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    Logan's Run Is Still Awesome After All These Years

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    Image of dicksson dicksson
    10/11/09

    In reply to Logan's Run Is Still Awesome After All These Years

    But where is Jenny Agutter?
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    Image of Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
    10/11/09

    @dicksson: None of the starlets nowadays have figures like that. They'd look like clothes hangers in that.
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    Image of J_Frank_Parnell J_Frank_Parnell
    10/12/09

    @dicksson: Mrowww! From the days when actresses looked like real women, and men loved them for it. If you need me, I'll be in my bunk.
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    Image of it must be bunnies it must be bunnies
    10/12/09

    @dicksson: Whenever I hear her name I think of the boys on Coupling. How they adored Jenny Agutter and Helen Mirren!
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    Image of phoghat phoghat
    10/11/09

    In reply to Logan's Run Is Still Awesome After All These Years
    Caution: this post is completely off topic
    I've been reading books on an Windows Mobile machine and it crapped out.
    I went to Apple on line and bought a i Pod touch and installed Kindle reader and NOW when you guys mention a book available on Amazon I can download it and read it! O frabjous day, callou callay!
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    Image of Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
    10/11/09

    @phoghat: Congrats to you, and sympathy to your bank account.
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    Image of Groovychk Groovychk
    10/11/09

    In reply to Logan's Run Is Still Awesome After All These Years
    I just noticed that my comments don't appear unless you show hidden threads. wtf? Seems kind of pointless to comment.
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    Charlie Jane Anders promoted this comment Groovychk was starred Groovychk was unstarred
    Image of Charlie Jane Anders Charlie Jane Anders
    10/11/09

    @Groovychk: I have my browser set, by default, to show hidden threads. And I'm sure, so do tons of other people. Also, we do star tons of commenters, which means your comments would stop being "hidden threads." In any case, your comments are being read, for sure.
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    Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. promoted this comment Charlie Jane Anders was starred Charlie Jane Anders was unstarred
    Image of Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
    10/11/09

    @Charlie Jane Anders: I thought "show hidden" was the default, but I guess I clicked on that as soon as we got this new system?
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    Image of Groovychk Groovychk
    10/11/09

    @Charlie Jane Anders: okie doke. still... it wasn't the default for me so if I hadn't of made a comment and then come back and not seen it I wouldn't have thought to look for the option to show hidden comments.
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    Image of twophrasebark twophrasebark
    10/11/09

    @Charlie Jane Anders: Who are you talking to?
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    Image of twophrasebark twophrasebark
    10/11/09

    @Groovychk:

    Just kidding! I see your comments! I see your comments!
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    Image of Annalee Newitz Annalee Newitz
    10/11/09

    @Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.: No, you have to click on "show hidden." It's not really the greatest system to be honest - it goes against common sense. And I think it does discourage new people from commenting.

    Spoilers: We're about to introduce a new comment system next week, which will include (bum bum bum!) FORUMS. I know, you can thank me later. So look out for that later next week.
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    Image of Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
    10/11/09

    @Annalee Newitz: Forums: Yay!
    Another new comment system to learn: Boo!
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    Image of redrosesnoses redrosesnoses
    10/11/09

    In reply to Logan's Run Is Still Awesome After All These Years
    JamesRyan raises a critical point: this has already been an excellent novel, a decently campy film and even adapted to comics by the great George Perez (albeit at an early phase in his career - but that just makes it even more interesting to my mind).

    Does anyone really need another comics adaptation of this? Has the world become so sterile of ideas?
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    Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. promoted this comment Charlie Jane Anders approved this comment redrosesnoses was starred redrosesnoses was unstarred
    Image of gorehound gorehound
    10/11/09

    @redrosesnoses: could not agree more.it just goes on and on with the remakes/reboots and not even in film as you can see by these comics.maybe soon they will start remaking/rebooting BOOKS
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    Image of jccalhoun jccalhoun
    10/10/09

    In reply to Logan's Run Is Still Awesome After All These Years
    When people say "the book is always better than the movie" I think about Logan's Run. In my opinion the film is much better than the book. The book is a fun action ride but the film just works better. I think it is in part because of the changes to the world the film made (I won't give any spoilers for anyone who hasn't seen the film or read the book).
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    Charlie Jane Anders promoted this comment jccalhoun was starred jccalhoun was unstarred
    Image of jimboh1 jimboh1
    10/10/09

    In reply to Logan's Run Is Still Awesome After All These Years
    Wasn't the lifecrystal in the left palm?
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    Image of twophrasebark twophrasebark
    10/10/09

    @jimboh1:

    You are observant.

    Left hand in the movie. Right hand in the books.
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    Image of twophrasebark twophrasebark
    10/10/09


    .
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    Image of twophrasebark twophrasebark
    10/10/09

    In reply to Logan's Run Is Still Awesome After All These Years
    Don't forget the third novel Logan's Search where Logan goes to an alternate reality. Assisted by aliens.

    I'm not making this up. Sorry.
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    Image of Dug Dug
    10/10/09

    In reply to Logan's Run Is Still Awesome After All These Years
    I want to see this re-imagined as "Hipster's Run." once you reach a certain level of hip, the crystal starts flashing. Next thing you know you are at the carousel and 'sploded by lazer beams.
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    Image of lightninglouie lightninglouie
    10/10/09

    @Dug: Tropical lazer beams?
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    Image of Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
    10/11/09

    @Dug: An excellent idea. Which would also mean I'd live forever.
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    Image of jamesryan jamesryan
    10/10/09

    In reply to Logan's Run Is Still Awesome After All These Years
    Is it me, or does issue #4's cover look way too much like the cover of issue #6 of the Marvel run?

    [www.goantiques.com]
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    Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H. promoted this comment Edited by jamesryan at 10/10/09 5:52 PM jamesryan was starred jamesryan was unstarred
    Image of Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H. Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H.
    10/10/09


    @jamesryan: I figured it was supposed to look like the movie poster.
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    Image of jamesryan jamesryan
    10/11/09

    @Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H.: You could make a strong case, Garrison, that both covers have the poster as their source. Whomever MGM got to do the poster deserves at least a nice note from both Perez and the folks at Bluewater.
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    Image of ThisDudeRufus ThisDudeRufus
    10/10/09

    In reply to Logan's Run Is Still Awesome After All These Years
    Maybe I'm too young and hip, but I never liked Logan's Run. Maybe you had to be around during the youth uprisings of the 60's or something, but I just found the underlying principles kinda dumb.

    I hope they don't stay too faithful to the aesthetic, at least. Curved walls and incorporated plants, ew.
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    Image of The Curse of Millhaven The Curse of Millhaven
    10/10/09

    @ThisDudeRufus: A commentary on the cult of youth is more salient now than ever.

    Especially now that I am on the wrong side of entropy.
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    Image of firstanointed firstanointed
    10/10/09

    @ThisDudeRufus: I'm young and hip and I loved it. I think it helps that I hate the modern day youth. We're so banal and boring yet we think we're about something. Are Megan Fox and "Glee" really all we can come up with? *shakes head*

    The aesthetic was groovy. Except for the apparent underwear ban. Hopefully that was just the film...
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    Image of Bill-Lee Bill-Lee
    10/10/09

    @The Curse of Millhaven: The the microbes living inside of you have 12 hours to find lime for the air scrubbers. If they stay away...your gate will close, you'll go off to do something else, and they'll be left behind in the toilet and never make it to the fridge. They need to find out about the fridge.
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    Image of Makidian Makidian
    10/10/09

    @ThisDudeRufus: Depends on how young and hip you are, I am almost 27 and had Logan's Run on DVD when I was just 19, and I was the youngest, hippest motherfucker around.

    Point is you don't have to be around at the time it originally came out to really enjoy it.
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    Image of The Curse of Millhaven The Curse of Millhaven
    10/10/09

    @Bill-Lee: Thank you. I feel better. I have very resourceful -- even plucky -- microbes.
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    Image of Groovychk Groovychk
    10/10/09

    @ThisDudeRufus: Well I wasn't around during the 60's but I loved it. Granted - I was a little kid...
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    Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. promoted this comment Groovychk was starred Groovychk was unstarred
    Image of Palmerlime Palmerlime
    10/10/09

    @firstanointed: Well, I'm not young, I'm not hip and I LOVE Logan's Run. What does that get me?
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    Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. promoted this comment Palmerlime was starred Palmerlime was unstarred
    Image of firstanointed firstanointed
    10/10/09

    @Palmerlime: You don't count since you're part of the cooler generation of youth. :P Generation X was the happening one. Gen Z is just lame pastiche. I've got a 20something classmate who is proud that he doesn't like films that came out before the late 80ies. Every time I see him I want to strap him to a chair and force him to watch my Tony Curtis collection.
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    Image of lukeoneil47 lukeoneil47
    10/10/09

    @firstanointed: I used to use that same "I don't like films before 198x" when I was young and hip too. No one liked it.

    I still don't, I just am too old now for anyone to care about my wackkkkkyyy opinions.
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    Image of it must be bunnies it must be bunnies
    10/11/09

    @ThisDudeRufus: I'm old, but I was young in the 60's and it was movies like Logan's Run, 2001: A Space Odyssey and Silent Running that got my attention.
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    Image of Rasselas Rasselas
    02/12/09

    In reply to The Wachowski Brothers To Helm Superman Reboot?
    Haven't Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely recently published fairly detailed storyboards for the ultimate Superman movie? That was a comic book? Seriously?
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    Image of RRich RRich
    02/12/09

    @Rasselas: That's the movie I want to see.
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    Image of Plague Plague
    02/12/09

    @Rasselas:

    Link, please.
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    Image of Plague Plague
    02/12/09

    In reply to The Wachowski Brothers To Helm Superman Reboot?
    Plastic Man, please.


    Leave SR2 to Singer.

    Yes, I still have faith in him.


    I want Michael Bay to do the Logan's Run remake anyway.

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    Image of Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H. Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H.
    02/12/09

    @Plague: Michael Bay + Logans Run! Are you trying to give me a boner? If so... mission accomplished!
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    Image of SundaySunday SundaySunday
    02/12/09

    In reply to The Wachowski Brothers To Helm Superman Reboot?
    How about a Coen Brothers' Superman where a quiet, misunderstood P. I. enlists the help of the real Superman to futilely try to dissuade George Reeves from committing suicide?


    Or a Farrely Brothers' Superman, where a world-weary and universally rejected Clark Kent is forced to live in a trailer park and eat dog food while he slowly becomes infatuated with the property manager's daughter?

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    Image of Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H. Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H.
    02/12/09

    In reply to The Wachowski Brothers To Helm Superman Reboot?
    Do you suppose when they took that photo at the top of the article they all gave Welling shit?


    "Hey, Welling, nice jeans. You not get the memo? Where's the S 'n Cape?"


    "idonhaveone"


    "What? I'm sorry I couldn't hear you."


    "I don't have one!"


    "Don't you play Superman?!"


    "No Flight no Tights. They really stuck to it."


    "Get the fuck out of here!! Didn't they give Green Arrow a costume? Hey, you guys get a load of this! Prettyboy doesn't have a costume! HAAAHAHAA"


    " ITS NOT MY FAULT!!!"

    (runs away crying)

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    Image of Meredith Woerner Meredith Woerner
    02/12/09

    @Garrison Dean: Yeah but them Welling compares ladies, and he wins.
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    Image of Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H. Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H.
    02/12/09

    @Meredith Woerner: Maybe in the pouty baby competition, but in the handsome man department he can't hold a candle to Christopher Reeve. Well, unless that candle is in memoriam of Reeve.
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    Image of Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
    02/12/09

    @Garrison Dean: Yep, yep. Glad to see this pic has Chris front and center, the way it should be.
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    Image of Alexis Alexis
    02/12/09

    In reply to The Wachowski Brothers To Helm Superman Reboot?
    Please stop making Superman movies. There are far more interesting franchises to work with right now. I'm tired of revamping a series, having it bomb and trying to start it again (Hulk, much?). While I think that Superman Returns wasn't as bad as people say it was, this franchise needs a break. It doesn't really connect with today's audience like it once did. Superman never went through a legitimate maturation that's needed with older superhero icons. I'm speaking, of course, about the film and television adaptions. I think that there was a lot of promise in a show like Smallville, but that show got so far off track, it's not even funny. They need to make Superman more relateable and sympathetic character. Right now he's still a douche with too many powers and no real issues.


    And before people jump on this, let me say that a mature Superman doesn't have to be dark. But it does need to be a character that the audience can understand and sympathize with.

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    Image of choptop choptop
    02/12/09

    @Evlsushi: It needs a break? It got a helluva break between Superman 4(1987) and Superman Returns(2006). And the entire purpose of Returns was to make Supes a "more relateable and sympathetic character", hense the mopey scenes where he spies on Louis w/ his x-ray vision and when he gets incapacitated and goes into a coma instead of just bouncing back from chucking Kryptonite Island.
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    Image of Alexis Alexis
    02/12/09

    @choptop:


    Well he still wasn't a sympathetic character based on people's feelings about the film. They still hated it, generally speaking. And it needs a break because it doesn't really work with today's audiences and until they can work that kink out, it should be shelved.

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