# Have you ever heard of Logan's Run? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 22, 2016, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-heard-of-logans-run/763616 "2016-08-22T12:13:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2016, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-heard-of-logans-run/763616/1 "2016-08-22T12:13:06Z")
From this [thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=802238) about a restaurant called Logan’s Run, a couple of posters claim that nobody today remembers the 1974 sci-fi movie of the same name. Well, I do and I believe it’s considered to be a classic. It’s about a futuristic society where everyone is executed once they reach the age of 30. I believe there was also a short-lived TV show based on the movie. It was nominated for two Academy awards and won a special award for its visual effects. So my question is, have you ever heard of the movie _Logan’s Run_? ---
**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2016, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-heard-of-logans-run/763616/2 "2016-08-22T12:15:00Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > From this [thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=802238) about a restaurant called Logan’s Run, a couple of posters claim that nobody today remembers the 1974 sci-fi movie of the same name. Well, I do and I believe it’s considered to be a classic. It’s about a futuristic society where everyone is executed once they reach the age of 30. I believe there was also a short-lived TV show based on the movie. It was nominated for two Academy awards and won a special award for its visual effects. > > So my question is, have you ever heard of the movie _Logan’s Run_? Yes. I watched the TV series too. ---
**Author:** ![One\_And\_Only\_Wanderers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/838e76/32.png) [@One\_And\_Only\_Wanderers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/One_And_Only_Wanderers)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2016, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-heard-of-logans-run/763616/3 "2016-08-22T12:18:03Z")
Yep, seen it a couple of times at least. (Age 40) ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2016, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-heard-of-logans-run/763616/4 "2016-08-22T12:20:13Z")
I’ve watched it multiple times, although not recently. I\* would \*have watched the series but my mother thought it was on too late to watch on a school day and told me I could catch it during the summer re-runs. Then they canceled it and I never saw it, something my mother said she always felt a bit guilty about. ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2016, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-heard-of-logans-run/763616/5 "2016-08-22T12:21:45Z")
I was in second grade when the movie came out. It was quite popular. On occasion, people would play “Sandmen and Runners” instead of “Cowboys and Indians”. I did not actually see the movie until I was in high school or college. I read the book before I saw the movie. I vaguely remember when the TV show was on the air, but never watched it. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2016, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-heard-of-logans-run/763616/6 "2016-08-22T12:22:27Z")
I was out of college (for four years already) when the movie came out, and I lived in Arlington, Texas. My friends and I used to go to the [water park in front of the Ft. Worth convention center](https://www.tripadvisor.com/LocationPhotoDirectLink-g55857-d531659-i112421382-Fort_Worth_Water_Gardens-Fort_Worth_Texas.html) where the entrance to the underworld was filmed. Cheap fun. ---
**Author:** ![Spud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spud/32/347_2.png) [@Spud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spud)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2016, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-heard-of-logans-run/763616/7 "2016-08-22T12:24:00Z")
55 year old here… recognized the name as a movie title, but could not have told you anything about the film… not even the genre. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2016, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-heard-of-logans-run/763616/8 "2016-08-22T12:27:28Z")
I recall thinking it was very poorly done at the time. ---
**Author:** ![Shakester](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shakester/32/437_2.png) [@Shakester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shakester)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2016, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-heard-of-logans-run/763616/9 "2016-08-22T12:29:09Z")
I remember it well. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2016, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-heard-of-logans-run/763616/10 "2016-08-22T12:29:11Z")
Saw it many years ago. Wasn’t that impressed. But I do remember it. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2016, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-heard-of-logans-run/763616/11 "2016-08-22T12:31:38Z")
> [@Spud](#): > > 55 year old here… recognized the name as a movie title, but could not have told you anything about the film… not even the genre. I’m 62, and I’d have said the same about the movie. ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2016, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-heard-of-logans-run/763616/12 "2016-08-22T12:33:53Z")
I remember both. I was surprised at the date given in the OP because I’m reasonably sure I wouldn’t have remembered it at that age… the movie is from 1976. There’s a slew of “trapped in a dome and people above age X die” series on Netflix right now, they made me think of Logan’s Run. ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2016, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-heard-of-logans-run/763616/13 "2016-08-22T12:34:14Z")
This film was a marvel to my 10 year old self. I can remember sitting in the theater watching it, though I don’t recall many details about the plot. I had a crush on Richard Jordan even though he was the bad guy (I didn’t realize he’d died. At 56 ☹ ) and I remember being kind of bored during Peter Ustinov’s big speech (or maybe I just needed to pee). I find it kind of weird for someone to imagine that no one would remember a (popular) movie from as recently as 1974. Do some people think the world came into existence in the 1990s (or whenever their birth date is)? ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2016, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-heard-of-logans-run/763616/14 "2016-08-22T12:40:30Z")
Are you kidding? Like my little-kid mind would forget flashes of naked Jenny Agutter?! 😉 I loved it when it came out. I recall trying it a decade or three later and realizing it wasn’t going to hold up, so I shut it off around 30 minutes in. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2016, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-heard-of-logans-run/763616/15 "2016-08-22T12:47:10Z")
Of course. But I’m 58. My 25 year old daughter never heard of it, but I told her we can watch it one night this week. ---
**Author:** ![Miss\_Mapp](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miss_mapp/32/369_2.png) [@Miss\_Mapp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miss_Mapp)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2016, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-heard-of-logans-run/763616/16 "2016-08-22T12:48:43Z")
Yep, I remember it. Michael York, Jenny Agutter … whom I often see playing a nun on _Call the Midwife_ these days, so her early career such as this film is occasionally on my mind. ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2016, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-heard-of-logans-run/763616/17 "2016-08-22T12:49:45Z")
I’m 2 months from 39. I’ve never actually seen it, but I know _of_ it and the basic plot. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2016, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-heard-of-logans-run/763616/18 "2016-08-22T13:02:23Z")
> [@WOOKINPANUB](#): > > … > > I find it kind of weird for someone to imagine that no one would remember a (popular) movie from as recently as 1974. Do some people think the world came into existence in the 1990s (or whenever their birth date is)? > [@kayaker](#): > > Of course. > > But I’m 58. My 25 year old daughter never heard of it, but I told her we can watch it one night this week. This phenomenon fascinates me, and it might be deserving of its own thread. I’m 67, and I knew/know plenty about the movies (and music) of my parents’ generation. Today’s kids (term used very loosely), not so much. Maybe because there were fewer of them? Movies, not kids. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2016, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-heard-of-logans-run/763616/19 "2016-08-22T13:32:45Z")
Yeah! Madame P. and I saw it three time on dates. It was great! Well, considering there were not that many SciFi movies. And considering I had missed _The Planet of the Apes_ series, but caught the TV series. [I have to think the Ape films are what greenlighted this.] It was certainly better than _Zardoz_ or _Yor: Hunter from the Future_. Not as good as _Krull_, though. But that was by pre-Star Wars, pre-Star Trek movie standards. Now it looks horribly amateurish and simplistic. And badly directed. I haven’t read the books but they are supposedly much better. Oh, and the group America had a minor hit with a _Logan’s Run_ inspired song, _Sandman_. ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2016, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-heard-of-logans-run/763616/20 "2016-08-22T13:43:54Z")
I think I was in maybe 6th or 7th grade when it came out and I went to see it with my mom. I thought it was great. Not as much sci fi in those days. I hear rumors every so often they’re planning a remake. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-heard-of-logans-run/763616.md?page=2)