# 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:** 8
**Author:** ![Icerigger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icerigger/32/432_2.png) [@Icerigger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icerigger)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2016, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-heard-of-logans-run/763616/141 "2016-08-23T22:35:59Z")
Seen it many times, **"I have to freeze you, it’s my job!"** ---
**Author:** ![Fir\_na\_tine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a587f6/32.png) [@Fir\_na\_tine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fir_na_tine)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2016, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-heard-of-logans-run/763616/142 "2016-08-23T22:42:02Z")
Saw the movie when it first ran, own the DVD, watch it every now and again. It was cheesy when it came out and it’s even cheesier now. But Jennifer is worth it! Not sure about her in real life, but she was so god awful stupid in the movie I figured if I ever met her, I might be able to talk her out of her clothes! ---
**Author:** ![Mikemike2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mikemike2/32/305_2.png) [@Mikemike2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mikemike2)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2019, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-heard-of-logans-run/763616/143 "2019-12-19T16:31:27Z")
Zombie - found this thread looking for something else. I’m 57 years old, so I saw it when I was 14 or so and it made an impression. I thought ordering sex buddies from a controller to your bedroom was a great idea. lol I thought the movie was great and really felt bad for those people who got blown up in the carousel. I thought the special effects were fantastic. I was crazy for any science fiction movie, especially if it had nudity. I have seen it since and have it on DVD. I still like it, but the magic is gone of course. The first half and second half are almost like different movies, and I was a fan of the first half. I have even hunted down and watched the tv series that came after the movie. Now that was crap, but I would have liked even that at 14. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2019, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-heard-of-logans-run/763616/144 "2019-12-19T16:35:49Z")
Yes. Even in 2016 I knew of Logan’s Run. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2019, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-heard-of-logans-run/763616/145 "2019-12-19T19:21:09Z")
What a coincidence that this thread should be resurrected just as I’m rereading the original book for the first time in decades! It hasn’t aged well, but it has its good bits. Never saw the whole movie, but I’ve seen bits and pieces of it here and there. Now I have a hankering to see it (despite, as I recall, pretty mixed reviews at the time and since). ---
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2019, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-heard-of-logans-run/763616/146 "2019-12-19T21:21:12Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > What a coincidence that this thread should be resurrected just as I’m rereading the original book for the first time in decades! It hasn’t aged well, but it has its good bits. Never saw the whole movie, but I’ve seen bits and pieces of it here and there. Now I have a hankering to see it (despite, as I recall, pretty mixed reviews at the time and since). I remember reading it after seeing the film back when they made it into a TV show - liked the movie, hated the show but really liked the book. They have Logan’s Run on Amazon Prime, I can’t remember and am too lazy to look it up, can you just rent it off Amazon regular and stream it or do you need to be in Amazon Prime? Oddly I watched it, along with Soylent Green about 4 months ago, I have both on DVD [my brother ripped a bunch of DVDs from video tapes he made off cable TV movie channels when he shifted from VCR to DVDr] ---
**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2019, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-heard-of-logans-run/763616/147 "2019-12-19T22:49:51Z")
I was probably about 7 years old when the TV series premiered. Almost the only thing I remember about it is the scene (if I’m remembering right) depicting a public spectacle where people in masks are being blasted out of the air for being too old. It was one of the more traumatizing things I saw on TV as a child. Consequently I’ve never been able to forget it. I saw the movie many years later. I didn’t realize it was a novel until I saw this thread. ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2019, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-heard-of-logans-run/763616/148 "2019-12-19T23:02:30Z")
nm - zombie ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2019, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-heard-of-logans-run/763616/149 "2019-12-19T23:38:58Z")
I knew _Logan’s Run_ vaguely as a TV series first, and I caught a snippet of one episode circa 1978 without understanding what was going on (there was an android pointing a lasergun at a human and though the android’s programming would not let it harm the human, the android pointed out that if the human tried to grab the lasergun it could go off accidentally, hence there was still a threat). I have no idea why this scene, and \*only \*this scene, left a lasting impression. On wikipedia research, I see that android character was “Rem” (Donald Moffet). I don’t know who he was pointing the gun at. I was well into adulthood before I read the novel or saw the movie. I _think_ I read the book first, but I couldn’t swear to it. I was by this time well-aware of it as a pop-culture touchstone and I think I read the book just out of curiosity on that basis. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2019, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-heard-of-logans-run/763616/150 "2019-12-20T00:35:45Z")
> [@Dinsdale](#): > > Have you ever heard of Farrah Fawcett?! That one caused a surprise for me at work. We were talking about the acronym FARA and wondering whether is should be pronounced FAR-ah or FAIR-ah. I voted for “like the most famous 70s pinup girl” A coworker my age said “I don’t know anything about THAT” with a disdain that made me think she was a victorian lady and I made a reference to whores or something. You don’t remember Farrah Fawcett (Majors)? Seriously? and: > [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > Of course I know the movie, but I’m an old fart. > > I liked the TV show, at least at the time. Been trying to decide if I should get the DVD of the show, or just be happy with my memories. I see I responded already! Since then I bought the TV show DVD. Still OK ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2019, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-heard-of-logans-run/763616/151 "2019-12-20T00:44:12Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > …So my question is, have you ever heard of the movie _Logan’s Run_? If you’d made a poll, sounds like it’d be 99% “Heard Of”. Trying to explain to my kids the appeal of Star Wars was when it came out, I had to explain how boring or cheaply made most Sci-Fi was before that. ---
**Author:** ![BwanaBob](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bwanabob/32/2985_2.png) [@BwanaBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BwanaBob)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2019, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-heard-of-logans-run/763616/152 "2019-12-20T18:26:38Z")
60, saw it in a theatre in Lynbrook, NY when it was released. Wasn’t that impressed, except for the fore mentioned Jenny Agutter. ---
**Author:** ![Lantern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d26b3c/32.png) [@Lantern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lantern)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2019, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-heard-of-logans-run/763616/153 "2019-12-20T20:34:12Z")
It is rather ironic if only people above a certain age remember Logan’s Run… I saw the film on TV maybe a couple of decades back and it seemed fairly average. I do remember a scene where the characters were at the Lincoln Memorial and it was the first time IIRC they had seen an old person. I wouldn’t be surprised if young people don’t know about it. It wasn’t good enough to become a classic and it hasn’t spawned any long-lasting franchise. I do think the premise is interesting so perhaps it’s a decent candidate for a remake. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2019, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-heard-of-logans-run/763616/154 "2019-12-21T01:21:59Z")
I’m 74, and I think I saw it in a theater when it came out. Sometime last year it was on TCM and I decided to watch it. I got about 2/3 through and stopped out of boredom. ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2019, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-heard-of-logans-run/763616/155 "2019-12-21T01:37:58Z")
I advocate the premise of the film after almost every election. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2019, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-heard-of-logans-run/763616/156 "2019-12-21T05:08:47Z")
> [@Lantern](#): > > It is rather ironic if only people above a certain age remember Logan’s Run… > > I saw the film on TV maybe a couple of decades back and it seemed fairly average. I do remember a scene where the characters were at the Lincoln Memorial and it was the first time IIRC they had seen an old person. > > I wouldn’t be surprised if young people don’t know about it. It wasn’t good enough to become a classic and it hasn’t spawned any long-lasting franchise. I do think the premise is interesting so perhaps it’s a decent candidate for a remake. Turner Classic Movies plays it once or twice a year. With the rise in dystopian fiction and the movies that have followed, I could see a remake. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2019, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-heard-of-logans-run/763616/157 "2019-12-21T05:12:43Z")
> [@Lantern](#): > > It is rather ironic if only people above a certain age remember Logan’s Run… My best laugh of the day. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2019, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-heard-of-logans-run/763616/158 "2019-12-21T05:15:43Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > I remember the movie. The original release was R rated, I think everything available now is the PG version which has perhaps the slightest of cuts. I’m not surprised it’s forgotten or never known by those under 40 or even 50. No, it must have been PG. My brother and I saw it in a theater in 1976 and my mother wouldn’t have let us go to an R-rated movie. ---
**Author:** ![BMax](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bmax/32/4267_2.png) [@BMax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMax)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2019, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-heard-of-logans-run/763616/159 "2019-12-21T14:27:07Z")
I saw the edited-for-TV version in 1977, at age 11. I think it was on TV before Star Wars was released. Even then, I thought it was a cool concept, but poorly executed, with crappy props, too old actors. Years later I saw the theatrical version on VHS, but I was doing chores at the time and didn’t really pay much attention. ---
**Author:** ![Horatio\_Hellpop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2019, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-heard-of-logans-run/763616/160 "2019-12-21T14:52:06Z")
Sure I remember it. They cannily had Marvel Comics adapt it with the first issue out before the movie was released. It made a star out of George Perez. It was also the last successful SF movie to come out before _Star Wars_. That makes it the last of the old-time SF movies, the kind you go see once and never again. It’s like the last silent movie to come out before _The Jazz Singer_. Not really memorable on its own merits. It wasn’t bad, far from it, it was just made obsolete kind of quickly. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-heard-of-logans-run/763616.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-heard-of-logans-run/763616.md?page=9)