list http://www.spout.com/ Recent community activity around Soylent Green on Spout Copyright 2005-9 Spout, LLC Spout RSS http://www.spout.com/images/SpoutLogoRSS.jpg http://www.spout.com/ 136 30 http://www.spout.com/films/Soylent_Green/32215/default.aspx Title: Soylent Green
Year: 1973
Director: Richard Fleischer
Plot: Richard Fleischer directed this nightmarish science fiction vision of an over-populated world, based on the novel by Harry Harrison. In 2022, New York City is a town bursting at the seams with a 40-million-plus population. Food is in short supply, and most of the population's food source comes from synthetics manufactured in local factories -- the dinner selections being a choice between Soylent Blue, Soylent Yellow, or Soylent Green. When William Simonson (Joseph Cotten), an upper-echelon executive in the Soylent Company, is found murdered, police detective Thorn (Charlton Heston) is sent in to investigate the case. Helping him out researching the case is Thorn's old friend Sol Roth (Edward G. Robinson, in his final film role). As they investigate the environs of a succession of mad-from-hunger New Yorkers and the luxuriously rich digs of the lucky few, Thorn uncovers the terrible truth about the real ingredients of Soylent Green. ~ Paul Brenner, All Movie Guide
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]]>Mon, 11 May 2009 01:04:46 GMTSoylent Green1973Richard Fleischer<a href="/players/P____89964/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Richard Fleischer</a> directed this nightmarish science fiction vision of an over-populated world, based on the novel by Harry Harrison. In 2022, New York City is a town bursting at the seams with a 40-million-plus population. Food is in short supply, and most of the population's food source comes from synthetics manufactured in local factories -- the dinner selections being a choice between Soylent Blue, Soylent Yellow, or Soylent Green. When William Simonson (<a href="/players/P____15270/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Joseph Cotten</a>), an upper-echelon executive in the Soylent Company, is found murdered, police detective Thorn (<a href="/players/P____94233/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Charlton Heston</a>) is sent in to investigate the case. Helping him out researching the case is Thorn's old friend Sol Roth (Edward G. Robinson, in his final film role). As they investigate the environs of a succession of mad-from-hunger New Yorkers and the luxuriously rich digs of the lucky few, Thorn uncovers the terrible truth about the real ingredients of Soylent Green. ~ Paul Brenner, All Movie Guide8Taggedy Taggged (6-10)18283http://www.spout.com/ProductImages/u44370hg3r2.jpghttp://www.spout.com/films/Soylent_Green/32215/default.aspxFilm http://www.spout.com/groups/DOOMSDAY/Re_Disaster_Most_Likely_to_End_the_World/612/39307/1/ShowPost.aspx Post By: Risselada
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Post Date: 1/9/2009 12:01:14 PM
Body: [quote user="joem18b"] i've got to go with Soylent Green. [/quote] Now did that really end the world? It seemed like a pretty stable society to me.
]]>Fri, 09 Jan 2009 17:01:14 GMTRisseladaDOOMSDAY1/9/2009 12:01:14 PM[quote user="joem18b"] i've got to go with Soylent Green. [/quote] Now did that really end the world? It seemed like a pretty stable society to me. http://www.spout.com/groups/DOOMSDAY/Re_Disaster_Most_Likely_to_End_the_World/612/39291/1/ShowPost.aspx Post By: joem18b
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Post Date: 1/8/2009 8:48:35 PM
Body: i've got to go with Soylent Green.
]]>Fri, 09 Jan 2009 01:48:35 GMTjoem18bDOOMSDAY1/8/2009 8:48:35 PMi've got to go with Soylent Green. http://www.spout.com/blogs/spoutblog/archive/2008/11/25/37625.aspx Post By: SpoutBlog
Post To: SpoutBlog on spout.com
Post Date: 11/25/2008 2:01:13 PM
Body: When you gather with your loved ones this week, be sure to give extra thanks for that turkey or soy-based equivalent on which you’re about to dine. Times are hard, but for most of us, we’re still able to eat. Nevertheless, we need to prepare for the even tougher times that inevitably lay ahead. As countless movies attest, desperate times call for desperate measures at the dinner table. Like cannibalism. The circumstances under which “eat or be eaten” becomes the rule vary widely. Plenty of films have taken on this ancient taboo; in fact, a search for the tag “cannibal” on Spout.com yields eleven pages of results. For your holiday viewing pleasure, I’ve narrowed the list down to ten. Alive Often the best cannibalism stories are the true ones. The tale of the Uruguayan rugby team that crash-landed in the Andes and eventually resorted to eating the dead is one that filmmakers can’t get enough of. Not only was it the source for 1993’s Alive, starring Ethan Hawke, the story was also told in a documentary that same year, Alive: 20 Years Later. Recently, there have been two more documentaries: an episode of the National Geographic show Trapped, and Stranded: I Have Come from a Plane That Crashed on the Mountains (2008). I wonder what’s harder, surviving 72 days in the mountains with no food, or repeatedly being asked, “So, when did you decide to eat you friends?” Soylent Green Sure, putting this on the list is a spoiler. But if this movie hasn’t been ruined yet by The Simpsons or one of the many other references to soylent green’s mysterious ingredient, you’ve been living under a rock. While there are plenty of sci-fi movies that depict a future where desperation leads to cannibalism, Soylent Green is notable because the taboo is the act of a corporation, rather than a savage choice by an individual. Eating Raoul (This clip is NSFW) A gold standard for black comedies, this 1982 film follows the story of Paul and Mary, a married couple hard up for cash. While fending off a would-be rapist, they realize they can make a decent living killing unsuspecting swingers and taking their money. Raoul, a locksmith/burglar, finds out about their scheme, and wants in on the action. He helps them dispose of bodies, until his desire for Mary complicates the arrangement. If you want to know how it ends, um… read the title again. Zombie Movies It’s impossible to pick just one, when there are so many great flicks about brain-hungry walking dead. George Romero, godfather of all things zombie, must be mentioned. His first film, Night of the Living Dead, was the first zombie movie where the creatures wanted to eat the flesh of the living. Romero continues his Dead series of zombie apocalypse movies, along with countless imitators. BRAAAAAINS!!! The Silence of the Lambs Know what we need more of? Academy Award winning cannibal movies. There aren’t enough of them. This is a total classic. Anthony Hopkins holds two records: one, the shortest amount of screen time to ever win a best actor Oscar (16 minutes). And two, being the creepiest human being on the planet. 301/302 This Korean horror film is notable because it is centered only on female characters. Two women, neighbors in an apartment building, have very different ways of dealing with the travails of life. Their differences come to a head in a final scene that you should probably skip if you have a weak stomach. You’ve been warned. C.H.U.D. Another staple of obscure Simpsons references, the 1984 cult classic C.H.U.D. tells the story of “Cannibalistic Humanoid Underground Dwellers” who are eating the homeless in New York City. The C.H.U.D.’s, once homeless people themselves, were mutated by improper storage of nuclear waste, turning them into flesh-hungry beasts. Delicatessen Before Jean-Pierre Jeunet made Amelie, he made some dark and freaky movies. His first was Delicatessen. It’s a darkly comic post-apocalyptic tale about a small apartment building with a butcher shop on the ground floor. Meat is becoming scarce, and you know what that means. This film is actually a great companion piece to Amelie, because it shares the playful quality and fun cast of character with the later film. And people get eaten. Keep The River On Your Right: A Modern Cannibal Tale As a young man, Tobias Schneebaum lived with the Harakambut people of Peru and the Asmat people of Indonesia, both cannibalistic tribes. In true “going native” style, he not only joined them in their wars against other tribes, he also partook or their unsavory meals. He returned in 1999 with a documentary crew, was reunited with his former lover, and confronted the scars of war and fear. Interesting bit of info: the Asmat tribe are suspected of killing and eating Michael Rockefeller, son of New York Governor Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller, but there is no proof. This was before Schneebaum arrived. But it would be pretty crazy if Schneebaum, a native New Yorker, ate one of his city’s elite. Hopefully a fictionalized version will come to the screen that’s not afraid to take some artistic license in this matter. [minor spoiler alert] The Road This adaptation of the award-winning Cormac McCarthy novel of the same name was once my most highly anticipated 2008 release. Sigh. It is now my most highly anticipated 2009 release. The film version will star Viggo Mortensen as the father of a young boy, the two of whom struggle to traverse a burned, post-apocalyptic landscape. I understand that simply putting it on this list could be seen as a minor spoiler, so I won’t say anything else about it. We’ll have to wait a little while, but The Road offers hope that The Silence of the Lambs will no longer be alone as an Oscar-snagging tale dealing with the most taboo of food choices. Originally posted on:SpoutBlog
]]>Tue, 25 Nov 2008 19:01:13 GMTSpoutBlogSpoutBlog on spout.com11/25/2008 2:01:13 PM When you gather with your loved ones this week, be sure to give extra thanks for that turkey or soy-based equivalent on which you’re about to dine. Times are hard, but for most of us, we’re still able to eat. Nevertheless, we need to prepare for the even tougher times that inevitably lay ahead. As countless movies attest, desperate times call for desperate measures at the dinner table. Like cannibalism. The circumstances under which “eat or be eaten” becomes the rule vary widely. Plenty of films have taken on this ancient taboo; in fact, a search for the tag “cannibal” on Spout.com yields eleven pages of results. For your holiday viewing pleasure, I’ve narrowed the list down to ten. Alive Often the best cannibalism stories are the true ones. The tale of the Uruguayan rugby team that crash-landed in the Andes and eventually resorted to eating the dead is one that filmmakers can’t get enough of. Not only was it the source for 1993’s Alive, starring Ethan Hawke, the story was also told in a documentary that same year, Alive: 20 Years Later. Recently, there have been two more documentaries: an episode of the National Geographic show Trapped, and Stranded: I Have Come from a Plane That Crashed on the Mountains (2008). I wonder what’s harder, surviving 72 days in the mountains with no food, or repeatedly being asked, “So, when did you decide to eat you friends?” Soylent Green Sure, putting this on the list is a spoiler. But if this movie hasn’t been ruined yet by The Simpsons or one of the many other references to soylent green’s mysterious ingredient, you’ve been living under a rock. While there are plenty of sci-fi movies that depict a future where desperation leads to cannibalism, Soylent Green is notable because the taboo is the act of a corporation, rather than a savage choice by an individual. Eating Raoul (This clip is NSFW) A gold standard for black comedies, this 1982 film follows the story of Paul and Mary, a married couple hard up for cash. While fending off a would-be rapist, they realize they can make a decent living killing unsuspecting swingers and taking their money. Raoul, a locksmith/burglar, finds out about their scheme, and wants in on the action. He helps them dispose of bodies, until his desire for Mary complicates the arrangement. If you want to know how it ends, um… read the title again. Zombie Movies It’s impossible to pick just one, when there are so many great flicks about brain-hungry walking dead. George Romero, godfather of all things zombie, must be mentioned. His first film, Night of the Living Dead, was the first zombie movie where the creatures wanted to eat the flesh of the living. Romero continues his Dead series of zombie apocalypse movies, along with countless imitators. BRAAAAAINS!!! The Silence of the Lambs Know what we need more of? Academy Award winning cannibal movies. There aren’t enough of them. This is a total classic. Anthony Hopkins holds two records: one, the shortest amount of screen time to ever win a best actor Oscar (16 minutes). And two, being the creepiest human being on the planet. 301/302 This Korean horror film is notable because it is centered only on female characters. Two women, neighbors in an apartment building, have very different ways of dealing with the travails of life. Their differences come to a head in a final scene that you should probably skip if you have a weak stomach. You’ve been warned. C.H.U.D. Another staple of obscure Simpsons references, the 1984 cult classic C.H.U.D. tells the story of “Cannibalistic Humanoid Underground Dwellers” who are eating the homeless in New York City. The C.H.U.D.’s, once homeless people themselves, were mutated by improper storage of nuclear waste, turning them into flesh-hungry beasts. Delicatessen Before Jean-Pierre Jeunet made Amelie, he made some dark and freaky movies. His first was Delicatessen. It’s a darkly comic post-apocalyptic tale about a small apartment building with a butcher shop on the ground floor. Meat is becoming scarce, and you know what that means. This film is actually a great companion piece to Amelie, because it shares the playful quality and fun cast of character with the later film. And people get eaten. Keep The River On Your Right: A Modern Cannibal Tale As a young man, Tobias Schneebaum lived with the Harakambut people of Peru and the Asmat people of Indonesia, both cannibalistic tribes. In true “going native” style, he not only joined them in their wars against other tribes, he also partook or their unsavory meals. He returned in 1999 with a documentary crew, was reunited with his former lover, and confronted the scars of war and fear. Interesting bit of info: the Asmat tribe are suspected of killing and eating Michael Rockefeller, son of New York Governor Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller, but there is no proof. This was before Schneebaum arrived. But it would be pretty crazy if Schneebaum, a native New Yorker, ate one of his city’s elite. Hopefully a fictionalized version will come to the screen that’s not afraid to take some artistic license in this matter. [minor spoiler alert] The Road This adaptation of the award-winning Cormac McCarthy novel of the same name was once my most highly anticipated 2008 release. Sigh. It is now my most highly anticipated 2009 release. The film version will star Viggo Mortensen as the father of a young boy, the two of whom struggle to traverse a burned, post-apocalyptic landscape. I understand that simply putting it on this list could be seen as a minor spoiler, so I won’t say anything else about it. We’ll have to wait a little while, but The Road offers hope that The Silence of the Lambs will no longer be alone as an Oscar-snagging tale dealing with the most taboo of food choices. Originally posted on:SpoutBlog http://www.spout.com/blogs/aidanbrack/archive/2008/8/23/34294.aspx Post By: aidanbrack
Post To: The Bigger Picture
Post Date: 8/23/2008 6:10:35 AM
Body: From one of America's most creative and inventive studios comes a picture that is packed with intimacy and surprisingly adult themes. Wall-E is a small, trash-compacting robot who has the task of clearing up a world covered in junk. Now on his own, he only has a cockroach for company and has become obsessed with a copy of the film Hello, Dolly! that he has found on a Betamax tape. The first thirty minutes Wall-E is on his own, going about his job and picking up ‘treasures’ that he takes back to his home. This part of the film features lots of slapstick comedy but also really touches the heart as we see that Wall-E has developed a very strong personality and longs to be loved. Into the flick comes a real force of nature, another robot EVE. Appearing from nowhere, this robot is sleek and heavily armed and our shy hero instantly becomes smitten. When this robot disappears Wall-E is devastated and tries to track it down. On his adventure, Wall-E’s infectious personality encourages those he meets to break out of their conformist shells and actually explore and experience the world around them. This is a truly remarkable film that says enormous amounts about what it means to be human and chastises its human characters for not caring enough, either about the planet or about experiencing life. It handles its themes well, never going too far by preaching at its audience. Instead the film focuses on its story, a romance between the robotic odd couple. Wall-E’s courtship is endearingly awkward as he tries to tell EVE how he feels – no easy task given that neither character can really speak. It is one of the most pleasing film romances in years, perfectly capturing those feelings you had the first time you find yourself liking a girl. Wall-E’s shyness and childlike innocence makes him a truly appealing lead character, Pixar’s most interesting to date, and I was rooting for him right to the end. Less successful are some of the incidental robot characters he encounters in a defective robots centre. They serve little purpose other than to be wacky, colourful and possible merchandising tie-ins. Animation fans may be disappointed at the lack of visual wonder in this picture compared to previous Pixar pictures. Certainly I was never amazed by the way the film looks in the way I was by the gorgeous Finding Nemo, yet the more subdued visuals allow the story and its themes to really shine. There were long stretches of this film where it is possible to forget that this film is animated. Sequences look like they were shot with a camera and the result is a film that is more easily compared with its sci-fi or romance film influences than its animated stable mates. Those influences can be seen in frame after frame in this film from Soylent Green to Blade Runner, from Star Wars to 2001: A Space Odyssey. Fans of the science fiction genre will find that this film pays homage to many of the classics. For those who are not sci-fi aficionados there is still plenty to enjoy here, from its silent movie influences to the touching love story at the heart of this film. Wall-E and EVE work as a couple because they are robots who long to be something more than they were designed for. The film’s central message is that love is transformative and can bring out the best in us, making us want to be more than we are programmed to be. This film is a joyous celebration of love, humanity and individualism. It is an original, interesting story that strikes a change of tone from Pixar and shows that despite producing nine pictures in thirteen years the studio is more creative than ever.
]]>Sat, 23 Aug 2008 10:10:35 GMTaidanbrackThe Bigger Picture8/23/2008 6:10:35 AMFrom one of America's most creative and inventive studios comes a picture that is packed with intimacy and surprisingly adult themes. Wall-E is a small, trash-compacting robot who has the task of clearing up a world covered in junk. Now on his own, he only has a cockroach for company and has become obsessed with a copy of the film Hello, Dolly! that he has found on a Betamax tape. The first thirty minutes Wall-E is on his own, going about his job and picking up &lsquo;treasures&rsquo; that he takes back to his home. This part of the film features lots of slapstick comedy but also really touches the heart as we see that Wall-E has developed a very strong personality and longs to be loved. Into the flick comes a real force of nature, another robot EVE. Appearing from nowhere, this robot is sleek and heavily armed and our shy hero instantly becomes smitten. When this robot disappears Wall-E is devastated and tries to track it down. On his adventure, Wall-E&rsquo;s infectious personality encourages those he meets to break out of their conformist shells and actually explore and experience the world around them. This is a truly remarkable film that says enormous amounts about what it means to be human and chastises its human characters for not caring enough, either about the planet or about experiencing life. It handles its themes well, never going too far by preaching at its audience. Instead the film focuses on its story, a romance between the robotic odd couple. Wall-E&rsquo;s courtship is endearingly awkward as he tries to tell EVE how he feels &ndash; no easy task given that neither character can really speak. It is one of the most pleasing film romances in years, perfectly capturing those feelings you had the first time you find yourself liking a girl. Wall-E&rsquo;s shyness and childlike innocence makes him a truly appealing lead character, Pixar&rsquo;s most interesting to date, and I was rooting for him right to the end. Less successful are some of the incidental robot characters he encounters in a defective robots centre. They serve little purpose other than to be wacky, colourful and possible merchandising tie-ins. Animation fans may be disappointed at the lack of visual wonder in this picture compared to previous Pixar pictures. Certainly I was never amazed by the way the film looks in the way I was by the gorgeous Finding Nemo, yet the more subdued visuals allow the story and its themes to really shine. There were long stretches of this film where it is possible to forget that this film is animated. Sequences look like they were shot with a camera and the result is a film that is more easily compared with its sci-fi or romance film influences than its animated stable mates. Those influences can be seen in frame after frame in this film from Soylent Green to Blade Runner, from Star Wars to 2001: A Space Odyssey. Fans of the science fiction genre will find that this film pays homage to many of the classics. For those who are not sci-fi aficionados there is still plenty to enjoy here, from its silent movie influences to the touching love story at the heart of this film. Wall-E and EVE work as a couple because they are robots who long to be something more than they were designed for. The film&rsquo;s central message is that love is transformative and can bring out the best in us, making us want to be more than we are programmed to be. This film is a joyous celebration of love, humanity and individualism. It is an original, interesting story that strikes a change of tone from Pixar and shows that despite producing nine pictures in thirteen years the studio is more creative than ever. http://www.spout.com/groups/extraordinary_moments/Re_Extraordinary_moments_there_are_such_things/573/27301/1/ShowPost.aspx Post By: Puhnner
Post To: extraordinary moments
Post Date: 4/15/2008 10:43:14 AM
Body: Soylent Green; maybe it is the Beethoven. Or maybe the almost maudlin character of the scene, or maybe something altogether different. However as Sol Roth ( Edward G. Robinson ) slips into the (his ) Suicide Theater, his theater screen goes live and Beethoven's Symphony No. 6, Third Movement begins... hardly a better way to go, I imagine. That movement, perhaps indicates dancing and just having a great time and then concludes In a faster tempo, ends and then begins the Fourth Movement Allegro. This movement portion perhaps is meant to convey a violent thunderstorm which ended the partying in the Third Movement. I would have loved to see the suicide theater scene end with the music continuing straight in to the Fourth Movement and then cutting abruptly to rioting and the last hysterical lines:Det. Thorn: It's people. Soylent Green is made out of people. They're making our food out of people. Next thing they'll be breeding us like cattle for food. You've gotta tell them. You've gotta tell them! Hatcher: I promise, Tiger. I promise. I'll tell the exchange. Det. Thorn: You tell everybody. Listen to me, Hatcher. You've gotta tell them! Soylent Green is people! We've gotta stop them somehow!
]]>Tue, 15 Apr 2008 14:43:14 GMTPuhnnerextraordinary moments4/15/2008 10:43:14 AMSoylent Green; maybe it is the Beethoven. Or maybe the almost maudlin character of the scene, or maybe something altogether different. However as Sol Roth ( Edward G. Robinson ) slips into the (his ) Suicide Theater, his theater screen goes live and Beethoven&#39;s Symphony No. 6, Third Movement begins... hardly a better way to go, I imagine. That movement, perhaps indicates dancing and just having a great time and then concludes In a faster tempo, ends and then begins the Fourth Movement Allegro. This movement portion perhaps is meant to convey a violent thunderstorm which ended the partying in the Third Movement. I would have loved to see the suicide theater scene end with the music continuing straight in to the Fourth Movement and then cutting abruptly to rioting and the last hysterical lines:Det. Thorn: It&#39;s people. Soylent Green is made out of people. They&#39;re making our food out of people. Next thing they&#39;ll be breeding us like cattle for food. You&#39;ve gotta tell them. You&#39;ve gotta tell them! Hatcher: I promise, Tiger. I promise. I&#39;ll tell the exchange. Det. Thorn: You tell everybody. Listen to me, Hatcher. You&#39;ve gotta tell them! Soylent Green is people! We&#39;ve gotta stop them somehow! http://www.spout.com/groups/HORROR_MOVIES_101/Farewell_to_one_of_the_Greats/222/27006/1/ShowPost.aspx Post By: Dr_Gor
Post To: HORROR MOVIES 101
Post Date: 4/6/2008 3:04:48 PM
Body: Last night, Saturday, April 5, 2008, Charlton Heston died at his home in Beverly Hills after a lengthy battle with alzheimer's disease. He was 84. Mr. Heston was truly a legendary and iconic actor who will be remembered forever. But more than that, he was truly a great man, as well. His 64 year marriage to wife Lydia, who was at his side when he died, is a testament to what kind of a man he was. In a town where infidelity and divorce and remarriage are the norm, Mr. Heston was the exception who lived by his own rules and standards. No obituary I could write could do justice to this most talented and amazing actor and great human being, so here is what was written in the LA Times... Charlton Heston, 84; actor, Oscar winner, played grand figures - Los Angeles Times I have been watching and enjoying Mr. Heston's films throughout my entire life. Here are some of my favorites... The Ten Commandments ; some pretty amazing special FX were overshadowed by Mr. Heston's stunning performance... Ben Hur ; Mr. Heston insisted on doing his own stunt work in the legendary chariot race even though, he admitted, after months of practice, he was not a "very good chariot driver." But not to worry... he was assured by MGM that all he had to do was stay on the chariot and he would win... Major Dundee ; read the LA Times obit, above, for a GREAT story about a confrontation between Mr. Heston and legendary insaniac director Sam Peckinpah on the set of this one... Will Penny ; as an aging saddle-tramp, Mr. Heston rescues an attractive widow and her young son from some REALLY bad guys, led by Donald Pleasance... Planet Of The Apes ; "Get your filthy paws off me, you damn, dirty APE!" ... Beneath The Planet Of The Apes ; 'Taylor' gets his ultimate revenge on those "filthy apes" ... The Omega Man ; Mr. Heston sacrifices his life to save the day yet again in one of my FAVORITE movies of ALL time... Soylent Green ; "Soylent Green is PEOPLE!!!" ... Airport 1975 ; In a most heroic fashion, Mr. Heston saves the lives of a plane-load of people... including Linda Blair! I am forever in his debt... Earthquake ; again, Mr. Heston saves the day... again at the cost of his own life... The Awakening ; as an archeologist, Mr. Heston is faced with a different type of dilemma when his attractive young daughter is possessed by the spirit of an ancient Egyptian priestess who then tries to lure him into an incestous relationship... There are many more I could mention but I will stop here for now. The world is a scarier and darker place without Charlton Heston in it and he will be missed. I drink to his memory. < GOR >
]]>Sun, 06 Apr 2008 19:04:48 GMTDr_GorHORROR MOVIES 1014/6/2008 3:04:48 PM Last night, Saturday, April 5, 2008, Charlton Heston died at his home in Beverly Hills after a lengthy battle with alzheimer&#39;s disease. He was 84. Mr. Heston was truly a legendary and iconic actor who will be remembered forever. But more than that, he was truly a great man, as well. His 64 year marriage to wife Lydia, who was at his side when he died, is a testament to what kind of a man he was. In a town where infidelity and divorce and remarriage are the norm, Mr. Heston was the exception who lived by his own rules and standards. No obituary I could write could do justice to this most talented and amazing actor and great human being, so here is what was written in the LA Times... Charlton Heston, 84; actor, Oscar winner, played grand figures - Los Angeles Times I have been watching and enjoying Mr. Heston&#39;s films throughout my entire life. Here are some of my favorites... The Ten Commandments ; some pretty amazing special FX were overshadowed by Mr. Heston&#39;s stunning performance... Ben Hur ; Mr. Heston insisted on doing his own stunt work in the legendary chariot race even though, he admitted, after months of practice, he was not a &quot;very good chariot driver.&quot; But not to worry... he was assured by MGM that all he had to do was stay on the chariot and he would win... Major Dundee ; read the LA Times obit, above, for a GREAT story about a confrontation between Mr. Heston and legendary insaniac director Sam Peckinpah on the set of this one... Will Penny ; as an aging saddle-tramp, Mr. Heston rescues an attractive widow and her young son from some REALLY bad guys, led by Donald Pleasance... Planet Of The Apes ; &quot;Get your filthy paws off me, you damn, dirty APE!&quot; ... Beneath The Planet Of The Apes ; &#39;Taylor&#39; gets his ultimate revenge on those &quot;filthy apes&quot; ... The Omega Man ; Mr. Heston sacrifices his life to save the day yet again in one of my FAVORITE movies of ALL time... Soylent Green ; &quot;Soylent Green is PEOPLE!!!&quot; ... Airport 1975 ; In a most heroic fashion, Mr. Heston saves the lives of a plane-load of people... including Linda Blair! I am forever in his debt... Earthquake ; again, Mr. Heston saves the day... again at the cost of his own life... The Awakening ; as an archeologist, Mr. Heston is faced with a different type of dilemma when his attractive young daughter is possessed by the spirit of an ancient Egyptian priestess who then tries to lure him into an incestous relationship... There are many more I could mention but I will stop here for now. The world is a scarier and darker place without Charlton Heston in it and he will be missed. I drink to his memory. &lt; GOR &gt; http://www.spout.com/groups/Top_5/Re_Top_5_Post_Apocalyptic_Films/190/7003/1/ShowPost.aspx Post By: josephkuzma
Post To: Top 5
Post Date: 4/13/2007 12:36:24 AM
Body: A few of my favorite dystopian flicks have been mentioned (Brazil, Planet of the Apes, 12 Monkeys, Soylent Green, A Clockwork Orange) but I'd also like to mention Jubilee (weird but entertaining) and Metropolis (a f**king classic in every sense of the word). I also kinda liked Reign of Fire in that "It's on the SciFi Channel and it's 2am, why not?" sort of way. Logan's Run is one of my favorite pieces of cheeseball 70s crap also. Also: Dark City, 1984 (both versions), Fahrenheit 451, RoboCop.I remembered liking Equilibrium but when I rewatched it with my wife I realize what a steaming pile it really was. Demolition Man is another example of a steaming pile of dystopian (sorta) crap. Idiocracy had a good premise but was just a bad bad bad movie all around (die Dax Shephard, die). And, of course, two of the biggest piles of crap ever: Fortress & THX 1138.
]]>Fri, 13 Apr 2007 04:36:24 GMTjosephkuzmaTop 54/13/2007 12:36:24 AMA few of my favorite dystopian flicks have been mentioned (Brazil, Planet of the Apes, 12 Monkeys, Soylent Green, A Clockwork Orange) but I&#39;d also like to mention Jubilee (weird but entertaining) and Metropolis (a f**king classic in every sense of the word). I also kinda liked Reign of Fire in that "It&#39;s on the SciFi Channel and it&#39;s 2am, why not?" sort of way. Logan&#39;s Run is one of my favorite pieces of cheeseball 70s crap also. Also: Dark City, 1984 (both versions), Fahrenheit 451, RoboCop.I remembered liking Equilibrium but when I rewatched it with my wife I realize what a steaming pile it really was. Demolition Man is another example of a steaming pile of dystopian (sorta) crap. Idiocracy had a good premise but was just a bad bad bad movie all around (die Dax Shephard, die). And, of course, two of the biggest piles of crap ever: Fortress &amp; THX 1138. http://www.spout.com/groups/Top_5/Re_Top_5_Post_Apocalyptic_Films/190/6691/1/ShowPost.aspx Post By: Risselada
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Post Date: 4/3/2007 4:12:19 PM
Body: [quote user="porcupine"]2. Brazil (I can't believe no one mentioned this yet)[/quote] Yeah I think if we are going to include stuff like Soylent Green, then Brazil should fit too. What about Blade Runner?[quote user="porcupine"]I have to add a rather unorthodox number 6: Fallout, a computer role-playing game that was heavily influenced by Mad Max and other staples of the genre, an absolute classic. I'm just starting to wonder if a Fallout MMORPG could be in the works... amazing.... [/quote]As I said above, Fallout is the epitome of the post-apocalyptic atmosphere and aesthetic. If they created an MMORPG of that game, it would be the ultimate temptation that I know I would have to force myself to resist. If anything could potentially consume my every waking hour, I can't think of a better description for the candidate.
]]>Tue, 03 Apr 2007 20:12:19 GMTRisseladaTop 54/3/2007 4:12:19 PM[quote user="porcupine"]2. Brazil (I can&#39;t believe no one mentioned this yet)[/quote] Yeah I think if we are going to include stuff like Soylent Green, then Brazil should fit too. What about Blade Runner?[quote user="porcupine"]I have to add a rather unorthodox number 6: Fallout, a computer role-playing game that was heavily influenced by Mad Max and other staples of the genre, an absolute classic. I&#39;m just starting to wonder if a Fallout MMORPG could be in the works... amazing.... [/quote]As I said above, Fallout is the epitome of the post-apocalyptic atmosphere and aesthetic. If they created an MMORPG of that game, it would be the ultimate temptation that I know I would have to force myself to resist. If anything could potentially consume my every waking hour, I can&#39;t think of a better description for the candidate. http://www.spout.com/groups/Top_5/Re_Top_5_Post_Apocalyptic_Films/190/6663/1/ShowPost.aspx Post By: Dr_Gor
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Post Date: 4/2/2007 7:34:10 PM
Body: I have seen "A Boy And His Dog" with a very young Don Johnson, and it does not make my list... not even close... Here are mine : 1. The Omega Man 2. The Road Warrior 3. Soylent Green 4. The Ultimate Warrior 5. The Day The World Ended ... and, with your permission, I would have to add just one more... 6. Wizards
]]>Mon, 02 Apr 2007 23:34:10 GMTDr_GorTop 54/2/2007 7:34:10 PM I have seen "A Boy And His Dog" with a very young Don Johnson, and it does not make my list... not even close... Here are mine : 1. The Omega Man 2. The Road Warrior 3. Soylent Green 4. The Ultimate Warrior 5. The Day The World Ended ... and, with your permission, I would have to add just one more... 6. Wizards http://www.spout.com/groups/Top_5/Re_Top_5_Post_Apocalyptic_Films/190/6580/1/ShowPost.aspx Post By: AndyLaBryn
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Post Date: 3/30/2007 11:23:02 AM
Body: Brian's got great choices.This is one of my favorite styles of movies, I kind of obsess about the apocalypse.5. 28 Days Later- Love this film, suprised the hell out me because I had heard nothing about it before watching it. I instantly fell in love with idea of the main waking up after civilizations crash. Little weary about this so called 28 weeks later. 4.Cherry 2000- Caught this randomly in my younger days, late night on skinemax or blowtime. Melanie Griffith played the sexy tough tracker with a bad ass car. B movie splendor.3. Children Of Men- This may climb my personal favorite list in time. It's here because I've only seen it once so far. Brilliant one take scene near the end as he walks through chaos, dodging destruction by inches. 2. Road Warrior- The basis for any modern car chase/battle movie. I believe it's unintentional brilliance. Could watch this once a week for the rest of my life. 1.Planet Of The Apes- When I think of post apocalyptica, I think of Charleton. Of all his PA movies, the first and original Planet Of The Apes is by the far the best. I remember seeing this at around 12 years old and it completely gripped my mind forever. I also rank Soylent Green and Omega Man very high. The beginning scenes of OM are awesome. Driving through an empty city, the antizoom shots really give you the perspective of solitude.__________________________Runners UpWaterworld, Postman, The Running Man,12 Monkeys, The New Dawn Of The Dead,
]]>Fri, 30 Mar 2007 15:23:02 GMTAndyLaBrynTop 53/30/2007 11:23:02 AMBrian&#39;s got great choices.This is one of my favorite styles of movies, I kind of obsess about the apocalypse.5. 28 Days Later- Love this film, suprised the hell out me because I had heard nothing about it before watching it. I instantly fell in love with idea of the main waking up after civilizations crash. Little weary about this so called 28 weeks later. 4.Cherry 2000- Caught this randomly in my younger days, late night on skinemax or blowtime. Melanie Griffith played the sexy tough tracker with a bad ass car. B movie splendor.3. Children Of Men- This may climb my personal favorite list in time. It&#39;s here because I&#39;ve only seen it once so far. Brilliant one take scene near the end as he walks through chaos, dodging destruction by inches. 2. Road Warrior- The basis for any modern car chase/battle movie. I believe it&#39;s unintentional brilliance. Could watch this once a week for the rest of my life. 1.Planet Of The Apes- When I think of post apocalyptica, I think of Charleton. Of all his PA movies, the first and original Planet Of The Apes is by the far the best. I remember seeing this at around 12 years old and it completely gripped my mind forever. I also rank Soylent Green and Omega Man very high. The beginning scenes of OM are awesome. Driving through an empty city, the antizoom shots really give you the perspective of solitude.__________________________Runners UpWaterworld, Postman, The Running Man,12 Monkeys, The New Dawn Of The Dead, http://www.spout.com/members/0/tags/death/MemberTagFilms.aspxdeath
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