logan's run

In this second bonus episode of the week, the crew sits down together to watch Logan's Run, a 1976 science fiction gem that Josh suggested, but this time with Ricky D! Josh shares what makes this movie so special to him, while Ricky D wonders what makes this movie so special to Josh. Meanwhile, the Cap'n is having a good ol' time imagining a new society built from the combined ashes of the ones in the film, complete with its own musical culture and societal goals! The bonus episodes may be close to winding down, but our crew sure ain't!

Check out the Cap'n on other shows like I've Never Seen..., NerdCanon, and Them's Fightin' Nerds!

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This week we've got two bonus episodes! Our friend Marcy (formerly of Green Shirt) stops by to help us get ready for the 1976 classic that is Logan's Run! She breaks down what makes this movie so watchable, and helps get us geared up to discuss this absolute acid trip of a movie in our weekly livestream, while Josh and the Cap'n reminisce about all the suggestions the Cap'n has taken in the past...or not taken.

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A throwback to the idea & character-based sci fi of the 1970s, writer / director Paul J. Salamoff’s ENCOUNTER on the surface seems a near tropish yarn about a young artist who, after losing his daughter and the ability to walk in an accident, regains the power of his legs after a group of friends encounter a small alien “lifeform” / object after it crash lands in a field. Below the surface, however, it quickly becomes more a rift on Shakespeare’s THE TEMPEST - as the pod-like being (which we aren’t sure is “good” or “evil”) begins to fulfill the needs - physical and psychological - in the lives of the members of that group, but only … if!

From the amount of fun we had on this one you may find it hard to believe, but we were stone sober. Well, kind of, as we quickly became intoxicated by love of the genre - opening with a mini discussion of 70s era sci fi-ers (among them LOGAN’S RUN and WESTWORLD) which not only continue to creatively inspire us all - and Paul particularly on ENCOUNTER - but the creators of other recent independent “throwback” speculative thrillers like MOON, LOOPER and EX MACHINA. We then move to “mini film school” as Paul details his film’s origin, the assemblage of his cast (including genre faves Luke Hemsworth and Tom Atkins) and the shoot. And, oh, stay tuned after the end credits for a BONUS SECTION SPOILERS SPECIAL for those who’ve seen ENCOUNTER - where we talk Easter Eggs implanted within the film’s final sequence. Yeah, we pack quite a bit into one hour. 

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Truth be told, I lifted these samples into my trusty Kurzweil K2000RS, from MGM's retro sci-fi classic 'Logan's Run.' I feel so very, very naughty. Dirty. And sorta sexy.