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Post #214,188
by SpiceWare
7/11/05 11:23:00 AM
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New Actually, it wasn't
In [link|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Make_Room%21_Make_Room%21|Make Room! Make Room!], the Harry Harrison short story that was made into the movie, soylent green was just soybeans and lentals.

I recall reading in a Harry Harrison collection of shorts that on the opening night a movie theatre had put a sign on their slushie machine along the lines of "Soylent Green/Yellow Slushies". Apparently the manager didn't know the movie had changed it. :-)
Darrell Spice, Jr.                      [link|http://spiceware.org/gallery/ArtisticOverpass|Artistic Overpass]\n[link|http://www.spiceware.org/|SpiceWare] - We don't do Windows, it's too much of a chore
Post #214,260
by Ashton
7/11/05 3:31:06 PM
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New ..but they bought it anyway - right?
Post #214,322
by SpiceWare
7/11/05 10:07:44 PM
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New sure, going into the movie
Found it - [link|http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0312877900/ref=pd_sxp_f/102-8325256-8135342?v=glance&s=books|Harry Harrison 50 in 50].

The bit about the slusies is at the end of the introduction.
It took me a while to find out how the cannibalism got into the film - it was certainly not in the novel... The producer was trying to sell the film to MGM as an overpopulation film. MGM didn't think that theme was important enough...screenwriter added the cannibalism theme - and they bought it for that...

I do remember, with great pleasure, the opening night of the film. The theatre manager was selling orange and lime slushies to the audience. He enthusiastically labeled the lime "Soylent Greenade." He had of course never seen the film. Going in the audience enthusiastically noshed down the slushies. Exiting later they turned soylent green when they saw the slushy machine.
Darrell Spice, Jr.                      [link|http://spiceware.org/gallery/ArtisticOverpass|Artistic Overpass]\n[link|http://www.spiceware.org/|SpiceWare] - We don't do Windows, it's too much of a chore
Post #214,325
by Ashton
7/11/05 10:36:36 PM
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New Love. It.
World runs on the Power of suggestion; crowd prolly thought the Mgr. was bein wry / rather than just iggerant.

'Twas Edward G. Robinson's Last flik, too :(

We can start the countdown anytime for.. Tigers? Lions? ___? available only in .cgi at the foot of your gurney.
(And they thought they were bein hyperbolic! waay back in '73)
     and it tastes just like chicken - (rcareaga) - (20) - July 11, 2005, 10:16:24 AM EDT
         And I thought school cafeterias had a lock on Mystery Meat - (imqwerky) - July 11, 2005, 10:23:02 AM EDT
         "resemble meat" ... "chicken nuggets" ... yeah, about right -NT - (drewk) - (1) - July 11, 2005, 10:32:31 AM EDT
             Just give a toy away with it, and the kids will love it. -NT - (ChrisR) - July 11, 2005, 03:32:57 PM EDT
         Yeeee-UMMMM. - (folkert) - July 11, 2005, 10:48:43 AM EDT
         No, Wait! It's Soylent Green! - (imqwerky) - (15) - July 11, 2005, 10:51:13 AM EDT
             Oh sure, raise the ethical issue - (drewk) - (10) - July 11, 2005, 10:59:32 AM EDT
                 Great. There goes another month of Dubaya's thinking time. -NT - (ben_tilly) - (9) - July 11, 2005, 11:03:34 AM EDT
                     Just a month? - (folkert) - (2) - July 11, 2005, 11:20:59 AM EDT
                         Maybe more, maybe less - (ben_tilly) - (1) - July 11, 2005, 11:23:25 AM EDT
                             The Thinker..... - (imqwerky) - July 11, 2005, 07:14:25 PM EDT
                     We have to be careful - (imqwerky) - (5) - July 11, 2005, 11:36:53 AM EDT
                         No need to fear - (ben_tilly) - (4) - July 11, 2005, 09:13:36 PM EDT
                             How True! - (imqwerky) - (3) - July 12, 2005, 01:46:52 AM EDT
                                 He releases an unfortunate amount of wee. :-( -NT - (ben_tilly) - (1) - July 12, 2005, 01:59:10 AM EDT
                                     ICLRPD (new thread) - (pwhysall) - July 12, 2005, 02:03:20 AM EDT
                                 No wonder he takes such long vacations - (inthane-chan) - July 12, 2005, 10:36:17 AM EDT
             Actually, it wasn't - (SpiceWare) - (3) - July 11, 2005, 11:23:00 AM EDT
                 ..but they bought it anyway - right? -NT - (Ashton) - (2) - July 11, 2005, 03:31:06 PM EDT
                     sure, going into the movie - (SpiceWare) - (1) - July 11, 2005, 10:07:44 PM EDT
                         Love. It. - (Ashton) - July 11, 2005, 10:36:36 PM EDT

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