Logan's Run (2012)

[Mistral]

You could make it work. The older kids take care of the younger kids, perhaps supervised by robot nannies, until they're old enough to be released from the nurseries at sixteen. They then get to enjoy five years of nonstop hedonism, with no responsiblities and all their needs provided for until they turn 21 and are considered obsolete. New infants are produced in test tubes.

It's MTV's "Real World" as a futuristic dystopia. What could be more relevant?

Casting twenty-plus adults kind of misses the point. "Never Trust Anybody Over Twenty!"

With The City fully automated, releasing them as young as 10 would hold up. As portrayed in the original novel.

 

[Distorted Humor]

Christ no!! I've had enough of Leo. He's a chick flick magnet.

What? Where the hell have you been for the last decade? In what alternate reality do "Inception," "Gangs of New York," "The Aviator," "The Departed," "Blood Diamond" or "Shutter Island" qualify as "chick flicks"?

He did all those? I quit paying attention to him after Titanic and Romeo & Juliet. He's too much of a "pretty boy" to be taken seriously in any role IMO.

10 years ago that might be true, but he turned into a fine actor, as much as I hated it... (I called him Leonardo de crappo for years till I saw Blood Diamond and The Departed, when I had to admit, yes, he a darn good actor.

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

You could make it work. The older kids take care of the younger kids, perhaps supervised by robot nannies, until they're old enough to be released from the nurseries at sixteen. They then get to enjoy five years of nonstop hedonism, with no responsiblities and all their needs provided for until they turn 21 and are considered obsolete. New infants are produced in test tubes.

It's MTV's "Real World" as a futuristic dystopia. What could be more relevant?

Casting twenty-plus adults kind of misses the point. "Never Trust Anybody Over Twenty!"

With The City fully automated, releasing them as young as 10 would hold up. As portrayed in the original novel.

And even in the film, Logan says something about "You sound like a sleep-teacher with a stuck tape". Implying that there are schools of some kind (most likely computerized).

 

[ManOnTheWave]

Three Words: Naked. Jenny. Agutter.

Three of the most pleasant words ever spoken or written.

 

[MLJames]

With The City fully automated, releasing them as young as 10 would hold up. As portrayed in the original novel.

It was even earlier in the novel. There's a flashback sequence where his palm crystal changes to blue at age 7, and the robot governess tells him he has to leave Nursery and go out into the world.

 

[Amaris]

Three Words: Naked. Jenny. Agutter.

Three of the most pleasant words ever spoken or written.

Yes.

 

[Nerdius Maximus]

DiCaprio's turned into a damn good actor, IMO. He's probably one of the best leading men out there right now.

Yeah, I used to be on the Leo hate bandwagon but he's really come into his own in the last several years. Kind of silly to judge him based on stuff like Titanic now.

Yeah, I should add I used to hate him too, back when he was known for Titantic, Romeo + Juliet, and The Man in the Iron Mask. But I've got to give him credit for really maturing and moving past those fairly one-note roles.

I felt that way about Brad Pitt back in the '90s, then I saw "Kalifornia" and "Seven" and he earned my respect.