Comments on: SILENT RUNNING (1972) http://www.lucy-mag.com/blogs/entertainment/movies/silent-running-1972 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:52:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Donnie http://www.lucy-mag.com/blogs/entertainment/movies/silent-running-1972#comment-361 Donnie Fri, 14 Nov 2008 18:25:42 +0000 http://www.lucy-mag.com/blogs/?p=1011#comment-361 Yeah, i'm gonna have to buy that and take a closer look at it but only if it's the original poster cover and not the half assed photoshopped crappy cover. I'm dorky like that. Yeah, i’m gonna have to buy that and take a closer look at it but only if it’s the original poster cover and not the half assed photoshopped crappy cover. I’m dorky like that.

]]> By: Andres http://www.lucy-mag.com/blogs/entertainment/movies/silent-running-1972#comment-360 Andres Fri, 14 Nov 2008 15:54:45 +0000 http://www.lucy-mag.com/blogs/?p=1011#comment-360 Silent Running is a wonderful movie. From an environmental perspective, it is a bit dated and shows some budget limitations. Lowell's garden in the film includes plenty of astroturf and even some domesticated rabbits that would not survive in the wild. Maybe the filmmakers were trying to say something about the world in that movie's continuity. That wilderness is so foreign that we find quintessential nature in domesticated animals/plants. The ending is a bit haunting, not to give anything away. Speaking of influences, the creators of Mystery Science Theather 3000 have publicly stated, many times, that Silent Running was the inspiration for the show. Man, I love that show. La-la-la. Silent Running is a wonderful movie. From an environmental perspective, it is a bit dated and shows some budget limitations. Lowell’s garden in the film includes plenty of astroturf and even some domesticated rabbits that would not survive in the wild. Maybe the filmmakers were trying to say something about the world in that movie’s continuity. That wilderness is so foreign that we find quintessential nature in domesticated animals/plants. The ending is a bit haunting, not to give anything away.

Speaking of influences, the creators of Mystery Science Theather 3000 have publicly stated, many times, that Silent Running was the inspiration for the show. Man, I love that show. La-la-la.

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