10 Things You Didn't Know About SoylentGreen

[lpdsnipe]

I saw this on the big screen when it came out. Soylent Green is people! Best. Line. Ever!

[postoffice]

Edward G Robinson's poignant final performance still moves me to tears. A fantastic actor.

[wstine]

Charlton Heston was the king of post-apocalyptic sci-fi films of the 60s and 70s.

[HailAnts]

This movie was required watching in my house when I was growing up in the 70s. This, the _Planet of the Apes_ films, _Colossus: The Forbin Project, _ _Fantastic Voyage, _ _The Omega Man, _ etc.

[rogerdogger]

I saw Soylent Green in the theater probably within 3 weeks of its release. I'm 62 years old and grew up as a science fiction nerd from the day Star Trek came on the air. I've been talking about Soylent Green and the other Pantheon of films that when written for futuristic and now are almost historic for years. Thank you for finally bringing back into light one of the key and unfortunately clearly prophetic films of our time. When people fail to recognize the examples depicted in classic films which we are now not only living in but have exceeded beyond the wildest dreams of the people that made these films and wrote these books it kind of freaks me out. The examples and parallels are too clear and two consistent to be ignored. Not to sound like an alarmist or anything but I think it's too late. We don't know what we're eating we don't know what we're breathing we don't know what we're drinking we don't know what we're wearing we don't really know what we're washing our clothes in I could go on but you get the point.

[Rkenton]

With a nice sour cream or Guacamole dip, soylent green is actually quite nice, although the flavor varies person to person.

[Emdee]

The scene where Sol dies, listening to the beautiful music and watching what the natural world had looked like a long time ago, made the biggest impression on me. I almost cried. I was still very young but I understood that if we did nothing we might end up in a similar situation. And it is still a possiblity.

[mego]

I had the honor of meeting the director when he was promoting the DVD release of 20, 000 Leagues Under The Sea. A nice and gracious man. The Soylent Green crackers were actually painted squares of wood. A Soylent company actually exists, which makes meal replacement drinks and bars. With tongue fully in cheek they released Soylent Green crackers this year, the year of Soylent Green. They quickly sold out.

[ddz]

Soylent Green, A Clockwork Orange and Logan's Run where some of the most formative movies that I watched as a child. Thank you for bringing up this moldy Relic back into relevance

[michaeljensen]

Still one of the best sci-fi movies ever produced. When I watched it for the first time, skipping school when I was 12, it frightened the crap out of me! Soylent Green keeps me on the edge of my seat, even today at 60 years old!

[MacAdvisor]

I was very active in my local Star Trek fan club back with this movie came out as was the manager of the local movie theater. At midnight the day it opened, the manager let us host a fund raiser there. We sold tickets above the regular asking price and provided free refreshments. It was a very successful fund raiser, nearly selling out. For the refreshments, we made rice crispy treats colored green with food coloring. None of us, promoters or audience, had seen the movie, of course, as it hadn't opened yet, and we called our green rice crispy treats, "Soylent Green." Everyone got some and people bought more before the show and at the intermission. Imagine the shock when we all got to the end and discovered what Soylent Green was! Ah, those were the days.

[mbryson]

"Soylent Green" is one of my mother's favorite films. When I called her this year to wish her a Happy New Year she picked up immediately answering with "It's 2022, where's my damn thanatorium?" She was only half joking.

Coincidentally, "They Live" is another of her favorites. At a recent family gathering she intoned "This is your God" as she handed me some cash, so I replied "They live, we sleep!" My brother and sis rolled their eyes, they think we're complete weirdos.

[stacywiebe]

This movie is special to me because it is one my dad and I watched together when I was a child. The heavy themes were lost on me, except the fact Det. Thorn calls Shirl furniture that comes with the apartment, but it is something we share. Sometimes I'll text my dad on a random Tuesday, "Don't forget - Tuesday is Soylent Green Day!" just to make him smile. I also referenced this movie in college in a paper about the dignity of dying on your own terms.... I guess this movie has a larger effect on me than I realized. Great video, Minty!

[GaryAa]

Excellent Minty! I saw Soylent Green when it came out in the movies. Two other great Actors: Chuck Connors And Whitt Bissell who was in many sci fi movies.

[richardbehappy]

I was there when it came out in the theaters on Hollywood Blvd. in 1973. Its a great movie. The ending scene was the best ever because you could not hear what Eddie was telling Charlton on his death bed but later it was revealed in the end scene. Soylent Green is made of people.

[haeuptlingaberja]

Soylent Green was an amazing movie for its time. Frightening, haunting, prophetic.

[davelister]

Soylent Green is one of the best movies, far ahead of it's time and it has Beethoven music included. Bonus fact at around 33mins the scene where Thorn and Sol share the meal of real fresh food was not originally in the script, but was ad-libbed by Charlton Heston and Edward G. Robinson

[nilsnyman]

Soylent Green was one of the first sci-fi movies I ever saw, along with Logan's Run. If you're older like me, a great movie night with the kids would be...
1. Soylent Green
2. Logan's Run
3. Silent Running

[TiredSpam]

FINALLY!!! WOO HOO!!! I suggessted this movie a loooong time ago when I first started watching your channel. Nice to see others joined me and you got it done. Nice job too!!! Worth the wait!

[FeralPlumber]

Always loved Soylent Green, The Omega Man, those early 70's Sci-Fi films. Have them all on DVD and never stop enjoying