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One of the first titles I ever planned on us covering, yet somehow it’s taken more than eight years to find our way back to it. It’s Harry Harrison’s 1966 novel Make Room! Make Room!, loosely adapted into the classic 1973 movie Soylent Green.
Rankings!:
Colin:
- Movie
- Book
James:
- Book
- Movie
Seth:
- Book
- Movie
I think this could be a reboot.
Take the movie’s twist for granted. Everyone knows that food is soylent green. What choice do we have? What can you do? Humans are taught in elementary school that soylent is people. But take the premise further. The reason for the remake. Somewhere along the way, Charlton Heston discovers Soylent Oil is people. Thanks to a genetic tweak, humans are a clean burning fuel that never runs out.
Just think Covid. People shrug, what can they do. So people die. That’s the way it goes. No masks, no vaccines, no spacing in crowds. Give yourself up to the grinder/furnace for the good of humankind.
Though famously rightwing, Heston is the one to object, protest, fight to get the truth out.
I could see that working!
Why add “though famously right wing”?
I must admit I don’t know what this is in reference to. I just listened back to the episode and didn’t hear this comment. Though we’re three guys who grew up quite conservative but have moved toward the middle, so a little bit of anti-conservative snark does sneak out at times. But we generally try not to be jerks about it. Sorry if some of that snuck through.