On Saturday, March 7, 1998 at 3:00:00 AM UTC-5, StrayShots wrote:
> On Thu, 05 Mar, N Burwood <char...@anyamountofbooks.com> wrote:
> >I had to read a science fiction movie script about a future society
> >where all the so called dregs, marginals, street people and tramps were
> >rounded up.
> This sounds like "Soylent Green".

Soylent Green
Definition:
"Soylent Green is both the name of a 1973 science fiction film and of a wafer-like food product in the film. The film is a police procedural set in the future, based on the 1966 novel Make Room! Make Room! The food is a processed protein ration made of human beings and distributed to an unsuspecting populace."

-- https://www.dictionary.com/e/slang/soylent-green/

On 03/08/22 08:30, bruce bowser wrote:

> Soylent Green
> Definition:
> "Soylent Green is both the name of a 1973 science fiction film and of a wafer-like food product in the film. The film is a police procedural set in the future, based on the 1966 novel Make Room! Make Room! The food is a processed protein ration made of human beings and distributed to an unsuspecting populace."
>
> -- https://www.dictionary.com/e/slang/soylent-green/

For once the revival of a zombie thread has led to interesting
information. I have the book but have never seen the film. As a result I
had no idea that the film-makers changed the plot to make it more
gruesome. That link makes it clear that the book and film are very
different from each other. It also gives a sensible reason for what
sounds like a silly film title.

--
Peter Moylan Newcastle, NSW http://www.pmoylan.org

On 03/08/2022 09:19, Peter Moylan wrote:
> On 03/08/22 08:30, bruce bowser wrote:
>
>> Soylent Green
>>      Definition:
>> "Soylent Green is both the name of a 1973 science fiction film and of
>> a wafer-like food product in the film. The film is a police procedural
>> set in the future, based on the 1966 novel Make Room! Make Room! The
>> food is a processed protein ration made of human beings and
>> distributed to an unsuspecting populace."
>>
>> -- https://www.dictionary.com/e/slang/soylent-green/
>
> For once the revival of a zombie thread has led to interesting
> information. I have the book but have never seen the film. As a result I
> had no idea that the film-makers changed the plot to make it more
> gruesome. That link makes it clear that the book and film are very
> different from each other. It also gives a sensible reason for what
> sounds like a silly film title.
>

The book:
"Make Room! Make Room! primarily explores overpopulation, leaving out
cannibalism. "

The film: Soylent Green is about institutionally sanctioned cannibalism.

I had seen the film, but not read the book. The 'Soya lentils' origin of
the title was not obvious at the time of watching. The film is
definitely worth watching again.

bruce bowser <bruce2bowser@gmail.com> quotes:
>"Soylent Green is both the name of a 1973 science fiction
>film and of a wafer-like food product in the film.

That movie is set in 2022. The German version is actually
called "... Jahr 2022 ... die überleben wollen"
("... year 2022 ... those who want to survive").

On Wednesday, August 3, 2022 at 2:20:02 AM UTC-4, Peter Moylan wrote:
> On 03/08/22 08:30, bruce bowser wrote:

> > Soylent Green
> > Definition:
> > "Soylent Green is both the name of a 1973 science fiction film and of a wafer-like food product in the film. The film is a police procedural set in the future, based on the 1966 novel Make Room! Make Room! The food is a processed protein ration made of human beings and distributed to an unsuspecting populace."
> >
> > -- https://www.dictionary.com/e/slang/soylent-green/
> For once the revival of a zombie thread has led to interesting
> information. I have the book but have never seen the film. As a result I
> had no idea that the film-makers changed the plot to make it more
> gruesome. That link makes it clear that the book and film are very
> different from each other. It also gives a sensible reason for what
> sounds like a silly film title.

It has one of the more famous curtain lines in cinema -- a
hysterical Charlton Heston screaming "Soylent Green is people!!"

(The "people" were a huge collection of cryogenic human corpses that
were harvested by ghouls to feed the population.)

On 03-Aug-22 8:08, Stefan Ram wrote:
> bruce bowser <bruce2bowser@gmail.com> quotes:
>> "Soylent Green is both the name of a 1973 science fiction
>> film and of a wafer-like food product in the film.
>
> That movie is set in 2022. The German version is actually
> called "... Jahr 2022 ... die überleben wollen"
> ("... year 2022 ... those who want to survive").

2022 is half way through, but increasing food shortages are expected.

--
Sam Plusnet

On 03/08/22 23:29, Peter T. Daniels wrote:
> On Wednesday, August 3, 2022 at 2:20:02 AM UTC-4, Peter Moylan
> wrote:
>> On 03/08/22 08:30, bruce bowser wrote:
>
>>> Soylent Green Definition: "Soylent Green is both the name of a
>>> 1973 science fiction film and of a wafer-like food product in the
>>> film. The film is a police procedural set in the future, based on
>>> the 1966 novel Make Room! Make Room! The food is a processed
>>> protein ration made of human beings and distributed to an
>>> unsuspecting populace."
>>>
>>> -- https://www.dictionary.com/e/slang/soylent-green/
>> For once the revival of a zombie thread has led to interesting
>> information. I have the book but have never seen the film. As a
>> result I had no idea that the film-makers changed the plot to make
>> it more gruesome. That link makes it clear that the book and film
>> are very different from each other. It also gives a sensible reason
>> for what sounds like a silly film title.
>
> It has one of the more famous curtain lines in cinema -- a hysterical
> Charlton Heston screaming "Soylent Green is people!!"
>
> (The "people" were a huge collection of cryogenic human corpses that
> were harvested by ghouls to feed the population.)

Cryogenic corpses. Thanks, that's new information to me.

Larry Niven had a different take on that. He predicted that the
corpsicles would end up in organ banks.

--
Peter Moylan Newcastle, NSW http://www.pmoylan.org

On Wednesday, August 3, 2022 at 11:50:57 PM UTC-4, Peter Moylan wrote:
> On 03/08/22 23:29, Peter T. Daniels wrote:
> > On Wednesday, August 3, 2022 at 2:20:02 AM UTC-4, Peter Moylan
> > wrote:
> >> On 03/08/22 08:30, bruce bowser wrote:

> >>> Soylent Green Definition: "Soylent Green is both the name of a
> >>> 1973 science fiction film and of a wafer-like food product in the
> >>> film. The film is a police procedural set in the future, based on
> >>> the 1966 novel Make Room! Make Room! The food is a processed
> >>> protein ration made of human beings and distributed to an
> >>> unsuspecting populace."
> >>> -- https://www.dictionary.com/e/slang/soylent-green/
> >> For once the revival of a zombie thread has led to interesting
> >> information. I have the book but have never seen the film. As a
> >> result I had no idea that the film-makers changed the plot to make
> >> it more gruesome. That link makes it clear that the book and film
> >> are very different from each other. It also gives a sensible reason
> >> for what sounds like a silly film title.
> > It has one of the more famous curtain lines in cinema -- a hysterical
> > Charlton Heston screaming "Soylent Green is people!!"
> > (The "people" were a huge collection of cryogenic human corpses that
> > were harvested by ghouls to feed the population.)
>
> Cryogenic corpses. Thanks, that's new information to me.

Apparently the refrigeration mechanism worked flawlessly
for however many millennia had elapsed since they froze
themselves, but the knowhow to revive the population must
have not survived. The bodies hadn't putrified (they were
still edible), but they were as good as dead.
> Larry Niven had a different take on that. He predicted that the
> corpsicles would end up in organ banks.

Knowledge of the technology would have had to survive. I saw
it once long ago and don't know whether some form of literacy
had been maintained.