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SOYENT
GREEN
This another
in a line of Charlton Heston science-fiction horror story's based
on the earthling's destruction of earth. First it was The Planet
of the Apes, where "They blew it up". Then there was Omega Man,
where Charlton is the only person with the cure for a man-made virus
that has turned everyone else on earth into Roy Orison albino's
and Chuck into a one man army, "did you see it, it was beauty"(Bob
and Doug Mackenzie).
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Drunken
scrawls - A movie review at conception.
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In Soylent
Green, Chuck Heston (You can call him Chuck if you own
at least 10 guns. I do not own any so he may try and "protect" himself
by shooting me if he sees me in the street) plays a 21st Century
cop named Thorn. He lives with an old man named Sol, played by Edward
G. Robinson who does a very fine job in his last screen role as
an aged researcher who recalls what earth was like with trees and
real food. The year is 2022, the place is New York City, and the
population is 40 million citizens; half are out of work and sleep
on staircases twenty
deep. In this film, humans destroy the earth's natural resources.
The environmental erosion is so complete that people must rely on
a foodstuff called Soylent. There are three types of this Soylent
product. Soylent Yellow and Red are made from vegetables. Then there's
Soylent Green, which is said to
be made from a high-energy plankton. Yeah, right.
When I first
tried to review this movie, I did it while refining the new Charlton
Heston Drinking Game. These are some of the notes that I managed
to scribble in my book as I enjoyed this film and drank like crazy.
Drunken
high lights.
-Old
man named Sol. Possible live-in lover to Thorn
| Thorn:
"I am sick of you" |
| Sol: "I
know but you love me" |
-Futuristic
furniture is great
| -Fur covered
chairs |
| -Women
are considered furniture and come with the apartment. |
| -Thorn
comes over to the main "furniture's" place to question her.
She happens to be throwing a huge "lesbo party". He steals some
booze from the girls. Then he pulls the main Furniture into
a room for questioning. She slips out of her clothes without
a word as Thorn is talking and jumps into bed. Chuck, taking
the hint, takes off his sweaty shirt and jumps into bed with
this clean babe. Thorn has not seen running water in many years.
Next thing you know a Red Jacket Man is breaking up the lesbo
party. This does not sit well with the lesbians or with Chuck
at all. You see, Thorn loves his Lesbos. The Red Jacket Man
runs the building and employs the furniture girls. By our room
consensus he is most likely gay, but that is ok. |
-The
People Scoop
| The
next wave in LA Police riot equipment. It is dump truck with
scoops on the front to scoop up people. There is a young actor
in this that becomes one of TV's favorite dads. In this role,
he kills many people. One of the Lowbrow editors is quoted as
saying in a drunken stupor, "The last thing I want to see before
I die is Dick Van Patten". |
-Police
Riot Gear
| This is
an except from a very intelligent conversation between me and
the editor of Lowcrats. |
| Jimmy:
"The police wear baseball helmets" |
| Merv: "No
Football" |
| Jimmy:
"Both" |
| Merv: "True" |
After I
finished the movie. I continued to drink like I had a free bottle
of booze in the year 2022 and the world was going to end. I spent
the rest of the night reminiscing about lost loves and never loved.
Some told me that I was a "sappy drunk love talker", but who is
to say what is the truth. I remember it like I was the life of the
party, not the drunk that passed out on the coach for eight hours.
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