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What were the compensations for the people who had jobs?

posted 8 years ago by whynotwriteme
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I can see why one might like to be a Sandman; besides the fancier apartment, you got power and a more exciting life hunting runners. And maybe the Doc and Holly thought of facial sculpting as an art form, but what about the guys who cleaned up the bodies? Surely riding around on those little hover machines turning dead Runners into evaporating strawberry jam wasn't that exciting. In a world where everything is free, why would someone take a job like that?

[–] dextermovies 8 years ago

I didn't think they had a choice - that's why Logan 5 was visiting his "namesake" in the nursery, to see who'd be sandman after he was gone. Maybe just an assumption on my part but I thought it was implied that the nursery kids were basically replacements for the person so by the time one reached 30 the next one would be old enough to take their place. So whatever "job" the very first Logan or Jessica or Samuel you were named for had the most recent one, whatever number that was, had the exact same job. If that was the system they probably wouldn't question it except for the odd dissident who might refuse (maybe that's where cubs come from?). It would have been interesting to see if that's how it worked and if so what happens to people who won't contribute.

The Doge did what a Doge does when a Doge does his duty to a Duke.

[–] kenburke (2372) 6 years ago

WARNING: BOOK SPOILERS

In the book version, there were the following "non-conformers" :

1. Cubscouts (called "cubs" in the movie): Children who ran away from "nursery" and formed feral packs. They were addicted to a drug called "muscle" and, like their movie counterparts, very dangerous.

2. Gypsies: Older children, in their teens, who challenge each other with death defying stunts. Because of their lifestyle, it is rare for a Gypsy to reach deep sleep age (21 in the book, 30 in the movie).

3. Criminals: The world of Logan's Run had its criminals and the worst punishment a criminal can receive it to be exiled to "Hellsgate" (Hellgate?), a colony in the Arctic where criminals literally feed off each other to survive. No one sentenced to Hellsgate has ever reached deep sleep age.

4. Runners: Like the movie, a runner is an individual who actively avoids being killed at deep sleep age. In the world of Logan's Run, with its fanatic emphasis on population control, a runner for all intents and purposes is considered legally dead. As such, the sandmen can kill runners without any sort of repercussion.

[–] liberius 8 years ago

"In a world where everything is free, why would someone take a job like that?"

Who said everything was free?

[–] Strannger (2007) 8 years ago

Your job was assigned at birth by the super computer with your name and chip in place.

[–] Druff (1796) 3 years ago

>Who said everything was free?

The movie's opening text dump.

"Here, in an ecologically balanced world, mankind lives only for pleasure, freed by the servo-mechanisms which provide everything."

[–] Techto (1299) 4 years ago

I agree with dextermovies — the domed city residents didn’t appear to have a choice of occupation; it was assigned at birth. As you note, the Sandmen seemed to enjoy a better lifestyle and were held in some esteem, so it’s reasonable to assume there was some sort of social hierarchy. Perhaps some of the discontent that sent runners in search of Sanctuary had to with with social ills that went beyond a foreshortened life.

[–] moviechatterer (15643) 5 months ago

well ,you'd get extra ice cream on a sunday or something.

or maybe they all took turns , machines doing most of the work means peopel work one day per month or something