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Some things I learned from Logan's Run

posted 14 years ago by hugh1971
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Mega-cities of the future are constructed from old matchboxes and wobbly cigarette packets.

Mega-cities of the future look suspiciously like 1970s shopping centres.

An entire mega-city of thousands of people can be fed on a small number of its dead inhabitants.

If you are going to a lawless part of the city filled with violent gangs, make sure you take a scantily dressed female with you.

Fourteen year hoodlums of the future look and move like undersized 25 year old extras from West Side Story.

Computers explode if they receive information they don't like.

If you are trying to sneak into a mega city of the future, simply dive into a pool of water with no idea of where it might lead or if you can get back out.

People who live in post apocalyptic cities with nothing to do all day never bother to explore more than a few miles around their home.

Mega cities of the future where everywhere is patrolled by armed guards and omniscient computers will still have lots of unattended and abandoned areas where you can sneak out from.

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[–] hugh1971 14 years ago

That's another point. What was the point of the 'Love Shop' when you could call up sexual partners via the teleport mechanism to your own room?

[–] Etherdave 14 years ago

If you want to run, don't wait til Lastday, when they can easily track you.

[–] Anrkey 10 years ago

Orgies, bro.

[–] Demarates 14 years ago

Peter Ustinov was a regular pussy magnet.

"The elderly, they seem friendly enough, but can you really trust them ?"

[–] Yinky 12 years ago

In the future, there is no underwear.

If you're on the run, jump into a tube-car. Whoever's in the first car wins!

Sandmen are terrible marksmen.

There are no Sandwomen.

Farrah Fawcett still looks hot with runny make-up.

People of the future sometimes lapse into English accents.

Gay guys on the circuit are really, really gay.

The old men of the future always wear layers and layers of dirty rags for clothes and have long ratty hair, even in the summer, when surrounded by enticing ponds and waterfalls.

Cats are just plain adorable, no matter what century.

Everybody knows there are dirty teenage punks living in the walls, and that's okay.

Vines will not grow on Abraham Lincoln's face.

[–] mrfreeze782 11 years ago

Once they destroyed the city and escaped to meet the old man, the Human race was done for. The only one capable of reproducing at that point was in fact, the old man

[–] grendelkhan 11 years ago

Based on what? At no point is it stated that the society is sterile. In fact, the opening demonstrates that Logan has provided sperm to breed a new child, and the term "seed mother," implies that some unknown female provided an ovum. Therefore, they could reproduce. More than likely, some kind of chemical contraceptive came into play, a birth control pill, probably introduced via foodstuffs or conditioned action. Removed from that routine, they would probably breed.

"Fortunately, Ah keep mah feathers numbered for just such an emergency!"

[–] mrfreeze782 11 years ago

They mention breeding pools when they are outside the city. Also, Jessica mentions human mothering and how it may be better when they are riding the shuttle to find the cubs.

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[–] mrgogonyc 10 years ago

Mega-cities of the future will have no black or Asian people.

If it is not in the frame, it does not exist!

[–] almostfm-1 10 years ago

If you shout "RUNNER!!!", the person you are chasing will stop and come out of hiding so it's easier to shoot them.