IMDB says that Soylent Green is up for a remake, due out next year. Is there any truth to this?
Soylent Green remake in 2012?
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I just bought the original on Blu-Ray and I loved it, but I gotta admit, it's probably the most sexist movie I've ever seen (I mean, come on... "furniture"? 
), plus it's got really bad fight sequences (like when Thorn bursts into the bodyguard's apartment, and the climactic shoot-out at a church) and overdubbing. So it could actually use a remake/reboot.
Plus I'd like to see how they handle the existence of human "books", like Edward G. Robinson's character in the original, in a future where the Internet exists, although they will probably say that in the future there is not enough electricity left to power the computers that run the 'net...
), plus it's got really bad fight sequences (like when Thorn bursts into the bodyguard's apartment, and the climactic shoot-out at a church) and overdubbing. So it could actually use a remake/reboot. Plus I'd like to see how they handle the existence of human "books", like Edward G. Robinson's character in the original, in a future where the Internet exists, although they will probably say that in the future there is not enough electricity left to power the computers that run the 'net...
Rule 35 - If it exists, it's being remade or rebooted at this very moment 
I hope the casting for the lead consists only of screaming "SOYLENT GREEN IS PEOPLEEEE!!!!!!!!!"
I hope the casting for the lead consists only of screaming "SOYLENT GREEN IS PEOPLEEEE!!!!!!!!!"
Good thing JJ Abrams isn't directing the remake. In that kind of dystopian future, there wouldn't be enough energy for the lens flares.
^ Why would he see any more money from the remake than he would from the original (if any)? By all accounts, the new version won't be any closer to Make Room! Make Room! than the original was.
Depends on whether they have the right to film a sequel. You still have to pay the original author even if you make extensive changes to the plot.
And if the original contract did not include sequel rights . . . time to renegotiate!
(Meanwhile, I just checked. Tor is still publishing the original novel, so this is a good thing for us, assuming the remake happens.)
What did Harrison think of the original film?
That's bad.
I'm embarrassed to admit I've never seen the movie (plan to correct that soon). But, seriously, if a Waitress is serving Soylent Green, she ought to know the jist of the jokes people will inevitably crack
It's people!!!
and they taste so good.... I think my favorite is orange.
^ Yeah, they had a whole rainbow, didn't they? Soylent green, yellow, red, orange...I distinctly saw some soylent BLUE being sold as well (looked like muffins/rolls). I wonder what THAT was made out of...
^ Yeah, they had a whole rainbow, didn't they? Soylent green, yellow, red, orange...I distinctly saw some soylent BLUE being sold as well (looked like muffins/rolls). I wonder what THAT was made out of...
"Soylent Blue is Smurfs!"
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