Logans Run: Ancient SciFi?

Just saw Logans Run cos I'd heard about its miniature set designs etc.

Although Logans Run(1976) was made just a year before star wars(1977),
it feels really ancient, when both films are compared.
Although I liked Logans Run , the set design, costumes & sfx were soo old, ancient & star wars was like a breath of fresh air with memorable scenes, great set desing, art direction, music & sfx.

Could budget be the only factor?

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It's not about budget, as Logan's Run was a major MGM release. It's just a matter of the effects personell involved and what priority they were given. Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey looks even better than Lucas' Star Wars, and it was made almost a decade earlier. Hell, 2001 looks better than most of the slick and soulless CGI crud thrust on the marketplace these days.



Good inventive people behind the scenes and a visionary filmmaker equals better looking Sci-Fi futurescapes. Fritz Lang's Metropolis is still amazing, and that was made in the '20s. Logan's Run doesn't look very impressive simply because it isn't very impressive looking. The folks who made it didn't know how to make something special and timeless. It was acceptable for its day, but it wasn't blowing anybody away in 1976 either. Not anybody over the age of eight or nine anyway.

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[quote=Holden Pike]It's not about budget, as Logan's Run was a major MGM release. It's just a matter of the effects personell involved and what priority they were given. Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey looks even better than Lucas' Star Wars, and it was made almost a decade earlier. Hell, 2001 looks better than most of the slick and soulless CGI crud thrust on the marketplace these days.



Yes u are right!
Thanks for sharing your thoughts!

i just saw this film a few months ago after not seeing it for years and i still think that it holds up as one of the better sci fi films...

I bought it recently at Wal-mart for $6, one of the best $6 purchases i've ever made.

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There's one reason why I like Logan's Run.

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I swear i saw her swimming starkers during a 3pm TV showing
Is that legal?

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[quote=Tacitus]There's one reason why I like Logan's Run.

Oh Yea! Shes simple yet so graceful & sexy!

I sincerely hope so....

The film you saw Jenny Agutter swimming starkers in was probably Walkabout.



It's a very good movie.

There's definately some starkers water action in Logan's Run (though not to the same extent) and possibly Equus.

Geez I sound like a right perv.

Surprise! I think there is a Logan's Run remake in the works!

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Yeah, there is. Not very surprising though. The effects haven't dated very well, but the story itself is very strong.

I don't hold out much hope they'll do it very well, but yeah, a re-make is coming. I know for sure that Dan Harris, who wrote and directed Imaginary Heroes and worked on various drafts of X2: X-Men United and the Bryan Singer Superman Returns scripts, has done work on the Logan's Run re-make. The first film was adapted from a novel, so there is source material other than the screenplay.

Hasn't Singer been mentioned as director?

this is the link to the remake info

http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Dime...357/remake.htm

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I saw Logan's Run as a double feature presentation with Star Wars back in the day. Even though Star Wars changed my eight year old life, it was Logan's Run that really showed me what a good sci-fi (storywise) really is. I fell in love with it then, and am still passionate about it today. I don't really want them to do a remake, especially after learning who's involved with it. Besides, I can't imagine anyone but York playing Logan.

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Was Farrah Fawsett in Logan's Run?. Or Am I thinking about Saturn 5? Or both?

Yes, she played a technician...very small role. Peter Ustinov was also in it...who can replace him?