Today is "Logan's Run"
Starring Michael York, Jenny Agutter and the late Richard Jordan (I)
You see the future! The domed city, or I guess I should say the doomed city where by the time you reach the age of 30, you must undergo the ritual of Carousel. Usually this wouldn't be such a bummer except that it does kill you. First you're loaded onto a spinning platform, it goes slow enough at first, but by the time it's over you're flying around. Gracefully for some reason, but still you're basically helpless and then you're blown up. But before you die, you're wearing a really snazzy Spandex outfit, white with an artistic red flame design and a hockey mask, complete with a white loose hood to give the "skull" effect to your new threads.
In the city somewhere, there's a bunch of 'cubs' who make a sport of harming Sandmen (Gastapo-type policemen of this film), there's a hidden chamber where 'runners' have hidden themselves from Carousel and collected quite a nice assortment of steamy spear-like weapons that get shoved into your face if you're bringing runaway Sandmen in with you. There seems to be a lot of malls, arcades, plastic surgeons and a love-shop. There also seems to be an absolute absence of Rock and Roll bands and Disco. Which is strange considering the stylish clothing of the citizens! It's really no wonder that this place is standing on its last legs. A computer does all the thinking and it's kind of a stupid, retarded computer that can only say something like 'Does not compute' and if it doesn't compute, then it needs to re-think, at least, the Spandex death program!
This has been my Movie Review! There is no sanctuary.
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