what is soylent green?

Question

somebody tell me this, maybe im too young to remember but its annoying

Answer 1

"Set in the year 2022, the film depicts a dystopia, a Malthusian catastrophe that takes place because humanity has failed to pursue sustainable development and has not halted population growth. New York City's population is 40,000,000, with over half unemployed. Global warming, air pollution and water pollution have produced a year-round heatwave and a thin yellow smog in the daytime. Food and fuel resources are scarce because of animal and plant decimation, housing is dilapidated and overcrowded, and widespread government-sponsored euthanasia is encouraged as a means of reducing overpopulation.

Meat, bread, cheese, fruit, vegetables and even alcoholic beverages are scarce and extremely expensive (example: a six-ounce jar of strawberry jam is 150 "D's", equivalent to US$150). Farms that produce these foods are heavily guarded and off-limits to civilians (in addition to the factories where soylent products are manufactured). To most people, natural foods are a rarely, if ever, enjoyed luxury. The government dispenses rations of synthetic food substances made by the Soylent Corporation: Soylent Yellow, Soylent Red, and the newest product, Soylent Green, the most popular version, derived from plankton, according to the firm.


Soylent greenSoylent's food products are mostly distributed as brightly-colored crackers which may be eaten with margarine, although they are also seen being sold as bread-like buns and in crumb form. The word "Soylent" is a combination of the words soybean and lentil (presumably, these are some of the ingredients of soylent's products, both being very high-yielding crops that are cheap to produce).

Specific Soylent products are distributed on different days of the week to the populace. However, even the supplies of this are limited and there is much competition between people to get their rations early. Such is the competition that if the supply runs out, rioting is common. To deal with this problem, the distribution centers have a heavy police presence, and they deal with the rioting crowds in a very heavy-handed way using "scoops"—special vehicles that scoop up people from the crowd and dump them into containers at the back. Such callous treatment is invariably fatal to a portion of the rioters.

By contrast, the rich elite live in spacious apartments, with regular access to "real food", tobacco and alcohol. Some can even afford "furniture", the film's terminology for concubines.

Charlton Heston plays Robert Thorn, a New York City police detective who investigates the murder of William R. Simonson (Joseph Cotten), a former member of the board of the Soylent Corporation. Thorn's elderly roommate is Sol Roth (Edward G. Robinson), a onetime college professor, now employed as a police researcher. Unlike most people in the world of the film, including Thorn, Sol had a formal education and is literate; education of any sort at the current time is only available to the wealthy elite. Such people are referred to as "books" (actual books being largely out of print due to lack of wood to make new paper, as well as a shortage of electricity and printing presses).

During his investigation of the Simonson murder, Thorn slowly uncovers a strange conspiracy, which would be revealed if he can see what goes on behind closed doors at the euthanasia centers. When an elderly and dispirited Sol opts for euthanasia, Thorn forces his way in to the euthanasia center and makes two shocking discoveries.

First, he sees motion pictures of the beautiful Earth of former times, which are shown only to those about to be euthanized. He is startled and brought to tears when he sees how beautiful the Earth was before it sank to its current state.

Second, when Thorn follows the disposal of Sol's corpse, he discovers that Soylent Green includes the recycled bodies of people who have used government-sponsored euthanasia centers."

Answer 2

Soylent Green is a classic 1973 science fiction movie starring Charlton Heston, Edward G. Robinson and Chuck Connors. It is loosely based on the 1966 science fiction novella about overpopulation by Harry Harrison, Make Room! Make Room!, but has lost much of the plot and significantly changed the underlying theme.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soylent_Green

Answer 3

It's a book and movie starring Charlton Heston (I think) who plays a cop in a future where people live in enclosed domes following Earth's nuclear devastation. It's alleged that ALL life outwith the dome cannot be supported due to severe contamination, so the only cheap food available 'to the masses' is Soylent Green - but it's made from human corpses.
It's coloured green because the government says it's made from specially cultured (and therefore safe) algae.
Great movie - one of my favourites, albeit a bit dated nowadays.

Answer 4

It's people. And if you like it try the new soylent red. a movie from the 70's with Charelton Heston about making food from dead people.

Answer 5

an old Charlton Heston movie , with Edward G Robinson, I think. A nightmarish vision of the future where people would suffer euthanasia and their bodies would be recycled to provide food- the food was called "solyent green" .

I think it was spelled solyent but could be wrong. Hope this helps.

Answer 6

Soylent green is PEOPLE!

Answer 7

it was the stuff they fed to the workers in an old SF film, the fact that it was made from the bodies of the workers who were 'retired' by killing them when they reached a certain age was the basis of the film and the seach by, AFAIR, Arnie for what was happening and stoppping it.

Answer 8

food made from human beings in a science fiction novel

Answer 9

a shade of green - also a "handle" of the best player of the online multiplayer mega game scorched 3d. worth checking out.

Answer 10

PEOPLE! In the movie by the same name they were protein wafers made w/human flesh.