Silent Running (1972) 1/28/18




Directed by and Visual Effects by Douglas Trunbull (Blade Runner Effects)
Written by Deric Washburn and Michael Cimino (Deer Hunter)

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  1. This was a very colorful and enjoyable film. I think the idea of needing spaceships to support greenhouses is a little silly. Wouldn't that be orders of magnitude easier on earth. I get that the world is now paved over and the temperature is regulated to a "perfect 75 degrees", but how could it possibly be easier to have a controlled greenhouse on a spaceship then on earth? Just doesn't add up.
    The main characters fall to depression was sad and familiar. You could see the change in his surroundings. He left trash everywhere and rarely ate healthy food and instead ate the synthetic food he despised for the sake of convenience. I understood the character in that way and was sad for him.

    I am a sucker for robots and these ones are no exception. Huey, Dewey, and Louie were fun, little robots, or drones. They had two stubby legs that they clumsily waddled with and a single armature that had many attachments. From what I've gathered, these were the inspiration for the droids in Star Wars. They have no voice like C3PO, no great audible sounds like R2D2, nor did they have telling facial features like Wall-E, but they were booming with personality. These bots kept me in the film so much more so than anything else. I want one. Or three.

    7/10 Could watch again.

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