Emily and I watched on old 1973 movie called Soylent Green starring Charleton Heston.   The movie is set in the year 2022 when the Earth is overcrowded and polluted. People are forced to scrape by with little to eat except Soylent food wafers which come in various colors including green.  Nearly all food products are made by the Soylent corporation which basically owns the world because of its importance.  It has a wierd twist at the end and the line Charleton Heston delivers was provided to me in another context by a friend which is what made me originally watch this movie (I’ll say no more).

The cool thing about the movie is that it made me think on two separate topics.  First, I wonder if we are headed down the same general road of overcrowding, pollution, disassociation from our food, etc.  There are large corporations that genetically modify food/seeds/etc to increase viability, production, and whatever else they can.  At the same time, they may be introducing a monoculture future where varieties of corn and beets and peppers, etc are non-existent. With reduced genetic diversity comes danger.  These corporations are also holders of the patents for these seeds/genetic variations which may give them additional power over what is available to us to eat in the future.

Secondly, I wonder how the human race ever survived the 1970s.  Older movies highlight hair styles and clothes and make me wonder how people were able get past how goofy they looked so they could procreate.  It amazes me.  Of course, I am a 1970s child and the fact that my parents procreated even further horrifies me (though, for my sake, I am glad they did).  I can write no more…