I am genuinely interested in people's responses. No one would have to know, you could have just one. There is a big ol' plate of Soylent Green cubes right in front of you right now. The Soylent Green is your only option other than starvation. You haven't eaten in four days and it's a fifty-mile trek to the Twinkie factory on your map. You find a bag of Soylent Green (it keeps forever) in an abandoned supply depot. The overcrowded, polluted, impoverished world from before was a joy compared with the daily nightmare you now endure.
#SOYLENT GREEN FREE#
Long Pig sends you a free bag of jerky to try. Overcrowding, pollution, and resource depletion have reduced society's leaders to finding food. Scientists think vat-meat might be necessary to feed everybody in a couple decades, and if it's vat-grown, who is to say some of what's in the vats isn't people meat? Let's say you live in the world of Transmet, where everyone eats Long Pig, including your favorite journalist. Transmet 's lunatic anti-hero gonzo journalist, Spider Jerusalem, loves eating Long Pig, which is brand name, vat-grown human meat. Perhaps my favorite comic, Transmetropolitan has its own version of the other, other white meat: Long Pig. You haven't eaten in a day and, after waiting in line for 4 hours, you get handed your bag of Soylent Green (because Tuesday is Soylent Green day!). The world is overcrowded, hot, there is no food and you are starving. In what situations would a reasonable person eat food made of people? Let me set up some scenarios for you, and you tell me how much you'd love to eat Soylent Green (which is people) in that scenario. We're all rational, scientifically minded individuals. Soylent Green is sourced in a fascinating novel by Harry Harrison that addresses the issue of overpopulation. So, in the spirit of ethical inquiry, I'd like to do some thought experiments. So what to do with the bodies of humans in a world where there is no room to put them and everyone is starving? What to do indeed. There is no space for anything in the movie's version of the future (people are everywhere) and cremation involves burning, which isn't exactly great for global warming.
Marauding hoards of hillbilly cannibals aren't threatening to strip the meat from your bones. Ok! That last part is traumatic, I admit. Then your body is shipped off and turned into Soylent Green which everyone loves to eat. You die quickly and painlessly from a colorless, odorless gas.
#SOYLENT GREEN MOVIE#
When you die, you go to a death-a-torium of sorts where you pay a small fee, then watch a really pretty movie filled with scenes from nature and peaceful music.
The government hands out rations of Soylent products, which are awful, flavorless cubes and loafs of "soy" (actually plankton but really it's irrelevant cause it's people ) foodstuff that look like red, blue, or green Play-Doh.
#SOYLENT GREEN CRACKER#
Each day of the week, the masses are supposed to eat a different colored cracker the colors denote what they are consuming.
#SOYLENT GREEN FULL#
Global warming is in full swing and even rich people have to eat crummy food. That is indeed the result in Soylent Green, where because of overpopulation, the masses live in poverty, and the only food they have to eat is soylent, a combination of natural and artificial foods, processed into crackers. įirst, a quick recap: In the movie, the earth is overpopulated and over-polluted. But for what it was, there were some cool ideas in Soylent Green. But no one ever talks about the rest of that movie, mostly because it's kind of terrible. Remember (* spoiler alert!* sheesh!) Soylent Green is people, as Charlton Heston discovered. Join the conversation with #visitNCMNS.I really want to know: Would you eat Soylent Green ? It will be an exciting night with lots of food for thought!įor more information about our upcoming activities, conservation news and ground-breaking research, follow on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook. Gabriel Keith Harris, Associate Professor and Undergraduate Coordinator of Food Science at NC State University. On Friday, May 20 from 5:30 to 10pm, grab a bite during Museum Movie Night and discover the secret behind the fictional food of the future, Soylent Green! Enjoy pre-show science tables, soy-like green-themed treats, and learn about the chemistry, engineering and latest research on taste, nutrition and edibility! After the movie, test your film knowledge with trivia hosted by A/V Geeks and learn snack facts with our expert speaker, Dr. With 40 million mouths to feed, how can humanity survive? The Soylent Corporation has the answer – and it’s to die for! Discover the secret of Soylent Green at Museum Movie Night, Friday, May 20
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