My favorite Logan's Run reference/parody was on the Simpsons, where some MTV Springbreak host says it's especially cool because today is her 21st birthday: she opens her hand and a blinking crystal is there. She screams that it's not fair or something as she's dragged off, and she's replaced with a cuter, younger host with a trendier name!
i think i had the same reaction with Jenny Agutter but at 7 with An American Werewolf in London, don't ask why my horror loving dad thought it was ok for a 7 year to watch that :)
Yeah this wasn't viewed as a trash at any point. It just looked instantly dated in terms of effects once Star Wars came out. Good 'bad' films is stuff like Deathstalker etc.
Ironically there is an Anime version from Japan. It is a Macross Series movie called "Passionate Walkure". The premise is a distant planet called Windermere has a population that due to genetic tampering by the Protoculture (the reason is never revealed) the people live only about 30 years. Hence marriage and children in their early teens. Enter the protagonist a young blond haired girl named Freyja. She "runs away" from her world due to not wanting to marry at 14 to join a popular Earth singing group called Walkure. I won't spoil the rest, but there are a LOT of inferences to Logan's Run throughout the movie and series. If you like these kind of animated movies it isn't half bad.
I absolutely adored this movie when I saw it in theaters at the age of 6. Yes, my parents had questionable standards about age appropriate media, but it led to an excellent Logan's Run themed 30th birthday party.
Parents of preteens in the 70s and 80s were either super repressive or very open to watching whatever films with their kids! I'm happy there is someone else out there with the latter parents!! I also saw Logan's Run more than once when I was a little kid in the late 80s/early 90s. I was also watching movies like The Deer Hunter in 7th grade, talking about the directorial choices, Meryl's and the guy's amazing performances, and the importance of history and immigration in the context of the American dream. In some ways, my parents really rocked, and my cinematic education was one of those ways.
Wow! Thanks for mentioning Logan's Return and the fact that it was an eBook. We published that! My partner Dr Marcus Barccani set the whole thing up. I'll never forget getting that story to retailers. Man, this was before anyone knew what an eBook was :) I never spoke to Mr Nolan though he and Dr Barccani became great friends. I was responsible for laying out the limited-edition soft-bound print edition and convincing EVERYONE to read the eBook instead X)
Having an apartment that overlooked an indoor crush of humanity could be fascinating. I thought that during the first few episodes of "The Expanse" first season. Thomas Jane's character had that little apartment in the colony that was just above the public area, lit from the skylight above. I remember thinking how interesting to live in a climate controlled environment close to all the action yet secluded at the same time.
@@tophers3756 there's a town called Cumbernauld in Scotland that has a brutalistic shopping centre with apartments at the very top. Its very 60s. The apartments are no longer habitable, but most of the shopping centre still stands. ua-cam.com/video/lHUGVNO5x7A/v-deo.html
'Solent green is people!' The last film for Edward G. I found this film said something deeper also. One thing I've noticed about our future, from writers point of view, isn't good. One type of hell or another. Socialogicly we don't grow, we get worse. I would like to see a film where we advance and a more positive outlook in our future. Not necessarily more tech, but a better mindset. All I've ever had was Star Trek.
@@Zett76 I've seen it once. I bought it on DVD some time in the early naughts, with my then-girlfriend who said she liked scifi (and we did indeed watch a lot of scifi together), but we never did watch Silent Running. It was so depressing that every time we considered it, it was turned down for something less depressing. I remember it as heartbreaking, and I have not gone back to see it a second time. The DVD still sits unwatched and unused. If you like sad tragedies, and like things set in space, it should be a treat for you.
I started a running joke among my friends to gift a copy of the movie to everybody turning 30 The first receiver didn't know the movie and it caught him by surprise
Logan's Run was my favorite movie as a pre-teen and teenager. Thanks for bringing back such great memories. I had a classmate who's parents were in the movie business at the time. And when Michael York did his Dallas scenes, he stayed at their house! Wish I could have met him as he's a great talent.
Jerry Goldsmith's score to this film also had quite an interesting concept. For all the scenes playing within the dome, he would utilize only a string orchestra, piano, a few percussion instruments (such as Vibraphone) and lots of electronics (which was still rather new at the time), some cues being entirely electronic even. As soon as the dome is left and they come outside, he uses the full symphonic orchestra. Also 1976 he wrote his oscar winning score to The Omen, the same year this film came out.
I would love to listen to the soundtrack. I only remember what I heard in the film and it's been a while since I last saw it. Yes, I remember it was really interesting. I'll have to watch the film again and keep in mind the points you mentioned about the locations. Thanks for sharing that! :)
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Not to mention Chinatown, Alien, Star Trek: The Motion Picture, Poltergeist, First Blood, Gremlins, Total Recall - it'd be easier to list greatest movies ever that he didn't score!
Having both read the novel, and watched the film (more than a few times) I actually preferred the movie's version better. It was both streamlined and more logical than the world portrayed in the book. And the way it was done, it didn't need a backstory. Viewers got the gist in a few short scenes. Modern screen-writers (and productions) could learn a lot from this.
In Fallout New Vegas there was a reference to Logan's Run. When the Big Empty DLC came out it added two more Starting perks you can choose to have when creating a new character for the new play through. The one perk was literally called Logan's jewel. You would be immune to drug addictions, didn't have to eat or drink as much on Hardcore difficulty, you could not break a body part, all states were increased by +1 in SPECIAL and Max level was 30. If you played the Big Empty you could replace or just get rid of the perk. You get a few extra references from the movie in game depending on which faction you pick to beat the game with. The funniest Easter Egg most who played the game didn't know is if you played the game without Logan's Jewel and rank up to level 31 to 50 and then get the perk in the Big Empty, the game would reference even more. Basically once a day characters in black with laser guns would be trying to kill you. Also if you got the perk after level 31 you were stuck at the level you picked to get the perk. I love how Mr. House would say there is no Sanctuary like New Vegas, Logan. One Easter many to this day don't know.
I loved this movie as a kid. There's something to be said about the "old" sci-fi versus today's movies and once again, you nailed it. Thanks for the vid!
I totally agree. I watched this movie so many times back when it used to run on late night TV in the late 80s. Loved the book too. It's just classic sci-fi, a deceptively simple premise as catalyst, add humans, watch the ensuing insanity. I think that's one of the things a lot of modern sci-fi gets wrong, they just overdo everything, add "twists" just for the sake of adding them, crap like that.
I prefer the old sci-fi movies, even ones from the 50s that were more straight cut and clean. There is just something alluring about the big ideas that existed back then, as well as the ingenuity it took to bring them to life on screen. And the future wasn't a constant onslaught of dark, bleak, depressing, mundane, overly-realistic, dreary, uninspired dreck that it is today.
Amazing exploration of a movie that has always obsessed me. I love those aesthetics, that 70´s futurism is thousands of times more interesting that the modern styles nowadays. This is one of my favorite movies of all time.
Yeah, when I first saw this, I thought "this is what the future will look like", and that still kinda holds true today. Then Blade Runner came and my outlook for the future got even more bleak.
I liked the lack of an outfit. Although, if you remember the 1970's, you remember that women's clothing had less and less fabric as the decade wore on.
How the times have changed... these days when Americans remake some movie or TV series (esp if they remake a British series as an American remake) they actresses can never be too young, it seems. Hollywood will cast mid-20s actors for roles that in the original were played by mid-forties actors (Flight of the Phoenix remake). Or they will rewrite characters who in the original have academic titles and are famous as teenagers or young tweens (looking at you, terrible Fantastic Four remake!). Worst case in point: The American remake of the British science/crime TV show 'Eleventh Hour' (2006) starring Patrick Steward as a renowned scientist, then 66 years old. Rufus Sewell, the actor in the American remake of 2008 who played Professor Ian Hood, was then only 41 years old! And the American actress who played the role of his trained bodyguard was 5 years younger than her British counterpart.
Everybody was supposed to be young.... but, it was still being produced in our society. And that meant they certainly weren't about to give some young actor or actress a big role. Even now, you'll notice if you look that most young actors get listed last in credits, actors are almost always significantly older than the age of their characters, etc. They want people to have "paid their dues" and not get ahead too quickly, especially in an arena like film where the number of stars outnumbers the available roles.
I always wonder who gives a thumbs down to this gentlemen's content and why? You're literally getting a free lesson in the history of films full of insight, trivia, and fun. Whoever y'all are, lighten up.
I don't think everyone who downvotes means to say "I hate it, it shouldn't be on UA-cam". Could be a reminder to himself that he didn't find it interesting for when he stumbled on it later. It's your vote to do with as you will.
@@whyjay9959 I agree that it is your vote to do with what you will. However I disagree about it being a reminder that you didn't like what you saw. Maybe my memory is better than some but I've yet to run across something that I didn't like that I had to use a sticky note to remind myself of my displeasure.
I absolutely love the concept of Logan's Run! A Utopian city that has a very ugly underbelly of how it governs his people has always been a great concept! If you get a chance, I would highly recommend you watch Close Enough, as they made some hilarious nods to this movie!
It's kind of like our society. People praise the police even though they enforce victimless. Homeless people choose to be homeless even though it's built into the system for people to fail. But if you fail it's your fault. We praise Hollywood but turns out the producers and directors are sexually assaulting women and molesting kids. All of the free land is owned by corporations to exploited and governments to protect it. When it should be free to live on. You never own anything because even when you retire you have to pay property tax. ECT.
I live with and care for my 76 year old father. I'm 50. Last month I got a surprise and real scare when I suffered a major heart attack. All I could think about was who was going to cook breakfast for my dad! Personally, I feel that, if our parents earn it, by caring for us as we grow up, we owe them a debt, to care for them when they get old. I think adult children who were not abused and who place their parents in care homes are skipping on a debt owed.
I remember seeing Logan's Run in the theater when I was a kid and LOVED it. I started reading the book after I saw the movie and thought the script was much more interesting. Great job on the Exploring video
The cats in the Capitol were nominated for Best Supporting Felines. With this acting credit, several went on to star in Little Friskies commercials. ;)
This is easily one of my most favorite films. I was a child when I saw it at my grandmothers and it stuck with me all these years later. I even bought the VHS version when I was old enough and had the money. The closest I've seen to a remake was the Timberlake movie "In TIME". It's nowhere as good.
Jenny Agutter in her outfit was a treat for the eyes...first noticed her in The Eagle Has Landed, but it was Logans Run that really made me sit up and notice.
I was on some of those sets as a kid. They were impressive. Another disastrous decision concerning the film was the producers attempt to market the costumes as an actual line of clothing. They promoted all these styles on various national morning shows. Good luck finding any of them tho.
This is an informative retrospective with solid narration and pacing. Frankly, nowadays with so many movie _Making Of_ or review videos on UA-cam that are dripping with snark or mockery and always peppered with little video asides from South Park or trendy memes popping up every minute, this is refreshing and very enjoyable. Logan's Run is such an interesting cult classic of its time. It has a lot going for it but also is often the target of naysayers and critics who can't appreciate it. I first saw it on television back in the 1980's as a teen and I was amazed at the subject matter and some of the elements ... really dark and dire stuff at times. That might be why I liked it so much! I do wish its lead man had been someone more appealing, sexy and likable than Michael York. You know, you want someone who you care about for the role of Logan ... not a guy who gives off a vibe that he's always about to ask someone to fetch him a cup of Lapsang souchong tea (that will inevitably disappoint him). 😄 Oh, and that musical score by Jerry Goldmsith .... unforgettable, and one of the best things about the movie.
I love this movie. I even dressed as a runner for Halloween when I was in high school (and yes, I rigged up a crystal for my hand). I am open to a remake. It might be fun to see re-imagined as a limited series instead of a movie.
Sets are amazing and the concept is so strong. Loved it since the first time I watched it. It is also interesting, that the year after the premiere, Star Wars came along and changed sci-fi forever. Indeed a golden age.
I have watched 'Logan's Run' more times than I care to think about. I have the DVD, and always, always wanted a 'Sandman' gun - one which had the cool muzzle flare when fired. I was even fond of the rather shonky TV series of the late 1970's. The movie is so very 1970's, though. The effects are fine, the main cast are great, and likeable - Peter Ustinov is superb - what a wonderfully warm performance he gives: Roscoe Lee Brown's 'Box' is sinister, and benefits from Brown's superb voice, even when treated. And Jenny Agutter's clothes allergy is present again, which is sad (I'm lying, of course). Michael York as Logan is a good hero - one who suddenly realises that (1) Everything he knows is wrong, and (2) He has been constantly lied to, and that 'Sandmen' (of which he is one) are actually the bad guys, and 'Runners' are the good guys. It's a fun movie, which will make you think - it's basic premise is terrifying - and it's a good way to spend a couple of hours. For a far bleaker spin on a similar idea, try George Lucas' (yes, that guy) 'THX 1138'.
My Dad took me to this and it changed my life... for the next year. Then Star Wars. But I'll always love these pre-SW sci-fi films of the 60-70s. Logan's Run is a _classic_ Classic.
I didn't relate to this, while I was living what is supposed to be a normal life. I was fine approaching 30, and I didn't know why everyone lamented it. I was content... until my then-girlfriend of 7 years dumped me. EVERYTHING fell apart. I lost an entire decade to the shitstorm that followed, and she was the catalyst (more specifically, having sociopaths ruin my job and getting on an SSRI wrecked everything, but she was the trigger for me being coerced onto psych drugs and they changed my personality for a while). Here I am soon to be 45 and my life has only marginally improved (getting off all pharmacology, and having better friends, of non-selfish, non-arrogant egoists type, helps a lot, but the situation otherwise is a financial prison keeping me in a place I hate). I've tried to die several times back when it was really bad, but the reality is that I want to live; I just want something BETTER. I think that is what most struggling people want. I don't understand the notion of it being easy to give up at 30 or 40 UNLESS life is really shitty and there's no sign of even potential for improvement. That seems to be getting more and more common now. Our culture is so toxic.
Loved it in 1976, saw it with my sister, read the book, the comics and watched the TV series, simpler times, I miss them. Thank you for all your hard work
I used to be in a writers group in Portland, one night, this old man showed up to talk books. Turned out to be Bill Nolan. He's a very interesting man, still working on Logan's Run stuff at the age of 92.
man I'm so amazed at how much info you get on all your movies. I'm sure alot of research went into all the videos you make. Which basically makes you a Historian in my view. Good job!
My first Sifi romance, I loved this movie as a kid and as an adult found a great appreciation for the depth of the story. Very underated movie. Nice story you did on it.
Logan's Run is my favorite science fiction movie. What I always wondered was why people did not run before their last day. I would be like "I just turned 29. I am out of here".
I remember watching this when I was like 6. I loved.it then and still love it today! It has always had some meaning in my life throughout the length of it. I still catch something that I hadn't seen before.
Logan's Run has long been a favorite, I remember seeing it in the theater, parents blocked my view during the Love Shop scene, LOL. I watched the TV show, have it on DVD and I have the three print books.
Kudos for making this. One of my all time favorite films. I think about this movie ALL THE TIME. More than a few of your comments are not quite right about the production, but you more than make up for it with your enthusiasm for the topic.
@Ben A ^This, the end really ruined it for me. I surprisingly really enjoyed everything until then and I wasn't expecting much to begin with. I still watch it, just knowing it won't have the pay off the story deserved. :(
While he was attached to a Logan reboot, "In Time" is not like Logan's Run at its core. Where in Logan's Run at 21 or 30 depending on how you saw/read it, you had to go...no exceptions. In "In Time", your time clock started ticking down from 21, and you could stave off death indefinitely if you traveled in the right circles because time was currency.
3:00, Saul David even wrote the action classic novel, THE WARRIORS, which was released in 1979. I meant Sol Yorick, the author of The Warriors. Sorry about the confusion.
Excellent episode!! I really appreciate all the effort you put into research. Lots of info in here that I had no idea about, and I am a big fan of the film. Thanks!
My high school prom took place at the Fashion Mart in Dallas where the interiors were shot. I've taken a few dates to walk around the FW Water Gardens.
"I'm shocked they thought they could do the sex shop scene and still get a PG." 1980's The Apple got a PG-rating despite its shockingly tacky "I'm Coming" musical sequence. I would imagine the missing scene was somewhere along the same lines, so its removal may be a blessing.
21:45 - wow, the authors aged into Saruman and the wizard from Dragonslayer. (Hm, has he covered that example from Disney’s “scare the shit out of the kiddies” era?)
Dude, few youtubers get me to watch as many films as you do, and I KNOW I barely enjoy 5% of them (I have a pitifully mainstream taste) but I LOVE your love for them. Your enthusiasm is so infectious. Love your channel! Thanks and keep doing what you do!
I've always have been a huge fan of this movie. Love the books, novels and comics and really enjoyed the series. So disappointing that it only made it one short season.
Logan’s Run was the very first movie I ever saw in a theater. I was 5 years old, and the renewal scene scared the crap outta me! For your next Exploring video, could you please do either Soylent Green, or The Omega Man?
My only gripe about the film is that Francis is killed by getting hit by a flagpole...in the butt. Yes, the tragic antagonist of the film died from a spanking.
I've only seen it once, and I remember it as one of those films that were more interesting to read about than to actually watch. In my mind. There is a great potential for an HBO reboot. Sex, violence, and you can spread the books seemingly very different chapters into their own episodes.
@@superlive98 I think he's overestimating the relative importance of brain chemistry versus the environment you're raised in, but reverting back to the 21 year olds in the book would give it a lot more impact. The film's expiration date was probably directly inspired by that old saw about not trusting anyone over 30.
I saw this badboy about a month ago and was surprised how entertaining and fast paced it is! At first I was scared it was going to be a drag, but I had a great time with it
Funny that Lindsay Wagner got considered to be in this film, who was the Bionic Woman. Then the wife of Lee Majors, the Bionic/Six Million Dollar Man, gets a part.
When the movie came out at the theater I remember the sign saying Logan's Run starring Michael York and Farrah Fawcett-Majors. Then we watched the movie and she had such a little part.
@@Whalewraith Actually he was called Lincoln, and the girl was called Jordan. But Lincoln 6 Echo and Jordan 2 Delta are super similar to Logan 5 and Jessica 6! I made the connection between the two films instantly, but somehow it's similarity to a B Movie called Parts got a lot more attention!?
it actually rips off a movie called *Parts: The Clonus Horror,* of which Michael Bay and the production company was successfully sued by the original creators.
Another great Exploring episode, Cecil. It's been many decades since I've seen Logan's Run, but I still remember many of the story elements, including the Carousel which as a kid I found nightmarish.
@@GoodBadFlicks Just wanted to say thanks for the videos. Always entertaining and informative, and very enjoyable. Look forward to receiving the notification emails. One of my favourite channels on UA-cam (top 3 at least :). Thanks again, your uploads are very much appreciated.
I remember watching this movie as a kid, from the tv channel TCM. And its stuck with me to this day now im 29 and i recently found it again a few day's ago. The nostalgia was real!
Thanks for the interesting history of this movie. The authors were smart to take the money upfront. It's always been a favorite of mine (mostly due to Jenny Agutter). The model work, unfortunately, was and is completely unconvincing. Fine for 1935, but not four decades later. Back in 1975 I had to pretend really hard that it looked real - the water is a dead giveaway. The gun is pretty cool and futuristic, though. I pull the Blu-Ray out every now and then to watch it. Jerry Goldsmith's soundtrack gives it more credibility than the visuals or story alone. It may have saved this movie from obscurity.
Man that PG rating was great for those of us who were just finding out about all that naughty stuff ! I remember getting a VCR in the early 80's and renting movies that were action , adventure , comedy and sci-fi and seeing soo much lovely skin. Logan's Run was a fine example of that as was a little adventure film called The Perils of Gwendoline in the Land of the Yik Yak. your parents had no idea what you were watching as long as it kept you busy ! What a nice time to be alive.
As a very young kid, I had a book all about robots, specifically robots in various films and TV shows, which briefly showed Box, Logan, and Jessica in Logan's run. Being a young 80s nerd, I obsessed over that picture book. So when, as a somewhat older but still youngish kid who could now stay up late and watch movies, when I saw this would be coming on (I think it must have been a free HBO weekend or something) I wanted to check it out. And. . . woo, yeah. I think Jenny Agutter may be the first naked woman I ever saw. And just a damn fine film, too. Michael York's delivery of "I will get my years back, won't I?" Really makes the concept hit home.
If any movie deserved and extended/director's cut with all the cut scenes put back in, it's this movie. What a joy an extended restored cut would be,
My favorite Logan's Run reference/parody was on the Simpsons, where some MTV Springbreak host says it's especially cool because today is her 21st birthday: she opens her hand and a blinking crystal is there. She screams that it's not fair or something as she's dragged off, and she's replaced with a cuter, younger host with a trendier name!
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I remember, 6 years old, seeing Jenny Agutter in that dress for the first time and thinking "Girls aren't icky at all, I think I understand now".
i think i had the same reaction with Jenny Agutter but at 7 with An American Werewolf in London, don't ask why my horror loving dad thought it was ok for a 7 year to watch that :)
David Renton same reason my dad did I guess lmfao
I only came for Farrah. I wouldn't have know about it if not for her. 7 year old love. My first crush!
Her eyes are mesmerizing... they just draw you in...
Of course she is The Avengers and the Winter Soldier.
Many of these "good bad flicks" are actually just... good flicks.
Yeah this wasn't viewed as a trash at any point. It just looked instantly dated in terms of effects once Star Wars came out. Good 'bad' films is stuff like Deathstalker etc.
if you really believe that you havent seen the terrible low budget horror movies hes covered
unless you're into that...
This are the "exploring" movies
Ironically there is an Anime version from Japan. It is a Macross Series movie called "Passionate Walkure".
The premise is a distant planet called Windermere has a population that due to genetic tampering by the Protoculture (the reason is never revealed) the people live only about 30 years. Hence marriage and children in their early teens.
Enter the protagonist a young blond haired girl named Freyja. She "runs away" from her world due to not wanting to marry at 14 to join a popular Earth singing group called Walkure.
I won't spoil the rest, but there are a LOT of inferences to Logan's Run throughout the movie and series. If you like these kind of animated movies it isn't half bad.
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I absolutely adored this movie when I saw it in theaters at the age of 6. Yes, my parents had questionable standards about age appropriate media, but it led to an excellent Logan's Run themed 30th birthday party.
Omg, I bet that party was amazing!!!!
God damn it why didn't I think of that?!
Parents of preteens in the 70s and 80s were either super repressive or very open to watching whatever films with their kids! I'm happy there is someone else out there with the latter parents!!
I also saw Logan's Run more than once when I was a little kid in the late 80s/early 90s. I was also watching movies like The Deer Hunter in 7th grade, talking about the directorial choices, Meryl's and the guy's amazing performances, and the importance of history and immigration in the context of the American dream. In some ways, my parents really rocked, and my cinematic education was one of those ways.
I was wondering if the movie was appropriate for my 4YO nephew; it's been a while since I've watched it.
@@jamesnoland7821 There's some racy scenes at the beginning, but it's otherwise pretty tame by today's standards.
Wow! Thanks for mentioning Logan's Return and the fact that it was an eBook. We published that! My partner Dr Marcus Barccani set the whole thing up. I'll never forget getting that story to retailers. Man, this was before anyone knew what an eBook was :)
I never spoke to Mr Nolan though he and Dr Barccani became great friends. I was responsible for laying out the limited-edition soft-bound print edition and convincing EVERYONE to read the eBook instead X)
Very cool!
That's pretty neat
Love how the future.....everyone lived in a mall with escalators....
Having an apartment that overlooked an indoor crush of humanity could be fascinating. I thought that during the first few episodes of "The Expanse" first season. Thomas Jane's character had that little apartment in the colony that was just above the public area, lit from the skylight above. I remember thinking how interesting to live in a climate controlled environment close to all the action yet secluded at the same time.
Filmed in hotel in downtown Houston.
@@tophers3756 there's a town called Cumbernauld in Scotland that has a brutalistic shopping centre with apartments at the very top. Its very 60s. The apartments are no longer habitable, but most of the shopping centre still stands. ua-cam.com/video/lHUGVNO5x7A/v-deo.html
@@CelestialWoodway Was it the Hyatt? Kinda looks like the central shaft there. This same hotel was referenced in King of the Hill
Yep, Id have to agree. Wall-e was ahead of its time.
This, Soylent Green, the Omega Man, Planet of the apes, Dark Star and Silent running was never off my VCR
Wow what a great list of movies. Never forget seeing silent running, I was devastated at the ending!
@@Michael-jo9jb that song, right. Hard to think of any recent films with a song of such power
'Solent green is people!' The last film for Edward G.
I found this film said something deeper also.
One thing I've noticed about our future, from writers point of view, isn't good. One type of hell or another. Socialogicly we don't grow, we get worse. I would like to see a film where we advance and a more positive outlook in our future. Not necessarily more tech, but a better mindset. All I've ever had was Star Trek.
Silent Running is the one I don't know, I've never seen or even heard of. Did I miss something?
@@Zett76 I've seen it once. I bought it on DVD some time in the early naughts, with my then-girlfriend who said she liked scifi (and we did indeed watch a lot of scifi together), but we never did watch Silent Running. It was so depressing that every time we considered it, it was turned down for something less depressing. I remember it as heartbreaking, and I have not gone back to see it a second time. The DVD still sits unwatched and unused. If you like sad tragedies, and like things set in space, it should be a treat for you.
I started a running joke among my friends to gift a copy of the movie to everybody turning 30
The first receiver didn't know the movie and it caught him by surprise
Logan's Run was my favorite movie as a pre-teen and teenager. Thanks for bringing back such great memories. I had a classmate who's parents were in the movie business at the time. And when Michael York did his Dallas scenes, he stayed at their house! Wish I could have met him as he's a great talent.
Thanks for watching!
Jerry Goldsmith's score to this film also had quite an interesting concept.
For all the scenes playing within the dome, he would utilize only a string orchestra, piano, a few percussion instruments (such as Vibraphone) and lots of electronics (which was still rather new at the time), some cues being entirely electronic even.
As soon as the dome is left and they come outside, he uses the full symphonic orchestra.
Also 1976 he wrote his oscar winning score to The Omen, the same year this film came out.
I would love to listen to the soundtrack. I only remember what I heard in the film and it's been a while since I last saw it. Yes, I remember it was really interesting. I'll have to watch the film again and keep in mind the points you mentioned about the locations. Thanks for sharing that! :)
@@CybershamanX The score by Jerry Goldsmith can also be listened to here: ua-cam.com/play/OLAK5uy_nXj_LXNE7k8vSd7MLITLaSTno1vH5U94E.html
@@bpe-music Thanks! :)
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Not to mention Chinatown, Alien, Star Trek: The Motion Picture, Poltergeist, First Blood, Gremlins, Total Recall - it'd be easier to list greatest movies ever that he didn't score!
Goldsmith was fucking awesome. He did so many scores that are classics.
Having both read the novel, and watched the film (more than a few times) I actually preferred the movie's version better. It was both streamlined and more logical than the world portrayed in the book. And the way it was done, it didn't need a backstory. Viewers got the gist in a few short scenes. Modern screen-writers (and productions) could learn a lot from this.
In Fallout New Vegas there was a reference to Logan's Run.
When the Big Empty DLC came out it added two more Starting perks you can choose to have when creating a new character for the new play through.
The one perk was literally called Logan's jewel. You would be immune to drug addictions, didn't have to eat or drink as much on Hardcore difficulty, you could not break a body part, all states were increased by +1 in SPECIAL and Max level was 30. If you played the Big Empty you could replace or just get rid of the perk.
You get a few extra references from the movie in game depending on which faction you pick to beat the game with.
The funniest Easter Egg most who played the game didn't know is if you played the game without Logan's Jewel and rank up to level 31 to 50 and then get the perk in the Big Empty, the game would reference even more. Basically once a day characters in black with laser guns would be trying to kill you.
Also if you got the perk after level 31 you were stuck at the level you picked to get the perk.
I love how Mr. House would say there is no Sanctuary like New Vegas, Logan. One Easter many to this day don't know.
Old World Blues* and Logan's Loophole*
My prom was at the Dallas Apparel Mart. Blew my mind when I saw Logan's Run the first time.
It's a beautiful structure yes and the fort Worth water gardens are another wide sweeping backdrop of the movie
I loved this movie as a kid. There's something to be said about the "old" sci-fi versus today's movies and once again, you nailed it. Thanks for the vid!
I totally agree. I watched this movie so many times back when it used to run on late night TV in the late 80s. Loved the book too. It's just classic sci-fi, a deceptively simple premise as catalyst, add humans, watch the ensuing insanity. I think that's one of the things a lot of modern sci-fi gets wrong, they just overdo everything, add "twists" just for the sake of adding them, crap like that.
I prefer the old sci-fi movies, even ones from the 50s that were more straight cut and clean. There is just something alluring about the big ideas that existed back then, as well as the ingenuity it took to bring them to life on screen. And the future wasn't a constant onslaught of dark, bleak, depressing, mundane, overly-realistic, dreary, uninspired dreck that it is today.
Amazing exploration of a movie that has always obsessed me. I love those aesthetics, that 70´s futurism is thousands of times more interesting that the modern styles nowadays.
This is one of my favorite movies of all time.
Yeah, when I first saw this, I thought "this is what the future will look like", and that still kinda holds true today.
Then Blade Runner came and my outlook for the future got even more bleak.
The modern style = dark, dreary, color-corrected, depressing, boring...all set to bland Hans Zimmer music.
I love this movie, really fun Sci Fi. Also Jenny Agutter is smoking hot, that outfit she's wearing, hot damn.
She stole Farrah Fawcett's thunder. Farrah was supposed to be the eye candy. Jenny looked better.
She’s also in another underrated film called “The Eagle has Landed” about a plot to kidnap Winston Churchill.
I liked the lack of an outfit. Although, if you remember the 1970's, you remember that women's clothing had less and less fabric as the decade wore on.
Some nice sidebum
One of my favorite films.
Also enjoyed York's performance in the 3 musketeers.
@@jim405 That's a pretty good film. Not quite as famous as Kelly's Heroes or Dirty Dozen or Where Eagles Dare, but solid.
Them thinking Jenny Agutter being too young kind of blows my mind being that it was "Logan's Run". Everybody was young.
He said Jenny Agutter showed up at the studio, and everyone agreed she wasn't a kid anymore; trying to decide if that's kinda hot or kinda creepy.
she was awesome in American werewolf in London.
How the times have changed... these days when Americans remake some movie or TV series (esp if they remake a British series as an American remake) they actresses can never be too young, it seems. Hollywood will cast mid-20s actors for roles that in the original were played by mid-forties actors (Flight of the Phoenix remake). Or they will rewrite characters who in the original have academic titles and are famous as teenagers or young tweens (looking at you, terrible Fantastic Four remake!).
Worst case in point: The American remake of the British science/crime TV show 'Eleventh Hour' (2006) starring Patrick Steward as a renowned scientist, then 66 years old. Rufus Sewell, the actor in the American remake of 2008 who played Professor Ian Hood, was then only 41 years old! And the American actress who played the role of his trained bodyguard was 5 years younger than her British counterpart.
Lmao except literally ever actor looks like they’re in their damn 40’s.
Still, always loved Logan’s Run.
Everybody was supposed to be young.... but, it was still being produced in our society. And that meant they certainly weren't about to give some young actor or actress a big role. Even now, you'll notice if you look that most young actors get listed last in credits, actors are almost always significantly older than the age of their characters, etc. They want people to have "paid their dues" and not get ahead too quickly, especially in an arena like film where the number of stars outnumbers the available roles.
I always wonder who gives a thumbs down to this gentlemen's content and why? You're literally getting a free lesson in the history of films full of insight, trivia, and fun. Whoever y'all are, lighten up.
How dare he make an informative review of a classic sci-fi movie that's before my time and doesn't even have decent CGI! 😜
I don't think everyone who downvotes means to say "I hate it, it shouldn't be on UA-cam". Could be a reminder to himself that he didn't find it interesting for when he stumbled on it later. It's your vote to do with as you will.
@@whyjay9959 I agree that it is your vote to do with what you will. However I disagree about it being a reminder that you didn't like what you saw. Maybe my memory is better than some but I've yet to run across something that I didn't like that I had to use a sticky note to remind myself of my displeasure.
I loved this film, I watch it so many times as a kid and a teenager. Michael York was just wonderful.
I absolutely love the concept of Logan's Run! A Utopian city that has a very ugly underbelly of how it governs his people has always been a great concept! If you get a chance, I would highly recommend you watch Close Enough, as they made some hilarious nods to this movie!
It's kind of like our society. People praise the police even though they enforce victimless. Homeless people choose to be homeless even though it's built into the system for people to fail. But if you fail it's your fault. We praise Hollywood but turns out the producers and directors are sexually assaulting women and molesting kids. All of the free land is owned by corporations to exploited and governments to protect it. When it should be free to live on. You never own anything because even when you retire you have to pay property tax. ECT.
I live with and care for my 76 year old father. I'm 50. Last month I got a surprise and real scare when I suffered a major heart attack.
All I could think about was who was going to cook breakfast for my dad!
Personally, I feel that, if our parents earn it, by caring for us as we grow up, we owe them a debt, to care for them when they get old.
I think adult children who were not abused and who place their parents in care homes are skipping on a debt owed.
I remember seeing Logan's Run in the theater when I was a kid and LOVED it. I started reading the book after I saw the movie and thought the script was much more interesting. Great job on the Exploring video
The cats in the Capitol were nominated for Best Supporting Felines. With this acting credit, several went on to star in Little Friskies commercials. ;)
I'm so happy your channel exists. You go so in-depth! It's been awesome to see you evolve and improve over time!
Thanks!
Man there's so much great information in this video. I love Logan's Run and you've really added to my appreciation. Thanks.
Thanks for watching!
This is easily one of my most favorite films.
I was a child when I saw it at my grandmothers and it stuck with me all these years later.
I even bought the VHS version when I was old enough and had the money.
The closest I've seen to a remake was the Timberlake movie "In TIME".
It's nowhere as good.
Jenny Agutter in her outfit was a treat for the eyes...first noticed her in The Eagle Has Landed, but it was Logans Run that really made me sit up and notice.
The Railway Children 1970, Riddle of Sands 1979.
I was on some of those sets as a kid. They were impressive. Another disastrous decision concerning the film was the producers attempt to market the costumes as an actual line of clothing. They promoted all these styles on various national morning shows. Good luck finding any of them tho.
This is an informative retrospective with solid narration and pacing. Frankly, nowadays with so many movie _Making Of_ or review videos on UA-cam that are dripping with snark or mockery and always peppered with little video asides from South Park or trendy memes popping up every minute, this is refreshing and very enjoyable.
Logan's Run is such an interesting cult classic of its time. It has a lot going for it but also is often the target of naysayers and critics who can't appreciate it. I first saw it on television back in the 1980's as a teen and I was amazed at the subject matter and some of the elements ... really dark and dire stuff at times. That might be why I liked it so much!
I do wish its lead man had been someone more appealing, sexy and likable than Michael York. You know, you want someone who you care about for the role of Logan ... not a guy who gives off a vibe that he's always about to ask someone to fetch him a cup of Lapsang souchong tea (that will inevitably disappoint him). 😄
Oh, and that musical score by Jerry Goldmsith .... unforgettable, and one of the best things about the movie.
I love this movie. I even dressed as a runner for Halloween when I was in high school (and yes, I rigged up a crystal for my hand). I am open to a remake. It might be fun to see re-imagined as a limited series instead of a movie.
Sets are amazing and the concept is so strong. Loved it since the first time I watched it. It is also interesting, that the year after the premiere, Star Wars came along and changed sci-fi forever. Indeed a golden age.
I have watched 'Logan's Run' more times than I care to think about. I have the DVD, and always, always wanted a 'Sandman' gun - one which had the cool muzzle flare when fired. I was even fond of the rather shonky TV series of the late 1970's. The movie is so very 1970's, though. The effects are fine, the main cast are great, and likeable - Peter Ustinov is superb - what a wonderfully warm performance he gives: Roscoe Lee Brown's 'Box' is sinister, and benefits from Brown's superb voice, even when treated. And Jenny Agutter's clothes allergy is present again, which is sad (I'm lying, of course).
Michael York as Logan is a good hero - one who suddenly realises that (1) Everything he knows is wrong, and (2) He has been constantly lied to, and that 'Sandmen' (of which he is one) are actually the bad guys, and 'Runners' are the good guys.
It's a fun movie, which will make you think - it's basic premise is terrifying - and it's a good way to spend a couple of hours. For a far bleaker spin on a similar idea, try George Lucas' (yes, that guy) 'THX 1138'.
THX 1138 is criminally underrated.
@Ken Hudson That's the one.
THX 1138 really gets the point of the danger of the pharmaceutical companies across. You are guilty of being undermedicated!
My Dad took me to this and it changed my life... for the next year. Then Star Wars. But I'll always love these pre-SW sci-fi films of the 60-70s. Logan's Run is a _classic_ Classic.
"It''s so easy to give up and die at the age of 30"
HEY!
You're not wrong.
At 30 I was fine. I would say at 40 it feels easy but you still want to live even if you don't have the energy.
I didn't relate to this, while I was living what is supposed to be a normal life. I was fine approaching 30, and I didn't know why everyone lamented it. I was content... until my then-girlfriend of 7 years dumped me. EVERYTHING fell apart. I lost an entire decade to the shitstorm that followed, and she was the catalyst (more specifically, having sociopaths ruin my job and getting on an SSRI wrecked everything, but she was the trigger for me being coerced onto psych drugs and they changed my personality for a while). Here I am soon to be 45 and my life has only marginally improved (getting off all pharmacology, and having better friends, of non-selfish, non-arrogant egoists type, helps a lot, but the situation otherwise is a financial prison keeping me in a place I hate). I've tried to die several times back when it was really bad, but the reality is that I want to live; I just want something BETTER. I think that is what most struggling people want. I don't understand the notion of it being easy to give up at 30 or 40 UNLESS life is really shitty and there's no sign of even potential for improvement. That seems to be getting more and more common now. Our culture is so toxic.
*applause*. FANTASTIC video!! One of my favourite Sci Fi movies. Thanks for making this, it was chock full of info I knew nothing about!
Thanks!
Liked before I even watched. One of my favorite channels reviewing one of my fav classic movies? Yes please!
:)
this was one of my favorites growing up
The book Logan's Run is great and reads like a very long poem, and the film is beautiful and still holds up very very well
Loved it in 1976, saw it with my sister, read the book, the comics and watched the TV series, simpler times, I miss them. Thank you for all your hard work
Fish, plankton, sea greens and protein from the sea. Fresh as harvest day.
I used to be in a writers group in Portland, one night, this old man showed up to talk books. Turned out to be Bill Nolan. He's a very interesting man, still working on Logan's Run stuff at the age of 92.
man I'm so amazed at how much info you get on all your movies. I'm sure alot of research went into all the videos you make. Which basically makes you a Historian in my view. Good job!
Thanks!
I remember when the film was released. Later, I ordered a dvd copy of it, which I still have. It says something deeper.
I’m named after the book and movie, so yeah this is a special one to me! Haha
Would've been a better story if you were named after the Wolverine tbh.
My first Sifi romance, I loved this movie as a kid and as an adult found a great appreciation for the depth of the story. Very underated movie. Nice story you did on it.
Love this movie! I got to show it to a high school film class as an example of societal depiction in science fiction. They loved it!
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They loved Jenny Agutter and Farah Fawcett.
@@RonJohn63 No, the girls would sneer at them.
OOHHH YEAH! I love this movie, fantastic video my friend.
Logan's Run is my favorite science fiction movie. What I always wondered was why people did not run before their last day. I would be like "I just turned 29. I am out of here".
They didn't know they were to be killed. They thought they would be reborn
Maybe they didn't celebrate birthdays and didn't know their exact age? I don't remember.
I remember watching this when I was like 6. I loved.it then and still love it today!
It has always had some meaning in my life throughout the length of it. I still catch something that I hadn't seen before.
The one movie I've ever seen that is so much better than the novel.
Yes, in the book there IS a sanctuary? No!
Logan's Run has long been a favorite, I remember seeing it in the theater, parents blocked my view during the Love Shop scene, LOL. I watched the TV show, have it on DVD and I have the three print books.
I watch this movie every couple of years, it is so good.
Kudos for making this. One of my all time favorite films. I think about this movie ALL THE TIME. More than a few of your comments are not quite right about the production, but you more than make up for it with your enthusiasm for the topic.
Justin Timberlake kinda was in a “Logan’s run” movie, it was called “in time” and it wasn’t very good.
@Ben A ^This, the end really ruined it for me. I surprisingly really enjoyed everything until then and I wasn't expecting much to begin with. I still watch it, just knowing it won't have the pay off the story deserved. :(
While he was attached to a Logan reboot, "In Time" is not like Logan's Run at its core. Where in Logan's Run at 21 or 30 depending on how you saw/read it, you had to go...no exceptions. In "In Time", your time clock started ticking down from 21, and you could stave off death indefinitely if you traveled in the right circles because time was currency.
@Ben A That movie was based on the much superior movie "The Price of Life" which you can see here...ua-cam.com/video/oRurZ7TlACc/v-deo.html
@@rayhopkins4691 , The clock started ticking at the age of 25 my friend :).
Juni Post Have you seen the shot-for-shot remake of Psycho? Some things are better left alone.
All ways loved the idea that at the end of Logan's Run? Meanwhile across the forbidden zone in ape city. Plot twist.
3:00, Saul David even wrote the action classic novel, THE WARRIORS, which was released in 1979. I meant Sol Yorick, the author of The Warriors. Sorry about the confusion.
Excellent episode!! I really appreciate all the effort you put into research. Lots of info in here that I had no idea about, and I am a big fan of the film. Thanks!
This movie drags at the end and loses its charm after we escape the dystopian society we were introduced to.
I agree. I love the movie, up until that point. The part with the old man was too long. No disrespect to Peter Ustinov, of course.
@@TheJayrockerr Agreed. it really loses it's own plot there. The whole thing lacks cohesion and conviction imo.
Your opening sounds like a mix of the movie and the book from what I remember, and I just read the books recently and watched the movie after.
My high school prom took place at the Fashion Mart in Dallas where the interiors were shot. I've taken a few dates to walk around the FW Water Gardens.
Wow... You did some research. Great job. Learned a few things like the Saul David connection. Loved this film, and still do.
"I'm shocked they thought they could do the sex shop scene and still get a PG."
1980's The Apple got a PG-rating despite its shockingly tacky "I'm Coming" musical sequence. I would imagine the missing scene was somewhere along the same lines, so its removal may be a blessing.
PG was amazingly broad and arbitrary in the seventies. I think they thought parents really would do their research and make their own decisions.
Gotta remember: pg13 didnt exist
great movie, still re-watching it from time to time
Loved this movie. How hot was Jenny Agutter?
All of it
Hot enough for a Soviet nuclear engineer to deny seeing graphite on the roof.
This movie came out when I was 6 years old. Blew my mind. Along with West World and the OG Star Trek TV show it fueled my love of sci-fi.
21:45 - wow, the authors aged into Saruman and the wizard from Dragonslayer. (Hm, has he covered that example from Disney’s “scare the shit out of the kiddies” era?)
Im so glad that you come back, your videos help me in many ways, please dont stop making videos like this , i love you work !!
Thank you! Will do!
I watched this as a kid on TV, I thought it was a great film. :'''D
Dude, few youtubers get me to watch as many films as you do, and I KNOW I barely enjoy 5% of them (I have a pitifully mainstream taste) but I LOVE your love for them. Your enthusiasm is so infectious. Love your channel! Thanks and keep doing what you do!
Thank you for watching! Glad to help you expand your horizons :)
I've always have been a huge fan of this movie. Love the books, novels and comics and really enjoyed the series. So disappointing that it only made it one short season.
This maybe my all time fave Pre-Star Wars scifi movie I still love to watch.
Logan’s Run was the very first movie I ever saw in a theater. I was 5 years old, and the renewal scene scared the crap outta me! For your next Exploring video, could you please do either Soylent Green, or The Omega Man?
The Charlton Heston sci-fi trilogy is remarkably brilliant. Apes, zombies, and cannibals. What's not to like?
When I saw this on TV for the first time, it literally blew my mind. I loved it, then and now.
My only gripe about the film is that Francis is killed by getting hit by a flagpole...in the butt. Yes, the tragic antagonist of the film died from a spanking.
Thanks for keeping us enlighted as always!!
I've only seen it once, and I remember it as one of those films that were more interesting to read about than to actually watch.
In my mind. There is a great potential for an HBO reboot. Sex, violence, and you can spread the books seemingly very different chapters into their own episodes.
If they can do it with Westworld, they could do it with this. And go much farther.
Agreed. It's kind of a perfect fit for HBO.
if you want sex and violence give it to Cinemax or Starz. lol
@@mezzb North Korea demonstrates otherwise.
@@superlive98 I think he's overestimating the relative importance of brain chemistry versus the environment you're raised in, but reverting back to the 21 year olds in the book would give it a lot more impact. The film's expiration date was probably directly inspired by that old saw about not trusting anyone over 30.
I saw this badboy about a month ago and was surprised how entertaining and fast paced it is! At first I was scared it was going to be a drag, but I had a great time with it
Love Jenny Agutter in this film.
@Bill Whittaker
....Her eyes?
Everybody does. Yeah i used to pause that film alot
You might like the uncut Walkabout too...
@@whyjay9959 I do. But this is where I first saw her. And that green toga dress is burned into my memory.
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Her tonsils, of course!
I have no idea how you manage to collect so many minute facts about these old school gems, but hats off yet again, this channel is the best on YT
You need to do Beastmaster. The production of that movie looks like a lot of fun
This is one of my favorite sci-fi movies from my youth. Love it! Flawed masterpiece in my opinion.
Wow I'm surprised it turned out to be a really good movie after all this movie went through.
I'd love to see the full uncut version.
Ditto, it's a damn shame that often the best parts of movies end up on the cutting room floor.
@@Billman66 and in those days into the garbage. Movie executives then as now never really understanding what they have till years too late
So many cut scenes. Now this is a movie I would definitely watch its extendede cut.
Funny that Lindsay Wagner got considered to be in this film, who was the Bionic Woman. Then the wife of Lee Majors, the Bionic/Six Million Dollar Man, gets a part.
When the movie came out at the theater I remember the sign saying Logan's Run starring Michael York and Farrah Fawcett-Majors. Then we watched the movie and she had such a little part.
Thank you for this. Logan's Run and Star Wars were my absolute favorites when I was a kid in the 1970s.
The movie "The Island" with Ewan McGregor has a lot of similarity to "Logan's Run".
I think it was actually supposed to be a logans run reboot, I mean he was actually called Logan.
@@Whalewraith Actually he was called Lincoln, and the girl was called Jordan. But Lincoln 6 Echo and Jordan 2 Delta are super similar to Logan 5 and Jessica 6! I made the connection between the two films instantly, but somehow it's similarity to a B Movie called Parts got a lot more attention!?
@@FizzyMcPhysics I stand corrected.
it actually rips off a movie called *Parts: The Clonus Horror,* of which Michael Bay and the production company was successfully sued by the original creators.
The week can now begin! Thanks GBF for being here!
I wanna see you and Brandon do more videos together it would be great! Decapitatiooon!!!!!’n
Another great Exploring episode, Cecil. It's been many decades since I've seen Logan's Run, but I still remember many of the story elements, including the Carousel which as a kid I found nightmarish.
Just seen you in that "in search of darkness" documentary. So glad it's now available to stream (on shudder).
Epic video!! Thanks for taking the time to do this, absolutely fantastic!
Thank you!
@@GoodBadFlicks Just wanted to say thanks for the videos. Always entertaining and informative, and very enjoyable. Look forward to receiving the notification emails. One of my favourite channels on UA-cam (top 3 at least :). Thanks again, your uploads are very much appreciated.
"There was no time for love."
I loved that Short Round joke.
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I remember watching this movie as a kid, from the tv channel TCM. And its stuck with me to this day now im 29 and i recently found it again a few day's ago. The nostalgia was real!
Thanks for the interesting history of this movie. The authors were smart to take the money upfront. It's always been a favorite of mine (mostly due to Jenny Agutter). The model work, unfortunately, was and is completely unconvincing. Fine for 1935, but not four decades later. Back in 1975 I had to pretend really hard that it looked real - the water is a dead giveaway. The gun is pretty cool and futuristic, though. I pull the Blu-Ray out every now and then to watch it. Jerry Goldsmith's soundtrack gives it more credibility than the visuals or story alone. It may have saved this movie from obscurity.
I don't know what you're talking about; I've always loved model train sets.
Would love to see you do a video on Tourist Trap (1979)!
You had me at "Jerry Goldsmith".
Man that PG rating was great for those of us who were just finding out about all that naughty stuff !
I remember getting a VCR in the early 80's and renting movies that were action , adventure , comedy and sci-fi and seeing soo much lovely skin. Logan's Run was a fine example of that as was a little adventure film called The Perils of Gwendoline in the Land of the Yik Yak. your parents had no idea what you were watching as long as it kept you busy !
What a nice time to be alive.
I guessing the Justin Timberlake Logan’s Run reboot somehow morphed into that “In Time” movie lol
Yeah why pay royalties when you can just butcher the story?
Yea better to have him end up in that mess than to ruin the name of a classic
As a very young kid, I had a book all about robots, specifically robots in various films and TV shows, which briefly showed Box, Logan, and Jessica in Logan's run. Being a young 80s nerd, I obsessed over that picture book. So when, as a somewhat older but still youngish kid who could now stay up late and watch movies, when I saw this would be coming on (I think it must have been a free HBO weekend or something) I wanted to check it out. And. . . woo, yeah. I think Jenny Agutter may be the first naked woman I ever saw.
And just a damn fine film, too. Michael York's delivery of "I will get my years back, won't I?" Really makes the concept hit home.