause more problems then they solve! (What's that line about 'the cure being worse than the disease'!)
The issues of overpopulation wherever they exist are man made due to the restrictions "they" put on people when it comes to freedom of movemement, education on permaculture and self-sustainability, and free access to natural resources for food and medicine. This film is predictive programming and a form of mind control/manipulation. Fear of overpopulation without question and the seemingly sinister efforts to "resolve" it.
@@faithesprit81 Not just that but contraception. Giving poor countries condoms and other contraceptives, as well as information about them, reduces birth rates and greatly increases quality of life, lifespan, reduces child mortality, all that sort of stuff. Couples can choose to have kids when it's the best time for them. Those countries are where the overpopulation is, here in the rich parts of the world it's the "aging bomb" or whatever that we're worried about, the baby boomers now getting old and they don't have enough kids or grandkids to support them. China's rather literal and simple solution to reduce the population was equally a fuckup that's gonna hit soon.
Having seen the film at the theater in 1973 I'm stunned to hear that its time frame is 2022! How on earth has time passed this quickly? As always Unapologetic Geek your content is thorough and thought provoking. I do agree that throughout the film Edward's scenes were the heart, and he stole every one of them. Due to the amazing concept of their euthanasia rooms I immediately became a voice for the "right to die" movement. I believed it at 18 and I believe it even more strongly now at 68. I know as with everything there will be abuses of this, but I'm relieved to see some states and countries now offering a humane end-of-life option. Thank you again for your amazing work Geek!
Soylent Green takes place in 2022. While it's not as bad now or likely in 2 years as this film depicts; in some ways, we're there already. In her review in 1973, Penelope Gilliatt of The New Yorker was negative, writing, "This pompously prophetic thing of a film hasn't a brain in its beanbag. Where is democracy? Where is the popular vote? Where is women's lib? Where are the uprising poor, who would have suspected what was happening in a moment?" These are questions we should ask now. Where is democracy? Stymied in Congress and the Electoral College. Where is women's lib? Oddly stymied by conservative women. Where are the uprising poor? Being divided through race-baiting and anti-science/intellectual rhetoric. It seems we're closer to Soylent Green that it first appears.
As a Baby Boomer, I of course grew up with the notion that rampant overpopulation was going to kill us all. As is of course it *is* still a driving force behind why human-caused climate change is such a difficult and ever-worsening problem. It took a long time for me to realize how exaggerated most of the claims for it have been. But while we are not after all starving in a Malthusian world, we still need to catch up with the effects having eight billion people (and growing) is having on the environment, and resource wars (especially over clean water and clean power) is still totally a thing in many parts of the world (the hydroelectric dam Ethiopia is building threatens Egypt's life-style because of what it will do to the Nile, for starters). So the basic theme behind Make Room Make Room is still valid; just not in the USA and not in the way the movie depicts. But hopefully science and technology can make the reality in that regard far less scary than the stories as well.
You pretty much nailed my thoughts on the matter. I do think science and technology are outpacing the negative effects of overpopulation and climate change, but that doesn’t mean vigilance and concern are unwarranted. It’s panic and hyperbole I take issue with.
@@TheUnapologeticGeek Sometimes though it is panic and hyperbole that is needed to get people - especially politicians -who can do something about the problem to get off their duffs and get the job done. Though I also think people like Al Gore make the problem even worse with their exaggerations combined with their unapologetic hypocrisy (his carbon footprint is probably 1000 times my own; as I don't even drive a car anymore - don't really need one where I live - let alone my own private jet!). But such tactics need to be used like a surgical tool; not like a club to bash people over the head with.
I take your point about evaluating clearly the dangers of our near future. Thank you for another rewarding and insightful review. I think William F. Nolan said that this script lifted the concept of life termination procedure from his 'Logan's Run' novel (co-written with George Clayton Johnson). It's so long since I read that novel that I can't remember. Carousel was an entirely new version for the MGM film. I think the real peril is in very gradual deterioration of our environment and societies. That's hard to address over a sustained period of time and complex inter-related causes. The cast is very good. Brock Peters and Joseph Cotton among them.
Good movie, still relevant today, probably more now than ever especially With the craze of Impossible Meat:)) .. this definitely where the New World Order headed. Interesting themes especially the relationship between Men & Women, women coming with the apt, like the furniture, she been there for yrs , she was only 21? The scenes between Charlton Heston & Edgar G Robinson remind me of the new film The Lighthouse, the dinner & drinking scenes between Robert Pattenson & Willem Dafoe. The scenes where the seniors go to die reminded me of the similar scenes in Ari Aster's Midsommar, see a lot of today's filmmaker borrowing heavily from this film. Soylent Green definitely a film worth watching.. liked it a lot.
The background information on the stars was very interesting. Your commentary makes some valid points. Your review was very good. I think Soylent Green has a big advantage over contemporary movies of the subgenre. It had a realistic look to it. Soylent Green is very dark. The good won but it rings hollow. It's ambiguous if he would survive. Shirl is still furniture. The human race is inevitably doomed. An unanswered question is what happens when the word gets out? Would the people just shrug off the shock and accept canabalism as a fact of life?
Hello Unapologetic Greek! Thanks for the synopsis of Soylent Green. I saw it in 1973 as a young teenager (now I’m 59). I highly recommend two more sci-fi of the 70´s which were quite remarkable (“The Andromeda Strain”. Circa 1976? And “The China Syndrome “. Circa 1979.)
The China Syndrome happened to coincide with the incident at Three Mile Island and effectively was a body blow to the use of nuclear energy. The leftists actors Jane Fonda and Jack Lemmon effectively demonized the nuclear industry!
The Andromeda Strain is the depiction of a non-carbon life form (a virus). that kills humans but comes from outer space. This movie is the better of the two as far as originality.
The Unapologetic Geek wow! People are afraid of the Coronavirus as if it were Black Death of the Middle Ages revisited. I remember back in 1971 when I watched Andromeda. It was intense. The victims and the lab animals certainly died in a unique way (blood turns to powder in one scene)
The "Resyk" in Judge Dredd recycles the millions of people who die every day in Mega-City One. But, in that case, the people know. They just don't care. I think Logan's Run, Soylent Green, and Judge Dredd reflect three different takes on a "starving" dystopia. In Logan's Run, no one knows where the food {or anything else} comes from. In Soylent Green, people don't know where the food comes from, but do freak out if they find out. In Judge Dredd, everyone knows, but is totally apathetic.
Good review. Watching with this while people are making noises outside, whenever I say specific words and phrases. Waiting to go to court. I waiting for you to review a movie about voice to skull technology and other technology that can read the mind and wiretapping.
I think soylent green is ironically kind of still hits part of the mark by showing the rich people literally eating the poor. It could be inferred as a metaphor for richer people exploiting those below them, so while some people have to live in cramped apartments, the rich folk get bathrooms all to themselves, with like, showers.
I still think the movie is still valid because population-explosion can be taken as the equivalent of resource inadequency and, frankly, poor or no management of resources. People just live their lives contentfully and we go about with economic models that assume infinite growth as we continue to mine for oil and metals to fuel our increasingly bloating economy and the social model it has built. It is why I think Soylent Green is still one of the best depictions of human excess.
Excellent and fascinating review! Thank you! It's such a magnificent film - and you're right, that scene where Sol is "Going Home" is incredibly powerful. I must respectfully disagree about the movie being faithful to the book. The basic PREMISE of it - minus the ending - is... but 90% of the movie is totally unlike the book. I adore BOTH the book and the film, but don't consider the film to be that connected at all. The book is absolutely amazing, really giving you the FEEL of a society that's utterly exhausted - not just resources, but the people (it even mentions SoyLent = Soy/Lentils. There's a depth and richness to the book that's reminiscent of John Brunner (Stand On Zanzibar came out 2 years after Make Room! Make Room!). Sorry, now I need to go re-read the book and re-watch the film. Thanks for a great review!
Loretta Taylor I was 20 at the time and was very impressed by this movie. Little did I know we were moving towards something like that. During recent pandemic times I thought of it a lot! 😷
There is a food truck in California it is called Soylent Green they were giving away free samples I actually screamed Soylent Green is people they were not impressed think about it I didn’t need eat the sample
Your dead nuts on regarding overpopulation. In fact the real problem set to emerge around 2050 will be a rapidly shrinking population, especially in the developed countries, but for the entire world. No technology has yet been invented that can sufficiently increase productivity to offset a declining and aging population. This portends likely economic devastation. So have babies! I have 7 so I've done my part.
Good movie has some real thought provoking subject matter and Charlton Heston is great. I think part of you is supposed to want to save the masses like Thorne and part of you is put in the position of would you keep the secret for the supposed greater good like the priest who’s murdered.
Such a shame that this has fallen by the wayside. I saw this the day it was released and went back to see it the following day then the following week. There were discussions and arguments as related to the very possibility of something even remotely possible with population control. Welcome to 2020, where we are just 2 short years from the movies ground zero, and its not quite THAT far fetched.
My question is are they turning corpses directly into soylent green or are they using the remains of people in order to grow the algae supposedly used to make soylent green?
Why did Sol write "xxxxx" in his goodbye letter? Doesnt xoxo mean hugs and kisses? So he was saying "kiss kiss kiss kiss" to Heston? Sounds like this film was a pioneer first gay relationship between an older man and his younger lover! They do live together and bicker like a married couple. "Oh taste these strawberries I got for you Sol". Should have been titled "Soylent Homo".
If XOXO means hugs and kisses then wouldn't x be hugs and o be kisses
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this is a classic iconic movie. i recommend everyone see it. i was 9 yrs old when it came out and it had a scary plot to me. you never know it could come true
9:18 It's true they way over-projected population growth but still we are close to 8 billion globally which is unprecedented. And while NYC is far off from the 40 million in Soylent Green's 2022 the irony is that if the current climate changes persist, more areas will become increasingly difficult to live in causing more people to move into the remaining inhabitable areas. The population won't be as high as Ehrlich as predicted but it won't matter as that population begins to squeeze together in areas that will also be required for food production. The reason so many were in NYC in the movie was because the countryside was occupied by heavily-fortified areas for what remaining farmland there was. So even with a smaller population than predicted, we could still wind up in a similar overcrowded situation not because there will be so many of us but because there will be less habitable land to live on.
One of my absolute favourites and I've also become quite a fan or the novel as well, even though the fact that it was very different and didn't include the foodstuff or the conspiracy really confused me at first! :) Also, I've got to say that you dealt with political stance of this film about 100 times better than another video I saw recently covering Soylent Green.
I used to post on a Forum that was pretty geek/nerd heavy. Even though it was not about sci-fi or fantasy or anything. When someone would post something that was a CLEAR violation of the ToS, we would start posting..... "The Scoops are coming! The Scoops are coming!"
LOL ! Just had a pop-up add for Collagen ... are they confirming our concerns about "...it's people...!!!" Sadly, some cosmetics apparently DO contain human tissue/collagen, etc..... yikes !
Dad what dose Soylent Green taste like ?
Well son it varies from person to person!
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Well done, well done
Lol!!
It tastes like beans human beans
It's said that everything tastes more or less like chicken.
What I always found most disturbing about the movie is that when told that Soylent green is people no one seemed to care
When the choice becomes having enough food to survive vs starving to death option pretty limited. Least made stuff look editable.
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Your comment though quite accurate does not make it any less disturbing it only makes it more so
Yes, like McDonalds
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More like Taco Bell where do you think all those immigrants disappear to?
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30 76 there was no trial there was no findings after the judge saw the video evidence he ordered the prosecution to enter into mediation with the guard where he consented to completing no contest meaning that he admitted to the facts but not to any guilt
Did you hear the one about the cannibal that refused to eat a clown? He said, "It tasted funny!"
Saw this when it came out and the themes still hold up today. We have yet to reach extreme levels depicted in Soylent Green. We are skimming the surface. I like the line "Panic leads to disaster when heavy handed governments are involved". Things here in San Francisco are starting to look like certain scenes from Soylent Green.
That is what my coffee and a certain snack of mine is tasting like lately.
Wait until this fall and the next two to four years.
McDonald’s is Soylent green
I appreciate the distinction you make between being a conservationist and an environmentalist. I may use that in the future.
Though, the difference is one of semantics, and the real distinction ought to be made between how extreme and what measures are used to implement possible changes, by what tone are 'evil doers' addressed and also how much the "Movements" resemble the People's Front of Judaea ala Monty Python . However, probably words also have a different soul which I am ignoring.
There's a drink at Wal-Mart called soylent. I wouldn't drink it. Nuff said.
Gross. I agree. It was also recalled for making many people sick.
Lmao I've seen it too
He mentions it in the video near the end. When I first saw a "Soylent" commercial I laughed so loud. I am still wondering what diabolical thoughts were in the minds of the people who named their product "Soylent".
They're toying with us!
yah, I tried it. Its delicious, I drink 3 or 4 a day.
I can attest to the reality of the scene with people sleeping in stairwells. In most hi rise projects in NYC, the last couple of floors in the stairways are seemingly dedicated for that purpose whenever the local homeless shelters are booked up.
Wow you notice how no one says anything about this or replies to your comment ? No videos of this on TH-cam like Kensington in philly or skid row
@@lousminetrastillo3257 there is one TH-cam who shows all the drug users in Kensington, it looks rough. You will find it on here.
Many cities in America have seen sharp increases in numbers of homeless. Why? Because people are continuing petitions against afford housing being built their neighborhoods. Fewer places means more people out on Streets.
I get weepy every time I watch Sol's death scene, and more so now that I know the full story of the scene and Robinson's death. Anyway, this is a great channel and your "political" section was right on -- overpopulation seemed like the key problem back in the 70s, but newer information and nuance shows that it's only part of a wide range of other issues, including poverty, habitat destruction, political extremism, etc. Reasoned, sensible commentary like this is in short supply these days, so keep up the good work.
Overpopulation is a myth, everyone on earth could fit in Texas
Did you notice Sol experience the first Surround Screen multi media. The Omni-max theater quite common today.
Well it seems we are heading to this
@@paulhunter1525 yes
its set in 2022
When you think politicians are "solving" the energy problem by using trees as fuel, you can see a parallel between soylent green and green energy. One is made of people, the other is made of trees, which are both terrifying solutions to real problems.
@@mariorossi4744 Why is using trees as fuel terrifying?
@@soiledflapjacks1938 Because trees are living organisms, and they are essential to our well being. They give us oxygen and sequester CO2, but release more CO2 than any fossil fuel when burned.
Even thought Robinson's contract stated limited hours per day, according to Heston, Robinson would stay in his chair to watch the filming. Told that he should go home, Robinson said, "No, I'm having a good time."
He is so great in that when he tells Heston nonsense people were always awful but the world was beautiful though
I don't know if this has been already said but I feel the need to say it: this movie gives a morbid new meaning to the old phrase "you are what you eat".
I saw this film when it first came out. It gave me chills. I feel it’s a really good movie.
If we keep screwing up our planet with pollution, allow homelessness run ramped; and weather conditions get any crazier. We might see Solant Green situation sooner than later.
Soylent Green movie is to me the most realistic and futuristic movie. I’m in my 60s and this one and Dark Knight are my two favorite movies because of the message given. We have to elect educated, honest and capable leaders; We have to be better human beings and most important, to help other humans to be better. 🇺🇸😊
better tasting?
We don't need leaders, we need to be free. No man or woman has a greater right over another human, because that would mean that we are worth less than them! We were put here to be free human beings without dictatorship.
I’m a 25 year old, avid science fiction fan, who just watched Soylent Green for the first time today. My goodness is it dark! Thank you for this!
I feel like Soylent Green is slipping out of the public consciousness somewhat. Seems a shame as it still feels relevant, even if the overpopulation scare didn’t materialise.
I’m really enjoying finding these lesser remembered 60s/70s films like Logan’s Run, THX 1138, Forbidden Planet (50s) etc.
Hey if you like science fiction stuff there is a series from the 70s called space 1999. It only lasted 2 years and the first year is the best...some of the plots and characters are cheesy but some of it is really good most notably the episode dragon's domain.
My father already had dementia used to tell me the story of this movie since I was a child. Now, I really want to we watch the full movie.
Steven Tracy The Gerry Anderson series? I grew up on Stingray, Thunderbirds and Captain Scarlett but never got the chance to see Space 1999! Thanks for the tip off!
Omni Yambot I hope you get to see it Omni!
@@onemoreconjecture so sad I can't watch it with him anymore:(( thank u
I forgot to mention I am a huge fan of your channel. I love how you do reviews of old-school classic sci-fi horror movie & cult movies. Love it keep them coming and thank you.
You're welcome, and thank you for the support! I'm working on my next video right now.
The Unapologetic Geek Great! looking forward to it. We’re probably about the same age I grew up watching these movies.
In the opening montage you see people wearing facemask s eerily similar to what people are wearing these days. Great channel by the way.
Yeah! Who knew that with covid 19 virus that the food supply would come to end up like a Soylent Green movie.
NY's well on it's way now, the body bags, open pit graves, and civil unrest, have alot of parallels. Soilent green gets an for social distancing though.
It does seem that eating unorthodox animals as food which handling caused source of COV19 outbreak might be great theme for Soylent Green movie remake.
@@curlybrownk9 It gets a what for social distancing?
@@timishere1925 an eeeffffff. Missed that one😁
@@curlybrownk9 I'm sorry my friend, I'm slow or tired or both. It gets an 'f' that is?
This is May 2020 and Soylent Green was released in 1973. That makes this movie 47 years old which to me means nothing. I was born in the 60's and this movie is just as fresh to me as the day it rolled out. I might not have seen the movie back when it came out because I was too young to do so, but it was made in my era. Now, for someone who may be a teenager and thinking about watching this movie, I'm trying to put myself in their shoes. To them this film may look like what a silent film may have looked to me when I was younger. It will seem old and odd and it may require one of a young age to feel like they're stepping out on a thin limb if they watch it, but if they were to be brave enough and go ahead and watch the film, I think they would walk away with great respect for the insight and predictive elements in this movie. The narrator in the film says, 'it's 2023,' how relevant that voice just became as we have just experienced the COVID worldwide shut down along with unforseen immediate governmental control of people's every move and food shortages! Watch this movie and learn what global governments have in store for people. Do your research, eating Soylent Green isn't so far fetched!
I saw this movie when I was ten years old and it scared me more then any other movie. The idea of extreme over population continues to keep me up at night
The world is not overpopulated.
It's overruled sad overcontrolled. Not overpopulated
fun fact the worlds population have been dwindling for awhile now... XD
Overpopulation is a myth it's more about control
get a job
What an excellent well balanced review of SOYLENT GREEN, one of my favorite films. I’ve been a fan of the film since my grandfather first showed it to me from his Betamax videotape recording from a TV broadcast when I was a child. Since then I have seen it countless times in various home media formats and it still packs a punch today. Although Seltzer and Heston set out to focus on overpopulation as the main culprit of the dystopia we see on screen, I think for me, the themes of euthanasia, pollution, poverty, depleted natural resources, and the dehumanizing effects of sexual exploitation seem to be the most disturbing and eerily reflective of our current times. The highlight of the film for me is the subtle and genuine acting performance of Edward G. Robinson in his last role. Every scene he’s in is fantastic, especially the scene where Thorn shows him beef and the subsequent “real food” dinner scene. It’s so convincing! Aware that he was dying, I think Robinson was giving all of us a final statement through his acting, encouraging us to appreciate the simple things we have in life, such as good food and companionship, while warning us to care for it before it’s gone. Great review and great video. You got a new subscriber.
Thank you so much! Robinson’s performance in this film always gives me the feels, and I can’t watch his death scene without tearing up a little. Harrison, Fleischer, and Heston all wanted to use this movie to say something important, but ultimately, it’s Robinson’s show.
The Unapologetic Geek One last thing. I appreciate that you include your sources in the end credits. These are great for anyone who wants to learn more about the film and the themes of your review. I don’t see this too often in other channels so again nice addition. Looking forward to watching more of your video reviews.
Depleted natural resources....There's no such thing. There will be an unending supply of oil. This earth makes oil, it's not made from dinosaur bones like the rumor was when I was a kid. Also, fresh water, is another unending natural resource. It is made by the earth under ground. We've been taught lies our whole lives so that the powers that be can control us. The lies are what helps them to become rich. Another lie is over population. It may be over populated to a dictator who is scared of an uprising, but that would be the only over population this earth would experience, one in the warped imagination of a dictator or satanist. There isn't a food shortage. The only food shortage America is experiencing right now is one our gov. has created. They've told the farmers to kill their live stock and throw away the produce. Then people are told we have a surplus. What kind of craziness is that?? Idk how anyone can walk into the store and see empty shelves and say we have a surplus!! If that's the case, which it's not, feed the hungry. Food shortages are caused, controlled and manipulated by governmental powers. God created this world and every thing in it. He's not going to allow us to go hungry. He even treats the wicked well and feeds them!! We are the ones that shoot ourselves in the foot by throwing things away and keeping people away from things that are available. I hope you understand that I'm not attacking you, I'm only trying to inform you and those that will read my comment.
@@TexasDesert3523 Hello, how about the current political turmoil that is going on right now, do you really believe that this president did something against some of the things you mention (farmers to kill their live stock and throw away the produce) or he also is a participant on this plot against humanity?
@@JuanTorres-ny9ff Hi Juan. Idk how old you are and please don't take anything I've posted or will post the wrong way, I'm only trying to inform. I won't be an encyclopedia so what I post here, you'll need to research for yourself. First of all, the American president doesn't have total control of this country. No president ever has. There are boundaries that even he can't cross and there are powers that are behind the scenes pulling the strings. POTUS doesn't just take office and start ordering people around. Our government, in the past has done some of the same things that are being done now. During the depression, there was an order to kill livestock. I learned that in history. I know the school system hasn't taught very much truth and they even teach less of it today. I also have an aunt that's almost 100 years old, lived through the depression and has written a little about it. She says the same things in her writtings. POTUS has signed some things into law that should raise the hair of any true Bible believer and Christ follower. My urgent reply to you is this....don't put your faith or hope in any president or leader. Your eyes need to be fully focused on Jesus and the heavenly Father God (YHWH) because only Jesus can save your soul and only God can change things. This president, like any other, needs prayers asking God to touch his heart to do the right things. I've not read the book 1984, I've meant to but haven't gotten around to it. Read it. I've heard for the last 35 years that the majority of things unfolding in our nation and world wide can be read about in this book. But much more so, get you a Bible NKJV and read it and obey God. People don't have a lot of time left before judgement comes. You want to be on the right side. Also the book of Revelation and the book of Daniel talks about what we will see unfolding. The book 1984 helps put it in plain English. But the books of Daniel and Revelation will tell you exactly what to be ready for.
This is one of my most favorite science fiction movies. I remember watching this when I was a kid. And I still watch Soylent Green every once in awhile. At that time it depicted the future. The year 2022. Which is next year. I believe scientists environmentalist. Must have watched this movie and started to do something about cleaning up the environment. It least the movie woke up some people about fixing problems for the future of mankind. This is the only home that mankind has. It makes sense to save the environment. And for everyone to try to get along with one another. That's the only future that mankind has. Regardless of race or religion, we all have to come together and work with one another is one family of the human race.
Unbelievable production quality for a small youtuber and great videos and content, here's a new suscriber !
Thank you, good sir!
I concur I don’t like suscribe at all and you got my follow
Subscribed. I can't fathom why you have so little views. You're making quality stuff!
Thank you! 😁
He is pretty right about population control being a lot scarier than overpopulation
John Brunner wrote "The sheep look up". Harry Harrison wrote "Make room, make room", I do wish that some of John Brunners books had been made into movies. Soylent Green is an ace film though. . Cloud Atlas's Timothy Cavendish makes the quote "Soylent green is made of people"! when he's trying to escape the care home. Fantastic. Thanks for the video!!! :)
I thoroughly enjoyed this video and am now subscribed! I also agree with your very realistic and on point perspective about alarmism and realistic expectations regarding them. It seems many people find this issue hard to come to grips with. Keep up the great work!
Thank you for the information about Leigh Taylor-Young, whom I have loved for years. She has had a fulfilling life and career and I am honored to have gotten in touch with her via Internet. I've let her know how much I admire her and she has sent me more than one autographed picture.
A very underrated sci-fi cult classic with a lot of social ,political and environmental commentary... just like the other cult classic The Omega Man. Thank you for your objective views and I agree with you.
Evan Koch great movies 🎥
@Evan Koch - yes, while Silent is simply too dated, superceeded by the Green Revolution spearheaded by Nobel Laureate Dr Norman Borlaug, "The Andromeda Strain" - despite the victory in the Cold War - remains topical. Andromeda could still happen. Soylent not, as shown by Jesse Ausebel at Rockefeller University.
My two favorite dystopian SF films. And Enemy Mine.
@Evan Koch yes! Spread the word. It really does seem to have fallen out of attention in the SF canon.
I'm going to eat my vegetables while I still can!
Yep. 'Cause after that, it's PEOPLE!!! 😋
Thanks a 2nd time - needed to watch a second “dose”.
The writing and proformas were and are bold!
G. Robinson, is first class the best, the sets hit the mark, very believable.
Great review, and really interesting where Leigh Taylor has wound up now! And still strikes me as ironic how 5 years earlier, Kubrick nearly bankrupted MGM (supposedly) with 2001: A Space Odyssey. And due to the lack of favorable response and all, I've heard say MGM never wanted to get into science fiction like that again! But then 5 years later, this 'down to earth' and 'dirty and grimy' Soylent Green appears! LOL
Loved the movie and your comments!
Thank you keeping your politically based opinions base of facts. I'm a big believer in conservation not environmentalism.
Saw the film at the cinema when I was barley in my teens. It was somewhat disturbing, however I didn't fully understand the story until years later. This is a motion picture for mature adults. Robinson's performance was superb and at times overshadowed Heston!
When it comes to starring in Post/Apoc Film... Heston holds the record, with 4!
He was trying to bring our attention to something ... I believe.
Probably the terror of not owning enough guns. What kind of world would it be without having a truckload of guns. An awful one, I'm sure.
(This statement brought to you by the NRA. And thank you, Mr. Heston, for representing us all those years.)
Yeah when I drive through Los Angeles these days it looks and feels like Omega Man.
No wonder he headed the NRA. He knew he had to be prepared.
It's not an apocalypse if people are still alive. 3
I saw this in 6th grade in science class, good times
IT'S A COOKBOOK!!! ..... oops, wrong show.
Soylent Green and Silent Running have held their places on my all-time best top 25 Sci-Fi films for 50 years.
ps: the Soylent Mint Green protein drink is rather yummy.
I first saw it in 1994.... I can’t forget it!
In my middle school class, there was a book similar to this, only it involves sheep instead of people & the Mcguffin thing they ate was called "Baa" which turned out be something like lambchops & it continued until all of the sheep were gone.
Happy New Year everyone! What a positive start to the year, this video is.
@1:38 - the cloth masks are all too familiar today everywhere you look.
The cloth masks back then were being used when Smog Alerts were common in big cities like New York and Los Angeles.
I've been feeding on food from the garbage for several years and that gave me the assurance I wasn't eating someone else' meal... That movie obsessed me for years as cannibalism was rampant in the country and depicted in the movies...I am still very worried for humanity...🎡🐱🐉
Wow I watched this last night and never realized that sol was Edward G Robinson
I was expecting some off-the-rails political soapboxing! Your 'rant' as you called it, was surprisingly non-inflammatory & well substantiated! Now, I do believe the Planet has dangerously exceeded it's Holding Population... but I agree that extreme measures to combat the issue will cause more problems then they solve! (What's that line about 'the cure being worse than the disease'!)
The issues of overpopulation wherever they exist are man made due to the restrictions "they" put on people when it comes to freedom of movemement, education on permaculture and self-sustainability, and free access to natural resources for food and medicine. This film is predictive programming and a form of mind control/manipulation. Fear of overpopulation without question and the seemingly sinister efforts to "resolve" it.
@@faithesprit81 Not just that but contraception. Giving poor countries condoms and other contraceptives, as well as information about them, reduces birth rates and greatly increases quality of life, lifespan, reduces child mortality, all that sort of stuff. Couples can choose to have kids when it's the best time for them.
Those countries are where the overpopulation is, here in the rich parts of the world it's the "aging bomb" or whatever that we're worried about, the baby boomers now getting old and they don't have enough kids or grandkids to support them. China's rather literal and simple solution to reduce the population was equally a fuckup that's gonna hit soon.
Interesting how they make a reference to the greenhouse effect in the movie!!!
It's happining now.
Having seen the film at the theater in 1973 I'm stunned to hear that its time frame is 2022! How on earth has time passed this quickly? As always Unapologetic Geek your content is thorough and thought provoking. I do agree that throughout the film Edward's scenes were the heart, and he stole every one of them. Due to the amazing concept of their euthanasia rooms I immediately became a voice for the "right to die" movement. I believed it at 18 and I believe it even more strongly now at 68. I know as with everything there will be abuses of this, but I'm relieved to see some states and countries now offering a humane end-of-life option. Thank you again for your amazing work Geek!
Soylent Green is like the flip side of 1984, showing a dystopia where nothing is controlled. Thanks for this awesome video!
Soylent Green takes place in 2022. While it's not as bad now or likely in 2 years as this film depicts; in some ways, we're there already.
In her review in 1973, Penelope Gilliatt of The New Yorker was negative, writing, "This pompously prophetic thing of a film hasn't a brain in its beanbag. Where is democracy? Where is the popular vote? Where is women's lib? Where are the uprising poor, who would have suspected what was happening in a moment?"
These are questions we should ask now. Where is democracy? Stymied in Congress and the Electoral College. Where is women's lib? Oddly stymied by conservative women. Where are the uprising poor? Being divided through race-baiting and anti-science/intellectual rhetoric.
It seems we're closer to Soylent Green that it first appears.
“Mankind is losing the battle to feed itself...” - I see what you did there. :-)
I’m so glad somebody finally noticed. 😁
Well, if food runs out we still have each other...😋😳
As a Baby Boomer, I of course grew up with the notion that rampant overpopulation was going to kill us all. As is of course it *is* still a driving force behind why human-caused climate change is such a difficult and ever-worsening problem. It took a long time for me to realize how exaggerated most of the claims for it have been. But while we are not after all starving in a Malthusian world, we still need to catch up with the effects having eight billion people (and growing) is having on the environment, and resource wars (especially over clean water and clean power) is still totally a thing in many parts of the world (the hydroelectric dam Ethiopia is building threatens Egypt's life-style because of what it will do to the Nile, for starters). So the basic theme behind Make Room Make Room is still valid; just not in the USA and not in the way the movie depicts. But hopefully science and technology can make the reality in that regard far less scary than the stories as well.
You pretty much nailed my thoughts on the matter. I do think science and technology are outpacing the negative effects of overpopulation and climate change, but that doesn’t mean vigilance and concern are unwarranted. It’s panic and hyperbole I take issue with.
@@TheUnapologeticGeek Sometimes though it is panic and hyperbole that is needed to get people - especially politicians -who can do something about the problem to get off their duffs and get the job done. Though I also think people like Al Gore make the problem even worse with their exaggerations combined with their unapologetic hypocrisy (his carbon footprint is probably 1000 times my own; as I don't even drive a car anymore - don't really need one where I live - let alone my own private jet!). But such tactics need to be used like a surgical tool; not like a club to bash people over the head with.
I take your point about evaluating clearly the dangers of our near future. Thank you for another rewarding and insightful review. I think William F. Nolan said that this script lifted the concept of life termination procedure from his 'Logan's Run' novel (co-written with George Clayton Johnson). It's so long since I read that novel that I can't remember. Carousel was an entirely new version for the MGM film. I think the real peril is in very gradual deterioration of our environment and societies. That's hard to address over a sustained period of time and complex inter-related causes. The cast is very good. Brock Peters and Joseph Cotton among them.
Good movie, still relevant today, probably more now than ever especially With the craze of Impossible Meat:)) .. this definitely where the New World Order headed. Interesting themes especially the relationship between Men & Women, women coming with the apt, like the furniture, she been there for yrs , she was only 21? The scenes between Charlton Heston & Edgar G Robinson remind me of the new film The Lighthouse, the dinner & drinking scenes between Robert Pattenson & Willem Dafoe. The scenes where the seniors go to die reminded me of the similar scenes in Ari Aster's Midsommar, see a lot of today's filmmaker borrowing heavily from this film. Soylent Green definitely a film worth watching.. liked it a lot.
You seem to Wonder that the Movies in the NORMAL Days tried to WARN US of what Can happen in the FUTURE...🤯😱🤯
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Only a fool would believe the scenario of Soylent Green is a possibility.
The background information on the stars was very interesting. Your commentary makes some valid points. Your review was very good. I think Soylent Green has a big advantage over contemporary movies of the subgenre. It had a realistic look to it. Soylent Green is very dark. The good won but it rings hollow. It's ambiguous if he would survive. Shirl is still furniture. The human race is inevitably doomed. An unanswered question is what happens when the word gets out? Would the people just shrug off the shock and accept canabalism as a fact of life?
Well people are allowing full term babies to be aborted ?
These days, "Soylent Beige" (Insects) is the sustainable snack of Hipsters. We haven't run out of lower life forms to dine upon...yet.
Stock up on food, prices rising up!
I watched this again last night. Only my second viewing and l enjoyed it more the second time. It's a great film that grows on you more each time.
"Rising star" Charleton Heston? He was a long established A list leading man in Biblical movies long before his Apoco movies.
Yeah, you caught me. I have NO IDEA why I said that, but I’ve been mad at myself ever since I first watched it post-publishing.
Hello Unapologetic Greek! Thanks for the synopsis of Soylent Green. I saw it in 1973 as a young teenager (now I’m 59). I highly recommend two more sci-fi of the 70´s which were quite remarkable (“The Andromeda Strain”. Circa 1976? And “The China Syndrome “. Circa 1979.)
Reality Check Funny you should mention The Andromeda Strain... My video on it should be out in a few weeks. 😁
The China Syndrome happened to coincide with the incident at Three Mile Island and effectively was a body blow to the use of nuclear energy. The leftists actors Jane Fonda and Jack Lemmon effectively demonized the nuclear industry!
The Andromeda Strain is the depiction of a non-carbon life form (a virus). that kills humans but comes from outer space. This movie is the better of the two as far as originality.
The Unapologetic Geek wow! People are afraid of the Coronavirus as if it were Black Death of the Middle Ages revisited. I remember back in 1971 when I watched Andromeda. It was intense. The victims and the lab animals certainly died in a unique way (blood turns to powder in one scene)
"Soylent Green is PEE-PULL!" The perennial, never-fail, guaranteed-or-your-money-back laugh line among the cognoscenti.
New! Soylent Beige, full of high protein insects! The only sustainable snack acceptable to Hipsters.
According to Dick Van Patten in an interview, Edward G. Robinson died the very same evening of the day that he filmed the death scene of this movie.
Great commentary
The book this is taken from 'Make room make room"- is now. Chilling
Well 2022? Hmmm! that's just around the corner? Am I the only one seeing the similarities between this movie and what is happening now?
I have never seen this movie . But why does Soylent Green remind me of the original Logan’s Run movie ??
It IS a closed environment with no animals that we ever see.....
The "Resyk" in Judge Dredd recycles the millions of people who die every day in Mega-City One.
But, in that case, the people know. They just don't care.
I think Logan's Run, Soylent Green, and Judge Dredd reflect three different takes on a "starving" dystopia.
In Logan's Run, no one knows where the food {or anything else} comes from.
In Soylent Green, people don't know where the food comes from, but do freak out if they find out.
In Judge Dredd, everyone knows, but is totally apathetic.
I enjoy watching SG and other futuristic chaotic movies, panic in the year zero, 28 days later and edge of tomorrow
I agree on 28 Day Later, the 3rd scariest movie ever imo. Check Minority Report, it's one of the better ones from the last 20 years.
What about ZPG? That's about zero population growth. Great film.
@@lorettatayor5840 I do not believe I ever saw that movie. Can you provide any data you may on it please?
Soylent Green isn't people! It's worse! It's vegan food! Kiddi g aside, that was an excellent review and synopsis of environmentalism vs conservation.
Good review. Watching with this while people are making noises outside, whenever I say specific words and phrases. Waiting to go to court. I waiting for you to review a movie about voice to skull technology and other technology that can read the mind and wiretapping.
We are already there. You have no idea
03:10 In the era in which he lives he is not considered to be corrupt. We shouldn't judge the character by the standards of our time.
I'm sure that BILL GATES TOOK NOTES ABOUT THIS EVIL SITUATION IN MOVIE..😡😡😡
I think soylent green is ironically kind of still hits part of the mark by showing the rich people literally eating the poor. It could be inferred as a metaphor for richer people exploiting those below them, so while some people have to live in cramped apartments, the rich folk get bathrooms all to themselves, with like, showers.
The rich already eat human meat .
Really enjoyed this review! You have a new subscriber!
I love the cover art for this film
Food shortage is POLITICAL not actually what would happen if the controllers would stop there controlling wars.
Silent Green. N.Y.C. 2020. The streets are empty. The stores are closed. The City is Silent. I love the Movie.
It does seem eerie reliant to our current COV19 pandemic. Only three years off from fictional time in the movie 😫😱😷
I still think the movie is still valid because population-explosion can be taken as the equivalent of resource inadequency and, frankly, poor or no management of resources. People just live their lives contentfully and we go about with economic models that assume infinite growth as we continue to mine for oil and metals to fuel our increasingly bloating economy and the social model it has built. It is why I think Soylent Green is still one of the best depictions of human excess.
Excellent and fascinating review! Thank you! It's such a magnificent film - and you're right, that scene where Sol is "Going Home" is incredibly powerful. I must respectfully disagree about the movie being faithful to the book. The basic PREMISE of it - minus the ending - is... but 90% of the movie is totally unlike the book. I adore BOTH the book and the film, but don't consider the film to be that connected at all. The book is absolutely amazing, really giving you the FEEL of a society that's utterly exhausted - not just resources, but the people (it even mentions SoyLent = Soy/Lentils. There's a depth and richness to the book that's reminiscent of John Brunner (Stand On Zanzibar came out 2 years after Make Room! Make Room!). Sorry, now I need to go re-read the book and re-watch the film. Thanks for a great review!
Detective Thorn reminds me so much of Miller from The Expanse, right down to the hat.
This movie scared the he'll out of my 16 year old soul back in '73!
I watched it right now in 2021 at 16 years old, it also scares the hell out of me lol !
Loretta Taylor I was 20 at the time and was very impressed by this movie. Little did I know we were moving towards something like that. During recent pandemic times I thought of it a lot! 😷
There is a food truck in California it is called Soylent Green they were giving away free samples I actually screamed Soylent Green is people they were not impressed think about it I didn’t need eat the sample
😂😂 I think I'd probably steer clear of it, too, especially if nobody laughed.
You're lucky you didn't end up AS a sample! 😉
When I saw that product on Face Book my response was posting a You Tube video of Heston saying "Soylent Green is people!"
Still continue to do so!
They tried predicting video games in the future lol
Your dead nuts on regarding overpopulation. In fact the real problem set to emerge around 2050 will be a rapidly shrinking population, especially in the developed countries, but for the entire world. No technology has yet been invented that can sufficiently increase productivity to offset a declining and aging population. This portends likely economic devastation.
So have babies! I have 7 so I've done my part.
They better have a rerelease in 2022
Rerelease yes. Remake, god i hope not.
Paul Ehrlich thought that 1975 would mark the end of the world.....so did the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society!!!
They got the year bang on 2022
Good movie has some real thought provoking subject matter and Charlton Heston is great. I think part of you is supposed to want to save the masses like Thorne and part of you is put in the position of would you keep the secret for the supposed greater good like the priest who’s murdered.
Such a shame that this has fallen by the wayside. I saw this the day it was released and went back to see it the following day then the following week. There were discussions and arguments as related to the very possibility of something even remotely possible with population control. Welcome to 2020, where we are just 2 short years from the movies ground zero, and its not quite THAT far fetched.
My question is are they turning corpses directly into soylent green or are they using the remains of people in order to grow the algae supposedly used to make soylent green?
Hmmm... good question!
I thought the algae made to soylent green had all gone extinct.
The report the protagonist stumbled upon said the oceans were becoming incapable of supporting life in significant numbers atleast
I think the 'algae' was just a cover story, and it was always people.
Why did Sol write "xxxxx" in his goodbye letter? Doesnt xoxo mean hugs and kisses? So he was saying "kiss kiss kiss kiss" to Heston? Sounds like this film was a pioneer first gay relationship between an older man and his younger lover! They do live together and bicker like a married couple. "Oh taste these strawberries I got for you Sol". Should have been titled "Soylent Homo".
If XOXO means hugs and kisses then wouldn't x be hugs and o be kisses
this is a classic iconic movie. i recommend everyone see it. i was 9 yrs old when it came out and it had a scary plot to me. you never know it could come true
9:18 It's true they way over-projected population growth but still we are close to 8 billion globally which is unprecedented. And while NYC is far off from the 40 million in Soylent Green's 2022 the irony is that if the current climate changes persist, more areas will become increasingly difficult to live in causing more people to move into the remaining inhabitable areas. The population won't be as high as Ehrlich as predicted but it won't matter as that population begins to squeeze together in areas that will also be required for food production. The reason so many were in NYC in the movie was because the countryside was occupied by heavily-fortified areas for what remaining farmland there was. So even with a smaller population than predicted, we could still wind up in a similar overcrowded situation not because there will be so many of us but because there will be less habitable land to live on.
One of my absolute favourites and I've also become quite a fan or the novel as well, even though the fact that it was very different and didn't include the foodstuff or the conspiracy really confused me at first! :)
Also, I've got to say that you dealt with political stance of this film about 100 times better than another video I saw recently covering Soylent Green.
Thank you!
I used to post on a Forum that was pretty geek/nerd heavy. Even though it was not about sci-fi or fantasy or anything.
When someone would post something that was a CLEAR violation of the ToS, we would start posting.....
"The Scoops are coming! The Scoops are coming!"
WOW, amazing review!
LOL ! Just had a pop-up add for Collagen ... are they confirming our concerns about "...it's people...!!!" Sadly, some cosmetics apparently DO contain human tissue/collagen, etc..... yikes !
Futurama had a spoof cooking show were the suprise ingredient was Soylent Green.
Cannibalism has been seen in every large scale Human famine ever...
It’s here!